Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Rhino-Man
TV Flash files “Rhino-Man” as hour 91 of 191 in the TV Flash guide — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–1996) on Syndication, season 4, episode 26, aired 1990-10-20, 25 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E26: listed hour 91 of 191 in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles guide, hour 26 of 39 in season 4. It aired 1990-10-20 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “Rebel Without a Fin” (S04E25). Next is “Michaelangelo Meets Bugman” (S04E27).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The world's richest man announces a contest for the greatest superhero. The winner will receive an enormous diamond. Shredder and Krang enroll Bebop and Rocksteady for the contest to win the diamond. The turtles are incredibly surprised when they meet superhero contestants like Cheeseburger Man, Newsman (aka Vernon) and Rhino-man (aka Rocksteady) with his sidekick Mighty Hawk (aka Bebop).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rhino-Man sit in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles guide?
S04E26 is listed hour 91 of 191 — hour 26 of 39 in season 4, season 4 episode 26.
When did Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S04E26 air?
Rhino-Man aired 1990-10-20 and is listed at 25 minutes.
Comics first or the 1987 cartoon?
The cartoon sanded Eastman/Laird into kid-friendly slapstick and became the voice most later versions copy. 1987 is the theme, the pizza, and merchandising as plot — franchise religion, not the grim comic.
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Why this series still plays
Cowabunga as a business plan: four pizza-eating sewer mutants, a rat sensei, and a toy glut that owned late-decade Christmas lists. The cartoon sanded the Eastman/Laird comics into kid-friendly martial-arts slapstick and accidentally minted a franchise religion. The 1987 series is the voice, the theme, and merchandising as plot.
Cowabunga used to be a business plan, not a meme kit. Syndication, 1987 through 1996: four mutant turtles trained by Splinter battle Shredder and the Foot Clan — pizza, a rat sensei, and a toy glut that owned late-decade Christmas lists. The 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, from David Wise and Fred Wolf, sanded Eastman/Laird comics into kid-friendly martial-arts slapstick: Cam Clarke's Leonardo, Townsend Coleman's Michelangelo, Barry Gordon's Donatello, Rob Paulsen's Raphael. One hundred ninety-three…
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- Cam Clarke as Leonardo
Cam Clarke voiced Leonardo on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — cowabunga as a business plan, four pizza-eating sewer mutants, a rat sensei, a toy glut that owned late-decade Christmas lists. The cartoon sanded Eastman/Laird comics into…
- Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo
Townsend Coleman voiced Michelangelo on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — cowabunga as a business plan, pizza in the sewers, a 1987 cartoon that sanded Eastman/Laird comics into kid-friendly martial-arts slapstick and accidentally minted a…
- Barry Gordon as Donatello
Barry Gordon voiced Donatello on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — cowabunga as a business plan, pizza-eating sewer mutants, a rat sensei, a toy glut that owned late-decade Christmas lists. The 1987 cartoon sanded Eastman/Laird comics into…
- Rob Paulsen as Raphael
Rob Paulsen’s Raphael made cowabunga a business plan on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — pizza, a rat sensei, toy-glut Christmas lists — then ran amok as Yakko-era velocity on Animaniacs. 1987 sewer martial-arts slapstick; variety-cartoon…