The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—Donatello (Micah Abbey), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), and Raphael (Brady Noon)—are enjoying being hailed as heroes, and Leo draws their adventures in a comic book he calls Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
In the story Leo creates, he and his brothers are invited by their friend April O’Neil (Ayo Edebiri) to a costume party. But before they can show up, a series of mutant alerts pop up on their phones. Leo thinks this will just be a five-minute distraction before they show up at the party. But then we see them being attacked by robots and separated.
Stars: Micah Abbey, Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon
We then follow Leo as he battles a particularly ferocious robot, worrying about where his brothers might be and if they’re okay. He eventually manages to find April, who helps him as much as she can, but for the most part is there to let him know that he’s strong enough to defeat the robot on his own. Meanwhile, a villain named Bishop (Alanna Ubach) is determined to kill as many mutants as she can.
The idea behind Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is that the series will have arcs, with Leo's comic being the device that brings them together. In the first arc, Bishop manages to separate the brothers, and each of them has to figure out how to fight whatever is trying to destroy them on their own, without the help of their siblings. It's an interesting way to start the series, given the fact that having the four brothers together is what people have loved about the show since the 1980s.
Of course, having them separated highlights each of their strengths. Leo is a leader. Donnie is smart and good with technology. Raph is the strongest. And Mikey is fast and agile, as well as the most laid-back and fun of the brothers. We wonder if they're all going to involve April in the battle, or if we'll see them get help from other people in their world to help them out.
The Turtles' hallmark has always been their light-heartedness and love of pizza. But this new generation of Turtles is more aware of pop culture and jokes around more like people do in real life, like when one of the brothers makes fun of Donatello for looking up holiday etiquette on Wikipedia.
There are plenty of guest voices playing mutants and enemies, including Pete Davidson, Jillian Bell, Timothy Olyphant, Danny Trejo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Rose Byrne, and Post Malone. Watching their characters interact with the Turtles during the series' other story arcs should be fun.
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