Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Series, 2012, The 2012 series, Set in New York and Dimension X
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is #9 of 16 in release order and #9 of 16 in chronological order in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The story
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles recap
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) follows the teenage brothers on their first trips to the surface, fighting the alien Kraang and the Shredder. Developed by Ciro Nieli, Joshua Sternin and Jennifer Ventimilia, the CGI series ran on Nickelodeon from September 2012 to November 2017, five seasons and 124 episodes, with part of the final season premiering on Nicktoons. Splinter (Hoon Lee) is Hamato Yoshi, mutated by Kraang ooze, and his sons are Leonardo (Jason Biggs, later Seth Green), Raphael (Sean Astin), Donatello (Rob Paulsen) and Michelangelo (Greg Cipes). They befriend April O'Neil (Mae Whitman), a teenager born with strange powers, and Casey Jones (Josh Peck), while the Shredder (Kevin Michael Richardson) raises Splinter's kidnapped daughter as Karai. Season 1 ends with the Kraang's Technodrome sunk, and season 2 with the Kraang conquering the city and the team retreating to a farmhouse. Season 3 retakes New York and ends with the Triceratons destroying Earth, so season 4 travels through space and back in time to prevent it, before Splinter dies fighting Super Shredder. The fifth season, titled Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, runs shorter adventures. The show stands alone, with crossover episodes featuring the 1987 Turtles.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ending explained
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) ends with Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse, a TV film released September 22, 2017, also shown as three episodes, set decades ahead in a possible ruined future. Raphael crosses the wasteland with Donatello, whose mind now lives in a robot, finds Michelangelo leading followers as the Holy Chalupa, and finally faces Leonardo, who has lost his memory and mutated into the warlord Maximus Kong. Raphael brings Leo back to himself, and the four reunite. The main story wraps earlier: Leonardo kills Super Shredder at the end of season 4, and in season 5 the revived Shredder drags the demon Kavaxas back to the Netherworld.
Where to watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is streaming on Netflix and Philo in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.9/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Turtles Forever, before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Chronological order: after Turtles Forever, before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
What to watch before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
In release order, 7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles essentials come before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) to Turtles Forever (2009).
Cast
- Rob Paulsen as Donatello (voice)
- Sean Astin as Raphael (voice)
- Greg Cipes as Michelangelo (voice)
- Mae Whitman as April (voice)
- Kelly Hu as Karai
- Hoon Lee as Splinter (voice)
- Josh Peck as Casey Jones (voice)
- Seth Green as Leonardo (voice)
- Kevin Michael Richardson as '87 Shredder (voice)
- Jason Biggs as Leonardo (voice)
- Gwendoline Yeo as Shinigami
- Brian Bloom as Crognard / Police Radio (voice)
Created by Ciro Nieli, Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia.