how tall do you think the tmnt are

Gokhan · 07-29-2005, 10:30 AM

its always said that they are about 5'2 - 5'4 but that doesnt look right to me. most of thier foes are at least 6'2. i always have saw them as 6'0 or at least 5'10. just my personal opinoin

lambofun · 07-29-2005, 11:51 AM

I think they're the 5 foot mark or higher because I thought I saw them smaller than April in the old cartoon.

Gary · 07-29-2005, 01:28 PM

Their profiles say that they are 5' 2" 180 lbs. They also have brown eyes (Don has dark brown) except Mike; he has two eyes.

*Weapon X* · 07-29-2005, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary

except Mike; he has two eyes.

I would hope so.

So anyways 5'3-5'7, mybe.

*zkarlette* · 07-29-2005, 05:16 PM

I think Its 5'2 or 5'3 they do look shorter than April even in the New toon

Gokhan · 07-29-2005, 05:43 PM

i can't except them being shorter than 5'5 it just doesnt seem to work

07-29-2005, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Gokhan

i can't except them being shorter than 5'5 it just doesnt seem to work

Agreed.

I like to go by the heights in the movies. The TMNT in the movies are about 5'7" - 5'8". That seems about right to me.

Hmm...

We also have to realise that the TMNT are only 15. So, it makes sense for them to be even shorter than April right now... if even just by an inch or two. I like to think they'll be much taller by the time they're 20. Like, probably 5'10".

Space Lieutenant Josh · 07-29-2005, 08:01 PM

They are all very, very short. Look at them in, like, "Meet Casey Jones." Raph compared to Casey is like 2 feet shorter. In the old cartoon, I remember Mike describing them as being 4 feet tall, but that's a lot shorter than everywhere else-- usually they're all around 5'- 5'2", in the new cartoon, the old video games (they were all 5' except Leo at a hulking 5'1), and in the first movie they were all really short, too. I mean, you couldn't tell too often, but they were shorter than April... they were all the same height, too, unlike in part 2, where we had Mikey the Midget and ShaquilLeo O' Neil. In Battle Nexus it's very easy to see how short they are-- also, in the Alien Invasion, when they're alongside all those other people. Look at April standing next to Don, there-- she's got almost a good foot on him.

The think that throws people off is I guess that they're pretty stacked, and their heads are normally drawn pretty small in the new show. But yeah, they're not big guys-- good thing, too, I'm tired of all these 6 foot tall heroes, let's see some little guys clean house!

Oh, in Archie, they were supposed to be 5'8"... that just seems too tall to me. Splinter's like, what, 4'6"?

Leonardo Mystic · 07-29-2005, 08:28 PM

I agree with Gokhan and Ryo. I can't picture them below 5'5". I refuse to.

Anywhere from 5'6"-5'8" is a range I believe they're in. I mean, look at some of the shots in the current cartoon when they're standing next to April. Their head comes right to her shoulder, and she's supposedly 5'8". With Casey, at a giant 6'2", they come up to around his lower chest.

There's no way they can be 5'2" like the official site lists them as, and be able to reach those points.

Gokhan · 07-29-2005, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Space Lieutenant Josh

They are all very, very short. Look at them in, like, "Meet Casey Jones." Raph compared to Casey is like 2 feet shorter. In the old cartoon, I remember Mike describing them as being 4 feet tall, but that's a lot shorter than everywhere else-- usually they're all around 5'- 5'2", in the new cartoon, the old video games (they were all 5' except Leo at a hulking 5'1), and in the first movie they were all really short, too. I mean, you couldn't tell too often, but they were shorter than April... they were all the same height, too, unlike in part 2, where we had Mikey the Midget and ShaquilLeo O' Neil. In Battle Nexus it's very easy to see how short they are-- also, in the Alien Invasion, when they're alongside all those other people. Look at April standing next to Don, there-- she's got almost a good foot on him.

The think that throws people off is I guess that they're pretty stacked, and their heads are normally drawn pretty small in the new show. But yeah, they're not big guys-- good thing, too, I'm tired of all these 6 foot tall heroes, let's see some little guys clean house!

