History WesternAnimation / RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles

* ActionGirl: April tries to be at least. She's not a major powerhouse or has any training but is very proactive and will charge into battle with her bat. [[spoiler: Splinter does start training her how to fight in "Fists of Furry." Once her bat becomes mystical and she merges with Karai, she easily fights alongside the turtles.]]

* ActionGirl: April tries to be at least. She's not a major powerhouse or has any training but is very proactive and will charge into battle with her bat. The Foot Recruit is a straighter example.

The series was renewed for a second season on July 27, 2018, just a week after the preview. It ended with a four-part finale on August 7th, 2020 after two seasons and thirty-nine episodes. A Creator/{{Netflix}} [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheMovie movie]] premiered on August 5th, 2022, acting as the GrandFinale.

** When Leo shows off his room as a prize in the titular "Lair Games" his shelves are covered in action figures, including both [[Franchise/{{Ultraman}} Ultraman]] and [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gigan]].

** This series is the first animated incarnation to not feature a {{Crossover}} with ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''.

The series was renewed for a second season on July 27, 2018, just a week after the preview. It ended with a four-part finale on August 7th, 2020 after two seasons and thirty-nine episodes. A Creator/{{Netflix}} [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheMoviemovie]] premiered on August 5th, 2022, acting as the GrandFinale.

The series was renewed for a second season on July 27, 2018, just a week after the preview. It ended with a four-part finale on August 7th, 2020 after two seasons and thirty-nine episodes. [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheMovie A movie]] on Creator/{{Netflix}} premiered on August 5th, 2022, acting as the GrandFinale.

The series was renewed for a second season on July 27, 2018, just a week after the preview. It ended with a four-part finale on August 7th, 2020 after two seasons and thirty-nine episodes.[[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheMovie A movie]] on Creator/{{Netflix}} premiered on August 5th, 2022, acting as the GrandFinale.

The series was renewed for a second season on July 27, 2018, just a week after the preview. [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheMovie A movie]] on Creator/{{Netflix}} premiered on August 5th, 2022.

The show ended with a four-part finale on August 7th, 2020 after two seasons and thirty-nine episodes, with the Netflix movie acting as the GrandFinale.

* DualTonfas: Instead of using [[SaiGuy sai]], Raphael's weapon in this series are a pair of tonfas, a weapon he hasn't mainly used since [[MythologyGag the original Mirage comics]].

** Raphael's weapons being DualTonfas might be a reference too the short-lived ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation''. However Michealangelo used the tonfas there.

The fourth animated series featuring the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles and the second to air on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} after [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 the 2012 series]]. Premiering on September 17, 2018 with a preview on July 20, as the name suggests, it serves as something of a spiritual prequel to more "traditional" versions of the TMNT story, depicting the Turtles before they met their most famous villains or settled into their familiar dynamic; however, it shakes up the concept in other ways too, changing up the heroes' designs and [[WeaponOfChoice iconic weapons]] and adding more fantastical elements.

* DualTonfas: Instead of using [[SaiGuy sai]], Raphael's WeaponOfChoice in this series are a pair of tonfas, a weapon he hasn't mainly used since [[MythologyGag the original Mirage comics]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:

** Big Mama sends her henchmen out before she reveals her true form, there’s a reason many are fearful of her.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Averted with Warren Stone; so monster villains in the franchise are so lame they don't get catchy, marketable nicknames.

** Creator/RobPaulsen (probably most famous for voicing the 1980's version of Raphael) not only voices multiple characters but was the voice director for the whole series.

Mikey's got mad skills, Donnie rocks machines''\\

COWABUNGA!''

->''Risin' up against evil, paint the city green''
->''Raph is ready for a fight, Leo's makin' a scene''
->''Mikey's got mad skills, Donnie rocks machines''
->''With each other they discover their destiny and rise!''
->''COWABUNGA!''

Now has a [[Characters/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles character page]] that Needs Love.

** Leonardo is irreverent and rebellious, rather than being a responsible leader (though he does show that he has the potential every so often).

** Twice Leo makes a crack that Splinter would be cooler if he was a tiger mutant instead of a rat. In the previous series Eric Bauza, Splinter's voice actor, voiced Tigerclaw.
* CentralTheme: Family is a major theme of the series; the Turtles' relationship with Splinter is often the focus of many episodes, some of the Turtles' allies are [[FamilyOfChoice readily accepted]] into the family, and one of Season 2's subplots [[spoiler:is about the Turtles and Splinter trying to (at the urging of Mikey) recognize Baron Draxum as part of their family. The power of familial love is also what finally defeats the Shredder once and for all in the finale.]]

* AdaptationalUgliness: Splinter is diminutive and fat with a round, wrinkly face. Think [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi]] crossed with a bulldog and a possum. Apparently, he was inspired by Creator/DannyDevito. [[spoiler:His human self was shown to be quite handsome.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: Most series begin with the turtles having gone through years of ninjutsu training. This time turtles start without formal training.