The film was a commercial success and was praised by the large fanbase, but received mixed reviews from critics. Based on a sample of 38 reviews, the film holds a 44% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is exactly as advertised: one-liners, brawls, and general silliness.
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April O'Neil being a news reporter, the Ninja Turtles saying "Cowabunga", Michelangelo's surfer accent, their love for pizza, and the multi-colored bandannas were adapted from the 1987 TV series. The overall plot, meanwhile, is adapted from the Mirage comics Me, Myself and I/What Goes Around... Comes Around!/Silent Partner, True Stories and Return to New York story arcs.
In What Goes Around... ...Comes Around! Leonardo fights the Foot Ninja outnumbered, but in the film Raphael is the one who gets trapped and thrown through a skylight window leading to the Turtles fleeing from the city.
