Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began as a comic book created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984, before becoming a hugely popular animated series and wider franchise centred on four crime-fighting turtles named after Renaissance artists. Its music became part of that cartoon-action identity, and fans later shared clean background cues online so editors could use them without dialogue or effects. This short version survives because it is instantly recognisable, easy to drop into a meme, and still carries the playful heroism of the original series.