Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Pizza Hut And Dominos) In MTV's article on the history of pizza product placement in TMNT movies, they bring up that Pizza Hut had a tie-in with the VHS of the movie where a coupon would come with it and an advert would play before the movie starts.

Playmates Toys Action figures based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise have been produced by Playmates Toys since 1988.

Originally, Splinter was a vengeance-consumed rat who gained human-level sentience through accidental mutation, and when he found the four mutant turtles, he didn't raise them with love as his adopted sons, he raised them to be killers.

Cowabunga Edition Includes: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (Super Nintendo)

Each gofu gives the Turtles new powers, tethers them to the spirit world, and allows them to sense one another. The five elements are fire, water, wood, metal, and earth, and each plays off the other, generating one another, and having both opposing and complementary effects.

They fight evil in New York City, where they reside in the sewers. Leonardo, the leader, is the most disciplined and skilled turtle; an expert swordsman, he wields two katana and wears a blue bandana. Raphael, the strongest and most hot-headed turtle, wears a red bandana and uses a pair of sai.

Since 1988, countless numbers of figures have been made, making TMNT one of the most successful toylines in history. Many of the earlier figures are highly desired by collectors now, so they fetch extremely high prices on the secondary market.

But perhaps the prime examples of the archetype are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - anthropomorphic reptiles with superpowers who live in the sewers beneath New York City, where they practice martial arts, chow down on pizza and spout hip 1980s catchphrases like “bodacious” and “cowabunga.”

While the 1987 cartoon adaptation that rocketed the Turtles et al. to stardom took the horrifically dark turn of having Splinter be a human man mutated into a rat monster, the film remains true to the comic's origin story of Splinter having always been a rat, the beloved pet of the ninjitsu master Hamato Yoshi.

Sometimes Splinter Starts as a Human Rather than having Splinter be the pet rat of Hamato Yoshi, this incarnation of Splinter originally was Hamato Yoshi, the human ninja.

Latest User Reviews It's a nice collection of games. Konami has done well with the Turtles this year and hopefully we see more stuff down the line if it's done right. This collection has all the older and worthwhile Turtles games, and the very best ones have online multiplayer if you're not into couch coop.

Interjection. cowabunga. (slang, originally US, usually humorous) Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy.

So whether you resonate with the fearless leadership of Leonardo, the boundless optimism of Michelangelo, the technical genius of Donatello, or the rebellious spirit of Raphael, each Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle has a distinct set of traits that reflect various aspects of our own personalities.

Venus Finally Rejoins The TMNT, Honoring Her '90s Origin In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #142 by Sophie Campbell, Gavin Smith, and Kevin Eastman, the evil mutant scientist/surgeon Dr.

The colours do seem to fit the individual Turtles' personalities based on colour psychology (blue = calm, red = rage, purple = creativity, orange = energy) but there is no official explanation indicating this so perhaps it was subconscious or some employee at Playmates was really into TMNT and matched them up.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• Raphael is a snapping turtle.
• Leonardo is a red-eared slider turtle.
• Donatello is a softshell turtle.
• Micheangelo is a box turtle.