I grew up watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I always related to Donnie as the misfit technical samurai. While watching the 80's show now days really shows the age and simplicity of the show, Nickelodeon did an amazing job rebooting the show in 2012. The new show was so good even my wife thought it was fun to watch and she has zero interest in kids shows or anything of the sorts related to cartoons.

I'm the fun dad that watches kids shows and movies with my 10-year-old son. We watch cartoons like TMNT, Guardians of the Galaxy, Phineas and Ferb, and Transformers. I just watched the last Harry Potter movie with him last week and ready to see the new Fantastic Beasts movies with him, the first time for both of us.

While I am not really a cartoon or animation fan at heart (but not against it either) the new TMNT show is amazing. The design and artwork are absolutely amazing, the stories are much more complex and fun than the other series, and the voice acting is top notch. Although I was very frustrated when they changed Leo's voice due to the actor saying some dumb shit in public. I eventually got over it like everyone else.

Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) Offical Trailer

Mikey is a riot in the new show and is by far my favorite turtle in the series. Even if you don't have kids and you grew up on the turtles, I wouldn't be surprised if you dig the show. One thing that takes a little getting used to is the lack of Cowabunga dude which has been replaced by Booyakasha and jokes that are actually funny. There are tons of pop culture references in the show that always cracks me up. You can find some of them in the one second from every episode clip below.

A few years ago I took my boy (and my wife) to Nickelodeon hotel in Florida when it was TMNT themed. My son had a blast and it was something I will always remember.

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Clips

Mikey's tips for naming stuff

Mikey's So-Shell Feed

One second of every episode ever

As of now, Nickelodeon's 2012 Series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is over. After five seasons they canceled it and started a new TMNT series which in all honestly looks kind of lame. I'll check out the new show but have my doubts. I am not the only one upset with the new series soon to be released. I'll give it a shot but it just looks silly and more something MTV would do.

While I absolutely loved the 2012 series as did my son, we both were like WTF? with the fifth season. While it was fun, it was freaking weird, even for TMNT. It did have some interesting mini-series in it that made it fun but I was pretty confused for a good part of it. I think the main reason was the season didn't really go as a season, it was more a group of mini-series rather than furthering the main storyline. I suspect this was due to a falling out of the writers or something that lead to the eventual end of the series. I suspect if I did some Google Fu I'd find out more about it, but I think I might play some Fortnite instead.

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