[Opening sequence and theme song.]
[Episode opens inside the turtles’ lair, with a close up of Leonardo’s feet, and then pans up to show that he is exercising. Raphael and Michelangelo are on either side of him, performing the same moves as well. Donatello is filming them.]
Donatello "Yeah, yeah, that's it. Now keep it up."
Leonardo "I feel like an idiot."
Raphael "That's okay. You also look like one."
Donatello "Now, onto your backs."
Michelangelo "Whoa! Oh, that hurts."
Donatello "Remember, Michelangelo, no pain, no gain. Now spin, spin as fast as you can."
[All three of them start spinning on their shells.]
All "Whoa! Aah! Wah! Whoa!"
[Michelangelo slams into a wall.]
Donatello "When I hand this tape to April, we'll have a best-selling exercise cassette-- turtlerobics."
Leonardo "Oh, speaking of April, it's time to catch her on the news."
Michelangelo "All right! And you know what that means-- pizza time!"
[The turtles are in front of the television as April’s news broadcast comes on. They are munching on pizza and Master Splinter has a bowl of rice.]
April O'Neil "This is April O'Neil deep beneath the city, where urban archaeologists have made an amazing discovery; an ancient temple of an unknown culture, buried for millions of years."
Leonardo "Do you think there's any chance they're digging near our lair, Master Splinter?"
Splinter "I do not know, but the possibility exists."
April "Professor, have you any idea which primitive culture might have built this temple?"
Professor "I'm afraid not, Ms. O'Neil. We haven't a clue."
April "And so the world eagerly awaits the answers to this mystery. This is April O'Neil. Happy hour news."
[The end of the broadcast is being watched by members of the expedition party.]
Professor "That's enough, you TV stars. Back to work."
[Baxter Stockman appears in an underground tunnel. He is picking up trash and placing it in a bag when he sees the expedition’s setup.]
Baxter Stockman "What a way to live!
Here we go gathering trash in May, trash in May, trash in May... What? What are these freaks doing in my catacombs?"
[Sings.]
Here we go gathering trash in May, trash in May, trash in May... What? What are these freaks doing in my catacombs?"
[He flies at the members of the expedition and menaces them, snarling and growling until they all jump into a jeep and speed away.]
Stockman "Ah, good riddance to bad rubbish! Who needs you? Temple, eh? Decorate it with a little garbage, and this place might be half livable. I can stay here and plot my revenge against Shredder-- ooh hoo hoo! And Krang-- ooh hoo hoo! And those turtles. Devil! Ooh hoo ho! I'll fix them-- jamming me into that other dimension, turning me into this creature, and then trying to deep-freeze me! I'll get even with them all!
I will! I will! Why, this isn't a temple."
[He pounds on a podium, which then lights up under his fist.]
I will! I will! Why, this isn't a temple."
Stockman "Who are you? Where are you?"
Computer "I'm everywhere. I'm the ship's computer."
Stockman "If this is a spaceship, where's the pilot?"
Computer "You earthlings aren't too bright, are you? It crashed here three-hundred years ago. I've been so lonely these past three centuries. What say we be friends? How may I help you?"
Stockman "Can this spaceship of yours fly to another dimension, say, Dimension X?"
Computer "Oh, sure. Been there dozens of times. Worst restaurants in the entire space/time continuum."
Stockman "What? How can it do that?"
Computer "It's got a pandimensional warp drive."
Stockman "Show it to me."
Computer "It's located on the power deck. There it is."
[Stockman approaches the warp drive unit.]
Stockman "The perfect lure. Krang and Shredder would sell their own mothers to a pet store for this! Can it be taken out?"
Computer "I suppose, but why?"
Stockman "I need the parts as bait for a trap!"
[Meanwhile, inside the Technodrome...]
Shredder "Ugh! Why won't this dimensional portal generator work? I need fuel and materials from Dimension X. Why can't this blasted machine make contact with it?"
Krang "Grrr! Because the entire Technodrome is low on power, Shredder. I can barely keep my night light burning."
Shredder "I know. I must find a new source of power. I must, I must get out of here and conquer the world!"
Rocksteady "Oh, not today, boss. Bebop and me made plans."
