Leonardo Versus Tempestra/Transcript

[Opening sequence and theme song.]

[The episode begins at night and inside the turtles’ lair. A cloth dummy dressed like Shredder drops down from the ceiling on a rope.]

Leonardo "Hai! Whoo!

[He springs at the dummy but Splinter pulls it out of the way and Leonardo crashes.]

Yah! Oomph."

Splinter "You must concentrate, Leonardo. First, see you enemy's defeat in your mind. Then your body will follow."

Leonardo "Yes, Master Splinter.

[He charges again.]

Hai! Hai-woo!"

[He is successful this time. Meanwhile, Michelangelo is searching the refrigerator.]

Michelangelo "Oh, there's gotta be something to eat around here. I'm having a mega-munchie attack."

Raphael "Not your first tonight, is it? The cupboards are bare."

Michelangelo "Hey, dude, I'm a growing teenager."

Donatello "The problem is, we're all a little lair-crazy. Too much time in the sewers'll do it every time."

Raphael "I say we bust out of here for a breather. And-- news flash-- the Video Madness Arcade just got in a brand-new shipment of games!"

All "Yeehaw! All right!"

Michelangelo "Gnarly notion, dudes. Let's grab Leonardo and hit the streets."

Leonardo "Hiyah! Hee-yu!, Hai!"

[He kicks the dummy so hard it flies off the rope and hits Michelangelo, who instinctively throws it against the wall.]

Raphael "Hey, it's the Shred-head."

Donatello "How did he get past us?"

Michelangelo "I'm warning you, can-face, I've got a black belt in black eyes."

Leonardo "Hold it, fellas. It's only a--

[His brothers attack the dummy.]

I tried to tell 'em."

Michelangelo "Uh-oh."

Splinter "Congratulations, my students. It only took three of you to defeat one dummy."

Donatello "Looks like we're the real dummies."

Michelangelo "Hey, speak for yourself, dude."

[Cut to the Video Madness Arcade. The turtles enter through an air vent.]

Raphael "Okay, the coast is clear."

Leonardo "It sure was nice of the owner to let us use the arcade after hours."

[Michelangelo enters carrying several boxes of pizza.]

Michelangelo "Oh, whoa! Scope out all those games!"

Donatello "Power up."

Leonardo "This place is video heaven!"

Michelangelo "There's Slime Surfer! Radical!"

Raphael "Forget that. I'm playing Turbo Tentacles!"

Donatello "Oh, there's Brain Buster. I've been waiting for a chance at that one. Which one are you playing, Leonardo?"

Leonardo "I haven't decided."

[A female voice from one of the machines draws his attention.]

Tempestra "Why not try your hand at Tempestra's Revenge?"

Leonardo "Huh?"

Tempestra "Or are you afraid to accept Tempestra's challenge?"

[Leonardo walks over to the game.]

Leonardo "Me, afraid? I've beaten every game in this arcade at least twice. Wait a minute. I'm talking to a video game here."

Tempestra "Tempestra's Revenge is the ultimate challenge. Pit your skills against the evil mistress of universal power, if you dare."

Leonardo "That does it!

[He presses ‘Play’.]

Lady, you're on!

[He begins playing.]

We'll see who beats who."

[Some time has passed based on the empty pizza boxes and Donatello sleeping on the floor. Michelangelo and Raphael are both sitting on the floor. Raphael stretches and yawns.]

Raphael "Come on, Sleeping Beauty.

[He shakes Donatello.]

Rise and shine. I don't believe it. It's almost dawn, and Leonardo is still on that same video game."

[Leonardo continues to battle the “Tempestra” game.]

Michelangelo "Yo, dude, it's cock-a-doodle-doo time. We've gotta blow this joint."

Leonardo "In a minute. I've almost got her this time."

Donatello "Oh, look out. She's getting her revenge.

[The screen shows the game as Leonardo’s brothers watch over his shoulders.]

Leap over that canyon!"

Michelangelo "She's gone totally gonzo! Dodge the ice bombs!"

Raphael "And watch out for the fireballs!"

[A fireball hits Leonardo’s player character and it's “Game Over”.]

Michelangelo "Dude, you crashed and burned."

