The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are easily amongst the most recognizable characters within the pop culture zeitgeist. An aspect of their characterizations that makes them unique from a lot of other fictional heroes is that they’re obviously not human. However, for some time now, fans have posed a theory regarding their depictions. A number of people hold the belief that if the four fun-loving, pizza-eating siblings were human, they’d be African American. It’s an assumption with plenty of implications, and Mutant Mayhem star Ice Cube weighed in on it.
Ice Cube voices the villainous Superfly in the upcoming 2023 new movie release and, with that, he’s seemingly been able to get in touch with the lore surrounding the iconic characters. However, he seemed surprised when asked for his thoughts on the idea that the turtles would be Black if they had human skin. Based on his comments, he doesn’t necessarily buy into the thinking. Not only that, but he also believes the characters themselves would have something to say about it:
