[Opening sequence and theme song.]
[In the Turtle Lair, Michelangelo is watching a horror movie on television.]
Michelangelo "Look out, dude. He's right behind you!"
[Onscreen, the Mummy comes up behind the man and reaches for him. Michelangelo munches on pizza and then Donatello grabs his shoulder.]
Donatello "Michelangelo."
Michelangelo "Whoa!"
Donatello "Hey, come on with us. We're gonna go see O'Malley's Comet."
Michelangelo "No thanks. You dudes go ahead without me. I already read the book."
Donatello "It's not a movie. It's a real comet that only appears once every hundred years."
Leonardo "And we're all going to the planetarium to watch it."
Michelangelo "Come on, wouldn't you dudes rather stay and watch “Chain-gang Mummy” with me?"
Donatello "Chain-gang Mummy?"
Michelangelo "Yeah, it's part of the Mummy Movie Marathon. Twelve hours of tombs and glooms."
Raphael "Forget it, guys. It's a dead issue."
Michelangelo "Now what? Oh, hey, April. What's the haps, dudette?"
April O'Neil "Actually, I'm on my way to the Natural History Museum. I could use a little company."
Michelangelo "Uh, no thanks, April. I'm right in the middle of a mummy movie."
April "I'm talking about a real mummy. They're about to open the sarcophagus of Amen Turt-el. There's supposed to be a curse on it."
Michelangelo "A curse? Whoa! I'm on my way. [Speaking to the TV.] Forget it, fella. I'm off to see the real thing.
Cowabunga!"
[He shuts off the TV and grabs his disguise.]
Cowabunga!"
[The Turtle Van pulls up to the museum and April and Michelangelo get out.]
April "I have the strangest feeling that someone is watching us."
[They are walking towards the museum entrance, but Michelangelo is looking behind them. A very tall man with a sword tucked into his belt steps in front of them. They both run into him.]
April "Ahh!"
Michelangelo "Whoa!"
[A smaller man, wearing digging clothes, walks up next to the tall man.]
Sir Percival Pifflecoot "Sorry, chaps. Hope my man Casbah didn't startle you."
Michelangelo "No, my eyes always bug out like this."
[Pifflecoot steps up to Michelangelo and shakes his hand.]
Pifflecoot "Fascinating. I am Sir Percival Pifflecoot, world renowned Egyptologist."
Michelangelo "An Egypt-what-agist?"
April "Egyptologist. He's an expert in Egyptian archeology."
Pifflecoot "Quite right, my dear. And I would like you to take a warning for those, uh-- those publicity-hungry fools in there."
April "What warning is that, Sir Percival?"
Pifflecoot "If they do not leave the sarcophagus of Amen Turt-el in peace, his spirit will be angered, and there's no telling what might happen."
[He and Casbah walk away. Inside the museum, April and Michelangelo meet with another man.]
Professor Tut "A curse? What nonsense. That Pifflecoot is simply jealous because I, Professor Tut, found the tomb of Amen Turt-el before he did."
April "Professor, will you tell our viewers what you expect to find in there?"
Tut "Certainly, Ms. O'Neil.
According to these hieroglyphics, we should see not only the mummy of the great Amen Turt-el, but a fabled ruby known as the Turtle's Eye."
[He places a crowbar under the lid of the sarcophagus.]
According to these hieroglyphics, we should see not only the mummy of the great Amen Turt-el, but a fabled ruby known as the Turtle's Eye."
[April points her mini-camera at the sarcophagus. It creaks and groans and April gasps. Finally, the lid opens. There lies the mummy with a great ruby in its forehead.]
Michelangelo "Holy guacamole! It is a ruby!"
[Suddenly, the lights go out.]
April "Whoa, what happened to the lights?"
Michelangelo "Then went out, just like in “Return of the Mad Mummy”! Or was that “The Martian Mummy's Revenge”?"
[A sparkly, bluish light drifts into the darkness and then takes the shape of a ghostly man. The lights come on.]
Osiris "You were warned, mortals! Now you are cursed by Osiris, ruler of the departed souls."
[He laughs and vanishes.]
Michelangelo "I'll say one thing for the dude, he sure knows how to make an entrance."
Tut "Oh, no! The ruby, it's missing!"
Michelangelo "More importantly, so is April!"
Tut "Help! Police!"
Michelangelo "I sure hope this thing reaches the planetarium. Come in, amigos! Mayday! Mayday!"
[At the Planetarium, Donatello is peering through the telescope.]
Donatello "Oh, is this ever incredible. Look, Leonardo."
Leonardo "O'Malley's Comet is affecting the moon's radiation."
Donatello "It looks like ultra-thermionic radiation to me."
Raphael "Yeah, or else they forgot to clean the lens."
[Donatello’s Turtlecom chirps.]
Donatello "Huh? The Turtlecom."
[There is heavy static on the line and no image.]
Michelangelo "Mummy. . . tomb. . . stolen ruby!"
Donatello "Oh, poor Michelangelo. He's still talking about that scary mummy movie."
Michelangelo "Bummer, the dudes are out of range. Hold on. Footprints. Whoa, look at the size of those dogs.
This dude could put out forest fires with his feet. They must belong to that humongazoid Casbah."
[He follows the footprints.]
This dude could put out forest fires with his feet. They must belong to that humongazoid Casbah."
[A car drives past the sign advertising “Worlds Fair 1955”.]
Pifflecoot "Well, Casbah, how did it go?"
[Casbah is driving the car. In the back seat is April, rolled up in a rug.]
Casbah "Mission accomplished, Master."
Pifflecoot "Beautiful, Casbah. Marvelous."
[Casbah pulls up to a replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza.]
Pifflecoot "Open sesame."
[A door between the statue’s front legs opens. The car drives inside. In a large chamber decorated with Egyptian artifacts, Pifflecoot works the controls on a machine. He is now dressed like a Pharaoh.]
Casbah "Here she is, Master, just as you commanded."
April "Put me down, you big gorilla!"
[She screams when he tosses her on the floor and rolls her out of the rug.]
April "O-Oh!"
Pifflecoot "Welcome to my humble sphinx, Ms. O'Neil."
April "The only thing that sphinx around here is you! Exactly what's the big idea?"
Casbah "You will speak softly in the presence of my master."
April "Or what?"
Casbah "Or this!"
[He pulls the large sword from his belt. April begins whispering.]
April "So, what's the big idea?"
Pifflecoot "You are about to see history made, my inquisitive reporter."