Editing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (section)

===Parodies===
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Although the TMNT had originated as something of a parody, the comic's explosive success led to a wave of small-press, black and white comic parodies of ''TMNT'' itself, including ''[[Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters]]'', ''[[Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung-Fu Kangaroos]]'', and a host of others. Dark Horse Comics' ''[[Boris the Bear]]'' was launched in response to these TMNT clones; its first issue was titled "Boris the Bear Slaughters the Teenage Radioactive Black Belt Mutant Ninja Critters". Once the Turtles broke into the mainstream, parodies also proliferated in other media, such as in satire magazines ''[[Cracked (magazine)|Cracked]]'' and ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' and numerous TV series of the period. The satirical British television series ''[[Spitting Image]]'' featured a recurring sketch "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turds".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX924HL3pV0&t=18m59s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/rX924HL3pV0| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Spitting Image Series 9 Episode 3 (full episode.)|last=Spitting Image Fun.|date=June 30, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'' is also considered a parody of the Turtles franchise, including a line in the opening theme song 'they've got more fur than any turtle ever had', and an episode 1 reference to 'A retirement home for aging ninja turtles'.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-rip-offs |title=20 Crazy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rip-Offs |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227153353/https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-rip-offs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>