Solicit[]
Security expert and entrepreneur Ken Ziff, who believes his security system is the most advanced in the world, publicly dares the criminals of the city to try to steal from his repository of gold bullion! This draws the attention of not just intergalactic criminal mastermind Old Hob, who is stuck on Earth and eager to build a new empire, but Krang, who wants the precious metal for his own purposes. Naturally, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stand in the way of such a robbery, but something else lurks in Ziff’s vault that could spell the Turtles’ doom! Saturday Morning Adventures continues with…”Bullion for You.”
Appearing in Bullion for You[]
Major characters[]
Minor characters[]
- April O'Neil
- Ken Ziff
- Krang
- Rocksteady
- Shredder
- Splinter
Species[]
- Disembodied brain
- Humans
- Mutant cat
- Mutant rat
- Mutant rhinoceros
- Mutant turtle
- Mutant warthog
Locations[]
- New York City
- Krang and Shredder's Secret Lair
- Turtle Lair
- Ziff Securities Repository
Objects, vehicles, and weapons[]
Synopsis[]
Open on April O'Neil, reporting from inside a gold repository in New York City. Channel 6 has been given access for an unconventional reason, which she says security expert Ken Ziff will explain. Ziff says that inside the room is a king’s ransom in gold bullion which is being protected by his company’s next-level security system. He brags that this system is unbeatable, adding that they have laser grids. Meanwhile, in the hidden lair of Krang and Shredder, the pair are watching the broadcast. Krang exclaims that he could use the gold bullion to reinforce the circuits of the dimensional portal. Still trapped between dimensions, Shredder hopes this means Krang would be able to free him.
A short distance away in the luxurious home of one of Manhattan’s elite, Old Hob is also watching the broadcast. On the couch next to him is the tied and gagged owner of the home. Old Hob tells him with all that gold, he might be able to leave the man’s guest room. Ziff continues to talk about the security system, saying there are pressure-sensitive plates and silent alarms. These are not the best part of the Ziff System, however. If a would-be thief happened to get past all of the usual deterrents, they would then have to deal with G.R.E.G.G. In answer to April’s question, Ziff says that G.R.E.G.G. is the crown jewel of the Ziff System. It, he claims, is a one-hundred-percent-effective deterrent. This is why he invited the media – so he could publicly dare any thief in the city to try to break into the vault. In fact, he says, if anyone can get close enough to even touch a gold bar, he’ll pay for their bail himself.
Later, in the lair, April tells the guys how she couldn’t believe Ziff wanted to go on live TV just so he could dare thieves to rob him. The Turtles are playing ping pong and Leonardo asks her if the city won’t shut Ziff down. April answers that Ziff’s convinced them that the gold will be safe. April doesn’t think it will be. One of the security features he was most proud of was a “magnetic floor, to keep the gold there”. She asks if the Turtles know how dumb that is. Donatello does, explaining that gold is nonferrous and magnetic floors wouldn’t do much good. The game ends and Raphael says speaking of gold, to give him a medal because he’s the champ again. April turns to Splinter and says Ziff’s security measures would keep out normal thieves, but she’s concerned someone with advanced technology might decide to break in. Splinter agrees, saying he would not want any of their enemies to have millions of dollars’ worth of gold at their disposal. He tells Leonardo that it would not hurt to keep watch for a few nights.
A few days later, outside the Ziff Securities Repository, the Turtles stand atop one of the watch towers and Raphael complains that he is bored. So far, all they’ve gotten from their week-long watch is the amusement of seeing three of Don Turtelli’s goons get zapped by a taser hidden in a wall. Michelangelo munches on pizza and wonders if April is wrong and that the security system might not be so bad. Looking through a pair of binoculars, Leonardo tells them they are about to find out. Bebop has arrived in the Footcruiser and is standing outside of the main gate. Krang watches a monitor from his hidden lair and tells Bebop to hold the communicator so that he can see the building. When he has a good view of the front doors, Krang uses an old Dimension X trick and deactivates the security system.
Shredder congratulates Krang. Rocksteady, still trapped between dimensions, asks if he can have one of those once he’s no longer a ghost. Krang tells him that he’s not a ghost, his atomic structure simply isn’t in sync with this dimension. He starts to explain what he can do with the gold when his sensors detect another presence in the vault. Bebop asks if he should leave and Krang tells him to do what he does best, destroy whoever is in there. Bebop reaches the vault door and rips it off its hinges, but as he starts forward, the other intruder calls out for him to wait. Bebop ignores the warning and steps the pressure-sensitive plates, setting off alarms and activating security measure theta.
