Ninja Turtles

Shelled martial artists

Ninja Turtles refers to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, four fictional anthropomorphic turtles named after Renaissance artists—Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo—who are trained in martial arts and fight crime from the sewers of New York City.

The franchise began as a comic book in 1984 and expanded into animated series, films, and merchandise.

My kids are obsessed with Ninja Turtles.

The characters are cultural icons of 1980s and 90s childhood, periodically revived for new generations.

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G