Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Genre	Science fiction Superhero
Based on	TheTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters byPeter Laird andKevin Eastman
Showrunners	Christopher Yost Alan Wan
Voices of	Micah Abbey Shamon Brown Jr. Nicolas Cantu Brady Noon Ayo Edebiri
Theme music composer	Matt Mahaffey
Composer	Matt Mahaffey
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Christopher Yost Alan Wan Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg James Weaver
Producer	Louis J. Cuck
Running time	21–23 minutes
Production companies	Point Grey Pictures Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Paramount+
Release	August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09) – present

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series developed for the streaming serviceParamount+. Based on theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created byPeter Laird andKevin Eastman, it is serves as a spin-off of the 2023 filmMutant Mayhem. The series follows the Turtles as they navigate their dual lives as both teenagers and heroes in New York City.Christopher Yost and Alan Wan serve as showrunners.

Micah Abbey,Shamon Brown Jr.,Nicolas Cantu,Brady Noon, andAyo Edebiri reprise their voice roles fromMutant Mayhem. During production on the film, its producersSeth Rogen andEvan Goldberg were granted approval to develop acanon streaming television series. The series was announced in July 2023, with Yost and Wan attached as executive producers and showrunners. It is produced byNickelodeon Animation Studio andPoint Grey Pictures, andTitmouse provides animation.

Thefirst season ofTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuted on Paramount+ on August 9, 2024, with all 12 episodes. It received positive reviews from critics. Asecond and final season was picked up alongside the first and is set to debut on December 12, 2025.

Set two months after the events of the filmTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023),^[1] the series follows the Turtles as they navigate their dual lives as both teenagers and heroes in New York City.^[2] Eachstory arc features anunreliable narrator framing device, and is, in effect, a "tale" made up by one of the four Turtles.^[1]

• Micah Abbey asDonatello: The tech guru of the Turtles who uses abō staff in combat. He has a liking for anime and video games.^[3][4]
• Shamon Brown Jr. asMichelangelo: The fun-loving jokester of Turtles who usesnunchucks. He desires to be a stand-up comedian.^[3][4]
• Nicolas Cantu asLeonardo: The leader of the Turtles who uses twokatana. He has a romantic interest inApril O'Neil.^[3][4][5]
• Brady Noon asRaphael: The muscle of the Turtles who uses a pair ofsai. He has a "fight first, ask questions later" attitude.^[3][4][6]
• Ayo Edebiri asApril O'Neil: A high school news reporter and human friend of the Turtles.^[3][4]
• Splinter is a mutant rat and the adoptive father and mentor of the Turtles.^[4] He was previously voiced byJackie Chan inMutant Mayhem, but only speaks in a gibberish language called "vermin" inTales.^[7]Fred Tatasciore provides the voice and is credited as "Splinter Vermin".^[8]

• ^st Storyboard director
• ^su Supervising director

According toChristopher Yost, during the middle of production onTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), producersSeth Rogen andEvan Goldberg were granted approval to develop acanon streaming television series. Yost was then approached to see if he would be interested in meeting Rogen, and after agreeing, the two discussed what the series could be. Alan Wan was brought in to work with Yost.^[1] Between the two, they had experience working onthe 2003Turtles series,the 2012Turtles series, and the 2018 seriesRise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.^[10]

In July 2023,Variety reported that a film sequel and a 2D animated television series follow-up forMutant Mayhem had been greenlit.^[11] The series, titledTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was reported to act as a bridge betweenMutant Mayhem and the film sequel,^[11] which has been scheduled to release in theaters in 2026.^[12][13] Yost and Wan were announced as executive producers andshowrunners.^[11] Lukas Williams was set to oversee production forPoint Grey Pictures which co-produces withNickelodeon Animation Studio.^[11] Production forNickelodeon was overseen by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President of Nickelodeon Animation, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.^[2]

Despite reportedly being greenlit for two seasons on announcement,^[11] Yost later said in an August 2024 interview that he was unsure if there would be a second season but said they had plenty of ideas for one.^[1] In the January 2025 issueToy World Magazine, Paramount confirmed that a season season will debut later that year on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.^[14] In November 2025, it was announced the series was cancelled, stemming from management shifts caused by theParamount-Skydance merger, and the second season will be its final season.^[15]

