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** ''TurtlesForever'', an animated movie crossing over this incarnation of the turtles with that of the first cartoon, and acting as a celebration of the franchise's 25th anniversary.
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** And ''TurtlesForever'', a crossover between the 4Kids and Fred Wolf shows. [[spoiler: Did I mention the comics?]]
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** ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994). Three different fighting games sharing the name.
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** ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994). Three different fighting games sharing the name.
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; the two classic arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s: and; a second {{Beat Em Up}} exclusive to the NES: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheManhattanProject'' (1992); three different fighting games called ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994); and ''{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up}}'' from Ubisoft, another fighting game, which combined elements from several different incarnations.
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''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime''
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'''Videogames''': By both {{Konami}} and {{Ubisoft}}. Notable entries include the infamously [[NintendoHard difficult]] {{NES}} {{platformer}} ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (1989); the two classic arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'' (1989) and ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' (1991); a second {{Beat Em Up}} exclusive to the NES: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheManhattanProject'' (1992); three different fighting games called ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994); and ''{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up}}'' from Ubisoft, another fighting game, which combined elements from several different incarnations.
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**''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (1989). An infamously [[NintendoHard difficult]] {{NES}}
; the two classic arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'' (1989) and ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' (1991); a second {{Beat Em Up}} exclusive to the NES: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheManhattanProject'' (1992); three different fighting games called ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994); and ''{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up}}'' from Ubisoft, another fighting game, which combined elements from several different incarnations.
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* '''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage The Mirage Comics]]''': Stories featuring the original incarnation of the turtles. These are notable for its semi-real time storytelling (stories written after 2001 featured the turtles in their thirties); its lack of a consistent {{rogues gallery}}; and alternating between "throw-everything-at-the-wall-to-see-what-sticks" and "heavily focused" approaches to storytelling. This incarnation comprises Volumes 1, 2, and 4 of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comic book, two volumes of ''Tales of the TMNT'', and a multitude of one-shots and mini-series.
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* '''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage The Mirage Comics]]''': Comics]]''' (1984-1993, 2001-2010): Stories featuring the original incarnation of the turtles. These are notable for its semi-real time storytelling (stories written after 2001 featured the turtles in their thirties); its lack of a consistent {{rogues gallery}}; and alternating between "throw-everything-at-the-wall-to-see-what-sticks" and "heavily focused" approaches to storytelling. This incarnation comprises Volumes 1, 2, and 4 of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comic book, two volumes of ''Tales of the TMNT'', and a multitude of one-shots and mini-series.
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* '''''{{ComicBook/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures}}''''': Midway through its run, the original cartoon spawned its own comic book, published by Archie Comics. While it initially limited itself to adapting some of the cartoon stories, it eventually evolved into something as different from the cartoon as the cartoon was from the original comic book. This incarnation of the turtles is generally regarded favorably, with a notable contingent of fans clamoring for inclusion of its characters into future incarnations.
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* '''''{{ComicBook/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures}}''''': Adventures}}''''' (1988/1989-1995): Midway through its run, the original cartoon spawned its own comic book, published by Archie Comics. While it initially limited itself to adapting some of the cartoon stories, it eventually evolved into something as different from the cartoon as the cartoon was from the original comic book. This incarnation of the turtles is generally regarded favorably, with a notable contingent of fans clamoring for inclusion of its characters into future incarnations.
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* '''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage TMNT Vol. 3]]''': Published by Image Comics, this series was the official continuation of the Mirage continuity, until it was [[CanonDiscontinuity 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.
* '''''[[Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]''''', a live-action Saturday morning show by Saban (guys behind ''PowerRangers''), aired on FoxKids in 1998 shortly after the animated series ended. It lasted only one season before going belly-up. The new series added a new character, [[TheScrappy Venus de Milo]], a female turtle with knowledge of the art of Shinobi (and playing the foil to the scientifically-minded Donatello). Many fans were [[FanonDiscontinuity antagonistic]] to the series, and Peter Laird was even [[BerserkButton more]] antagonistic to Venus, although nobody knows why [[CanonDiscontinuity because she doesn't exist and never did]].
* '''''[[Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]''''', a live-action Saturday morning show by Saban (guys behind ''PowerRangers''), aired on FoxKids in 1998 shortly after the animated series ended. It lasted only one season before going belly-up. The new series added a new character, [[TheScrappy Venus de Milo]], a female turtle with knowledge of the art of Shinobi (and playing the foil to the scientifically-minded Donatello). Many fans were [[FanonDiscontinuity antagonistic]] to the series, and Peter Laird was even [[BerserkButton more]] antagonistic to Venus, although nobody knows why [[CanonDiscontinuity because she doesn't exist and never did]].
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* '''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage TMNT Vol. 3]]''': 3]]'' (1996-1999)': Published by Image Comics, this series was the official continuation of the Mirage continuity, until it was [[CanonDiscontinuity 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.
* '''''[[Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation Ninja Turtles: The NextMutation]]''''', Mutation]]''''' (1997-1998), a live-action Saturday morning show by Saban (guys behind ''PowerRangers''), aired on FoxKids in 1998 shortly after the animated series ended. It lasted only one season before going belly-up. The new series added a new character, [[TheScrappy Venus de Milo]], a female turtle with knowledge of the art of Shinobi (and playing the foil to the scientifically-minded Donatello). Many fans were [[FanonDiscontinuity antagonistic]] to the series, and Peter Laird was even [[BerserkButton more]] antagonistic to Venus, although nobody knows why [[CanonDiscontinuity because she doesn't exist and never did]].
* '''''[[Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation Ninja Turtles: The Next
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* ''"[[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesLegendOfTheSupermutants Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants]] (1996). An {{Anime}}. It is a two-episode OVA which adapts (very freely) the Turtles into Japanese anime format, although they're mainly [[MerchandiseDriven thinly-veiled ads]] for Takara's Japanese version of the ''Turtles'' toyline. Among the changes made, the turtles have the power to transform into ''"Super Turtles"'' for about three minutes (during which they look really manly), have an animal-themed armor each (like in ''SaintSeiya'') and can fuse together to form the ''"Saint Turtle"''. Besides that, the bad guys also have transforming powers, and Shredder turns into a Dragon. Oh Japan, what would we do without your Wacky Dragon-Based Hijinks... For further info, visit TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Legend_of_the_Supermutants]] or just see [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMfb60lc14&feature=related this video]].
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* ''"[[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesLegendOfTheSupermutants '''[[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesLegendOfTheSupermutants Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants]] Supermutants]]''' (1996). An {{Anime}}. It is a two-episode OVA which adapts (very freely) the Turtles into Japanese anime format, although they're mainly [[MerchandiseDriven thinly-veiled ads]] for Takara's Japanese version of the ''Turtles'' toyline. Among the changes made, the turtles have the power to transform into ''"Super Turtles"'' for about three minutes (during which they look really manly), have an animal-themed armor each (like in ''SaintSeiya'') and can fuse together to form the ''"Saint Turtle"''. Besides that, the bad guys also have transforming powers, and Shredder turns into a Dragon. Oh Japan, what would we do without your Wacky Dragon-Based Hijinks... For further info, visit TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Legend_of_the_Supermutants]] or just see [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMfb60lc14&feature=related this video]].
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* ''"[[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesLegendOfTheSupermutants Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants]] (1996). An {{Anime}}. It is a two-episode OVA which adapts (very freely) the Turtles into Japanese anime format, although they're mainly [[MerchandiseDriven thinly-veiled ads]] for Takara's Japanese version of the ''Turtles'' toyline. Among the changes made, the turtles have the power to transform into ''"Super Turtles"'' for about three minutes (during which they look really manly), have an animal-themed armor each (like in ''SaintSeiya'') and can fuse together to form the ''"Saint Turtle"''. Besides that, the bad guys also have transforming powers, and Shredder turns into a Dragon. Oh Japan, what would we do without your Wacky Dragon-Based Hijinks... For further info, visit TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Legend_of_the_Supermutants]] or just see [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMfb60lc14&feature=related this video]].
