- "We are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... we strike hard and fade away... into the night!"
- ―Leonardo
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |
| Aliases: | Ninja Turtles |
| Continuity: | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Type: | Superhero team |
| Status: | Active |
| Founding members: | Leonardo Michelangelo Donatello Raphael |
| Base of operations: | New York City, New York |
| Allies: | Splinter |
| Enemies: | Shredder; Bebop; Rocksteady |
| 1st appearance: | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 |
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional superhero team featured in comic books, cartoon programs, feature films and video games. the brainchild creations of comic book writers Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird back in the halcyon days of 1984. The group were first seen in their own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series, which was published by Mirage Studios and ran from 1984 to 2010.
The Ninja Turtles were once four regular turtles that inhabited the sewers of New York City. They were exposed to a mysterious chemical that mutated them, increasing their intellectual capacity, altering their developmental cycle and causing drastic changes to their physiology. A sewer rat, also exposed to these chemicals, was mutated as well. As the rat, Splinter, was already older and wiser, he took the four turtle "brothers" under his wing and raised them as his own children. He named them after famous artists from the Renaissance era: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael.
Splinter taught these mutant turtles the art of Ninjitsu and set them on a righteous path to confront and defeat the evils of the city, while maintaining their secrecy and isolation beneath the sewers. As these turtles became teenagers, they adopted many behavioral characteristics common to human teenagers such as trendy terms and phrases, an appreciation for extreme sports, and an unabashed love for pizza.
Members[]
- Leonardo: Blue mask; Preferred weapon(s): Katana; Leader of the group; takes things more seriously than most.
- Michelangelo: Orange mask; Preferred weapon(s): Nunchaku; Resident goofball; takes nothing seriously.
- Donatello: Purple mask; Preferred weapon(s): Bo staff; Pragmatic one in the group, but still likes to party; most well-rounded.
- Raphael: Red mask: Preferred weapon(s): Sais; Cantankerous, easily provoked and loves to fight.
Films[]
Programs[]
| Title | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1987 | 1996 |
| Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation | 1997 | 1998 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2003 | 2010 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2012 | 2017 |
History[]
Appearances[]
Recommendations[]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 1
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 2
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles