Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1987 animated series based on the characters from the comic series and centers on a group of teenage anthropomorphic turtle brothers who fight crime in New York City.

By the end of 1987, the turtles had their own cartoon series. The first of three live-action TMNT movies hit theaters in 1990. At that time, the first installment became the highest-grossing ...