What are the 3 real major incarnations of TMNT
 

What are the real 3 major incarations of TMNT?

This is too vague. What exactly do you mean by major? The most well-known? The most important?

Next Mutation is not a major incarnation but I needed a laugh today so thanks :lol:

Major Incarnations would be Mirage OT and Nick.

Mirage started the Turtles

OT brought in Turtle Mania

Nick brought back the Turtles after a bit of a hiatus and jump started the franchise

Early Mirage comics, Fred Wolf-era merchandise, and whatever is the most current.

The Option I want is not in the poll.

I would say Mirage, OT and Nick.

I mean I would say that there's kind of been 3 eras. There was the first era with the original cartoon, the original comics, and the original live movies. I guess you could lump the Next Mutation series in there as well. Then there's the second era with the 4Kids series and the CGI TMNT movie. The third era would be the Nickelodeon cartoon, movies, and newer comics.

New (Mirage)
Revamped (OT)
Rehashed (Everything else)

Those are the three major incarnations.

Mirage, Fred Wolf, Nick. An option not provided.

What the f*ck type of question is this?

Fred Wolf, Movies, and Nick are the most well known

Essential?

I'd say Mirage, Movies, and 2k3

Everything basically stems from Mirage or Fred Wolf:

- Mirage = Movie 1, Nick, IDW, 2k3

- Fred Wolf = Movies 2-3, Archie, Nick, IDW

I'm not sure you can claim Nick really stems from one certain media. They've taken a lot from Mirage, FW and even 2k3.

Nick and IDW both break down as follows:

• 1/3 Mirage influence
• 1/3 Fred Wolf influence
• 1/3 original material

And the Fred Wolf third is usually a bit bigger than the other two.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...a_3236118b.jpg

Maybe about 1/6.

Eastman and Laird's TMNT (Mirage)
Tales of the TMNT (Mirage)
TMNT Volume 3 (Image)

For real though... Why just 3? The quintessential TMNT experience is vast.

Basically both IDW and Nick are a combination of everything that came before.

2k3 was largely based on Mirage with new stuff. Archie started off in the original cartoon and toyline universe. The movies were a mix.

It's all a bit incestuous. IDW and the Nicktoon is one thing, but eventually we're going to end up with 4th or 5th generation Nick/Viacom TMNT universes that will be borrowing from universes that borrowed from other universes that borrowed from other universes. Like a clone, if you keep cloning the same clone over and over again eventually the DNA just breaks down.

Hey, we didn't know that. Thanks.

I think you are more thinking of style vs source material.

Just out of curiosity, what's that 1/6 you see?

Just the very, very basic most broadstrokes here and there. i.e., "It's time for Leonardo to have his Big Leonardo Fight™ with Shredder before he goes into The Coma™ and it's time to go the The Farmhouse™ before we have to Return to New York™." Not much else, really. And tonally they are in different galaxies (but that's OK, the Nicktoon is for little kids).