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As a kid, this was one of the greatest TV series of all time. Everything about it was fresh and original; nowadays, cartoons (and other TV shows) copy other shows. Leonardo was always my favorite because he was the mature, leadership-involved turtle. I miss it not being on the air. This show, the Transformers, G.I. Joe, and X-Men were the best cartoons.

This is the animated series that changed me forever!!! I was obsessed with the turtles because of this excellent series & I'm still a huge life long fan now at 35yrs old. I collected all the awesome action figures & loved the movies well 1&2 anyway & this animated series that i watched constantly i still remember turtle Tuesdays on one of our sky/NyNex channels when i was little it was great fun.

I love the tmnt they are my childhood heroe's just like the Ghostbusters too can't forget those with their real Ghostbusters series & both films. Raphael was always my favourite turtle & still is now i even have his face tattooed in my arm.

The tmnt were special to us growing up when young as they taught us right from wrong & what being a hero was all about. The tmnt & master splinter taught me respect & it's ok to be different & too stand up for yourself i mean these mutants ment so much to us 80's & 90's kids. The tmnt are still my favourite comic book super heroes of all time!!! Forget Batman or superman my heroes are green.

The 1990 movie is a cult classic & still one of the greatest comic book films ever MADE!!! My personal favourite.

Although often the animated series was goofy & silly fun it still had alot of serious issues like street crime & gangs of thugs & crime & vigilantes (the excellent Casey Jones) & we had the BRILLIANT Shredder voiced by the legendary James Avery R.I.P who also played the great uncle Phil in Fresh Prince of bel air also a brilliant t.v series.

I will forever be grateful the tmnt existed & i grew up in the best era when everyone was turtle mad & they ruled so big it was a tmnt phenomenon at that time late 80's-early 90's & i was right there in the middle of it like i was with the real Ghostbusters craze & the Power Rangers craze.

LOVELY nostalgic memories of a great lost era & a brilliant ground-breaking animated series phenomenon.

This was probably the cartoon that saved the animation of the 90s from being really awful. The last of the great, great 80s cartoons.

Great writing, great characters, voice talent, stories, humour. This is only reiterated by its long running air time in syndication, and its slot on CBS Saturday morning.

I remember the syndicated episodes and the CBS episodes being slightly different.

Now for my real beef: Don't be fooled by the remakes and redoings, live-action, animated or otherwise of TMNT that you see now a days. They're all INFERIOR products compared to the original 80s cartoon. If you want to see the quality that was TMNT...you must see the 1987 syndicated and CBS series.

April O Neil was my first crush when I was a little boy. I was born in 1983 and this was formative, don't judge. The rest of the show was also fine.

TMNT was the first animated adaptation from the dark parody comic by Kevin Eastman. It is focused in children and adults that want to have fun watching delicious adventures of 4 mutant ninja turtles, against alien forces and other ninjas, with epic soundtrack and awesome lines such as "wake up and smell the pizzas".

This last until the 7th season, because seasons 8-10 are a mess, trying to replicate the darkness and edgyness of other famous animated series in '90s, such as Batman and Gargoyles.

If you want something more adult, the next adaptations will be more to your liking. But TMNT '87 will always be the best pizza.