70 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Tattoo Designs for Men

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are some of the most famous, recognizable, and beloved cartoon characters around. There aren’t too many people who can’t identify Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, or even Master Splinter.

The turtles are martial arts masters who were born from radioactive goo, raised by Master Splinter, and trained to become crime-fighting heroes.

The heroes have been around on TV screens, in the movies, and in comic books for more than 30 years, and have become the favorite of many, as they fight against Shredder to keep the sewers of New York safe. However, fans that love them don’t just buy merchandise with their faces on them; they actually get them tattooed on their bodies.

Why? Because that’s how popular they are, and because the colorful characters make for some good-looking ink.

A tattoo of one of the central characters is sure to stand out and turn some heads. The green turtles, with their colorful masks and weapons, make awesome arm sleeves or simply just look cool on a bicep or forearm.

A true fan of this franchise can easily identify the turtles by the color of their masks: Leonardo wears blue, Raphael has red, Michaelangelo wears orange, and Donatello gets a purple mask.

Here’s Leonardo or Leo, the teenage mutant ninja turtle with the blue mask, in action.

Who’s your favorite superhero? Do you prefer Leonardo, the one in blue, or Donatello, who wears purple?

“Say your prayers, Toitles,” Rocksteady, a mutant rhinoceros and henchman of Shredder, would say before attacking the four heroes. He and Bebop, a mutant warthog, are a team. They are among the many villains in the franchise. The worst of them all is, of course, Shredder. 

Here are more images of blue-masked Leo, the leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

This beautiful sleeve tattoo shows Raphael, the teenage mutant ninja turtle with the red mask, wielding his twin sai.

Check out this tattoo design featuring Donatello, the smartest and gentlest among the four turtles.

What’s a ninja turtles art without pizza? Michaelangelo, the superhero with the orange mask, loves pizza!

Michaelangelo’s favorite weapon is the nunchaku.

Millennials probably remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a popular cartoon show that debuted on television in the late 1980s. It was so popular among the kids that live-action movies were made. But the original comic books by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were dark and violent, so tattoos showing a bloodied and fierce-looking ninja turtle aren’t uncommon.

This is an elaborate body art showing all four teenage mutant ninja turtles and their greatest enemy, Shredder, the Foot Clan leader who wears a helmet and a spiked armor. Shredder and Master Splinter, the teacher and adoptive father of the mutant turtles, were former best friends turned bitter enemies.

Here are more tattoo ideas featuring the four heroes.

If you love a splash of color in your body art, this could be perfect for you.

Cowabunga, dude! It’s pizza time with your favorite teenage mutant ninja turtle!

All four ninja turtles love to fight crime, seek justice, and then eat a slice of pizza! But it’s Michaelangelo who’s said to love pizza most.

The cartoon show became very popular among the kids because the turtles were very cute!

There are just some of the tattoo ideas featuring the four heroes. All it takes is to find the right tattoo design for you.