Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)

The original cartoon, ten seasons of it.

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Where to start with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)

One series, ten runs, a hundred and ninety-three episodes, and a format that changed considerably along the way. There is no order problem here, but the run lengths are wildly uneven and knowing the shape helps before committing to it.

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    Series 1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Five episodes, made as a miniseries to sell toys before anyone knew it would run for a decade. It is a complete story and the whole origin, in about a hundred minutes.

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    Series 2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Thirteen episodes, and where the weekly format settles into what people remember, the catchphrases, the pizza and the villain of the week. This is the show proper.

Then what? From there it grows enormous: the third and fourth runs are forty-seven and forty-one episodes, and the later ones get shorter and noticeably darker as the show tried to keep up with what came after it. Nothing needs watching in order beyond the first five episodes, so dipping in is entirely reasonable.

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  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987, 10 seasons, 193 episodes

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