TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES original airdates: 1987 mini-series, 1988-1992 in syndication, Sept 8, 1990-Sept 1997 on CBS, 1993 Vacation episodes on USA Network later airdates: 1993-1996 on USA Network episodes: 193 animated by: Murakami-Wolf-Swenson distributed and owned by: Fred Wolf Films Production and Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is currently not on US television. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES SUMMARY: One of the longest running toy/cartoon combinations, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were created in 1984 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The comic book series was independenly published by Mirage Studios. The comic introduced us to the turtles, who were mutated into humanoid forms by radioactive mutagen. The turtles were trained in the art of ninjitsu by master Splinter, a mutated rat. Splinter named the turtles after Renaissance artists, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo. The Ninja Turtles befriended TV news reporter April O' Neil. The Ninja Turtles fought the evil Foot Clan of ninjas led by the Shredder. In 1987, a 5 part animated mini-series aired, followed by a regular series next year. Playmates launched a line of action figures that soon flew off toy shelves. In 1990, a feature lenght film debuted, grossing $135 million at the box office. CBS picked up the animated series for their Saturday morning block. Two sequel movies were made, but did not perform as well. Playmates made hundreds of figures from 1988-1998. The animated series lasted nine years with 193 episodes. Over-exposure, I think, caused the downfall of the Ninja Turtles, but it was at top of its game longer than most. EPISODE GUIDE 5-Part Mini-Series (1987 in syndication) #001 Turtle Tracks #002 Enter the Shredder #003 A Thing About Rats #004 Hot Rodding Teenagers From Dimension X #005 Shredder and Splintered 1st Season (1988-1989 in syndication) #006 Return of the Shredder #007 The Incredible Shrinking Turtles #008 It Came From Beneath the Sewers #009 The Mean Machines #010 Curse of the Evil Eye #011 Case of the Killer Pizzas #012 Enter: the Fly #013 Invasion of the Punk Frogs #014 New York's Shinest #015 Splinter No More #016 Teenagers From Dimension X #017 The Cat Woman From Channel Six #018 Return of the Technodrome 2nd Season (1989-1990 in syndication) #019 Beneath the Sewers #020 Turtles On Trial #021 Attack of the 50 Foot Irma #022 The Maltese Hamster #023 Sky Turtles #024 The Old Switcheroo #025 Burne's Blues #026 The Fifth Turtle #027 Enter the Rat King #028 Turtles At the Earth's Core #029 April's Fool #030 Attack of Big MACC #031 The Ninja Sword of Nowhere #032 20,000 Leaks Under the City #033 Take Me to Your Leader #034 Four Musketurtles #035 Turtles, Turtles Everywhere #036 Cowabunga Shredhead #037 Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers #038 Camera Bugged #039 Green With Jealousy #040 Return of the Fly #041 Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero #042 Mutagen Monster #043 Corporate Raiders From Dimension X #044 Pizza By the Shred #045 Super Bebop and Mighty Rocksteady #046 Beware the Lotus #047 Blast From the Past #048 Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp #049 Michaelangelo's Birthday #050 Usagi Yojimbo #051 Case of the Hot Kimono #052 Usagi Come Home #053 The Making of Metalhead #054 Leatherhead Meets the Rat King #055 The Turtle Terminator #056 The Great Boldini #057 The Missing Map #058 The Gang's All Here #059 The Grybyx #060 Mr. Ogg Goes to Town #061 Shredderville #062 Bye Bye Fly #063 The Big Rip Off #064 The Big Break-In #065 The Big Blow Out 3rd Season (Sept 8, 1990-1991 on CBS) #066 Plan 6 From Outer Space #067 Turtles of the Jungle #068 Michaelangelo Toys Around #069 Peking Turtle #070 Shredder's Mom #071 Four Turtles and a Baby #072 Turtlemaniac #073 Rondo In New York #074 Planet of the Turtles #075 Name That Toon #076 Menace, Maestro Please #077 Super Hero For a Day #078 Back to the Egg #079 Son of Return of the Fly #080 Raphael Knocks 'Em Dead #081 Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe #082 Raphael Meets His Match #083 Slash: The Evil Turtle From Dimension X #084 Leonardo Lightens Up #085 Were-Rats From Channel 6 #086 Funny, They Shrunk Michaelangelo #087 The Big Zipp Attack #088 Donatello Makes Time #089 Farewell, Lotus Blossom #090 Rebel Without a Fin #091 The Adventures of Rhino-Man #092 Michaelangelo Meets Bugman #093 Poor Little Rich Turtle #094 What's Michaelangelo Good For? #095 The Dimension X Story #096 Donatello's Degree #097 The Big Cufflink Caper! #098 Leonardo Vs. Tempestra #099 Splinter Vanishes #100 Raphael Drives 'Em Wild #101 Beyond the Donatello Nebula #102 Big Bug Blunder #103 The Foot Soldiers Are Revolting #104 Unidentified Flying Leonardo 4th Season (1991-1992 on CBS) #105 The Turtles and the Hare #106 Once Upon a Time Machine #107 My Brother, the Bad Guy #108 Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko #109 Enter Mutagen Man #110 Donatello's Bad Time #111 Michaelangelo Meets Bugman Again #112 Muckman Messes Up #113 Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps #114 Raphael Vs. the Volcano #115 Landlord of the Flies #116 Donatello's Duplicate #117 The Ice Creature Cometh #118 Leonardo Cuts Loose #119 Pirate Radio #120 Turtle of a Thousand Faces #121 Leonardo, Renaissance Turtle #122 Zach and the Alien Invaders #123 Welcome Back, Polarisoids #124 Michaelangelo, the Sacred Turtle #125 Planet of the Turtleoids Part One (Prime time special) #126 Planet of the Turtleoids Part Two (Prime time special) 5th Season (1992-1993 on CBS) #127 Rock Around the Block #128 Krangenstein Lives! #129 Super Irma #130 Adventures In Turtle-Sitting #131 The Sword of Yurikawa #132 Return of the Turtleoids #133 Shreeka's Revenge #134 Too Hot to Handle #135 Nightmare In the Lair #136 Phantom of the Sewers #137 Donatello Trashes Slash #138 Leonardo Is Missing #139 Snakes Alive! #140 Polly Wanna Pizza #141 Mr. Nice Guy #142 Sleuth On the Loose Special Vacation Episodes (1993 on USA Network) #143 Tower of Power #144 Rust Never Sleeps #145 A Real Snow Job #146 Venice On the Half-Shell #147 Artless #148 Ring of Fire #149 The Irish Jig Is Up #150 Shredder's New Sword #151 The Lost Queen of Atlantis #152 Turtles On the Orient Express #153 April Gets In Dutch #154 Northern Lights Out #155 Elementary, My Dear Turtle 6th Season (1993-1994 on CBS) #156 Night of the Dark Turtle #157 The Starchild #158 The Legend of Koji #159 Convicts From Dimension X #160 White Belt, Black Heart #161 Night of the Rogues #162 Attack of the Nuetrinos #163 Escape From the Planet of the Turtleoids #164 Revenge of the Fly #165 Atlantis Awakes #166 Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter #167 Invasion of the Krangezoids #168 Combat Land #169 Shredder Triumphant 7th Season (1994-1995 on CBS) #170 Get Shredder! #171 Wrath of the Rat King #172 State of Shock #173 Cry H.A.V.O.C.! #174 H.A.V.O.C. In the Streets #175 Enter: Krakus #176 Cyber-Turtles #177 Turtle Trek 8th Season (1995-1996 on CBS) #178 The Unknown Ninja #179 Dregg of the Earth #180 The Wrath of Medusa #181 The New Mutation #182 The Showdown #183 Split-Second #184 Carter, the Enforcer #185 Doomquest 9th Season (1996-1997 on CBS) #186 The Return of Dregg #187 The Beginning of the End #188 The Power of Three #189 A Turtle In Time #190 Turtles to the Second Power #191 Mobster From Dimension X #192 The Day the Earth Disappeared #193 Divide and Conquer VOICE ACTORS James Avery as Shredder (1987-1996) Gregg Berger as Bebop and Donatello (in various 1989 and 1993 episodes) Cam Clarke as Leonardo, Mung, Overdrive, Rocksteady Townsend Coleman as Michaelangelo, Krang (substitute), Rat King, Shredder (in various 1994 episodes), Splinter (in various 1991 episodes) Jim Cummings as Leatherhead, Shredder (in various 1989 episodes) Jennifer Darling as Irma Pat Fraley as Baxter Stockman, Burne Thompson, Casey Jones, Krang, Raptor, Slash, Titanus Barry Gordon as Bebop, Donatello, Seisure Michael Gough as Raphael (1996-1997) Renae Jacobs as April O' Neil Tony Jay as Lord Dregg William E. Martin as Shredder (in some 1994 episodes and 1996-1997) Rob Paulson as High-Beam, Hi-Tech, Raphael (1987-1996), Zach Hal Rayle as Raphael (in 1993 USA episodes) Peter Renaday as General Traag, Splinter, Vernon Fenwick
NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION (live-action) original airdates: 1997-1998 on FOX episodes: 26 distributed and owned by: ? and Mirage #01 East Meets West Part 1 #02 East Meets West Part 2 #03 East Meets West Part 3 #04 East Meets West Part 4 #05 East Meets West Part 5 #06 Staff of Bu-Ki #07 Silver & Gold #08 Meet Dr. Quease #09 All In the Family #10 Trusting Dr. Quease #11 Windfall #12 Turtles Night Out #13 Mutant Reflections #14 Truce or Consequence #15 Sewer Crash #16 Going Ape #17 Enemy of my Enemy #18 King Wick #19 The Good Dragon #20 The Guest #21 Like Brothers #22 Unchain My Heart Part 1 #23 Unchain My Heart Part 2 #24 Unchain My Heart Part 3 #25 Unchain My Heart Part 4 #26 Who Needs Her
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