[Opening sequence and theme song.]
[Episode begins with a view of a newspaper headline which reads ‘Crime Wave Hits City!’. The newspaper is lying on a sidewalk, and a man in an overcoat steps on it as he walks past. It is after dark and he looks scared. He walks a bit farther and then someone calls out to him.]
Street mugger "Hey, you."
[He yanks the man into an alley.]
Victim "Aah!"
Street mugger "Give me your wallet. Now, you got any bubble gum? Jawbreakers? Oh!"
[Someone suddenly jumps on him from behind and knocks him down.]
Casey Jones "I'll give you a jawbreaker."
Victim "Aah! Help!"
[The man runs out of the alley. Crashing sounds are heard and various items like garbage cans come flying out of the alley. Then the mugger is seen, completely tied up with a banana peel on his head.]
Casey "Now you're where you belong-- garbage."
[Shift to the interior of a bakery.]
Bakery thief "I'll take an oatmeal cookie and a prune Danish and all the money in the register.
Hey, give me all your fudge brownies, too!"
[He is handed the money.]
Hey, give me all your fudge brownies, too!"
Casey "Here's all the dough you'll get, lawbreaker."
[He pushes a large canister of raw dough over and it covers the thief.]
Bakery thief "Ow!"
Casey "All lawbreakers must pay the price. And for the icing on the cake—"
[He smashes a pie into the thief’s face. Cut to a sports store with its front window smashed in.]
First robber "Check this junk out. Hey, Melvin! Help me with this trampoline."
Melvin "No, I want this handsome six-piece croquet set."
Casey "Hold it, sports fans."
First robber "Why, you—"
Casey "Go ahead. Make my night."
[He tilts back a weight machine and then lets it go. The weights fly towards the three robbers, who scatter.]
First robber "Watch--watch it!"
Casey "Catch you on the slopes, punk."
[He throws pole skis at a robber, pinning him to the wall.]
First robber "This guy's a psycho!"
[Casey proceeds to catch the other two robbers.]
Casey "You could use a little iron in your diet."
Second Robber "Ooh!"
Casey "Consider yourself slam-dunked, scuzzball."
Melvin "Aah!"
Casey "Casey Jones is gonna clean up this city."
First robber "Who was that masked maniac?"
Melvin "I don't know, but I hate him!"
[The telephone on April’s bedside table rings and wakes her.]
April O'Neil "Oh, hello?"
Burne Thompson "April, it's Burne. Big, big, big, big story, April! Up and at 'em!"
April "Burne, it's five in the morning."
Thompson "Some do-gooder's gone on a crime fighting rampage, violating all sorts of criminal civil liberties. The cops think it's those four freaked out turtles on the loose again."
April "Oh! I'll take the story, Burne, but only to prove they're wrong! The turtles aren't vigilantes. Why, they're probably on the trail of this wacko right now!"
[Shift to the turtle lair. Leonardo opens a cupboard.]
Leonardo "Not a trace."
Donatello "We've looked high and low."
Raphael "And there's no getting around it. We're completely out of pepperoni."
Michelangelo "Bummer, dudes! We can't make pizza without it."
Leonardo "Then, we'll just have to go topside and get some!"
[They walk through the tunnels, wearing winter gear and fake noses.]
Donatello "Oh, where are we gonna find pepperoni at five in the morning?"
Raphael "Hey, we'll hit an all-night heartburn palace."
[Overhead on the pipes, Casey suddenly appears.]
Casey "Hit? Must be gangsters on their way to a big heist."
[He pulls a hockey stick from his golf bag and jumps down in front of them.]
Casey "Hyah!"
Michelangelo "Holy guacamole!"
Casey "Taste fresh lumber, lawbreakers."
[They start to battle.]
Raphael "Ugh! Don't you hate it when company just drops in?"
Casey "Unh! I'll teach you criminals to befoul our sewers."
Leonardo "Calm down. Now, we're not criminals."
Casey "Lying gangster scum."
Michelangelo "The dude said chill out!"
[Donatello opens a valve and a spray of water hits Casey.]
Casey "Ugh! So, that's your game, is it? Well, mine's mudslinging."
