1987 -
Laird has a heart attack; dies.
1988 - The comic takes a dark turn under Eastman's new view of life, no longer a fun action comic but dealing more with existentialism.
1989 -
Eastman dies of an overdose.
1994 - Classic beat-em up game Usagi Yojimbo: Rabbits in time by Konami is released
2002 - The original run is re-printed in a TPB by Dark Horse comics
2003 - Dark Horse decides to give the license a try after the lukewarm response the TPB had. It features a very different take of the TMNT and is cancelled after 4 issues. No other company ever expresses interest.
2005 - Michelle Ivey is happily married with 3 children and has a successful career working for the Coca-Cola company.
2008 -
Andrew sets up a webpage of a "what if" scenario if TMNT had ever been made into a cartoon after being inspired by the
watchmen cartoon video.
Gets fan support to make a 3 issue origin of 4 turtles with colored bandannas who fight Shredder and Krang the Utrom with mutated Foot Ninjas Rocksteady and Beebop.
2010 - Viacom outbids Saban and buys Power Rangers from Disney to expand their action block on Nickelodeon.
2016 - Pepe the Frog's creator is never inspired by anthropomorphic reptiles and there are no memes in the presidential election.
Hillary becomes the 45th president of the US.
Present - The franchise is occasionally brought up in /co/ and other comic forums and get a few replies; never more than two pages.