All the ninja turtles sewer lairs - TMNT History

It's a staple of the ninja turtles mythos. But why would the turtles live under the streets? In this video I explore the practical reasons for that, and the many different versions of the turtle lair.
Narrated by Hayden Clark
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Script by Javier S. Montano.
All the ninja turtles sewer lairs - TMNT History
00:00 Why under the streets?
01:40 Turtle lair in the comics
04:20 Turtle lair in the movies (and next mutation)
06:45 Turtle lair in the animated series
13:15 Playsets by Playmates and NECA
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[@TheTurtleNexus]

Thanks for watching! Which one is your favorite version of the sewer lair?

[@omegaproductions6660]

The rise movie laur

[@buckycharms5393]

My hot take and honest opinion, it’s gotta be the 2014 one.

[@I_StealCapCutTemplates]

It’s has got to be either the 2007 or 2016

[@deshawnedwards6412]

I like the 2014/2016 TMNT Lair. Causes let's face it, that's just not a lair the Ninja Turtles or any other superheroes would have, that's a man cave that any young boy or teen would dream of having in real life.

[@TMNTTHECONTINUITY]

Me too

[@Pat12379]

And thay are teanagers

[@buckycharms5393]

Fax me too, the movies weren’t all that bad. and no one can lie, they had the best splinter vs shredder fight

[@omegaproductions6660]

I can’t get over the fact that a TREE is in the 2012 Turtle Lair!

[@TheTurtleNexus]

Engineers once found a forest under New York, so everything is possible 😆

[@omegaproductions6660]

@@TheTurtleNexus oh

[@shelliingle571]

@@TheTurtleNexus lol 😆

[@TMNTTHECONTINUITY]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes how is this there

[@TMNTTHECONTINUITY]

@@TheTurtleNexus yeah like I've seen this show 5 times and I don't get it how is this there

[@trevturp7687]

The second sewer lair of The 2003 series is my favorite version of the sewer lair.

[@shelliingle571]

I do not know Eastman had wrote 2012's ep "The Rat and cubs". Last night had watched that episode, I love that episode. It's very heart-warming and well-written. I thought turtles was so adorable when they were little and Splinter's telling them about they were babies. That's very adorable. ☺️

[@indicatexxxx2656]

I thought of this idea when I was 8 years old but thought it would cringe if I ranked each lair but ya know you grow old and forget until someone knocks some sense into you but glad to see others still have respect for TMNT

[@striderreborn1467]

In the X-Men comics, they had an underground society of mutants who lived in the NY sewers called the "Morlocks". It's not impossible either.

[@disgustof-riley8338]

In real life, Romani people in Europe still live underground

[@fanboysforever]

Fun note, playmates shown off a sewer lair for the CGI TMNT a movie in 2007 but it never released.

[@jamesmoss3424]

I like the 2003 Lair it's excellent. 😀👍🐢

[@thomashanson9173]

I wanna live there. Being in s former Yvelian station or whatever it was called? Sign me up!

[@ganumon1984]

For TMNT: Mutant Mayham Lair, I want it to have inspiration from the Mirage and 1987 Lair and I want the new Live-Action TMNT Movie Lair to have inspiration from the 2012 and IDW Lair.

[@tyronleung5276]

You mean low tech and resemble an abandoned bomb shelter or subway secret of the ooze tmnt3 and next mutation had?

[@MegaMan87]

Well done Showing all versions each as i love to call them Turtle Headquarters. As Archie verse dubbed it as such.

[@mestarotaku9365]

tmnt liers is one of the coolest places I've seen From the 2003 series until now and I want to see it I even wish I could live there😂😂😂

[@omegaproductions6660]

I think my favorite was the Rise Movie, I just really like the designs

[@menelmacar3]

I had the 1989 play set so I’d say that was my favorite. It was so fun to play with! -other than the tunnels kept falling apart.

[@fantasyfox965]

Notice how the Lairs of the 2003 series got bigger and bigger?

[@jasontachin]

RW:my fav sewer lair would had to be from the 1980s cartoon and fav play set would be the new one coming out from NECA

[@JEGOJAMS]

When I was a little kid living in the Philippines I wanted to move to New York and live in the sewers hahahaha thanks ninja turtles 🐢 When I finally got to see New York I was like whoaaa nevermind lolll

[@superdalen7140]

I like the subway because it like good place to live

[@rooish574]

The turtles get their lair destroyed a lot

[@TMNTTHECONTINUITY]

Sence I know so so much about TMNT 2012 ( Better Than any other version of the TMNT) I have to say Leo and Donnie's bedrooms do exsist in the show and in their univerce in general This is shown in :Season 1 episode 15 The alien agenda and in Season 4 episode 16 Brocken Foot

[@brandonsilcott5528]

It be cool 😎 to one of those layers back as a kid or this

[@matthewaronoff7539]

Tmnt 1990 film lair

[@nazishhussain2712]

Their lair is like ed house

[@jasontachin]

RW:@4:11 on the middle part of the comic who is that pink and black mutant girl on the far right side sitting on the chair 🪑?

