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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) season 1

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Not to be confused with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series, season 1) or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series, season 1).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Season 1
No. of episodes5
Release
Original networkSyndication
Original releaseDecember 14 (1987-12-14) –
December 18, 1987 (1987-12-18)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the first season of the series aired in syndication. At this point in the series, the Technodrome is located underneath New York City.[1] Chronologically, this is the 5-part pilot episode, "Heroes in a Half Shell".

Episodes

  • All five first-season episodes were written by David Wise and Patti Howeth
No.TitleDirected byOriginal air dateTV
broadcast
1"Turtle Tracks"Fred Wolf and Vincent DavisDecember 14, 1987 (1987-12-14)[2][3]S01E01
2"Enter The Shredder"Fred Wolf and Vincent DavisDecember 15, 1987 (1987-12-15)S01E02
3"A Thing About Rats"Fred Wolf and Vincent DavisDecember 16, 1987 (1987-12-16)S01E03
4"Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X"Fred Wolf and Vincent DavisDecember 17, 1987 (1987-12-17)S01E04
5"Shredder & Splintered"Bill WolfDecember 18, 1987 (1987-12-18)[4]S01E05

Notes

In late 1989 the first five episodes from series 1 were adapted in a 50-minute video special called The Epic Begins (also known as How It All Began) released by Family Home Entertainment in the US and Tempo Video/Abbey Home Entertainment in the UK (with the British title called Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles). The footage from this season was taken from a third-season clip show called Blast From The Past, and this was amalgamated with various series 2 episodes.

The five episodes were later adapted into the first three issue miniseries of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures by Archie Comics under the name Heroes in a Half-Shell. This adaptation would be collected into one book and published under the name Heroes in a Half-Shell: The Complete Adventure by Random House Publishing in 1989, coupled with a cassette featuring an audio play performed by an uncredited voice cast.

These five episodes, along with the opening, were animated by Toei Animation Studios.

Reception

References

  1. ^ Mark Pellegrini (28 August 2012). "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) Season 1 Review". Adventures in Poor Taste. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. ^ TMNT Cartoon Episode 1 Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ United States Copyright Office record
  4. ^ United States Copyright Office record

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