Oh, in Archie, they were supposed to be 5'8"... that just seems too tall to me. Splinter's like, what, 4'6"?

sounds as if u must be a midget boy yourself. how tall are you?

Space Lieutenant Josh · 07-29-2005, 10:05 PM

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sounds as if u must be a midget boy yourself. how tall are you?

God, that's cold.

Gokhan · 07-29-2005, 10:16 PM

how tall are you. an my bad bout the comment

07-29-2005, 10:18 PM

Yeah, that was a rude way of asking for someone's height, Gokhan.

I can agree with Space Lieutenant Josh that there are far too many 6 foot tall characters (mostly who happen to be super heroes... Not surprising...)

It's nice to see more wide ranged heights in characters.

Marvel and DC are awful in that way. Like, all their characters are so damn "perfect" in physique. All six feet and rippling with muscles which Marvel and DC assume is the "perfect" form.

*Masked Ninja* · 07-29-2005, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Leonardo Mystic

I agree with Gokhan and Ryo. I can't picture them below 5'5". I refuse to.

Anywhere from 5'6"-5'8" is a range I believe they're in. I mean, look at some of the shots in the current cartoon when they're standing next to April. Their head comes right to her shoulder, and she's supposedly 5'8". With Casey, at a giant 6'2", they come up to around his lower chest.

There's no way they can be 5'2" like the official site lists them as, and be able to reach those points.

I dunno... if April's 5'8" and they come to her shoulder... they have to be shorter than 5'2" because there's no way her head's only 6 inches tall. And with Casey, they look to be at least a foot shorter than him. The cartoon seems to portray their "official" height accurately.

But I do agree that they should be bigger than 5'2". I don't mind 'em being on the short side... even if it was just 5'5" (somewhat short for a guy) that'd be fine. But then there's that "power to the short people" feeling you can get when the TMNT beat up on people who have about 10+ inches on them. That's cool at least. *grin*

Space Lieutenant Josh · 07-29-2005, 10:44 PM

Yeah, I'm definitely not tall-- I'd fall in that category of "average height... for a woman!" But let's think about this mathematically a second. an average person's gonna be, what, 7 or 8 heads tall? I always felt it was more like 6, but maybe that's just me!!! Heh. No, actually I think Stan Lee just said it was 6 for a normal person in "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way."

But all other drawing guides I hear like 7 or 8.

Okay, so let's give April the 7 heads, and Casey 8, since he is a tall guy. If April's 5'8", she'd be 68 inches tall, making her head about 9 inches tall. If a turtle came up to her shoulder... that would actually make them very, very short... a little shorter than I'd like them to be...

Why don't I try 8 for April, then? that gives her a very even 7.25 inch head, which, including her neck and all would make the turtles something like 5', or 5'1"... I dunno, it kinda depends on how long her neck is, but I don't think they could be any shorter than that.

I guess I should see what Casey's head-length is like given these proportions... what'd we say he is, 6'5"? Lemme check that on the website... Nope, he's 6'2".

Based on that, he'd be 74 inches tall, and that divided by the 9 heads is 8.2... which actually works out, I guess, as close to, but a little longer than April's. I'm not sure, but I'd say that makes sense... correct me if you don't think so.

Anyway, their faces look to be in about in proportion to each other, and I used a previous poster's criteria about their relative heights, so I think the stats they have on the official site seem pretty solid.

I dunno... that's how I figure it, anyway. Lemme know what you think?

**Kali** · 07-29-2005, 11:05 PM

If we’re talking “heads tall”, then average people are about 6 – 6.5 heads tall. Standard comic book heroes (super powered or otherwise) are 7 – 8 heads tall. In fact, most characters in comics are a touch taller than the "average" person, even if they are an average person.

In most “canon” issues of TMNT comics, the turtles turn out to be 5.5 heads tall. I actually checked several issues and it was almost consistent. In the new show, the TMNT look to be 6 heads, while most humans are 7. (These calculations could be off, though.)

Personally, I tend to place them at around 5’6”, a bit taller than I am.

