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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster

Overview

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Female Combat: Yes

Overview

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Netflix logoNetflix
Paramount+ logoParamount+
Philo logoPhilo
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

While addressing urban decay and crime, the film champions solutions rooted in individual responsibility, the importance of a disciplined mentor, and a strong, loyal family unit taking direct action, rather than advocating for systemic or governmental reform, aligning with right-leaning themes.

The movie features primarily traditional casting for its human characters, with no explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on classic themes of heroism and family, without critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities, nor does it center on explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The show features Karai, a highly skilled ninja, who consistently engages in and wins close-quarters physical fights against multiple male opponents, including Foot Clan ninjas, using martial arts and melee weapons.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, in its various iterations, does not explicitly feature LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narratives consistently focus on the adventures of the four mutant turtles and their allies, without incorporating queer identities or storylines, resulting in no discernible LGBTQ+ portrayal.

The animated series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2012) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the adventures of four mutant turtles and their rat sensei, with no elements related to transgender identity present in its storylines or character arcs.

The 2012–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series maintains the established genders for its core cast and recurring characters from previous iterations. No significant character established as one gender in prior canon is portrayed as a different gender in this adaptation.

The 2012-2017 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series maintains the established races of its core human characters like April O'Neil and Casey Jones as white. While Baxter Stockman was white in the 1987 cartoon, his portrayal as Black in the 2012 series aligns with his original comic book depiction, thus not constituting a race swap from the primary source material.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.9
The Movie Database logo
8.3

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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