Man I really really really wish they had continued the vibe and aesthetic of the first one. TMNT 1 is solid gold.

My mom took me to see this in the theater and when we were walking out of the theater, I apologized to her for having to sit through that.

The OG Turtles being named after Renaissance artists, and a fifth turtle being named after Jack Kirby tells you exactly where Eastman and Laird's heart was.

Baltimora’s “Tarzan Boy” should be included in every single movie, if you ask me.

I dont remember a single person not loving Secret of the Ooze... That movie was HUGE back in 4th grade

I still remember playing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle video game at the arcade and at the movie theaters.

The only takeway I got from this movie as a kid was remembering seeing the turtles wearing samurai armor and riding horses and saying to myself "Wow, those would be awesome action figures". And then I completely forgot the rest of the movie after that. So if that's what the creators wanted me to walk away with, they did that much.

I remember disliking III as a kid because it was just too normal. I wanted monsters, not Japanese villagers and a weird Brit. Going back years later, I agree with Eastman's assertion that it's right in between the other two. It's not nearly as bad as I remember.

I know that Tarzan Boy feel. Killer ep as always.

I was obsessed with the Ninja Turtles when I was a kid. My mom owned a Toy Store in Granada Hills called Toy to the World from 1987 until 1993 and never had any of the Ninja Turtle toys in stock, but she made sure to save me the special action figure 4 pack. Definitely some of my favorite toys.

I thought I had a false memory of Tarzan Boy being in this movie for years! I nearly wore my VHS copy of this out as a kid, but when I came back to it as an adult the song wasn't there. I swore it was at the end of the movie. I never let the credits play long enough on streaming to hear it...Glad I'm not the only one that searched for that song.

I think it's a testament to the TMNT franchise's longevity (despite what everyone assumed by 93) that, in the year of our Lord 2022, there are *three* Ninja Turtles movies either released or being developed simultaneously, all in different canons (the Rise movie dropped last month, Mutant Mayhem, and something about rebooting the original movie universe I don't remember)...but its slow down period can't have been helped by a little show called Power Rangers emerging from Japan

Guys, it was definitely called Turtles In Time when I saw it in theaters back in 1993. My memory is so clear because I was watching it while holding my favorite action figure: the 1979 Boba Fett with a working missile launcher.

"Tarzan Boy" really is a bizarrely immaculate stone-cold classic. Had a similar experience whilst watching a Muchmusic Eighties weekend in the mid-Nineties and it suddenly unlocked a long- forgotten core memory... made all the more eerie by how the music video appears to have filmed in an alternate dimension where the Tarzan boys regularly get up to monkey business on a sunny afternoon...

I think another reason for the poor reception, as far as I and my friends were concerned, was that we were fully expecting Krang to show up as the villain. Instead we got obtuse time travel antics and more general shenanigans than actual fight scenes.

Dan just so you know, I had a similar experience with Tarzan Boy. it's haunting. if my life was a TV series, then at the end of every season the normal theme song would be replaced by Baltimora's Tarzan Boy

Oh, shit. I unfortunately watched this in theaters as a kid. Thanks for dredging up this horrible memory out of the memory hole.

I got two free tickets to this movie from my eye doctor as a kid. The movie was worth every cent I paid for those tickets. :)

I was big into time travel when I was a kid (thanks BttF!), so having a movie where the turtles went back in time (and to a place that wasn't medieval England like all the other shows and movies at the time were doing) blew me away. Obtained a DVD copy a few years back and watched it again and it wasn't terrible. It was a 90s kids movie, I'm not expecting Macbeth.

@Toy Galaxy 12:22 *This is probably the REALEST and most relatable thing anyone has ever said about my childhood. Finally someone knows the pain I've felt for years and humbled joy I felt finally hearing "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora.* 🙏 💚

I LOVE how clearly you guys love the Exo Squad cartoon, and i agree, the fact that it didnt gain a full wide scale adoption and multiple season run is by far one of the biggest fumbles of cartoon history.

