The popularity of this carried into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ' Mutatin ' series among others.

The toyline was scaled back in 1993 due to the waning popularity of the television series and only focused on figures of the Turtles, Splinter, and Shredder.

The core rulebook was first published by Palladium Books in September 1985 – a couple years before the Turtles franchise achieved mass popularity – and featured original comic strips and illustrations by Eastman and Laird.

According to Kevin Siembieda, the 1987 television series and live-action movies, which made considerable changes to the Turtles ' universe, had a severe negative impact on the popularity of the role-playing game.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise was arguably at the height of its popularity around the time that The Secret of the Ooze was released in theatres.

The popularity of CCD imaging among amateurs has led to large numbers of web sites being written by individuals about their images and equipment.

The popularity and reputation of the cricket series has led to other sports or games, and / or their followers, using the name " Ashes " for contests between England and Australia.

Other writers acknowledge his extremely high popularity at home, but suppose his occasionally rigid and even irrational political loyalties and convictions contributed greatly to Spartan decline, notably his unremitting hatred of Thebes, which led to Sparta's humiliation at the Battle of Leuctra and thus the end of Spartan hegemony.

Speed improved with the introduction of 1200 bit / s modems in the early 1980s, and this led to a substantial increase in popularity.

As a sidelight to his prominent role in changing the game to the power game, the frequency and popularity of Ruth's home runs eventually led to a rule change pertaining to those hit in sudden-death mode ( bottom of the ninth or later inning ).

As new genres of music, such as ragtime, blues and jazz, began to emerge in the early 20th century the popularity of the genre faded, but the association with sentimentality led to the term ballad being used for a slow love song from the 1950s onwards.

The popularity of Bubble Bobble led Taito ( or its licensees ) to port to many home computers and video game consoles.

Ditka's success and popularity in Chicago has led him to land analyst roles on various American football pregame shows.

Disco's popularity led many non-disco artists to record disco songs at the height of its popularity.

The popularity of the comic strip within the corporate sector has led to the Dilbert character being used in many business magazines and publications ( he has made several appearances on the cover of Fortune ).

Her popularity as a radio performer and vocalist, which included a second hit record " My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time ", led directly to a career in films.

The game's popularity prompted Bill Gates to briefly consider buying id Software, and led Microsoft to develop a Windows 95 port of Doom to promote the operating system as a gaming platform.

The popularity of Doom led to the development of a sequel, Doom II: Hell on Earth ( 1994 ), as well as expansion packs and alternate versions based on the same game engine, including The Ultimate Doom ( 1995 ), Final Doom ( 1996 ), and Doom 64 ( 1997 ).

The continued popularity of his 1971 Brady Bunch appearance led to his being cast as himself in The Brady Bunch Movie.

The special popularity of his longer films, which were several minutes long from 1899 onwards ( while most other films were still only a minute long ), led other makers to start producing longer films.

The period after the American Occupation led to a rise in diversity in movie distribution thanks to the increased output and popularity of the film studios of Toho, Daiei, Shochiku, Nikkatsu, and Toei.

In a bid to secure the loyalty of his troops and his own popularity with them and with the Roman people, he led them on a spectacular but brutal raid against the Marsi, a German tribe on the upper Ruhr river, in which he massacred much of the tribe.

The popularity of this variation of the gin and tonic has led to the establishment of Gin Tónica bars, in which customers can choose their preferred gin, tonic, and garnish from a menu.

This event marked the beginning of the browser's popularity decline, which led to its discontinuation in September 2008.

At the same time the rising popularity of Firefox, its status of the default browser in major distribution and the overwhelming number of its extensions led to decline of Galeon's user base.

Even Julian's intellectual friends and fellow pagans were of a divided mind about this habit of talking to his subjects on an equal footing: Ammianus Marcellinus saw in that only the foolish vanity of someone " excessively anxious for empty distinction ", whose " desire for popularity often led him to converse with unworthy persons ".

The brand's popularity has led to it being used as a generic term for gelatin dessert across the U. S. and Canada.

Riding a wave of popularity from the return of the last POWs from Soviet labor camps, as well as an extensive pension reform, Adenauer led the CDU / CSU to the first — and as of 2011, only — outright majority in a free German election.

The popularity led to the founding of local Lindy Hop dance communities in many cities.

This is false — Loyd had nothing to do with the invention or popularity of the puzzle, and in any case the craze was in 1880, not the early 1870s:

These factors, as well as these shows ' rise in global popularity at the same time as the arrival of the reality craze, lead many people to group them under the reality TV umbrella as well as the traditional game show one.

" Cellier and Bridgeman attributed the rise in quality and reputation of the amateur groups largely to " the popularity of, and infectious craze for performing, the Gilbert and Sullivan operas ".

In May 2007, an article published in the British Medical Journal strongly criticised the " designer vagina " craze, citing its popularity being rooted in commercial and media influences.

Electronic pop music in Japan became a successful commodity with the " Technopop " craze of the late 70s and 80s., beginning with Yellow Magic Orchestra and solo albums of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono in 1978 before hitting popularity in 79 / 80.

Due to the popularity of the cocktail during the Tiki craze and the fact that Beach both kept his recipe secret and occasionally altered it, today there are many variations of the Zombie made at many restaurants and bars, some showing few similarities to the original cocktail.

Seeing the popularity of this new craze, he entered the market of running nightclub performances.

It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative.

" He also commented on the popularity of the game, especially among children, describing it as a " craze.

In late-2005 the increasing popularity of Southern Hip Hop was at an all time high, especially with the subgenre of Crunk and Snap ( which started the dance craze movement in hip hop from 2005 – 2009 ).

However, Loyd had nothing to do with the invention or initial popularity of the puzzle, and in any case the craze was in 1880, not the early 1870s.

Their popularity was partly due to the influence of the films Fame and Flashdance and the concurrent aerobics craze.

The Dicks saw a resurgence in popularity at the onset of the grunge craze when Sub Pop Records released a cover of " Dicks Hate The Police " by Seattle band Mudhoney.

Though the craze for macramé faded, it has regained popularity since the 1970s as a means to make wall hangings, articles of clothing, bedspreads, small jean shorts, tablecloths, draperies, plant hangers and other furnishings.

While he did not start the madrigal craze there — that really began in 1588 with the publication of Nicholas Yonge's Musica Transalpina, the popularity of which was such that the madrigal instantly became the most prevalent type of composition in England — he did plant the seeds for this development.

In the mid-fifties though, Blue Note was a struggling label, hit by the record industry's changeover to the 12 " LP format, but the popularity of the organ / soul jazz craze, driven by the innovative work of Jimmy Smith, ensured that the label survived.

In addition The Challengers produced some tracks for the car & hot rod music scene that was gaining popularity in the US on the heels of the surf craze.

The craze reached its apex of popularity in the mid-1950s with the release of the hugely successful Harry Belafonte single " Banana Boat Song " and Belafonte's million-selling 1956 LP Calypso.

The popularity of Hoffman's song, " Mairzy Doats ", co-written with Jerry Livingston and Milton Drake, was such that newspapers and magazines wrote about the craze.

Playing regularly at New York's Palladium, Machito's band reached its peak of popularity during the mambo craze of the 1950s, survived the upheavals of the ' 60s and despite the loss of Bauza in 1976, continued to work frequently in the ' 60s, ' 70s, and early ' 80s when the term " salsa " came into use.

MS-130B1, the British dealer named as " JD Bug Pro ", reached great popularity in Australia in 2000 during the " scooter craze.

Crockett's new popularity initiated a fad among boys all over the United States as well as a Davy Crockett craze in the United Kingdom.