History YMMV / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987

** The cast of the Brazilian dub says the studio was outright discarding the scripts feeling the jokes were either not that good or unfit for translation, allowing them to improvise. The results had many references to local culture and sillier lines, and given [[VoicesInOneRoom everyone recorded together]], even had the unexpected issue where one dubber would listen to the improvised line and think of a response on the fly while [[{Corpsing}} trying not to laugh]].

** This trope becomes more apparent when we have the more faithful-to-the-original-source ''2003'' series to compare it to, with addition to the ''2012'' cartoon, while having many callbacks to this show, still relatively does its own thing.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Italian dub often went ''seriously'' off the rails to adapt certain jokes and scenes. Fourth wall breaks happen more often than in the original version (to the point that "I will get you next episode!" is basically Shredder's catchphrase in the dub), references to celebrities, movies and other shows are inserted where there were none in the original, Michelangelo haves a penchant to do parody versions of famous songs and puts on a Naples accent when speaking about pizza...

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: This series is far more influential to what the TMNT franchise would become than the original Creator/FrankMiller pastiche that inspired it.

* NeverLiveItDown: [[spoiler: Many fans are still ticked off about Shredder's destruction of the Channel 6 building.]]

* FanPreferredCouple: If fanart is any indication, Shredder X April, Raphael X Mona Lisa, Mikey X Kala, Donatello X Irma, and Leonardo X Lotus.

* FanPreferredCouple: If fanart is any indication, Shredder X April, Raphael X Mona Lisa, Mikey X Kala, Donatello X Irma, and Leonardo X Lotus.

** Mona Lisa.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** One of the first episodes featured an entire building flooding out and spilling a massive amount of water in the city when said building explodes from the pressure. Though [[ArtisticLicensePhysics copious on its own merits already]], it can hit way too close to home for those involved in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, especially since the setting for the cartoon is New York City.

** Speaking of Creator/RobPaulsen, while we know that he voiced Raphael, his LoveInterest [[EnsembleDarkhorse Mona Lisa]] is voiced by Pat Musick. Fast forward 25 years, and Rob is now playing Donatello. But the real kicker is that Donnie's LoveInterest, April, is voiced by Pat Musick's ''daughter'', Creator/MaeWhitman!

** Even Rocksteady has his moments, specially everytime he's intimidated by Krang or Shredder, he puts a nervous meek face and lowers his ears.

** Krang isn't an Utrom. It's true his appearance was ''inspired'' by the Utroms, but he is himself a disembodied brain from {{another dimension}}. The Utroms are brain-like creatures from another planet. That being said, this was retconned in the 2012 series crossover.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In earlier seasons the turtles are occasionally called amphibians. Turtles are reptiles. While some of these instances could be taken as an intentional insult, the turtles call themselves amphibians on at least one occasion.

** Mutagen Man is apparently this to the 2012 show's writers according to [[http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/04/03/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-animated-series/2048617/ this article]], stating that they want to utilize him in some way.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Seasons 8-10, the "Red Sky" seasons. (Possibly CanonDiscontinuity, since ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'' chose to ignore those seasons completely, though it could simply take place before them. The film was also meant to highlight the differences between the 2003 series and this one, so including the more serious seasons would largely defeat the purpose). Some are more forgiving of Season 8, though.

** Sometimes happens to the turtles themselves.

** The episode "Zach And The Alien Invaders" is ''easily'' the biggest offender of this in the entire series, considering that the whole premise is about Zach convincing the turtles that he's seen aliens, and robots, and other dangerous things that ended up being harmless, and getting in trouble for it. [[SarcasmMode Because it's not like the turtles have ever fought aliens or robots ''before''.]] Later on Zach does see aliens that are trying to take over the world, and helps the turtles stop them, but the episode basically sends the message that "it's OK not to listen to kids". To be fair the episode was trying to go for a "Boy Who Cried Wolf" type of Aesop, but didn't pull it off very well.

