[Opening sequence and theme song.]
[Episode opens with a view of the New York City skyline and then pans down into the sewers, before moving into the turtles’ lair. The turtles are poised to attack, each wielding their signature weapon.]
Splinter "If you think you can defeat me, then attack. We shall see how well the pupils have learned their lessons."
Raphael "You got to admire his enthusiasm."
Leonardo "Yeah. Let's do it."
Raphael "Hyah!"
Donatello "Yaa-hoi!"
Michelangelo "Cowabunga!"
[They attack their master and Splinter easily defeats them.]
Splinter "Not one of you broke through my defense. What is your excuse, students?"
Donatello "Well, actually, I've been feeling kind of down lately."
Raphael "And I've been feeling boxed in."
Leonardo "Now that you pin us down to it, I think we need a vacation, Master."
Splinter "A vacation?"
Michelangelo "For sure, we're totally tuckered out turtles."
Splinter "Hmm, your lack of fighting skills has convinced me. Perhaps you do need a vacation."
Michelangelo "All right! Malibu beach, here we come!"
Donatello "Uh-uh, the Smithsonian Museum."
Leonardo "I say the war museum."
Raphael "Las Vegas is where the action is."
All "Las Vegas? Yeah, come on! Forget about it. What?"
Splinter "You may have your vacation if you can agree on where to spend it."
Raphael "I knew there was a catch to it."
[Cut to a view of the Earth from space. A spaceship approaches and jettison’s a module. Shift to a park, where an elderly woman sits on a park bench feeding the birds. Her dog sits next to her. A policeman stops and tips his hat to her.]
Policeman "Afternoon, ma'am. Lovely day to sit in the park, isn't it?"
Woman "It certainly is, officer."
[The module suddenly appears in the sky. Legs lower from beneath it as rockets slow its descent. It lands in the park and a large tent pops up from the base. A door zips open to reveal an alien visitor.]
Fripp "So this is planet Earth. Hmm. Now, let's see what the travel guide has to say about this strange place. ‘Don't drink the H2O’. Yes. ‘Tip all waiters fifteen percent and be sure to compliment earthlings on their pets’."
[He approaches the elderly woman on the park bench.]
Fripp "Oh, hello, there. That certainly is a cute pet you have. Does she bite?"
[The elderly woman screams, grabs her dog and runs off. The policeman quickly approaches.]
Woman "Aah!"
Policeman "Hold it right there, you--you whatever it is you are."
Fripp "Oh, my. An earthling authority figure. Wait till the folks back on Polaris see this one."
[He pulls out a strange looking camera and snaps the policeman’s picture. The officer’s form changes and he’s sucked into the camera lens.]
Fripp "They'll never believe it."
[He proceeds to snap pictures of a statue, a tree, and a girl skating towards him. All are pulled into the camera.]
Fripp "Ooh, so many photo opportunities. It's a good thing I brought plenty of videotape."
[Cut to the Channel 6 news station where Irma is frantically trying to answer the constantly ringing phones.]
Irma "Channel 6 news. What's that? Your mother-in-law disappeared? Oh! Could you hold, please? Channel 6 news. Your house vanished? Please hold. Channel 6 news."
Burne Thompson "Irma, can't you clear the switchboard? I've got important business calls to make."
Irma "I'm trying, Mr. Thompson, but people's things keep on disappearing."
Thompson "Do it! Do it! Do it! Or the next thing that disappears will be your job."
Vernon "Good going, Irma. You sure know how to tick the old man off. I'll show you how to handle these crank calls. Channel 6 news. What's that? City hall has disappeared? What are you, some kind of wise guy? Oh, yes, Mr. Mayor. Right away, Mr. Mayor. Uh, wrong number."
April O'Neil " Did you hear that, Irma? City hall is missing. Now, this sounds like a big story."
Irma "April! Where are you going?"
April "To take some pictures while there's something to take pictures of."
[In the Technodrome, Krang watches a news broadcast.]
Anchorman "Numerous tourist attractions and other landmarks have been mysteriously disappearing throughout the city. So far there's been no explanation for this strange phenomenon."
