Editing TMNT Summer Shorts (section)

== Production and release ==
At the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] (SDCC) in August 2016, Nickelodeon unvieled three ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' animated short films, each set in a different continuity and helmed by a different creative.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Pellegrini |first=Mark |date=2016-08-06 |title=TMNT San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Animated Shorts |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2016/08/06/tmnt-san-diego-comic-con-2016-animated-shorts/ |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=AIPT |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725134017/https://aiptcomics.com/2016/08/06/tmnt-san-diego-comic-con-2016-animated-shorts/|archive-date=2024-07-25|url-status=live}}</ref> This first batch included "Don vs. Raph" directed by Sung Jin Ahn, written by [[Jhonen Vasquez]], and animated by [[Titmouse, Inc.]]; "Turtles Take Time (and Space)" written and directed by Rie Koga and Brandon Auman, and animated by [[Studio Mir]]; and  "Pizza Friday" directed by Paul Jenkins, written by Jenkins and [[Kevin Eastman]], and animated by [[House of Cool]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Kawasaki |first=Luigi |date=2017-04-11 |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles SDCC 2016 Shorts Best Nick TMNT we've gotten » MiscRave |url=http://miscrave.com/articles/sdcc-tmnt-shorts/ |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=MiscRave |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415191708/http://miscrave.com/articles/sdcc-tmnt-shorts/|archive-date=April 15, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

in June 2017, a new batch of shorts was released, and them along with the SDCC 2016 shorts were placed under the retroactive title, ''TMNT Summer Shorts''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Pellegrini |first=Mark |date=2017-10-10 |title=A look back at Nickelodeon’s 2017 TMNT Summer Shorts |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2017/10/10/a-look-back-at-nickelodeons-2017-tmnt-summer-shorts/ |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=AIPT |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226182731/https://aiptcomics.com/2017/10/10/a-look-back-at-nickelodeons-2017-tmnt-summer-shorts/|archive-date=February 26, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Kawasaki |first=Luigi |date=2017-08-27 |title=TMNT Summer Shorts 2017 Looking back at these 3 shorts » MiscRave |url=https://miscrave.com/articles/tmnt-summer-shorts/ |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=MiscRave |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419120623/https://miscrave.com/articles/tmnt-summer-shorts/|archive-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> These included "We Strike Hard and Fade Away into the Night" written and directed by Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander, and animated by Titmouse; "Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles" written and directed by Matt Youngberg, and animated by [[DNA Productions|DNA productions]] with additional work by [[Peter Chung]]; five "TMNT Team Up!" shorts written and directed by Gary Doodles and Tommy Sica, and animated by Doodles (including an SDCC 2017 bonus episode); and "Boulangerie".<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=TMNT: Team Up! Comic-Con Exclusive {{!}} Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles {{!}} #NickSDCC {{!}} Nickelodeon |url=http://www.nickalive.net/2017/07/tmnt-team-up-comic-con-exclusive.html |access-date=2026-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260201154719/http://www.nickalive.net/2017/07/tmnt-team-up-comic-con-exclusive.html|archive-date=February 1, 2026|url-status=live}}</ref> Both ''AIPT'' and ''MiscRave'' noted that several shorts in Nickelodeon's 2017 promo have remained unreleased.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />

Titmouse co-founder [[Chris Prynoski]] described the shorts they worked on for the project as a "labor of love", and one they took on simply because it appealed to them. Each short took approximately 20 to 25 weeks for Titmouse to produce.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017-08-14 |title=From Emmy Wins To ‘Rick and Morty’ Acid Trips, Titmouse Is More Relevant Than Ever {{!}} Decider |url=https://decider.com/2017/08/14/titmouse-chris-prynoski-interview-niko-and-the-sword-of-light-rick-and-morty/ |access-date=2026-02-13 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415092655/https://decider.com/2017/08/14/titmouse-chris-prynoski-interview-niko-and-the-sword-of-light-rick-and-morty/|archive-date=April 15, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-15 |title=‘TMNT Summer Shorts’ {{!}} Decider {{!}} Where To Stream Movies & Shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Max |url=https://decider.com/what-to-watch/tmnt-summer-shorts/ |access-date=2026-02-13 |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228170342/https://decider.com/what-to-watch/tmnt-summer-shorts/|archive-date=February 28, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Responding to the question of whether any of the shorts would be adapted to a full series Pryonski stated: "I think the style will be too difficult to execute on a regular basis as a series".<ref name=":2" />