[He throws mud in their faces.]
Raphael "This guy is starting to get on my nerves."
Leonardo "All right now. Don't move!"
Donatello "We aren't criminals-- look!"
[They remove their disguises.]
Casey "You're right. You're not criminals. You're Martian invaders! The Martians are coming! The Martians are coming!"
[He jumps up to an overhead pipe and bashes a hole in the wall in order to escape.]
Donatello "What a ding-a-ling."
Michelangelo "Totally nutsoid."
Leonardo "We'd better stop him before he gets in trouble!"
Raphael "Or starts some."
[The scene shifts to the Technodrome far underground. Krang is laughing manically. Shredder is holding a device that is shaped like a bug.]
Shredder "You say this tiny device can control any machine, no matter how large?"
Krang "Precisely. Ingenious, isn't it?"
Shredder "A few hundred of these little bugs would throw the city into total confusion!"
Krang "And control the machinery needed to make my new super-sized knucklehead. Then this miserable planet will see some real chaos."
Shredder "Bebop and Rocksteady are already unleashing them on the city."
Krang "Let's get to the surface. I don't want to miss a moment of this."
[Cut to the subway tunnels. A train approaches, whistle blowing. Rocksteady and Bebop are clinging to the back.]
Rocksteady "Okay, this is our stop. Kids, we're trained professionals. Don't try this at home."
[Both are looking at the viewer as he speaks. Bebop is shaking his head. The pair climb steps and then open manhole covers to come above ground.]
Rocksteady "Midtown. This is the place."
Bebop "Uh, go on, little bugs. Have fun."
[They release dozens of bugs onto the street. Shift to the turtles who have opened a hatch taking them to the park.]
Raphael "All right. Where'd he go?"
[A bum is sleeping on a park bench. Casey stares down at him.]
Casey "Don't you know there's no loitering in this park?"
Bum "Huh? Wh--what's up?"
Casey "You're breaking the law, Buster."
Bum "Wha--help!"
Donatello "Sounds like our boy's on the job again."
Casey "You'll do time for this, lawbreaker."
[The turtles leap into action and tackle Casey to the ground.]
Casey "Let me go, you Martian creeps!"
Michelangelo "We're not Martians. We're teenage mutant ninja turtles."
Casey "Oh, and that's supposed to be better? Let me go! That vicious criminal is getting away."
Raphael "Hey, who appointed you judge, jury, and executioner?"
Casey "This city's a cesspool of crime. Somebody's gotta clean it up."
[He breaks free of Donatello and Michelangelo’s hold.]
Both "Whoa! Ugh!"
Casey "And that someone is me."
[He grabs hold of Leonardo and throws him into Raphael. Michelangelo tries snare him, but Casey jumps into the branch of a nearby tree.]
Casey "Hyah! Not even mutant criminals can stop Casey Jones."
Raphael "That guy's seen too many filthy Harry movies."
Leonardo "Come on! We better stop him."
Raphael "Why us? Let the cops handle it."
Donatello "Think, Raphael. He pops in and out of the sewers. He fights crime. He knows kung fu."
Raphael "In other words, people are gonna think he's us."
Leonardo "Now do you see why we have to stop him?"
Michelangelo "Yeah, our reptile reputations'll get a bad rap."
[At the sports store, April interviews the robber who is still pinned to the wall.]
First robber "He had this mask on, but I guess he could've been a turtle."
April "Or possibly some other creature?"
First robber "Uh, hey, don't confuse me, lady. I flunked zoology."
April "Was this mystery vigilante one of the teenage mutant ninja turtles? No one seems to know. And that about--
--wraps it up! What's going on? Aah! Aah!"
[A bug has crawled into her scooter-mounted mobile camera and it starts to go wonky.]
--wraps it up! What's going on? Aah! Aah!"
[The pair inside the Technodrome watch on their viewing screen.]
Krang "Splendid! This is working out even better than I'd planned."
[Police sirens are heard as the scooter continues to circle April.]
April "Help! Officers!
Oh, great! I'm copless!"
[The police car goes by, followed by officers who are chasing it on foot.]
