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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 
 

 

 
 

Prod. Notes:


 

December 1987 - November 1996,  syndicated

Murakami Wolf

 

Cast:

 

Leonardo ...................................................................................... Cam Clarke

Raphael ....................................................................................... Rob Paulsen

Donatello ................................................................................ Barry Gordon

Michaelangelo ............................................................ Townsend Coleman

Splinter ................................................................................. Peter Renaday

Shredder .................................................................................. James Avery

Krang .............................................................................................. Pat Fraley

Rocksteady ................................................................................. Cam Clarke

Bebop ....................................................................................... Barry Gordon

April ......................................................................................... Renae Jacobs

Irma ................................................................................... Jennifer Darling

Vernon .................................................................................... Peter Renaday

Burne .............................................................................................. Pat Fraley

Rat King ........................................................................ Townsend Coleman

Baxter ............................................................................................ Pat Fraley

Leatherhead ......................................................................... Jim Cummings

Casey .............................................................................................. Pat Fraley

Zach ............................................................................................. Rob Paulson

Gen. Traag ............................................................................ Peter Renaday

Slash ............................................................................................... Pat Fraley

Lord Dregg ..................................................................................... Tony Jay

Hi-Tech ...................................................................................... Rob Paulson

Mung .............................................................................................. Cam Clarke

Titanus ........................................................................................... Pat Fraley

Overdrive .................................................................................... Cam Clarke

High-Beam ................................................................................. Rob Paulson

Amok ............................................................................................ Rob Paulson

Raptor ............................................................................................. Pat Fraley

Magma ............................................................................................ Pat Fraley

Seisure .................................................................................... Barry Gorden

'The Ram' ............................................................................... Barry Gorden

 

 

Synopsis:

 


 
The four title turtle teens, each named for a famous Italian artist, started out as a black and white cult comic book by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It was first brought to television in 1987 as a syndicated show. Three years later, the reptiles, in live-action form, graced the silver screen and the world would never be the same. Following the film’s great success, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were welcomed to CBS in 1990, as a prime-time special, immediately followed by the Saturday morning hit.

As the pizza-loving foursome made their way out of obscurity, the underground, satirical tone of the comic book was replaced by a more broadly comic approach. Nonetheless, the show did follow the original concept: A group of four abandoned pet turtles were accidentally bathed in the strange green radioactive slime of a broken canister, which caused them to grow and mutate into what would eventually become a foursome of walking, talking, butt-kicking crime-fighters.

Raised in the sewers of New York City and taught martial arts by the wise Master Splinter - a sushi-eating mutant rat - each turtle fought the evil Shredder and his army of ninjas with his own unique talent. Leonardo, the leader, was an expert swordsman; Michelangelo, the "party dude" of the group, used nunchucks; the technical whiz of the quartet, Donatello, used a staff; and Raphael was a jokester who used a pair of sais.

In all their incarnations, including the 1991 prime-time special, Planet of the Turtleoids, the Ninjas were assisted by April O' Neil, a savvy TV news reporter. Shredder had his own share of cohorts, including mutant thugs BeBop and Rocksteady and the baddies' otherworldly master, the blobby pink Krang.

The Saturday morning Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ran concurrently with the daily syndicated show, dominating the ratings in both fields. Two movie sequels followed, along with innumerable toys, video games, fashion accessories, and so on as the Turtles turned into one of animation's most successful creations. Evidence to the turtle's continued appeal, they got an all-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series in 2003.

 


 

 
 
Episodes:
 

 

Season 1

 

Turtle Tracks

Enter The Shredder

A Thing About Rats

Hot Rodding Teenagers From Dimension X

Shredder and Splintered

 

Season 2

 

Return of the Shredder

The Incredible Shrinking Turtles

It Came From Beneath The Sewers

The Mean Machines

Curse of The Evil Eye

The Case Of The Killer Pizzas

Enter: The Fly

Splinter No More

Teenagers From Dimension X

Invasion of the Punk Frogs

New York's Shiniest

The Cat Woman of Channel Six

Return of the Technodrome

 

Season 3

 

Beneath These Streets

Turtles on Trial

Attack of the 50 Foot Irma

The Maltese Hamster

Sky Turtles

The Old Switcheroo

Burne's Blues

The Fifth Turtle

Enter the Rat King

Turtles At the Earth's Core

April's Fool

Attack of Big MACC

The Ninja Sword of Nowhere

20,000 Leaks Under the Sea

Take Me to Your Leader

Four Musketurtles

Turtles, Turtles Everywhere

Cowabunga Shredhead

Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers

Camera Bugged

Green with Jealousy

Return of the Fly

Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero

Mutagen Monster

Corporate Raiders from Dimension X

Pizza By the Shred

Super Bebop and Mighty Rocksteady

Beware the Lotus

Blast from the Past

Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp

Michaelangelo's Birthday

Usagi Yojimbo

Case of the Hot Kimono

Usagi Come Home

The Making of Metalhead

Leatherhead Meets the Rat King

The Turtle Terminator

The Great Boldini

The Missing Map

The Gang's All Here

The Grybyx

Mr. Ogg Goes to Town

Shredderville

Bye, Bye Fly

The Big Rip-Off

The Big Break-In

The Big Blow Out

 

