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An indie comic book turned multimedia empire, starring the eponymous Ninja Turtles. [[Exactly What It Says on the
''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (or [[TMNT]]) began as a comic book by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, who formed the idea from a napkin drawing one of them made while eating at a pizzeria. The first story began as a tale in the vein of [[Frank
The major incarnations of the franchise are as follows:
* '''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage|The Mirage
* '''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|The first cartoon (1987-1996)]]''', with Fred Wolf at the helm: Resemblances to its source material are mostly superficial. The first cartoon featuring the turtles proved even more popular than the comics, thanks to the [[Adaptation Distillation|
* '''''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* '''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|The
* '''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the
* '''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage|TMNT Vol. 3]]''' (1996-1999)': Published by Image Comics, this series was the official continuation of the Mirage continuity, until it was [[Canon Discontinuity|subsequently ignored by Peter Laird]] upon the publication of Volume 4. Mostly remembered for mutilating three out of the four turtles, and for a plot featuring a three-way struggle for leadership of the Foot involving Raphael, who had taken on the Shredder identity after finding his armor; Pimiko, the original Shredder's daughter; and Lady Shredder, a ninja of unknown origin dressed in the familiar armor.
* '''''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next
* '''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 series)|The second cartoon (2003-2009)]]''': Mirage teamed up with [[4Kids! Entertainment|
** ''[[Turtles
* '''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IDW|The IDW Comics (2011-)]]''': The first new incarnation of the turtles following the purchase by Nickelodeon, it features elements from all previous incarnations before it, as well as a heavily revised origins for the familiar characters.
* '''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 series)|The third cartoon (2012-2017)]]''': The first cartoon produced by Nickelodeon, an [[All CGI
* '''[[Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018-)]]''': The second cartoon produced by Nickelodeon, a re-imagining of the series with 2D animation.
* '''Videogames''': By both [[
** ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (video game)]]'' (1989). An infamously [[Nintendo Hard|
** ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Arcade
** ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in
** ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Manhattan
** ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament
** ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up]]'' (2009) from Ubisoft. Another fighting game, which combined elements from several different incarnations.
'''Other media franchises''': There are also other media franchises of the series, including [[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles food tie-ins|food tie-
''TMNT'' remains a pop-culture phenomenon, though [https://web.archive.org/web/20091024103234/http://news.toonzone.net/articles/31520/nick-acquires-rights-for-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-new-tv-series-and-movie the property has been sold to
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* [[Absurdly Spacious
* [[Action Girl]]: Several, most notably April O'Neil (depending on the incarnation), and Karai.
** Ninjara in the Archie series.
* [[Adaptation
* [[Adaptation Overdosed]]: You think the list above is already long? Well, there are also the newspaper strip, a series of British-made short comics, two anime [[Original Video Animation|
* [[Alien Among
* [[Aliens and
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to
* [[Alternate Company
* [[Alternate
* [[Alternate
* [[Animal
* [[Animal
* [[Another
* [[Art Initiates
* [[The
** The [[Artifact Title|title itself]] became this as the Turtles continued to age in the comics well into their thirties.
* [[Ascended
* [[Avenging the
** Also the Shredder's motivation in the original comics. Oroku Nagi obviously wasn't a very nice guy to be [[If I Can't Have You|beating Tang
* [[Awesome
* [[Badass
* [[Badass
* [[
* [[Beauty to
* [[Beneath the Earth]]: The Turtles have lived in sewers and on subway platforms from time to time.
* [[Beware the Nice
* [[Big
* [[Big Bad]]: Although the different incarnations may have their own individual Big Bads, The Shredder is the most traditional and consistent foe the turtles come across.
** Ironically, he was a [[Villain of the Week]] in the original comic.
* [[Big Brother
* [[Blade Below the
* [[Bodyguarding a
* [[Canon
* [[Canon
** '''Archie Comics to Mirage''': Cudley the Cowlick
** '''4Kids Cartoon to Mirage''': Foot Mystics, The Battle Nexus, Hun and Bishop,Shredder's armor.
** '''First Film to Mirage''': Charles Pennington
* [[Cash Cow
* [[Catch
** '''Fred Wolf series:''' "Cowabunga!" "Turtle power!"
** '''Films:''' "God, I ''love'' being a ''turtle!!''
** '''4Kids series:''' "It's ninja time!" (''Fast Forward'' only) "Goongala!" (Casey) "None of you will leave here alive!" (The Shredder), "Oh, crud." (Hun).
