The adventures of a quartet of humanoid warrior turtles and their friends.

The series exploits the failed tries of an unlucky bad guy, Hector Con Carne, to domain the world, along with a stupid bear, an otimistic and annoying mad scientist and a grouchy army official.

Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless.

True to its title, "The Story Begins" introduces the audience to the Defenders Of The Earth's colorfully animated cast of characters. It is Flash Gordon, whose spaceship crashes near Mandrake and Lothar's mansion, who tells us of evil Ming's plan to destroy the earth. In addition to being panicked over Ming's plans for the destruction of earth, he is anguished over the well-being of his wife and son Rick whom he was forced to leave behind.