The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are an imaginary quartet of junior heavy-duty plated warriors, trained in the deadly art of ninja stealthy combat who occasionally appear in a never-ending series of animated kids’ cartoons, comic books, live-action feature films, and various other tie-in merchandise. Created by Nickelodeon and aired on television during the 1990s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have become a pop culture icon. However, you probably won’t be able to find them on any TMNT flash game or app. Why? Because trademark rights to the TM Turtles have been taken over by Universal Studios.

So, how did this happen? Well, back in 1987, Nickelodeon had decided to transform their popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle into a cartoon show. Thus, all traces of the original Teenage mutant ninja turtles were purged, making way for an entirely new and different animated series. In fact, when the new series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit the airwaves, all references to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were immediately stricken from all mediums.

This was not a big surprise to many, considering the massive success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the late 1980s. After all, even after 20 years, TMNT is still one of the most popular comic book and cartoon characters out there. Nevertheless, when it was brought up that some may have missed out on TMNT because of Universal’s exclusive deal, the animated turtles got a second chance. They were given the opportunity to reprise their roles in several more cartoons and comics, but Universal did not let them off the hook entirely, as you will see shortly.

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series was then given the green light by Disney, which created a whole new line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys and video games. There were several popular Toys to Collectible released, each one focused on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle from this new line. Most notably, the Turtles had a reunion with their older counterparts in the first installment of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. And since this movie is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, a new line was born. A new feature film, titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes on the path, was then released, which also featured an all new cast of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

In this new series, a different Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle was introduced. The latest recruit to the team, called Splinter is a very cold and emotionless fellow. He was created by a scientist named Dr. Ishmael, who sought to use his ability to create a chemical that could reverse the aging process in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His creation would be used to create a virus that could trick the turtles into letting him escape from a heavily secured building. To prevent this from happening though, a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle was created, and he was named Michelangelo. Splinter’s cold demeanor was because he was trying to make an experiment to see if the aging process was possible in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

It was then discovered by a team of Scientists led by Dr. Henry Lin, that when in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles classic form, the human’s immune system is not able to fight off the mutagen that occurs when in their classic form. As a result, in their classic form, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began to get sick and pale. This was because they were not capable of fighting off the effects of the mutagen. In the new, more powerful, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles forms though, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were immune to the effects of the mutagen and could withstand it.