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| Series cast summary: | |||
| Cam Clarke | ... | Leonardo / ... 193 episodes, 1987-1996 | |
| Townsend Coleman | ... | Michelangelo / ... 193 episodes, 1987-1996 | |
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Renae Jacobs | ... | April O'Neil / ... 191 episodes, 1987-1996 |
| Barry Gordon | ... | Donatello / ... 186 episodes, 1987-1996 | |
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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 | |
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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. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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14 December 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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(193 episodes) | (1990-1996)Sound Mix:
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Composed by Chuck Lorre and Dennis C. Brown
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The episode Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Enter the Rat King (1989) is the very first episode that doesn't feature Shredder. See more »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). See more »Alternate Versions
In the UK, Ninjas and their weapons are a taboo subject, and several kinds of weapons are illegal to show on TV (Such as Katana and Nunchaku). To try and get around censorship laws, the show was marketed as "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" and the names of cerain weapons and places were changed. Towards the end of the show's run, the format changed almost entirely as part of a trend to make shows more "extreme" to appeal to a new generation of viewers:- Shredder and Krang were removed from the show for over a sesaon. New villains came in the form of giant space slugs involved in organized crime;
- Almost all character building scenes were removed to make it an entirely action oriented show;
- April and Splinter's roles were diminished considerably;
- The turtles voices were altered to sound more deep and aggressive;
- The cartoon feel of the show was removed--The sky was changed from blue with white clouds to red with gray clouds and buildings were drawn as if destroyed;
- Irma, Verne, April's boss, Baxter Stockman, Ratking, and numerous other characters were totally removed from the show;
- In addition, the opening sequence was hiked up, changing the music to a techno beat with flashing lights and scenes from the Tutles movies intercut with new scenes from the show.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ThemeComposed by Chuck Lorre and Dennis C. Brown
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This was probably the cartoon that saved the animation of the 90s from being really awful. The last of the great, great 80s cartoons.
Great writing, great characters, voice talent, stories, humour. This is only reiterated by its long running air time in syndication, and its slot on CBS Saturday morning.
I remember the syndicated episodes and the CBS episodes being slightly different.
Now for my real beef: Don't be fooled by the remakes and redoings, live-action, animated or otherwise of TMNT that you see now a days. They're all INFERIOR products compared to the original 80s cartoon. If you want to see the quality that was TMNT...you must see the 1987 syndicated and CBS series.