Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Turtle Nexus?
The Turtle Nexus is a research-driven YouTube channel and reference resource dedicated to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. It covers the full history of TMNT: comics, shows, films, toy lines, licensed games, and the production history behind each of them.
What is How Bizarre Studios?
How Bizarre Studios is the production company behind The Turtle Nexus. It was founded in 2020 by Javier Santiago Montano and originally produced original stop motion web series for YouTube. The Turtle Nexus launched as a spin-off in 2022 and has been the studio's primary project since.
Who is Javier Santiago Montano?
Javier Santiago Montano is the creator, researcher, writer, and producer behind The Turtle Nexus and the founder of How Bizarre Studios. He researches, writes, and produces all content for the channel.
Who narrates the videos?
Ian Smith is currently the primary narrator for The Turtle Nexus. Narration is a key part of how the research is delivered to the audience.
Does The Turtle Nexus use AI-generated narration?
No. All current videos on The Turtle Nexus use human narration. A small number of early videos published in 2022 used text-to-speech voices during the channel's early development. Those videos have since been removed, replaced, or are in the process of being replaced, with human-narrated versions.
How is AI used by The Turtle Nexus?
AI tools may be used for administrative tasks, such as grammar checking, subtitle generation, translation assistance, and information organization. Research conclusions, fact-checking decisions, scripting, editing, photography, thumbnail creation, graphics, and overall creative direction remain under human control. The Turtle Nexus is a research-driven project. AI tools do not independently create or determine the content of videos. That would take the fun out of the process!
Is The Turtle Nexus affiliated with Nickelodeon, Paramount, Mirage Studios, or IDW Publishing?
No. The Turtle Nexus is an independent research project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any TMNT rights holder.
Is The Turtle Nexus a full-time business?
No. The Turtle Nexus is an independent project produced alongside Javier Montano's full-time career outside of media and content creation. Research, writing, production, and project management are carried out during personal time, which may affect the pace of releases and the scope of projects.
How thoroughly is the research done?
All videos are based on primary sources rather than secondhand summaries or fan wikis. Unverified claims are either omitted or explicitly qualified. See the Research Standards page for a full description of the methodology.
Does The Turtle Nexus cover all TMNT versions?
The goal is comprehensive coverage of the franchise. This includes everything.
How often are new videos published?
The target cadence for the channel is weekly videos. Some videos will inherently take longer to research and produce, so every now and then, weeks will be skipped.
What happens when a video has an error?
It depends on the error. Sometimes a comment under the video or in the description will do. Other times, that part of the video can be edited out. In some cases, the error may be important enough to replace a video with the correction. It's not unusual with this franchise to find new pieces of information, so updated videos are unavoidable.
Can I cite The Turtle Nexus as a source?
The Turtle Nexus is an independent research project. Viewers, researchers, and creators are welcome to cite information presented by the channel, but should verify primary sources whenever possible. When available, original sources are incluided in the video's credits.
Where can I watch The Turtle Nexus?
The channel is on YouTube at youtube.com/@TheTurtleNexus.