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A comprehensive list of characters in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, including actors, roles, and appearances. Find out the names, personalities, and origins of the turtles, their allies, and their enemies.
Learn about the fictional team of four turtles and their allies, enemies, and adventures in various media. Explore comics, TV series, films, video games, and more on this fan-made database.
Learn about the main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, such as Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, April O'Neil, Master Splinter, and more. Browse their profiles, images, and ratings on Comic Vine.
- Leonardo
- Raphael
- Donatello
- Michelangelo
- April O'Neil
- The Shredder
- Master Splinter
- Casey Jones
- Krang
- Bebop and Rocksteady
As the original 1987 animated series theme song goes, Leonardo is the team's leader and the oldest brother. He is traditionally identified by his blue mask and dual katanas. Leonardo is typically the most disciplined member of the team. His name is drawn from perhaps the most famous Italian renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci (The Mona Lisa, The ...
Raphael, nicknamed Raph, is the fighter of the group, often temperamental and quick to action contrasting with his brother and team leader Leonardo who he often feuds with. Raphael is identified by his red mask (in the original comics all the turtles wore red masks) and his dual Sais (truncheons with blades often mistaken for daggers) as his signat...
Donatello (aka Donnie or Don depending on who is speaking to him) is the team's technical experiment and displays a special talent for technology and science, often creating fantastical gadgets for the team to use. Donatello wears a purple mask and wields a bo staff. In most incarnations, Donatello is played as the least combative of the team, and ...
Arguably the most famous member of the team, Michelangelo is as the song says "the party dude." Often depicted as the youngest member of the Turtles, Michelangelo (aka Mikey to his brothers) is the most carefree and laid-back team member, using the catchphrase 'cowabunga.' He often speaks with some variation of a surfer/skater accent and is the rea...
April O'Neil is the Turtle's main human ally and is a love interest for the character Casey Jones. While the original comics portrayed her as a computer programmer, the animated series depicted her as a news anchor which has been kept in subsequent adaptations like the 1990 film series and the 2014 reboot (where she was played by Megan Fox). The 20...
The Shredder is the main villain of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, despite dying in the very first issue of the original comic. He is the ruthless leader of the villainous ninja group The Foot Clan (a parody of Marvel's The Hand from the Daredevil comics). In most depictions, he is named Oroku Saki and is responsible for the death of H...
Master Splinteris the Turtles' sensei and father figure. While originally a pet rat of a ninja named Hamato Yoshi, Master Splinter learned the art of the ninja by watching his master from his cage, which was translated in both the 1990 film and 2003 animated series. However, the 1987 series changed his origin to being Hamato Yoshi himself after mut...
Casey Jones is a fellow vigilante and ally to the Turtles, as well as a love interest for April O'Neal. Casey uses a variety of sports-themed apparel as his weapons and wears a hockey mask to conceal his identity. Casey is typically portrayed as the best friend of Raphael. He has been featured in many different adaptations of the Teenage Mutant Nin...
One of the franchise's most famous enemies, Krang is of a species called the Utrom (which originated in the first comics) and was created specifically for the animated series. Krang hails from Dimension X and pilots a mobile war craft called the Technodrome, riding around in a robotic body with his ultimate goal to take over Earth. Related: Best Co...
Bebop and Rocksteady are two classic henchmen in the original animated series as henchmen of The Shredder. Typically, they are common street chemicals that have been mutated by the Shredder. Due to their popularity in the animated series and a popular villain of the franchise for the Turtles to fight, the characters were originally set to appear in...
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1 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024 TV series) 2 IDW Chronology; 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)
Learn about the history and characters of the TMNT franchise, created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984. The franchise includes comics, films, TV series, video games and toys featuring four turtle brothers and their allies and enemies.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( TMNT or Ninja Turtles or Hero Turtles) are a team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who are trained by their sensei, Master Splinter, to become skilled ninja warriors.