how old do you think TMNT are now???
 

In the old TMNT episode it claimes that Raph,donnie and Mikey were 15 and leo were 16 like I am now.But in the new show it doesn't look like that they are 15-16 years old.Now they look like they are around 19 years old that means that Leo are 20:P


what do you guys think?? which age does it look like they are?? obviously they are not 15 anymore

Current Toon wise I'd say they're around 17/18

In the comics they're 35/36 :D

how can they then be teenagers in the comics??:P

I was think about the Cartoon Turtles

If you want to get in the technical term, they are 22, but in the Current Toon of TMNT, they are like around 17/18/ or possible 19...for sepreate ages for the Turtles i would say, Leo = 18 1/2 Donny = 17 1/2 Raph = 18 and Mikey = 17

I meant in the new cartoon I have always wondered what age they have in the new show:D I have thought on that everybody is in the same age besides Leonardo who is a year older than his brothers

I go with that then:D

they seemed older when the toon started...they hafta be like 18-20 by now
they can't still be 15


mirage, they're 34-36ish

i think ya should trim yer signature cause it's really too big

They don't have to age at all. Just think of them:

http://www.comic-mint.com/media/clie...-e0167_sml.JPG

I concur.

did read on the on the original Turtle site that they said in the old toon Turtles they were 15 and 16,They can't be 20-30 cuz then they can't use the word teenager the turtles are 15 and 16 in the old one and they look like they are 15 there,I can see diffence between the old and new one.in the new one they are 18 or 19,Thier bodies look like they were 19 in the new one cuz they look taller than in the old one and they don't that child cute faces they had in the old one



By the way if they are adult now then they can't use the word Teenager

The brand is priceless.

Just stick them in the same boat as Spider-Man; dosen't matter how many years go by or how old they should be, we'll just leave them in this limbo where time dosen't affect them and never make age an issue. That way the fans can relate and get that timeless vibe they pick up the comics and DvDs for.

TMNT is just the brand name... which is why they're just known as the Turtles or the Ninja Turtles.

Altho there was an ep of the original series set in the future where they were refered to as the Old Mutant Ninja Turtles. *lol*

The "official" age for the new toon Turtles is 15, but they've never looked 15. I'd say they maybe started out at 17 and should be pushing 20 by now... especially with their physique... those are NOT 15-year-old bodies.

You seem to be confused about the comics, Raphael Fan. When they started out, I believe the Turtles were 13 or so, but they've been going on in real time since 1984. So...

2006-1984 = 22

13+22= 35

...so if it goes in real time since the comic first started, the TMNT should be 35 now. As for the "Teenage" part of the acronym... well, that's why the current TMNT comic uses the acronym instead of spelling out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... 'cos they aren't, anymore.

I don't remember how old they were supposed to be in the old toon, but it'd be more like 15-16... they looked more like actual teenagers there. Sounded more like 'em, too.

Well I used it because the TMNT and Spidey were around the same age when they debuted. Spidey's had forty or so more years of publishing history, but only just now started to move beyond the point he reached a while back.

well I don't count that way,I see them as 19 in the new one then they can't have name Teenager,The title on the new has Teenage mutant ninja turtles not mutant Ninja Turtles



I am gonna stick to that they are 19 they are not 15 anymore it doesn't look like 15 in their really and not ethier 20 or 30

Judging by their build, I'd say 24-25 ish. Not even 19 year olds are that built. Not without steroid abuse.

Then again, c'mon, they're turtles. Don't you think their turtle life-spans are affecting them? exactly how old were they before they were mutated?

These kinds of variables make the science a little less than possible pin down their age any more accurately than a range of a quarter century. (They could be 15, they could be 40...)

I am only gonna listen to my opinion,They were 15 when the old series was and the new one they are 19 end disussion,I am gonna see them as those ages

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So, what was the point of starting the whole thing?

Than don't ask for other's opinions.

