The Case of the Killer Pizzas

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The Case of the Killer Pizzas is the eleventh episode of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. It is the sixth episode of season 2 (1988). This episode was written by Douglas Booth. It originally aired on November 5, 1988, in syndication. It is available on DVD in the box set released on April 26, 2005.

The unnamed creatures that are the villians of this episode later appear in "Sewer Surfin'", the third level of the video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. They appear throughout the level jumping from the water to attack the player, and a cluster of them make up the level's boss battle. They were replaced in the Super Nintendo version of the game by the Rat King on a Footski.

Plot Summary
Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady send eggs which resemble meatballs from Dimension X to Shredder and Baxter Stockman. The plan is to sprinkle the eggs on pizzas and hope that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles eat them. Shredder sends down information to the sewers about a pizza competition.

April O'Neil and Irma also attend the Pizza Bake-Off, where Irma avoids a man who wants her as a girlfriend. April agrees to enter the TMNT in the "Three Prize Pizzas" raffle.

Meanwhile, Baxter Stockman has surreptitiously placed an egg on each of the three prize pizzas. However, the pizza maker has a rush order, and sends two of the prize pizzas out on delivery, replacing them with fresh ones. When Baxter reads the winning names in the drawing, he lies, saying the TMNT won. April delivers the three pizzas to the TMNT and they give her one of them. April and Irma decide to eat that pizza at Irma's apartment - not knowing that the egg from Dimension X is on that pizza.

When Irma heats up the pizza, the energy of the microwave oven activates the egg and causes it to hatch into a little red creature. Irma faints when she opens the microwave. April contacts the TMNT, who rush over to Irma's apartment and try to capture the little red creature, which escapes. The turtles realize that it came from the pizza, and there must be two other red creatures out there as well.

The TMNT fly the blimp over New York City and spy Mario, the pizza delivery boy, as he delivers pizza to two children. The TMNT are too late to stop the kids from reheating the pizza in the microwave, and two red creatures hatch and dash into the sewers. The two creatures join the original in bathing in a subterranean river, which causes them to mutate into large yellow monsters.

The TMNT are attacked by the monsters, which are being controlled by Baxter Stockman's handheld device. Donatello smashes the controller with his bo staff, causing it to release its hold on the monsters. The turtles team up with Shredder to fight the monsters as Baxter Stockman reads instructions on how to force the monsters to mutate back to eggs. Michelangelo jumps into the water after the water-logged remote control, but when he attempts to use it on the monsters the batteries are bad. Leonardo spots a power box and uses his katanas to cut the electrical lines. A loose line falls into a puddle of water, causing an arc to leap from puddle to puddle until it reaches the monsters. The power overload causes the monsters to become eggs again, and Shredder and Baxter Stockman escape.

Trivia

 * The creatures, when they reached their full growth, look very similar to the xenomorphs in the 1997 film Alien: Resurrection.

Goofs
There is an unusually high amount of mistakes in the episode:


 * Shredder's gauntlets seem to be longer when he uses them on the fire hydrant.
 * Leo's red chess piece flashes red and white as he starts his turn.
 * When the turtles are watching the contest on each other's shoulders, Raph speaks but his mouth doesn't move.
 * The turtles seem to withdraw their heads into their bodies (which real turtles can't do). This was a common mistake in the series, most prominently used in the live action films, particularly the first and third.
 * Raph's bandanna is purple when he grabs the pizza dishes, but changes back to red when he throws the dishes at Shredder.
 * When Baxter receives the contest winners' tickets (and lies to trick the turtles) the fourth ticket disappears as it shows the actual winners' names.
 * The creature is animated late just as the box lid flies open.
 * Leo's tail is missing when he's looking through the hole.
 * The last shot of Raph shows he has Leo's swords.
 * Just as Leo and Raph coming inside from the roof, Leo has been switched to Don.
 * Mikey has been replaced with Raph inside the house.
 * When Leo says they should catch the creatures, Mikey has swords on his back.
 * The TV shows April and her crew chasing the creatures with the cameraman shown too.
 * The full grown monster throws a brick without picking it up and throwing it, ignoring the hole on the wall.
 * Mikey seems to jump onto the giant monster from nowhere.
 * The monster doesn't have tonsils.
 * When Mikey asks April if she is alone, he uses Raph's voice.
 * Leo tackles Shredder out of the monsters' way, but is suddenly replaced by Raph when Shredder argues with him. Raph ends up responding with Leo's voice.
 * Leo jumps over the monster to the electric switch, even though it and the other monsters were in front of the turtles.
 * Baxter's hair changes length throughout the episode.