Tony Pope was born on March 22, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is known for Akira (1988), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Dawn of the Dead (2004). He was married to Patricia Lentz. He died on February 11, 2004 in Burbank, California, USA.
In a freak accident, four pet turtles are exposed to a Mutagenic substance in the New York City sewers, morphing them into human-sized bipedal sentient creatures who are named for Renaissance artists and subsequently trained in the art of Ninjutsu by Master Splinter, a mutant rat transformed by the same incident. Aided by their human allies April O'Neil and Casey Jones, The Turtles secretly protect New York from the machinations of the Foot Clan, a power-hungry clan of ninja led by The Shredder, who has a personal vendetta against Splinter.
