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For more details on the ''TMNT'' franchise in general, and links to its other incarnations, visit the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' page. For a list of some of the characters in the series, and the tropes that apply to them, visit the franchise [[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles character page]]. There's also a [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 recap page]]. See also ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'', a 2007 CG-animated film released during the show's sixth season that while being in loose continuity with the previous [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 live-action]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze film]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII trilogy]], has some thematic ties to this series (particularly in its' expanded universe) and would influence the art overhaul of the final season.

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The series saw a quartet of video game adaptations; [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 the]] [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2BattleNexus first]] [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles3MutantNightmare three]] adapt the first three seasons while the fourth. ''Mutant Melee'', is a fighting game. For a list of the characters in the series, and the tropes that apply to them, visit the [[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 character page]]. There's also a [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 recap page]]. See also ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'', a 2007 CG-animated film released during the show's sixth season that while being in loose continuity with the previous [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 live-action]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze film]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII trilogy]], has some thematic ties to this series (particularly in its' expanded universe) and would influence the art overhaul of the final season.

For more details on the ''TMNT'' franchise in general, and links to its other incarnations, visit the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' page. For a list of some of the characters in the series, and the tropes that apply to them, visit the franchise [[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles character page]]. There's also a [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 recap page]]. See also ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'', a 2007 CG-animated film released during the show's sixth season that while being in loose continuity with the previous [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 live-action]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze film]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII trilogy]], has some thematic ties to this series (particularly in its' expanded universe) and would influence the art overhaul of the final season.\n
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* NoHuggingNoKissing: Aside from [[OfficialCouple Casey and April]], [[DeathByOriginStory the Hamato Yoshi-Tang Shen-Yukio Mashimi]] LoveTriangle, and [[MaybeEverAfter Dr. Chaplin and Karai]], the only romance in the show was between [[PuppyLove Cody and Starlee]] in the ''[[ReTool Fast Forward]]'' season. None of the main characters, The Turtles, Splinter, the bad guys like the Shredder, Baxter Stockman, Hun, the Justice Force superheroes show any interest in romance. Bishop seems to find Karai attractive in one episode but never again in their subsequent appearances. Part of this comes from series co-creator [[SelfAdaptation Peter Laird being heavily involved in the show's production]] and forbidding any human-Turtle romance, no matter how much the writers wanted (although, a few instances of ShipTease still slipped through the cracks but they come across as {{Big Lipped Alligator Moment}}s). Unlike the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 very next series]], while April and Don as well as Leo and Karai do get real close, April and Don have a more [[LikeBrotherAndSister sibling like chemistry]] and Karai is very explicitly a NotLoveInterest to Leo and their bond of honor is strictly platonic. Another episode had Don getting close with an alien warrior named Jhanna, but Laird insisted they keep the nature of their friendship [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous and up to the viewers to decide]].
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* BetweenMyLegs: Karai gets subjected to this camera shot in the episode "Same as it Never Was" when her long toned legs frame future Leonardo as he dies.

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* BetweenMyLegs: Karai gets is subjected to this camera shot in the episode "Same as it Never Was" when her long toned legs frame future Leonardo as he dies.
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** "Dragons Rising" ends with the Turtles failing to apprehend Hun and Leo's already-deteriorating mental state getting even worse. However, on the bright side, the Turtles and Casey still manage to successfully stop half the convoy (which Leo unfortunately, still sees as a failure) and Casey being left with the knowledge that he'll always have his friends to stand by him.



* BloodlessCarnage: The show rarely shows blood during its more violent scenes. Becomes a bit hard to take seriously when Leonardo is shown slashing people without actually cutting their skin. That said, there are some gruesome scenes with AlienBlood, most notably in ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S4E4DragonsBrew Dragon's Brew]]'' which has Hun cutting a monster in half.

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* BloodlessCarnage: The show rarely shows blood during its more violent scenes. Becomes a bit hard to take seriously when Leonardo is shown slashing people without actually cutting their skin. That said, there are some gruesome scenes with AlienBlood, most notably in ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S4E4DragonsBrew Dragon's Brew]]'' which has Hun cutting a monster in half.half onscreen [[spoiler:and said monster reattaches his top and bottom half together, while slimy blood is oozing everywhere]].



** "Dragons Rising" ends with the Turtles failing to apprehend Hun and Leo's already-deteriorating mental state getting even worse.
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* BloodlessCarnage: The show rarely shows blood during its more violent scenes. Becomes a bit hard to take seriously when Leonardo is shown slashing people without actually cutting their skin.

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* BloodlessCarnage: The show rarely shows blood during its more violent scenes. Becomes a bit hard to take seriously when Leonardo is shown slashing people without actually cutting their skin. That said, there are some gruesome scenes with AlienBlood, most notably in ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S4E4DragonsBrew Dragon's Brew]]'' which has Hun cutting a monster in half.
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** One-shot villain "Abigail Finn" in "The Monster Hunter" is an {{Expy}} of Steve Irwin with her "reality" show [[Series/CrocodileHunter Monster Hunter]].

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