'''Videogames''': By both {{Konami}} and {{Ubisoft}}. Notable entries include the infamously [[NintendoHard difficult]] {{NES}} {{platformer}} ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (1989); the two classic arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'' (1989) and ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' (1991); a second {{Beat Em Up}} exclusive to the NES: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheManhattanProject'' (1992); three different fighting games called ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994); and ''{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up}}'' from Ubisoft, another fighting game, which combined elements from several different incarnations.
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'''{{Anime}}''': ''"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants"'' is a two-episode OVA which adapts (very freely) the Turtles into Japanese anime format, although they're mainly [[MerchandiseDriven thinly-veiled ads]] for Takara's Japanese version of the ''Turtles'' toyline. Among the changes made, the turtles have the power to transform into ''"Super Turtles"'' for about three minutes (during which they look really manly), have an animal-themed armor each (like in ''SaintSeiya'') and can fuse together to form the ''"Saint Turtle"''. Besides that, the bad guys also have transforming powers, and Shredder turns into a Dragon. Oh Japan, what would we do without your Wacky Dragon-Based Hijinks... For further info, visit TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Legend_of_the_Supermutants]] or just see [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMfb60lc14&feature=related this video]].
'''Videogames''': By both {{Konami}} and {{Ubisoft}}. Notable entries include the infamously [[NintendoHard difficult]] {{NES}} {{platformer}} ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (1989); the two classic arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'' (1989) and ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' (1991); a second {{Beat Em Up}} exclusive to the NES: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheManhattanProject'' (1992); three different fighting games called ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994); and ''{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up}}'' from Ubisoft, another fighting game, which combined elements from several different incarnations.
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* '''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 The second cartoon (2003-2009)]]''': Mirage teamed up with [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] in order to produce this new cartoon, this time making sure it had a closer resemblance to the comic book it was based on. Nicknamed TMNT 2k3, the series featured faithful adaptations of most of the comic book's stories, contained major [[{{Arc}} story arcs]], and straightened up the original patchwork narrative and made it more coherent. Surprisingly for a show produced by someone with 4Kids' pedigree, it has avoided several of the tropes associated with Saturday Morning cartoons, such as ThouShaltNotKill and StatusQuoIsGod. It ended in 2009, after six years, seven seasons, and two retools, with ''TurtlesForever'', an animated movie crossing over this incarnation of the turtles with that of the first cartoon, and acting as a celebration of the franchise's 25th anniversary.
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**''TurtlesForever'', an animated movie crossing over this incarnation of the turtles with that of the first cartoon, and acting as a celebration of the franchise's 25th anniversary.
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'''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 The second cartoon (2003-2009)]]''': Mirage teamed up with [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] in order to produce this new cartoon, this time making sure it had a closer resemblance to the comic book it was based on. Nicknamed TMNT 2k3, the series featured faithful adaptations of most of the comic book's stories, contained major [[{{Arc}} story arcs]], and straightened up the original patchwork narrative and made it more coherent. Surprisingly for a show produced by someone with 4Kids' pedigree, it has avoided several of the tropes associated with Saturday Morning cartoons, such as ThouShaltNotKill and StatusQuoIsGod. It ended in 2009, after six years, seven seasons, and two retools, with ''TurtlesForever'', an animated movie crossing over this incarnation of the turtles with that of the first cartoon, and acting as a celebration of the franchise's 25th anniversary.
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'''''[[Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]''''', a live-action Saturday morning show by Saban (guys behind ''PowerRangers''), aired on FoxKids in 1998 shortly after the animated series ended. It lasted only one season before going belly-up. The new series added a new character, [[TheScrappy Venus de Milo]], a female turtle with knowledge of the art of Shinobi (and playing the foil to the scientifically-minded Donatello). Many fans were [[FanonDiscontinuity antagonistic]] to the series, and Peter Laird was even [[BerserkButton more]] antagonistic to Venus, although nobody knows why [[CanonDiscontinuity because she doesn't exist and never did]].
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'''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage TMNT Vol. 3]]''': Published by Image Comics, this series was the official continuation of the Mirage continuity, until it was [[CanonDiscontinuity 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.
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* '''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The movies]]''': Debuting in 1990, the first movie combined events from the comic book with the cartoon's humor. It went on to be extremely popular, breaking records for an independent film and even though reviews weren't glowing, praise was given to the JimHenson Shop for the costumes. The resulting two sequels cost more and made less, started to fall into self-parody and ended the series.
More than a decade later, the TMNT movie franchise was revived with the 2007 release of the fully-CGI ''TMNT''. Made as a [[BroadStrokes tenuous continuation]] of the original movies, it received respectable reviews for the animation and character storylines, but was criticized for the main plot mysticism.
''Another'' reboot of the TMNT film franchise will be released on 2012, with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes serving as the production company.
More than a decade later, the TMNT movie franchise was revived with the 2007 release of the fully-CGI ''TMNT''. Made as a [[BroadStrokes tenuous continuation]] of the original movies, it received respectable reviews for the animation and character storylines, but was criticized for the main plot mysticism.
''Another'' reboot of the TMNT film franchise will be released on 2012, with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes serving as the production company.
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series. More than a decade later, the TMNT movie franchise was revived with the 2007 release of the fully-CGI ''TMNT''. Made as a [[BroadStrokes tenuous continuation]] of the original movies, it received respectable reviews for the animation and character storylines, but was criticized for the main plot mysticism.
mysticism. ''Another'' reboot of the TMNT film franchise will be released on 2012, with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes serving as the production company.
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'''''{{ComicBook/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures}}''''': Midway through its run, the original cartoon spawned its own comic book, published by Archie Comics. While it initially limited itself to adapting some of the cartoon stories, it eventually evolved into something as different from the cartoon as the cartoon was from the original comic book. This incarnation of the turtles is generally regarded favorably, with a notable contingent of fans clamoring for inclusion of its characters into future incarnations.
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'''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 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 [[AdaptationDistillation distillation]][=/=]{{flanderization}} of the four turtles to easily identifiable character types; the addition of villains Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady; the promotion of the Shredder from one-shot baddie to ArchEnemy; gleeful breaking of the fourth wall; the addition of food addiction (pizza) and a catch phrase ("Cowabunga," although there were others), and a general comedic bent. The series ended in 1996, after ten seasons, 194 episodes, and one retool which attempted to make the series more dramatic.
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* {{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.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The phrase used, most oftenly by Raphael and Hun, is "Ah, crud."
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Bebop and Rocksteady.
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* LighterAndSofter: Fans of either cartoon series who then read the original comic book rarely expect its ''much'' darker tone.
** Fans of the cartoon series may be shocked that the turtles actually kill people in the comics.
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'''''Man, I LOVE being a Turtle!!!'''''
Indy comic book turned multimedia empire, starring the eponymous Ninja Turtles. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin personified.
''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 FrankMiller's ''{{Daredevil}}'', with the four titular ninja battling the Shredder to avenge the murder of Master Splinter's master, Hamato Yoshi. After a fierce battle, they successfully kill him. A surprise hit (often attributed to the unique name), the series continued with applying a {{fantasy kitchen sink}} motif: with time travel, robots, and aliens introduced within the first ten issues. Despite their inauspicious beginnings, the series became so popular that an action figure deal was struck, which then snowballed into an animated series, movies, and every type of merchandise under the sun, turning it into one of the biggest {{cash cow franchise}}s of the mid-eighties/early nineties.
The major incarnations of the franchise are as follows:
[[index]]
'''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage The Mirage Comics]]''': Stories featuring the original incarnation of the turtles. These are notable for its semi-real time storytelling (stories written after 2001 featured the turtles in their thirties); its lack of a consistent {{rogues gallery}}; and alternating between "throw-everything-at-the-wall-to-see-what-sticks" and "heavily focused" approaches to storytelling. This incarnation comprises Volumes 1, 2, and 4 of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comic book, two volumes of ''Tales of the TMNT'', and a multitude of one-shots and mini-series.
