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TMNT AU Competition 2026 Bracket!
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TMNT AU Competition 2026 Bracket!
The main bracket! All names and who they're against under read more. Links to be added! If any creator wants their AU removed pls dm me ASAP! Round 1 will start February 16th.
Official Discord Server
Congrats to Toddler Mutant Ninja Turtles for winning!!! Great year this one folks 💜
I welcome, one and all across from TMNTblr…
The TMNT AU Competition 2026!
This competition will throw hands with ANY tmnt iteration AU, and I mean ANY! 2012, 2003, Rise, WHATEVER! THEY COUNT! Crossovers with other iterations are allowed, including crossovers with other fandoms!
Submissions are open and will be open for a week or two at most! Submit YOUR aus or your favorite AUs today to see them win the ultimate honor! BRAGGING RIGHTS!
This years theme, as most of you have guessed:
Is VIDEO GAMES!
ROUND 1: Minecraft
ROUND 2: StarDew Valley
ROUND 3: Five Nights at Freddy’s
ROUND 4: A SURPRISE!
RULES:
IMPORTANT: If the au revolves around dark/heavy topics and themes, please list those in the form
Don’t flood a competitors inbox! Some creators are more involved than others, and it’s always best to check to see if they’re actively participating or not. Another side note for this rule, if you’re a creator and do NOT want your au participating, DM me and I will remove them! No hard worries!
Don’t spam submit your favorite AU(s) in the google form please. One vote per au per person.
Any questions feel free to ask! As a last reminder, be kind!
This will be a 32 team single elimination tournament/bracket with four rounds.
SUBMIT:
Please list AU, which TMNT Iteration, and the platform it’s primarily on, as well as the creator(s). Only AUs not allowed are Empyrean Weepi
And join the discord while you’re at it!
The official server of the TMNT AU Comp. happening on Tumblr! | 290 members
Gang. Woven Ties and The Mutation Situation had a .2 % difference. They will be joining together as a conjoined team next round. Unfortunately here there be turtles and doomed Baja blast won’t be because it’s a 1.4 % difference!
As promised here is every au that was entered and how many votes they got!
Prodigy - Reagi-df, 2
Fear’s Embrace - Karonkar, 4
You’ve Been Portal Jacked - Wickicipher, 4
Here There Be Turtles - TheElvishFiddler/HereThereBeTurtles-Comic, 15
Doomed Baja Blast - Saffron-Slash, 12
The Cat, The Krang, and the Turtles - EmptyBeb/Babbles-AUs, 4
Toddler Mutant Ninja Turtles - mkthedingus, 180!?!?!?!?
Little Tello Tot - BarnowlBookworm, 10
Our Sensei Ninja Turtle - Epicartnerd, 11
Sewer Roulette - DelicateChildWitch, 2
Little Brother - sharkfinn, 1
No Crimes, Only Brooches - OllietheScribe, 4
Arthropodia - allyssl, 6
Actions Have Consequences - VioletVulpini/TeenageMutantNinjaTrauma/ahc-au, 3
Mystic Prodigy - KHLegacyNexus/StarVoltLegacy, 1
Fleeting AU - Monebula, 6
Void Brothers - Noval1t, 1
The Path of Icarus - hyp3rsynthine/Hyna_synthDrabbles (ao3), 2