* [[Cephalothorax]]: Krang, after being stripped of his body when he was banished from Dimension X. Shredder designed and built a humanoid exo-suit for him when they teamed up.
* [[City of
* [[Color Coded for Your
** The Archie comic series [[
** The newspaper strip don't had different masc color since it were in black and white, but in opposite to the original comic the turtles here have their initials on their belts instead.
*** That's taken from the 1987 cartoon.
* [[Competitive
** [[Jack of All
** [[Glass
** [[Mighty
** [[Lightning
* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: [[Subverted Trope|SUBVERTED of all things!]] In the First Movie and the 4Kids series, The Foot have got alot of mileage out of [[Zerg Rush|sending wave after wave of]] [[
* [[Conspicuous
* [[Cosmic
* [[Crossove[[Category:TV Series]]]:
** Most important is Miyamoto Usagi of ''[[Usagi
** And ''[[Turtles
** ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the
** ''The Next Mutation'' guest starred in the ''[[Power Rangers in
** [[Rayman|
** There was a crossover with Planet Racers, another comic created by Peter Larid, in an episode of the 2003 series.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: Repeatedly subverted by Baxter Stockman. In the Mirage comics, after making a large legitimate fortune with his Mouser robots, he then proceeds to use them to commit terrorism for kicks. In the 1980s cartoon, he tried using them legitimately but was rejected by every pest control company in town ([[You Fail Economics Forever|They Fail Economics
* [[Cycle of
* [[Damsel in
* [[Deadpan
** Even Master Splinter has his dry humor moments.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Several aspects—the proper spelling of "Michelangelo" and the various inaccuracies surrounding the turtles' weapons (for example, nunchaku are not ninja weapons) are a couple of the most apparent.
** The earlier episodes of the 1987 series feature numerous references to the turtles as amphibians, by both them and others. This was corrected later on, and in one episode the turtles were even offended when called amphibians.
** The Vol. 4 of the comic book series, they rectify Michelangelo's name to the correct spelling.
* [[Distaff
* [[Ditto
* [[Dual-
* [[Elaborate Underground
* [[The End of the World as We Know
* [[Every Japanese Sword Is a
** Except for Leo's swords in the 4Kids cartoon (even though everyone still calls them katanas), or the 2007 CGI movie, one might point out...
*** In the live-action movies Leo is obviously wielding Ninjatos.
* [[Everyone Is
* [[Evil Power
* [[Exposed
* [[Expository Theme
* [[Faceless
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Prevalent through all incarnations of the series, to varying degrees. There's also quite a bit of overlap between the disparate fantastic elements.
* [[Fighting with
* [[Fish
* [[For Halloween I Am Going as Myself]]: The turtles are wont to do this.
* [[For the Evulz]]: In the original comics, April asks Baxter Stockman why he's using his Mousers to hold the city for ransom when he's already made a vast fortune with them. He answers that ''it's fun!''
* [[Four-Temperament
** Leonardo is {{color|green|Phlegmatic}}.
** Raphael is {{color|orange|Choleric}}.
** Donatello is Melancholic.
** Michelangelo is {{color|maroon|Sanguine}}.
* [[The
* [[Generican
* [[Genius
* [[Getting Crap Past the
* [[Good Republic, Evil
* [[Government Agency of
* [[Grand
* [[Highly-Visible
* [[Honor Before
** Also Karai, whose loyalty to the Shredder conflicts with her strong sense of honorable behavior.
* [[Hot
* [[Human
* [[I Don't Pay You to Think]]: In ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III'' Whit says "I think she's telling the truth" to which Walker replies "Really? Well, I don't pay you to think, do I? I pay you to lie, cheat, and steal."
* [[If I Can't Have You]]: The reason why Oroku Nagi beats on Tang Shen in the original comics, and why Oroku Saki and Yukio Mashimi kill her in the movie and the 4Kids cartoon, respectively.
* [[Interdimensional Travel
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add
{{quote|"Hey, are you interested in a cartoon /comic/ movie/ toyline about '''Teenage Mutant Turtles'''?"
"No way!"
"What if they were '''ninjas'''?"
