Passes the Bechdel test

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Name: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Released: 2023

2023. Directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and Jeff Rowe.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 78.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

Poster for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The film

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtles set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. But they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Released: 02 Aug 2023
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Rated: PG
IMDb: 7.2 / 10
Metascore: 74 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 75 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Leonardo 166 lines, man
Donatello 131 lines, man
Raphael 112 lines, man
Michelangelo 109 lines, man
April O'Neil 103 lines, woman
Superfly 88 lines, man
Splinter 69 lines, man
Mondo Gecko 31 lines, man
Turtles 26 lines, man
Wingnut 21 lines, woman

Full cast, 37 people

Micah Abbey as Donatello (voice)
Shamon Brown Jr. as Michelangelo (voice)
Nicolas Cantu as Leonardo (voice)
Brady Noon as Raphael (voice)
Ayo Edebiri as April O'Neil (voice)
Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom (voice)
John Cena as Rocksteady (voice)
Seth Rogen as Bebop (voice)
Rose Byrne as Leatherhead (voice)
Natasia Demetriou as Wingnut (voice)
Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman (voice)
Jackie Chan as Splinter (voice)
Ice Cube as Superfly (voice)
Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko (voice)
Post Malone as Ray Fillet (voice)
Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog (voice)
Jimmy Donaldson as Times Square Guy (voice)
Derek Wilson as Spider (voice)
Lukas Williams as Curious Goon (voice)
Michael Badalucco as Bad Bernie (voice)
Dempsey Pappion as Bald Bronson (voice)
John Capodice as Cab Driver (voice)
Andia Winslow as TV Anchor (voice)
Raechel Wong as News Anchor (voice)
David Faustino as Normal Nate (voice)
Danny Mastrogiorgio as Toupee Tom / Police Officer (voice)
Noel Gibson as Responding Police Officer / Military Advisor (voice)
Myra Owyang as Short Sharon (voice)
Kevin Eastman as Good Human (voice)
Alex Hirsch as Bossy Goon / Scumbug (voice)
Mike Rianda as Paycheck Goon / Chop Shop Boss / Ratatouille Guard (voice)
Bobby Wagner as Man Who Thought a Giant Rat was a Big Cat but was a Rat (voice)
Greg Levitan as Gecko Goon (voice)
Illya Quinteros as Helpful Construction Worker (voice)
Natalie Canizares as Sign My Baby Mom (voice)
Kyler Spears as Apologetic Goon (voice)
Jeff Rowe as Man Who Loves Being Young and Free to Go Places (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 78

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	1
3 to 4	1	7
5 to 6	0	11
7 to 8	1	0
9 to 10	0	24
11 to 12	1	13
13 to 14	0	35
15 to 16	0	6
17 to 18	2	8
19 to 20	0	12
21 to 22	0	8
23 to 24	0	1
25 to 26	2	22
27 to 28	7	29
29 to 30	11	53
31 to 32	11	43
33 to 34	2	3
35 to 36	2	2
37 to 38	4	8
39 to 40	3	5
41 to 42	24	35
43 to 44	2	9
45 to 46	3	35
47 to 48	8	78
49 to 50	7	37
51 to 52	7	17
53 to 54	3	28
55 to 56	9	12
57 to 58	3	27
59 to 60	5	31
61 to 62	2	2
63 to 64	7	60
65 to 66	5	17
67 to 68	0	3
69 to 70	9	64
71 to 72	7	1
73 to 74	6	70
75 to 76	2	20
77 to 78	10	11

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

LEATHERHEAD: Don't worry I got ya, mates! WINGNUT: Game on!!!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.

166 lines from women, 848 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

8 women and 27 men in the cast. 11 women and 36 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 6 of 1,103. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 22% of the words (2,169), men 78% (7,568). Women have 16% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

119

Exhibit F: behind the camera

None of the 17 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jeff Rowe (man)
Written by: Seth Rogen (man), Evan Goldberg (man), Jeff Rowe (man), Benji Samit (man), Dan Hernandez (man)
Story by: Brendan O'Brien (man), Seth Rogen (man), Evan Goldberg (man), Jeff Rowe (man)
Produced by: James Weaver (man), Evan Goldberg (man), Seth Rogen (man)
Edited by: Greg Levitan (man)
Music by: Trent Reznor (man), Atticus Ross (man)
Production design by: Yashar Kassai (man)