The scandal surrounding producer Michael Bay's decision to make the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles an alien race may be subsiding. The franchise's co-creator has come out in favor of an origins story for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that involves them being born in space.
April O'Neil: What are you? Leonardo: We're ninjas. Raphael: We're mutants! Donatello: Technically, we're turtles. Michelangelo: And we're teenagers. But we can have adult conversations. April O'Neil: So, you're... Ninja Mutant Turtle Teenagers? Donatello: When you put it like that, it sounds ridiculous!