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The exclamation "cowabunga" was invented for use in the 1950s era children's program, "The Howdy Doody Show." One of the characters, Chief Thunderthud, used it in place of more well known exclamations such as "s**t!" or "Jesus!", which would have been completely unacceptable on any television show of the period, let alone one intended for children.
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The term "cowabunga" originated from the 1960s TV show "The Howdy Doody Show," where the character Chief Thunderthud used it as a Native American-style exclamation. It gained popularity in the 1980s through the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, where the character Michelangelo popularized the phrase as a catchphrase.
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