Just five months after debuting on a different streaming service, the universally acclaimed Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is now available to watch on Netflix. During 2023 production Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemexecutive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were tasked with developing a streaming series to further develop this new Ninja Turtles universe. In its first season of 12 episodes Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles serves to bridge the gap between Mutant Chaosthe film's origin story and long-awaited sequel (scheduled for release on October 9, 2026).
After becoming beloved heroes by saving New York City from Superfly's wrath at the end of Mutant ChaosLeonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo are still trying to figure out how to balance their heroism with their lives as normal teenagers attending high school. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first premiered on Paramount+ on August 9, 2024but, just five months later, it's already making the jump to a different streaming service. On January 1, 2025, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is available to watch on Netflix.
Why Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Is On Netflix Right After It Premieres On Paramount+
Netflix's deal with Nickelodeon predates the launch of Paramount's streaming service
It's not uncommon for content to move from one streaming service to another. Every Marvel Superhero Show That Originally Premiered on Netflix, Including Reckless, Jessica Jonesand The Punisherthey all came to Disney+ when Marvel Studios decided to revive that continuity and bring back some of these mainline Marvel Cinematic Universe characters. But that usually doesn't happen so soon. Daredevil and company. arrived on Disney+ years and years after they initially streamed on Netflix. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is on Netflix just five months after its debut on Paramount+.
This is because Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is technically a Nickelodeon show. It was released on Paramount+, but was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Nickelodeon has a streaming deal with Netflix that long predates Paramount's launch of its own streaming service. Nickelodeon sold the streaming rights to its entire catalog to Netflix in 2010. Then, when Paramount created its own streaming service, the two studios had to come to an agreement on certain projects. This is why Netflix is getting Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shortly after its original release on Paramount+.
Why Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reviews Are So Good
It has a perfect score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
When Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was released in theaters in the summer of 2023, it was met with almost unanimous praise from critics. It has an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 95%, with critics praising its heart, humor, and inventiveness, and comparing its stylish, fast-paced animation to the Spider-Verse films. It was a real critical success. But against all odds, the TV spin-off received an even more enthusiastic critical reception. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has a perfect score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating that did not receive a single negative review.
The series was acclaimed for deftly recapturing everything that made the film great - the heart, the humor, the fast pace, the fun action sequences - but it also used its extra running time to go above and beyond.
The series was acclaimed for deftly recapturing everything that made the film great - the heart, the humor, the fast pace, the fun action sequences - but it also used its extra running time to go above and beyond. It delves a little deeper into the characters' relationshipslike Leonardo's romantic passion for April O'Neil. Expands franchise worldbuildingwhich will create some interesting opportunities for the sequel. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles take everything Turtles the fans loved it Mutant Chaos and amplify it.
How Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Connects To The 2023 Mutant Mayhem Movie
The TV show starts two months after the movie
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles does not just occur in the same universe as Mutant Chaos; is a direct continuation of that. The TV series begins two months after the events of the film as the Turtles try to find the right balance in their dual lives, both as New York superheroes and as normal students. Several key plot points from the film feed into the TV show. The TV show's big bad, Bishop, is motivated to build Mechazoids to kill all mutants after Superfly's rampage in the film's final battle.
The cast of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brings back many of the film's great voice actors as well. Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu and Brady Noon reprise their roles as the Turtles themselves, and Ayo Edebiri returns to voice April. Splinter talks about “worm”Someone pointless to avoid hiring Jackie Chan, and Amad Jackson replaces Hannibal Burress as Genghis Frog. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an official expansion of the film and an excellent addition to it.
A spin-off of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an animated action-adventure series that sees the heroic titular turtles striking out on their own in an all-new storyline written for television. Voice actors Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu and Brady Noon will return to reprise their roles as the four turtles.