Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Old friends, new enemies enhance ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (2004-05)

There might not be another franchise that skirts the edge of copyright law quite like “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” which famously started as a “Daredevil”

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What are they doing with Turtles in space?! A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 2 (2003-04)

Although the Mirage comics are great, they are also experimental and stream-of-consciousness in those heady early days, and they mark the first time young writers

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Mirage (almost) comes to our screens: A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 1 (2003)

I owe an apology to “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (2003-09, Fox). It landed at a precise time when I wasn’t into kiddie versions of all-ages

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The epic ends in a thrilling way in ‘TMNT’ Season 10 (1996)

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” goes out on a high note with Season 10 (1996, CBS) despite the fact that a brand-new writer, Jeffrey Scott, pens

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Not the Dreggs: ‘TMNT’ reaches new heights in Season 9 (1995)

As “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was dropping in the ratings in the age of “Power Rangers” and “Batman: The Animated Series,” it was stepping up

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Red sky at night, animators’ delight: A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 8 (1994)

By 1994, I was losing interest in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” If memory serves, I recorded it via VCR timer and labeled the tapes with

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‘TMNT’ ‘Wises’ up for surprisingly strong Season 7 (1993, CBS)

In what seems like a conscious effort after the “European Vacation” sideseason (a.k.a. Season 7, part one), story editor and lead writer David Wise brings

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‘TMNT’ takes welcome ‘Vacation in Europe’ to start Season 7 (1993)

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ ” “Vacation in Europe” (1993) episodes have a mythic “lost episodes” quality in my mind. I was gradually losing interest in

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‘TMNT Adventures’ Issues 23-31 (1991-92) explore Turtles’ Japanese roots

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures” Issues 23-31 (1991-92) include more fast-and-furious action-figure creation from writer Dean Clarrain, and his usual heavy dose of environmentalism, but

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‘TMNT Adventures’ spins off into ‘Mighty Mutanimals’ (1991)

In the Maligna Saga – comprising the “Mighty Mutanimals” three-issue miniseries and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures” 21 and 22 (May-July 1991) – we continue

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