'''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 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 [[AdaptationDistillation distillation]][=/=]{{flanderization}} of the four turtles to easily identifiable character types; the addition of villains Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady; the promotion of the Shredder from one-shot baddie to ArchEnemy; gleeful breaking of the fourth wall; the addition of food addiction (pizza) and a catch phrase ("Cowabunga," although there were others), and a general comedic bent. The series ended in 1996, after ten seasons, 194 episodes, and one retool which attempted to make the series more dramatic.
'''''{{ComicBook/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures}}''''': Midway through its run, the original cartoon spawned its own comic book, published by Archie Comics. While it initially limited itself to adapting some of the cartoon stories, it eventually evolved into something as different from the cartoon as the cartoon was from the original comic book. This incarnation of the turtles is generally regarded favorably, with a notable contingent of fans clamoring for inclusion of its characters into future incarnations.
'''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The movies]]''': Debuting in 1990, the first movie combined events from the comic book with the cartoon's humor. It went on to be extremely popular, breaking records for an independent film and even though reviews weren't glowing, praise was given to the JimHenson Shop for the costumes. The resulting two sequels cost more and made less, started to fall into self-parody and ended the series.
More than a decade later, the TMNT movie franchise was revived with the 2007 release of the fully-CGI ''TMNT''. Made as a [[BroadStrokes tenuous continuation]] of the original movies, it received respectable reviews for the animation and character storylines, but was criticized for the main plot mysticism.
''Another'' reboot of the TMNT film franchise will be released on 2012, with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes serving as the production company.
'''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage TMNT Vol. 3]]''': Published by Image Comics, this series was the official continuation of the Mirage continuity, until it was [[CanonDiscontinuity 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.
'''''[[Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]''''', a live-action Saturday morning show by Saban (guys behind ''PowerRangers''), aired on FoxKids in 1998 shortly after the animated series ended. It lasted only one season before going belly-up. The new series added a new character, [[TheScrappy Venus de Milo]], a female turtle with knowledge of the art of Shinobi (and playing the foil to the scientifically-minded Donatello). Many fans were [[FanonDiscontinuity antagonistic]] to the series, and Peter Laird was even [[BerserkButton more]] antagonistic to Venus, although nobody knows why [[CanonDiscontinuity because she doesn't exist and never did]].
'''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 The second cartoon (2003-2009)]]''': Mirage teamed up with [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] in order to produce this new cartoon, this time making sure it had a closer resemblance to the comic book it was based on. Nicknamed TMNT 2k3, the series featured faithful adaptations of most of the comic book's stories, contained major [[{{Arc}} story arcs]], and straightened up the original patchwork narrative and made it more coherent. Surprisingly for a show produced by someone with 4Kids' pedigree, it has avoided several of the tropes associated with Saturday Morning cartoons, such as ThouShaltNotKill and StatusQuoIsGod. It ended in 2009, after six years, seven seasons, and two retools, with ''TurtlesForever'', an animated movie crossing over this incarnation of the turtles with that of the first cartoon, and acting as a celebration of the franchise's 25th anniversary.
'''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW The IDW Comics]]''': 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.
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'''{{Anime}}''': ''"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants"'' is a two-episode OVA which adapts (very freely) the Turtles into Japanese anime format, although they're mainly [[MerchandiseDriven thinly-veiled ads]] for Takara's Japanese version of the ''Turtles'' toyline. Among the changes made, the turtles have the power to transform into ''"Super Turtles"'' for about three minutes (during which they look really manly), have an animal-themed armor each (like in ''SaintSeiya'') and can fuse together to form the ''"Saint Turtle"''. Besides that, the bad guys also have transforming powers, and Shredder turns into a Dragon. Oh Japan, what would we do without your Wacky Dragon-Based Hijinks... For further info, visit TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Legend_of_the_Supermutants]] or just see [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMfb60lc14&feature=related this video]].
'''Videogames''': By both {{Konami}} and {{Ubisoft}}. Notable entries include the infamously [[NintendoHard difficult]] {{NES}} {{platformer}} ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (1989); the two classic arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'' (1989) and ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' (1991); a second {{Beat Em Up}} exclusive to the NES: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheManhattanProject'' (1992); three different fighting games called ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994); and ''{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up}}'' 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 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_food_tie-ins food tie-ins]] (Ninja Turtles cereal, Chef Boyardee TMNT pasta, Ninja Turtles cookies, etc.); a ''Coming Out of Their Shells'' concert tour that first premiered at the Radio City Music Hall (with Donatello on keyboards, Leonardo on bass guitar, Raphael on drums and sax, and Michelangelo on guitar, as the story had a feel similar to ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', with its theme of [[ThePowerOfRock the power of rock n' roll]] literally defeating the enemy, in the form of the Shredder (who only rapped about how he hates music), trying to eliminate all music); and a stage show at the Disney-MGM studios theme park in Orlando, Florida from 1990 to 1996.
TMNT remains a pop-culture phenomenon, though [[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 Nickelodeon]] with a new CGI cartoon coming in 2012 along with the aforementioned MichaelBay movie. A new Eastman-helmed TMNT comic series has started in August 2011.
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'''The ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise has the following tropes:'''
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
* ActionGirl: Several, most notably April O'Neil (depending on the incarnation), and Karai.
** Ninjara in the Archie series.
* AdaptationDistillation: The 4Kids series and the fourth movie. The first movie successfully blends the original comics and cartoon into a coherent whole.
* AdaptationOverdosed: You think the list above is already long? Well, there are also the newspaper strip, a series of British-made short comics, two anime {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA, two live action musical specials, a couple of novels, several kid's books, magazines and crossovers and heaven know how much toys and merchandise.
* AlienAmongUs: The Utroms, initially.
* AliensAndMonsters
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Several times, across incarnations more faithful to the original comic books, the attack on April's shop being the quintessential example.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: The Justice Force and its members, to varying degrees.
* AlternateContinuity: Tons--see above.
* AlternateUniverse
* AnimalNemesis: The feud between Oroku Nagi and Hamato Yoshi is taken up by Nagi's brother and Yoshi's pet rat, and the Turtles themselves when they mutate.
* AnimalSuperheroes
* AnotherDimension: A whole lot of them, most notably Dimension X.
* ArtInitiatesLife: [[JackKirby Kirby]]'s crystal allowed him to do this.
* TheArtifact: As the series became more kid-friendly it became fairly impossible to show Leonardo and Raphael slicing and dicing their non-robotic foes, as that would be bloody and gruesome. However, their weapons of katanas and sais are so iconic to them that they could never get rid of them. Thus more often than not, and particularly in the movies (which feature no robots) they'll just be seen fighting with their bare hands - their more effective weapons strapped to them untouched.
** The [[ArtifactTitle title itself]] became this as the Turtles continued to age in the comics well into their thirties.
* AscendedExtra: The Shredder; the Purple Dragons.
* AvengingTheVillain: The basis of the Foot's vendetta against the turtles, after The Shredder's death in the comic books. In the 4Kids cartoon, this becomes Karai's motivation during the fourth season, after The Shredder (here her adoptive father) is exiled to an icy asteroid.
** Also the Shredder's motivation in the original comics. Oroku Nagi obviously wasn't a very nice guy to be [[IfICantHaveYou beating Tang Shen]] for choosing Hamato Yoshi over him, but Yoshi was [[DisproportionateRetribution probably going overboard by slaying Nagi in return]]. Oroku Saki's goal was to avenge his brother's death.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Renaissance Artists and Japanese names and Irish names and Athletes and Violent Verbs and Notorious Conquerors, oh my! Wait; I think I missed some!
* BadassBookworm: Donatello.
* BadassPacifist: Donatello is known as the least violent of the four turtles and would rather use his intellect to solve conflict than his fighting skills. However, he is VERY competent in his fighting when it is needed.
