Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series, season 1)

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 5
Release
Original network Syndication
Original release December 14, 1987 (1987-12-14) – December 19, 1987 (1987-12-19)

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.
overall
No. in
season
Title Animation directed by Original air date TV
broadcast
1 1 "Turtle Tracks" Fred Wolf & Vincent Davis December 14, 1987 (1987-12-14)[2][3] S01E01
2 2 "Enter The Shredder" Fred Wolf & Vincent Davis December 15, 1987 (1987-12-15) S01E02
3 3 "A Thing About Rats" Fred Wolf & Vincent Davis December 16, 1987 (1987-12-16) S01E03
4 4 "Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X" Fred Wolf & Vincent Davis December 17, 1987 (1987-12-17) S01E04
5 5 "Shredder & Splintered" Bill Wolf December 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

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References

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  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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