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{{Short description|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo Comic}}
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|image=Cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-Usagi Yojimbo.jpeg
|caption=Cover of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo'' 
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|issues=1
|date=July 26, 2017
|writers={{Plainlist|
* [[Stan Sakai]]
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|artists={{Plainlist|
* Stan Sakai
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|colorists=Tom Luth
| letterers            = Stan Sakai
| editors             = 
| main_char_team      = {{Plainlist|
* [[Miyamoto Usagi]]
* [[Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo]]
* [[Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Raphael]]
* [[Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Donatello]]
* [[Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Michelangelo]]
}}
}}
'''''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo''''' is a one-shot crossover story re-uniting the ''Turtles'' franchise with [[Stan Sakai]]'s ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'', which also references Usagi's earlier encounters with the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)|Mirage Turtles]].<ref>''TMNT: Turtle Soup'': "Turtle Soup and Rabbit Stew" (Mirage, September 1987) and ''TMNT: Shell Shock'': "The Treaty" (Mirage, December 1989); ''Usagi Yojimbo'', Vol.1 #10: "The Crossing" (Fantagraphics, 1988), and Vol.2 #1–3: "Shades of Green" #1–3 (Mirage, 1992)</ref> Here, the Turtles must join forces with [[Miyamoto Usagi]] and the mystic [[List of Usagi Yojimbo characters#Kakera|Kakera]] against Usagi's sinister enemy Jei und [[Namazu (Japanese mythology)|Namazu]]. The issue was published in July 2017. It was followed by ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen'' in 2023.

== Publication History ==
In April 2017, it was teased that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will find their way into a one-shot crossover with the rabbit warrior Usagi Yojimbo in Summer One-Shot.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staley|first=Brandon|date=April 3, 2017|title=TMNT & Usagi Yojimbo to Reunite in Summer One-Shot|url=https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-usagi-yojimbo-crossover/|access-date=August 25, 2023|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825161000/https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-usagi-yojimbo-crossover/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Usagi Yojimbo one-shot was published on July 26, 2017, by IDW.<ref name="TMNTUY">{{Cite web|last=Cappelli|first=Tim|date=July 25, 2017|title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo|url=https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtlesusagi-yojimbo/|access-date=August 25, 2023|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825161000/https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtlesusagi-yojimbo/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Commandeur|first=Jordan|date=July 3, 2017|title=Stan Sakai Reunites Usagi Yojimbo and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|url=https://www.cbr.com/usagi-yojimbo-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-stan-sakai-interview/|access-date=August 25, 2023|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825160942/https://www.cbr.com/usagi-yojimbo-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-stan-sakai-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> The complete Usagi Yojimbo / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle story collection it was published on September 26, 2018, by [[Dark Horse Comics]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ching|first=Albert|date=April 9, 2018|title=Dark Horse Collects Every Usagi Yojimbo/TMNT Team-Up in One Volume|url=https://www.cbr.com/usagi-yojimbo-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-team-up-collection/|access-date=August 25, 2023|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825160944/https://www.cbr.com/usagi-yojimbo-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-team-up-collection/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3003-218/Usagi-Yojimbo-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-The-Complete-Collection-TPB|title=Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Collection TPB|access-date=August 25, 2023|date=September 26, 2018|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|archive-date=March 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303072848/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3003-218/Usagi-Yojimbo-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-The-Complete-Collection-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref> IDW published the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: Expanded Edition on April 11, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cappelli|first=Tim|date=April 11, 2018|title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: Expanded Edition|url=https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtlesusagi-yojimbo-expanded-edition/|access-date=August 25, 2023|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825161000/https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtlesusagi-yojimbo-expanded-edition/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Follow-ups ==
===''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen''===
In December 2022, the planned publication of a five-issue crossover miniseries between IDW's ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and ''Usagi Yojimbo'' was announced, as a sequel to the 2017 crossover<ref>{{cite news |last=Lovett |first=Jamie |date=15 December 2022 |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo Crossover WhereWhen From Stan Sakai Coming 2023 (Exclusive) |work=Comicbook.com |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtlesusagi-yojimbo-wherewhen-crossover-stan-sakai/ |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214062257/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtlesusagi-yojimbo-wherewhen-crossover-stan-sakai/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and an immediate chronological prelude to ''Usagi Yojimbo: Senso''. The plot deals with the pursuit of the Turtles of a dangerous cyborg named Dr. WhereWhen, who flees into Miyamoto Usagi's reality to establish his own cybernetic empire. Originally set to be published in March 2023, the first issue was released in April the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lovett |first=Jamie |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Stan Sakai Reunites Iconic Heroes in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen |work=[[IDW Publishing]] |url=https://idwpublishing.com/blogs/news/stan-sakai-reunites-iconic-heroes-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-tmnt-usagi-yojimbo-wherewhen |access-date=August 25, 2023 |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825160945/https://idwpublishing.com/blogs/news/stan-sakai-reunites-iconic-heroes-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-tmnt-usagi-yojimbo-wherewhen |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pereira|first=Sergio|date=April 14, 2023|title=REVIEW: IDW Publishing's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1|work=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|url=https://www.cbr.com/idw-publishing-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-usagi-yojimbo-wherewhen-1-review/|access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.stansakai.com Stan Sakai's official website]

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