When I was little, every time I stepped over a storm drain or grate I would say, "Hello, Ninja Turtles!" I knew they down there watching out for me and protecting me from bad guys.
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- If someone broke into my house at night my ninja turtles would come to life to protect me.— blip
- I used to believe that "Meningococcal" was pronounced "Ninja cockel."Anon
- When I was a child i thought turtle wax, was to wax turtles.— J.P.
- When my dad was little his older siblings convinced him that there were flocks of flying turtles.— Anonymous
- I always thought the connectors on the telephone lines were flying turtles.— Angie B
- Turtles can fly. I believed it for ages.
My turtle got lost or probably died and I was told it flew away.Anon