Bebop "Yeah. You said we could have the afternoon off."
Shredder "Not anymore. You're working this afternoon. Start by taking out the garbage."
Rocksteady "Oh, but why not use the auto-incinerators?"
Shredder "Because there isn't enough power left to run them. Now go!"
[The pair of mutants stand on the edge of a Technodrome entry port, emptying garbage cans into the cavern. They look around at all the holes that have been drilled into the Earth’s core.]
Rocksteady "Gee, we sure have punched a lot of holes in the Earth bringing those pneumatic modules to the surface."
[There is a buzzing sound.]
Bebop "Did you hear something?"
Stockman "Greetings, mutants."
Bebop "B-B-Baxter, w-what are you doing here?"
Stockman "I brought a little present for your boss."
[He hands a large crystal to them.]
Bebop "Oh, gee, it's pretty."
Stockman "Tell him there's plenty more where that came from."
Bebop "Boss! Boss!"
Shredder "Not now, you cretins! Can't you see I'm busy?"
Rocksteady "Oh, but look at what we got."
Krang "Let me see that. Why, this is beryllium crystal."
Shredder "Beryllium?"
Krang "The core of a pandimensional warp drive that could fly the Technodrome anywhere, even to Dimension X. Where did you get this?"
Bebop "That fly guy Baxter gave it to us."
Shredder "Baxter Stockman?"
Rocksteady "He said there was plenty where this came from."
Shredder "I don't like it. We turned that little pest into a fly. Why should he be doing us any favors?"
Krang "Who cares? I never look a gift horsefly in the mouth. You must go after him. And leave your comlink on at all times. I want to personally supervise this mission."
Shredder "Very well. We'll take the footskis. At least they still have some fuel."
[Shredder and his mutants ride their footskies through the tunnels.]
Shredder "There's something over there."
Krang "It's another section of the warp drive. And look there, another one!"
[Shredder grabs the sections as he races past them.]
Shredder "It's almost as if he were leading us on."
Krang "So what! I must have all the pieces of that warp drive. Forward!"
[Back at the lair, the turtles examine a map.]
Leonardo "The way I figure it, those archaeologists are digging close to the underground river."
Donatello "Yeah, but if they discover our lair, we'll never be safe."
Michelangelo "So, like, what do we do, compadres?"
Leonardo "I think we'd better pay them a visit."
Donatello "Since we'll be going by water, this gives me a chance to try out my newest invention."
Raphael "Ah, I'm almost afraid to look."
[Donatello pulls the switch on the object around his waist and air fills a floatation device.]
Michelangelo "All right! Just the thing for a wave-whacking water party."
Leonardo "I'll use this if you don't mind."
[The turtles cruise through the waters in their Sewer Army Tubes, except for Leonardo, who is using a handheld water scooter.]
Michelangelo "Cowabunga! I really dig sewer surfing."
Donatello "Ah, yes, there's nothing like a peaceful cruise down the river."
[They hear engine noises behind them and turn.]
Leonardo "It's Shredder!"
Raphael "Forget down the river. We're up the creek!"
Shredder "The turtles! Annihilate them!"
Michelangelo "What the heck are those creepazoids doing here?"
Leonardo "When we've stopped them, you can ask them. Turtle power!"
[He fires a projectile at Bebop, who dodges it easily.]
Bebop "Ha ha ha! You shell heads got to do better than that."
[Rocksteady shoots a spear at Raphael’s tube and punctures it. The quick release of air sends the turtle flying.]
Raphael "Whoa!"
Bebop "Save some of them for me."
[He fires a spear and sinks Donatello.]
Rocksteady "This is like shootin' turtles in a barrel."
[His next spear punctures Michelangelo’s tube.]
Michelangelo "Cowabunga! Oh, dude! What a totally tubular experience."
Raphael "Those footskis are awesome."
[Rocksteady races for the three turtles, who are clinging to rocks.]
Donatello "Watch out, dudes!"
Shredder "If you think that's something, wait till you see this."
[He fires a rocket at them.]
Donatello "I'm getting too old for this."
Leonardo "Quick, dive!"
[He leaps on his brothers and pushes them under water. The rocket hits the rock and explodes. Deep under water, the turtles are safe.]