Donatello "Give it up for tonight."

Leonardo "But I nearly beat her. Honest."

Raphael "Sure you did."

Leonardo "Please, guys, just one more time."

[He reaches for the controls but Michelangelo grabs his hand. A shadowy figure shows through the glass panel on the other side of the door.]

Raphael "Uh-oh. It's the night watchman. Let's make turtle tracks."

Leonardo "I'll be back, Tempestra!"

[The other turtles grab him and drag him away from the game. Donatello opens the air vent cover.]

Donatello "Come on, Leonardo. Move it."

[The door begins to open.]

Raphael "Oh, too late."

Night Watchman "Hey, what's been going on in here?

[He sees all the trash.]

Someone's been playing the video games.

[Donatello pulls the power lever and the lights go out.]

Who's there? I can hear you. Come back here, you lawbreaking punks!

[He switches the power back on. The place is cleaned up.]

Well, at least they were neat lawbreaking punks."

[The turtles walk through the sewers.]

Donatello "Thanks, Leonardo. Maybe next time we could cut it even closer."

Leonardo "I tell you, fellas, I should've beaten that video game!"

Michelangelo "Face it, dude-- You've met your match."

Raphael "Yeah. Put that video vixen out of your mind."

Leonardo "Oh, if only I could."

[Back at the lair, the turtles are eating pizza, all except Leonardo, who is drawing on some paper.]

Michelangelo "Yo, Leonardo, don't you want to scarf some pizza?"

Donatello "Earth to Leonardo. Your shell is here, but where's the rest of you?"

Michelangelo "I whipped up your number-one fave-- shredded coconut and sweet pickles."

[Leonardo is drawing a picture of Tempestra.]

Leonardo "Huh? Oh, thanks, Michelangelo, but I'm not hungry."

Donatello "Master Splinter is worried. He says you've been missing ninja practice the last few evenings."

[Raphael looks over Leonardo’s shoulder and scoffs.]

Raphael "And you're supposed to be our inspiration. So that's your problem. You're still letting that video game get to you."

Leonardo "A video game?

[He rips the drawing in half.]

Me? No way. Those things are for kids."

Donatello "If you ask me, that kid has been sneaking off to the arcade."

[The turtles are all in their beds asleep. Leonardo is tossing and having a bad dream.]

Leonardo "Uh, no! No!"

[Tempestra appears in his dream to taunt him.]

Tempestra "You'll never defeat me, Leonardo. Never!"

[She laughs. Leonardo waves his hands around and then falls off the bed.]

Leonardo "Oof! I can't let her beat me!"

[He sneaks out of the lair. The night is stormy, with thunder booming and lightning flashing. Leonardo has returned to the arcade.]

Leonardo "Okay, Tempestra, this time I've got you! Yes! I made it to the thirteenth level! I'm winning!"

[A bolt of lightning hits a power pole. The electricity travels along the power line leading into the arcade. It buzzes as it races up the power cord on the Tempestra machine. The machine explodes, throwing Leonardo backwards. He sits up, coughing and groaning.]

Leonardo "Oh! What happened?"

[Tempestra laughs and Leonardo looks up to see her standing next to him.]

Tempestra "My attack too much for you, Leonardo?"

Leonardo "Tempestra! You-- You're alive!"

Tempestra "Yes, Leonardo, thanks to you. No one has ever reached the final level of the game before."

Leonardo "This isn't exactly what I expected."

Tempestra "Well, that's what makes it interesting, don't you think? But now the stakes have risen, my green friend. Now you are playing for the fate of the world."

[She lifts her hand and an energy beam shoots from her finger to hit Leonardo. He is slammed into a wall and held there by the beam. Tempestra laughs.]

Leonardo "Somehow I've released this evil force into the world! I need the turtles, but I can't reach my turtlecom!"

[Tempestra continues laughing as she keeps him pinned.]

Tempestra "We'll see just how good a player you really are, Leonardo, now that the fate of the world is in your hands."

[The energy beam stops and Leonardo falls to the floor.]

Leonardo "Whoa! Oomph!

[He grabs his turtlecom.]

Leonardo calling turtles! Leonardo calling turtles!"

