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

Writers:

Kevin Eastman (characters) &
Peter Laird (characters) ...

Seasons:

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

Genre:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Hero | 1990s | 1980s | Mutant Animal

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Renae Jacobs	...	April O'Neil (191 episodes, 1987-1996)
Jim Cummings	...	Additional Voices / ... (187 episodes, 1987-1996)
Townsend Coleman	...	Michelangelo / ... (145 episodes, 1987-1996)
Beau Weaver	...	Additional Voices (137 episodes, 1987-1996)
Pat Fraley	...	Krang / ... (132 episodes, 1987-1996)
James Avery	...	Shredder (130 episodes, 1987-1994)

Also Known As:

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

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (193 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Fred Wolf Films

Trivia:

As humans, Bebop was African-American and Rocksteady was blond.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: 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).

Quotes:

[Raphael knocks down Bebop and Rocksteady during a fight]
Raphael: Ha! You idiots couldn't hit me with...
[we see Bebop and Rocksteady picking up]
Raphael: ...a big rubber tyre!
[Bebop and Rocksteady throw the tyre at Raphael and knock him down]
Raphael: Ever get that rundown feeling?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: Deep Throats (#4.23)" (2006)

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