Line #51 Trivia/TMNT


1	* ActingForTwo: Mitchell Whitfield (Donatello), Creator/FredTatasciore (Gato) and Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (Aguila) also provided additional voices.
2	* ActorSharedBackground: Like his character Donatello, Mitchell Whitfield was born in New York City.
3	* ApprovalOfGod: Kevin Eastman was not involved with the making of this film, but on two separate occasions in 2024 (in a comic con and in a video by Cartoonist Kayfabe, where he and Peter Laird discussed the original Mirage Comics) said that he really loved this movie.
4	* BillingDisplacement: The voice actors for the turtles are not credited first despite being the main characters. Within the turtles themselves, Nolan North (Raph) is billed first even though James Arnold Taylor voices the group's leader, Leo. [[JustifiedTrope Possibly justified]] however, seeing that Raph is the turtle who receives the most CharacterDevelopment and is the focus for the majority of the film.
5	* CreatorBacklash:
6	** Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (Leonardo) didn't approve of the celebrities voicing in the movie, with the exceptions of Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar.
7	** Director Kevin Munroe, while still proud of the movie, said that he didn't like the [[ExecutiveMeddling studio recut version]] of the film.
8	* TheDanza:
9	** Creator/MikeyKelley shares Michelangelo's nickname, Mikey.
10	** In Lionsgate's Latin American Spanish dub, Rafael Escalante shares the same name with his character, Raphael.
11	* DeletedScene: There was another ending made which featured Raphael giving Casey Jones his bike, who then proposed to April, as well as another scene featuring Michelangelo giving Splinter a piece of cake from a birthday party he was working at. The former was dropped after the marriage subplot was dropped, and the latter was changed due to the filmmakers believing introducing Splinter in a comical scene would’ve been a disrespectful way to introduce him.
12	* DiedDuringProduction: ''TMNT'' was Mako's last film role before he died of cancer during production, so Greg Baldwin, who already had experience voicing [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Iroh]], another one of Mako's characters, provided Splinter's remaining dialogue.
13	* DirectedByCastMember:
14	** The Videomax Latin American Spanish dub was directed by Creator/RubenMoya, who voiced General Aguila.
15	** In Lionsgate's Latin American Spanish dub, Luis Navarro was the ADR director and Donatello's voice actor.
16	** In the Italian dub, Massimo Lodolo was the ADR director as well as General Gato's voice actor.
17	* DuelingDubs: In Latin America, the film was dubbed in Spanish three times in Mexico. The first was produced by Videomax and dubbed at New Art Dub, also in Mexico City for theatrical and DVD/Blu-Ray distribution in Latin America. When Warner released the film on Blu-ray/DVD in North American territories excluding Mexico, they had Auditel produce another dub, also in Mexico City. The third was produced by Universal Cinergía Dubbing for Lionsgate. Oddly enough, Creator/VictorUgarte provided the voice for Casey Jones in the Videomax dub; whereas in the Warner dub, he voiced Raphael.
18	* ExecutiveMeddling:
19	** The reason Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/ChrisEvans, and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar were in the movie was because Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany thought the film didn't have enough star power. Franchise creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman stepped in and told them to keep the Turtles actors as-is, as they wanted the Turtles to be recognized as the characters and not the actors.
20	** [[https://animatedviews.com/2014/director-kevin-munroe-revisits-imagis-tmnt-franchise/ According to the director Kevin Munroe]], the studio tried to recut the film at the last minute and make it a more straightforward kids film.
21	* FlipFlopOfGod: Nobody involved with production can really seem to agree whether or not it truly is a continuation of the first three films, some having said it takes place in a separate continuity, and some saying it takes place after the first three films in BroadStrokes. The comic book prequel seems to put it in an AlternateContinuity, but even then, it's unknown if the filmmakers even put it into account.
22	* FollowTheLeader: After the elements of ''ComicBook/RexHavocAndTheAsskickersOfFantasic'' was disbanded, Creator/DreamWorksAnimation wanted to capitalize this film for the 2009 film ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', with a similar plot having a human girl joining four unlikely creatures to stop an evil threat.
23	* InMemoriam: A dedication to Creator/{{Mako}} appears towards the end of the credits.
24	* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds had a set of eight action figures of the turtles in their Happy Meals; two for each turtle.
25	* MissingTrailerScene: The opening of the prologue originated from the teaser trailer, which had more original footage.
26	* TheOtherDarrin:
27	** Creator/{{Mako}} reportedly did not complete all of his recording for Splinter [[DiedDuringProduction before passing away of cancer]]; Greg Baldwin can be heard delivering some of Splinter's lines to sharp-eared listeners.
28	** In more general terms, while a BroadStrokes continuation, nobody from the first three films returned to voice any of their characters in this one.
29	** While the tie-in game [[RoleReprise does bring back]] the voices for the turtles, Splinter and Max are instead voiced by Montreal-based actors Creator/TerrenceScammell and Creator/MarkCamacho respectively. For the other game that uses this style, ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesSmashUp'', the concurrent voice cast of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 series]] also return to their respective roles.
30	** Also played straight with the dubs of the video games. The French dub of the movie was done in Belgium, with the cast of the 2003 series, but the game was dubbed in Paris. The Italian dub of the movie was done in Rome, but the game was dubbed in Milan.
31	* TheOtherMarty: Creator/QuintonFlynn was originally brought in to record Casey Jones's lines, but he was replaced by Creator/ChrisEvans for the final release. Flynn was subsequently given a "special thanks" credit.
32	* PromotedFanboy: Several years after this movie came out, while promoting ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'', Creator/ChrisEvans admitted in an interview that he was a fan of the franchise and [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 the first movie]].
