Just five months after it debuted on a different streaming service, the universally acclaimedTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis now available to watch on Netflix. During the production of 2023’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were tasked with developing a streaming series to further develop this newNinja Turtlesuniverse. In its 12-episode first season,Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesserves to bridge the gap betweenMutant Mayhem’s origin storyand the film’s much-anticipated upcoming sequel (set to be released in theaters on August 18, 2025).
After becoming beloved heroes by saving New York City from the wrath of Superfly atthe end ofMutant Mayhem, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo are still trying to figure out how to balance their heroics with their lives as regular teenagers attending high school.Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfirst premiered on Paramount+ on August 10, 2025, but, just five months later, it’s already making the leap to a different streaming service. As of June 12, 2025,Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis available to watch on Netflix.
Why Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Is On Netflix So Soon After Premiering On Paramount+
Netflix’s Deal With Nickelodeon Predates Paramount’s Streaming Service Launch
It’s not unheard of for content to move from one streaming service to another. All the Marvel superhero shows that originally premiered on Netflix, includingDaredevil,Jessica Jones, andThe Punisher, all came to Disney+ once Marvel Studios decided to revive that continuity and bring back some of those characters in the mainline Marvel Cinematic Universe. But it usually doesn’t happen so soon. Daredevil and co. came to Disney+ years and years after they initially streamed on Netflix.Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis on Netflix just five months after its initial premiere on Paramount+.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesseason 1 is split into two story arcs.
This is becauseTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis technically a Nickelodeon show. It was released on Paramount+, but it was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Nickelodeon has a streaming deal with Netflix that far predates Paramount launching its own streaming service.Nickelodeon sold the streaming rights to its entire catalog to Netflixway back in 2010. So, when Paramount created its own streaming service, the two studios had to come to a compromise on certain projects. That’s why Netflix is gettingTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesso soon after its original release on Paramount+.
Why Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Reviews Are So Great
It Has A Perfect 100% Score On Rotten Tomatoes
WhenTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemwas released in theaters in the summer of 2023, it was met with near-unanimous praise from critics. It has a very impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 95%, with critics praising its heart, humor, and inventiveness, and comparing its stylish, fast-paced animation to theSpider-Versemovies. It was a bona fide critical smash. But against all odds, the TV spinoff has been met with an even more enthusiastic critical reception.Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshas a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating thatit hasn’t received a single negative review.
The series was hailed for deftly recapturing everything that made the movie great — the heart, the humor, the zippy pacing, the fun-filled action sequences — but it also used its extra runtime to go above and beyond.
The series was hailed for deftly recapturing everything that made the movie great — the heart, the humor, the zippy pacing, the fun-filled action sequences — but it also used its extra runtime to go above and beyond.It digs a little deeper into the characters’ relationships, like Leonardo’s romantic infatuation with April O’Neil.It expands the worldbuilding of the franchise, which will create some interesting opportunities for the sequel.Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlestakes everything thatTurtlesfans loved aboutMutant Mayhemand amplifies it.
How Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Connects To 2023’s Mutant Mayhem Movie
The TV Show Picks Up Two Months After The Movie
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesdoesn’t just take place in the same universe asMutant Mayhem; it’s a direct follow-up to it.The TV series picks up two months after the events of the filmas the Turtles are trying to figure out the right balance in their double lives as both New York superheroes and regular schoolkids. Several key plot points from the movie 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 final battle of the movie.
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Thecast ofTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesbrings back a lot of the great voice actors from the movie, too. Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown, Jr., Nicolas Cantu, and Brady Noon all reprise their roles as the Turtles themselves, and Ayo Edebiri returns to voice April. Splinter speaks in “vermin” gibberishto get around hiring Jackie Chan, and Amad Jackson replaces Hannibal Burress as Genghis Frog.Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis an official expansion of the film, and a terrific addition to it.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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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 titular heroic turtles strike out on their own in an all-new storyline penned for television. Voice actors Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, and Brady Noon will return to reprise their roles as the four turtles.