Ra · 07-30-2005, 04:39 AM

One of the few things that get my eye twitching is height. Like pretty much everyone else who as posted here, I like to put them about 5'5" - 5'8". 5'2" is just getting rediculous. As with the officals putting them at the shorter end of the height bar, maybe it's due to their mutation?

*Masked Ninja* · 07-31-2005, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Ra

One of the few things that get my eye twitching is height. Like pretty much everyone else who as posted here, I like to put them about 5'5" - 5'8". 5'2" is just getting rediculous. As with the officals putting them at the shorter end of the height bar, maybe it's due to their mutation?

When I first saw the height the Turtles were, my initial reaction was "what??!" But considering that they come from turtles (a creature much smaller than people) I don't mind so much anymore. They would be best short, but not too short. (Wasn't at least one of 'em supposed to be 4'6" according to the old toon? And all the guys were different heights? Seems to me I saw that somewhere...)

Space Lieutenant Josh · 07-31-2005, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Masked Ninja

(Wasn't at least one of 'em supposed to be 4'6" according to the old toon? And all the guys were different heights? Seems to me I saw that somewhere...)

Hm, I don't remember that per se, but I remember Mike referring to them as "four-foot-tall turtles" (or maybe it was April) in one of the Burger King videos (April Foolish, probably). Geez, they were short in that... they were like children. And April had some of that ghetto booty.

Yeah, I couldn't imagine them being that short, but I really can't see them as tall as a lot of you guys put them. The new toon really helps me to visualize those "official" heights.

07-31-2005, 07:09 AM

Like I said... They're only fifteen. They're growing boys.
If they really are about 5'2", chances are, they'll be taller by the time they're 20.

07-29-2005, 10:30 AM	#1
Gokhan Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: portsmouth, virginia Posts: 307	how tall do you think the tmnt are its always said that they are about 5'2 - 5'4 but that doesnt look right to me. most of thier foes are at least 6'2. i always have saw them as 6'0 or at least 5'10. just my personal opinoin __________________ "We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools" - martin luther king jr "Never consider someone your priority, when they only consider you an option."

07-29-2005, 11:51 AM	#2
lambofun Foot Soldier Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 130	I think they're the 5 foot mark or higher because I thought I saw them smaller than April in the old cartoon. __________________ My Youtube Channel! I talk sports, movies, and I have vlogs! http://www.youtube.com/turbodaze

07-29-2005, 05:16 PM	#5
zkarlette Fashionably late Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,146	I think Its 5'2 or 5'3 they do look shorter than April even in the New toon __________________ "If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time" E.W

07-29-2005, 05:43 PM	#6
Gokhan Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: portsmouth, virginia Posts: 307	i can't except them being shorter than 5'5 it just doesnt seem to work __________________ "We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools" - martin luther king jr "Never consider someone your priority, when they only consider you an option."

07-29-2005, 08:28 PM	#9
Leonardo Mystic Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 904	I agree with Gokhan and Ryo. I can't picture them below 5'5". I refuse to. Anywhere from 5'6"-5'8" is a range I believe they're in. I mean, look at some of the shots in the current cartoon when they're standing next to April. Their head comes right to her shoulder, and she's supposedly 5'8". With Casey, at a giant 6'2", they come up to around his lower chest. There's no way they can be 5'2" like the official site lists them as, and be able to reach those points. __________________

07-29-2005, 01:28 PM	#3
Gary Hench Mutant Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 375	Their profiles say that they are 5' 2" 180 lbs. They also have brown eyes (Don has dark brown) except Mike; he has two eyes.

