We can all identify with at least one Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

"I go with Donnie. I love tech and geek chic, and that is all Donny all day," says Juli McLaurin of Nickelodeon.

Donny, or Donatello, is the science genius in purple. His crime-fighting cohorts include Leonardo, the leader, in blue; Micheangelo, the laidback jokester, in orange; and Raphael, the bad boy, in red.

A new exhibit at the Paley Center for Media on 52nd Street celebrates 35 years of these muscular, mutated superheroes who live in the New York City sewers battling bad guys with an exclusive display of artwork and figurines from its comic book originals through the TV shows, films and games.

"Especially now that we're in the 35th anniversary, so many people who are parents for the first time themselves, and they're introducing their kids to the franchise," McLaurin says.

But don't feel bad if your kids aren't as exuberant as you are. Sam Matthiesen, a teacher from the Bronx, brought his students so they could see art could be fun, but he was even more excited than they were.

"I mean, childhood heroes, the Ninja Turtles," Matthiesen says. "Well, I feel like Michelangelo was always my favorite, yeah, like personality-wise, I bonded with Michelangelo as a kid. The most loose, the most fun. He tended to cheer up the group, the anchor."

Anchoring the entire franchise is the personality of the Big Apple as the backdrop. 

"It's brought something different to every version. From the very original, the gritty streets of New York were in the comic book series, up to the current show, where you see the modern, bright energy and lights and excitement," McLaurin says.

As for me, well, you may remember in at least one incarnation of The Turtles, their friend above ground, April O'Neil, was a TV reporter. So you could say that was me at a special preview event where I got to hang out with the Turtles.

There are plenty of special events still to come through mid-July.

"We will have arts and crafts for kids. You can take a selfie with your favorite ninja turtle. You can sewer surf through a timeline," says Maureen Reidy, president and CEO of the Paley Center for Media.

The museum is not serving pizza, but when you wrap your adventures here, I'm sure you can find some nearby.