If you just heard his narration of the plot, the movie sounds awesome

Fun fact: Baltimora “Tarzan Boy” is now played every week on network television by wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling as the entrance theme for wrestler “jungle boy”

I agree about Secret of the Ooze being worse than 3. I liked 3, but of course I'm a sucker for light-hearted martial arts action with slapstick. This is what I get for watching Jackie Chan movies. I was also easily entertained at Mikey making use of the lampshade saying he's Elvis in Hawa'ii, and it made the joke Splinter did at the end of the movie very cute. It's like ... 3 did what Ooze was trying to do, just did it better. I had always wondered about those drawings in the scrolls. At the time I didn't consume much of anything TMNT, so I had no idea there were comic and cartoon tie-ins. :3 nice to learn somethin' new!

There are two great tragedies of my youth cinematic experiences growing up, where even at the time I immediately recognized "This is bad, I don't like this"... and those films are Masters of the Universe and Turtles 3.

This was the first movie I ever saw in theaters so this movie definitely has a soft spot in my heart

It was silly and it felt like they were guest stars in their own movie, but it still stayed true to the characters of the Turtles themselves, and I'll always love it for that. And the fight scenes are fun

TMNT 3 was eh a mixed bag imo . Though I prefer the first 2 myself

I remember watching movie in the theater when I was 3 and I like it,rockin over the beat and Tarzan boy still are some of my favorite songs from this movie.

I remember owning a comic that detailed the events of the movie. Not the Archie comic. This was made up of photos taken straight from the movie with speech bubbles thrown in. I also remember there was an add for _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project_ on the inside cover. I have been unable to find any evidence of this thing online.

I have a similar story about Tarzan Boy by Baltimora. Being someone that loves the whole new wave scene even though I was born like 15 years too late being the prime demographic for this film but earlier this year (2022) my wife was asking me about the style of music and I was explaining how a trailer/movie from my childhood really planted the seed but I couldn’t for my life of me remember what movie and absolutely thought it was the Tim Allen classic Jungle2Jungle and it took like three days to come to this conclusion

Sure, watching this with my nephew as an adult it's obviously not as good. But as a kid I left the theater Ninja Turtle kicking and declaring turtle power just like I did when I left the out the theater for the second one. As a kid it was all good.

First film I ever saw in theaters. Even at five years old I was let down by it.

I was 11 at the time and very excited to see this, and I think what disappointed me was the feudal Japan aspect. That clearly was the result of the budget I think what we really would have wanted was krang and dimension x.

I watch all your videos but does anyone else find his voice really like soothing, it always makes me zone out and like 10 minutes have passed.

The Turtles going back in time to Feudal Japan was a Huge missed oppertunity. Instead of a stupid war,the Movie Should've been about the Turtles meeting the ancient Foot Clan.

I was a huge Turtles fan back when this was released. My late sister and I begged our parents to let us see this one since we both loved the cartoon and the first 2 movies. When we finally did see it, it became the first movie I ever hated. It started bad, the middle was incredibly boring and the end was awful. I still love TMNT but this was definitely a low point.

TMNT 3 is memorable for me, as it was the very first time I had my suspension of disbelief broken, and realized everyone was just acting. During a scene in the village(maybe around the house fire?), you can see the grandfather in the center background, with a bunch of other villagers around. As other people are speaking in the scene(Raphael, Mitsu, Yoshi), you can see him mouthing the dialogue along with them. If I had to guess, I would say he was an older actor, and was just trying to keep up with where they were in the script. It hit theaters on my 8'th birthday, and I was a turtle-maniac at the time, so of course I begged to go to the first showing. I had liked the look of the grandfather, and kept on staring at him when he was on screen. Then it got to that scene, and the movie magic just kind of fell apart for me. For the rest of the film I just sat and thought about why he was mouthing everyone else's words.

When I was a kid, my parents were cheap-asses who didn't like paying to go to the theater. TMNT3 was the only one of the trilogy that I actually got to see in theaters, because my grandma took me while babysitting me one weekend.

I saw the first and third movies in theaters, both times with my best friend at the time. Best part of the movie was Casey teaching the samurai about hockey. That had us cracking up

Are you guys ever going to do Terrahawks? I loved that show as a kid an I had a lot of the toys too!

I remember getting a dvd with all three movies as a kid. My brother and i were excited to finally watch them all as we only had the first movie. And even though the movie wasnt the best for a Turtles story its always been one of my favourites despite all its flaws

Thank you for bringing up the Listerine Cool Mint commercial! When the movie came out, I was saying it should've been called "Turtles in Time" to match the arcade/SNES game. Then when I saw the movie and didn't like it, I was glad the title "Turtles in Time" was only associated with a quality product.