Krang "Vanishing tourist attractions can only mean one thing-- a visit by the Polarisoids."
Shredder "The Polarisoids?"
Krang "The most obnoxious tourists in the entire galaxy. They have cameras that don't just take pictures of their vacations, it takes their entire vacations back with them to Polaris."
Shredder "Hmm, we might make use of their visit, Krang."
Krang "Meaning what?"
Shredder "Meaning with a Polarisoid camera, we could capture the turtles in a flash."
Krang "Ooh, excellent idea. I'm glad I thought of it. Find the Polarisoid and bring me that camera."
Shredder "Rocksteady, Bebop, come with me. We're going Polarisoid hunting."
[Meanwhile, in the city April hunts for a story.]
April "What a waste of time. There's no story here. Those people look just like ordinary tourists."
[She is about to leave when the sounds of people shouting draws her attention. People are running in all directions as Fripp stands watching them.]
People "Aah! Aah! Aah!"
Fripp "Oh, poor, timid earthlings. They must be camera shy."
April "Wow! Talk about somebody from out of town. I wonder if there's any connection between that alien and things disappearing."
Fripp "Hmm, the Nebulans must be frequent visitors to this planet. Why else would they put up a statue of one?"
Shredder "
Hot dogs! Get your hot dogs here! Get 'em while they're red hot!"
[pushing a vending cart]
Hot dogs! Get your hot dogs here! Get 'em while they're red hot!"
April "Oh, no! It's Shredder! I'd better let the turtles know about this.
April to turtles. Come in, turtles."
[On her turtlecom.]
April to turtles. Come in, turtles."
[In the lair, the turtles sit around their kitchen table. It is covered in maps and brochures.]
Donatello "I still say we ought to spend our vacation soaking up culture."
Michelangelo "Oh, I'd still rather soak up some rays at Malibu."
April "Come in, turtles! It's an emergency!"
Leonardo "Yes, April, what is it?"
[Topside, Shredder presents Fripp with a hotdog on a stick.]
Shredder "You'll like this. It's a typical Earth nosh."
Fripp "Ooh, yes, it is rather tasty."
April "I'm at fountain square, and so is Shredder! Hurry!"
Leonardo "Did you say Shredder? We're on our way!"
Shredder "Say, why don't I take a picture of you posing with a couple of typical earthlings? I just happen to have a few handy."
[Shredder opens the cart and Bebop and Rocksteady pop up.]
Rocksteady "Hi, there. Welcome to our friendly planet."
Fripp "Ooh, good idea. I never get any pictures of myself on vacation. Wait till the folks back home see this one. They'll be pink with envy."
Shredder "Say cheese."
All "Cheese!"
[Shredder snaps the picture and all three are pulled into the camera. April gasps in surprise.]
April "Everyone disappeared! So that's what's been happening to the buildings."
Shredder "The camera works! Now all I have to do is find those blasted turtles."
[The turtle van arrives and the four turtles hop out of the back, weapons drawn.]
Shredder "Ah, my wish is granted."
Leonardo "Surrender, Shredder."
Michelangelo "Yeah, dude. You're outnumbered."
Raphael "Get the picture?"
Shredder "That's exactly what I intend to do."
[Shredder aims the camera at them.]
Shredder "Smile, turtles, you're on vanishing camera."
April "I've got to do something."
[She kicks over a trash barrel, which rolls into Shredder, making him drop the camera and fall into a fountain.]
Shredder "Whoa!"
Raphael "I give him a four-point-eight on that dive."
Donatello "Everybody into the pool!"
[He dives in after Shredder.]
Michelangelo "Surf's up, compadres!"
April "What incredible footage for the eleven o’clock news! Shredder and the turtles head-to-head."
Shredder "So, you want water games, huh? Take this, you wretched reptiles."
[Opens the nozzle on a water hose, spraying Leonardo and knocking him back.]
Leonardo "Oh!"
Michelangelo "Try again, creepola!"
[He spins his nunchaku, which diverts the stream of water. Some of it hits April and knocks her down.]
April "Hey!"
Donatello "You're all washed up, tin-grin."