Tempestra "What do you think you're doing?"

Leonardo "Uh, just reaching out to touch someone."

Tempestra "Oh, no, you don't."

[She shoots two beams at him, but he leaps out of the way.]

Leonardo "Hurry, guys! This is serious! Wake up!"

[Back at the lair, the other turtles are still asleep. The turtlecom on Raphael’s bedside table starts beeping and wakes him. He appears on Leonardo’s turtlecom screen and yawns.]

Raphael "It's your dime. This had better be good."

Leonardo "Make tracks to the video arcade! Now!"

[He ducks an energy beam. Donatello joins Raphael.]

Donatello "Why? Have you reached a new level?"

Leonardo "No gag, fellas. It's doomsday if you guys don't get here in a flash!"

Raphael "Is this about that Tempestra game?"

Leonardo "Yes, but there's been a new development! She's alive!"

Michelangelo "Yep, it finally happened. The dude has flipped his shell."

Raphael "It's time for the old rubber aquarium."

[Suddenly Tempestra appears on Raphael’s screen.]

Tempestra "This contest is between Leonardo and me! Stay out of it, turtles."

Donatello "I don't believe it. Could this actually be Tempestra?"

Raphael "She's alive?"

Leonardo "That's what I've been trying to tell you guys."

Tempestra "I've warned you! Stay out of this, shell-backs!"

[She zaps the turtlecom and it explodes.]

Leonardo "Yeow!"

Tempestra "Don't expect to see your friends anytime soon."

[She starts laughing and turns her energy beam onto the floor. It shoots straight through and into the sewers, hitting the water and causing it to surge. The turtles are running through the sewers on their way to help Leonardo. They open a hatch and see the water rushing at them.]

All "Whoa-oa!"

Michelangelo "Whoa, high tide!"

[He pulls the hatch shut just as the water reaches it.]

Raphael "The tunnel's flooded. We can't get out!"

[Tempestra continues laughing as Leonardo watches the tunnels being flooded on an arcade machines’ screen.]

Leonardo "Look, lady, what's got you so burned up, anyway?"

Tempestra "You'd be angry too if you'd spent your entire life imprisoned in this stupid video game!"

[She waves her hand and one of the machines flies at Leonardo, who ducks. The machine smashes into the wall.]

Leonardo "Whoa! Whoa! Now, now. Temper, temper."

[She keeps shooting at him.]

Tempestra "I haven't begun to show my temper, lizard-face!"

Leonardo "Lizard-face? And I thought we were getting along so nicely."

Tempestra "Escaping into your dimension wasn't easy. I won't use up my valuable power arguing with a mere turtle."

[She floats up off the floor.]

Leonardo "By the way, how did you get here?"

Tempestra "Obviously, the electrical surge, combined with your computer input, created a hyper-field vacuum, pulling me through this dimension."

Leonardo "Obviously. Where's Donatello when I need him?"

Tempestra "I've waited too long for this moment. The time has come to finally unleash Tempestra's revenge!"

[She laughs maniacally, blows out the front door, and flies into the air and over the city. Leonardo sighs.]

Leonardo "Oh, that female video chip is starting to get under my shell. I'd better take this computer circuit board.

[He reaches into Tempestra’s broken video game.]

It could be the only chance to recapture Tempestra."

[Cut to Donatello, who is welding something.]

Raphael "How's the diving bell coming, Donatello?"

Donatello "I need more metal."

Raphael "More metal. Right."

Michelangelo "Dude, we're aquatic creatures, remember? How come we need a diving bell?"

Donatello "Because even a turtle can't stand three-thousand pounds of pressure per square inch."

[Raphael returns with more metal.]

Raphael "Here, you can use our supply of pizza pans."

Donatello "Great."

Michelangelo "Oh, no! Not my pizza pans!"

Donatello "I'm afraid so."

[Michelangelo chows down on the single slice of pizza still sitting on a pan.]

Michelangelo "Oh, man, the sacrifices we turtles are called on to make."

[Leonardo walks along a city sidewalk and looks around.]

Tempestra "So, Leonardo, we meet again."

[She is standing on the opposite street corner.]

Leonardo "You're on my turf now, Tempestra."