* {{Badbutt}}: Nearly as iconic to the heroes as TotallyRadical is their application of UnusualEuphemism, at least in the 1987 series. "What the Shell" is one of the most uttered phrases in the 2003 series; at least as often as "Cowabunga" in the 1987 series.
* BeautyToBeast: April when turned into a fish mutant.
* BeneathTheEarth: The Turtles have lived in sewers and on subway platforms from time to time.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Let's just say that you would want to stay on the good side of Michelangelo & Donatello.
* BigApplesauce: New York is the primary location for all incarnations.
* BigBad: 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 VillainOftheWeek in the original comic.
* {{Big Brother Instinct}}: The turtles all fall under this trope at one time or another, in all the various incarnations. It has also applied to Casey and April.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: [[CaptainObvious The Shredder]]
* BodyguardingABadass: Shredder's Elite Guard.
* CanonForeigner: Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady, Venus de Milo, Tatsu, Tokka, Rahzar and many more.
* CanonImmigrant:
** '''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
* CashCowFranchise
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** '''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).
* CityOfAdventure: New York City, as well as Northampton, MA in the Mirage comics and 4Kids 'toon.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Since the original comic was in black and white, there wasn't much of this to begin with as each turtle was identified by their WeaponOfChoice. Even the special colored issues had the bandana masks they wear all red. The original cartoon gave the turtles different color bandannas (which have since been used in every successive incarnation) and the action figures, different skin colors (ignored until the 2003 cartoon).
** The Archie comic series {{Lampshade}}d this with a TruthInTelevision flashback story about the pre-teenaged Turtles all wearing red headbands and Splinter having difficulty telling them apart until they decide on color coding their masks a la DonaldDuck's nephews. This crosses into OnlySixFaces.
** 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.
* CompetitiveBalance: In terms of the Video Games.
** JackOfAllStats: Leonardo
** GlassCannon: Raphael
** MightyGlacier: Donatello
** LightningBruiser: Michelangelo
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: [[SubvertedTrope SUBVERTED of all things!]] In the First Movie and the 4Kids series, The Foot have got alot of mileage out of [[ZergRush sending wave after wave of]] {{Mooks}} after the Turtles (Raphael in the 1990 movie, and Leonardo in the Comics and 4Kids series) and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown whooping their asses.]]
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: The turtles' way of staying hidden. On the other hand this ''IS'' New York, where nobody looks at anybody else, so, fair enough.
* CosmicKeystone: [[spoiler: The dimension of the original Mirage Comics for the Multiverse]] in "Turtles Forever".
* {{Crossover}}:
** Most important is Miyamoto Usagi of ''UsagiYojimbo'', who has appeared in the original comics and the Fred Wolf,4Kids cartoons; the turtles have also made the occasional appearance in the ''Usagi Yojimbo'' comic books.
** And ''TurtlesForever'', a crossover between the 4Kids and Fred Wolf shows. [[spoiler: Did I mention the comics?]]
** ''CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'' features 1987 Mikey among [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover many other toons]].
** ''The Next Mutation'' guest starred in the ''PowerRangersInSpace'' episode "Shell Shocked".[[hottip:* :Retroactively, this did get ''PowerRangers'' to beat ''SuperSentai'' to the punch at an IntercontinuityCrossover with an eleven-year gap. For the record, the ''Sentai'' crosover was ''KamenRiderDecade''/''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''... and ''Shinkenger'' is as just as well loved as ''In Space'', like ''Decade'' is as hotly contested as ''The Next Mutation'' (albeit for different reasons).]]
** {{Ra|yman}}bbids in the ''Smash-Up'' video game. They [[RuinedFOREVER immediately]] became new [[TheScrappy Scrappies]] for the TMNT fandom.
** There was a crossover with Planet Racers, another comic created by Peter Larid, in an episode of the 2003 series.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Michelangelo, in every incarnation, is the usually the goofball/slacker/fun-loving guy of the group, but when it comes down to having an actual fight....you don't really wanna be on the receiving end.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: 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 ([[YouFailEconomicsForever They Fail Economics Forever]]). In the 4Kids cartoon, he makes a huge legitimate fortune with them, and then starts using them to rob banks simply because he's a greedy bastard.
* CycleOfRevenge: One of the most important themes in the original Mirage books.
* DamselInDistress: April O'Neil always, though taken UpToEleven in the first cartoon where the turtles can [[BeyondTheImpossible recognize her]] [[RuleOfFunny by her "mmphing"]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Being teenagers, all four of them usually do it at some point, but Raphael is the one that's known for it the most.
** Even Master Splinter has his dry humor moments.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: 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.
* DistaffCounterpart: Venus de Milo, who fit in as an ActionGirl and TheChick in ''Next Mutation'' since it didn't even feature April as a character.
* DittoAliens: The Utroms; Triceratons.
* DualWielding: Three of the four turtles use their weapons in pairs, with Donny being the odd man out. Though since his weapon is a bo staff, it's justified (although his original action figure did come with a pair of bo).
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The turtles' lair is usually one of these.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: TMNT just wouldn't be the same if this trope were non-existent.
* EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana: Occurs with every ninja-to in the series.
** 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.
* EveryoneIsGay: For better or for worse, there are several fanfics detailing romances between the turtles. Not only that, but there are also drawings of turtle (literal) bromance. Some are actually well [[http://i.imgur.com/YCSR5.gif done]]. Of course, this gets a little weird when they're supposedly brothers but MST3KMantra.
* EvilPowerVacuum: Occurs after the Shredder is defeated at the end of the ''Return to New York'' arc in the Mirage comic books and in the second cartoon.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: In all of their incarnations, the turtles are seldom seen wearing anything besides their bandanas and weapons, unless it's part of a disguise.
* ExpositoryThemeTune: "Splinter taught them to be ninja teens!" "He's a radical rat!"
* FacelessGoons: The Foot Clan
* FantasyKitchenSink: Prevalent through all incarnations of the series, to varying degrees. There's also quite a bit of overlap between the disparate fantastic elements.
* FightingWithChucks: Michaelangelo uses chucks as his primary weapon.
* FishPeople: Mona Lisa from the original series' "Raphael Meets His Match"; the fish people from "Sons of the Silent Age".
* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: The turtles are wont to do this.
* ForTheEvulz: 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!''
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: In most incarnations, the turtles can be classified in the following manner:
** Leonardo is neutral [[color:green:Phlegmatic]].
** Raphael is [[color:orange:Choleric]].
** Donatello is Melancholic.
** Michelangelo is [[color:maroon:Sanguine]].
* TheFuture: Plays a significant part in several incarnations, particularly in the Mirage and Archie comics, which had several stories starring future versions of the turtles, and the second cartoon, whose setting for the entire sixth season was the year 2105.
* GenericanEmpire: The Federation.
* GeniusBruiser: Leatherhead in the 2k3 incarnation.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the episode "Fallen Angel" in the 4kids series, Leo (in disguise) asks Raphael "What is the deal with humans and clothes?" Raph's response? "You ever see a human in his skivies? Trust me, It's not a pretty sight." So what does Raphael do with his free time?
* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: Averted all to hell in the 4Kids series. Both TheFederation (humanoids) and [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny The Republic]] (Triceratons) are pretty nasty.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: D.A.R.P.A. in the Mirage comic books and its animated counterpart, the Earth Protection Force.
* GrandFinale: ''TurtlesForever''.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: The turtles, of course. There are other ninjas present too (some of the Shredder's minions for an example) who stand out from the crowd.
* HonorBeforeReason: A trait seen in most incarnations of Leonardo. It goes both ways though- either he is commended or, if something goes horribly wrong, grievously injured.
** Also Karai, whose loyalty to the Shredder conflicts with her strong sense of honorable behavior.
* HotReporter: April O'Neil.
* HumanAliens: A large part of the Federation, including most of its army.
* IDontPayYouToThink: 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."
* IfICantHaveYou: 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.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja:
--> "Hey, are you interested in a cartoon /comic/ movie/ toyline about '''Teenage Mutant Turtles'''?"
--> "No way!"
--> "What if they were '''ninjas'''?"
