Birth dates?
 

I know this is most likely the most stupid question in the world. But is there actual birth dates of the turtles? Like month/day and maybe year they were born/hatched whatever? Was it said in the comics, shows, movies, or even on the turtle's site somewhere?

There have been a few variations from different sources. I believe Playmates was the most consistent of those sources.

Officially, no, the Turtles' actual birthdates are unknown. From Mirage's old site:

What are the Turtles' ages in chronological order? What are their birth dates?

Like their bloodline, their actual birthdays and ages have never been officially defined by Mirage Studios and thus are unknown.

Ok, then. What did playmate declare?

Hrm. Now that is going to take a little research...

I heard somewhere Laird said their 'age order' is (eldest to youngest) Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo. But they're so close in age, it wouldn't matter.

In most cases, I just tend to consider them to have a birthday on the same day of some random holiday.. like for example.. New Years if I'm writing for RP or fan fiction or something.

Ditto. I've used 12/21 for Raph. It being the longest night of the year and all. Then either 4/1 or 10/31 for Mike. Sometimes both, with the notion that when they were choosing days, no one had the heart to tell Mike he couldn't have two.

Figured Don would choose Newton's birthday, but never did come up with one for Leo.

Splinter
 

In the Archie comics, wasn't Splinter (as Hamato Yoshi) born 1930 or something?

from the 1988 cards, the turtles age are:
Leo: 16
Birthplace: McMahon's Pet Emporium, Chesabeake Bay

Mikey: 15 1\2
Birthplace: Woodys Pet Shop, Pennshellvania

Don: 15
Birthplace: Joe's Pet Place, Slowklahoma

Raph: 15
Birthplace: Shelly's Pet City, New Hampshell

Splinter's age are unknown

so no dates, just their age

lol! Those birthplaces are cute. WHY on earth did they make Mikey the second oldest, though? So wrong!

I was laughing at the same thing. Mikey second oldest, psht.

I've always imagined their ages, from oldest to youngest:
Leo, Don, Raph and Mikey

Just the way I prefer it, I guess.

and a lot of the old posters seemed to depict Don as the tallest, so I always thought that of him.

I remember as a kid I always thought it was a little strange that the TMNT Arcade game (I think that's the right game) listed Splinter's age in his profile as 30. I guess it would make sense for Hamato Yoshi, but I always thought of Splinter as this wise old master and 30 just seemed too young for him.

I definitely remember the Playmates cards with the Turtle profiles, but those always seemed off to me. I agree that it's strange that Michaelangelo is the second oldest. Also, wasn't Donatello listed as 4'0'' while the others were like 5'0" to 5'1"? Why was he a foot shorter?

Splinter at 30? Yeah I guess that would work with the old toon since the turtles were teens when they mutated, but with the new toon he would have been the equivilant to fifteen when he came across the turtles.

I recall a Ninja Turtles Old Toons episode where they celebrate Michelangelo's birthday and April gives him a kiss. It's his only birthday celebration shown. What about the others :D

Also the arcade game gives their bio of their ages but no dates mentioned.

Interesting topic

In other words, nonsense.

Unless there's ever a story that shows the order of the pre-mutant TMNT hatching from their mother's eggs, any birthdates given would just be guesswork or rubbish. There's no way the Turtles would even know.

Volume 3 at Image seemed to show them celebrating their birthday on a singular day (both their 18th and 19th), which would make sense. Though it would probably just be the day of their mutation, or something close thereto.

Originally Posted by Kiwamu The Kappa View Post
from the 1988 cards, the turtles age are:
Leo: 16
Birthplace: McMahon's Pet Emporium, Chesabeake Bay

Mikey: 15 1\2
Birthplace: Woodys Pet Shop, Pennshellvania

Don: 15
Birthplace: Joe's Pet Place, Slowklahoma

Raph: 15
Birthplace: Shelly's Pet City, New Hampshell

I know about those cards that Kiwamu The Kappa comments, I think those cards stand out the fact that the turtles are not brothers from same litter...at same time those cards tries to explain their different personalities...
But Im most agree with Andrew NDB...probably they celebrate their birthdays at same date, around the day Splinter found all of them!
And the order of "elder to younger" is due to his personalities that to his royal edade...

First Leo: most responsible
Second Raph: the rebel.
Third: Don neutral.
Fourth: Mike most childish.

celebrating the day they mutated seems more plausible, since there is no way to know the real date they hatched.

Yeah. Mikey's birthdate in that ep was given as around January 16th (there was a calender marking it). And later on Raph had a birthday ep too. His birthdate was given as Feb 4th.

In the Archie series Splinter's birthdate was given as May 15th.