“Donatello Makes Time” | |||||||
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 Cartoon) episode | |||||||
Season Code: | 04 | ||||||
Episode: | 23 | ||||||
Original airdate | October 20, 1990 | ||||||
Written by | Dennis Marks | ||||||
Supervising Producer | Fred Wolf | ||||||
Producers: | Walt Kubiak | ||||||
Supervising Director | Bill Wolf | ||||||
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Donatello Makes Time is a season 4 episode of the 1987-1996 series.
Character voices
- Leonardo (Cam Clarke)
- Donatello (Barry Gordon)
- Michelangelo (Townsend Coleman)
- Raphael (Rob Paulsen)
- Splinter (Peter Renaday)
- April O'Neil (Renae Jacobs)
- Vernon Fenwick (Peter Renaday)
- Professor Lloyd Cycloid (Thom Pinto)
- Museum Curator (Rob Paulsen)
- Scientist (Cam Clarke)
- First Policeman (Townsend Coleman)
- Second Policeman
Plot
Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo watch eagerly as Donatello puts the finishing touches on a new device, which they believe to be a new microwave pizza oven. Instead, it turns out to be a time-stopping machine, and the disinterest of the other three Turtles irritates Donatello. Anything that the machine is focused on will be frozen in time.
Meanwhile, a mad scientist known as Professor Lloyd Cycloid floats through the sewers on a homemade raft. His goal: create a satellite that will turn the rest of the human race stupid, so he can dominate them with his intellect. While Donatello is having pizza with the others, Cycloid spots the Time-Stopper and steals it. The Turtles try to intercept him, but are zapped by the Time-Stopper.
April covers the theft of a solid gold Egyptian statue (later revealed to actually be iridium), and Splinter recognizes the effect of the Time Stopper. He is horrified to find the Turtles frozen in mid-air, but fortunately they snap back into normal time shortly thereafter.
Cycloid uses the Time-Stopper a second time, this time to steal a powerful laser gun. April recognizes him from the camera footage, and Donatello sets out on his Sewer Ski to find Cycloid and reclaim his invention, leaving a trail of arrows for the other Turtles to follow.
Cycloid and his stolen items arrive back at his long-abandoned home, shortly followed by Donatello. Donatello is hit by the Time-Stopper again. While he's frozen, Cycloid dangles him over a vast pool of toxic slime that will kill him if anyone opens the door. Despite his perilous situation, Donatello manages to sabotage Cycloid's laser device, causing it to blast out of the house.
The other Turtles follow Donatello's trail through the sewers, and burst into the room where Donatello is suspended. Just before Donatello can fall into the acidic slime, Leonardo uses the Time-Stopper to save his life and proceeds to hand Cycloid to the authorities.
The priceless Egyptian relic is returned to the museum (and presumably the laser ray is returned as well). The other Turtles are in favor of getting rid of the Time-Stopper, but Donatello is outraged by the idea. Raphael responds by deliberately dropping the Time-Stopper, destroying it, and a mournful Donatello laments that it might take years for him to fix it.
Locations
- Turtles' Lair
- Professor Cycloid's house
Vehicles
Gadgets
- Time Stopper
- Turtle Coms
- Laser Cutting Machine
- Cycloid Satellite
Home media releases
VHS
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello's Degree
DVD
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Classic Series Collection
Notes
Errors
- The Turtles' weapons did not made a clashing sound when they and the Turtles fell to the floor after the effects of the Time Stopper wore off.
- The Time Stopper was drawn mirror-flipped during the final scene.
- The mushrooms on Michelangelo and Raphael's pizzas were colored red in the final shot at the tail end of the episode.
- When Leonardo spoke to Donatello on the Turtlecom at Cycloid's house he was seen with Raphael's sai.
- When the turtles are frozen after the commercial, they are in different positions.
- When April is interviewing the scientist, the tip of her microphone vanished.
- When Donatello is watching the rays from Cycloid's malfunctioning laser cutter, the knob on the lab door is missing.
- The tips of Raphael's sais were missing when Donatello said that the Time Stopper could be dangerous in thw wrong hands.