I actually was on the high end of the target age group in 1993 (I turned 11 in October of that year). My parents took me and my brother to see the first movie in 1990. We rented the second film in the summer of 1991, I remember we liked it, but weren't as excited about it like we were a year earlier. We were almost 9 years old by the time we saw the second movie, and we were still into the cartoon and toys. We never bothered with the third film, the previews looked uninteresting, and I think my parents weren't interested in seeing it in the movies either. By contrast, they enjoyed seeing the first film with us, 1989-1992 was definitely the height of our interest in the Turtles. By 1993, we had pretty much moved on. I'm almost 40 now, and I still haven't seen the third film. My husband and I have copies of all the TMNT films, but I still haven't warmed up to seeing it yet. Probably should at this point.

I was never in to the Turtles back then (MASK was my toy of choice) but recently fell in love with the cartoon, films and comics thanks to the Cowabunga collection on Switch. Great video too (as always!), thanks TG!

Thank you for reviewing #3! Nobody ever does! Tarzan boy did the same thing to me. I didn't know the name so I couldn't ask others about it. I remember seeing the commercials for the movie and thinking it was going to be a return to form after number 2. I was... disappointed. After seeing the explanation about what the movie was supposed to be I am saddened by what we missed out on.

I used to wait to hear a song on the radio and immediately call the DJ to ask who it was if they didn’t announce it.

I’m probably way late to this comment, but the Turtles got secondary mutations in the final seasons of the ‘87 cartoon. Perhaps that’s a hold over from the undeveloped Turtles IV movie. Thanks for the retrospective!

You're right about two years being an eternity when you're a kid. I don't think I've ever actually seen this one because, while I still sometimes pretended to be a turtle when the first movie was released, I already had friends whose parents would let us watch R-rated movies by the time 1993 rolled around.

I remember watching TMNT III on TV in syndication on a Saturday. The change in scenery was nice, but the Animatronic Turtles and Splinter wee a major downgrade.

When it comes to the third entry of the live action Ninja turtle movies, that's my favorite movie, out of all of them, when I was growing up, didn't really see the first Ninja turtles, didn't know that it existed, I barely knew about the second movie, it's been years, since I've saw all the movies, my first Ninja turtles movie, was the third one.

Little relatable stuff like the “Tarzan Boy listerine commercial” thing is why I subscribed to this channel. I was so relieved when I figured out the name to that song

Saw this in theaters. It was the first time I was disappointed in a movie.

This movie came out shortly before I was to turn 10 years old. I had been a huge Turtles fan ( and had seen both the first two movies in the theater. By the time this one came out, a number of factors led to not seeing this one in the theaters. 1) It was a weird period, between the 2nd and this movie, where I was starting to move on from Turtles. I can't recall for sure if there was any one franchise that started diverting my attention. The movie came out right before Power Rangers, which would go on to become my next huge obsession. If it was anything, maybe it was Batman? Returns had come out the year before, as well as TAS. So I was definitely big into Batman as well. 2) The other factor is the toy factor. I say this as someone that owned my fair share of TMNT action figures and accessories up until that point. I won't try to suggest I was unaware of how toys factored into the overall marketing and merchandising of these types of franchises. But I think at that point, I saw the trailer and previews for this movie. I think the samurai aesthetic had me come to the conclusion that this was solely chosen to ultimately sell action figures. For whatever reason, it rubbed me the wrong way. Looking back, I realize it was definitely unfair to hold that against the movie and franchise, when others had been and were doing the same things. But like I said, Power Rangers became my next obsession and it was egregiously guilty on that front. I still have yet to see this movie in it's entirety. I've watched the first two more times than I can count. I'm sure one day, I'll sit down and give it an honest chance and will probably find it entertaining

I still have yet to see any of the films featuring the Turtles. I am still interested in seeing the first four films, due to have grown up watching the 80s cartoon and embracing the fun times within. the next two verdions of the turtles I would find after that would be Turtles Forever followed up with a few eps of the 2012 version. The later was due to the involvement of the cast and and returning Voice Director Andrea Romano. I'm still surprised that we got the cast we did for that one as it felt a bit like a return to my youth and I was happy that the turtles were in good hands which lasted all of the time it took for the Bay produced films to be announced.

