Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

I've been a longtime fan of the Ninja Turtles for as long as I can remember. Over the last 40 years there have been a lot of excellent shows, and there have been a few REALLY bad ones. I initially thought this would be somewhere in the middle after seeing the commercials. However, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. It accomplishes what the predeceasing movie could not with flying colors (pun and reference intended). It took its time to explore the character of each turtle, which is ALWAYS appreciated. In addition to this, the show also does a wonderful job of expanding the world of New York City and the rouges within it. You will see characters from existing iterations return with Seth Rogan's spin to them, as well as be introduced to whole new characters that you have never seen before. SPOILER ALERT: While some of the new characters will seem a little boring in the beginning, you won't feel that way for very long.

While the art style will NOT be for everyone, I personally found it much better than the 3D style from the movie. It's colorful, scratchy, a little choppy (which actually compliments the many action scenes throughout the show). Love it or hate it, at least we can say it's better than TMNT 2012... (sorry not sorry).

It's a fun, action-packed, and even at times compelling cartoon that all generations can enjoy. It may not be the best, but it may be one of the best for me.

Tales of the TMNT is a breath of fresh air in Nickelodeon's recent animation. It not only is 2D animated, it is visually pleasant, well animated cartoon. The combination of well animated motion with a neutral palette that is neither too garish (unlike the movie it follows) not too dark almost makes it feel like an 80's Disney movie.

Unlike the movie (and several recent TMNT works, for better or for worse) it has several quiet moments, and the less loud soundtrack gives it almost chill vibes at times, which is truly welcome for a cartoon aimed at kids. It feels a lot less overstimulating than some of its contemporaries.

Overall a solid recommendation.

This show is great for kids who want to get into TMNT and I would definitely recommend this me personally as a fan I thought it was alright it's not the best but it's not a bad show and the Donatello episode is probably my favorite episode and he's my favorite turtle too I like how the style of the show is like a ruff sketch book. I really like the references they make to pop culture and overall this show is a good show and while it may not be the best it's still great show 7.3/10 I would definitely love to see a season 2 and Casey Jones in this show but I still prefer rise and 2012 tbh but yeah.

So it's not as gen alphay as mutant mayhem when in that movie they say slangs like: Sus, & rizz. But in show April says Drake. Which probably isn't referencing to what I think it is. If you know, you know. Also you can tell it's low budge because they were to lazy to find someone that sounds like Jackie chan, so they either got splinter to speak vermin, or Raphael doing a Batman voiceover. And the first half of the show is the plot shown in the trailers with the robots and everything, but the second half is something completely different. But overall it was okay. Mutant mayhem is way better.:)

Now, I am a die hard fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since the 2003 animated tv series and I've loved all of the movies, with the exception of the two Michael Bay produced movies, and yes I do enjoy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993). Last year, I saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) in the movie theater and I loved it, so I was excited when I heard about this tv show and after watching it, we're still on the road of awesomeness with this franchise.

Positives for Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024-): First off, I love the animation use for this show to where it is like hand-drawn and my favorite style of animation has always been hand-drawn. I loved all of the episodes of this show to where our four favorite Ninja Turtles. I enjoyed the main villains of the East River Three and the interaction that they had with the Turtles. There are some awesome action sequences in this show and they are among the best fights in the Ninja Turtle Franchise. And finally after watching Season 1, I can't wait for Season 2 to come out and this show has me even more excited for the second movie with this incarnation of TMNT.

Overall, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024-) was yet another phenomenal entry into the TMNT Franchise and it's another reminder as to why I love these characters so much.