Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (franchise)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, formerly known in some regions as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, and commonly abbreviated as TMNT, is an American media franchise created by and .
The series stars the titular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a group of mutant turtles who live in a lair in the sewers of New York City which consists of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael, all named after Italian Renaissance artists. The group is led by their sensei, Master Splinter, a mutated rat who, like them, is capable of speech.
== Crossover ==
The series was among the various series to crossover with each other for Comic Relief in 1991, alongside Doctor Who.
This occurred in the comic book The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic, which featured a segment relating to the turtles. The segment was preceded by Lenny Henry and Jonathan Ross arguing over whether they were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, something further referenced in the TMNT section itself.
== Other connections ==
=== Comics ===
IDW have been the publisher of TMNT comics since 2011, its existence overlapping with the final three years of Doctor Whos own American comic book run under the publisher.
=== Television and film ===
Frank Welker, who voiced Scooby-Doo in LEGO Dimensions and related media, voiced Rahzar and Tokka in the 1991 film, . He was also the initial voice of Monkey Rockwell in the .
The aforementioned 2012 series also featured Greg Cipes (Beast Boy in LEGO Dimensions and related media) as the voice of Michelangelo, and David Tennant (the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctor) as the voice of Fugitoid.
=== Miscellaneous ===
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles content is available in Fortnite, which also features some Doctor Who content.
== External links ==
* TurtlePedia
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