Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Trivia: Alan Ritchson, who portrays Rafael in this film and the sequel "Out of the Shadows," has stated that the actors portraying the four turtles were mistreated on-set and by the studio. As they were technically portraying animated characters through motion capture, their contracts were reportedly "full of loopholes" that didn't afford them equal treatment with the rest of the live-action cast, despite them being on-set full-time doing grueling work in motion-capture suits. One particular instant included the four turtle actors being kicked off set at the end of a 14-hour day without transportation home, while the rest of the cast and crew were given rides. They also weren't paid overtime like the rest of the crew, were barred from giving interviews despite portraying the titular characters, weren't invited to the premier, and were subsequently denied back-end profit shares from the sequel that they had been promised.

TedStixon

Trivia: During the movie, The Shredder says "Tonight I dine on Turtle Soup", a reference to the TMNT Arcade game and the original 1980s cartoon series.

THGhost

Trivia: When Splinter reveals that he knows April and she speaks his name, the camera pans over Mikey as he asks if she is a Jedi and he can be seen holding a can of Orange Crush. As promotion for the movie, Mikey was featured on the boxes of Orange Crush soda once the movie came out. Similarly with Donnie on Grape Crush and Raph on Strawberry Crush.

Quantom X

Trivia: When Leonardo cuts up a pizza and one slice lands on Splinter's head it's a nod to the original TMNT movie from 1990 where the same thing happened.

Rob245

Trivia: Michelangelo mentions him and Raphael producing a "Hip Hop Christmas" album. An actual TMNT Hip Hop Christmas album was released in 1994 as part of a 25-min special titled "We Wish You a Turtle Christmas."

THGhost

Plot hole: When April O'Neil calls Vernon Fenwick (drives the channel 6 van), he answers his phone and immediately says "O'Neil". When the scene cuts back to O'Neil, we see she called from a payphone. Fenwick would have no way to know it was her calling.

ScRiZ

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Suggested correction: That isn't a plot hole. Vernon assumed April was the person calling him and was correct. People do this all the time in real life.

BaconIsMyBFF

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April: You're ninja...mutant...turtle...teenagers?
Donatello: When you put it like that it sounds ridiculous.

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Question: Why would April abandon Splinter and the turtles to the sewers? If they were her pets why abandon them? Why not take them home?

Rob245

Answer: She was trying to send them away to save them from the experiments. The first place to search if some experimental animals get lost are the houses of the people that are involved.

Anastasios Anastasatos

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