how tall do you think the tmnt are
 

its always said that they are about 5'2 - 5'4 but that doesnt look right to me. most of thier foes are at least 6'2. i always have saw them as 6'0 or at least 5'10. just my personal opinoin

I think they're the 5 foot mark or higher because I thought I saw them smaller than April in the old cartoon.

Their profiles say that they are 5' 2" 180 lbs. They also have brown eyes (Don has dark brown) except Mike; he has two eyes.

I would hope so.

So anyways 5'3-5'7, mybe.

I think Its 5'2 or 5'3 they do look shorter than April even in the New toon

i can't except them being shorter than 5'5 it just doesnt seem to work

Agreed.

I like to go by the heights in the movies. The TMNT in the movies are about 5'7" - 5'8". That seems about right to me.

Hmm...

We also have to realise that the TMNT are only 15. So, it makes sense for them to be even shorter than April right now... if even just by an inch or two. I like to think they'll be much taller by the time they're 20. Like, probably 5'10".

They are all very, very short. Look at them in, like, "Meet Casey Jones." Raph compared to Casey is like 2 feet shorter. In the old cartoon, I remember Mike describing them as being 4 feet tall, but that's a lot shorter than everywhere else-- usually they're all around 5'- 5'2", in the new cartoon, the old video games (they were all 5' except Leo at a hulking 5'1), and in the first movie they were all really short, too. I mean, you couldn't tell too often, but they were shorter than April... they were all the same height, too, unlike in part 2, where we had Mikey the Midget and ShaquilLeo O' Neil. In Battle Nexus it's very easy to see how short they are-- also, in the Alien Invasion, when they're alongside all those other people. Look at April standing next to Don, there-- she's got almost a good foot on him.

The think that throws people off is I guess that they're pretty stacked, and their heads are normally drawn pretty small in the new show. But yeah, they're not big guys-- good thing, too, I'm tired of all these 6 foot tall heroes, let's see some little guys clean house!

Oh, in Archie, they were supposed to be 5'8"... that just seems too tall to me. Splinter's like, what, 4'6"?

I agree with Gokhan and Ryo. I can't picture them below 5'5". I refuse to.

Anywhere from 5'6"-5'8" is a range I believe they're in. I mean, look at some of the shots in the current cartoon when they're standing next to April. Their head comes right to her shoulder, and she's supposedly 5'8". With Casey, at a giant 6'2", they come up to around his lower chest.

There's no way they can be 5'2" like the official site lists them as, and be able to reach those points.

sounds as if u must be a midget boy yourself. how tall are you?

God, that's cold.

how tall are you. an my bad bout the comment

Yeah, that was a rude way of asking for someone's height, Gokhan.

I can agree with Space Lieutenant Josh that there are far too many 6 foot tall characters (mostly who happen to be super heroes... Not surprising...)

It's nice to see more wide ranged heights in characters.

Marvel and DC are awful in that way. Like, all their characters are so damn "perfect" in physique. All six feet and rippling with muscles which Marvel and DC assume is the "perfect" form. :roll:

I dunno... if April's 5'8" and they come to her shoulder... they have to be shorter than 5'2" because there's no way her head's only 6 inches tall. And with Casey, they look to be at least a foot shorter than him. The cartoon seems to portray their "official" height accurately.

But I do agree that they should be bigger than 5'2". I don't mind 'em being on the short side... even if it was just 5'5" (somewhat short for a guy) that'd be fine. But then there's that "power to the short people" feeling you can get when the TMNT beat up on people who have about 10+ inches on them. That's cool at least. *grin*

Yeah, I'm definitely not tall-- I'd fall in that category of "average height... for a woman!" But let's think about this mathematically a second. an average person's gonna be, what, 7 or 8 heads tall? I always felt it was more like 6, but maybe that's just me!!! Heh. No, actually I think Stan Lee just said it was 6 for a normal person in "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way."

But all other drawing guides I hear like 7 or 8.

Okay, so let's give April the 7 heads, and Casey 8, since he is a tall guy. If April's 5'8", she'd be 68 inches tall, making her head about 9 inches tall. If a turtle came up to her shoulder... that would actually make them very, very short... a little shorter than I'd like them to be...

Why don't I try 8 for April, then? that gives her a very even 7.25 inch head, which, including her neck and all would make the turtles something like 5', or 5'1"... I dunno, it kinda depends on how long her neck is, but I don't think they could be any shorter than that.

I guess I should see what Casey's head-length is like given these proportions... what'd we say he is, 6'5"? Lemme check that on the website... Nope, he's 6'2".

Based on that, he'd be 74 inches tall, and that divided by the 9 heads is 8.2... which actually works out, I guess, as close to, but a little longer than April's. I'm not sure, but I'd say that makes sense... correct me if you don't think so.

Anyway, their faces look to be in about in proportion to each other, and I used a previous poster's criteria about their relative heights, so I think the stats they have on the official site seem pretty solid.

I dunno... that's how I figure it, anyway. Lemme know what you think?

If we’re talking “heads tall”, then average people are about 6 – 6.5 heads tall. Standard comic book heroes (super powered or otherwise) are 7 – 8 heads tall. In fact, most characters in comics are a touch taller than the "average" person, even if they are an average person.

In most “canon” issues of TMNT comics, the turtles turn out to be 5.5 heads tall. I actually checked several issues and it was almost consistent. In the new show, the TMNT look to be 6 heads, while most humans are 7. (These calculations could be off, though.)

Personally, I tend to place them at around 5’6”, a bit taller than I am.