Shredder "I think we've finally seen the last of those repulsive reptiles."
Krang "Then onward. I must get the rest of that pandimensional warp drive."
[The turtles surface after Shredder and crew speed away.]
Donatello "I wonder why Shredder would be interested in an archaeological dig?"
Leonardo "Whatever it is, we've gotta find out the reason."
[Donatello swims over to the rocks and finds a piece of metal, shaped like a bolt.]
Donatello "Hey, I wonder if this has something to do with it."
Leonardo "What is it?"
Donatello "I don't know, but it sure is weird. I'd better hang on to it just in case."
[Back to Stockman, who is waiting inside the spaceship.]
Stockman "They'll be here soon! What to do?"
Computer "All right don't blow a circuit. Tell me what's the matter."
Stockman "Company is coming, and I'm not even ready. I've got to make preparations! I must find something to blow them to smithereens."
Computer "Were these visitors the ones who turned you into a fly?"
Stockman "Exactly right! That's why I must have my revenge."
Computer "Then I think I have just the thing. Come closer."
[A compartment opens. Inside is a ray gun.]
Stockman "This looks promising."
Computer "My sensors indicate a rat on deck a, compartment twelve. Go for it."
Stockman "With pleasure."
Computer "There it is."
Stockman "All right. You dirty rat.
It turned him into an ant! What the heck kind of a gun is this?"
[He fires.]
It turned him into an ant! What the heck kind of a gun is this?"
Computer "It's a muta-zoo ray. It can turn any anyone into any animal you want. Look at the dial."
Stockman "You mean, this gun can turn people into all these different creatures?"
Computer "Precisely."
Stockman "Oh, boy, am I going to have fun with this gadget!"
[Meanwhile, the turtles are swimming through the tunnels.]
Donatello "Ah, we're never gonna catch up with them at this rate."
Leonardo "Hang on! There's a shortcut coming up!"
Raphael "At last, out of that scummy water, and into a nice grungy tunnel."
[Farther along in the tunnels, Shredder finds more parts.]
Krang "Good. Another section. Attach it to the end of the drive. The pandimensional warp drive is almost complete. It's just missing one final piece. Onward."
Shredder "Wait, Krang. This is obviously a trap. Baxter Stockman is just luring us on."
Krang "We can handle that, bug brain! Now move. Into the tunnel, quickly."
[The leave their footskis and approach the archeological site on foot.]
Shredder "I don't like this one little bit, Krang. It's too dangerous."
Krang "Who cares? I must have the final piece of the pandimensional warp drive!"
[The turtles exit the pipe, arriving in time to hear what Krang just said. Donatello looks at the piece of the drive that he found.]
Donatello "I wonder if he means this?"
Krang "It must be in there. Someone has to retrieve it."
Shredder "Bebop. Rocksteady. I volunteer you two."
Bebop "Wait. You said it was dangerous."
Rocksteady "Yeah! Why should we stick our necks out?"
Shredder "If you don't, I'll cut you into fish bait and throw you to the sea slugs."
Rocksteady "Well, okay, as long as you ask in a nice way."
[Stockman watches as they approach.]
Computer "Why aren't you using the muta-zoo ray on them?"
Stockman "Because nothing could make those two look any worse."
Rocksteady "All clear, boss. It's safe to come in."
Donatello "Think we should get involved in this?"
Raphael "I'm in no hurry."
[Shredder has reached the interior of the spaceship.]
Shredder "What is this place?"
Krang "This must be a pandimensional spaceship. We can install the warp drive and leave for Dimension X at once."
Shredder "Except that Baxter Stockman is on board somewhere."
Stockman "Wow. What a really good guesser you are. At last, Shredder, I'm going to pay you back for what you did to me."
Shredder "Easy, Baxter."
[Shredder draws his sword.]
Stockman "And now you're going to know how it feels. Because you're about to spend the rest of your life as a fly."
[He blasts Shredder, who drops his sword and screams as he’s transformed.]
Donatello "What was that scream?"
Leonardo "We'd better check it out."
[Shredder has been turned into a fly. He starts speaking with a high-pitched voice.]
