Turtle ages
 

I may be wrong but I've always assumed that Leo was the oldest followed by Raph, Don, and Mikey. Has Mirage ever given their ages?

I think they were all supposed to technically be the same age in most universes. I know in the toon or whatever Leo was 16, Raph and Don were supposed to be 15, and Mikey was listed as "15 1/2".

It's been awhile, though. Maybe their ages are on the official site?

Well, their actual ages change a bit depending on what universe you're in.

We asked Kevin Eastman at Comic-Con one year who the second oldest was and he said it was Donatello. So the order would be Leo, Don, Raph, Mike.

I think the new flick is going with the idea that Leo is the oldest and Mikey is the youngest

I think the universal constant is that Mike is the youngest. I haven't seen or heard of an incarnation yet that has him being older than any of the others.

They're all the same age; difference in age is just something the fans make up for fun, because they never make any reference to it in any universe at all.

I beg to differ.

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http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rofilemike.jpg
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it differs depending on what your looking at. people here for example have pointed out instances where one turtle is pointed out as being older than the other. One of Leo's lines in the new film (according to the talking figures) has him addressing one of the other turtles as little bro. Munroe even mentioned in the talk backs that one of the reasons Mikey has blue eyes in the new flick was to make it come across that Mikey was a tad younger than the rest.

Interesting that Don is listed as 4ft. on that bio card. And their weights are all over the place where on the official website it says they are all 5'2 and 180 lbs.

Those bio-cards are kind of bogus, I believe.
This doesn't confirm they'll actually reference it; that's not gonna be known for sure 'til it actually comes out. If they make an actual reference to the turtles difffering in age in the new movie, it'll be the first time it's done in an official universe and I'll know I was mistaken; however, if that doesn't happen, then I'm not gonna change my mind.

i'll give you that until it shows up in the film its not confirmed but i'm almost 100% sure that the talking figure dialogue are all lines spoken from the film

There's a scene in the novel where:

Those bio cards were also referenced in the storybook of the first movie and the toys were made as merchandise for the old toon so I'm guessing it's canon for the old toon at least.

Yeah, well those heights are a dead giveaway.

Rose is right. It's Leo, Don, Raph and Mike.

And if you look into birth order, it all makes sense... though it's always been how I assumed it was, without knowing.

That's what I always thought too--Leo, Don, Raph, Mike. In the Volume 4 comics, there was this part that was really indicative to me of their age--at Splinter's funeral they walked to it in that order. Does anyone who makes TMNT merchandise do their research? Basically everything is forgivable except thinking Mikey is not the youngest (and, to a slightly lesser extent, thinking Leo is not the oldest).

I always thought of Raph and Don as middle children but it seems that Raph deals with that really badly and Don deals with that pretty well. So I always figured that Don had a little bit of age on Raph that helped to boost his self-esteem.

Although in a lot of incarnations they seem to all be the same age exactly.

On the merch it did say Leo was the oldest. 16.

Hmmm. Going by those cards. Well. If Raph was supposed to be the body builder of the group, wouldn't he be the heaviest of the Turtles, and not Leo. It's got Mikey heavier than Raph for crying out loud, and I thought he was more of a gymnast build?

Yeah, heh, that too. I just ignore merchandise like that... I don't even know where they come up with some of that stuff. Maybe they think Mikey's really fat?

Awe, don't they know the real Mikey. He's one of those lucky little sh#$%ts that can eat pizza, and ice-cream, and pork rines, and not worry about gaining an ounce because of his naturally fast metabolism? Not to mention he is so naturally talented, that he can get close to the results of Leo's stamina and skill, with half the work!:D

That's why he has all the time in the world to play games and dream of superheroes all day! It's also one of the reasons he is so carefree, because he doesn't have to worry about struggling so hard to achieve something. Mikey gets a lot of grief from some of the TMNT fans, but really, he is a much greater personality and warrior than he is given credit for. And I bet he's the one you'd want to hang around with the most too!