* JerkassWoobie: Baxter Stockman. Starting out he was just trying to legally make money off his inventions and the Shredder offered him work, but then tried to murder him [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness to keep him from saying anything about his plans]], and after being rescued by the turtles he's left tied to a telephone pull. In Season 2, he's shanghaied by Shredder into helping him again and the abuse he takes eventually turns him into a full blown villain and he's turned a mutant fly. Later he tries to make himself human again and the turtles stop him for no good reason by kicking him into a dimensional portal where he's apparently eaten by a spider monster. He's one of the least evil villains on the show but the only one with a (heavily implied) canon death.

** "...All on account of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymFDtbk2teE those turtles!]]"
*** "Those blasted turtles!!"

** The turtles' five-year-old incarnations when they're deaged in the episodes "Back to the Egg" (Michelangelo and Leonardo) and "Adventures in Turtle-Sitting" (Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo again)

** Shreeka, a minor villain, lost her power ring after a fight with the turtles. What follows is her giving a hilariously hammy reaction.

** [[TagalongKid Zach]] and [[ShooOutTheNewGuy Howie]]. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap However]], Zach did have his share of valuable moments like when he saved April's life in "Bebop And Rocksteady Conquer The Universe" and the turtles' lives in "Night Of The Rogues", which both earned him a good amount of fans.

** Burne and Vernon aren't well liked either. Especially for being huge [[JerkAss selfish jerks]] and constantly bad mouthing the turtles, even when they ''saved their lives''. Though they were ''intended'' as ineffectual antagonists, so it would be more weird if people actively liked them. Considering they're both [[TheChewToy chew toys]] as well, Vernon especially, it's more of a case of IntendedAudienceReaction.

** The turtles' mutation in Season 9.

** The turtles' mutant forms in Season 9.
** The rubber face-masks the turtles use for some of their disguises.

** The opening theme for seasons 1-7 as well the "red sky" theme.

** There are many mixed feelings about the altered theme during the red-sky seasons.

* CompleteMonster ([[DarkerAndEdgier seasons 9 & 10]]): [[KnightOfCerebus Lord Dregg]] is an [[GalacticConqueror alien warlord]] who, losing power after a rebellion, wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer Earth]] and make it his new base of operations. Dregg comes to Earth and pretends to be a friendly alien who wants to improve the human race, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity making people see him as a hero]]. Despite this, the Turtles manage to thwart several of Dregg's destructive schemes, such as overloading a death ray Dregg was building to start destroying cities until the Earth bowed to him. Dregg's true intentions are later revealed when confronted by a more powerful warlord named Doomquest. Beaten, but not defeated, Dregg launches his main henchman [=HiTech=] into space in a shuttlecraft for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]]. Dregg tries to turn Leonardo into a walking nuclear bomb and having him blow up NYC; plans to teleport parts of the Sun to Earth if they do not accept his rule; and tries to suck the Earth into a wormhole and teleport it to a solar system he still controls. [[BadBoss Dregg]] disposes of Mung and hires 5 powerful mercenaries to help defeat the Turtles, but uses a powerful exoskeleton to absorb the mercenaries, [[PowerParasite taking their powers and killing them in the process]].

** Season Three, arguably, when compared to the somewhat lackluster Season Two. It wasn't ''consistently'' good, but contains the most fan favorites.
** Season Seven, the last "normal" season, is considered to be the best of all, due to some surprisingly well-written and enjoyable episodes. "Night of The Dark Turtle" and "Legend of Koji" are believed to be ''the best episodes in the entire series''.

** The episode "Zach And The Alien Invaders" is ''easily'' the biggest offender of this in the entire series, considering that the whole premise is about Zach convincing the turtles that he's seen aliens, and robots, and other dangerous things that ended up being harmless, and getting in trouble for it. Because it's not like the turtles have ever fought aliens or robots ''before'', except you know like ''every'' episode where Krang and Shredder ''attack the turtles with the Foot Soldier robots'' which happens on a ''regular basis!'' Later on Zach does see aliens that are trying to take over the world, and helps the turtles stop them, but the episode basically sends the message that "it's OK not to listen to kids". To be fair the episode was trying to go for a "Boy Who Cried Wolf" type of Aesop, but didn't pull it off very well.