Oh, great! I'm copless!"
[A sai suddenly strikes the camera lens. April turns to see Raphael running towards her from the turtle van.]
Raphael "Say cheese, cheese ball."
April "Oh, turtles! Thank goodness you're here."
[Raphael grabs hold of the scooter handlebars. It drives in a circle and flings him into his brothers before driving away.]
Raphael "Aah! Has your camera always acted like that?"
April "It's like it suddenly had a mind of its own. And worse, my scooter drove off by itself!"
Donatello "Oh, we'll deal with that later. Right now, we've got to find that dipstick in the hockey mask."
April "You mean the guy who's been going around beating up criminals?"
Michelangelo "That's the dude. He calls himself Casey Jones. And we just chased him out of the park."
April "Well, you're doing better than I am."
[The sound of multiple car horns draws their attention.]
Leonardo "Uh-oh. We've got troubles."
Raphael "The cars are moving without drivers!"
Donatello "That's nothing. Look!"
[People are screaming and running from a building. Large appliances are chasing them.]
Raphael "I've heard of unhappy customers, but unhappy merchandise?"
Leonardo "Come on, we've got to help those people."
April "And I've gotta get a new camera. This is what I call a story!"
Woman "Aah! Aah! Aah!"
[Raphael tackles the refrigerator that is chasing the woman.]
Raphael "Oh, just what the world needs, a living fridge.
Aah! Now cool out!
Ow! Hey! Ow! Sto--oh, wait!"
[The doors pop open and throws him off.]
Aah! Now cool out!
[Food items shoot out of the fridge and pelt him.]
Ow! Hey! Ow! Sto--oh, wait!"
[Leonardo is engaged in a sword fight against a television’s antennas. A waffle iron jumps up and clamps onto Michelangelo’s arm.]
Michelangelo "Go put the bite on someone else, dude.
Ouch!"
[A boom box hits him in the head.]
Ouch!"
[Raphael is being attacked by a toaster.]
Raphael "Nobody likes a wise-guy appliance."
[A video cassette player shoots a tape at his head. Raphael jumps on the machine and breaks it.]
Michelangelo "Whoa! I can't believe what's happening."
Leonardo "And what's worse, I'll bet it's happening all over town."
[Men run screaming from a processing plant. Inside, machines are going crazy. Krang and Shredder watch them.]
Krang "With this remote control, the bugs in those machines will do our bidding. I just love a machine that knows its place."
Shredder "But what if someone should find one of these bugs?"
Krang "Not to worry. Each of them is programmed to head for home the instant it's discovered. Now we can start construction of my super knucklehead."
Shredder "Bugs, begin construction of this design."
[He holds up a blueprint. A machine scans it and rolls off.]
Krang "Soon, soon I will rule this icky city."
[On the street, Michelangelo and Donatello run away from a vending machine. Meanwhile, Raphael still battles the toaster.]
Raphael "I haven't met the toaster I couldn't toast.
Aah!"
[It hops up and shoots toast at his face.]
Aah!"
[He jumps over the toast and the slices blow up. Michelangelo and Donatello are against a wall, being sprayed by water from the vending machine. Leonardo slices off the spray nozzles, but the machine pins the two brothers against the wall. Other appliances surround all four turtles.]
Michelangelo "This is getting mondo ridiculoso."
Leonardo "There's just too many of them."
Donatello "Uh-oh. What a way to go. Done in by modern conveniences."
Raphael "There's a message there somewhere."
[Perched on the edge of the roof above them, a refrigerator prepares to crush the turtles. Casey suddenly grabs it.]
Casey "Hold it right there. Even machines must obey the law. Hyah!"
[He picks up the refrigerator and throws it onto the machines surrounding the turtles. Then he jumps down and starts smashing other appliances.]
Casey "Unh! Face stern justice, appliances. Hyah! Ah! Uhh! Oof! Uhh! Hyah!"
[He grabs the vending machine and pulls it away from Donatello and Michelangelo. Casey strikes a pose on top of a mound of busted appliances.]
Casey "Hyah! Now, who's a nutcase?"