Shredder "I don't believe it. I'm a fly."
Donatello "All right, Baxter, buzz off."
Stockman "Oh, boy! The turtles! My life is complete."
[He twirls the dial on the muta-zoo ray and fires at the turtles. They duck aside to hide behind a podium, but Michelangelo is missing.]
Donatello "Where's Michelangelo? He was here a minute ago."
Leonardo "I don't believe it!"
Raphael "He's been turned into a teenage mutant ninja gerbil! Who does Baxter think he is turning Michelangelo into a gerbil? I'm startin' to get mad!"
Michelangelo "You're mad? How do you think I feel about it, dude?"
Rocksteady "Boss, are you okay?"
Bebop "Uh, where are you, boss?"
[Shredder flies up next to Bebop.]
Shredder "I'm right here. Here I am."
Bebop "Aw, get away, you pesky fly."
Shredder "Stop, you fool. It's me."
Rocksteady "Look, Bebop, it's the boss."
Bebop "Oh, neat trick, boss. Uh, how'd you do it?"
Shredder "Baxter fly did it, you idiot. Now get me out of here before he does anything more to me!"
[Rocksteady grabs Shredder’s comlink.]
Rocksteady "What do we do now, Krang?"
Krang "Bring the warp drive."
Rocksteady "Sure thing, Krang. Bebop, get that warp thing-a-ma-jig."
Computer "Now, Baxter, get the warp drive before they do."
Stockman "Okay, okay, let's not get pushy."
Leonardo "Who was that?"
Donatello "Uh, the ship's computer, maybe?"
Stockman "Give me that warp drive. I want it back!"
Bebop "Come any closer and you'll wind up on my windshield."
[Stockman shoots at him. Bebop hops around and drops the warp drive before running off.]
Stockman "Why thank you, hog breath."
Rocksteady "Ooh, we better scram before he turns us into something ugly."
Leonardo "We're gonna have to go after Baxter."
Raphael "Swell, so he can turn us into wombats?"
Donatello "We gotta get that ray gun away from him. It's our only hope of getting Michelangelo back to normal."
Michelangelo "Yeah. How am I gonna scare bad guys when I look like this?"
[Rocksteady and Bebop sit just outside the spaceship, in the area abandoned by the archeologists.]
Rocksteady "What do we do now, Krang?"
Krang "We must get that weapon from Baxter and return Shredder to normal."
Shredder "Bebop. Rocksteady. You two go in there and get it."
Bebop "Uh, okay, boss. Hey, how come we got to take orders from an insect?"
Shredder "Because I'm your superior, you miserable mutant."
Rocksteady "Oh, yeah? Now who's the boss?"
[Bebop catches Shredder in his hands.]
Shredder "Very well. What are your demands?"
[The turtles enter the power deck.]
Raphael "What's all that?"
Donatello "I'll bet it's that computer that was talking to Baxter."
Computer "I'll bet you're right."
Leonardo "Where's Baxter? What's he done with the mutation gun?"
Computer "I'm not telling. Baxter's my friend, and I like him."
Donatello "We have ways of making you talk."
[He flips open a panel and grabs a lever.]
Computer "What are you doing? Don't touch that lever. Aah!"
Donatello "Now, where's Baxter?"
Computer "I--I can't remember."
Donatello "A few thousand volts ought to jog your memory chips."
Computer "Aah! All right, all right. He's on the bridge. He's going to fly the spaceship to Dimension X."
Leonardo "Is there any protection against that mutation ray?"
Computer "Yes, there is one thing-- go up to "c" deck, and you'll find—"
[As the computer gives them instructions, Bebop and Rocksteady continue with their demands.]
Bebop "And I want, uh, oh, a lifetime subscription to my favorite comic books."
Krang "You're wasting valuable time. The turtles are in there. They might have the gun already."
[On the bridge, Stockman makes final preparations.]
Stockman "There, it's done. Now to make this bird fly."
Leonardo "Not so fast, Baxter."
[Stockman turns to see the turtles, wearing spacesuits.]
Stockman "Aah! Monsters!"
[He fires the muta-zoo ray at them, but the shots bounce off of their suits.]
Donatello "We'll just take that, if you don't mind."
