Where do the Turtles go to the bathroom in the lair? Have we ever seen a toilet?

*CyberCubed* · 05-10-2026, 07:41 PM

I'm trying to remember any scene in any of the TMNT cartoons, or even any of the comics, where we saw a functional toilet in the Turtle lair. I don't think we've ever seen one? I don't think Mirage ever had this and I can't remember any scene like this in the Fred Wolf cartoon, 2k3 or Nick shows.

Does anyone ever remember if we ever saw a toilet in an episode, even just a background shot? I assume Donatello installed functional toilets in the sewer where the waste goes through different drains than what they're walking in.

The Turtles definitely do not seem like the type to just crap where they walk. April would never go down there!

*neatoman* · 05-10-2026, 07:47 PM

I... Am... Just going to assume they hooked a toilet up to an existing pipe?

*Andrew NDB* · 05-10-2026, 08:14 PM

They live in a drainage sewer, not a sewage sewer, so presumably they could just crap in the running streams of water that would just be carried out to the Hudson or whatever.

*frank_one* · 05-10-2026, 09:17 PM

The whole lair IS a toilet.

*ToTheNines* · 05-11-2026, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'm trying to remember any scene in any of the TMNT cartoons, or even any of the comics, where we saw a functional toilet in the Turtle lair. I don't think we've ever seen one? I don't think Mirage ever had this and I can't remember any scene like this in the Fred Wolf cartoon, 2k3 or Nick shows.

Does anyone ever remember if we ever saw a toilet in an episode, even just a background shot? I assume Donatello installed functional toilets in the sewer where the waste goes through different drains than what they're walking in.

The Turtles definitely do not seem like the type to just crap where they walk. April would never go down there!

Precita, my boy… this one should have went on r/TMNT.

But they use the Flushomatic, obviously.

TylerD · 05-11-2026, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

They live in a drainage sewer, not a sewage sewer, so presumably they could just crap in the running streams of water that would just be carried out to the Hudson or whatever.

That makes sense actually

As graphic as some of the ninja turtle comics are especially Last Ronin. I am surprised they haven’t touched on the ninja Turtles using the bathroom at all. Minor detail, but it would be funny.

*neatoman* · 05-11-2026, 09:15 AM

This was just a gross question that could only get gross answers, wasn't it?

*ToTheNines* · 05-11-2026, 09:25 AM

*sdp* · 05-11-2026, 01:06 PM

Well turtles just go randomly like rats, since they're in the sewers it doesn't matter to them. To them just poopin/pissin randomly is normal. They probably just do it while walking in the middle of a mission in NY as well, it's a nothing burger to them.

I'm more concerned about what April, Casey do when they're down there visiting for a long time and have to go. I mean as humans they were most likely raised with privacy and not just randomly going anywhere.

*Zachatello00* · 05-11-2026, 02:55 PM

The only thing close to an answer I can think of is when April is living with the TMNT during the 2k3 cartoon, season 2. She comes out of a bathroom brushing her teeth, but I don't think we ever see a toilet.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-11-2026, 03:00 PM

There's no reason they couldn't fashion some kind of commode with the bottom cut out hovering above where the water streams into the river. Like, you sit on it and SPLOOSH, your excrement gets a fast lane to the Hudson, no one the wiser.

There could be a story in that. Like, the Turtles have been pooping in the same spot for years and the trace amounts of mutagen in their feces and urine have slowly been creating some kind of Golgotha thing. Like Mother Mutagen.

*oldmanwinters* · 05-11-2026, 03:28 PM

I think they call a Taxi... the Toilet Taxi:
https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/...Taxi_(1990_toy)

TylerD · 05-12-2026, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by neatoman

This was just a gross question that could only get gross answers, wasn't it?

And sadly, it peaked all of our interest, lol

**Jester** · 05-13-2026, 04:41 AM

*ToTheNines* · 05-13-2026, 11:10 AM

Backup story from Tales #52 by Dan Berger:

Spoiler:

*neatoman* · 05-13-2026, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Backup story from Tales #52 by Dan Berger:

Spoiler:

Oh... Well thank the Pantheon for that... I guess? It's still pretty nasty though...

