Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a popular superhero team of anthropomorphic reptiles who began in a series of comics in 1984] and gained greater fame with an animated series which ran from 1987 to 1996. In 1990, the Jim Henson Creature Shop supplied animatronic versions of the characters for a theatrical film adaptation and its sequel. The third film and an animatronic television series, The Next Mutation, were produced entirely without the involvement of Henson.
Muppet Mentions
- The opening narration of "Attack of the Mousers", an episode from the 2003 animated series, begins: "A very wise frog once said, 'It's not easy bein' green.' But believe me, he didn't know the half of it."
References
- Michaelangelo appeared with the Muppet Babies and other characters in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.
- The 1991 Muppet Babies episode "Sing a Song of Superheroes" featured Baby Kermit, Baby Fozzie, Baby Animal, Baby Bean, and Baby Rowlf as the Ninja Turtles.
- Herry Monster's room is decorated with a "Ninja Monsters" poster in the 1992 book, Too Little!
- On Dinosaurs, a poster depicting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Cavemen appeared as a recurring background element in Robbie's bedroom.
- In the first episode of Muppets Tonight, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Truffles" can be seen on the KMUP schedule.
 Muppet Babies as pseudo-Turtles and others |
 Ninja Monsters |
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Cavemen |
Connections
- Townsend Coleman played Michelangelo in the 1987 series.
- Rob Paulsen played Raphael in the 1987 series.
- Greg Berg played Donnatello in several episodes of the 1989 season when his regular voice actor (Barry Gordon) was unavailable.
