In Totally Radical: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Environmental Justice, Ian Boucher explores how the half-shell heroes rose to become representatives for a generation confronting pollution and climate concerns. First self-published in 1984 and quickly exploding into comics, cartoons, toys, and blockbuster films, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were themselves products of human-made environmental disaster. Their origin story—mutation by toxic ooze—placed them at the heart of late-twentieth-century anxieties about contamination, industrial waste, and ecological collapse. The Turtles' amalgamation of influences made them a unique reflection of environmental justice in a green media ecosystem.
In Totally Radical, Boucher traces how "Turtlemania" paralleled environmental politics in the United States and compared with the largest group of millennials elected to the House of Representatives in 2018. Drawing on comics, television episodes, films, political rhetoric, and more, Boucher shows how the TMNT radically revealed America's struggles with environmental justice.
This case study illuminates how a pop-culture phenomenon factored in the public conversation and remains a lens for understanding the connections between media and politics.
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- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Totally Radical
- Chapter One: The Politics of Turtlemania
- Chapter Two: The Mirage Comics
- Chapter Three: The 1987 Cartoon
- Chapter Four: The Film
- Chapter Five: The Unabashedly Environmental Media
- Chapter Six: The Politics of 2018
- Conclusion: Radical Franchise
- References
- Index
- About the Author
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