Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

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This version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles draws more references and plotlines from the original comics than the original television series did. Four turtles are contaminated with "ooze", a radioactive substance that causes four turtles to change into humanoids. Their Master Splinter, a rat whom also came in contact with the ooze, teaches them the art of ninjitusu. Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo are Splinter's disciples who are now ready to take on forces that oppose them, including the Shredder. The Shredder is the Turtles' nemesis, as he killed Splinter's Master Yoshi. The Turtles become envolved in a complex trail of events to uncover just who or what the Shredder really is.moreless
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S 7 :  Ep 12 Aired 2/21/09
S 7 :  Ep 11 Aired 11/29/08
S 7 :  Ep 10 Aired 11/22/08
S 7 :  Ep 9 Aired 11/15/08

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  • Out of all of the cartoons of the 00's, I didn't think this was the best, that goes to Spectacular Spider-Man, but I do think that its a vastly underrated series.moreless

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By DuelMark, Jan 04, 2012 Report Abuse
    Fans of the original cartoon have mixed opinions at best about this series, which I think is stupid. These are trolls and purists who don't acknowledge the true creators or source material. This was one of my favorite shows of the 00's. I never see that many people praise it, I never see it being brought up at IGN and people like Stuttering Craig bash it, I consider this cartoon to be underrated. There's plenty to dislike, but there was more to dislike about the classic cartoon. I also think this show has more to like: great animation, good action, well developed characters, impressive villains, fantastic story telling. And yeah, the last two seasons are mixed at best, but I've seen worst writing at times.

    If you haven't watched it yet, check it out for and decide for yourself.moreless

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  • This review is not written by me, but by bryanoftoons/viewtifulboy. I'm posting for him.

    8.5
    "Great"
    By Matt_Purosky, May 31, 2011 Report Abuse
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been around for over a century, and there were some people who got worried about 4Kids owning it's license, but now, even from people who generally hate 4Kids Entertainment, people believe it's the best work they've ever done.

    Let's start with the writing. It's good. There are several seasons, story arcs, and even a few times they reference the 1980's series (Especially in that "Secret Origins arch. They referenced it 3 times!). This is actually darker than that old series, but still keep it to a TVY7 rating. My only real writing gripe is saying "shell" instead of hell. It's clever, but I just hear it too often for it to be that clever. Now it's just annoying. None of the turtles say anything out of character, no terrible puns, and nothing really cheesy. Plus almost every character has some kind of backstory that they reveal to you in time, which really brings out their character.

    The animimation is what I will call "very good". It's no spectacular, but it's way above average. Nothing is ever choppy, they're smooth and accurate, and they have correct speed (by that I mean fast blows really have an impact and slow blows are weak). Even in some of the chaotic fighting scenes the animation doesn't slow down. Good work there.

    The music is the kind of music you'd want to listen to while playing an extreme beat-em-up game, which is a good thing. 4Kids is really good with the music and theme songs, but the music IN the show could use more guitar, but that's just my tastes. The voice acting is as great as you'd expect. Though sometimes they go a little off character when they voice. Splinter's voice also sounds a little breathy, like he's exhaling air more than he's talking.

    Let's wrap this up with my opinions on the series' characters. I just love them. All of them are very unique with their own set of abilities. You've got Casey with his blunt objects, Shredder with his claws and technology (plus he's a badass), and my favorite, Baxter Stockman. Super genius. And with other unique villains and heroes it makes it look like they'll never run out of ideas.moreless

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  • Probably one of the best remakes ever done! The Turtles rule in this show, proving that even in the 21st century, they're still one of the coolest teams that was ever created.moreless

    10
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    By frosty_ice, Nov 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    Although the 80's version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of the best cartoons ever produced. It was funny, and we had lots and lots of cool characters that interacted with both the Turtles and with the audience (the gags and jokes were hillarious). But in this new version, we get to see an alternative story of the Turtles and the way their arch-enemy, the Shredder is involved in it. The fact that we get to see new versions of most characters, like April and Casey, and the way they interact with the main storyline, gives us the feeling that these characters were originally designed for a series like this one, and not the original one, back in 1987. The voice cast is quite good, and we get a good bunch of laughs when hearing the characters interact with each others. The storyline is way darker than the original one, and most of the characters have new personalities and looks, which contributes positively to the success of the show. From the first episode, to April and Casey's wedding, this series has surprised me in all ways. Too bad it ended too soon, but at least, they went out with a really great bang, by giving us the ultimate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover. In a scale one to ten, I give it an 11.moreless

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  • This tmnt show is as good as the old one

