Return to New York, Part 1 (2003 TV series episode)

"Return to New York" is a three-part episode (twenty-first through twenty-third) of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), which originally aired on September 27, 2003, October 4, 2003 and October 11, 2003.

Information
Major Characters:
 * Donatello (Sam Regal)
 * Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
 * Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
 * Raphael (Frank Frankson)
 * Splinter (Darren Dunstan)
 * April O'Neil (Veronica Taylor)
 * Casey Jones (Marc Thompson)
 * The Shredder (Scottie Ray)
 * Hun (Greg Carey)
 * Baxter Stockman (Scott Williams)


 * Secondary Characters:
 * Various Foot Divisions
 * Mutant Shredder Clones
 * Claw Shredder
 * Mini Shredder
 * Multi-Arm Shredder
 * The Guardians
 * The Utrom Council Trio

Main Locations, Vehicles and Accessories:
 * Sewer Lair and tunnels
 * Foot HQ
 * Battle Shell
 * Foot Razor Jet
 * Shredder's Throne Room
 * TMNT Sewer Lair

Part One
Raphael : Someone once said, "The only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys." Well if that's true, then I think I just became a man. Or at least an Adult Mutant Ninja Turtle. This particular playroom happens to belong to our sworn enemy, Oroku Saki a.k.a. the Shredder.

The dudes with the disappearing act, they're called Foot Tech Ninjas—quick to act, tough to beat. We've been fighting our way up, floor by floor, to the top of Shredder's skyscraper of evil. It's kind of like a video game with lots of different levels, only there ain't no earning extra lives in this game.

Part Two
Raphael : I gotta hand it to Donny. His camouflage system kept our lair hidden from Shredder's goons while we were outta town.


 *  Donatello : Welcome home everybody.

Raphael : And when we decided to mount an all out assault to finish off the Shredder for good, it was Donny who figured out how to do it. He used the Battle Shell as a decoy to get us into Shredder's high-rise of evil undetected.


 * Hun : What?  Empty.
 * Raphael : Nice remote control work slick.

Raphael : Then he had some techno geek idea how to transfer the computer system controls to April while the rest of us engage in some serious butt-kicking ninja action. We had our hands full with the Foot Tech Ninjas, once again, Donatello's smarts helped finish them off.


 *  Donatello : Instant short-circuit.

Raphael : But not even big-brained Donny could've be prepared for what we face next.

Part Three
Leonardo : When we decided to return to New York and face the Shredder, we knew it wasn't going to be easy. It was gonna take everything we had and then some. But what we didn't know, what we couldn't have foreseen, was that fruitcake Baxter Stockman....
 * Baxter Stockman: In the flesh.

Leonardo : ...turning himself into some kind of ultra cyborg. Nevertheless, we have come here prepared to fight to the finish and that's exactly what we're gonna do.

Quotes

 * Just after the Turtles, Splinter, Casey, and April reenter the Lair, Michelangelo dashes to the kitchen to secure his "babies" (i.e., the food).

Mikey: Hello, babies! Mommy missed you! *grabs and chugs a gallon jug of milk from the fridge*

Casey: Dude, you do realize that milk is three months old?

Mikey: *spits the milk out immediately* Well, that'd explain the chunks.

He suddenly realizes that he spat the milk all over Casey's face, whose hair is standing on end and whose entire head is covered in old milk. Mikey smiles sheepishly.

Miscellanea

 * The Battle Shell is destroyed after the first part of this episode.
 * The Sword of Tengu is destroyed during the third part of this episode.
 * The third major battle between the Turtles and the Shredder.