[He attacks, but Shredder grabs his bō and sends him flying into Raphael and Michelangelo.]
Shredder "Not quite."
Donatello "Whoa!"
Shredder "Au revoir, mutants, till we meet again."
[He uses Donatello’s bō to pole vault out of the fountain. He lands near where April is sitting on the ground.]
Shredder "Aha! The alien camera."
Leonardo "Give it up, Shredder. Surrender!"
Shredder "Not on your life. I prefer to capture the moment forever."
[He presses the button on the camera, but nothing happens.]
Shredder "Blast! It must be out of videotape!"
Raphael "Looks like you've overexposed yourself, rust brain."
Donatello "Yeah. Why not come along peacefully?"
Shredder "As usual, I have a better idea."
[He tosses down a smoke bomb and disappears while the turtles are coughing.]
Donatello "I can't see!"
Leonardo "He's gone."
Michelangelo "Bummer, dudes. I hate people who smoke and run."
April "Shredder's got that alien camera! And all those famous landmarks are trapped inside it!"
Raphael "Great. Maybe he'll take a self-portrait."
April "At least he left me my own camera. So it shouldn't be a total waste, fellas. How about an interview with the turtles?"
[Before she can begin filming, the sound of approaching sirens interrupt them.]
Leonardo "Sorry, April."
Raphael "Yeah, they're playing our song."
Michelangelo "Whoa, time for us to boogie."
April "I better get this videotape to Channel 6."
[Inside the Technodrome, Shredder explains the situation.]
Shredder "I would have brought back the turtles and that meddling reporter if this blasted camera hadn't run out of videotape."
Krang "Excuses, excuses. Where are those cretins Bebop and Rocksteady?"
Shredder "In here along with that Polarisoid and half the city's landmarks."
Krang "Good. Keep them in there. I want to remember them always that way. Wait a minute. What's this? "Made in Taiwan"? You metal-masked moron, you brought me the wrong camera."
Shredder "That meddling reporter must have picked up the real one."
Krang "Shredder, you numbskull ninja! I'm warning you-- bring me that Polarisoid camera or else!"
[Shift to April as she reaches the news station.]
Vernon "April, well, it's about time, miss star reporter. Your segment goes on the air in thirty seconds."
April "Vernon, it was worth waiting for. I've got a dynamite exclusive on the disappearing landmark story."
Vernon "Hmm. It had better be good."
[April pops the film cartridge out of the camera. In the lair, the turtles are watching the news cast.]
Handsome Anchorman "Panic grips the city tonight as landmarks disappear without a trace. Channel 6's own April O'Neil has brought us exclusive footage on this late-breaking story."
Raphael "Hey, guys! We're gonna be on the boob tube!"
[Suddenly an image of Bebop and Rocksteady fills the screen. They are beating on the glass.]
Both "Help! Help! Boss!"
Leonardo "It's Rocksteady and Bebop."
Raphael "Who gave those guys their own show?"
Donatello "Hey, violence sells."
Bebop and Rocksteady "Let me out! We'll be good! We mean it!"
Policeman "Calling all cars! Calling all cars! I'm trapped in here with a bunch of innocent subjects."
[The tape is suddenly stopped, switching back to the anchorman who is primping.]
Anchorman "How's my hair? Do the seams show? Oops! I'm on! Hello there. We ran the wrong tape. It seemed to be a rerun of science fiction theater."
Donatello "The heck it was! That was the alien's video!"
Raphael "Which means that April's got his camera!"
Splinter "Turtles, you must recover that alien camera before Shredder discovers what has happened."
Leonardo "You're right, Master. Let's go, fellas!"
Splinter "They have much courage, but not the best of table manners."
[At Channel 6, Vernon hands the tape to April.]
April "Well, Vernon, what did you think of my tape?"
Vernon "Old TV horror shows are not news, April."
April "Old TV horror shows? What are you talking about? What? Hey, who turned on the light? Shredder!"
Shredder "I have come for my camera. Now, be good enough to hand it over."
April "Your camera? This is my camera!"
Shredder "I said hand it over! My time is valuable!"