33	* RefittedForSequel: Peter Laird [[https://peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/blast-from-past-483-thoughts-on-second.html revealed in his blogs]] that his initial plans for the sequel to [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 the first live-action movie]] included a possible LoveTriangle between April, Casey and Charles Pennington, April's boss. This movie has something of an ImaginaryLoveTriangle between April, Casey and April's wealthy client Max Winters (the prequel comics has April feeling like Casey doesn't quite support her career while in the movie she has some flirty banter with Winters making adding more to Casey's insecurities).
34	* RealLifeRelative: In the Latin American Spanish dub produced by Warner Bros., Rodrigo Carralero voiced Donatello and his father Juan Alfonso Carralero played Max Winters.
35	* RoleReprise:
36	** Concerning the Latin American Spanish dubs have different actors reprising their roles: Warner's dub has Creator/JesusBarrero reprise his role as Leonardo from the TV dub of the 1990 film. As for Lionsgate's dub, Alejandro Villeli reprises his role as Splinter from the VHS dub of the 1990 film.
37	** In the Canadian French dub, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Splinter, and April are respectively voiced by Gilbert Lachance, Sébastien Dhavernas, Hubert Fielden, and Creator/EliseBertrand, reprising their roles from [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 the first two]] [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze live-action movies]][[note]][[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII the third movie]] never got a Canadian French dub[[/note]]. As for Raphael and Casey, they are respectively voiced by Bernard Fortin and Pierre Auger, reprising their roles from the 1990 film[[note]][[TheOtherDarrin Fortin was replaced by Benoît Rousseau as Raph in the second movie]][[/note]].
38	** In the French dub of the video game, Creator/VincentRopion reprises his role as Raphael from the first two seasons of the 1987 series.
39	* SequelGap: If one considers this a continuation of sorts, then it's 14 years between ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' (1993) and this film (2007).
40	* StillbornFranchise: An odd case where it did well enough for a sequel to start being made, but it ended up not happening. We can attribute this to a combination of said sequel having issues with DevelopmentHell, Peter Laird selling the whole franchise to Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in 2009, and Imagi Animation Studios [[CreatorKiller shutting down]] after their ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' film proved to be a ''colossal'' BoxOfficeBomb the very same year.
41	* StudioHop: While the first three films were released by Creator/NewLineCinema, this film was distributed jointly by Creator/WarnerBros Pictures and Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany.
42	* ThrowItIn:
43	** The song Splinter cheerfully sings at breakfast is an old Japanese song Mako himself enjoyed singing that found its way into the film.
44	** DVD commentary reveals the scene where the music stops when the Jersey Devil iss smashed by the fridge was actually a technical error, but they thought it was funny and left it in.
45	* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: Most of Splinter's dialogue was voiced by Creator/{{Mako}}. Owing to his death in 2006, however, Creator/GregBaldwin provided the character's remaining dialogue.
46	* VoicesInOneRoom: All of the turtles' voice actors recorded together during production, which is helped by them being veteran voice actors.
47	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
48	** Kevin Munroe stated that he would have liked to do a sequel, either featuring the Foot Clan (which, given Karai's ominous remark at the end of the film, [[spoiler:indicated that the Shredder might have come back]]), the Rat King, or the Triceratons. Also, according to a concept poster for the unmade sequel, it would have centered around Michelangelo with his brothers and master being demutated. Another story idea would have Mikey joining the Foot Clan and wearing a black mask to be taken more seriously by the other turtles. Munroe also expressed interest in having Sarah Michelle Gellar and Chris Evans reprise their roles as April and Casey in a live-action film.
49	*** Munroe's second film would've specifically featured Mikey joining the Foot, while the movie also would've loosely adapted the "City at War" arc. Meanwhile, the other Turtles and their allies traveled to Japan where they met Karai and the returned Shredder.
50	*** Munroe's third film would've introduced the Triceratons as well as the Technodrome and Dimension X. Munroe's first pick to play Commander Mozar was Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan.
51	** Originally, the backstory of Yaotyl and the Generals was going to be told by Winters when April and Casey deliver Aguila's statue to him, but the filmmakers decided to just have everyone on the front page in the film's prologue.
52	** An abandoned sub-plot would have featured Casey working up the courage to propose to April, which he would've done at the film's end.
53	** The opening would've been narrated by Splinter, and the opening sequence thereafter would have introduced Raph as the Nightwatcher. This opening can be found on the DVD.
54	** In an earlier draft that found its way into tie-in materials, Yaotyl and the Generals would've succeeded in destroying the ancient civilization we see them attacking in the prologue, but they would've been cursed with immortality and being turned to stone by a sorceress from the civilization who was not present at the battle.
55	** The fight between Leo and Raph would've started with them fighting barehanded, before resorting to their weapons. The nearly completed scene can be viewed on the DVD.
56	** As shown in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qhMYDst0hxY this video]], the movie was originally going to have just voice actors until ExecutiveMeddling kicked in, resulting in some celebrity casting. The creators were able to step in and have the turtles and most of the supporting characters to be played by professional voice actors.
57	* YouSoundFamiliar:
58	** In Videomax's Latin American Spanish dub, General Aguila is voiced by Creator/RubenMoya, who previously dubbed Fox in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III''.
59	** In the Italian dub:
60	*** Tommy is voiced by Davide Garbolino, who voiced Michelangelo in the earlier films and TV series[[note]]Nanni Baldini has the role in the actual film[[/note]].
61	*** Raphael is voiced by Stefano Crescentini, who voiced Danny Pennington in the dub of the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 1990 film]].

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