“The power of the turtle.” From the pages of comic books to the big screen, Earth’s favorite crime-fighting anthropomorphic turtle loves one thing more than ridding the world of scum: pizza. Named after famous painters of the Italian Renaissance, these four gentlemen who live in sewers and skateboards have appeared in many TV series and movies over the years. But keeping track of all the TMNT movies in order can be tricky because the franchise has more than a dozen screen adaptations.
Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, and Leonardo all retain distinct characters, but they share the same origin story. After experiencing venomous mutations beneath New York City, these ordinary reptiles quickly evolved into human-sized martial arts experts. With the help of mouse-sensei Splinter and a journalist named April O’Neil, teenage mutant Ninja Turtles keep the forces of evil in the universe.
Updated August 5, 2022, by Shawn S. Lealos: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are still alive, 35 years after their first television appearance. With so many TV shows and movies to its name, a brand new animated movie will appear on Netflix in 2022. This will continue the story that started in the Netflix series Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with the same voice actors returning. He’ll also bring back the fan-favorite villain from past movies and TV shows and go on to introduce a new generation to the classic teenage mutant heroes who keep New York City safe. Meanwhile, it’s never too late to go back and watch previous TV shows and movies, both animated and live, with almost all of them available on various streaming services.
16 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
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The first TMNT screen adaptation is this cartoon classic, a syndicated series that ran for 10 seasons and includes seven radio specials.
While deviating somewhat from the comic book source, the show focuses on TMNT’s relationship with April O’Neil and Splinter and their archenemy Shredder. The series predates the first live movie by three years.
15th Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
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Thanks to the popularity Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cartoon and its associated game line, production company New Line Cinema teamed up with Jim Henson Creature Shop to bring the Turtles to the big screen.
This first movie sees the TMNT crew cross paths with Shredder and the Foot Clan for the first time. Despite poor critical reception, the film was a huge box office success.
14 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Secret of the Extremism (1991)
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sequel 1990 mutant ninja turtle Movie, geese secret Less violent than its predecessor. Instead of weapons, turtles spend more time fighting with martial arts techniques.
It also provides more backstory to the turtles’ origins and their separate sense while introducing Shredder’s popular partners, Tokka and Rahzar.
13 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (1993)
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The third and final movie in Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesThe original theatrical run. Like the previous movie, this sequel uses All Effects for the Turtles rather than Jim Henson Creature Shop.
Considered the worst in the original film line, TMNT III It follows turtles on a time travel journey to feudal Japan, where they rub elbows with samurai and make new friends and foes.
12 Mutant Turtles: The Legend of Superman (1996)
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It was released along with a new batch of games, mutant turtles It is a special Japanese dish consisting of two parts. Episodes recast the Turtles as next-level superheroes battling a group of powerful super-villains led by Shredder.
They gain these additional abilities with the help of a spirit trapped inside the magical MutaStone.
11 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997 – 1998)
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With its first animation and three live action movies under its belt, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles returned to television in 1997, this time for a series of live action. next boom It picks up where the movies left off, and introduces a new set of characters and circumstances.
The TMNTs meet a female turtle, Venus de Milo, as well as a new villain: Dragonlord.
10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003-2009)
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Fox originally aired the second animation TMNT The series ran for seven seasons. The animation style and plot are more in line with the original Mirage comics, ignoring the many family-friendly changes that were made to the films.
The show deals with more adult themes and content, even adventurous science fiction and fantasy.
9 TMNT (2007)
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The Turtles are back on the big screen with this computer-animated movie, featuring the voice work of some of Hollywood’s most famous actors, including Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Patrick Stewart.
in TMNTAfter defeating Shredder, the Turtles have fallen once and for all, but they join forces once again in New York City where a new evil threatens humanity. full of action and adventure, TMNT He did well in theaters.
8 Turtles Forever (2009)
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turtle forever This is a made-for-TV movie that celebrates the franchise’s 25th anniversary. Produced by 4Kids Entertainment, it also serves as the definitive ending to the 2003 Fox series.
In the movie, the Turtles discover that they have doppelgangers, “crooks” turned into the original 1987 gang. The two groups work together to understand how their worlds came together as enemy after enemy pursues them and their own haunts.
7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012-2017)
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After acquiring the rights to the Turtles, Nickelodeon launched the CGI series that ran for five seasons. Designed to look like an anime, the series was developed with a young boy in mind.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles It focuses more on the Kraang mutagen than the other entries in the franchise; April O’Neil returns, but this time in teenage form.
6 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
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The TMNT The franchise was rebooted for the big screen in 2014. Produced by Michael Bay, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Includes computer-generated turtles that are expressed by likes DonkeyJohnny Knoxville.
Megan Fox plays journalist April O’Neill, who follows turtles through the sewers and streets of New York City.
5 Heroes of Half Shell: Burst to the Past (2015)
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A feature-length movie released by Nickelodeon during its run Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The series aired, the turtles go back to the Cretaceous period in Blast to the past.
Once they arrive, they are forced to deal with new enemies from the days of the dinosaurs. The movie came in conjunction with a new line of dinosaur toys from Playmates.
4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows (2016)
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sequel 2014 TMNT Movie, Michael Bay’s Turtles and Megan Fox return for another martial arts-inspired tour out of the shadows. Shredder escapes guardianship in the movie and works with a mad scientist to take over the world.
This follow-up was a box office bombshell, prompting Nickelodeon Movies to cancel a planned third installment.
3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018-2020)
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lighter comedy series, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles This is the second Nickelodeon cartoon. Two seasons have aired so far, and it reimagines the turtles and their adventures in New York City.
They gain new duds, new weapons, and new abilities while lounging around regular characters, such as Shredder, April, and Splinter.
2 Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)
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the only TMNT Crossing, Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles He sees a Caped Crusader asking for help from the Turtles in Gotham City.
It turns out that Shredder has joined forces with one of Batman’s enemies, Ra’s Al Ghul. Batgirl and Robin also appear in this direct-to-video feature.
1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)
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On August 5, 2022, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Arrive on Netflix to follow the story from the 2018 series of the same name.
The film would bring the cast back to the show and continue two years after they defeated Shredder. This time, the story follows Leonardo as the leader of the Turtles as he has to save the world from the alien villains called the Krang.
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