"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1987/I) TV series 1987-1996

Writers:

Joe DiStefano (writer)
Kenny Hotz (one episode)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Turtle | Martial Arts | Friend | Ninja | Shredder

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Renae Jacobs	...	April O'Neil (190 episodes, 1987-1996)
Jim Cummings	...	Additional Voices / ... (180 episodes, 1987-1996)
Townsend Coleman	...	Michelangelo / ... (147 episodes, 1987-1996)
Pat Fraley	...	Krang / ... (136 episodes, 1987-1996)
Beau Weaver	...	Additional Voices (131 episodes, 1987-1996)
James Avery	...	Shredder (126 episodes, 1987-1994)

Also Known As:

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (UK)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Series (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (193 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Mirage Studios

Trivia:

In many of the newer episodes, Michaelangelo used a grappling hook as his weapon instead of his traditional nunchauks. This is because nunchauks were outlawed in many countries and since the show went international, they changed it for everyone.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the episode "Return of the Shredder", when Leonardo says the phrase starting with "That same gel", it's coming out of Raphael's mouth.

Quotes:

Donatello: Boy, this guy's more into pizza than we are.
Raphael: Yeah. What's he gonna do next?
[sarcastically]
Raphael: spray us with tomato sauce?
Raphael: [sprayed with tomato sauce] I had to ask.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Eleva20ren (2008) (TV)

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