[Behind them, the shadow of a big animal is projected onto the wall and something growls. Shredder is startled into releasing his hold on April’s camera.]
Shredder "What's that?"
Michelangelo "It's a great big dog, dude. What's it look like? Ruff! Ruff! Bark! Oh, I could do a birdie, too. Wanna see? Here-- tweet, tweet! Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!"
Shredder "Idiotic shadow tricks!"
Leonardo "Turtles, fight with honor!"
[Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo leap down from the rafters. Donatello grabs a rope and swings down.]
Donatello "Eee-yah!"
[Shredder throws a knife and cuts the rope. Donatello crashes into a desk. Shredder then rolls a studio camera at the turtles.]
Shredder "Roll cameras! Ha ha! I've always wanted to say that."
[The studio camera crashes into Raphael and Michelangelo.]
Both "What?!"
Leonardo "You'd better surrender, Shredder. You can't stop all four of us. Right, turtles?"
Turtles "Right."
April "What action! I've got to get this on tape!"
Leonardo "April, don't use that camera! Don't!"
[Despite his warnings, she presses the button anyway. There is a bright flash and then April is standing by herself in a blank space.]
April "What happened? They all just disappeared. There's something written on this thing. "Made in Alpha Centauri"? It's the alien camera!
April calling Splinter! Come in, Splinter! Oh, please come in!"
[She pulls out her turtlecom.]
April calling Splinter! Come in, Splinter! Oh, please come in!"
[Inside the camera, the turtles and Shredder are spiraling through a purple-colored tunnel. They drop out of it into the Channel 6 broadcasting room.]
Michelangelo "Whoa. Most excellent ride, dudes."
Leonardo "Where are we? What is this place?"
Donatello "I hate to say it, but we're inside the camera."
Raphael "Oh, swell. We've been shutter mugged."
Shredder "Adios, reptiles!"
Leonardo "Shredder's getting away! After him!"
[Shredder rips a hole in the wall and leaps through. The turtles jump in after him. They fall out of the sky and onto a ship.]
Turtles "Whoa! Oh!"
Michelangelo "Oh, wow! This dude took pictures of everything!"
Donatello "Shred-head overboard!"
[Shredder jumps over the side and lands on the pier. Donatello picks up a lifesaver.]
Donatello "Try this on for size."
[He throws the lifesaver, which catches Shredder’s ankles and makes him fall.]
Michelangelo "Whoa! Way to go, Donatello! I'll bet you pitch a radical round of horseshoes."
Leonardo "We've got you this time, Shredder. There's no way out."
Rocksteady "Here, boss! Grab hold of this!"
[Through an opening in the sky, Rocksteady tosses a rope down to Shredder. He grabs it and is pulled up.]
Shredder "Farewell, mutants. Or have I already said that?"
Leonardo "After him, guys!"
Shredder "What goes up-- well, you know the rest of it."
[He sits on the rim of the hole and cuts the rope, dropping the turtles back towards the pier.]
Turtle "Whoa!"
[They bust a hole through the pier and drop straight into an open manhole in an alley. A second later they climb back out.]
Raphael "This guy sure took some weird photos."
Michelangelo "You okay, Donatello? You look kind of weird."
Donatello "Yeah, I'm okay. Seeing that manhole just made me kind of homesick."
Fripp "Greetings, primitive life forms!"
Raphael "He must be talking about you."
[Points at Michelangelo.]
Leonardo "Listen mister, you've gotta let all your pictures return to the real world. You've got innocent people trapped in here."
Raphael "Not to mention innocent turtles."
Fripp "But--but I'm a tourist. I'm supposed to take pictures."
[A loud horn blows, drawing everyone’s attention. They turn to see a train barreling down the street.]
Leonardo "A subway train!"
Fripp "Oh, is that what that thing is?"
[Shredder is behind the controls.]
Shredder "Ha ha ha!"
Michelangelo "Better make tracks, dudes!"
[Fripp and the turtles tear open a brick wall and jump through. They all fall and land in a roller coaster.]
Michelangelo "I wish I hadn't eaten that pizza before we left."
[The coaster starts rolling downwards at a steep angle.]
