Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles



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."

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.