When was tmnt created

Drawing inspiration from some of their favorite contemporary comics, including Frank Miller's epic samurai adventure Ronin and his celebrated run on Marvel Comics' Daredevil — along with their mutual love of Jack Kirby — they set to work developing the Turtles universe. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' origin story paid homage to the first issue of Daredevil from , in which young Matt Murdock is blinded by a radioactive isotope while pushing an old blind man from the path of an oncoming truck.

Eastman and Laird extrapolated that after the canister containing that isotope struck Murdock, it collided with a bystander who was carrying a fishbowl containing his pets — four baby turtles. The turtles and the canister, which bore the initials T. Splinter had been the pet of the exiled ninja warrior Hamato Yoshi, who was slain along with his lover, Tang Shen, by the treacherous Oroku Saki, who blamed Yoshi for the death of his brother, Oroku Nagi.

The Shredder took his design inspiration from a metal cheese grater that struck Eastman as a potential weapon in the hands of the wrong person. Using Laird's copy of Janson's History of Art for inspiration, the pair chose names for the Turtles from four of their favorite Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. As the four Turtles were virtually identical in appearance, particularly as the book was to be published in black and white, Eastman and Laird differentiated the four through their choice of weapons: Leonardo would wield a pair of katana blades, Michelangelo used nunchucks, Donatello mastered the bo staff, and Raphael favored the knife-like sais.

And it was Master Splinter, the mutated rat, who took credit for naming the Turtles in the very first issue. Splinter taught them to be ninja teens! Sign In. Episode guide. Play trailer Animation Action Adventure. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Trailer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Clip 1.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Clip 2. Photos Top cast Edit. Cam Clarke Leonardo as Leonardo …. Barry Gordon Donatello as Donatello …. Rob Paulsen Raphael as Raphael …. Townsend Coleman Michelangelo as Michelangelo ….

Peter Renaday Splinter as Splinter …. Pat Fraley Krang as Krang …. James Avery Shredder as Shredder …. However, if you missed the show, a live recording, as well as a making-of special, were available on VHS. For the never-produced fourth Turtles film, they created Kirby, named after their idol, Jack Kirby, a legendary comic book artist who helped develop The Avengers , Fantastic Four, X-Men , and other iconic superheroes.

The character would have been introduced via a magic crystal that could bring drawings to life. The show was produced by Saban Entertainment, the people behind Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , and featured the same cheesy, rubber-suited production values. The series introduced Venus de Milo, a female ninja turtle, complete with shell breasts. She was retconned onto the show as being a previously unseen fifth turtle in the bowl.

The show was not a hit with fans and even less so with Laird. As harmless as the cartoon series was, it was still heavily edited for broadcast in the UK and much of Europe.

Poor Michelangelo suffered the worst; in the UK, nunchucks are restricted, which meant his fight scenes were cut and replaced with him using a grappling hook instead. In , some , turtles were imported into Britain to feed the demand of young Turtles fans who wanted them as pets.

For only a few pounds, kids could easily buy a small turtle, not knowing that it would grow to be the size of a dinner plate. When the kids no longer wanted to take care of the animals, they were often dumped in rivers and ponds, where they devastated native ecosystems.

The problem became so severe that the European Union banned the sale of the most popular breed, red-eared terrapins, in In addition, there was mention of pesticides that can remain in fruits and vegetables even after they get to the supermarket.

The Shredder has tortured scientist Baxter Stockman by slowly dismembering him. So Stockman creates a clone and transplants his consciousness into it. However, his new body decomposes, exposing muscle and bone, and he is forced to sew fallen body parts back on.

Thanks again to Peter Laird for his cooperation. For more TMNT history than you can shake a nunchuck at, check out his blog. A slightly shorter version of this post appeared in This article was updated in BY Rob Lammle. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been capturing imaginations for decades.

An unpublished set of pages from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 The Turtles took pop culture by storm. Nickelodeon revived the Turtles in animation in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys were a massive hit. The Turtles became pop culture phenomenons who even performed live.