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Revision as of 20:04, 1 August 2014
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV Series) Theme Song, for the 1987 series is the widely popular song in the franchise. The instrumental version plays during the action scenes and the end credits. In the Red Sky episodes, the song was remade.
Lyrics
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heroes in the half shell
Turtle Power!
They're the world's most fearsome fighting team (We're really hip!)
They're heroes in the half shell and they're green (Hey - get a grip!)
When the evil Shredder attacks
These turtle boys don't cut him no slack
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Splinter taught them to be ninja teens (He's a radical rat!)
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That's a fact, jack!)
Raphael is cool but rude (Gimmie a break!)
Michelangelo is a party dude (Party!)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heroes in the half shell
Turtle Power!
Censored UK version
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Heroes in a half-shell
Turtle power!
They're the world's most fearsome fighting team (We're really hip!)
They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green (Hey - get a grip!)
When the evil Shredder attacks
These turtle boys don't cut him no slack!
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Splinter taught them to be fightning teens (He's a radical rat!)
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That's a fact, jack!)
Raphael is cool but rude (Gimme a break!)
Michelangelo is a party dude (Party!)
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Heroes in a half shell
Turtle power!
2nd Version
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Turtle Power!
They're the world's most fearsome fighting team
They're heroes in the half shell and they're green
When the evil Shredder attacks
Turtles fight back
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Turtle Power!
Trivia
- In the European version a few words were replaced in the song, ninja turtles to hero turtles and ninja teens to fighting teens. Also the scene with Michelangelo's nunchaku were removed and was replaced with footage from the show.
- This song was used by the Disney MGM Studios for the TMNT performance.
- The Red Sky version of the theme song remained unchanged in the 9th and 10th seasons even though they had Lord Dregg replace the Shredder as the main antagonist.
- Chuck Lorre, the famous sitcom creator's, first real television credit was penning the lyrics for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song.
- Two sitcoms created by Lorre mentioned the theme song.
- In Two and a hal Men the main character, Charlie, tells his nephew, Jake, this theme song was one of his first works and plays its begining on the piano.
- In The Big Bang Theory Sheldon sings the begining of the theme song while listing his favorite theme songs of all time. His friends Leonard, Howard and Raj follow him saying "turtle power" at the end.
- Lorre also voiced the "get a grip" part of the song.
- Part of this theme song has been remade for the 2012 TV series.
- Michelangelo often hums this theme song in the 2012 TV series.
- This theme song is also the T-Phones rigtone in the 2012 TV series.