Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

The adventures of a quartet of humanoid warrior turtles and their friends.

Creators:

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, David Wise

Stars:

Cam Clarke, Barry Gordon, Rob Paulsen

5 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Cam Clarke	...	Leonardo / ... 193 episodes, 1987-1996
Townsend Coleman	...	Michelangelo / ... 193 episodes, 1987-1996
Renae Jacobs	...	April O'Neil / ... 191 episodes, 1987-1996
Barry Gordon	...	Donatello / ... 186 episodes, 1987-1996
Peter Renaday	...	Splinter / ... 181 episodes, 1987-1996
Rob Paulsen	...	Raphael / ... 170 episodes, 1987-1995
Pat Fraley	...	Krang / ... 152 episodes, 1987-1996
James Avery	...	Shredder / ... 106 episodes, 1987-1993
Jennifer Darling	...	Irma Langinstein / ... 81 episodes, 1988-1994

Storyline

This show tells the adventures of four turtles who were transformed into humanoids by a strange ooze and were trained as ninja by a human martial arts master, Hamato Yoshi, who was changed into a humanoid rat, Splinter, by the same substance. Together with the intrepid reporter, April O'Neil, they fight against the threats against the world, like Shredder and Krang.

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Plot Keywords:

turtle | shredder | knife | 1990s | 1980s | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

Fred Wolf Films Official site

Country:

USA France Japan West Germany China Taiwan South Korea Philippines UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

T.M.N.T

Company Credits

Production Co:

Murakami Wolf Swenson, Fred Wolf Films, Mirage Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (193 episodes) 23 min (1990-1996)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the last season, Michael gough replaced Rob Paulsen as the voice of Raphael

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Goofs

In many of the earlier episodes, a specific turtle's line would come out of the wrong character's mouth (i.e., Leonardo speaking with Raphael's voice).

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Quotes

Raphael: [all the Turtles are tied up]
[to Donatello]
Raphael: C'mon, figure a way out of this.
Donatello: Are you kidding? Only the most skilled Ninja Master could get out these knots!
[Leonardo frees himself, then starts to cut Donatello loose]
Donatello: Oh, hi, Leonardo.

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Alternate Versions

In 1991, CBS aired the show during their Saturday Morning line-up, with all new episodes and a new opening was added too. Along with the package came 'Turtle Tips', a portion of the show that gave useful information.

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Connections

Featured in 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005)

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Soundtracks

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme
Composed by Chuck Lorre and Dennis C. Brown

User Reviews

Cowabunga! A memorable cartoon!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is very cool cartoon with the series about 4 turtles that get covered in ooze and become ninja mutants along with a guy the got turned into a rat. So now they fight crime on the streets of New York City against the evil Shredder and his two goons Rocksteady and Bebop.

Leonardo was the leader of TMNT. Donatello was the expert at machines and mechanical stuff. Raphael was the tuff one and the practical joker and Michaelangelo was the one who is the life of the party. Splinter thought them to become ninja superhero teens and also the turtles would get help from news reporter, April O'Neill. I thought James Avery did a good job at voicing the Shredder and so did Jim Cummings for the final seasons for this show. I also thought Barry Gordon did a good job at Donatello because I also liked Barry Gordon doing Razor from Swat Kats: Radical Squadron and the other voice actors were good too! I hope sooner or later they start making dvds of the complete episodes of every season this show had. I also enjoy the new series on Fox Box

BOTTOM LINE: GOOD SHOW!

User Rating: 9/10