TMNT Dusk and Dawn - thenerdy-artist/the_nerdy_artist (insta), 2
Hunter and Turtles - midnightcreator12, 1
Fallen Stars - the-soup-specter, 1
Teenage Mutant…Spider Turtles? - SnowLeopardTheRebel, 3
Find the Armor, Stop The Shredder - Lartiel (+ao3), 8
Rise of the Kaiju Mutant Ninja Turtles - voidwitchboots, 5
Worlds Collide - silverfirewolf/direfirewolfs turtle aus, 2
Please Don’t Leave, I Need You More Than You Need Me - TownFowl (ao3), 2
TMNT: Second Time Around - WritingRavenCove, 2
Synergy - a-simple-gremlin, 4
Wow, What a Coincidence - Mathmusicninja/mathmusic8 (ao3), 1
Double Mutated Mikey - PhoebePheebsPhibs (+ao3), 4
No Fun in Fungus - boots-with-the-fur-club, 2
TMNT 2012 Swap AU - moonnightXx21
Little Artemisia/Misadventures - littlemissartemisia, 2
Point Zero: Restart - Troubleshade, 2
Canary Continuity - Qoldenskies, 1
Villain Donnie AU - Qoldenskies, 2
I Care - sara-the-wizard, 9
Post hoc ergo propter hoc - Bemna (ao3), 1
The Day the World Broke - saladmix (+ao3), 4
Rise of the Ronin - saffron-slash, 2
Aberration - probably_not_a_rutabaga, 1
ZMNT - artisticgargoyle (+ ao3), 13
Until I Found You - PhoebePheebsPhibs (+ao3), 3
The Eternal Boy - Killyyuri, 2
Garden of Silence - starlieleo337, 1
Woven Ties - Dreamweave01, 19
Wait For It - cimmerian1275, 1 Totally Feline Fine - cimmerian1275, 3
Mismatched Twins - mismatchedtwins, 1
The Archer - GibbousLunation, Remrose, Soldraws, Taizi/Goodlucktai (+ao3), 2
No Longer You - MatrixxSystem, 2
The Prophet’s Child - BlemoonEagle01, 1
Onyro - Ledgendweaver, 7
Feral Casey AU - azucar-skull, 6
F1 AU - eli-tigrecreativa, 2
KTech AU - dontfindmeimscared, 4
2 Arms Left - Elliwoods, 1
Great Blue Switcheroo - theredponcho (+ao3), 6
Heruculean Cerulean - iobsesswaytoomuch, 1
Hamatos Forever - hamators4ever/Franny_Pie (ao3), 2
TMNT Zero - tmntzero (+insta), 7
Wanderer - vangh17a, 8
Ghost of the Past - Sp00py-ghost, 4
Fruit by the Foot - riseleon, cupcatwarrior9/rottmnt-fruitbythefootau, 3
Cold Blooded Separated - silverishgoldpen, 3
The Star of the Circus - iisteller-x, 1
The Collective Karai AU - kurithedweeb, 1
TMNT: Haven - kurithedweeb, 1
Indie TMNT - indieyuugure, 15
From Humanity and Horror - verymundanetoday, 1
Mystic Tempo - Tigeru-mii, 11
Puppet Show AU - autisticartistnauthor, 9
Penguins in New York? - itzlunacrystal, 2
The Mutation Situation - indieyuugure, 5
Rise of the Parallel - indieyuugure, 4
Dragonfruit AU - cimmerian1275, 2
The Shrouded Sky - KC_Anderson (ao3), 1
SoftCore Daycare AU - EndRen, 1
Cursed Treasure - Zinzabee, 2
Unraveled - hhstaralitangledup, 3
I’m Sorry, Teenage Mutant What Now? - tangledinink, 2
Ask Chili AU - Tinytinyturtlesoup, 1
Banishment Wasn’t Good Enough For you - wafflekidgirlboy/wafflesaredelish (ao3), 4
Turtle Power!! - Cherrybxmber (+Tiktok), 1
Ghost in the Shell - amvello-blue (+ao3), 1
Lou Jitsu’s Kids - PhoebePheebsPhibs, 1
Hide And Seek - PhoebePheebsPhibs, 1
Addams Family AU - Lackablazeical, 5
Project Victory - TheDigitalValkerie
Froyo - froyo-au-blog, 1
A Little Messed Up - chil-agila,
TMNT Owen AU - Payten(?)
