The anthropomorphic Turtles have always had enhanced strength, speed, agility and a humanoid form thanks to a mutagen chemical (elaborated upon in their origin story). But these new versions of them also have unexplained mystic powers. It's never clearly defined, but they can imbue their weapons with this power.

Summary

• Raphael is the physically strongest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, capable of incredible feats of strength and overpowering opponents.
• Leonardo may not be the strongest, but his discipline and skill with swords make him a formidable fighter and leader.

Raphael For the TV show, TMNT creator Peter Laird decided to give each Turtle a different color to make it easier to tell them apart: Leonardo has a blue bandana, Raphael a red bandana, Donatello a purple bandana and Michelangelo an orange bandana.

Eastman sold his share of the Turtles franchise to Laird in 2000. In 2009, Laird sold it to Viacom, now Paramount Global. The franchise has continued with new comic book series, television series, films and video games.

As any fan of the characters will know, they became mutants after a truck carrying a canister of radioactive goo spilled the chemicals onto baby turtles that had been accidentally dropped into a New York City sewer.

10 Most Powerful Turtles in TMNT Canon (Ranked)

• 8 Metalhead.
• 7 Venus.
• 6 Jennika.
• 5 Michelangelo.
• 4 Raphael.
• 3 Leonardo.
• 2 Slash.
• 1 Donatello.

Leonardo Leonardo is the leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the most skilled in weapons combat and ninjutsu.

His agility and speed also play a bigger role than in the comics or other TV series and movies. It is shown in activities such as training runs, fights, and training that Michelangelo clearly is the fastest of the four, in which his brothers are constantly having to catch up with him.

Since Raph had to look out for himself during his formative years, he usually goes off by himself whenever he's stressed, overwhelmed, or has a problem he needs to solve. This also explains his short temper, and his near-constant internal rage.

The multicolored masks worn by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles symbolize their independence while also linking them as brothers.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were created in the early 1980s by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, two comic book artists from Maine. According to Eastman, they came up with the idea for the turtles while brainstorming different animal characters to create a comic book about.

The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series that ran from 1987 to 1996 is officially headed to Nickelodeon. Per Variety, the Paramount-owned Nickelodeon - current owner of the TMNT franchise - has secured the global rights to the original '80s television series produced by Fred Wolf Films.