The second and final season of the American animated television series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. Serving as a spin-off of the 2023 film ', it follows the Turtles as they navigate their dual lives as both teenagers and heroes in New York City. The season was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Point Grey Pictures, and animation studio Titmouse, with Christopher Yost and Alan Wan serving as showrunners.
Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, and Ayo Edebiri reprise their voice roles from Mutant Mayhem. The series was ordered for two seasons in July 2023 with Yost and Wan on board as showrunners. In November 2025, it was announced that the series was cancelled due to management shifts caused by the Paramount-Skydance merger, and that the second season would be its last.
The season was released on Paramount+ on December 12, 2025, and received three Annie Award nominations. A tie-in comic book series was launched by IDW Publishing in October 2025 and is set to continue past the show's end.
In July 2023, Variety reported that and two-season 2D animated television series follow-up for ' had been greenlit. The series, titled Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was reported to act as a bridge between Mutant Mayhem and the film sequel, which has been scheduled to release in theaters in 2026. Christopher Yost and Alan Wan were announced as executive producers and showrunners. In an August 2024 interview released in promotion of the first season, Yost said that he was unsure if there would be a second season though added that the team had plenty of ideas for one. In the January 2025 issue of Toy World Magazine, Paramount confirmed that season 2 would debut later that year on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon. In November 2025, it was announced the series was cancelled alongside Dora stemming from management shifts caused by the Paramount-Skydance merger, and the second season would be its final season.
The voice cast of the series includes Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, and Brady Noon reprising their voice roles from Mutant Mayhem as the four Turtles, and Ayo Edebiri reprising her role as April O'Neil. Rose Bryne, Seth Rogen, Austin Post, and Pete Davidson reprised their voice roles from the film and the first season of the series. Kieran Culkin, Craig Robinson, Ralph Ineson, Peter Stormare, Fred Armisen, Heidi Gardner, Ike Barinholtz joined the cast as new characters.
Unlike with Mutant Mayhem, in which Abbey, Brown, Cantu, and Noon recorded their voice roles together, for Tales, they recorded independently from one another. The actors felt that the decision affected the way they performed and helped them dig deeper into their respective characters. Splinter, who was previously voiced by Jackie Chan in Mutant Mayhem, only speaks in a gibberish language called "vermin" in Tales. Fred Tatasciore provides the voice and is credited as "Splinter Vermin".
The season was released on Paramount+ on December 12, 2025.
Brian VanHooker of Polygon opined that the second season was a big step up from the first for its shift to character-focused story arcs, while still retaining the stronger qualities of its predecessor. He expressed great disappointment at the show's early cancellation and apprehension for the Mutant Mayhem iteration's future.