Santolouco's Nick influenced TMNT designs

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Originally Posted by Donnie

Does Nick not realize that the Turtles should be significantly shorter than an average sized human?

The only point at which I disagree with you, Donnie-boy. Noticeably shorter makes sense. Significantly... maybe not. I like the Turtles being maybe a head shorter than a fully grown adult human. They look squatty and weird and awkward if they're no more than five feet tall. Maybe five-and-a-half, and I'm good.

I mean look at them in Tales of the TMNT #1. They are unbelievably short - barely coming up to April's waist, casually chatting with her and Casey. It just looks wrong to me.

If anything, I blame the first film for twisting my perceptions on how tall a mutant turtle should be.