As a 12 year old I was surprised they didn't make it an origin story for the Foot Clan. I even thought they were going to have a reveal since the little kid in the movie was named Yoshi. I was sure they would reveal that he and his sister Mitsu were from the Hamoto or Oroku clan and make them ancestors of Splinter's master/owner (Hamoto Yoshi) and/or Shredder (Oroku Saki). I always thought it would have been better if Lord Norinaga had been Lord Hamoto and Mitsu an Oroku--giving the "villain" the name of Splinter's master and giving Mitsu the name of Shredder--with the union of her and the prince creating the original Foot Clan before it was corrupted (remember that both Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki were members of the Foot Clan). I also wanted to see Usagi Yojimbo show up somehow.

Basically the director of this movie hated the Ninja Turtles.

Honestly I actually like TMNT 3 solely for its historical and mythological themes especially concerning Japanese history and mythology but that's about the only reason I like the movie

You reminded me of that song and as memories of my childhood from the 80's and 90's flooded back to me of _that_ song i nearly ripped my hair out as i realized I was going to have to search for it now and I only have my phone to help me. I despaired that i would be searching for it over the next several hours, that song. _That song!_ That song that haunted me till I finally had forgotten about it. Until you reminded me of it... and then you said who made it and the title of it and all was forgiven and a massive weight came off my shoulders. Curse you for reminding me and bless you for not leaving me searching.

What?!? No way man, Secret of the Ooze was the best hands down!! I still to this day have that entire movie memorized!

To me they will always rank 1, 2, 3.

I remember my mom getting this for us on VHS and I'm still not sure if it was punishment or not. Still goofy good times

I had a VHS of this as a kid and I loved it

To this day, I still will listen to the Bario Boys version of “Conga”

This was memorable just because me and 2 friends went to see this at the last showing of the day for this movie. We where the only 3 in the theater, and when it was over it felt like they had left as there was NO employee's to be seen when we left. So it was a memorable time for that... and about nothing else.

Since it was brought up twice in this video... I expect a video on Short Circuit soon! :D I miss Johnny Five. :( Also there is a TMNT cartoon episode where a robot comes back from the future to visit the 1990's and meets up with the turtles and seems a lot like Johnny Five. I wonder if they got inspiration from the Short Circuit movies or something.

You just brought me flashbacks of all the hours I spent with my cassette recorder and listening to the radio for specific songs to play, so I could record it!

I went through the same expwrience with the song used to promote the Batman and Robin game to find out on KZfaq it was just a one time theme only for the game: "He can run, there's no escape / he can hide, that's his fate/ he can fight with all his might and never win, cuz when good battles evil, the real game begins"

I was born in 1993 but TMNT was a huge part of my childhood thanks to the best hand-me-down toys from an older cousin and video rentals etc. When I was 10 I was huge fan of the reboot and already had a fandom! Anyone else out there love a brand or toy line that was technically “before their time”?

I honastly don't understand why people hate this movie the story was fun and pretty good the characters had some awesome development and it overall felt like a movie compared to the second movie

Michelangelo would love to put Magic Spoon cereal on his pizza.

I'm nearly 37 and I've been trying to figure out what that song was since TMNT 3 came out!!! THANK YOU!!!

2 1 3 for me. Child me definitely thought Secret of the Ooze was better than the first one.

I loved the ninja turtles around this time. Loved #2, have the Coming Out of Their Shell Tour on VHS, had the toys and video games, etc. Had no idea this movie existed until a few years ago and even after watching this I don't entirely believe this is a real movie.

I admit I watched TMNT 2 a few times as a kid, but dont think I saw III more than once. I think it's time for a rewatch. Love your channel, thanks for posting this!

Growing up, I only had two types of music albums, aside from MC Hammer's, "Too Legit to Quit"; Weird Al albums and movie sound tracks. I loved the sound track to this movie!!

I totally agree with Eastman. The second film is infuriating, while this one feels more like a noble failure. The ambition of the story--which reflected the more outlandish stories of the original Mirage Comics run--wasn't matched with an adequate budget, but at least they didn't promise us a Secret of the Ooze and then fail to deliver the Utroms implied by such a title.

