Key Takeaways
- Fans in Animal Crossing: New Horizons can bring their favorite franchises to life through customization options.
- A player impressed others by recreating the TMNT sewer lair in the game.
- Crossover content between video games and media continues to captivate fandoms and inspire creative builds.
Pop culture crossovers in video games have proven to be incredibly popular across fandoms, such as one Animal Crossing: New Horizons player who was inspired to recreate the sewer lair from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show. Animal Crossing: New Horizons offers a variety of customization options for playable characters and their in-game homes, allowing fans to bring their favorite franchises to life in the adorable game.
Since its initial release in 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizons updates have been few and far between, but that has not stopped players from finding new ways to enjoy the life-sim title. In fact, many community members have enjoyed getting to flex their creativity by introducing unexpected characters and franchises to the world of Animal Crossing.
Animal Crossing fan Lingonkart shared a look at their impressive reproduction of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sewer lair in New Horizons. First released in 1987, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series skyrocketed in popularity and helped to cement the half-shelled fighters Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo, and Michaelangelo as iconic figures in the cultural zeitgeist. The Animal Crossing video game franchise has found similar success over the years, and Lingonkart had the brilliant idea of bringing the two fictional worlds of anthropomorphic animals together. Using the 1987 TMNT cartoon as a reference point, Lingonkart meticulously recreated the entire sewer lair, including the living room, kitchen, laboratory, and even Master Splinter’s dojo.
TMNT Sewer Lair in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Fellow Animal Crossing and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans were undeniably impressed by the highly-detailed reproduction of the sewer lair, with many voicing an appreciation for Lingonkart combining two beloved franchises in an unexpected way. Many applauded the creativity of utilizing the Animal Crossing: New Horizons design features to turn the upstairs area into a pseudo-outdoor New York City alleyway, while others finally learned that items can be placed in the New Horizons science pod. While the titular turtles and their mutant master were absent, the sewer lair reproduction artistically pairs Animal Crossing: New Horizons with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Fandoms continue to show an appreciation for crossover content between video games and popular media like film and television, leading to the eye-catching appeal of many Animal Crossing fan creations and other fun player-made content. As audiences continue to await hopeful news of a fresh release in the Animal Crossing game series, many community members are content to bring their favorite pop culture powerhouses together with unique builds in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