--> "SOLD!"
* LegacyCharacter: Several people have taken on the Shredder's mantle after besides Oroku Saki, with Karai being the most popular one.
* LicensedGame: So very many.
* LiveActionAdaptation
* LighterAndSofter: Fans of either cartoon series who then read the original comic book rarely expect its ''much'' darker tone.
** Fans of the cartoon series may be shocked that the turtles actually kill people in the comics.
*** And these fans that are shocked when they first see the turtles kill people often become ''heartbroken'' by the issue where [[spoiler: Master Splinter dies]]. Hell; even many fans who started with the comics find it a TearJerker.
* LongRunners: 25 years and still going strong.
* LostInImitation: The turtles' tails and red bandannas.
* LoveTriangle: Hamato Yoshi, Tang Shen, and Oroku Nagi (or, alternatively, Oroku Saki or Yukio Mashimi, depending on the incarnation) form one of these. Also, Stainless Steve Steel, Dr. Dome, and Battling Bernice.
* {{Masquerade}}
* MechaMooks: Several, most notably The Foot Soldiers in the first animated series.
* MediumAwareness: A regular feature of the first cartoon.
* TheMerch
** OfficialCosplayGear
* MerchandiseDriven: ''TMNT'' didn't start this way, but it moved in this direction once the toy line became hugely successful. Ironically, it was originally intended as a slightly DarkerAndEdgier ''parody'' of merchandise-driven cartoon series and comics. Then the creators realized it was becoming one, and just rolled with it, and now the series has become the archetype for such franchises. It's even had a parody or two.
* MistakenForAliens: Occurs to the turtles a lot, once the existence of aliens is actually made known to the general population.
* MobileSuitHuman: The alien Utroms used robotic exoskeletons to hide among humans while stranded on Earth.
* MonochromaticEyes: Several incarnations of the turtles--but only when they wear their masks.
* {{Mooks}}: Of all stripes, the most common and consistent being the Foot Ninja.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Dome, Dr. Malignus.
* TheMultiverse
* MutuallyFictional: The ''Next Mutation'' turtles-'verse and the ''PowerRangers'' 'verse.
* {{Nanomachines}}: Used by Baxter Stockman in the Mirage comics during a murder attempt on April, and by the turtles in order to foil said attempt. Also used in the 4Kids animated series to form Nano, a sentient nanomachine colony.
* NewYorkSubway
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Do we really need to explain this one? Besides the obvious, there are also robot ninjas.
* NonLethalWarfare: Depending on the incarnation.
* NonMammalMammaries: Venus de Milo
* NoTranshumanismAllowed: Partial aversion. The 4Kids series has a cyborg and an infomorph, but only villains are non-organic, for the most part. Honeycutt, an [[BrainUploading uploaded man]], is a subversion.
* {{Old Superhero}}es: The original Justice Force.
* OppositesAttract: April and Casey.
* PapaWolf: Splinter.
* PopularSayingBut: Wise man say: Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.
* PortalPool: The main method used to enter the Battle Nexus.
* PosthumousCharacter: Hamato Yoshi, Tang Shen, Oroku Nagi/Yukio Mashimi, and Professor Obligado.
* PoweredArmor: The future versions of the turtles wore these for an arc in the Archie comic; the same armor also showed up in an episode of the Fred Wolf 'toon. Also, villains Baxter Stockman and Darius Dun have worn these on occasion.
* PragmaticAdaptation: The original movie and 4Kids cartoon.
* TheProfessor: Tons: Donatello (when he's not a {{teen genius}}), Professor Honeycutt, Leatherhead, Glurin, Professor Obligado, Dr. Chaplin... Ironically, the one guy actually called "The Professor", from the 4Kids cartoon, isn't an example.
* RaceLift: Baxter Stockman in the Fred Wolf cartoon and one-shot villain Skonk in the 4Kids cartoon, who were both changed from African Americans to Caucasians.
* RedOniBlueOni: Raphael and Leonardo. Heck, even their headband's colors match.
** Also, Michelangelo and Donatello, to a lesser extent.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Occurs with April and Casey at several points in each incarnation.
* RoofHopping
* RooftopConfrontation
* RubberMan: Joey Lastic of the Justice Force.
* SecretPublicIdentity: Ananda of the Justice Force; her mother, Battling Bernice; "Stainless" Steve Steel, and Joey Lastic.
* ShoutOut: Many of them, particularly in the 4Kids 'toon. Mostly from Mikey.
** Their origin story in the original comics suggests the radioactive waste that mutated them is the same stuff that gave Daredevil his powers.
---> '''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...]]
* SiblingTeam
* SixthRanger: Venus de Milo in ''The Next Mutation''.
* SlimeSnailsAndMutantTails: All the radioactive waste, mutant friends and foes, ooze etc.
* StealthHiBye: These guys could give Batman a run for his money at this.
* StockNinjaWeaponry: Frequently used by the turtles.
* StoryArc
* SuperStrength: 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.
* TheSyndicate: The Foot Clan.
* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: Possibly the TropeCodifier.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The Utroms' Transmat and Honeycutt's Teleportal. Cudley the Cowlick can do this naturally.
* ThemeNaming: All the turtles are named after artists. Bebop and Rocksteady are musical references. The Mutant Frogs are named after great warlords, and more.
* ThemeTuneRollCall: The one from the Fred Wolf series is the [[EarWorm best-known]], but the fourth season of the 4Kids series also has one.
* TheyDo: Casey and April.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp
* ThirdOptionAdaptation: Splinter defeating Shredder in TheMovie.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The phrase used, most oftenly by Raphael and Hun, is "Ah, crud."
* ThouShaltNotKill: 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.
* TimePolice: Renet and Lord Simultaneous, who form part of a larger, if unseen, organization.
* TitleThemeTune: All of the western cartoon themes.
* TotallyRadical: They live in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], but sound like a bunch of {{surfer|Dude}}s from [[AmericanAccents Southern California]]. (''Especially'' Michelangelo, and sometimes--depending on the continuity--excepting Raphael.)
*** 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."
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pizza, at least in the Fred Wolf cartoon and movies.
** Though not necessarily true in the 4Kids animated series, it's been alluded to several times. Especially related to Mikey.
*** 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 TrademarkFavoriteFood 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.
* TrueCompanions: The turtles + Casey and April form this unit, most notably in the movies and 4Kids cartoon.
* TurtlePower: TropeNamer.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Ananda to Battling Bernice (daughter/mother)
* VagueAge: Occurs with several of the characters throughout incarnations, due to a lack of specific dates or starting ages. [[CaptainObvious The mutant ninja turtles are nearly always teenagers.]]
** 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).
* VitriolicBestBuds: Casey and Raph tend towards this in most continuities.
* VolleyingInsults: Done playfully between Casey and Raph in the Mirage comics, in a scene which was later adapted for the first movie and 4Kids cartoon.
* WebComics: Online fan comic/manga "MNT Gaiden"
* {{Weirdness Magnet}}s: Aliens, demons, robots, ninjas, Atlanteans, monsters, corporate executives, crazy people, members of near-extinct races and species, spirits, ghosts, psychics, alive machines, time traveling miscreants, [[AIIsACrapshoot evil AI]], gangs, anthropomorphic animals, and many, many mutants.
* WidgetSeries: Seriously, the only reason this franchise makes any sense is because we're so used to it.
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'''''Man, I LOVE being a Turtle!!!'''''
Indy comic book turned multimedia empire, starring the eponymous Ninja Turtles. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin personified.
''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 FrankMiller's ''{{Daredevil}}'', with the four titular ninja battling the Shredder to avenge the murder of Master Splinter's master, Hamato Yoshi. After a fierce battle, they successfully kill him. A surprise hit (often attributed to the unique name), the series continued with applying a {{fantasy kitchen sink}} motif: with time travel, robots, and aliens introduced within the first ten issues. Despite their inauspicious beginnings, the series became so popular that an action figure deal was struck, which then snowballed into an animated series, movies, and every type of merchandise under the sun, turning it into one of the biggest {{cash cow franchise}}s of the mid-eighties/early nineties.
