When I started watching the show when I was 10 years old, I immediately enjoyed it. It should be aired more often.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(Rated TV-Y7-FV, Children, cartoons, & animation, Starring Michael Sinterniklaas, Frank Frankson, Wayne Grayson, Where to watch: CW, DVD, Online)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 7. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Mediocre actioner is mostly OK, dude.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 7 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Parents need to know that this is a fairly violent show about four turtle brothers who work together to battle monsters, gangsters, aliens, and just about any other villains you could think of. Characters are beaten, stabbed, maimed, and clearly shown to suffer. The brothers get along as well as any siblings do, whether they're teaming up to defeat evil or trading quips and punches to prove how manly and macho they are. (Note: Different seasons of this show have been promoted/known by different names, including Fast Forward and Back to the Sewer.)
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the importance of teamwork in accomplishing goals. On a completely different note, the characters, named for classic Italian artists, could provide a good starting point for a discussion of Renaissance art and history. Scientific-minded kids might enjoy figuring out how, exactly, these turtle-creatures came to be -- what does it mean to mutate, and is it realistic to think such characters could exist?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
Good for all ages!
- I rate this title off for age 14 and give it
OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
This show is keeping children away from believing turtles to be cute and cuddly pets. Actually, after this TV show came out, the population of un-adopted turtles in pet stores soared to high levels. I believe that is because children are afraid the turtles in this show will "hurt them" and so will any other turtle. I found my 12 year old grandson watching this one day, and he was close to tears! I asked what was wrong and he said,"Maxie my turtle is going to kick my butt!"
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
*snorts*
Flippin Retarded
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Still aimed at the wrong audience
It seems the reviewer has a thing againts the Turtles, but enough of that I will continue with the review! This a very good show, it is darker and edgier than the original cartoon and closer to it's Mirage Comic Book roots. Since it's closer to the comics it is darker and more violent, the violence might concern some parents though. The series also has serialized story lines, moslty in comic book stlye where most stories are stand-alone but build upon a larger story arc. This has been one of the better "kids" shows on television right now. Though the TMNT franchise should really aim toward sit's adult and teenage aduiance since kid-friedn;y turtles havent worked since the original cartoon. Overall I reccomend this cartoon, parents who dislike violence might want to stay away.
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