Distinctly different from the grim, violent, and dark MIRAGE comics from which the Turtles originated, this form of the franchise has remained the version of most. Four turtles fall into the sewers and are befriended by Hamato Yoshi a Japanese man delivered to New York that was made to reside from the sewers. One day he sees a strange green glow which transforms the four turtles into human-like creatures. Hamato (currently Master Splinter) changes into a giant rat by the green shine plus educates the turtles that the skills of the ninja since they form teams using Channel 6 news reporter April O'Neil to battle against Yoshi's arch enemy Shredder and Krang, an alien warlord by Dimension X.