07-29-2005, 08:01 PM	#8
Space Lieutenant Josh Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Rock'n Kick-Ass Posts: 492	They are all very, very short. Look at them in, like, "Meet Casey Jones." Raph compared to Casey is like 2 feet shorter. In the old cartoon, I remember Mike describing them as being 4 feet tall, but that's a lot shorter than everywhere else-- usually they're all around 5'- 5'2", in the new cartoon, the old video games (they were all 5' except Leo at a hulking 5'1), and in the first movie they were all really short, too. I mean, you couldn't tell too often, but they were shorter than April... they were all the same height, too, unlike in part 2, where we had Mikey the Midget and ShaquilLeo O' Neil. In Battle Nexus it's very easy to see how short they are-- also, in the Alien Invasion, when they're alongside all those other people. Look at April standing next to Don, there-- she's got almost a good foot on him. The think that throws people off is I guess that they're pretty stacked, and their heads are normally drawn pretty small in the new show. But yeah, they're not big guys-- good thing, too, I'm tired of all these 6 foot tall heroes, let's see some little guys clean house! Oh, in Archie, they were supposed to be 5'8"... that just seems too tall to me. Splinter's like, what, 4'6"?

07-29-2005, 10:16 PM	#12
Gokhan Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: portsmouth, virginia Posts: 307	how tall are you. an my bad bout the comment __________________ "We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools" - martin luther king jr "Never consider someone your priority, when they only consider you an option."

07-29-2005, 10:18 PM	#13
Ryona Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah, that was a rude way of asking for someone's height, Gokhan. I can agree with Space Lieutenant Josh that there are far too many 6 foot tall characters (mostly who happen to be super heroes... Not surprising...) It's nice to see more wide ranged heights in characters. Marvel and DC are awful in that way. Like, all their characters are so damn "perfect" in physique. All six feet and rippling with muscles which Marvel and DC assume is the "perfect" form.

07-29-2005, 10:44 PM	#15
Space Lieutenant Josh Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Rock'n Kick-Ass Posts: 492	Yeah, I'm definitely not tall-- I'd fall in that category of "average height... for a woman!" But let's think about this mathematically a second. an average person's gonna be, what, 7 or 8 heads tall? I always felt it was more like 6, but maybe that's just me!!! Heh. No, actually I think Stan Lee just said it was 6 for a normal person in "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way." But all other drawing guides I hear like 7 or 8. Okay, so let's give April the 7 heads, and Casey 8, since he is a tall guy. If April's 5'8", she'd be 68 inches tall, making her head about 9 inches tall. If a turtle came up to her shoulder... that would actually make them very, very short... a little shorter than I'd like them to be... Why don't I try 8 for April, then? that gives her a very even 7.25 inch head, which, including her neck and all would make the turtles something like 5', or 5'1"... I dunno, it kinda depends on how long her neck is, but I don't think they could be any shorter than that. I guess I should see what Casey's head-length is like given these proportions... what'd we say he is, 6'5"? Lemme check that on the website... Nope, he's 6'2". Based on that, he'd be 74 inches tall, and that divided by the 9 heads is 8.2... which actually works out, I guess, as close to, but a little longer than April's. I'm not sure, but I'd say that makes sense... correct me if you don't think so. Anyway, their faces look to be in about in proportion to each other, and I used a previous poster's criteria about their relative heights, so I think the stats they have on the official site seem pretty solid. I dunno... that's how I figure it, anyway. Lemme know what you think?

07-29-2005, 11:05 PM	#16
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	If we’re talking “heads tall”, then average people are about 6 – 6.5 heads tall. Standard comic book heroes (super powered or otherwise) are 7 – 8 heads tall. In fact, most characters in comics are a touch taller than the "average" person, even if they are an average person. In most “canon” issues of TMNT comics, the turtles turn out to be 5.5 heads tall. I actually checked several issues and it was almost consistent. In the new show, the TMNT look to be 6 heads, while most humans are 7. (These calculations could be off, though.) Personally, I tend to place them at around 5’6”, a bit taller than I am.

07-30-2005, 04:39 AM	#17
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	One of the few things that get my eye twitching is height. Like pretty much everyone else who as posted here, I like to put them about 5'5" - 5'8". 5'2" is just getting rediculous. As with the officals putting them at the shorter end of the height bar, maybe it's due to their mutation? __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

07-31-2005, 07:09 AM	#20
Ryona Guest Posts: n/a	Like I said... They're only fifteen. They're growing boys. If they really are about 5'2", chances are, they'll be taller by the time they're 20.