One of the few things that get my eye twitching is height. Like pretty much everyone else who as posted here, I like to put them about 5'5" - 5'8". 5'2" is just getting rediculous. As with the officals putting them at the shorter end of the height bar, maybe it's due to their mutation?

When I first saw the height the Turtles were, my initial reaction was "what??!" But considering that they come from turtles (a creature much smaller than people) I don't mind so much anymore. They would be best short, but not too short. (Wasn't at least one of 'em supposed to be 4'6" according to the old toon? And all the guys were different heights? Seems to me I saw that somewhere...)

Hm, I don't remember that per se, but I remember Mike referring to them as "four-foot-tall turtles" (or maybe it was April) in one of the Burger King videos (April Foolish, probably). Geez, they were short in that... they were like children. And April had some of that ghetto booty.

Yeah, I couldn't imagine them being that short, but I really can't see them as tall as a lot of you guys put them. The new toon really helps me to visualize those "official" heights.

Like I said... They're only fifteen. They're growing boys.
If they really are about 5'2", chances are, they'll be taller by the time they're 20.

I always thought the turtles were really short. I think they're around 5' 3"- 5' 4".

For the longest time I thought they were supposed to be 6ft...I don't know why... if they'd be 6 ft, that would make the movie and old series April huge!! But it's funny, thinking of myself as so much taller than the turtles....5'10 here ;p

I do like that they're short and not ultra "perfect" like in other comicverses >_>; that just gets annoyingly unrealistic, and there's unrealism that can be useful for a story....and unrealism that's just kinda pointless exaggeration.

Age and height are hardly mentioned other then on the packaging of the figures. I believe, and this is coming from the comics, that they can't be taller then 5 foot at the most. Over the years they have put on a lot of extra height. The movies of course added to that. At the time it would have been difficult to use real people in suits and keep them short. They probably had very certain specifications for the suits the actors wore.
I myself have a hard time thinking of them shorter then 5' 5". It may be cause I am only 5' 3" and I think of them at least taller then me. But hey whatever height they kick butt!
Someone should go on the official website if they still do that mail thing where you can send and email to a character. Talk to the TMNT or whatver and see what response they get on height...lol

in the movie (1) raph is 5.5 cause that's how tall Josh is.


but aint yappin about the movie hah... i think they're all about 5'3-4 ish.

Yeah that seems right to me...

in the old toon I always thought they where like 5'1 or something. It actually varied oin how tall they looked depending onn the aniamtion.

In the new toon they look (to me any way) like the are about 5'5. I mean Casey and April tower over them. I don't like the thought of them being any taller because I kind of like them being shorter than their enemies and still handing out asses.

Any way I like to discuss just how built they are and how much muscle mass they probably have. I mean I bet their weight is all muscle seeing as they don't have an inch to pinch on their whole bodies. From their bio's it is stated that they weigh 180 pounds, and being that they are short and weigh this, must mean that they are packed. I actually have no idea what is considered normal weight range for a dude and what a guy should weigh for what hieght. But I would assume that being like 5'2 (according to sources) being 180 in weight would be considered being "big".

In the classic toon I think I remember seeing some where that their weight was like 165 or 170. Not to far behind their moderen counter parts.

Yeah 180 sounds really high for 5' 2" but they are lugging around shells on their backs and who knows how much a shell that big could weigh. Large land turtles can weigh hundreds of lbs.
It's that fact and they beef them up so much in this newer show.

It's always funny when an enemies calls them small or little one or puny and then the TMNT kick their butts :lol:

Its all shell weight for sure :|

hmmm Sulcatas..3rd world's largest tortoise..about 150lbs. Galapagoes torties, from 100 to 200-220 lbs depending on subspecies.

asfor tmnt being beefy..turtles in general for what they are; are pretty strong critters.

I remember back when I was 18 and I checked out the profile pages at www.ninjaturtles.com and I realized that the guys were probably no taller than me at that point in my development. I thought that was so cool!

I agree to some degree, but you have to admit it only makes sense that in that kind of lifestyle you would need to be in top physical condition in order to defend not only yourself but everyone you hold dear.

True. But it's one thing to be in top shape, and another to have excess "bulk".

In American comics, too often we see characters who look like they're 300 pounds of pure muscle. Is it necessary to be hulking to be a crime fighter?
I infact believe it would realisticly hinder physical performance being so big and heavy.

I don't recall Olympians being that big, and they're in perfect health and can perform amazing physical feats.

Yes.


They don't fight supervillians.

Got ya there!! :P

Oh, please... :roll:


What is it with you guys and how large things are? Like, everything is better when they're bigger? That's ridiculous.


Y'know, it's a fact that martial artists tend to be lean rather than bulky, and they're built for combat.

Exactly, I don't classify the TMNT as "Super Hero's", their ninja's, they don't have super strength or amazing powers, they just know their stuff when it comes to fighting/ninjitsu.

Yes, but as for super-heroes, they don't need to be so grotesquely huge as well.

Like, isn't super-strength a super power? Doesn't that mean it's not natural, meaning that it's not necessarly the muscle power of the body that can lift cars, but it's a supernatutral ability? Doesn't that technically mean that a slender person weighing 115 lbs who has super strength can lift as much as some 300 pound schmuck with the same power? Hmm?

What I said was a joke anyways, but Im not gonna lose sleep wondering why DC and Marvel superheroes look cool.

They look cool when they start looking like gorillas? Hardly.

Seems like these artists who draw super-heroes that big are doing it for the same reason as why some men buy big cars. :lol:

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Hahahahaha....yes. :D