Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swe..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
7.90 / 10
Duration:
30 Minutes
Release Year:
1987-1996
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 14, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, 1988. The series featured the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created in comic book form by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The property was changed considerably from the darker-toned comic, to make it more suitable for children and the family.

The initial motivation behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series was that, upon being approached to create a toy line, Playmates Toys was uneasy with the comic book characters' small cult following. They requested that a television deal be acquired first, and after the initial five-episode series debuted, the California toy company released their first series of Ninja Turtles action figures in the summer of 1988. The two media would correspond in marketing style and popularity for many years to come.

David Wise and Patti Howeth wrote the screenplay for the first five-part miniseries. When the series continued in the second season, comic artist Jack Mendelsohn joined the show as the executive story editor. Wise went on to write over seventy episodes of the series, and was executive story editor for four later seasons as well. Wise left the series partway through the ninth season, and Jeffrey Scott took over as the story editor and chief writer for the rest of the show's run.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996) - Trailer

Release Date:

14 Dec 1987

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-Y7 – For Children Age 7 and Above

This program is designed for children age 7 and above. Programs rated TV-Y7 are designed for children age 7 and older. The FCC states that it "may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the developmental skills needed to distinguish between make-believe and reality." Programs given the "FV" content descriptor exhibit more 'fantasy violence' and are generally more intense or combative than other programs rated TV-Y7.

Writer:

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, David Wise, Fred Wolf

Main Actors:

Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Renae Jacobs, Barry Gordon

Plot:

This show tells the adventures of four turtles who were transformed into humanoids by a strange ooze and were trained as ninja by a human martial arts master, Hamato Yoshi, who was changed into a humanoid rat, Splinter, by the same substance. Together with the intrepid reporter, April O'Neil, they fight against the threats against the world, like Shredder and Krang.

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.9/10