What if they crossed with the X-Men?
 

I always felt it would have been cool if the TMNT, especially in the cartoon had a crossover with the X-Men. I remember in one of the cartoons, Spider-Man crossed over with the X-Men and I know the TMNT are not from Marvel which means they'd have to have a few license agreements. But I felt it'd be really interesting.

Think of it. They were all mutants, rejected and often feared in society but still did their best to protect innocents, ect. I can also see some characters befriending one another such as Leonardo and Cyclops, both being commanders of the group on the battle field and Donatello and Beast, not only having to both hide from society due to their appearance but they were both super geniuses as well. Maybe there could have been a story where Krang makes a deal with Magneto or Apocalypse ect. Just a thought

I would love to see that. For all of the crossovers TMNT ever did, few of them ever felt like it was a good story or there was anything of interest.

Usagi Yojimbo and Ghostbusters are the only two that I can think of that worked.

Guardians of the Galaxy could be cool, and definitely X-Men. I really wish someone would work out the licenses, but it'll never happen.

It's not impossible. I mean they have had many crossovers from other different licenses. Batman and Spawn, Star Trek/X-Men ect. It's just a matter of time especially if fans demand it. If nothing else it would make n interesting fan comic or cartoon. Usagi would definitely be there. I wonder how Raph and Wolverine would get along especially if this is the angry brooding Raph we know of.

I think a Raph/Wolverine story could work out well. Sai on claw clinking, up in each others faces, both are smart mouthed...

Why hasn't that happened yet?

I was typing up my response and when I submitted it you had ninja'd me... I'm obviously not the first person to think this wouldn't be a bad match up

Well, considering the TMNT were inspired partly by the X-Men, Raph and Leo are already analogues to Wolverine and Cyclops. Throw in Donnie as Beast and... who would be a good partner for Mikey? Iceman, maybe? Or Kitty Pryde?

Good question. Who's often known to be the goof off in the X-Men anyway? I don't think there was except maybe Morph from the X-Men cartoon who would joke around with his shape shifting abilities. Gambit can be chilled and relaxed sometimes. Iceman can goof of so I can see him and Mikey getting along. As well as Kitty Pryde.

Is there a source for that? Everyone knows about how they are connected to DareDevil but this is the first I'd heard of them being inspired by X-men

PL is a big Marvel fan, they were loosely inspired by them.

I can't give you a source right now, but it's where they got the "Teenage Mutant" part of the name.

I was just wondering if they have either Peter or Kevin have mentioned X-men in particular. I never really connected X-men "mutants" and ninja turtles "mutants together because they are pretty different.

I know Daredevil inspired them but really it seems like they got more inspiration from X-Men. Both groups, mutants, outcasts of society characters with similar personalities, i.e. Leonardo and Cyclops, Raphael and Wolverine, Donatello and Beast ect. I mean if they can have a comic where Star Trek crosses over with x-men, certainly a tmnt/x-men crossover can be done.

It probably wouldn't go so well for Turtles...

There was that one time, when Wolverine unofficially appeared in a Mirage comic...
http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2013/...icture-22.html

That wouldve been awesome if they had done a crossover. They should do it now. And i like how you guys were saying about the similarities in the xmen and tmnt. I never really thought about it.

And was immediately decapitated by Oroku Pimiko, because that's how badass the girl is. :tgrin:

That would be cool. And with Dr. Who, too. Donnie will be fascinated going travelling in the TARDIS.

Oh, I had already forgotten about the Image Comics parody! Man, they really were so "90s" back in the 1990s.
http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/...t-vol-3-2.html

I'd really like to see the Turtles meet Hellboy or Mike Allred's Madman. Anyone here agree?

Yes Kevin mentioned X-Men in an interview.

That would be awesome. The Doctor and Donnie would get along great if he and the Doctor or he and Beast ever had a discussion full of technobabble, that would probably make Mikey's head hurt. xD

I also would want to see them meet Hellboy or Madman as well. I have heard they crossed over with the Savage Dragon at one point. However I am really surprised that no one has attempted to make a TMNT/X-Men crossover, when there's so many similarities so many ways how the characters could interact, how they could relate to one another since they are all mutants, ect.

I love crossovers but I feel like the only ones that really make sense are the ones that have happened already. Savage Dragon, Usagi, Ghostbusters, etc. There are definitely some other things that would work quite well (like Hellboy, for example) but I'm not exactly chomping at the bit for them. I'm not huge on the idea that the TMNT share a galaxy or whatever with the Marvel Universe.