Why Are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Named After Artists?
Because naming them after Renaissance painters sounded a lot cooler than naming them after types of cheese!
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Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the creators of TMNT, were big fans of Renaissance art and thought it would be funny and unique.
The turtles' names give them a refined, artistic touch to contrast their gritty, pizza-loving, crime-fighting personas.
Honestly, who wouldn't want crime-fighting turtles named after legendary artists?
I read that their creators just thought it was a fun idea that stuck. No deep lore here, just a happy accident!
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