Tempestra "Perhaps you've overestimated your skills, upstart reptile. This should hold you in your place."

[She zaps the fire hydrant next to Leonardo. It bursts and water rains down on him. Laughing, she zaps the water and it turns to ice around the turtle.]

Leonardo "Hi-yah!

[Leonardo kicks the ice and shatters it to free himself.]

Ha-ha-ha! Points for Leonardo!"

Tempestra "This will take care of you in no time flat!"

[She zaps a road roller and it drives of its own accord. Before it can flatten him, Leonardo jumps onto the rolling drum and jogs on top of it.]

Leonardo "Whoa! Hy-yah!

[He flips into the cab and turns off the ignition.]

You'll have to do better than that, Tempestra."

Tempestra "Don't worry, I intend to. Try this on your seismograph for size!"

[She points at the ground and the earth starts shaking. The top of a traffic light breaks off and Leonardo leaps aside to avoid being hit.]

Leonardo "Whoa!"

[He rolls out of the way as a street light falls. Tempestra laughs as a whirlwind surrounds her body and then she zips out of sight. The ground continues shaking violently as April drives along in the Channel 6 news van.]

April O’Neil "It's an earthquake!

[The street starts to split open in front of Leonardo and April drives towards him.]

Leonardo, jump!"

[He leaps through the passenger side window as April drives past.]

Leonardo "Ohh, thanks for the lift, April. That was a mighty close call."

April "Who whipped up this little shake and bake recipe anyway?"

Leonardo "Would you believe, a video game?"

[Tempestra hovers in the air above the Channel 6 news building.]

Tempestra "Now to give the humans a taste of what's to come. Tempestra will reign!"

[Laughing, she points down and her powers activate. Inside a studio, Vernon stands in front of some weather charts. Nearby, Irma is kneeling on the floor with a clipboard in hand. The cameraman gives her a nod.]

Irma "Okay, Vernon, you're on."

Vernon Fenwick "I am? Oh.

[He coughs.]

Good morning."

Irma "Evening."

Vernon "Oh, right. Uh, evening. This is Channel, uh..."

Irma "Six."

Vernon "Oh, yes. Channel 6 weather update. The current temperature is a balmy 74.

[The weather gauge starts jumping around.]

Uh, no, I mean, it's 12. Wait-- Wait a minute. Oh, no, it's minus three degrees. Uh, a last-minute correction. It's 98. Or is it 32?"

Irma "Don't ask me.

[There is the sound of Tempestra laughing.]

Okay, so Vernon's not so good. But he's all we've got."

Burne Thompson "Irma, get in here!"

Irma "Y-Yes, sir, Mr. Thompson. Right away, sir.

[She enters his outer office. People are bundled up and ice is forming on the walls.]

Guess there's no hot news in here."

Thompson "Irma, get in here!"

Irma "Oh, why do I just know this is gonna end up being my fault?

[She enters his office. He has a fan running and his feet in ice water.]

Mr. Thompson!"

Thompson "It's a hundred and twelve degrees in here. Do something! And get that idiot Vernon off the air!"

Irma "Yes, sir. Right away, sir. And I believed them when they said this job was a promotion."

[The street outside is a disaster scene. April uses her turtlecom to speak to the other turtles.]

April "I'm glad you're all okay, Donatello."

Donatello "Oh, don't worry about us. I'm working on a plan to free us."

Leonardo "What a coincidence. So am I."

Donatello "We'll keep tracking your turtlecom signal."

[The transmission is interrupted by static.]

April "Donatello, you're breaking up!"

Donatello "April!"

April "What could be causing such strong interference?"

Leonardo "This, the new nuclear power generator.

[He points to a spot on a map.]

Let's hurry, April. It looks like Tempestra's having a snack attack."

April "A snack attack?"

Leonardo "She may look human, but she's still a computer chip. I think I may have found her weakness. Tempestra's powers need power."

[Tempestra appears at the nuclear power generator. She waves her hand and changes a sign that reads “Caution—Bridge Under Construction” to read Nuclear Power Generator”.]

Tempestra "I hope this little detour doesn't inconvenience you, Leonardo."