Stockman "Not in this lifetime."
[He tosses the ray gun into a pneumatic tube.]
Raphael "You hairy little scuz bucket!"
Stockman "Sorry. You'll just have to find it for yourself, and you've got three minutes to do it, that is, unless you want to come along with me to Dimension X!"
[He starts cackling. The turtles strip off their suits and Leonardo cuts a hole in the ship’s hull. It leads to a maintenance shaft that has pneumatic tubes running along its sides. The turtles grab onto a tube and slide down.]
Donatello "There it goes! Quick! After it!"
Raphael "What are-- ?"
[Robotic chefs are hard at work.]
Donatello "This must be the ship's galley."
Chef "You see, Gaston? I told you we would find turtles for the turtle soup. Julienne them quickly."
[The robotic chefs rush them. Raphael sets Michelangelo down in a safe spot.]
Raphael "You wait here, little buddy."
Leonardo "Who could have told them there were turtles coming?"
Computer "Why, me, of course."
Chef "I am programmed to make supper out of you."
Donatello "Then I'll just have to do some reprogramming."
[He knocks one of the robots over and then runs to a computer station and starts typing.]
Donatello ""Food-o-matic instructions." Turtle soup, huh?"
Raphael "Hurry up, boy genius. Start cooking up something."
Donatello "This oughta do it."
[The robot chefs start shaking and then turn on each other.]
Leonardo "What did you do to them?"
Donatello "Simple. I programmed them to make chopped robot salad.
Now to take care of Michelangelo."
[He picks up the muta-zoo ray.]
Now to take care of Michelangelo."
[He zaps Michelangelo, who returns to his usual form.]
Leonardo "He's back to normal."
Raphael "Michelangelo, are you all right?"
Donatello "What do you feel like?"
Michelangelo "Whoa, I feel like a pizza!"
Raphael "He's back to normal, all right."
Donatello "Uh-oh! The pandimensional warp drive is warmed up."
Raphael "We'd better get out of here."
[They start running for the exit. At the same time, Bebop and Rocksteady are entering again.]
Rocksteady "How we gonna get that gizmo, anyway?"
[The two groups collide.]
Bebop "Does that answer your question? Gimme that!"
[He grabs the muta-zoo ray guy.]
Raphael "Hey, hog-breath, give that back!"
Donatello "The spaceship-- it's about to blast off!"
Rocksteady "Let's get out of here!"
[They flee just in time. The spaceship blasts off.]
Raphael "Baxter's taking off for Dimension X!"
Donatello "Gee, I don't think he's gonna get very far without this."
[He holds up the part he found earlier.]
Stockman "Ha ha ha! Adios, Earth! Wilkommen, Dimension X! What's happening?"
Computer "Did you remember to put the retaining bolt in the warp drive assembly?"
Stockman "Now, how would I remember? I have the brain of a fly!"
Computer "Well, it's been a terrific four-hundred eighty-three years."
[The spaceship falls apart. Stockman goes tumbling through a kaleidoscopic sky and lands in a giant spider web.]
Stockman "Yaah! W--where am I? This isn't Dimension X! What more can happen to me?
Help me! Help me!"
[He screams as a spider-like creature stalks him.]
Help me! Help me!"
[Bebop and Rocksteady zip through the tunnels on their footskis. Shredder flies along next to them.]
Shredder "You've got the muta-zoo gun. Turn it up to normal--now!"
Bebop "What's the magic word?"
Shredder "Oh, very well. Please."
Bebop "Well, uh, we'll think about it."
[Back at the lair, the turtles sit in front of the TV.]
Leonardo "I wonder what happened to those archaeologists."
Michelangelo "Yeah, those dudes could be digging into our pizza pantry any minute."
Donatello "Let's find out if April is doing a report on the dig."
[He turns on the television.]
Woman Archeologist "I don't believe it. First that horrible monster."
Professor "And now, the temple has vanished."
April "Professor, do you have a message for your fellow archaeologists?"
Professor "Only one; stay away from this area! Whatever you do, don't dig here! This entire place is cursed!"
Raphael "I don't believe it. We've been saved by science."
[They all laugh.]
[End Credits]