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The Mirage Turtles in Turtles Forever.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a team of four anthropomorphic beings, who debuted in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 1 (Mirage).
Mirage comics[]
The Mirage Turtles were the main characters in the original comic book series produced by Mirage Studios in 1984, created by writers Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.
Sometime in the 1970s, the four turtles were exposed to the Mutagen when after a traffic accident with their young owner as a bystander. The Mutagen mutated them into a more humanoid form and more developed intellect. Splinter, a rat once owned by Ninjutsu master Hamato Yoshi, was also exposed. Splinter was fantastically smart and learned Ninjutsu by mimicking his master. Hamato Yoshi moved from Japan to New York in order to escape death after killing Oroku Nagi, another member of the Foot Clan, over the bitter love triangle between him and Tang Shen. Yoshi and Shen were eventually found and killed by Nagi's younger brother, Oroku Saki, the leader of the New York branch of the Foot Clan and had taken the identity of The Shredder. Yoshi's death had left Splinter homeless.
Splinter happens to see the Turtles after the accident and adopts them. Within days, both Splinter and the Turtles grow to human size and develop speech. Splinter trained them in Ninjutsu, so they could avenge the murder of Hamato Yoshi and his wife. Splinter choose their names from a book about renaissance artists: Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. The turtles challenge Shredder and the Foot Clan on a roof top and defeat them. Shredder falls off the roof, with a grenade that blows up.
Appearances in other media[]
Turtles Forever[]
In the 2009 crossover movie, Turtles Forever, the Mirage Turtles appear as "Turtle Prime", the original source dimension of the TMNT multiverse. Ch'rell, the evil alien Utrom known as the Shredder, travels to the world of Turtle Prime so he can destroy them which would end all Ninja Turtle life in the multiverse.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of the 1987 and 2003 series travel to Turtle Prime to stop the Ch'rell. 2003 Raphael comments with satisfaction on how much grimmer the Mirage Turtles' universe is, while the 1987 Turtles are afraid of it. The Mirage Turtles soon encounter their counterparts and declares them to be eight wannabes trying to steal their act before attacking them. The Mirage Turtles prove to be far more aggressive and skilled than both 1987 and even the 2003 Turtles, and were about to kill them, with Mirage Leonardo narrating the whole fight. Before he slashes 2003 Leonardo, his counterpart quickly mentions the Shredder and he demands an explanation. 2003 Leonardo explains everything to the Mirage Turtles telling them that their Shredder has come to their universe with the stolen Technodrome of the 1987 Shredder and Krang to end all turtle life.
The twelve Turtles, with the aid of 2003 Splinter, Karai, and even the 1987 Shredder and Krang, engage Ch'rell in battle, but he grows to massive height using molecular amplification technology from Dimension X. When Ch'rell is accidentally clipped by the energy beam from the Technodrome, however, his armor is damaged, and the Turtles all try to force him into the beam before it is abruptly cut off when Rocksteady trips over the power cable and unplugs it. Ch'rell takes this opportunity to grab the four Mirage Turtles and begins crushing them. At the last minute, the 1987 Turtles throw explosive shuriken at him, causing him to trip and drop the Mirage Turtles. Ch'rell then resumes his attack until Bebop plugs the beam power cable back in and thus inadvertently obliterating Ch'rell for good.
With Ch'rell defeated, all the Turtles watch as their respective realities restore themselves. The 1987 Turtles, Shredder, and Krang take the Technodrome and return to their home universe, while the 2003 Turtles, Splinter, and Karai use Donatello's portal stick to return to theirs. The Mirage Turtles decide to grab some pizza and comment on how they'll miss their "wannabes" and believe that the initials on the 1987 turtles' belt buckles are a good idea.
2012 TV Series[]
A similar plot idea was used for the 2012 cartoon's episode "Trans-Dimensional Turtles". Similar to Turtles Forever, the 1987 Donatello and his 2012 counterpart are ambushed by the Mirage Turtles. However, they have no time to explain the situation since they have to stop a bomb planted in this realm's Channel 6 building. The two Donatellos are seen quickly diffusing the explosive device before returning to the 1987 realm, much to the confusion of the Mirage Turtles.
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Members[]
Family[]
Immediate[]
- Hamato Splinter (adoptive father)
- Casey Jones (adoptive brother-in-law)
- Shadow Jones (adoptive niece)
- Klunk (pet)
- April O'Neil (adoptive sister)
Leonardo only[]
- Leonardo's Wife ("Blind Sight")
- Raven Shadowheart / Radical (Leonardo's mate)
- Yumi (Leonardo's daughter in "Blind Sight")
Michelangelo only[]
- Michelangelo and Seri's Children
Extended[]
- Hamato Hana (Yoshi's niece)
- Hamato Yoshi (Splinter's master)
- Casey Jones' Mother
- Davy Jones (Casey's fictional brother)
- Gabrielle Jones (Shadow's father, Casey's first wife)
- Sid Jones (Casey's cousin)
- Metal Head (Shadow's adoptive uncle)
- Robyn O'Neil (April's adoptive sister)
- Mr. O'Neil (April's adoptive father)
- Mrs. O'Neil (April's adoptive mother)
- Stephen (Shadow's adoptive uncle)
- Tang Shen (Yoshi's wife)
Recurring friends[]
- Louis Braunze
- Cowlorado Kid
- Cudley the Cowlick
- The Dakota Dude
- Glurin
- Gosei Hattori
- Professor Honeycutt / Fugitoid
- Klag
- Leatherhead
- Officer Longer / Nobody
- Gordon Miller
- Miyamoto Usagi
- Marshal Moo Montana
- Renet
- José Rey
- Lord Simultaneous
- Utroms
- Paul Whitmire