Cowabunga, dudes! We’re traveling back to March 30, 1990, when the world’s most unlikely heroes burst from the sewers and straight into pop-culture history. Nathan is joined by longtime friend and fellow movie buff Kyle Radford to talk about the surprise indie hit that mixed martial arts, mutant mayhem and teenage angst into one slice of pure turtle power.

From Jim Henson’s Creature Shop suits to Casey Jones’ questionable life choices, the guys dig into everything that made this movie way better than it had any right to be. They swap stories about VHS rentals, forbidden viewings, action figures and the eternal debate—who’s the best turtle? (Spoiler: it’s not Raphael.)

So grab a slice, crank up that M.C. Hammer end-credits jam and join us for a totally tubular trip back to where it all began.

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