The Ultimate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Quiz

Your favorite weapon-wielding turtles actually started in comic form, when Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird sketched out the turtles in November 1983, then self-published a black-and-white comic book starring the foursome.

The four turtles — Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo — take their names from Renaissance artists.

Splinter, a Yoda-like ninja rat, acts as father to the four teenage turtles.

The Foot, so named because they "step over the good people of this city with no regard," keep the turtles on their toes.

Shredder is the leader of The Foot, as well as a long-time foe of Splinter.

The turtles are "ridiculously obsessed" with pizza, according to TMNT creator Peter Laird.

Michelangelo prefers nunchucks, Donatello uses a bo staff, Raphael works the sais and Leonardo relies on katana blades to keep enemies at bay.

The turtles and Splinter take up residence in the sewers of New York City — where else would ninja turtles live?

April is a reporter and also the turtles' primary above-ground contact.

Retail sales for TMNT figures topped a billion dollars in the late '80s, and turtles represented around 60 percent of the entire action figure market during that period.

Playmates softened up the turtles to fit their 4 to 8 year old age range; the original comic book was aimed at a much older audience.

Playmates made a five-part cartoon series to promote its line of turtle toys. The show hit the air in 1987, and 188 episodes aired between 1988 and 1996.

While the original turtle cartoon strayed from the comics, creator Peter Laird got more involved in the 2003 to 2009 series and based it more closely on the original comic book.

A new CGI "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was a hit on Nickelodeon when it premiered in 2012.

Playmates made 400 different TMNT action figures from 1988 to 1997, plus countless playsets and vehicles.

Supervillain Krang causes trouble for the turtles even though he is nothing more than a disembodied brain.

The hockey-mask wearing Casey Jones is an important ally to the turtles.

Turtle enemy Shredder owns the "Ninja Pizza" shop, which sells the turtles favorite dish.

During the peak of turtle-mania, the TMNT starred as a rock band in their very own stage musical, which debuted at Radio City Music Hall in 1990.

Nintendo sold 4 million copies of the game, which is reported to be one of the hardest NES games ever designed.

A live-action film called "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" came out in 1990 and grossed $200 million on a $13.5 million budget.

"Secret of the Ooze" grossed $78 million in 1991, while "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III" made just $42 million in 1993, putting a temporary end to the turtle movie franchise.

Creators Eastman and Laird created a 5th turtle named Kirby for a never-released TMNT movie.

The host of the "Howdy Doody Show" sued the TMNT team for the use of the word "Cowabunga!" The two parties later settled for $50,000.

Michael Bay directed the 2014 live-action TMNT flick, which grossed $65 domestically at the box office during opening weekend.

Bay planned to make the turtles an alien race when he announced the project in 2012 but backtracked after outrage from fans.

Megan Fox of "Transformers" fame played the turtle-friendly reporter April O' Neil.

"Jackass" star Johnny Knoxville provided the voice of Leonardo in the film.

Director Dave Green was selected to direct the 2016 turtle sequel "Out of the Shadows."

Fan-favorite villain Krang will give the turtles trouble in the 2016 film "Out of the Shadows."