The major incarnations of the franchise are as follows:
[[index]]
'''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage The Mirage Comics]]''': Stories featuring the original incarnation of the turtles. These are notable for its semi-real time storytelling (stories written after 2001 featured the turtles in their thirties); its lack of a consistent {{rogues gallery}}; and alternating between "throw-everything-at-the-wall-to-see-what-sticks" and "heavily focused" approaches to storytelling. This incarnation comprises Volumes 1, 2, and 4 of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comic book, two volumes of ''Tales of the TMNT'', and a multitude of one-shots and mini-series.
'''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 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 [[AdaptationDistillation distillation]][=/=]{{flanderization}} of the four turtles to easily identifiable character types; the addition of villains Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady; the promotion of the Shredder from one-shot baddie to ArchEnemy; gleeful breaking of the fourth wall; the addition of food addiction (pizza) and a catch phrase ("Cowabunga," although there were others), and a general comedic bent. The series ended in 1996, after ten seasons, 194 episodes, and one retool which attempted to make the series more dramatic.
'''''{{ComicBook/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures}}''''': Midway through its run, the original cartoon spawned its own comic book, published by Archie Comics. While it initially limited itself to adapting some of the cartoon stories, it eventually evolved into something as different from the cartoon as the cartoon was from the original comic book. This incarnation of the turtles is generally regarded favorably, with a notable contingent of fans clamoring for inclusion of its characters into future incarnations.
'''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The movies]]''': Debuting in 1990, the first movie combined events from the comic book with the cartoon's humor. It went on to be extremely popular, breaking records for an independent film and even though reviews weren't glowing, praise was given to the JimHenson Shop for the costumes. The resulting two sequels cost more and made less, started to fall into self-parody and ended the series.
More than a decade later, the TMNT movie franchise was revived with the 2007 release of the fully-CGI ''TMNT''. Made as a [[BroadStrokes tenuous continuation]] of the original movies, it received respectable reviews for the animation and character storylines, but was criticized for the main plot mysticism.
''Another'' reboot of the TMNT film franchise will be released on 2012, with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes serving as the production company.
'''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage TMNT Vol. 3]]''': Published by Image Comics, this series was the official continuation of the Mirage continuity, until it was [[CanonDiscontinuity 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.
'''''[[Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]''''', a live-action Saturday morning show by Saban (guys behind ''PowerRangers''), aired on FoxKids in 1998 shortly after the animated series ended. It lasted only one season before going belly-up. The new series added a new character, [[TheScrappy Venus de Milo]], a female turtle with knowledge of the art of Shinobi (and playing the foil to the scientifically-minded Donatello). Many fans were [[FanonDiscontinuity antagonistic]] to the series, and Peter Laird was even [[BerserkButton more]] antagonistic to Venus, although nobody knows why [[CanonDiscontinuity because she doesn't exist and never did]].
'''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 The second cartoon (2003-2009)]]''': Mirage teamed up with [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] in order to produce this new cartoon, this time making sure it had a closer resemblance to the comic book it was based on. Nicknamed TMNT 2k3, the series featured faithful adaptations of most of the comic book's stories, contained major [[{{Arc}} story arcs]], and straightened up the original patchwork narrative and made it more coherent. Surprisingly for a show produced by someone with 4Kids' pedigree, it has avoided several of the tropes associated with Saturday Morning cartoons, such as ThouShaltNotKill and StatusQuoIsGod. It ended in 2009, after six years, seven seasons, and two retools, with ''TurtlesForever'', an animated movie crossing over this incarnation of the turtles with that of the first cartoon, and acting as a celebration of the franchise's 25th anniversary.
'''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW The IDW Comics]]''': 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.
[[/index]]
'''{{Anime}}''': ''"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants"'' is a two-episode OVA which adapts (very freely) the Turtles into Japanese anime format, although they're mainly [[MerchandiseDriven thinly-veiled ads]] for Takara's Japanese version of the ''Turtles'' toyline. Among the changes made, the turtles have the power to transform into ''"Super Turtles"'' for about three minutes (during which they look really manly), have an animal-themed armor each (like in ''SaintSeiya'') and can fuse together to form the ''"Saint Turtle"''. Besides that, the bad guys also have transforming powers, and Shredder turns into a Dragon. Oh Japan, what would we do without your Wacky Dragon-Based Hijinks... For further info, visit TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Legend_of_the_Supermutants]] or just see [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMfb60lc14&feature=related this video]].
'''Videogames''': By both {{Konami}} and {{Ubisoft}}. Notable entries include the infamously [[NintendoHard difficult]] {{NES}} {{platformer}} ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' (1989); the two classic arcade {{Beat Em Up}}s: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'' (1989) and ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' (1991); a second {{Beat Em Up}} exclusive to the NES: ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheManhattanProject'' (1992); three different fighting games called ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' (1993-1994); and ''{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up}}'' 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 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_food_tie-ins food tie-ins]] (Ninja Turtles cereal, Chef Boyardee TMNT pasta, Ninja Turtles cookies, etc.); a ''Coming Out of Their Shells'' concert tour that first premiered at the Radio City Music Hall (with Donatello on keyboards, Leonardo on bass guitar, Raphael on drums and sax, and Michelangelo on guitar, as the story had a feel similar to ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', with its theme of [[ThePowerOfRock the power of rock n' roll]] literally defeating the enemy, in the form of the Shredder (who only rapped about how he hates music), trying to eliminate all music); and a stage show at the Disney-MGM studios theme park in Orlando, Florida from 1990 to 1996.
TMNT remains a pop-culture phenomenon, though [[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 Nickelodeon]] with a new CGI cartoon coming in 2012 along with the aforementioned MichaelBay movie. A new Eastman-helmed TMNT comic series has started in August 2011.
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'''The ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise has the following tropes:'''
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
* ActionGirl: Several, most notably April O'Neil (depending on the incarnation), and Karai.
** Ninjara in the Archie series.
* AdaptationDistillation: The 4Kids series and the fourth movie. The first movie successfully blends the original comics and cartoon into a coherent whole.
* AdaptationOverdosed: You think the list above is already long? Well, there are also the newspaper strip, a series of British-made short comics, two anime {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA, two live action musical specials, a couple of novels, several kid's books, magazines and crossovers and heaven know how much toys and merchandise.
* AlienAmongUs: The Utroms, initially.
* AliensAndMonsters
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Several times, across incarnations more faithful to the original comic books, the attack on April's shop being the quintessential example.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: The Justice Force and its members, to varying degrees.
* AlternateContinuity: Tons--see above.
* AlternateUniverse
* AnimalNemesis: The feud between Oroku Nagi and Hamato Yoshi is taken up by Nagi's brother and Yoshi's pet rat, and the Turtles themselves when they mutate.
* AnimalSuperheroes
* AnotherDimension: A whole lot of them, most notably Dimension X.
* ArtInitiatesLife: [[JackKirby Kirby]]'s crystal allowed him to do this.
* TheArtifact: As the series became more kid-friendly it became fairly impossible to show Leonardo and Raphael slicing and dicing their non-robotic foes, as that would be bloody and gruesome. However, their weapons of katanas and sais are so iconic to them that they could never get rid of them. Thus more often than not, and particularly in the movies (which feature no robots) they'll just be seen fighting with their bare hands - their more effective weapons strapped to them untouched.
** The [[ArtifactTitle title itself]] became this as the Turtles continued to age in the comics well into their thirties.
* AscendedExtra: The Shredder; the Purple Dragons.
* AvengingTheVillain: The basis of the Foot's vendetta against the turtles, after The Shredder's death in the comic books. In the 4Kids cartoon, this becomes Karai's motivation during the fourth season, after The Shredder (here her adoptive father) is exiled to an icy asteroid.