The MJ AU - How To Train Your Dragon Prince (+YT), 1
Reciprocity - the-peak-tmnt/ThePeak (ao3), 3
Lost Star - Atlantahammy, 1
Life of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Paxlight, 1
Adam - Cabbt (+Bluesky), 4
Paolo - Cabbt (+Bluesky), 5
Mini-Turts - Cabbt (+Bluesky), 1
Of Bales and Turtles - Cabbt (+Bluesky), 3
The Difference in Our Homes - leontheneon12, 1
Pet Shop AU - Redwoodroots/Redwoodwrites (ao3), 1
Alpha Stage - snailsnaps,
TMNT Berry’s Sunrise - PandillaAura, 1
The Strength in Weakness - truths33k3r4, 2
Little Subjects - AllyHeart707, 6
Chiori Hamato - Tinytinyturtlesoup, 1
Do I look Like Him - chil-aglia, 1
The Camille Identity AU - Lovesickartgirls, 1
The Neon Void - sugarpasteltmnt/Sugarpastels (ao3), 4
A Turtle By Any Other Name - The_Fourth_Queen (ao3), 1
TMNT - cody_coy (Tiktok), 1
Kid Leo AU - angelpuns, 7
Under Dragons Wing!! - Crazydreamerblizzard, 1
Get In Dumb Dumbs We’re Going Vandalizing - getindumdums, 1
TMNT Racers - Pvtpuns, 1
Ivi AU - Ayala (no socials), 1
Nuclear Family AU - doodlespaulas, 1
Feral Leo AU - cupcakeslushie, 1
Code CALYPSO - codecalypso-rottmnt, 2
Shadows of the Hamato - magisav
Misunderstood Love - sara-the-wizard, 1
Actor AU - kaysdenofchaos, MushroomGrenade, 1
TMNT: The Horrors of Time - Merrow The Siren, 1
TMNT: Through the Rift - ryoitheaxoloit, 1
Rise of the Apocalypse - turtlevariabilis (+ao3), 2
When Time Looks Back - turtlevariabilis (+ao3), 1
One Turtle Short of a Lair - bucketofbugz (+ao3), 5
Ready Player One - reid0esthings, 5
TMNT: Underfell - vanilkaray, 4
Say Help - willy-shakesqueer, 1
Creatures AU - vanilakary, 5
Good Boy, Little Pest - abbielauren2024, 1
Weapons of Hamato - sweeneydino, 1 Petals of Eden - dreamweave01, 1
Uprising: A Dystopia AU - alexthenerdbird, 1
Swanatello - tangledinink, 1
I Overused My Mystics and Almost Died - sillyorangeteetle, 1
Strawberry Skies/SoS - frogandbird/jaysong450 (ao3), 2
One Step at a Time - ryobitheaxololt, 1
The Blazing Solider - sillyorangeteetle, 2
A Point of Fear - closetghostbun, 1
River AU - silk-nettle, 1
In This Together - theartofeverything, 2
RoTMNT Pokemon - purplepixel, 5
Fusion AU - amvello-blue (ao3), 1
ROTTMNT Residuum - residuum, 1
Just Imagine - toracomics, 1
Carving Contest - kyukalv, 1
Gemini - tangledinink, 1
TMNT: Second Shot - twignotstick, 4
Role Swap - Sparky Lilacs, 1
TMNT Uprising - HyperNovaBurst
TMNT x Spiderman: Genome - beaniebea, 1
Young Adult AU - lizzie-wendigo, 1
Scattered - roseisgoat, 2
Glass Memories - Mobiiltez, 2
Preferable Alternative - tblsomedoodles, 1
Clarification - quartergremlin,
Mutant Apocalypse - fugitoidarian, 1
Mutant Ninja Midlife Crisis - dykealloy (+ao3), 1
Cracked Conscious - Dragonpastels, 4
February 1st…guess the theme! :)
One and all from across TMNT Tumblr, I present to you….
THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ALTERNATE UNIVERSES COMPETITION! (2025!)
This competition will throw hands with ANY tmnt iteration AU, and I mean ANY! 2012, 2003, Rise, WHATEVER! THEY COUNT! Crossovers are counted as well (i.e Ghost in the Shell and Two Souls)!
Submissions are open and will be open for a week or two at most! Submit YOUR blorbos today to see them win the ultimate honor!
BUT you may ask, “WHAT’S THIS YEAR’S THEME?”
GENRES OF FANTASY!
FOUR ROUNDS
ROUND 1: High Fantasy - Your classic go-to when you think of fantasy! Dragons, knights, kings and queens, adventures!
ROUND 2: Fairy Tales - Your bedtime stories as a child! Mary had a Little Lamb, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Pied Piper, Puss in Boots…so many to choose!
ROUND 3: Magical Girl/Boy/GN - (THIS COUNTS AS FANTASY) ANIME! Full anime mode vibe, harness the powers of…whatever and defeat your evil foes with cool transformations and awesome style!
ROUND 4: ITS A SURPRISSSSSE :)
RULES
IMPORTANT: If the au revolves around dark/heavy topics and themes, please list those in the form.
Be kind to one another! Don’t harass anyone over this fun little competition.
Don’t flood creators inboxes! Especially if they don’t want to be apart of this competition!
All in all, be respectful. Please 😭
Any questions can be asked via inbox!
This years competition will revolve around the top 32 AUS submitted, and will have single elimination.
Please list AU, which TMNT Iteration, and the platform it’s primarily on, as well as the creator(s). Only AUs not allowed are Empyrean Weepi
HAVE FUN EVERYONE!
Official discord server: https://discord.gg/zUvEEJAj66
The official server of the TMNT AU Comp. happening on Tumblr! | 296 members
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