| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |
|---|---|
 Cover page of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Mirage Studios[1] |
| First appearance | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984) |
| Created by | Kevin Eastman Peter Laird |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Manhattan |
| Member(s) | Leonardo Raphael Donatello Michelangelo |
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (often shortened to TMNT or Ninja Turtles) are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles from the franchise of the same name, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists. From their home in the storm sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals, evil overlords and alien invaders, all while remaining isolated from society-at-large.
The characters appeared in comic books before being licensed for cartoons, video games, films, toys and other general merchandise.[2] During the peak of its popularity in the late 1980s through early 1990s, the franchise gained considerable worldwide success and fame.
=Incarnations[]
- Ninja Turtles (Mirage)
- Ninja Turtles (Palladium)
- Ninja Turtles (Road Hogs)
- Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
- Ninja Turtles (Future) (1987 TV series)
- Ninja Turtles (Archie)
- Ninja Turtles (future) (Archie)
- Cyber Samurai Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Ninja Turtles (Ralston Purina)
- Ninja Turtles (1987 video games)
- Hero Turtles (Fleetway)
- Ninja Turtles (Operation Blue Line)
- Ninja Turtles (Welsh Publishing)
- Ninja Turtles (Golden Harvest/Imagi)
- Ninja Turtles (Ladies' Home Journal)
- Ninja Turtles (comic strip)
- Ninja Turtles (We Wish You a Turtle Christmas)
- Ninja Turtles (Mutant Turtles Gaiden)
- Ninja Turtles (anime)
- Ninja Turtles (Next Mutation)
- Ninja Turtles (Image)
- Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)
- Ninja Turtles (2003 video games)
- Ninja Turtles (Dreamwave)
- Ninja Turtles (IDW)
- Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)
- Ninja Turtles (2012 video games)
- Ninja Turtles (Amazing Adventures)
- Ninja Turtles (Teen Titans Go!)
- Ninja Turtles (The Blue Door)
- Ninja Turtles (Paramount)
- Ninja Turtles (Batman/TMNT)
- Ninja Turtles (Deviations)
- Ninja Turtles (Injustice)
- Mad Dogs
- Ninja Turtles (Crisis in a Half Shell)
- Ninja Turtles (Batman vs. TMNT)
- Ninja Turtles (MMPR/TMNT)
See also[]
- Table of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character appearances
- List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) episodes
- List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) episodes
- List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) episodes
- List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cast members
- List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games
- List of anthropomorphic animal superheroes
- Ninja in popular culture
References[]
- ↑ "Heroes in a Half Shell Turn the Big 2–5". The New York Times. 2009-04-20. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/heroes-n-a-half-shell-turn-the-big-2-5/?scp=4&sq=ninja%20turtles%20reviews&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ↑ Greenberg, Harvey R. (1990-04-15). "Just How Powerful Are Those Turtles?". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/15/movies/just-how-powerful-are-those-turtles.html?scp=8&sq=ninja%20turtles&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
Bibliography[]
- Eastman, Kevin (2002). Kevin Eastman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Artobiography. Los Angeles: Heavy Metal. ISBN 1-882931-85-8.
- Wiater, Stanley (1991). The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Treasury. New York: Villard. ISBN 0-679-73484-8.