Turtle Tracks

Heroes In A Half Shell- Part One: Channel Six investigative reporter April O'Neil is assigned to report on the mysterious thefts of hi-tech scientific equipment from various scientific laboratories across the city. During the course of her investigation, April learns that the thieves might be ninjas. She and her film crew stake out a scientific lab that she thinks could be the site of a potential "hit"... only to be accosted by a gang of thugs. Her film crew panics and flees. April makes a run for it and slips into a drain and is pursued by the thugs under the city streets through an intricate maze of sewer tunnels. When the weapon- brandishing thugs finally corner her, four figures emerge from the shadows to successfully defend her. They are the Turtles! April faints when she sees the identities of her protectors.

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Splinter/Hamato Yoshi, April O'Neil, Shredder/Aroka Saki, Vernon, Burke, Ninja Foot Soldiers

April O'Neil was Baxter Stockman's assistant in the original comics, but in this cartoon series April is a Channel 6 reporter with no ties to Stockman whatsoever.

In the original comics Splinter started off a pet rat of Hamato Yoshi, a member of the Foot Clan. But in this cartoon series, Splinter started off as Hamato Yoshi himself.

In the original comics, all four turtles had red bandanas but, each Turtle had a different skin color. For the TV show, they were each given a different color bandana instead of having a different skin color to make it easier to tell them apart. But in the TV show all of the Turtles had the same skin color.