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Donnie's Gifts
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode
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Season Code: 006
Episode: 2B
Original airdate September 17, 2018
Written by Russ Carney & Ron Corcillo
Producers: Vladimir Radev
Ant Ward
Andy Suriano
Directed by Sebastian Montes
Voice Direction Rob Paulsen
Supervising Director  Alan Wan
Storyboard Artist: Jessica Zammit
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Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1
September 17, 2018 - November 16, 2019
List of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes

Episodes:

  1. Mystic Mayhem
  2. Origami Tsunami
  3. Donnie's Gifts
  4. War and Pizza
  5. Newsworthy
  6. Repo Mantis
  7. Down with the Sickness
  8. The Fast and the Furriest
  9. Mascot Melee
  10. Shell in a Cell
  11. Minotaur Maze
  12. Bug Busters
  13. The Longest Fight
  14. Hypno! Part Deux
  15. The Gumbus
  16. Mrs. Cuddles
  17. Stuck on You
  18. Al Be Back
  19. The Purple Jacket
  20. Pizza Pit
  21. Smart Lair
  22. Hot Soup: The Game
  23. The Evil League of Mutants
  24. Late Fee
  25. Bullhop
  26. Mind Meld
  27. Nothing But Truffle
  28. Shadow of Evil
  29. Portal Jacked!
  30. Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree
  31. Operation: Normal
  32. Sparring Partner
  33. You Got Served
  34. How to Make Enemies and Bend People to Your Will
  35. Mystic Library
  36. The Purple Game
  37. Man VS. Sewer
  38. The Mutant Menace
  39. Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man
  40. The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek
  41. One Man's Junk
  42. Snow Day
  43. Cloak and Swaggart
  44. Jupiter Jim Ahoy!
  45. Insane in the Mama Train
  46. End Game

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"Donnie's Gifts" is the third episode (Episode 2B) of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It first aired on September 17th, 2018.

Synopsis[]

The Turtles have to fight their bad habits, but they must also fight the mutated chef Meat Sweats.

Appearing in Donnie's Gifts[]

Major characters[]

Minor characters[]

  • Kondescending Kitchen Cameraman (debut) (flashback only)
  • Kondescending Kitchen Contestant (debut) (flashback only)
  • Michelangelo's Suit A.I. (Vanessa Marshall) (debut)
  • Mutant silverfish (debut)
  • Oozesquito (flashback only)
  • Raphael's Helmet A.I. (Vanessa Marshall) (debut)

Species[]

Objects and vehicles[]

Locations[]

Plot[]

During a patrol in the night streets of New York, the Turtles have come across a mutant silverfish, which is just on the prowl for laundry to consume. Instead, Raphael, in his attempts to flatten the silverfish, increases the problem, since every silverfish he smashes with his mystic tonfas splits in two . Because he and his brothers Michelangelo and Leonardo fool around during the fight, rather than keeping an eye on their opponents, the silverfish are beginning to gain the upper hand. Only when Donatello, the only serious one in the encounter, gets fed up and steps in to clean up the mess his brothers have caused, does the tide turn and the Silverfish retreat.

Donatello presents his brothers with some new gear for them to help them "get a little bit more in the wings": a helmet for Raph, a jumpsuit for Mikey, and a collar for Leo. However, before he can explain how the gifts work, a loud squeak lures the Turtles to a nearby alley behind the restaurant Chateau Prétenche, there they see a grotesque pig-like figure catching the silverfish they had just evicted in a sack, and then retreating to the New York Underground with his prey.

The Turtles follow the mutant, whom they mockingly called "Meat Sweats", to an abandoned subway station, where they witness that he wants to prepare the silverfish into a "gourmet" meal. Using a striking phrase ("Unleash the flavor!"), Mikey recognizes the mutant as Rupert Swaggart, a prominent chef who was stung by an Oozesquito in the midst of a live broadcast of his show and was transformed into a mutant. Then the Turtles experience how the mutant chef absorbs the mutant abilities from the silverfish by touch of his tendrils.

Meat Sweats' sharp nose picks up their scent. Armed with his meat tenderizer, Meat Sweats begins to search his hiding place for the invaders. Raph rushes in to fight, but is distracted by a voice that sounds from his helmet and nags him to form a plan. Meat Sweats takes the opportunity to strike back; but when Raph meets him with his tonfas, Meat Sweats then splits apart like the mutant silverfish. The helmet continues to nag him. Now confronted with an army of Mini-Meats, Donnie is suddenly captured in the chaos, and his gifts are putting his brothers off their game - Mikey's suit inflates whenever he tries to do his wild acrobatics and Leo's collar shocks him every time he says a terrible pun.

When the three Turtles are separated from their enemies by a passing subway and thus get a little breathing space, they find themselves hurt that Donnie wants them to change their fighting style, but Raph is reluctant to tell him so, certain that they were made with the best of intentions. Unfortunately, an urgent call from Donnie pushes this problem into the background, because Meat Sweats, who has regrouped, is preparing to use Donnie for his next meal. To save Donnie, Raph, Leo and Mikey agree to play their respective personal quirks that Donnie wanted to discipline in the ensuing fight.

Back in Meat Sweats' hideout, Raph grabs his imprisoned brother while the mutant villain's back is turned. He then follows them, only for Leo to stuff his electric collar in his underpants and activate it with his witty slogans. As Meat Sweats takes advantage of a moment of inattention to knock Leo to the ground, Mikey swings down to Meat Sweats and bounces him repeatedly in his inflated suit. Raphael intervenes and, with his helmet as a boxing glove, knocks the villain in front of the bow of the next passing subway. Donnie, at first irritated that his brothers misused their gifts, admits that he loves them as they are and invites a hug. As the Turtles hug, the A.I. voice in Mikey's inflatable suit speaks, ending the episode abruptly.

See also[]

Quotes[]

  • Meat Sweats: Ah-ha! I feel the rush of your delicious energy! The herbes de Provence are a nice touch!
    Michelangelo: That sounds good!
    Donatello: He's talking about eating us!
    Mikey: Excuse me for wanting to be eaten in style!

Trivia[]

  • Leo's shock collar is the only gift that actually hurts, foreshadowing the sibling rivalry between him and Donnie that occurs through the series. Just the same, it too can be removed at will.
  • Mikey's inflatable suit is similar to the flight suit made by Disney's Professor Ludwig von Drake.
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