Michelangelo "You are. Uh, but thanks for saving our shells."
Raphael "I hate to say it, but this guy's destructive streak might just come in handy."
Leonardo "I think you're right, Raphael."
Michelangelo "But, like, we've gotta find out who's behind this."
Raphael "I'll give you three clues, and they're all Shredder."
Donatello "And I think I just found another clue."
[He picks up one of the bugs.]
Casey "You mean some lawbreaker is using these little things to control all the machines?"
Donatello "That's about the size of it.
Hey!"
[The bug jumps out of his hand.]
Hey!"
Raphael "Where's he scooting off to in such a hurry?"
Donatello "Probably to wherever Shredder is. Come on! We've gotta follow it."
Leonardo "Casey Jones, you're gonna do some good for a change."
[They all jump into the turtle van and it speeds off. At a control panel, Donatello presses buttons.]
Donatello "With this gadget, we can stay on the little bugger's tail.
Okay. Go left."
[He watches a little dot on his monitor.]
Okay. Go left."
Raphael "You got it."
Donatello "N-now go right. Now left again. Now, go straight."
[They are driving on grass in the park.]
Raphael "Uh, straight?"
Donatello "Yes!"
Raphael "Are you sure?"
Donatello "Yes, I'm sure."
Raphael "Okay, but I don't think you're gonna like it!"
[He drives the van right into a pond.]
Michelangelo "Total bummer, dudes."
[The turtles stand in a partially submerged van.]
Donatello "What the heck happened?"
Raphael "You gave us bad directions. That's what happened!"
Michelangelo "Yeah, dude. Totally bogus."
Donatello "Oh, no wonder. One of those bugs got in my equipment."
[He manages to catch hold of it, but it escapes and falls in the water.]
Donatello "Grab it! Turtles: Ow! Ooh!"
[It escapes into the pond.]
Leonardo "Now what?"
Donatello "We use the portatracker."
Casey "What I want to know is when we get to break something?"
Raphael "I like this boy's attitude."
[The portatracker starts clicking.]
Donatello "This way. Come on."
[They follow the signal and it takes them to the processing plant.]
Donatello "I'd say that's where it went."
Leonardo "Okay, let's be careful now."
Casey "Careful, my eye! Let's bust some crime! Hyah!"
[He rushes the padlocked door and breaks right through it.]
Michelangelo "Whoa, the dude sure knows how to make an entrance."
Raphael "Uh-oh!"
Shredder "Well, well, the turtles. I've been expecting you. You're just in time to see Krang stomp the city flat."
[The lights come on and an alarm sounds. Behind him is Krang in his new mechanized robot.]
Shredder "In his giant, economy-sized knucklehead!"
Krang "Ha ha ha! It works perfectly.
Whoops! No matter. This baby makes its own doorways."
[Crashes into the wall because the door is too small.]
Whoops! No matter. This baby makes its own doorways."
Shredder "These machines will finish you while I cause more chaos with my little bugs. Ha ha ha! Come!"
[Shredder sends the plant’s machinery to attack the turtles and Casey.]
Donatello "We've gotta get that remote control away from Shredder. It's our only chance of saving the city."
Raphael "Lots of luck."
Leonardo "Listen, you wanna catch criminals? That is the criminal of all time!"
Raphael "Besides which, he ripped off your costume idea."
Casey "Trademark infringement. How low can you get?"
Donatello "Now, go get 'em, fella. We need that remote control."
Casey "You handle Shredder.
Zap! Hyah! Hyah! Casey Jones is going after the big boss man. Come back, lawbreaker."
[He punches a route through the machines.]
Zap! Hyah! Hyah! Casey Jones is going after the big boss man. Come back, lawbreaker."
Michelangelo "A definite dufus."
Leonardo "Uh-oh. More trouble!"
Raphael "Like we needed it, right?"
[Krang starts tearing up the city. Casey chases after him.]
Casey "I hereby place you under arrest.
Didn't you hear me? I guess I'm gonna have to get tough with you. Take that."
[He hits one of the knucklehead’s legs with his hockey stick.]