All "Whoa! Ahh! Wow!"
[The policeman is in the middle of the street, attempting to direct traffic. He holds his hand out towards the coaster.]
Policeman "Stop! Stop, I say! You're exceeding the speed limit!"
Michelangelo "Cowabunga!"
[The coaster runs into the policeman. He is caught on the front car as the coaster rolls up into the back of a truck and into the subway.]
Donatello "Oh, no. We're back in the subway."
Policeman "Let me off at the 39th precinct, will you?"
[The subway way is coming directly at them.]
Leonardo "It's Shredder!"
Raphael "And the two dead heads."
Donatello "Uh-oh. We're gonna crash!"
[A door suddenly opens and the coaster rolls through just as the train reaches them. The coaster rolls down the steps of a large building and deposits the policeman there.]
Policeman "Thanks for the lift. I'll walk the rest of the way."
[The coaster crashes into a vendor cart, rolls into a phone booth and comes out of the top story of a high rise. It rolls across onto a flag pole and stops.]
Michelangelo "Whoa! You can see the ocean from here!"
Raphael "Now that's a thrill and a half."
[Cut to the lair.]
Splinter "What has happened, April? Where are the turtles?"
April "I don't know. I just took their picture with this camera, and poof! They disappeared."
Splinter "We have only one chance. Quickly, before it is too late."
[He takes the camera from her. Back to the flag pole where the turtles and Fripp are still trapped.]
Donatello "Well, at least we gave Shredder the slip."
Shredder "I wouldn't be so sure. Give my regards to Broadway when you hit it."
[He kneels on the window ledge behind them and slices through the flag pole.]
All "Whoa! Aah! Whoa!"
[A rip opens in the street and they all fall through to a park and land astride a statue of a man on a horse.]
Michelangelo "Did you take a picture of a pizza parlor? I've got a major case of the munchies."
Shredder "Give up, turtles. You can't escape."
Leonardo "Why fight, Shredder? You're trapped inside the camera just like us."
Donatello "Our entire universe is just a video cassette."
Shredder "Then it's going to be my universe! Attack!"
[Rocksteady and Bebop roll up in a tank.]
Rocksteady "With pleasure, boss."
Raphael "I know. You visited the war museum."
Fripp "Hey, it was free admission."
[Shift to the Channel 6 news building where April and Splinter are inside a control room.]
April "This is where we edit all our tapes."
Splinter "I pray we're not too late. I must try something. Stand back, April."
[Splinter uses his walking stick and smashes the monitor on one of the screens. Inside the camera a rumbling sound overhead attracts everyone’s attention to a crack breaking open in the sky. Water pours through. Everyone shouts as the flood hits them. Water sprays out of the broken monitor, splashing April and Splinter. He pushes her into an alcove to escape the flow of water. The turtles, Shredder, et al come spilling through the opening. April and Splinter are seated atop a table.]
Leonardo "Master Splinter, am I glad to see you."
Splinter "Where is Michelangelo?"
Michelangelo "Surf's up! Cowabunga!"
[Michelangelo surfs out on a wave. The water finally subsides.]
Fripp "Ha ha! Maybe from now on I'll just buy picture postcards."
Splinter "An excellent idea, my friend."
Thompson "Oh, April!"
April "Uh-oh! It's my boss!"
Splinter "Quickly, turtles! This way!"
[Thompson opens the door and then slips in a puddle of water and falls.]
Thompson "Whoa! April, what is going on here?"
April "Chief, you wouldn't believe me if I told ya’."
[Cut to the park. Splinter and the turtles stand with Fripp in front of his spaceship.]
Splinter "I trust you enjoyed your vacation on our planet?"
Fripp "Well, Earth may be a nice place to live, but I sure wouldn't want to visit here."
[Splinter hands Fripp’s camera to him and the alien goes into his craft and blasts off.]
Splinter "Speaking of vacations, have you turtles decided where you wish to go?"
Leonardo "Actually, I think we've decided there's no place like home, Master."
Raphael "Yeah. That sewer's starting to look really inviting."
Michelangelo "Exactamundo! Like, who needs tourists anyway?"
[End Credits]