** Also the Shredder's motivation in the original comics. Oroku Nagi obviously wasn't a very nice guy to be [[IfICantHaveYou beating Tang Shen]] for choosing Hamato Yoshi over him, but Yoshi was [[DisproportionateRetribution probably going overboard by slaying Nagi in return]]. Oroku Saki's goal was to avenge his brother's death.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Renaissance Artists and Japanese names and Irish names and Athletes and Violent Verbs and Notorious Conquerors, oh my! Wait; I think I missed some!
* BadassBookworm: Donatello.
* BadassPacifist: Donatello is known as the least violent of the four turtles and would rather use his intellect to solve conflict than his fighting skills. However, he is VERY competent in his fighting when it is needed.
* {{Badbutt}}: Nearly as iconic to the heroes as TotallyRadical is their application of UnusualEuphemism, at least in the 1987 series. "What the Shell" is one of the most uttered phrases in the 2003 series; at least as often as "Cowabunga" in the 1987 series.
* BeautyToBeast: April when turned into a fish mutant.
* BeneathTheEarth: The Turtles have lived in sewers and on subway platforms from time to time.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Let's just say that you would want to stay on the good side of Michelangelo & Donatello.
* BigApplesauce: New York is the primary location for all incarnations.
* BigBad: 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 VillainOftheWeek in the original comic.
* {{Big Brother Instinct}}: The turtles all fall under this trope at one time or another, in all the various incarnations. It has also applied to Casey and April.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: [[CaptainObvious The Shredder]]
* BodyguardingABadass: Shredder's Elite Guard.
* CanonForeigner: Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady, Venus de Milo, Tatsu, Tokka, Rahzar and many more.
* CanonImmigrant:
** '''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
* CashCowFranchise
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** '''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).
* CityOfAdventure: New York City, as well as Northampton, MA in the Mirage comics and 4Kids 'toon.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Since the original comic was in black and white, there wasn't much of this to begin with as each turtle was identified by their WeaponOfChoice. Even the special colored issues had the bandana masks they wear all red. The original cartoon gave the turtles different color bandannas (which have since been used in every successive incarnation) and the action figures, different skin colors (ignored until the 2003 cartoon).
** The Archie comic series {{Lampshade}}d this with a TruthInTelevision flashback story about the pre-teenaged Turtles all wearing red headbands and Splinter having difficulty telling them apart until they decide on color coding their masks a la DonaldDuck's nephews. This crosses into OnlySixFaces.
** 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.
* CompetitiveBalance: In terms of the Video Games.
** JackOfAllStats: Leonardo
** GlassCannon: Raphael
** MightyGlacier: Donatello
** LightningBruiser: Michelangelo
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: [[SubvertedTrope SUBVERTED of all things!]] In the First Movie and the 4Kids series, The Foot have got alot of mileage out of [[ZergRush sending wave after wave of]] {{Mooks}} after the Turtles (Raphael in the 1990 movie, and Leonardo in the Comics and 4Kids series) and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown whooping their asses.]]
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: The turtles' way of staying hidden. On the other hand this ''IS'' New York, where nobody looks at anybody else, so, fair enough.
* CosmicKeystone: [[spoiler: The dimension of the original Mirage Comics for the Multiverse]] in "Turtles Forever".
* {{Crossover}}:
** Most important is Miyamoto Usagi of ''UsagiYojimbo'', who has appeared in the original comics and the Fred Wolf,4Kids cartoons; the turtles have also made the occasional appearance in the ''Usagi Yojimbo'' comic books.
** And ''TurtlesForever'', a crossover between the 4Kids and Fred Wolf shows. [[spoiler: Did I mention the comics?]]
** ''CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'' features 1987 Mikey among [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover many other toons]].
** ''The Next Mutation'' guest starred in the ''PowerRangersInSpace'' episode "Shell Shocked".[[hottip:* :Retroactively, this did get ''PowerRangers'' to beat ''SuperSentai'' to the punch at an IntercontinuityCrossover with an eleven-year gap. For the record, the ''Sentai'' crosover was ''KamenRiderDecade''/''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''... and ''Shinkenger'' is as just as well loved as ''In Space'', like ''Decade'' is as hotly contested as ''The Next Mutation'' (albeit for different reasons).]]
** {{Ra|yman}}bbids in the ''Smash-Up'' video game. They [[RuinedFOREVER immediately]] became new [[TheScrappy Scrappies]] for the TMNT fandom.
** There was a crossover with Planet Racers, another comic created by Peter Larid, in an episode of the 2003 series.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Michelangelo, in every incarnation, is the usually the goofball/slacker/fun-loving guy of the group, but when it comes down to having an actual fight....you don't really wanna be on the receiving end.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: 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 ([[YouFailEconomicsForever They Fail Economics Forever]]). In the 4Kids cartoon, he makes a huge legitimate fortune with them, and then starts using them to rob banks simply because he's a greedy bastard.
* CycleOfRevenge: One of the most important themes in the original Mirage books.
* DamselInDistress: April O'Neil always, though taken UpToEleven in the first cartoon where the turtles can [[BeyondTheImpossible recognize her]] [[RuleOfFunny by her "mmphing"]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Being teenagers, all four of them usually do it at some point, but Raphael is the one that's known for it the most.
** Even Master Splinter has his dry humor moments.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: 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.
* DistaffCounterpart: Venus de Milo, who fit in as an ActionGirl and TheChick in ''Next Mutation'' since it didn't even feature April as a character.
* DittoAliens: The Utroms; Triceratons.
* DualWielding: Three of the four turtles use their weapons in pairs, with Donny being the odd man out. Though since his weapon is a bo staff, it's justified (although his original action figure did come with a pair of bo).
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The turtles' lair is usually one of these.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: TMNT just wouldn't be the same if this trope were non-existent.
* EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana: Occurs with every ninja-to in the series.
** 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.
* EveryoneIsGay: For better or for worse, there are several fanfics detailing romances between the turtles. Not only that, but there are also drawings of turtle (literal) bromance. Some are actually well [[http://i.imgur.com/YCSR5.gif done]]. Of course, this gets a little weird when they're supposedly brothers but MST3KMantra.
* EvilPowerVacuum: Occurs after the Shredder is defeated at the end of the ''Return to New York'' arc in the Mirage comic books and in the second cartoon.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: In all of their incarnations, the turtles are seldom seen wearing anything besides their bandanas and weapons, unless it's part of a disguise.
* ExpositoryThemeTune: "Splinter taught them to be ninja teens!" "He's a radical rat!"
* FacelessGoons: The Foot Clan
* FantasyKitchenSink: Prevalent through all incarnations of the series, to varying degrees. There's also quite a bit of overlap between the disparate fantastic elements.
* FightingWithChucks: Michaelangelo uses chucks as his primary weapon.
* FishPeople: Mona Lisa from the original series' "Raphael Meets His Match"; the fish people from "Sons of the Silent Age".
* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: The turtles are wont to do this.
* ForTheEvulz: 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!''
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: In most incarnations, the turtles can be classified in the following manner:
** Leonardo is neutral [[color:green:Phlegmatic]].
** Raphael is [[color:orange:Choleric]].
** Donatello is Melancholic.
** Michelangelo is [[color:maroon:Sanguine]].
* TheFuture: Plays a significant part in several incarnations, particularly in the Mirage and Archie comics, which had several stories starring future versions of the turtles, and the second cartoon, whose setting for the entire sixth season was the year 2105.
* GenericanEmpire: The Federation.
* GeniusBruiser: Leatherhead in the 2k3 incarnation.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the episode "Fallen Angel" in the 4kids series, Leo (in disguise) asks Raphael "What is the deal with humans and clothes?" Raph's response? "You ever see a human in his skivies? Trust me, It's not a pretty sight." So what does Raphael do with his free time?
* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: Averted all to hell in the 4Kids series. Both TheFederation (humanoids) and [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny The Republic]] (Triceratons) are pretty nasty.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: D.A.R.P.A. in the Mirage comic books and its animated counterpart, the Earth Protection Force.
* GrandFinale: ''TurtlesForever''.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: The turtles, of course. There are other ninjas present too (some of the Shredder's minions for an example) who stand out from the crowd.