Didn't you hear me? I guess I'm gonna have to get tough with you. Take that."
[He climbs up the knucklehead and starts smashing it with a steel sledgehammer.]
Krang "Pesky human."
[A mechanical arm shoots out of the side of the machine and grabs Casey’s wrists.]
Krang "Splendid! Now I can keep an eye on that bothersome brat."
[Shredder sits in the plant’s control room. Krang’s android body stands next to him.]
Shredder "Now to really turn up the juice."
[Cut to the Channel 6 news station.]
April "I don't believe all this."
[People run screaming as office machines attack.]
Vernon "Uhh! Ahh! Help! Save me!"
Thompson "I'm the boss. You save me."
April "Aah! That was close.
Aah! What are you doing? Aah! How could you? I sat under a hot dryer for three hours to get this look. Oh! Where are the turtles? Why aren't they doing something?"
[A hair dryer attacks her.]
Aah! What are you doing? Aah! How could you? I sat under a hot dryer for three hours to get this look. Oh! Where are the turtles? Why aren't they doing something?"
[The screen splits to show Raphael battling machines at the plant.]
Raphael "Hey, give us a break. We're doing the best we can! Some people are so darn impatient."
Leonardo "Follow me, fellas. All right, Shredder. Hand over that control box."
Shredder "To you? Never!"
Donatello "Quit stalling. Hand it over."
Raphael "You heard him, chrome-for-brains!"
[He throws a slice of pie in Shredder’s face. Shredder drops the remote control and Donatello catches it.]
Shredder "Uhh!"
Donatello "Gotcha! This will bring every bug in the city. Come on! We're gonna give Krang a taste of his own medicine."
Shredder "Aah!"
[At the news station, the crew is still battling machines.]
April "Stop! Quit it! Down, boy!"
[The bugs start leaving all the machines.]
Vernon "They've stopped attacking us. Oh! It's a miracle!"
Thompson "Machines turn on humans. It's the story of the year! Vernon, I want you to write it!"
Vernon "On one of those things? No way!"
[The turtles run out to the street and see the knucklehead go by with Casey trapped on its side.]
Leonardo "Look! It's got Casey."
Casey "Get me out of here!"
Michelangelo "Don't panic, dude. It's the radical reptiles to the rescue!"
[Leonardo hops onto the robot and slices the metal arm holding Casey.]
Casey "Thanks, fella."
Leonardo "No time for thanks. We need a hole in that thing, and fast."
Casey "With pleasure. Hyah!"
Donatello "Hurry up! Here come the bugs!"
Casey "Hyah!"
[He bashes a hole in the knucklehead. Donatello tosses the remote control to Casey.]
Donatello "Here, catch."
Casey "What is it?"
Donatello "Never mind. Just throw it inside!
Now get the heck out of there."
[Casey tosses it in.]
Now get the heck out of there."
Casey "Hyah!"
[He and Leonardo leap off the knucklehead. Krang is still blasting buildings.]
Krang "Na-na na-na na! Nothing can stop me."
[The bugs all swarm the robot, crawling into the hole that Casey made. The knucklehead starts jumping and shaking. Krang loses control.]
Krang "Aah! Time to bail out."
[He uses an ejector seat to exit the robot just before it explodes. Krang goes flying through the air.]
Krang "Ha ha ha! Aah!"
Shredder "Catch him!"
[Krang’s android body catches him. They enter the transport module where Shredder waits and then it drills down into the ground, leaving a pool of lava in its wake.]
Casey "He got away."
Raphael "Don't let it throw you, guy, you sort of get used to it after a while."
Donatello "Ahh, so much for those bugs and Krang's giant knucklehead."
Leonardo "And we couldn't have done it without you, Casey."
Michelangelo "Yeah. You are truly-- gone!"
Donatello "How'd you like that? He didn't even say good-bye."
Leonardo "He was a strange guy. Reckless, dangerous, and totally violent."
Raphael "Yeah. I liked him, too."
Leonardo "Somehow, I've got the feeling he'll cross our paths again."
Casey "Somehow, I've got a feeling he's right."
[Casey strolls off into the sunset.]
[End Credits]