1.4 2000s: Second animated series, animated film, and sale to Nickelodeon.1.3 1990s: First films, tour and live-action series.1.2 1987–1989: Toys, animation and video games.1.1 1983–1986: Conception and first comics.

Viacom commissioned a new comic series, two new live-action films, and new animated series. In 2009, the Turtles franchise was purchased by Nickelodeon, a subsidiary of Viacom. Three live-action films were released in the 1990s the first film became the highest-grossing independent film up to that point. In some European regions, the word 'ninja' in the name was replaced with 'hero' for its violent connotations. The action figures were promoted with the first Turtles animated series, which premiered in 1987 and ran for almost a decade. About $1.1 billion USD of Turtles toys were sold between 19, making them the third-bestselling toy figures ever at the time. They licensed the characters to Playmates Toys, who developed a line of Turtles action figures. In 1984, they founded Mirage Studios and self-published the first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984 it was a surprise success, and incorporated into the wider Image Universe in 1996. Įastman and Laird conceived the characters as a parody of elements popular in superhero comics at the time. It follows Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers trained in ninjitsu who fight evil in New York City. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, also known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, is an entertainment franchise created in 1983 by American comic book authors Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series).Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series).

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