| “Legend of the 5 Dragons” | |||||||
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) episode | |||||||
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| Season Code: | S05E03 | ||||||
| Episode: | 107 | ||||||
| Original airdate | August 7, 2006 (On Demand), March 8, 2008 (TV) | ||||||
| Written by | Danny Fingeroth | ||||||
| Supervising Producer | Lloyd Goldfine | ||||||
| Producers: | Gary Richardson | ||||||
| Frederick U. Fierst | |||||||
| Al Kahn | |||||||
| Norman Grossfeld | |||||||
| Thomas Kenney | |||||||
| Supervising Director | Roy Burdine | ||||||
| Story Editor: | Lloyd Goldfine | ||||||
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"Legend of the 5 Dragons" is the third episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles so-called "Lost 5th Season", which takes place after Season 4 of the series, but aired after its sequel Fast Forward.
Appearing in Legend of the 5 Dragons[]
Major characters[]
- Donatello (Sam Regal)
- Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
- Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
- Raphael (John Campbell)
- Splinter (Darren Dunstan)
- Ancient One (David Chen)
- Ninja Tribunal/5 Dragons
- Oroku Saki/Tengu Shredder (Scottie Ray)
- Shredder Tengu (Marc Thompson)
Minor characters[]
- Emperor of Japan
- Foot Mystics
- Earth Mystic (Sean Schemmel)
- Fire Mystic (Sean Schemmel)
- Metal Mystic (Sean Schemmel)
- Water Mystic (Brian Maillard)
- Wind Mystic (Brian Maillard)
- Hamato Yoshi (in Flashback only)
- Kappa Tengu
- Utrom Shredder(in Flashback and mentioned only)
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Episode[]
Voice-over introduction[]
As punishment for letting the cask be taken by the Acolytes, the Foot Mystics poised to execute a Kappa Tengu.
In this episode there is no voice introduction. However, there is an introduction of what happens to the Kappa Tengu after the second lost episode. It shows the five evil Foot Mystics angry at their failure to protect the cask from the Turtles and the other acolytes. In their anger, the mystics kill the Kappa Tengu and a flash blocks the camera, making us wonder what happens.
Plot[]
The Turtles have trouble sleeping after the revelation in the previous episode, while Splinter and Ancient One meditate about what will become. Splinter says that he can't let the Tribunal's judgement cost him his family. He then reveals the reason for his dislike of the Ninja Tribunal. Years ago, when his master, the guardian Hamato Yoshi, came to ask Tribunals aid against the Utrom Shredder, the Tribunal refused, and as a result, Yoshi was eventually slain by the Utrom Shredder. Splinter thinks that if the Tribunal had aided Yoshi, he might still be alive by now.
The Turtles are confused about the Shredder, as they already defeated one Shredder, and now another Shredder is returning. Splinter and Ancient One begin telling the story of the original Shredder.
The Tribunal received their armor in 300 A.D.
Shredder was actually a Tengu who wanted to control Earth in 300 AD. The Emperor of Japan summoned five great warriors. The warriors were the current members of the Ninja Tribunal, and Oroku Saki. As the warriors went to battle against the Tengu Shredder, Saki was able to destroy him. But before he struck the final blow, the Tengu communed with him in spirit and offered him great power, with which he could rule the world and gain everything he ever wanted on the condition that the Tengu merges with Saki's soul. Saki accepted the offer, and thus became the host for the Shredder, assuming the Tengu's identity.
As Shredder used his dark powers to become the most feared warlord in Japan, the Tribunal began to study mystical knowledge in order to defeat him for good. When they were ready, they assaulted Shredder's stronghold, and in an epic battle where all five transformed into their dragon avatars, the Tribunal eventually defeated the Shredder. But despite their victory, he could not be destroyed. Thus, the only thing they could do was to seal him away by separating three Shredder artifacts: his body, helmet and gauntlet. They encased his body in a sarcophagus, with Shredder swearing that one day he will return.
For the next 17 centuries, the Tribunal have been guarding the artifacts and at times trained other students to aid them. Now that the turtles know the truth, they realize that the Utrom Shredder they battled was only an impersonator who used the real one's name for respect.
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Quotes[]
Mikey: Aww... I can't sleep. |
Trivia[]
- This episode reveals the true history of Oroku Saki and the Shredder, which had began in 300 A.D. in Japan.
- When Oroku Saki became the Shredder he flipped the logo of the tribunal upside-down and made it his own logo. However, this episode shows that even before Saki becomes the Shredder, he wore a suit with the upside-down tribunal logo. This may simply be an animation error.