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The TMNT cartoon's Michelangelo is just Sean Penn's Fast Times at Ridgemont High character, but you know, teenage, mutant, a ninja, and a turtle
The producers of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon wanted Michelangelo to sound like Sean Penn from Fast Times at Ridgemont High
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A coin flip helped decide who voiced Leonardo and Michelangelo in the original TMNT cartoon series
The 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voice director flipped a coin to decide who each actor would play.
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cast recall the odd feeling around the cartoon’s “Red Sky" seasons
The cast of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon discuss the darker energy surrounding the “Red Sky seasons”
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LiveWatch Barry Gordon, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen, & Townsend Coleman's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunion at ECCC 2022
Watch the livestream Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunion panel at Emerald City Comic Con
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