Did it bug you that the TMNT always sounded like adults?
 

Honestly, it never seemed too hard to imagine that they would still follow the development patterns of turtles (really quick maturity). But, did ianyone find it really frustrating? Someone should ask Kev & Pete if that was always in the back of their minds while they were in charge.

Are we talking voice actors or even the TMNT's dialogue in the comics?

Voices, mainly...

When I was kid watching the shows, or movies, it never bugged me.

I agree it never once crossed my mind until Nick's new TMNT. I assumed like you said that Turtles matured faster maybe, but honestly I doubt I even thought of it at all. But with Nick bringing the whole teenage thing to an extreme (which is cool cause it's different) I see that they really didn't sound much like young teens in the films and even the cartoons really...more young adult sounding.

Not when I was a kid, but as I grew up, especially movie and 4Kids Raph all seemed to have voices that were way to deep. I guess it can be chalked up to having adults do the voices. Even the FW Turtles sounded too old. Can't say it bugged me, but I've often wondered how to make them sound like teenagers.

At the very least, the guys always come across as "College-aged Mutant Ninja Turtles" to me, especially the 4Kids series.

As a guy who grew into having a deep voice when it changed, the Turtles' voices never bothered me at all and seemed quite normal even to this day.

I think from watching the OT when I was small the Turtles have always seemed "older" then me even when they are not :tlol:

So it never really bothered me because it seemed correct I guess.

Can't say it ever bothered me.

Teenage turtles have more adult-sounding voices than teen humans do. That's my rationalization.

As long as the voice suits the character and doesn't look out of place, or anything, all is well.

I've honestly never really thought about it, so it never bothered me.

Meh. I can't think of a single cartoon from the 80's or 90's that featured characters voiced by anyone other than adults. Even the ones who tried to imitate childrens' voices didn't sound realistic. I think it was just too common for me to notice or care.

At times, 4Kids Raph's voice made me wonder how long he had been battling the smoker's lung, poor kid.

Otherwise, never took much notice.

Can't say I ever had any qualms with it, I knew who they were before I knew what "teenager" meant. They always lived pretty adult lives anyway. That and I always knew most voice actors are adults and can only sound so realistic as youths/children.

It didn't "bugged me" particularly, but yeah obviously they always did sound more like snarky 20 or 30 year olds than teenagers, lol.

I'll take the adult voices over squeaky teenagers any day. :p

The acting in the first movie seems very teenage to me, however, so the voices don't seem out of place.

I've honestly never thought about it until now. :ohwell:

I agree, I think the teenage vibe was stronger in the first movie.