The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are four fictional anthropomorphic turtles that are trained in martial arts. They made their debut in comics in 1984, and have since been in several television shows, films, and video games.
History[]
When Emmett Brown traveled to August 8, 2015, he saw many people with 1980s memorabilia at the Hill Valley 1980s Car Expo. One boy wore a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume.
After gaining recognition for his money tree, Jules considered himself to be more popular than the Ninja Turtles.
Wanting to have a cooler name, Verne traveled back to some unspecified year in the 1800s to convince Jules Verne to change his name. One name he proposed was Raphael.
Reference to Back to the Future[]
- In the episode "Planet of the Turtles" from the 1987 Series, one of the components mentioned for the Personal Energy Projector is the Flux capacitor.
BTTF actors in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[]
- James Arnold Taylor - Leonardo in TMNT (2007 Movie)
- Frank Welker
- Scott Menville - Crankshaw, Crankshaw Jr. and Dr. Blip in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV Series)
- Troy Baker - Batman and The Joker in Batman VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019 Movie)
Appearances[]
- Back to the Future: The Animated Series
- "The Money Tree" (Referred to as "juvenile martial arts mutations on the half shell.)
- "A Verne by Any Other Name" (Mention of Raphael.)
- Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines
- Issue 4: "Emmett Brown Visits the Future" (A boy wore a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume.)
Trivia[]
- Besides a reference between TMNT (1987 Series) and BTTF The Animated Series, both shows aired on CBS during Saturday mornings.
- The level, Bury My Shell at Wounded Knee from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (2nd arcade game, and 4th game on a Nintendo console), was coincidentally placed in 1885. The present day, according to the final level is 1991 (Arcade) or 1992 (Super Nintendo).