I briefly fell in love with this show when it was around in my time of the late 80's and early 90's. Unfortunately, now that I'm an adult, I'm not too thrilled with what I see of it now. The storyline is practically nonexistent, the action is mindless (not to mention a mockery of true ninjistsu principles), the dialogue is juvenile, and the imagination is deliberately bankrupt. I didn't like how the turtles did some questionable behavior, and get rewarded for it by living on a diet of junk food, which is not only unutritious, but reveals one's own character as well in a negative way. Speaking of which I initially thought the turtles' lifestyle was the coolest thing since sliced bread, but now that I'm older I realize it's equivalent to living a near purposeless life of eating junk food, loafing around, not helping the world's problems, and engaging in fights for the thrill of it. In true ninjitsu, you respect your opponent, the turtles don't, they humiliate their opponents. While there is a small charm about the turtles that even I can't resist with their (small) personalities, I can't really consider these turtles to be genuine role models. The reason I gave the first live action movie a positive review was because the good message wasn't overshadowed by mindless action. The next animated series after this one did a far better job.

This cartoon series of the crime-fighting humanoid warrior turtles is the one that started the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle trilogy of shows, movies and video games.This is an entertaining series created with plenty of martial arts action and exciting plots - perfect for the kids. It was a real treat seeing turtles Leonardo, Rafael, Michaelangelo and Donatello battle the evil forces of the Food Clan and their mastermind, Shredder, with the help and guidance of the humanoid rat, Splinter, and reporter, April O'Neil.Overall, a very good superhero TV series - fun, adventurous and tastefully done good guy vs. bad guy action for the kids.Grade B+

This is a great show. It was favourite shows when I was kid. I watched a few episodes a short time ago. And now as a 32 year old man it is still one of my favourite shows. This show great story lines. Great acting. It also has great animation. See this show. It is an awesome. This about four mutant turtles fitting crime in New York city. This is a great sci-fi action show. I think it is based on comic from Japan. I have never read it. But still this is a great show. It is fun for the hole family. It real is a must see. I think of it as kids show but it is not. It is a family show. It is such a good show that 8 is underrating it. See this show is so such better then The Simpsons.

In my youth I was looking through a pile of old VHS tapes and I saw the TMNT logo. Intrigued I put it in and I was immediately a fan. I watched every episode. Bought countless toys and even played the video games. I can't help but love the series and I still love to watch it. I have owned the first and second season for about 3 years and haven't stopped watching the cartoon.Despite this I dislike the middle set of seasons due to the overly comedic and less than creative story. If you want to good set of episodes get seasons 1,2,3,8,9. They may not be connected but they are the best story wise.