Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles watch order
Every film, series, and special in the correct viewing order.
16 entries·~220 hrs total runtime·1987–2024
Each major film and TV cycle is a separate continuity.
Classic Animation and Films
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV Series193 episodes · 1987–1996
The first major animated adaptation.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Movie93 min · 1990
Begins the original live-action film trilogy.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Movie88 min · 1991
Continues the 1990 film.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Movie96 min · 1993
Concludes the original live-action trilogy.
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Mutant Turtles: Choujin Densetsu-hen
Special2 OVA episodes · 1996
A Japanese animated adaptation connected to the contemporary toy line.
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Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
TV Series26 episodes · 1997–1998
A separate live-action television continuity.
2003 Animated Continuity
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV Series155 episodes · 2003–2009
A reboot drawing more directly from the Mirage comics.
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TMNT
Movie87 min · 2007
A computer-animated film in a separate continuity with loose references to earlier films.
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Turtles Forever
Special81 min · 2009
A crossover between the 1987 and 2003 animated versions and the Mirage comic Turtles.
Nickelodeon and Platinum Dunes
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10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV Series124 episodes · 2012–2017
A Nickelodeon computer-animated reboot.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Movie101 min · 2014
Begins a separate live-action reboot continuity.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Movie112 min · 2016
Continues the 2014 film.
Rise Continuity
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Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV Series39 episodes · 2018–2020
Begins another animated continuity.
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Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
Movie82 min · 2022
Continues the Rise television series.
Mutant Mayhem Continuity
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Movie99 min · 2023
Begins a new animated film continuity.
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Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV Series24 episodes · 2024–2025
Continues the Mutant Mayhem continuity.
How many Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies and shows are there?
There are seven theatrical films, one streaming continuation film and more than 500 episodes across the major television adaptations.
Do I need to watch an earlier TMNT series before Mutant Mayhem?
Mutant Mayhem begins a separate continuity.
What order should a first-timer watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in?
Choose one continuity and follow its release order.
Is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles finished or still ongoing?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remains an ongoing franchise.
See also: Sonic the Hedgehog watch order.
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