"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Basics Quiz

Answer: New York City

Originally living in a sewer den, the TMNT have moved deeper underground to an older underground structure. They've lived a short time above-ground in April's apartment, and their adventures have taken them around the globe and into space, but they always return to NYC.

Answer: The Purple Dragon Gang

The Purple Dragon Gang originally hassled the Ninja Turtles' human friend, Casey Jones, and have run into them often - always ending in battles. Both a friend (Angel) and an enemy (Hun) have been members of this street gang.

Answer: Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki

The origin story changes from version to version, but in the cartoon as well as the original comic books, Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki (later called "Shredder") battled as Splinter the rat watched. Tang Shen (Yoshi's girlfriend) and Oroku Nagi (Saki's brother) are characters from the original comic books.

Answer: Green

Donatello wears purple, Leonardo blue, Michelangelo orange, and Raphael wears red. In the original comics they all wore red bandanas.

Answer: Leatherhead

Though the Turtles have been forced to work with their enemies from time to time, only Leatherhead has been called a friend. He has attacked the Turtles because of his feral nature, but never wants to hurt a friend.

Answer: beings from Krypton

Y'Lantians are the beings from Atlantis, Utroms are brain-looking aliens, and Triceratons are dinosaur aliens - all of which run into the Turtles on their adventures. Krypton is the homeworld of Superman.

Answer: Casey's Northampton farmhouse

Casey's family owns a farm in Northampton where the Turtles spend some time relaxing from the stresses of New York City. While on the farm they meet such characters as an alien queen, a sasquatch, and Casey's mother.

Answer: Lab Assistant

In the cartoons and original comic story, April works as Baxter Stockman's lab assistant when first she meets the Turtles. Her second-hand store is only open part-time. In the original comics she worked part time as a waitress in Northampton, and in the cartoons and movies she was a reporter.

Answer: Ch'rell

Ch'rell is the Shredder's true name, even before he was known as Oroku Saki, according to the Fox cartoon series. The other names are nods to other TMNT characters - Obato from the original comics (A Foot Ninja), Traximus from this same cartoon (A Triceraton), and Umeko from the Archie comics (another name for Ninjara, the fox-humanoid.)

Answer: Donatello

Donatello is the scientist, Leonardo the outspoken do-good leader, Raphael the hot-headed emotional sort, and Michelangelo is the good-spirited fun-lover.