Leonardo, the Renaissance Turtle

“Leonardo, the Renaissance Turtle”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) episode
Season Code:	5
Episode:	15
Original airdate	October 9, 1991
Written by	Dennis O'Flaherty
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1991 Season 1991 List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes

Episodes: "The Turtles and the Hare" "Once Upon a Time Machine" "My Brother, the Bad Guy" "Michelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko" "Enter: Mutagen Man" "Donatello's Badd Time" "Michelangelo Meets Bugman Again" "Muckman Messes Up" "Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps" "Raphael Versus the Volcano" "Landlord of the Flies" "Donatello's Duplicate" "The Ice Creature Cometh" "Leonardo Cuts Loose" "Pirate Radio" "Raphael, Turtle of a Thousand Faces" "Leonardo, the Renaissance Turtle" "Zach and the Alien Invaders" "Welcome Back, Polarisoids" "Michelangelo, the Sacred Turtle" "Planet of the Turtleoids, Part 1" "Planet of the Turtleoids, Part 2" 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

"Leonardo, the Renaissance Turtle" is an episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV series.

Characters

• Leonardo (Cam Clarke)
• Donatello (Barry Gordon)
• Raphael (Rob Paulsen)
• Michaelangelo (Townsend Coleman)
• April O'Neil (Renae Jacobs)
• Vernon Fenwick (Peter Renaday)
• Punk Frogs
• Pinky McFingers (Peter Renaday)
• REX-1 (Jack Angel)
• Mayor (Townsend Coleman)
• Professor Mindbender (Pat Fraley )
• LEX (Jack Angel)

Locations

• 5th Street Bank
• Turtles' Lair
• City Sewer System
• Police Department Warehouse
• City Hall
• Florida Swamps

Vehicles

• Turtle Van
• Cheapskate
• Remote Controlled Police Car

Gadgets

• Long Range Scanner
• Turtlecoms
• Turtlecom Transmitter

Trivia

• Final appearance of REX-1

Errors

• Michaelangelo was briefly seen with Leonardo's swords on his belt when he went over to the picnic basket to answer his Turtlecom.

Quotes

• LEX: Are you going to come quietly, or will I have to use force?
• Leonardo: "Let's try force first!!" (he draws his sword before LEX shoots it with a pink ray from his finger melting the blade) Errr...How about thumb wrestling?
  

Plot Synopsis

The Mayor of New York City has come up with the perfect way to end all crime: LEX: Law Enforcement Expertinator. LEX is successful in stopping crime. Then a power hungry professor Mindbender tweaks the robot to arrest people for minor mistakes in a ploy to seize control of the city. Things go from bad to worse when Leonardo and April find themselves running from the law because they walked as a light turned to "Don't Walk". The other turtles are on vacation in Florida and Donatello is fixing a communication system. Leonardo must now think and find their old robot ally. When they find REX and get him working LEX arrives in the lair and brainwashes REX that Leo and April are their enemies and commands him to do his dirty work. Leo finds a stray skateboard to beet feet. This is about the time Donatello gets the Turtle Coms working again. After listening to Leo's messsage, Donatello informs the others to head home due to the grave situation that rose. By the time the team reunites, Leo tricks LEX into arresting Mindbender for scuffed shoes. The turtles are proud of their leader for his problem solving strategies that saved the city from Mindbender.