Articles - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Part 1
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or TMNT for short, started out as a comic book turned tv shows, movies, and toys. For this Part 1 of the article I'm going to focus on my favorite 1987 cartoon.
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This cartoon as a kid growing up in the 80s was amazing to watch each time it came on. I could not wait to watch the next episode. It ran from 1987-1996 with 10 seasons, 193 episodes, and 7 specials.
The main characters are of course the four turtles, their rat master, their human friend, plenty of other side characters, and villains like Shredder.
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