[She quickly disappears. The news van arrives and Leonardo sees the sign with its directional arrow.]

Leonardo "There. The nuclear generator is that way, April. We have to stop her from getting a fresh power supply."

April "Right."

[She drives away and Tempestra appears again.]

Tempestra "This is too easy. A little fog might make it more challenging."

[She causes a fog to rise. It’s thick enough to hide the bridge.]

April "This awful fog! I can't see where we're going."

[The fog clears enough to see the broken end of the bridge.]

Leonardo "April, look out!"

[April screams and slams on the brakes. They squeal and the van slides forward.]

April "We're going off the bridge!"

[They both yell as the van falls.]

April "Help!"

Leonardo "Whoa! Hang on, April!"

[There’s a loud crash. The van stops moving and it’s right side up.]

April "I don't believe it!

[They’ve landed on a roller coaster.]

It's Gigantus, the world's biggest roller coaster!"

Leonardo "At least we avoided the lines.

[The van starts rolling.]

Oh, we're going over! Hang on!"

[They both scream as the van zips along the tracks. It starts up the loop-the-loop but halfway up, the van falls. It lands right-side-up on the tracks below.]

Leonardo "Try to keep it on the tracks!"

April "I'm just trying to keep my lunch!"

Leonardo "Whoa-oa!"

[The van reaches the end and lands atop the parked coaster cars.]

April "We made it!"

Leonardo "Wanna go again? Just kidding."

[Meanwhile, at the power plant, Tempestra is weakening.]

Tempestra "I must be recharged, and soon. A good jolt of nuclear power will do the trick. Then no one will ever be able to stop me."

[She flies up towards the power plant stack. In the lair, Donatello puts the finishing touches on a hatch. Inside is the diving bell.]

Donatello "When we open the outside door, this watertight hatch should flood, popping us to the surface."

Raphael "You sure this is gonna work?"

Michelangelo "It better. Soggy pizza can be a real drag."

[They enter the hatch and then climb into the diving bell.]

Raphael "Hey! Watch it with the elbow!"

Michelangelo "Yo, dude, your foot is in my ear. Or is that my foot?"

Donatello "Well, okay, guys, so it's a little uncomfortable. This isn't a pleasure trip."

Raphael "You got that right."

[The shift around in the tight quarters and then Donatello presses the button on the remote which causes the outside door to pop open. Water floods in. The diving bell rises and a propeller sends it out into the tunnels. Meanwhile, Tempestra is starting to recharge.]

Tempestra "I will engulf the plant and absorb its nuclear energy. I can already feel the power."

[The news van arrives back at the power generator.]

Leonardo "Look, there she is. And she's about to load up on some nuclear kilowatts."

[They jump out of the van.]

April "We've gotta stop her!"

[Hovering between two power stacks, Tempestra pulls energy from both.]

Tempestra "Well, Leonardo, who is your pretty companion?"

April "I'm April O'Neil, Channel 6 News. Perhaps you've seen me."

Tempestra "I don't watch the news, I make it! Now if you'll excuse me, I have some serious recharging to do."

Leonardo "I've got an idea. It's a one-in-a-million chance."

April "Right now, those sound like pretty terrific odds."

[She follows as Leonardo races away. Inside the sewers, the diving bell continues an unsteady course.]

Raphael "Hang a left! A left!"

Donatello "Oh, I'd love to, but this thing doesn't have a steering wheel."

[The diving bell bounces off the walls, throwing the turtles around.]

Michelangelo "Oh, major wipeout, dudes."

Donatello "Raphael, are you still picking up April's turtlecom signal?"

Raphael "Yeah. I think we're getting closer."

[They drop out of the flooded tunnels and float downstream. At the power generator, April and Leonardo have reached the main circuit breaker control panel.]

Leonardo "We've gotta make our move now.

[He runs out of hiding and waves his arms.]

Hey, Tempestra, over here!"

Tempestra "There is no counterattack this time, Leonardo!"

Leonardo "

[under his breath]

There'd better be.

[out loud]

Your batteries are dead. And I thought you were supposed to be all-powerful. What a joke! Ha, ha, ha, ha!"

Tempestra "A joke, am I?"

