Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30325285-20171010234010/@comment-995426-20180323032544

Joycelika: The red markings are a natural part of a  turtle. Even the original Mirage TMNT back in 1984 were also red-eared sliders, but wore red bandanas instead, and no markings were drawn underneath when they would take them off. If most versions of TMNT have involved red-eared sliders but have not shown red skin markings, then seeing the first mutant red-eared slider with red markings is going to be weird&mdash;just like how the 2012 series had teenage turtles acting like teenagers for the first time and people thought that was weird too.