[@TheTurtleNexus]

Not sure which pink you one you are talking about, but those are Mona Lisa, Jennika and Sheena.

[@TMNTTHECONTINUITY]

In my opinion and persolan view TMNT 2007 is in its own univerce complitky sepert of the TMNT New Line Cinema Movies

[@Russkafin]

What issue of the Archie adventures had that diagram of their lair?

[@TheTurtleNexus]

If I remember correctly, it came with the sourcebooks.

[@Artisan1979]

1984, 1990, 2003 second lair, 2007 lair, and 2012 lair.

[@spinjitzumasterfalcon]

I think the Rise Lair is my favorite.

[@eugenegodzilla946]

Lair

[@superdalen7140]

What do you think happens to the rise movie lair

[@TheTurtleNexus]

I think it was repaired. It wasn't destroyed like their previous lair.

[@tyronleung5276]

The 2003 2nd & 4th lair 2007 film lair and Michael Bay sewer lair made no sense because the turtles are homeless and should be low tech

[@qwertyzillaofficial2969]

That would be boring

[@tyronleung5276]

@Qwertyzilla Official why would it be boring the tmnt arent gonna be able to bring arcades and giant tvs couches and high tech equipment in a storm drain or a manhole cover and the tmnt doesn't spend most their comic book source material run in the sewer they live in April's apartment Casey's farm in Massachusetts and a water tower they live in a fucking sewer it ain't supposed to look like mtv cribs

[@tyronleung5276]

The turtles lair is based off frank millers ronin the samurai living underground

[@nazishhussain2712]

I didn’t know that dude

[@tyronleung5276]

@@nazishhussain2712 teenage mutant ninja turtles refrences are from jack Kirby's works like kamandi, Dave sims cerebus the aardvark barbarian who crossed over with the likes of image comic todd mcfarlanes spawn and the turtles in renet lord simultaneous and savanti romero's first apperance, and marvel Howard the duck cause of the anthropromorphsized animal motif, old school shaw bros toho golden harvest kung fu chop socky shaolin lama wu tong ninja and samurai movies making fun of frank miller's japanese manga influence on comics such as seminal works like ronin, lone wolf and cub, & the retooling of Daredevil introducing the Hand And Elektra cause of the ninja samurai tropes in comics and western media, a terrible comic about a nunchaku whielding bandana wearing vigilante called "skate man" that inspired eastman to draw a turtle with a mask like skate man and nunchaku strapped to his forearms, new mutants for the teenage mutant aspect peter laird added to the title, and underground comics like american splendor, Robert crumb fritz the cat, Richard corben heavy metal magazine european artist etc that inspired them to kick off the black and white comic boom of the silver age of the 1980s

[@tyronleung5276]

@@nazishhussain2712 samurai jack is also a rip off of frank millers ronin with the shape shifting villain the ronin samurai and the primese of a dystopia future only difference is agat the demon and ronin are a delusions of an amputee psychic who created them via technology and the twist is that it may or may not have happened and the protagonist is a black woman who subverts expectations

[@tyronleung5276]

@@nazishhussain2712 look at issue one cover of eastman and lairds tmnt that's totally frank millers ronin cover

[@tyronleung5276]

I want a mirage lair

[@tyronleung5276]

Rise of the tmnt lair makes no sense

[@snailnoodle]

Maybe not, but man their home looks cool and comfy!

[@tyronleung5276]

@@snailnoodle but still they are homeless and low tech

[@tyronleung5276]

@@snailnoodle why would mutant turtles and a rat have a comfy cool home they'd be living in dank dirty conditions

[@snailnoodle]

@@tyronleung5276 Imagination, my friend. Imagination. Also it's epic so why not?

[@tyronleung5276]

@@snailnoodle because how would they fit arcade machines down a man hole and tvs or the sub way without being seen how would they get all these high tech things and especially Donatello that's but one of the things what I hated about the Michael Bay tmnt remake giving Donatello all this advanced tech crapsame with the 03 show or 87 cartoon I can understand him learning how to make advanced tech working with utroms but the rest baffles me

[@tyronleung5276]

The turtles wouldn't have arcades or a comic vault

[@scinatit]

So they're practically a heroic version of Hamas. 🥷⚔

[@ShionAkasuki]

😂😅 oh no