Season 4

 

Plan 6 from Outer Space

Turtles of the Jungle

Michaelangelo Toys Around

Peking Turtle

Shredder's Mom

Four Turtles and a Baby

Turtlemaniac

Rondo in New York

Planet of the Turtles

Name That Toon

Menace, Maestro Please

Super Hero for a Day

Back to the Egg

Son of Return of the Fly

Raphael Knocks 'em Dead

Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe

Raphael Meets His Match

Slash - The Evil Turtle from Dimension X

Leonardo Lightens Up

Were-Rats from Channel 6

Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo

The Big Zipp Attack

Donatello Makes Time

Farewell, Lotus Blossom

Rebel Without a Fin

Poor Little Rich Turtle

What's Michelangelo Good For?

The Dimension X Story

Donatello's Degree

The Big Cufflink Caper!

Raphael Drives 'em Wild

Beyond the Donatello Nebula

Big Bug Blunder

The Foot Soldiers are Revolting

Unidentified Flying Leonardo

The Adventures Of Rhino-Man

Michaelangelo Meets Bugman

Leonardo vs. Tempestra

Splinter Vanishes

 

Season 5

 

The Turtles and the Hare

Once Upon a Time Machine

My Brother, the Bad Guy

Michelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko

Enter Mutagen Man

Donatello's Bad Time

Michaelangelo Meets Bugman Again

Muckman Messes Up

Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps

Raphael Vs. the Volcano

Landlord of the Flies

Donatello's Duplicate

The Ice Creature Cometh

Leonardo Cuts Loose

Pirate Radio

Turtle of a Thousand Faces

Leonardo, Renaissance Turtle

Zach and the Alien Invaders

Welcome Back, Polarisoids

Michelangelo, the Sacred Turtle

 

Season 6

 

Rock Around the Block

Krangenstein Lives!

Super Irma

Adventures in Turtle-Sitting

The Sword of Yurikawa

Return of the Turtleoids

Shreeka's Revenge

Too Hot to Handle

Nightmare in the Lair

Phantom of the Sewers

Donatello Trashes Slash

Leonardo is Missing

Snakes Alive!

Polly Wanna Pizza

Mr. Nice Guy

Sleuth on the Loose

 

Season 7

 

Tower of Power

Rust Never Sleeps

A Real Snow Job

Venice on a Half Shell

Artless

Ring of Fire

The Irish Jig is Up

Shredder's New Sword

The Lost Queen of Atlantis

Turtles on the Orient Express

April Gets in Dutch

Northern Lights Out

Elementary, My Dear Turtle

Night of the Dark Turtle

The Starchild

The Legend of Koji

Convicts from Dimension X

White Belt, Black Heart

Night of the Rogues

Attack of the Neutrinos

Escape from the Plant of the Turtleloids

Revenge of the Fly

Atlantis Awakes

Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter

Invasion of the Krangezoids

Combat Land

Shredder Triumphant

 

Season 8

 

Get Shredder!

Wrath of the Rat King

State of Shock

Cry H.A.V.O.C.!

H.A.V.O.C. in the Streets

Enter: Krakus

Cyber-Turtles

Turtle Trek

 

Season 9

 

The Unknown Ninja

Dregg of the Earth

The Wrath of Medusa

The New Mutation

The Showdown

Split-Second

Carter the Enforcer

Doomquest

 

Season 10

 

The Return of Dregg

The Beginning of the End

The Power of Three

A Turtle in Time

Turtles to the Second Power

Mobster from Dimension X

The Day the Earth Disappeared

Divide and Conquer

 

 

Special:

 

Planet of the Turtleoids (1991)

 


 

Opening Lyrics:

 


 

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Heroes in a half-shell

Turtle power!

 

They're the world's most fearsome fighting team (We're really hip!)

They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green (Hey - get a grip!)

When the evil Shredder attacks

These Turtle boys don't cut him no slack!

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 

Splinter taught them to be ninja teens (He's a radical rat!)

Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That's a fact, Jack!)

Raphael is cool but crude (Gimme a break!)

Michaelangelo is a party dude (Party!)

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Heroes in a half shell

Turtle power!"

 

 

 

 

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