* HonorBeforeReason: A trait seen in most incarnations of Leonardo. It goes both ways though- either he is commended or, if something goes horribly wrong, grievously injured.
** Also Karai, whose loyalty to the Shredder conflicts with her strong sense of honorable behavior.
* HotReporter: April O'Neil.
* HumanAliens: A large part of the Federation, including most of its army.
* IDontPayYouToThink: 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."
* IfICantHaveYou: 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.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja:
--> "Hey, are you interested in a cartoon /comic/ movie/ toyline about '''Teenage Mutant Turtles'''?"
--> "No way!"
--> "What if they were '''ninjas'''?"
--> "SOLD!"
* LegacyCharacter: Several people have taken on the Shredder's mantle after besides Oroku Saki, with Karai being the most popular one.
* LicensedGame: So very many.
* LiveActionAdaptation
* LighterAndSofter: Fans of either cartoon series who then read the original comic book rarely expect its ''much'' darker tone.
** Fans of the cartoon series may be shocked that the turtles actually kill people in the comics.
*** And these fans that are shocked when they first see the turtles kill people often become ''heartbroken'' by the issue where [[spoiler: Master Splinter dies]]. Hell; even many fans who started with the comics find it a TearJerker.
* LongRunners: 25 years and still going strong.
* LostInImitation: The turtles' tails and red bandannas.
* LoveTriangle: Hamato Yoshi, Tang Shen, and Oroku Nagi (or, alternatively, Oroku Saki or Yukio Mashimi, depending on the incarnation) form one of these. Also, Stainless Steve Steel, Dr. Dome, and Battling Bernice.
* {{Masquerade}}
* MechaMooks: Several, most notably The Foot Soldiers in the first animated series.
* MediumAwareness: A regular feature of the first cartoon.
* TheMerch
** OfficialCosplayGear
* MerchandiseDriven: ''TMNT'' didn't start this way, but it moved in this direction once the toy line became hugely successful. Ironically, it was originally intended as a slightly DarkerAndEdgier ''parody'' of merchandise-driven cartoon series and comics. Then the creators realized it was becoming one, and just rolled with it, and now the series has become the archetype for such franchises. It's even had a parody or two.
* MistakenForAliens: Occurs to the turtles a lot, once the existence of aliens is actually made known to the general population.
* MobileSuitHuman: The alien Utroms used robotic exoskeletons to hide among humans while stranded on Earth.
* MonochromaticEyes: Several incarnations of the turtles--but only when they wear their masks.
* {{Mooks}}: Of all stripes, the most common and consistent being the Foot Ninja.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Dome, Dr. Malignus.
* TheMultiverse
* MutuallyFictional: The ''Next Mutation'' turtles-'verse and the ''PowerRangers'' 'verse.
* {{Nanomachines}}: Used by Baxter Stockman in the Mirage comics during a murder attempt on April, and by the turtles in order to foil said attempt. Also used in the 4Kids animated series to form Nano, a sentient nanomachine colony.
* NewYorkSubway
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Do we really need to explain this one? Besides the obvious, there are also robot ninjas.
* NonLethalWarfare: Depending on the incarnation.
* NonMammalMammaries: Venus de Milo
* NoTranshumanismAllowed: Partial aversion. The 4Kids series has a cyborg and an infomorph, but only villains are non-organic, for the most part. Honeycutt, an [[BrainUploading uploaded man]], is a subversion.
* {{Old Superhero}}es: The original Justice Force.
* OppositesAttract: April and Casey.
* PapaWolf: Splinter.
* PopularSayingBut: Wise man say: Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.
* PortalPool: The main method used to enter the Battle Nexus.
* PosthumousCharacter: Hamato Yoshi, Tang Shen, Oroku Nagi/Yukio Mashimi, and Professor Obligado.
* PoweredArmor: The future versions of the turtles wore these for an arc in the Archie comic; the same armor also showed up in an episode of the Fred Wolf 'toon. Also, villains Baxter Stockman and Darius Dun have worn these on occasion.
* PragmaticAdaptation: The original movie and 4Kids cartoon.
* TheProfessor: Tons: Donatello (when he's not a {{teen genius}}), Professor Honeycutt, Leatherhead, Glurin, Professor Obligado, Dr. Chaplin... Ironically, the one guy actually called "The Professor", from the 4Kids cartoon, isn't an example.
* RaceLift: Baxter Stockman in the Fred Wolf cartoon and one-shot villain Skonk in the 4Kids cartoon, who were both changed from African Americans to Caucasians.
* RedOniBlueOni: Raphael and Leonardo. Heck, even their headband's colors match.
** Also, Michelangelo and Donatello, to a lesser extent.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Occurs with April and Casey at several points in each incarnation.
* RoofHopping
* RooftopConfrontation
* RubberMan: Joey Lastic of the Justice Force.
* SecretPublicIdentity: Ananda of the Justice Force; her mother, Battling Bernice; "Stainless" Steve Steel, and Joey Lastic.
* ShoutOut: Many of them, particularly in the 4Kids 'toon. Mostly from Mikey.
** Their origin story in the original comics suggests the radioactive waste that mutated them is the same stuff that gave Daredevil his powers.
---> '''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...]]
* SiblingTeam
* SixthRanger: Venus de Milo in ''The Next Mutation''.
* SlimeSnailsAndMutantTails: All the radioactive waste, mutant friends and foes, ooze etc.
* StealthHiBye: These guys could give Batman a run for his money at this.
* StockNinjaWeaponry: Frequently used by the turtles.
* StoryArc
* SuperStrength: 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.
* TheSyndicate: The Foot Clan.
* TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: Possibly the TropeCodifier.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The Utroms' Transmat and Honeycutt's Teleportal. Cudley the Cowlick can do this naturally.
* ThemeNaming: All the turtles are named after artists. Bebop and Rocksteady are musical references. The Mutant Frogs are named after great warlords, and more.
* ThemeTuneRollCall: The one from the Fred Wolf series is the [[EarWorm best-known]], but the fourth season of the 4Kids series also has one.
* TheyDo: Casey and April.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp
* ThirdOptionAdaptation: Splinter defeating Shredder in TheMovie.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The phrase used, most oftenly by Raphael and Hun, is "Ah, crud."
* ThouShaltNotKill: 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.
* TimePolice: Renet and Lord Simultaneous, who form part of a larger, if unseen, organization.
* TitleThemeTune: All of the western cartoon themes.
* TotallyRadical: They live in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], but sound like a bunch of {{surfer|Dude}}s from [[AmericanAccents Southern California]]. (''Especially'' Michelangelo, and sometimes--depending on the continuity--excepting Raphael.)
*** 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."
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pizza, at least in the Fred Wolf cartoon and movies.
** Though not necessarily true in the 4Kids animated series, it's been alluded to several times. Especially related to Mikey.
*** 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 TrademarkFavoriteFood 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.
* TrueCompanions: The turtles + Casey and April form this unit, most notably in the movies and 4Kids cartoon.
* TurtlePower: TropeNamer.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Ananda to Battling Bernice (daughter/mother)
* VagueAge: Occurs with several of the characters throughout incarnations, due to a lack of specific dates or starting ages. [[CaptainObvious The mutant ninja turtles are nearly always teenagers.]]
** 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).
* VitriolicBestBuds: Casey and Raph tend towards this in most continuities.
* VolleyingInsults: Done playfully between Casey and Raph in the Mirage comics, in a scene which was later adapted for the first movie and 4Kids cartoon.
* WebComics: Online fan comic/manga "MNT Gaiden"
* {{Weirdness Magnet}}s: Aliens, demons, robots, ninjas, Atlanteans, monsters, corporate executives, crazy people, members of near-extinct races and species, spirits, ghosts, psychics, alive machines, time traveling miscreants, [[AIIsACrapshoot evil AI]], gangs, anthropomorphic animals, and many, many mutants.
* WidgetSeries: Seriously, the only reason this franchise makes any sense is because we're so used to it.
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