Four Turtles and a Baby

“Four Turtles And A Baby”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) episode
Season Code:	04
Episode:	06
Original airdate	September 17, 1990
Written by	Susan "Misty" Stewart-Taggart
Supervising Producer	Fred Wolf
Producers:	Michael Algar
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 Season September 10, 1990 - December 8, 1990 List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes

Episodes: Syndication "Plan Six From Outer Space" "Turtles of the Jungle" "Michelangelo Toys Around" "Peking Turtle" "Shredder's Mom" "Four Turtles and a Baby" "Turtlemaniac" "Rondo in New York" "Planet of the Turtles" "Name That Toon" "Menace Maestro, Please" "Superhero for a Day" "Back to the Egg" Saturday Mornings "Son of Return of the Fly II" "Raphael Knocks 'em Dead" "Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe" "Raphael Meets His Match" "Slash - The Evil Turtle from Dimension X" "Leonardo Lightens Up" "Were-Rats from Channel 6" "Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo" "The Big Zipp Attack" "Donatello Makes Time" "Farewell, Lotus Blossom" "Rebel Without a Fin" "Rhino-Man" "Michelangelo Meets Bugman" "Poor Little Rich Turtle" "What's Michelangelo Good For?" "The Dimension X Story" "Donatello's Degree" "The Big Cufflink Caper!" "Leonardo Versus Tempestra" "Splinter Vanishes" "Raphael Drives 'Em Wild" "Beyond the Donatello Nebula" "Big Bug Blunder" "The Foot Soldiers are Revolting" "Unidentified Flying Leonardo" 1987 Season – 1988 Season – 1989 Season – 1990 Season – 1991 Season – 1992 Season – 1992-1993 Vacation in Europe sideseason – 1993 Season – 1994 Season – 1995 Season – 1996 Season

Four Turtles and a Baby is a season 4 episode of the 1987-1996 TV series.

Synopsis

Donatello tries to get his international tuner to work again, worried because they haven't heard from the Neutrinos or any other Dimension X occupant for a while. Krang tries to blackmail the Neutrinos while Channel 6 holds a baby beauty contest.

Appearing in Four Turtles and a Baby

Major characters

• Leonardo (Cam Clarke)
• Michelangelo (Townsend Coleman)
• Donatello (Barry Gordon)
• Raphael (Rob Paulsen)
• April O'Neil (Renae Jacobs)
• Shredder (James Avery)
• Krang (Pat Fraley)
• Bebop (Barry Gordon)
• Rocksteady (Cam Clarke)
• General Traag (Peter Renaday)
• Zenter (Rob Paulsen) (debut)
• Gizzla (Jennifer Darling) (debut)
• Tribble (Tress MacNeille) (debut)

Minor characters

• Burne Thompson (Pat Fraley)
• Irma (Jennifer Darling)
• Woman in baby store (Renae Jacobs)

Species

• Human
• Mutant rat
• Mutant rhinoceros
• Mutant turtle
• Mutant warthog
• Neutrino

Objects and vehicles

• Neutrino Starcruiser
• Zenter and Gizzla's Starcruiser

Locations

• April's Apartment
• Baby Store
• Channel 6 building
• City Sewer System
• Neutrino City
• Technodrome
• Turtle Lair
• Zenter and Gizzla's house

Plot

With their homeworld under attack by General Traag, Gizzla and Zenter, the Turtles' Neutrino friends, decide to send their infant daughter Tribble to stay with the Turtles. No sooner do they send Tribble when Shredder appears and takes them captive.

The Turtles soon discover that Tribble has psychokinetic powers. Running out of ways to care for her, they ask April for her help.

Krang discovers that he cannot conquer the Neutrinos as long as Tribble is free, so he sends Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady to find the infant.

While April is taking care of Tribble, she gets called into work and she realizes that she has to take Tribble to the station with her. Mr. Thompson decides to have a baby contest held at the station due to Tribble's presence. Shredder hears the broadcast and decides to have Bebop and Rocksteady go there in disguise. The Turtles stop by the station to see how the contest is going and discover Bebop and Rocksteady. With the help of Tribble's powers, the Turtles defeat Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady, sending them back to Dimension X.

After escaping from the Technodrome, Zenter and Gizzla come for Tribble. They tell the Turtles that once the Neutrino people heard of their leaders' escape, they sent General Traag packing.

See also

• Four Turtles and a Baby/Gallery
• Four Turtles and a Baby/Transcript

Notes and errors

• At the start of the episode, Shredder's cape is colored with a much lighter color than usual, making it nearly white in place of dark purple.
• When Raphael leapt into the air to tackle Bebop, his belt letter was white.
• When Bebop said "Turtles" after they bumped into them before the fight at Channel 6, he spoke with Rocksteady's voice.

Trivia

• This episode's title is a reference to the 1987 comedy film Three Men and a Baby.

Home media releases

VHS

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Four Turtles and a Baby

DVD

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 4
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Classic Series Collection