| “All Hallows Thieves” | |||||||
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) episode | |||||||
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| Season Code: | S04E12 | ||||||
| Episode: | 90 | ||||||
| Original airdate | October 29, 2005 | ||||||
| Written by | Gavin Hignight | ||||||
| Supervising Producer | Lloyd Goldfine | ||||||
| Producers: | Gary Richardson | ||||||
| Frederick U. Fierst | |||||||
| Al Kahn | |||||||
| Norman Grossfeld | |||||||
| Thomas Kenney | |||||||
| Supervising Director | Roy Burdine | ||||||
| Story Editor: | Michael Ryan | ||||||
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"All Hallows Thieves" is the Halloween Special and 90th episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which originally aired on October 29, 2005.
Appearing in All Hallows Thieves[]
Major characters[]
- Donatello (Sam Riegal)
- Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
- Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
- Raphael (John Campbell)
Minor characters[]
- April O'Neil (Veronica Taylor)
- Casey Jones (Marc Thompson)
- Car Owner (Marc Diraison)
- Demon (Marc Diraison)
- King of Thieves (Sean Schemmel) (debut)
- Hadji (Brian Maillard) (debut)
- The thieves of the King of Thieves (debut)
- Jack-O-Lantern costumed man (Brian Maillard)
- Werewolf costumed man (Marc Thompson)
- Witch costumed man (Brian Maillard)
- Little Old Lady (Veronica Taylor)
- Man (Marc Thompson)
- Pilot (Brian Maillard)
- Police officers
- Thieving God Idol (debut)
- Gremlins (debut) (Michael Sinterniklaas, Wayne Grayson and John Campbell)
- Trick or Treaters (Veronica Taylor)
Species[]
Objects and vehicles[]
Locations[]
- 2nd Time Around
- Blue Star Hotel
- New York City streets and rooftops
- Subway platform
Episode[]
Voice-over introduction[]
Raphael: Halloween in New York City. One of my favorite times of the year. A day where no matter how odd, how freaky, or scary you might be, you fit in with everyone else. A day when girls and boys all over the city dress as their favorite monsters and heroes and get free candy. A day when even a teenage mutant ninja turtle can walk around in the open. Of course, some Halloweens are filled with more tricks than treats. Maybe this year, we should've stayed home and rented scary movies.
Plot[]
It's Halloween today! Open outside of April O'Neil's antique shop (2nd Time Around), we see a car with a man waiting outside in the background and a man clad in black enters April’s antique shop and quickly spots a rather grotesque, six-armed bronze statue. April takes it off a shelf and hands it to the man, who states that he forgot his wallet and asks O'Neil to hold it for him. As the man walks off, an alarm sounds - April explains that she's been having problems with it and the man departs, slightly agitated. The man goes out of the store and meets with his sidekick, Hadji, telling him he has finally found "the idol". As the two men stroll through the streets of New York City, the man in black pilfers an unsuspecting passers wallet. Hadji asks if they will use that money to buy the idol. He tells him it must be stolen, calling himself "The King of Thieves".
Later that night, the Turtles are carving pumpkins at April's apartment above the antique shop. Casey Jones arrives and leaves with April to attend a costume party. As the Turtles continue to carve their pumpkins (except for Leonardo, who is busy training) they hear April’s alarm go off. The guys chide Donatello for not fixing the alarm and send Michelangelo to check it out. When the amicable Turtle arrives in the darkened shop, he finds three costumed figures searching the shelves, and they’re clearly not looking for candy!
The costumed thugs attack the ninja, who easily gains the upper hand in the fight - until one of the thieves tosses a bat into a bicycle hanging from the ceiling, causing it to fall on top of Mikey's head. Two of the thugs grab the idol and flee, while Mike is distracted. Upon hearing the scuffle, Leo, Don, and Raphael hurry downstairs to investigate and find one of the robbers who wasn't able to escape. Leonardo threatens the punk and he tells them that they were hired to grab a six-armed statue for a man at the Blue Star Hotel.
At the Blue Star Hotel, the two remaining thugs deliver the statue to the King of Thieves, who is overjoyed to finally have it in his possession.
Meanwhile, the Turtles are casually walking the streets - which they can do since most pedestrians are in costume. Mike and Raph got caramel apples. The guys arrive at the hotel with intentions of paying a visit to the man behind the robbery. Don knocks on the door they suspect their quarry is behind, but a Little Old Lady answers and gives them some candy, thinking that they're trick-or-treaters. During the whole thing, Leo is getting frustrated and angry with all three of his brothers about their care free attitude about Halloween. Don apologizes and suggests they go to the next door over. The Turtles go next door, Don tries to knock but Leo decides to kick the door down.
Inside the room, the King of Thieves is now in an arcane robe making strange incantations before the six-armed statue. After a brief verbal joust with the Turtles, the King finishes his spell and opens a rift in the air. Before the Turtles have time to stop him, numerous winged gremlins shoot out and begin to attack.
As the demonic creatures attack the Turtles, they seem to be more of an annoyance than a threat. The ninjas battle the gremlins, but the distraction has allowed both the King and Hadji to escape. The rift continues to emit more gremlins and our heroes are quickly growing outnumbered. Leonardo breaks through a flimsy wall and the Turtles chase after the King and Hadji.
The Turtles catch up with the two thieves in an alleyway, but the King has another surprise as he begins a new spell. This incantation causes the six-armed Thieving God Idol to grow into a giant, living stone beast! The Turtles fight the monster, allowing the King and Hadji to escape yet again. The two thieves make it to the streets, where the gremlins begin to pile loot up at their feet. Meanwhile, the Turtles are cornered by the seemingly invincible monster, so they head to the rooftops to have a better tactical advantage.
The pile of stolen treasures grows ever larger as the gremlins loot New York City. The battle on the rooftop isn't going well for the Turtles - Leo, Raph, and Don are all knocked down. Mikey attacks but is smashed and flies senseless into the ledge of the roof. Don yells for Mikey to move as the multi-limbed monster rushes in to crush him.
As Mikey is about to be squashed, Don tosses his bō into the feet of the idol and trips the beast, sending it sprawling over the edge of the building. It falls through the pavement below and onto a subway platform. The Turtles follow and jump down into the tunnel to continue the fight. The monster emerges from a pile of rubble, with one of its arms now broken off. Leo takes one last swing at the beast and severs its left limbs - leaving it staggering. Raphael grabs the arm that fell off in the fall and attacks - knocking off the idols head with its own limb! The body staggers for a moment, and then falls off the platform right into the path of a moving train. The Thieving God Idol is smashed into pieces - which soon glows red and disappear.
On the streets, we see the gremlins glow red and begin to disappear. Police officers arrive on the scene and arrest the King of Thieves and Hadji. The officers, Officer Frank and Officer Sarge spot the Turtles and wave at them, thank them for their help, and tell them to continue their trick-or-treating. Mikey happily complies. Sarge comments that the Turtles have great costumes, and Frank agrees with him, saying they're a bit weird. The episode then ends with Turtles to go trick-or-treating.
See also[]
Quotes[]
Mikey: Check it out. A Leo-O-Lantern!
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Donny: It doesn't make any sense. Why would someone just steal a statue from April's shop and nothing else?
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Leo: Hand over the statue! It doesn't belong to you! |
Trivia[]
- This episode is based off the Mirage Studio's title Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3. It takes place during Halloween (a.k.a. All Hallows Eve).
- This is the last episode of the series to use the old opening.