Cuz they are ninjas. Ichinisan Lifer. Oct 9, 28, 1, The actual reason: so we can tell them apart by color. IronWing No Lifer. Jul 20, 62, 16, MagnusTheBrewer Lifer. Jun 19, 24, 1, To keep Shredder guessing. Jul 17, 19, 12, Can you really call those things masks though? Pretty sure a mask covers your face and is more than a headband with eye holes in it. Just sayin Jul 18, 30, They aren't always that way. Dec 17, 3, 25 Sep 30, 85, 9, Cuz they didn't have facial recognition software, so all they needed were eye masks.
Real reason is of course colour coding. Fox5 Diamond Member. Jan 31, 5, 7 Because their heads look freakish without it! SP33Demon Lifer. Jun 22, 27, Because it's part of the costume just like other superheroes.
Nov 20, 14, Ichinisan said:. The actual reason: so we can tell the toys apart by color so mom buys four of the same plastic turtle. Learn NOT to quote spam posts newb. Last edited by a moderator: Mar 30, It's why they chose different colors, and why they wear masks. Why did Wolverine bother getting all dressed-up? Everyone knew he was Logan James Howlett. The same reason people bother putting on a jersey to play soft ball.
It's true ninja in some form wear something to conceal their identity. It's also true that I have to wear a tie to work -- which serves no purpose other than offering my enemies a means to choke me to death -- which I find far more stupid. Occam's Razor my man. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?
Learn more. Why do the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wear masks? Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 3 months ago.
Active 3 years, 3 months ago. Viewed 20k times. Improve this question. SQB Goozo Goozo 1 1 gold badge 5 5 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. YOU see them as giantic humanoid turtles The bands would work to absorb sweat, and any protection near the eyes even a bit of cloth with eyeholes cut will reduce the grit that gets into them.
Jeff - I don't know the details of their mutant biology, but in real life turtles and other reptiles don't sweat. Anyone know if the comics or other media have ever depicted them getting sweaty? Show 4 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Carel Carel 5 5 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges. According to mentalfloss. And, yes, apparently ninjas have masks so DavidMulder Just wondering, what are you disagreeing about with that search?
Almost all of the images on that page searching in global mode show ninjas with masks. Just wondering what you're pointing out with it. DaboRoss: As outlined in my answer, all ninja's in the images do not cover the area of the eyes and do cover the rest of the body, the exact opposite of the ninja turtles. Add a comment. But they were all red as seen in this cover: Thus they were only distinguishable by the weapons they carried.
But with the first cartoon that changed and the turtles all got their "Color Coded Character" appearance: Even the special colored issues had the bandana masks they wear all red. And the tvtropes wiki gives even more information: The Archie comic series Lampshaded this with a "Truth in Television" flashback story about the pre-teenaged Turtles all wearing red headbands and Splinter having difficulty telling them apart until they decide on color coding their masks a la Donald Duck's nephews.
This also seems to be the "in-universe" explanation. Community Bot 1. Vogel Vogel 1 1 gold badge 6 6 silver badges 14 14 bronze badges. When you say 'This also seems to be the "in-universe" explanation', are there any examples of this being used as an explanation other than the Archie comic?
Hypnosifl Not to my knowledge. That is also why I put a "seems" there. I think it's up to you to decide whether this even needs an in-universe explanation, or whether you accept this as such.
This is just what I found on tvtropes ; — Vogel This is a good answer Zibbobz I figured this was already answered with the rethorical question at the end of Liath's answer , which was created sooner than mine and I didn't want to duplicate the information — Vogel Vogel Fair enough. To elaborate on part of my comment to Liath's post, the real-world answer is probably just that it was part of the intentional ridiculousness of the "ninja turtle" concept--as described on this page and this one , the idea started as a joke drawing during a sketch-sharing session between creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, you can see that Eastman's first sketch looked even more like a semi-realistic turtle wearing a ninja outfit: A stubby-legged large-bodied turtle is about the last creature you'd expect to have ninja-like reflexes, hence the humor of giving it a ninja outfit which naturally includes a mask, since ninjas are known to hide their faces and a tough-looking expression.
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