# A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729 "2006-07-23T18:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/1 "2006-07-23T18:47:06Z")
[Trailer](http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/teenagemutantninjaturtles) Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/2 "2006-07-23T18:55:08Z")
Oh. My. It’s… animated. I know I’m going to be the odd one out, but I actually prefered the cheesy costumes from the first film(s). And isn’t one of the turtles missing? I thought there was a female one. Or, maybe I just dreamed that up. I was too young to ever get into _TMNT_. Eh. I wonder if April will be in it. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/3 "2006-07-23T18:58:20Z")
Wow that was…non-impressive. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![Kebert\_Xela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a87d85/32.png) [@Kebert\_Xela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kebert_Xela)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/4 "2006-07-23T19:10:26Z")
> [@Clockwork And Candy](#): > > Oh. My. It’s… animated. > > I know I’m going to be the odd one out, but I actually prefered the cheesy costumes from the first film(s). And isn’t one of the turtles missing? I thought there was a female one. Or, maybe I just dreamed that up. I was too young to ever get into _TMNT_. Eh. I wonder if April will be in it. The female turtle was brought in well after the series jumped the shark so I doubt most people even remember. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/5 "2006-07-23T20:00:51Z")
Trailer looked pretty cool to me! No female turtle, please. I would like to see something closer to the original comic books than the kid-friendly cartoon. The first movie wasn’t too bad as far as that goes, but the sequels got worse. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/6 "2006-07-23T20:48:57Z")
> [@Kebert Xela](#): > > The female turtle was brought in well after the series jumped the shark so I doubt most people even remember. Her name was Venus, IIRC, and yeah she was one of those later-season additions that most cartoons seem to get. Casey Jones was the same sort of “add-on” character. ---
**Author:** ![Hedonism\_Bot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hedonism\_Bot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedonism_Bot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/7 "2006-07-23T20:50:27Z")
I’m pretty sure Casey Jones was there during the first season of the animated show. Not sure about the comics though. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/8 "2006-07-23T21:05:05Z")
Casey made his first appearance in the very first issue of the comics, I believe. Unfortunately, the only cite I can find has a lot of the dates borked, so I can’t really call it reliable. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/9 "2006-07-23T21:42:55Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Casey made his first appearance in the very first issue of the comics, I believe. He was also in the first movie. Which was really a lot better than it had any right to be, considering the subject matter. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/10 "2006-07-24T04:38:32Z")
Did they switch the colors around? I very clearly remember Donatello (the one with the staff) wearing blue, but it looks like they have Leonardo (katanas) in blue. Maybe it’s just the lighting, though… ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/11 "2006-07-24T04:41:38Z")
Donatello wears a purple headband. Leonardo wears blue. ---
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/12 "2006-07-24T04:42:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Did they switch the colors around? I very clearly remember Donatello (the one with the staff) wearing blue, but it looks like they have Leonardo (katanas) in blue. Maybe it’s just the lighting, though… It’s your memory. I have a trash can from the first movie, and Leo quite definitely wears blue. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/13 "2006-07-24T04:46:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Did they switch the colors around? I very clearly remember Donatello (the one with the staff) wearing blue [Donny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatello_%28TMNT%29)’s always been purple, and [Leo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_%28TMNT%29) blue. ---
**Author:** ![motomoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@motomoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motomoon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/14 "2006-07-24T06:38:22Z")
Weren’t they all red in the comic? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/15 "2006-07-25T02:02:01Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s your memory. Y’know, in some ways, it’s actually comforting that I _don’t_ remember which one wore which color. I still have a few brain cells left for other uses, I guess. But Rafael was the one with the sais and Michaelangelo had the nunchucks, right? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/16 "2006-07-25T02:10:46Z")
> [@motomoon](#): > > Weren’t they all red in the comic? Well, they were all white in the comics (being B&W books, and all), but the colour art originally had them all with red, yes. And the weapons are: Donny (Purple) - Bo staff. Leo (Blue) - Twin Katana. Raph (Red) - Sai. Mikey (Orange) - Nunchaku. They all also came equipped with various knives as toys. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/17 "2006-07-25T02:21:24Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Her name was Venus, IIRC, and yeah she was one of those later-season additions that most cartoons seem to get. Casey Jones was the same sort of “add-on” character. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_%28TMNT%29) says that she only appeared on the Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation live-action series. I didn’t even know there ever was such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/18 "2006-07-25T02:38:40Z")
My friends and I have been patiently waiting for an actual trailer like this for many months. I guarantee this particular scene won’t be in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/19 "2006-07-25T03:32:02Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_%28TMNT%29) says that she only appeared on the Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation live-action series. I didn’t even know there ever was such a thing. Ah, my bad. Like **Chronos** , I’m not overly embarassed about my inabilty to keep my Ninja Turtles trivia straight. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729/20 "2006-07-25T08:51:21Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_%28TMNT%29) says that she only appeared on the Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation live-action series. I didn’t even know there ever was such a thing. It used to be on Fox for kids after school. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie/365729.md?page=2)