You'll Never Believe How Much The Ninja Turtles Have Evolved Over The Years!

In 1983 Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird founded Mirage Studios. Just a year later they'd use it to produce the 1st issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

In 1987 this cartoon brought the TMNT to a wider audience. The demands for pizza and cries of "cowabunga!" would be driving parents insane for years.

Playmates began producing a wide array of action figures for TMNT the same year the cartoon aired. They still make Ninja Turtle action figures today!

By 1988 the demand was so high that Archie Comics was given rights to publish "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures". It would continue until 1995.

In 1990 the first independent TMNT live-action movie was released. It was such a big hit that it became the most successful indie film of it's time!

They were also in games by now. In 1989 they had a game on the NES and the Arcade. The arcade version was even ported for a 2nd TMNT game on the NES.

This show featured a new female turtle "Venus De Milo". Cancelled after only two seasons, this would be the last TMNT show on screen for five years.

In 2003 the TMNT were brought back to the small screen. This show was less comical and had a much more serious tone than the previous cartoon.

These games were generally less well received than their predecessors. While some of them were incredibly fun, they didn't quite have the same "magic"

After more than 10 years, "TMNT" marked the return of the heroes in a half-shell to the big screen! It loosely follows the events of the first 3 films

Nickelodeon acquired the rights in 2009 and in 2012 made a new animated series. It reboots the story in a fresh way and has been renewed for season 5!

This showed a reboot for the TMNT on the big screen. The look for the Turtles was also redone, making each clearly distinguishable from the others.