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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an entertainment franchise created by American comic book authors Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers trained in ninjitsu who fight evil in New York City.

References to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in The Simpsons

Episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
26	572	"Let's Go Fly a Coot"	Some graduates of Yale University appear dressed as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
27	585	"Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles"	The title of the episode is a reference to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
30	654	"101 Mitigations"	Costumes seen at the Comic-Con possibly include Donatello.
32	687	"Now Museum, Now You Don't"	Leonardo da Ninji is a reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and how they're all named after Italian Renaissance, with Leonardo being named after Leonardo da Vinci.

Comics

Comic issue	Story name	Reference
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book #4	The Death of Comic Book Guy! (Part Four)	When Comic Book Guy was stranded on an island he started to read a complete collection of all the major comic book that he found there. One of the comic book was Infant Genetically Altered Tai Chi Penguins, a parody of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Chief Wiggum's Felonious Funnies #1	Future Cop!	Chief Wiggum had a dream where he was a cop in the future and was putting down a riot at a space jail. In reality, however, he was attacking costumed attendees at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con. One of the convention-goers seen fleeing in panic was costumed as Raphael
Simpsons Comics #226	"The Bullies!"	Nelson says that he heard a great quote from a Ninja Turtle once, referencing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Wendell then says that he told Nelson the quote, and it was from Leonardo da Vinci, not a turtle.

Games

Picture	Game	Reference
	The Simpsons Arcade Game	The game is based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game which was released in 1989 and made by the same company, Konami.

References to The Simpsons in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Picture	Media	Reference
	Film: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze	A cup with Bart Simpson on it can be seen.
	TV series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: "Timing is Everything"	In the episode there is a family of aliens, whose members resemble Homer, Marge, Bart, and Maggie.

Common cast and crew

Cast

Name	Role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Role on The Simpsons
Will Arnett	Played Vern Fenwick in the 2014 film.	Voiced Deputy Director Gratman in the season 25 episode "Steal This Episode".
Susan Blu.	Voiced various characters in multiple episodes of the 1987 TV series and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.	Voiced Yellow Weasel in season 1 episode "Bart the General" and Stan in season 1 episode "Moaning Lisa".
Hannibal Buress	Voiced Genghis Frog in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.	Voiced Principal Finch in the season 32 episode "The Road to Cincinnati".
John Cena	Voiced Rocksteady in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.	Voiced himself in the season 36 episode "Bart's Birthday".
Chris Edgerly	Voiced Succubor in film.	Voiced many different characters in many episodes.
Susie Essman	Played a SoHo woman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.	Voiced Sadie Krustofsky in the season 36 episode "Homer and Her Sisters".
Alex Hirsch	Voiced Scumbag in Mutant Mayhem.	Voiced Bill Cipher in the season 33 episode "Bart's in Jail!".
Taran Killam.	Played McNaughton in the 2014 film.	Voiced Glen Tangier in the season 31 episode "Bart the Bad Guy".
Johnny Knoxville	Voiced Leonardo in the 2014 film.	Voiced himself in the season 37 episode "¡The Fall Guy-Yi-Yi!".
Tress MacNeille.	Voiced various character in the 1987 TV series.	Voiced many different characters.
Seth Rogen	Co-wrote and voiced Bebop in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.	Co-wrote and voiced Lyle McCarthy in the season 21 episode "Homer the Whopper" and voiced himself in the season 25 episode "Steal This Episode" and the season 36 episode "Bart's Birthday".
Maggie Roswell.	Voiced Caitlin in "The Great Boldini" episode of the 1987 TV series.	Voices Helen Lovejoy, Elizabeth Hoover, Luann Van Houten, Maude Flanders, and other characters.
Paul Rudd	Voiced Mondo Gecko in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.	Voiced Dr. Zander in the season 22 episode "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing", and himself in the season 25 episode "Steal This Episode" and the season 32 episode "Three Dreams Denied".
Maya Rudolph	Voiced Cynthia Utrom in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.	Voiced Julia in the season 19 episode "The Homer of Seville".
Sab Shimono	Played Lord Norinaga in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: voiced Mr. Murakami in the 2012 TV series.	Voiced the master sushi chef in the Season 2 episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish", Mr. Sparkle in the Season 8 episode "In Marge We Trust", and a gruff Japanese sailor in the season 18 episode "The Wife Aquatic".
David Tennant	Voiced the Fugitoid in the 2012 TV series.	Voiced Pa MacWeldon in the season 35 episode "Ae Bonny Romance".
Danny Trejo	Voiced Neutralizer in 3 episodes of 2012 TV series.	Voiced himself in the season 36 episode "Abe League of Their Moe".

Crew

Picture	Name	Role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Role on The Simpsons
	Adam Van Wyk	Storyboard artist for Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.	Storyboard artist.
	Jennifer Ventimilia	Writer for the 2012 TV series.	Writer.

External links

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Wikipedia

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