Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997)

Overview
Everyone's favorite teenage mutants are back in live action to fight crime with help from a new ninja turtle -- a female named Venus De Milo.
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Overview
Everyone's favorite teenage mutants are back in live action to fight crime with help from a new ninja turtle -- a female named Venus De Milo.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Primary
The series primarily focuses on classic good versus evil narratives, emphasizing themes of teamwork, family loyalty, and heroism. Its core conflict and solutions are universally appealing and lack explicit political messaging, resulting in a neutral stance.
The movie introduces a significant gender diversification within its core protagonist group by adding a female turtle to the traditionally male team. The narrative, however, maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities and does not feature explicit critiques of them.
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The show features Venus de Milo, a skilled martial artist and one of the Ninja Turtles. She frequently participates in close-quarters physical combat, utilizing her fighting skills and staff to defeat numerous male opponents, including Foot Clan members and various villains.
The series "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the adventures of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their new member, Venus de Milo, battling various villains, without exploring queer identities or relationships.
The series introduces Venus De Milo, a new female ninja turtle. However, she is an original character created for this installment, not a gender-swapped version of an existing male character from prior canon. The original four turtles retain their established genders.
The core characters (Turtles, Splinter) are non-human, making the concept of a 'race swap' inapplicable to them. Human characters like April O'Neil are portrayed consistently with their established race from previous iterations. No established character's race was changed.
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