* JerkassWoobie: Baxter Stockman. Starting out he was just trying to legally make money off his inventions and the Shredder offered him work, but then tried to murder him [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness to keep him from saying anything about his plans]], and after being rescued by the turtles he's left tied to a telephone pull. In Season 2 he's shanghaied by Shredder into helping him again and the abuse he takes eventually turns him into a full blown villain and he's turned a mutant fly. Later he tries to make himself human again and the turtles stop him for no good reason by kicking him into a dimensional portal where he's apparently eaten by a spider monster. He's one of the least evil villains on the show but the only one with a (heavily implied) canon death.

** Carter, considering he sort of replaced April in season nine (though she would take the role back in season ten).

* SeasonalRot: Some fans agree that this happened during Season Eight, when the sky was permanently red and the show took on a DarkerAndEdgier tone.
** Having said that, Season Eight isn't entirely without its fans; a few consider it to have struck a good balance between the show's original tone and that of the comic book. In addition, Shredder became a serious threat again for the first time since the very beginning of the show. However, fewer people are willing to defend Seasons Nine and Ten, when Lord Dregg replaced Shredder and Krang. Though the 3-part "Return of Shredder and Krang" arc in the middle of season 10 does have its fans, with many feeling that it served as a better finale to the show than the actual series finale.
** A good chunk of Season Four (and some of Five) is considered this by some fans (though following seasons improved), due to {{Flanderization}} and VillainDecay, [[IdiotPlot extremely goofy/borderline nonsensical plots]], [[OffModel bad/inconsistent animation]], weak one-shot bad guys, and lack of action scenes. Proof that UpToEleven isn't always a good thing.

** Season Two is widely considered this: not as good as the short first season preceding it or the long third season following it, but perfectly watchable regardless. The "Eye of Sarnath" StoryArc and "Enter The Fly' are considered its highlights.
** How a lot of fans feel about Season Five. It has some of the series' best ("My Brother, the Bad Guy") but it also has some of the series' ''worst'' ("Donatello's Badd Time" and "Zack and the Alien Invaders")

** The turtles' mutation in season 9.

** Fans who dislike Bebop and Rocksteady often wish Baxter stayed TheDragon to Shredder in Season Two.

*** And speaking about Robots that turn into farm equipment [[WesternAnimation/TransfomersRobotsInDisguise2015 Thunderhoof says hi]].

*** And speaking about Robots that turn into farm equipment [[WesternAnimation/TransfomersRobotsInDisquise2015 Thunderhoof says hi]].

*** And speaking about Robots that turn into farm equipment [[WesternAnimation/TransfomersRobotsInDisquise Thunderhoof says hi]].

* {{Narm}}: During the early seasons, they weren't in the territory of FamilyFriendlyFirearms yet (being in syndication instead of a network), but it seems that somewhere along the line communications got muddled, and as a result, you'd hear a line like "the bullets aren't stopping them", while the guns being fired are shooting lasers!
** "OH NOOOOO, IT'S MELLLTING. MY PRECIOUS POWER RING, GONE ''FOREVER.....''" ''([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bdHBoG2bLY screeches like a pterodactyl]])''

* CompleteMonster([[DarkerAndEdgier seasons 9 & 10]]): [[KnightOfCerebus Lord Dregg]] is an [[GalacticConqueror alien warlord]] who, losing power after a rebellion, wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer Earth]] and make it his new base of operations. Dregg comes to Earth and pretends to be a friendly alien who wants to improve the human race, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity making people see him as a hero]]. Despite this, the Turtles manage to thwart several of Dregg's destructive schemes, such as overloading a death ray Dregg was building to start destroying cities until the Earth bowed to him. Dregg's true intentions are later revealed when confronted by a more powerful warlord named Doomquest. Beaten, but not defeated, Dregg launches his main henchman [=HiTech=] into space in a shuttlecraft for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]]. Dregg tries to turn Leonardo into a walking nuclear bomb and having him blow up NYC; plans to teleport parts of the Sun to Earth if they do not accept his rule; and tries to suck the Earth into a wormhole and teleport it to a solar system he still controls. [[BadBoss Dregg]] disposes of Mung and hires 5 powerful mercenaries to help defeat the Turtles, but uses a powerful exoskeleton to absorb the mercenaries, [[PowerParasite taking their powers and killing them in the process]].