Love toy galaxy and teenage mutant ninja turtles 3. I was like ten when it came out. But watching it now. Yeah I see the major flaws lol.

if they kept things like the 1st film and made a trilogy that way it woulda been so awesome.

Great episode once again and thank you for chasing down an ear worm I had ever since my cousin put Tarzan Boy on a mixed cassette tape for me as a joke back in the early 90's. Glad to finally know the name of my audio tormenter.

I remember seeing this at the drive-in with my friends (we were the target demo when the toys hit and had em all, but by this point we were 11)….and I distinctly remember not liking it AT ALL. That was the exact moment I got out of Turtles all together. 😢

Been a turtles fan since I was a kid. Although I preferred the first and second movies, I am glad that Corey Feldman returned to voice Donatello in the third movie.

I have to admit, and it's been a while since I've seen it, but the 3rd, was my favorite of the movies. I was happy that they did something different and not just "How can we bring back Shredder this time ?!?!"

Also....!! That same song you obsessed over featuring Listerine's blue mouthwash....I had the EXACT same desire as yours xD! Presently, I would sometimes just sing out loud that iconic part of "that song" because it's been stuck in my cranium for years. Glad to see that we finally know the name of it after so long.

The downfall of the turtles

This movie hurt my heart as a kid. Even then it was trash to me.

If you want to hear that song again, Dan, watch most weeks of All Elite Wrestling. Luke Perry's (yes, that Luke Perry) son, Jack, is known as Jungle Boy and it's his entrance music.

This movie could have been a contender!

oh god, i been in the "finding that song" situation back then as well. I'm glad you made thru i myself still have one song i never been able to find that is slowly degenerating in my memory for the last 30 years

I have a lot of nostalgia for the original Turtles films, including this one.

I’m surprised that this you tube show has not been given a 5-10 min segment on a kids tv show. This show is so well produced and interesting that no show would need to alter its production, but I guess that with the demise of sat morning kids tv that it’s hard to think what show would it be placed on now ? In the uk in the eighties and nineties we had shows like “going live” etc…..that came on after early morning cartoons and was ment for the teenage market that toy galaxy would have been for and acted as a perfect Segway to a cartoon. Alas I’m looking with rose tinted glasses some 39 years on :( You guys at toy galaxy do a Stirling job, keep it up, love this show.

Imo, below are some of the highlights for TMNT in recent years: - TMNT: Shredder's Revenge (soooo awesome) and TMNT: Cowabunga Collection videogames -TMNT Neca movie figures -Batman / TMNT comic series -3 movies that have either released or are in development (definitely looking forward to Seth Rogen's animated TMNT movie next yr) -Turtle Power: The Definitive History of TMNT (fanmade film, which is awesome) And Im sure there are more

Waiting by the radio all day to record a song you got obsessed with - a childhood memory many of us share

Dude, I am 100% in sync with you regarding Tarzan Boy & that Listerine commercial.

I’ve also had my own story related to the Tarzan Boy song, which was not only in the TMNT III commercial, but also those Cool Mint Listerine commercials. Eventually got the CD Single with three remixes of that song released alongside the movie soundtrack, which I also eventually got later on. “Works like Listerine, Tastes like COOOOL MINT!”

Great video, and cool to see all of the connections that was kind of planned for this movie. A goofy thing I noticed that just always seemed weird to me about this movie. Kenshin and April swap places, and each is technically wearing what the other was wearing when the swapped places. How does Kenshin fit into April's clothes, and wouldn't he be wearing everything she was wearing, including underneath? I get it, a movie for kids, but surprised at least not for laughs they point out how uncomfortable her underwear is, or tight her pants are? Guess that was why they chose not to have her in a dress and heels for that scene.

Looking sharp, Dan. Thanks for all the rad content!

"Did you get to see a wisecracking turtle monster cartwheel ninja kick a dude in the face or not? You asked and Cinema provided." Yeah but we wanted it to be good.

Thank you so much for reminding everyone that these movies were for kids. People getting bent outta shape over kids movies is so strange.

I had a similar experience with the Tarzan Boy song. Listerine commercial > TMNT III > Eventually learning it was a song from the ‘80s.