Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) or just Ninja Turtles are four fictional bipedal and humanoid talking turtles who practice Japanese martial arts, guided by a talking bipedal and humanoid rat-sensei named Splinter.

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created the franchise in November 1983, and it debuted as a comic in May 1984.