:roll:

Who gives a care about the stupid title. It's just a "brand" name. In the 2K3 cartoon, they begin when they're 15...they don't officially give ages anyways, but we assume and like to think, some of us more open minded fans anyways, they've aged a couple years. Raph has especially matured alot (FF not counting cause he seems back to being immature again...i dont consider that canon w/ 2K3)..so they've aged and matured. Maybe in a few years we'll get a series called "Ninja Turtles" (animated, for the over 15 audience and more dramatic..okay hopeful thinking) and without TNM in the title)

Today, the turtles are in their mid 30's, they're my freaking generation...(which makes sense cause hatchlings were easy to come by in 1971...neighborhood Woolworth's or where-ever!)...they're 35 years old.

My two cents...

Classic Toon.

start of the series (my impression) I'm of course am going by their behavior.

Michaelangelo: 15 (turns 16 on birthday episode)

Raphael: 16 (turns 17 on birthday episode)

Donatello: 16 1/2 or 17

Leoanrdo 17 1/2

what is interesting to note in the old series is that the boys seem to have official birthdays and they celebrate them. So eighther when they mutated they where blantatly at different stages of age that Splinter noticed and just rounded off their ages. Or they where all the same age and he just gave them each their own month and birthday just to give them all a day to feel special.


New toon I think they are all the same age and only differ as far as age goes in their behavior and mentality. So as far as maturity goes I think it goes:

Leonardo

Donatello

Raphael

Michaelangelo

As far as how old they where at the start and current show. I think start: 15 years old, current: 17 or maybe 18.

I think something to note in the new series is that the boys don't seem to know how old they are exactly or even celebrate their birthday. Like I guess they could celebrate the day they all mutated but I get the impression that this sort of celebration of getting a year older does not occur in the new toon family, In fact I don't think the boys even keep tract (except maybe Splinter) of age passage. Which I think is a bit odd, because they act like humans in all other respects (like celebrating Christmas) but this sort of thing seems to be lacking. Weird.

Heh. Someone's got a chastity belt on their brain. Nice. :lol:

i was recently whatchin the first episode of ff and the first line leo said was "15 years on ninja training blah blah blah". do you rekon splinter would of started ninja trainin from day one they mutated?

i do agree with the magority* of you sayin that they do not look 15 there body structure does not look correct for that age. howeva they are mutated turtles so i surpose anything can go lol

Ok I gotta ask. Offically in the Mirage universe how old are the turtles in volume one? I hear some people say they are 13 or 15 years old. Does it ever state that the passage of time is noted and they get older? And how old exaclty are they now in the volume four? I've been hearing early thirties, mid thirties, and late thirtes.

Can some one give me an answer please?

I don't care how old Raphael Oh Raphael I Love You

13 years of ninja training, 15 years old as it says in issue 4 i think (it's on the official site now)



and i thought i was obsessed....

You're obsessed in a very classy way, Buslady.

unlike some of us here...

nah, I dont ever think of them as "teenagers" I would rather say they are rather adults

you know I get that impression too. I almost always feel it is more natural for the turtles to be hanging out with adults than it is for them to be hanging out with people that are supposed to be around the same age as them.

Like Zack the honorary fifth turtle is supposed to be fourteen right? But he looks (and acts) so much younger than the turtles are, and offically they are like a year old than him. Compared to Zack the turtles seem more like 18 or 19 in both their body builts and their maturity level.

Same thing in the new toon Angel is supposed to be how old? Mid teens? Around same age as the turtles, but the turtles just seem so much older than her. In fact it seems more realistic that Leonardo be paired off with karai (who seems to be several years older than him) than some one around Angel's age.

But dontcha think going through so much stuff would...I dunno....force maturity? Mental age and chronological age can be hugely different. you tend to gravitate towards those with the same mental age...regardless of what your birth certificate says.

And as far as being in adult looking bodies...I saw this thing on the discovery channel or one of those about a 5 year old kid who was a body builder. That kid was ripped.

In the new toon, I belive they were 16 before Fast Foward.

In the comics, theyr'e in theyre early 30's.

heh, good point. The turtles do seem more mentally mature than what their age suggest. I guess that is why I find it so astounshing that they are depicted as being merely 15 years old. Even Michaelangelo seems to have that aura of maturity about him that makes him appear older than than others soppsedly around his age.

I my self tend to get along better with people that are older than me than people who are in their early twenties like I am.

In the cartoon: about 17

In the comics: late twenties-early thirties

Besides since they are turtles, couldn't they live to be really really really old, like 100?