The show was cancelled for a year after the end of Season 5 due to burnout and the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was brought back at the end of 2022 for new seasons.
The show was originally designed by Da Wither and one of his friends named Kane, who even created and originally voiced the character of Turtle Man in the pilot. But he left after this, leading to Dst Gxming taking over.
Turtle Man and DaPhantom is scientifically the most popular show of all time - episodes from Seasons 1-5 would gather 1 billion viewers on average per episode, over 15% of the world population. In Season 6 the average rating has fallen by approximately half to 500 million per episode, likely due to the abrupt gap between Seasons 5 and 6, but it is still very popular, and unfortunately it dropped again in Season 7 to 250 million per episode. Within Season 8, the average viewer count once again dropped to only around 125 million per episode which shows that the viewers are still on decline and it fell again in Season 9 to 75.5 million.
The first four seasons of the show take place in the Countryside, with the main heroes living in a village yet often being seen visiting a new location in every episode. Starting with Season 5, which features a small timeskip from after Season 4, the City of Nexus is introduced as a recurring setting for future episodes and is where the main characters live.