Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Series, 2024, Mutant Mayhem, Set in New York, after Mutant Mayhem
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is #16 of 16 in release order and #16 of 16 in chronological order in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The story
The Turtles — Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey — each will go it alone for the first time. Faced with new threats and teaming up with old allies, the Turtles will discover who they really are when they don’t have their brothers at their sides.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles recap
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024) picks up two months after Mutant Mayhem as the teenage brothers juggle heroics and growing up in New York. Christopher Yost and Alan Wan run the 2D animated Paramount+ series, which released two seasons of 12 episodes each, on August 9, 2024, and December 12, 2025. Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon and Ayo Edebiri return as Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and April O'Neil, while Splinter speaks only a gibberish "vermin" (Fred Tatasciore). Each arc is framed as a tale told by one of the brothers, and the stories often split them up to work alone. Season 1 brings in Bishop (Alanna Ubach), an inventor who sees mutants as a threat and fields robot Mechazoids, and the East River Three, mutant sea creatures led by Goldfin (Timothy Olyphant), who flood the city in a storm while chasing a giant pearl. Season 2 adds a mutant battle arena, the Purple Dragons, Leonardo as the masked Night Ninja, Tokka and Rahzar, and Michelangelo's rich friend Rod Underwood (Pete Davidson), whose family is after mutant blood. It sits between Mutant Mayhem and its 2027 sequel.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ending explained
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ends with "The Big Muck", released December 12, 2025, in which Michelangelo and Rod confront Rod's father, Roderick Underwood Sr., over Rod's kidnapping and the missing mutagen, and the brothers back Mikey against the mutant Muckman. Paramount had cancelled the show in November 2025, a month before season 2 arrived, after management changes from the Paramount-Skydance merger. An IDW tie-in comic carries on past the show, and the Mutant Mayhem sequel, with the Shredder as its villain, is set for August 13, 2027.
Where to watch Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is streaming on Netflix, fuboTV, Paramount+, Philo, and Spectrum On Demand in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.9/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the latest.
- Chronological order: after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the last.
What to watch before Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
In release order, 13 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles essentials come before Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024), from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023).
Cast
- Micah Abbey as Donatello (voice)
- Shamon Brown Jr. as Michelangelo (voice)
- Nicolas Cantu as Leonardo (voice)
- Brady Noon as Raphael (voice)
- Ayo Edebiri as April O'Neil (voice)
- Kimberly Brooks as Wendy / Ninja Turtle Kid / Party Goer #2 / Party Goers (voice)
- Robbie Daymond as Freaked Out Guy / Party Goers / New Yorkers (voice)
- Colin Heck as Mechazoid (voice)
- Kate Higgins as Party Goers / New Yorkers (voice)
- Keston John as Party Goer #1 / Man / Party Goers (voice)
- Courtney Lin as Robot Costume (voice)
- Max Mittelman as Party Goers (voice)
Created by Christopher L. Yost.