April "Leonardo, what are you doing?"

Leonardo "You'll see."

[Tempestra whips up a firestorm of power.]

Tempestra "Do not challenge the power of Tempestra!"

Leonardo "You don't look so powerful to me."

April "Uh, she's getting awfully steamed."

Leonardo "I'm counting on it."

[She flies down towards him.]

Tempestra "You fool! I am programmed to win at any cost! Perhaps these creatures will convince you."

[She zaps the ground and an ice creature rises up. Leonardo reacts with shock as he also sees an electricity monster, and a fire breathing dragon.]

Leonardo "She's about out of juice. These guys are her last-ditch effort."

April "Not bad for a gal with a weak battery."

Leonardo "Don't worry. I can handle whatever she can dish out...

[He draws his katanas.]

I hope."

[Cut to the diving bell.]

Donatello "According to my calculations, they should be directly above us."

[The fire breathing dragon spits a fireball at Leonardo and he jumps out of the way. April films everything from behind a crate.]

April "I hope Leonardo finishes 'em off in time for the eleven o’clock news."

[Leonardo raises a metal sewer lid and a fireball bounces off of it. The ground shakes and water rushes out of the opening to lift the diving bell into the air. The other turtles leap out.]

Michelangelo "Cowabunga!"

Leonardo "I thought you'd never get here."

Donatello "Oh, sorry for the delay. We had this minor plumbing problem."

[The dragon roars and spits fire. Michelangelo takes the metal lid from Leonardo.]

Michelangelo "Oh, yeah?

[He runs to the still spraying water and uses the lid to direct a stream of water into the dragon’s face. It disappears in a burst of flames.]

There, dude. Maybe that'll teach you not to play with fire."

[The ice creature slides ice balls at the turtles and they jump out of the way. It roars and throws another ice ball, but Donatello bats it back with his bō. The ice ball hits the ice creature and breaks off a section. Donatello runs up to it.]

Donatello "I think it's about time someone cut you down to size."

[He swings his bō and slices through the mid-section of the creature. It collapses and then melts. The electricity monster shoots bolts at the turtles, who jump out of the way. From behind a trash can, Raphael grins as he spots a box of metal parts.]

Raphael "This one's on me, fellas. Hy-yah!

[He throws the metal transcan and all the parts at the monster. Electricity sparks and the monster shorts out and disappears.]

There's no charge for that."

[Tempestra sprawls on the ground, appearing weakened.]

Tempestra "That turtle tricked me! I must have immediate power to defeat him! A nuclear generator explosion will take care of that."

[She heads toward the main circuit breaker.]

April "Leonardo, stop her! She's going to blow up the nuclear generator!"

Leonardo "I'm afraid I'll just have to short-circuit that idea, Tempestra."

[He pulls the circuit board from his belt.]

Tempestra "No-o-o!"

[She gathers electricity around herself and flings it at him. Leonardo throws the circuit board at her. The electricity hits the board.]

Donatello "You've made the board an electromagnetic energy field!"

Leonardo "Okay, if you say so."

[The circuit board falls to the ground, having trapped Tempestra. Her voice comes from inside.]

Tempestra "Beaten by a turtle! No-o-o!"

Leonardo "Final point, Leonardo!"

Michelangelo "Tubuloso move, dude."

Raphael "She was definitely “shell-lacked”."

Donatello "Turtles everywhere are proud of you."

[April focuses her camera on Leonardo and holds out a microphone.]

April "Tell the world how you did it, Leonardo."

Leonardo "Well, the secret to winning video games is all in the wrist."

[The scene shifts to another time. The turtles are in disguise and walking past the video arcade.]

Raphael "Hey, Leonardo, want to stop in for a game or two?"

Leonardo "Forget it. A couple of pizzas and a good movie will do just fine."

[He steps into the street. A truck races around the corner with a video game tied down in back. The truck’s horn honks tires and the other turtles pull Leonardo back before he’s hit.]

Donatello "Look out, Leonardo!"

Michelangelo "Whoa, dudes, check that out!"

[The video game machine on the truck has an “out of order” sign on it.]

Leonardo "I guess some villainesses just don't know when to quit."

[End Credits]