    10
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    By NathanRoth, Dec 06, 2009 Report Abuse
    I must say this tmnt cartoon was done rather well.the fisrt season was good. the only thing i did not like how they made Shredder into an utrom. i really wanted to see Bebop and Rocksteady in this cartoon as well.otherwise this show had a lot of good action.i did find the whole story of the shredder confusing first hes an utrom then hes a demon and now hes a cyber life form.the back to the sewers was what got me liking this but i wish they would have continued even after nickelodean buoght the rights to the turtles. this show gets a solid 9.5 and remember its ninja time.moreless

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  • Lean, Green, and Back on the Screen

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    By sh811a, Nov 15, 2009 Report Abuse
    I'll admit I'm a Turtles fan, I love the graphic comic book series that it's based on and still currently running today, the video games (two of the arcade games from Konami, the 2 and 3 NES game, 4 and Tournament Fighters for SNES, haven't passed judgement on current games yet), I'll admit at the time I did watch the 80's cartoon and enjoyed it though not anymore, and I loved the silver screen movies the first and TMNT, the second a guilty pleasure. It also was one of the insperations for me to take martal arts and become a martal artist.

    This revival is one of the best revivals I've seen it is one of the best kind's I've seen since the "Battlestar Galatica Revival" because like all good remakes it not just translated well to our current generation but actually made things better.

    One of the things I'm glad about for this revival is the fact it's actually closer and true to the graphic comic book series and has everything that made it great. For one thing the animation is suburb, I really love how they made the NYC backgrounds, like in "Batman" everything has shades of darkness giving it a noir like quality giving you the feeling that danger lurks within. But the character designs I thing are just as surpurb. The music is great, I actually do like the new theme songs, I know the 80's theme is memorable let alone fun though a bit repeditive on it's beats, with the new ones it just feels like there is a bit more variation to it from the words and the beats. The fight chorigraphy is supurb, for one thing the Turtles and others participating actually use their weapons and they use them well, as well as different marial arts styles and disaplines are applied.

    But most importantly the story and charcters, what makes the show stand out is how both are very well developed. All the characters feel three dimentional and have an amount of depth to them, and the storys can be fun but also really dark which can at time make the show take a rather unfun turn. The story along with the characters constantly develop thoughout each season, this is a common format used in current tv shows like "Battlestar Galatica(revival)", "Lost", "How I Met Your Mother", and others. This makes us all the more care about the characters because you can't help but feel that what all of them do and feel does matter. The turtles are as usual great however personally I felt it was the supporting characters with them that really stole the show. Usually a movie/tv show with dozens of characters doesn't always work, but this show managed to balance them and develop all of them which made them all memorable and actually care.

    And on a sidenote the show does homages/injokes/references much how "The Simpsons" and "Kill Bill" would. To movies, comic books, tv shows and video game. I won't state all of them because trust me there is a lot but if your experenced highly in all of these fortays then trust me their there.

    I'll state some of my favorate characters, there are more but there is no room.

    Tutles: Raphel: This character is awdsome and conplex, he's always a character that is conflicted interally as well as externally. Is two fisted, a bit of a daredevil when it comes to fight whcih can make him bite more than he can chew, has strong emotions, a sarcastic wit kinda like Juno (sort of), and takes crap from no one.

    Michaelanglo: This charcter is just always fun. He's got sort of a surfer additude, non serious, really layed back but has big ambitions, naive, a bit illconfidant like Shaggy from Scooby Doo does express his nerviousness or fear but unlike him he's not short on courage and is willing to go into danger weather he wants to or not (usually the latter). One thing I really love about him is his hobbies which I emphasize with he's loves and has knowlege of comics, movies and video games.

    Supporting Characters: Casey Jones: This charcter is always fun, he's a bit of a mix of Clint Eastwood and Chachi from "Happy Days". He's handsome, real tough and has the takes crap from no one aditude however he's a bit of a dufus which is why he's a bit unsmooth. But you have to hand it to him he managed to win over April.

    April O Neil: As usual she is attractive but however she is real smart, is inventive and is able to figure certain things out with her science skills which makes her useful to the team, she takes martal arts from Splinter which means she's anything but helpless and is sometimes a ninja for hire. But most of all I love the chemestry she has with Casey Jones and how the romance develops which is interesting because it's seems like the least likely romance to happen but it does because at first both can't stand each other but of course dislike turns to like, then love, then well you'll find out but trust me the end result is beautiuful.

    Karie: She's a great anti-hero let alone hot. She's feisty, firery, does have good intentions but is sadly misguided most of the time which makes he a bit sympathetic because she's a good person but her head's just in the wrong place, though learns to find the right way.

    Chaplin: In a way he's is almost like a Tony Stark like character due to how inventive and not so serious he is. He's naive and might not look like much at face value but does have guts and I even like the fact that he has feelings for Karie which is another thing I can emphisize with. Both of them are also my favorate couple.

    Well I've said enough, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles revival proves that the franchise is still kicking shell.moreless

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