Come to think of specific versions though, in season 4 of the 4Kids show they move into an old pump station and in IDW they used to live in a bomb shelter under a church, so there should be... Facilities... In both this instances.

The question about the 4Kids lair in the first three seasons, which is an Y'lyntian outpost... Do Y'lyntians even need to use the bathroom in the same way? If they do, then it should be equipped, otherwise it's a huge mystery.

*Andrew NDB* · 05-13-2026, 04:31 PM

In the mausoleum lair in Vol. 3/Image they're f***cked, though.

*neatoman* · 05-13-2026, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

In the mausoleum lair in Vol. 3/Image they're f***cked, though.

Unless they want to use someone's skull as a chamber pot, I suppose.

*CyberCubed* · 05-14-2026, 05:22 PM

I'm glad Dan Berger drew a toilet making it canon. It proves the Turtles have good hygiene and aren't savages like the Native Americans in pre-colonial America or the African tribes who live in the forest and walk in their own filth.

TylerD · 05-14-2026, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I'm glad Dan Berger drew a toilet making it canon. It proves the Turtles have good hygiene and aren't savages like the Native Americans in pre-colonial America or the African tribes who live in the forest and walk in their own filth.

Better hygiene than me when I’m drunk. I just go in the backyard.

05-10-2026, 07:41 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	Where do the Turtles go to the bathroom in the lair? Have we ever seen a toilet? I'm trying to remember any scene in any of the TMNT cartoons, or even any of the comics, where we saw a functional toilet in the Turtle lair. I don't think we've ever seen one? I don't think Mirage ever had this and I can't remember any scene like this in the Fred Wolf cartoon, 2k3 or Nick shows. Does anyone ever remember if we ever saw a toilet in an episode, even just a background shot? I assume Donatello installed functional toilets in the sewer where the waste goes through different drains than what they're walking in. The Turtles definitely do not seem like the type to just crap where they walk. April would never go down there!

05-11-2026, 01:06 PM	#9
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,221	Well turtles just go randomly like rats, since they're in the sewers it doesn't matter to them. To them just poopin/pissin randomly is normal. They probably just do it while walking in the middle of a mission in NY as well, it's a nothing burger to them. I'm more concerned about what April, Casey do when they're down there visiting for a long time and have to go. I mean as humans they were most likely raised with privacy and not just randomly going anywhere. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

05-11-2026, 02:55 PM	#10
Zachatello00 On the beat! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hiding behind the phone booth Posts: 2,137	The only thing close to an answer I can think of is when April is living with the TMNT during the 2k3 cartoon, season 2. She comes out of a bathroom brushing her teeth, but I don't think we ever see a toilet. __________________ "You're still news!"

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oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,501	I think they call a Taxi... the Toilet Taxi: https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/...Taxi_(1990_toy) __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

05-10-2026, 08:14 PM	#3
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,552	They live in a drainage sewer, not a sewage sewer, so presumably they could just crap in the running streams of water that would just be carried out to the Hudson or whatever.

05-10-2026, 09:17 PM	#4
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,253	The whole lair IS a toilet.

05-11-2026, 09:25 AM	#8
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,363

05-11-2026, 03:00 PM	#11
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,552	There's no reason they couldn't fashion some kind of commode with the bottom cut out hovering above where the water streams into the river. Like, you sit on it and SPLOOSH, your excrement gets a fast lane to the Hudson, no one the wiser. There could be a story in that. Like, the Turtles have been pooping in the same spot for years and the trace amounts of mutagen in their feces and urine have slowly been creating some kind of Golgotha thing. Like Mother Mutagen.

05-13-2026, 11:10 AM	#15
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,363	Backup story from Tales #52 by Dan Berger: Spoiler:

05-13-2026, 04:31 PM	#17
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,552	In the mausoleum lair in Vol. 3/Image they're f***cked, though.

05-14-2026, 05:22 PM	#19
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	I'm glad Dan Berger drew a toilet making it canon. It proves the Turtles have good hygiene and aren't savages like the Native Americans in pre-colonial America or the African tribes who live in the forest and walk in their own filth.