The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, also referred to as the Cool Youngish Mutated Karate Turtle Dudes, are minor heroes in Teen Titans Go!. They first appeared in the episode "Más y Menos."
Bio[]
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made a cameo appearance in "Más y Menos" after ordering pizza to a seemingly-deserted alleyway near a garbage dump.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles make their first major appearance in "Truth, Justice and What?" where Michelangelo suggests that Robin should use pizza to tempt and recruit Teen Titans members.
They appear later on in the episode and they have stolen all pizzas ever made. They encounter the Titans, and result in a battle with them. The turtles win at first, but the Titans use pizza, and with their energy and goofiness, they defeat the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and steal their shells.
Members[]
- Leonardo (leader and most skilled)
- Raphael
- Michelangelo
- Donatello
Weapons[]
- Dual Katana: Used by Leonardo
- Bo Staff: Used by Donatello
- Nunchucks: Used by Michelangelo
- Sai: Used by Raphael
Episode Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- Más y Menos (debut, cameo)
Season 2[]
Season 3[]
- Operation Dude Rescue (cameo on drawing on wall, Raphael only)
Season 4[]
- Costume Contest (referenced as costumes worn by the H.I.V.E. Five)
Season 5[]
- The Fight (cameo in video)
Film[]
- Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (pre-mutated)
Trivia[]
- Michelangelo is voiced by Beast Boy's voice actor, Greg Cipes, in the 2012 Nickelodeon animated series.
- Scott Menville later played Donatello in one of the 2017 shorts.
- All of the turtles have red masks (without blue, orange and purple), which is a reference to their original 1984 incarnation where they all had red masks.
- In the image of the turtles in the alley, the turtle spray painting "NINJA LIFE" clearly has nun-chucks strapped to the back of his shell, indicating that it is Michelangelo.
- Ninja Life could be referencing the phrase "Thug Life".
- They say their catchphrase "Booyakasha" just like in the 2012 series.
- They are the first non-DC heroes to appear on the show.
- The password Robin speaks to get inside the Ninja Turtles' lair is "totally tubular," another catchphrase from the Ninja Turtles.
- They are never actually referred to as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the show, but are constantly referred to as "Turtle Dudes".
- Glen Murakami, one of the creators of the Teen Titans (2003) series, also worked on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012).
- Teen Titans Go! is not the only DC media the Ninja Turtles have been in. They have also had a mini comic crossover series with Batman from December 2015-May 2016 titled "Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and they are also guest DLC characters in Injustice 2, which is a DC Comics fighting video game.
- They also have the 2019 crossover film, Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which Robin (Damian Wayne) appeared.
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