Perched atop a stack of gold bars and holding a sack filled with gold, Old Hob calls Bebop a moron. He spent days reprogramming the computers that monitor the floor and Bebop ruined it in seconds. Bebop says he needs the gold and for Old Hob to scram. Old Hob replies that he doesn’t like clods messing with his plans. He disabled the alarms, but the G.R.E.G.G. feature will soon deploy, so he has to make quick work of Bebop. Leaping over the other mutant’s head, Old Hob kicks Bebop in the chest and sends him crashing into a wall of gold bars. Bebop grabs one of the gold bricks and tells the cat that his boss needs the gold to fix his dimensional portal and take over the world.
Bebop flings the brick at Old Hob’s head, but he ducks. The two mutants charge at each other but before blows are struck, the Turtles arrive on the scene. They are surprised to see Old Hob and realize he followed them through the portal when they escaped the pocket dimension. Bebop says he hates the Turtles and Old Hob, who agrees with the sentiment, suggests they call a truce long enough to stomp their mutual enemies. The two sides clash, but as they are fighting, a third party enters the room, fires a laser blast, and orders them to cease combat. The Turtles can’t believe what they are seeing – it’s Chrome Dome!
The robot corrects them, saying that it is G.R.E.G.G., the guardian robot that excels at guarding goods. He orders them all to stand down. Rather than complying, Bebop punches Chrome Dome. While the turtles and Bebop are distracted, Old Hob grabs his sack of gold and departs. Repeating his order to desist and prepare for apprehension, Chrome Dome strikes Bebop. Raphael suggests that they can go if Chrome Dome is looking to arrest Bebop, but Leonardo says to wait and asks about Old Hob. Michelangelo tells him that he snuck out. Then Bebop lowers his head and delivers a major whack to Chrome Dome’s chest. This causes a memory error, which then results in a memory load, restoring Chrome Dome’s base program.
Chrome Dome’s chest plate opens and a laser beam shoots out to strike Bebop. Shouting that his original programming has been restored, Chrome Dome prepares to destroy the Turtles for what they did to him. He was disassembled and his pieces were sold to Ziff at auction, a man who believes the world is both hollow and flat. Incensed that he’s been forced to obey a fool, Chrome Dome attacks the Turtles. Rubbing his head, Bebop starts thinking about payback, but once he sees the Turtles battling Chrome Dome, he decides to depart the scene.
Leonardo fears that Splinter will be disappointed in them for allowing both Old Hob and Bebop to escape. Raphael reminds him they stopped the criminals from emptying the vault and then leaps on Chrome Dome’s back to try to open his access panel. However, he finds that it’s stuck and Chrome Dome explains that Ziff reinforced his brain casing. He goes on to say he’d have to be completely immobilized for them to have any hope of accessing his circuit boards. Michelangelo tells Donatello that it’s time for some big-brain inspiration. Thinking of a plan, Donatello tells his brothers to keep the robot busy for a couple of minutes and darts off.
Leonardo and Michelangelo attack, but Chrome Dome traps their weapons and states that every advantage belongs to him. Suddenly, a force of some sort surrounds his body and he exclaims at suddenly feeling very heavy. He smashes into the floor face first and can’t move. Also laying on the floor are the Turtles’ weapons; the katanas, the nunchaku and the sai. Donatello comes out from behind the stacks of gold and says he remembered that the vault floor had electromagnetic capabilities. Useless for securing gold, but perfect for stopping a rampaging robot. All he has to do now is deactivate Chrome Dome and call the cops. His brothers congratulate him and then Raphael says to hurry and turn off the magnet. He is struggling to retrieve his sai, because they are his favorite.
Hours later, at Krang and Shredder’s lair, Bebop is being scolded. Krang can’t believe he didn’t grab any gold. Bebop contritely apologizes, calling Krang “boss”, and is reminded that Krang doesn’t like that. An intruder calls that that he loves it. Krang turns to see Old Hob standing in the doorway. Old Hob says he knows who Krang is and figured out how to find him, because he has something he needs. He says the ‘piggy pig’ mentioned it when they met. Old Hob then suggests that they talk about dimensional portals.