"SOLD!" }}
* [[Legacy
* [[Licensed
* [[Live Action
* [[Lighter and
** And often ''heartbroken'' by the issue where {{spoiler|Master Splinter dies}}. Hell, even many fans who started with the comics find it a [[Tear
* [[Long
* [[Lost in
* [[Love
* [[Masquerad[[Category:TV Series]]]
* [[Mecha-
* [[Medium
* [[The Merch]]
** [[Official Cosplay
* [[Merchandise-
* [[Mistaken for
* [[Mobile Suit
* [[Monochromatic
* [[
* [[Morally-Ambiguous
* [[The
* [[Mutually Fictional]]: The ''Next Mutation'' turtles-'verse and the ''[[Power
* [[
* [[New York
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie
* [[Non-Lethal
* [[Non-Mammal
* [[No Transhumanism Allowed]]: Partial aversion. The 4Kids series has a cyborg and an infomorph, but only villains are non-organic, for the most part. Honeycutt, an [[Brain Uploading|uploaded
* [[Old
* [[Opposites
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Splinter.
* [[Popular Saying, But...]]: Wise man say: Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.
* [[Portal Pool]]: The main method used to enter the Battle Nexus.
* [[Posthumous
* [[Powered
* [[Pragmatic
* [[The
* [[Race
* [[Red Oni, Blue
** Also, Michelangelo and Donatello, to a lesser extent.
* [[Relationship
* [[Roof
* [[Rooftop
* [[Rubber
* [[Secret Public
* [[Shout-
** Their origin story in the original comics suggests the radioactive waste that mutated them is the same stuff that gave Daredevil his powers.
{{quote|'''Splinter:''' At the last moment a young man leaped at the blind man and knocked him out of the truck's way ... a metal canister bounced out of the back of the truck and struck the young man near his eyes ... the strange canister bounced ... striking and smashing a glass jar which held four small turtles ... you four as infants!!!}}
*** [[Daredevil|Also the Turtles are trained by Splinter (as opposed to Stick) and fight the Foot (rather than the Hand).]] And Raphael's personality was based on a [[Wolverine|certain ill-tempered Canadian anti-hero you might have heard of...]]
* [[Sibling
* [[Sixth
* [[Slime, Snails and Mutant
* [[Stealth Hi
* [[Stock Ninja
* [[Story Arc]]
* [[Super Strength]]: Although it's never really touched upon except in a few instances, all four of the turtles are obviously stronger than most humans. Though when they start battling other mutants, technology and aliens it starts to not matter as much.
* [[The
* [[Teenage Mutant Samurai
* [[Teleporters and
* [[Theme
* [[Theme Tune Roll Call]]: The one from the Fred Wolf series is the [[Ear Worm|best-
* [[They
* [[They Would Cut You Up]]
* [[Third Option
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: The phrase used, most often by Raphael and Hun, is "Ah, crud."
* [[Those Two Bad
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Used or averted, depending on the incarnation. The Fred Wolf animated series and its spin-off comic book use it; the original comic book, movies, and 4Kids animated series generally don't.
* [[Time
* [[Title Theme
* [[Totally Radical]]: They live in [[Big Applesauce|New York
*** It's ''usually'' only Mikey. Raph has a Brooklyn accent in the films too, and even in the Fred Wolf cartoon series Mikey was the only one to sound like a surfer dude, though they all used "Cowabunga."
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Pizza, at least in the Fred Wolf cartoon and movies.
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*** Outside of the Fred Wolf 'toon and movies, every turtle actually has their own favorite food. If memory serves, Leo's is sushi (or some other appropriately Japanese food), Raphael's is cereal (not making this up, honest), Donatello's is hamburger (not 100% sure on this one), and Mikey's is, naturally, pizza. This just doesn't reach [[Trademark Favorite Food]] levels and is usually barely mentioned, though in the GBA classic beat 'em up style TMNT movie game, each Turtle is healed by their favorite foods.
**** The fourth film attempts to give Splinter one: Cake.
* [[True
* [[Turtle
* [[Uncanny Family
* [[Vague
** Nearly all fans seem to agree (based on the average confirmed starting ages per post-comic continuity, if given any) that the four are fifteen, and gain a half-year per season or age in real-time (week-for-week).
* [[Vitriolic Best
* [[Volleying
* [[Web
* [[Weirdness
* [[Widget Serie[[Category:TV Series]]]: Seriously, the only reason this franchise makes any sense is because we're so used to it.
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