* CompleteMonster: [[KnightOfCerebus Lord Dregg]] replaces Shredder and Krang as the BigBad of [[DarkerAndEdgier seasons 9 and 10]]. Dregg, an [[GalacticConqueror alien warlord]] who lost power after a rebellion, now wants to conquer Earth and make it his new base of operations. His initial scheme to steal gold from the Federal Reserve is thwarted by the Turtles. In response, Dregg comes to Earth and pretends to be a friendly alien who wants to improve the human race, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity making people see him as a hero]], while Dregg [[HeroWithBadPublicity casts the Turtles as threats to humanity]]. Despite this, the Turtles manage to thwart several of Dregg's destructive schemes, such as overloading a death ray Dregg was building to start destroying cities until the Earth bowed to him, and stopping a mad supervillain named Chronos Dregg hired to destroy New York with {{earthquake machine}}s. Dregg's true intentions are later revealed, as is his cowardice when confronted by a more powerful warlord named Doomquest. Beaten, but not defeated, Dregg launches his main henchman [=HiTech=] into a space in a shuttle craft for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]] and replaces him with a new villain, Mung. Dregg engages in a new set of destructive schemes, such as trying to turn Leonardo into a waking nuclear bomb and having him blow up NYC; attacking several cities at once with his forces; planning to teleport parts of the Sun to Earth if they do not accept his rule; using an organic computer to take over several defense satellites; planning to destroy a dozen major cities; and trying to suck the Earth into a worm hole and teleport it to a solar system he still controls. After several defeats, Dregg loses interests in conquest and [[RevengeBeforeReason just wants revenge on the Turtles]]. Dregg disposes of Mung and hires 5 powerful mercenaries to help defeat the Turtles, but uses a powerful exoskeleton to absorb the mercenaries, [[PowerParasite taking their powers and killing them in the process]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Baxter Stockman seemed to be more concerned with becoming human again than being genuinely evil.

** "Get Shredder!" has the Channel 6 building being blown up by a bomb, which became much harsher after the Oklahoma City bombing. Surprisingly enough despite this the episode was never banned from airing unlike episodes of other shows which featured similar scenes(I.E. "New Partners on the Block" in ''Bonkers'').

** An early episode has a toy company employee presenting "Trans-Farmers" which are toy robots that transform into farm equipment. Sometime in the mid-90s when Playmates was desperate for new ideas to keep selling the toys to kids, not only did they do various transforming versions of characters(mutating varieties as well as vehicles), but there were also farming turtles with tractors. [[http://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?universeid=709&FID=42545&figure=farmermikeandhisturtletractor We wish we were making that last one up.]]

** [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Bebop and Rocksteady]] very rarely leave each other's side. If Rocksteady didn't have his gigantic crush on April there would be a lot more HoYay going on from the fans' point of view.

** Thanks to Baxter and his rat-catcher Shredder nearly succeeded in killing Splinter and Baxter also pulled off a [[TheDogBitesBack Dog Bites Back]] move where he easily defeated the Turtles and likely would have done so to Shredder as well if not for him not knowing the Eye of Sarnath's one weakness. Shredder may have easily been the more evil of the two but Baxter was far from an innocent victim.

%%** Bebop and Rocksteady.

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** "Donatello [[{{robosexual}} does machines]]!". Made even more hilarious by the fact that he's the only turtle without an official LoveInterest. Though it's been implied that Irma does canonically have a bit of crush on Donatello in several episodes such as "Sky Turtles" and "Invasion Of The Turtle Snatchers", which means that he's [[ShrinkingViolet really shy]], or ObliviousToLove, unless he's actually {{Robosexual}}.

* {{Moe}}: Irma. A good portion of the fanbase thinks she's cute as a button.