Weren't the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were an underground comic-book for years before they were made into a TV show? It must have been subversive cool or something like that, for I knew a guy who got "Donatello"(sp?) tattooed on his upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow. Not 2 years later it becomes a kids show and you know all the rest. This guy was the first person I ever knew who had a tattoo, and not surprisingly this cautionary tale was lodged into my brain for good. I remain ink free.