Editing Ninja (section)

==Pop Culture Ninjas==

Explaining the pop culture popularity of Ninjas is difficult. [[wikipedia:Ninjas in popular culture|Wikipedia has a whole long article on the topic]] that you should see here.

Importantly, Ninja really exploded in popularity in the US around the 1980s, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles only being the last step in that explosion; notable earlier causes/examples were Frank Miller's Daredevil run, the novel and later miniseries ''Shogun'', and the movie "American Ninja".

But let's ignore that; we're really only here to mention a few notable oddities of Ninja discourse from the 1980s.

* The Godfrey Ho Ninja movies. We'll quote a description of them here:
{{topquote|"First, if you do not know them already, allow me to introduce you to Tomas Tang and Godfrey Ho, who bought any number of low-budget Hong Kong films that never would have seen the light of day in the West, spliced in some Ninja footage (sometimes combining three or four movies!) to create something that could conceivably have the word '''NINJA''' on the video box, and unload them in the product-hungry video market of the 80s. The more perceptive among you will reckon this might produce a movie that may not be very good. I applaud your insight, and admire your understatement: this produces movies that are '''abominable'''."|The Bad Movie Report}}
* There was a video game named Ninja Golf for that Atari 7800. It's just a golf game where the walk between shots features a ninja fighting generic monsters, nothing that special, other than the whole "Ninja + Golf" concept.

<gallery>
ninjaterminator.jpeg|A typical Godfrey Ho ninja movie.
NinjaGolf.jpg|Ninja Golf cover art.
Tmnt1987.jpeg|Featuring a theme song consisting of their name repeated 12 times, and hitting you upside the head with the premise, making it the perfect 1980's kids show theme song.
</gallery>

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