Along with the series' announcement in July 2023,Micah Abbey,Shamon Brown Jr.,Nicolas Cantu, andBrady Noon were confirmed to reprise their voice roles fromMutant Mayhem as the four Turtles.^[11]Ayo Edebiri was later confirmed to reprise her role asApril O'Neil in February 2024.^[2] Unlike withMutant Mayhem, in which Abbey, Brown, Cantu, and Noon recorded their voice roles together, forTales, they recorded independently from one another. The actors felt that the decision affected the way they performed and helped them dig deeper into their respective characters.^[16]Splinter, who was previously voiced byJackie Chan inMutant Mayhem, only speaks in a gibberish language called "vermin" inTales.^[7]Fred Tatasciore provides the voice and is credited as "Splinter Vermin".^[8] The series' opening theme and score was composed byMatt Mahaffey,^[17][8] who previously composed the score forRise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its2022 film continuation.^[17]

Unlike previousTurtles series, which were developed as television shows first,Tales is a continuation of a film. This meant the showrunners had to useMutant Mayhem as a guiding map in development.^[18] Just like with the film, the showrunners emphasized the teenage aspect of the Turtles.^[18] The series is presented from the Turtles point of view. Yost said that they sometimes think of it as "Tales by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", adding that there was a bit of an unreliable narrator element to it.^[1] The showrunners described the world presented in the series as being more grounded than those of previous incarnations ofTurtles.^[18] The team made efforts to integrateApril O'Neil into the stories and make sure she did not feel too distant from the Turtles.^[19]

Independent animation studioTitmouse's Canadian unit provides the animation for the series.^[1][20] Like withMutant Mayhem, which took an unconventional approach to its CG animation, Wan wanted the series to take an unconventional 2D animation look. He wanted to capture a "punk rock" feeling and described the style as rough and raw.^[16] The showrunner felt the series' more crude art style helped to distinguish it from its more clean-looking action cartoon peers.^[18] Wan also felt that the art style paid homage to theoriginalTurtles comics byKevin Eastman andPeter Laird.^[21] The series uses comic book drawings by Leonardo as a framing device, which the showrunners also added as an homage to the comics.^[22] For the action sequences, the team drew inspiration from various iterations ofTurtles, includingMutant Mayhem, the 1990s live-action films, andRise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.^[21]

Thefirst season ofTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuted onParamount+ on August 9, 2024, with all of its ordered 12 episodes.^[23] The season was released onDVD andBlu-ray on November 12, 2024, byParamount Home Entertainment.^[24] Thesecond season is set to debut on Paramount+ on December 12, 2025.^[9][25]

For the first season,Rotten Tomatoes reported 100% approval with an average rating of 8.0/10 based on 9 reviews.^[26] Overall, the season received positive reviews from critics for its voice performances, animation, and action sequences. Some critics felt that it lived up to standard set up byMutant Mayhem, while various others opined that it was a downgrade.^{[27][28][7][29][30][31]}

In June 2025, it was announced that a six-issue comic book series based on the television show would be launched byIDW Publishing in October of that same year.^[36][37] The first story arc in the run was written by Mikey Levitt, a creative from the television series, while the second was written by Andrew Joustra, the script and recording coordinator ofMutant Mayhem and writer of the short film,Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey (2025). Louie Joyce provided artwork for the full run.^[36][37]

• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles atIMDb
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles onParamount+

• 2020s American animated television series
• 2020s American children's television series
• 2020s American superhero television series
• 2020s Nickelodeon original programming
• 2024 American animated television series debuts
• American anime-influenced animated television series
• American animated television series reboots
• American children's animated action television series
• American children's animated superhero television series
• American English-language television shows
• American teen animated television series
• Animated television series set in New York City
• Animated television series about brothers
• Animated television series about turtles
• Interquel television series
• Paramount+ children's programming
• Paramount+ original programming
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series
• Television series about talking animals

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use mdy dates from September 2024
• Use American English from September 2024
• All Wikipedia articles written in American English
• Use list-defined references from September 2024
• Episode lists with TBA values