Okay, it's kind of a weird intro to a Ninja Turtles movie. Yes, pizza has been a staple of the Turtles' diet since day on of their cartoon in 1989. Every episode has them scarfing pies, with each consecutive appearance having worse and worse toppings. Check out this montage of their orders and see how disgusting it gets as the series went on.
Of course, when the Turtles came to film, their eternal cravings came with them. The first movie had a few little scenes that centered around pizza, a couple funny jokes, but didn't focus on it much. And thankfully, since they were doing a promotional thing with Domino's Pizza, they had to stick with traditional toppings. I can't imagine how much money they made off the product placement in that movie. They even put Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee in it, and we all learned a valuable lesson from Michelangelo - "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."

That takes us to the second movie with its mouth-watering opening. You'll notice none of the pizza has a special name. There's no company logo with it, besides the generic "Roy's Pizza" name (which may be some famous place in New York, and if it is, I'm sorry, Roy). Pizza plays a more important role in the movie too, being an important plot point for delivery boy and budding martial artist Keno to find the Turtles. More than that though, pizza's popularity kinda parallels the Turtle's own fame. Just as pizza is spreading across New York as this cultural icon, so too have the Turtles become the popular kids property at the time. They had become king of movies, and the further they went, so too would their desire for pizza, and so our own cravings would grow as well. There's not a more popular food in all of pop culture, I believe, and a lot of that has to come from the Turtles and their insatiable appetite.

You make a good point about TMNT and Pizza: I haven't seen every movie in this franchise, but the couple I've seen have given me a real craving for pizza. In fact, your post itself has got me jonesing for pizza!
ReplyDeleteAlso, that is a brave, brave soul you mentioned, the one who hosted an actual pizza party with topping selections from the movies.
Thank you for joining the blogathon, and for bringing this lively & entertaining review to the party.
Thank you, I got pretty hungry for pizza while writing this, so I'm glad I satisfied that craving today. I was a little disappointed that the guy only put the toppings on the pizza after it was already cooked. I wonder what a fully baked pizza with hot peanut butter and anchovies would taste like.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't take much to get me craving pizza, this was a good one to pick with that signature, well-known food association! Though some of those toppings... to each their own I guess.:) Thanks for joining the blogathon!
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ReplyDeleteI want pizza
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