[Opening sequence and theme song.]
[Open on a view of a city and pan out to the ocean. A squid monster rises from the water. It is a movie playing on the television in the Turtle Lair.]
Michelangelo "It's “The Squid Monster That Ate Hoboken!”"
Raphael "A veritable science fiction classic."
Michelangelo "I must've watched this flick a dozen times!"
Raphael "Actually, you've watched it two dozen, but who's counting?"
Michelangelo "Whoa, scope it out, dudes. Here's the part where he gets truly unruly."
[The electricity crackles and then the power goes out.]
Leonardo "Hey! What's going on?"
Raphael "It's gotta be Donatello again."
All "Donatello!"
[Donatello turns on a flashlight. He is standing next to one of his inventions.]
Donatello "Uh, sorry, guys! I guess I overloaded the circuit. Hmm, must be the pentode and ductoscope. Maybe it's the autodyne ignition. Aha! I found the trouble."
[The power comes back on.]
Raphael "Donatello's been blowing out fuses all week working on that screwball invention of his."
Leonardo "That's not all he blew out. Look at the TV!"
[The television is off and smoke rises from the back.]
Michelangelo "Major bummer, dudes! The squid monster was just about to chow down on Chinatown."
Splinter "Perhaps that was a fortunate accident, my students. You have been watching far too many tasteless horror films."
Michelangelo "Hey, Sensei, we gotta have some intellectual stimulation."
Splinter "My students, I advise you to make use of your own imagination instead of relying on other people's. Now, when I was very young, I would listen to sumo wrestling on the radio. Now, that required imagination."
[Cut to the Channel 6 news building.]
Burne Thompson "Gang, today we welcome a brand-new member to the Channel 6 news team. He's Milton Frobish III, the son of Channel 6's owner, Milton Frobish II."
Irma Langenstein "Gosh, what an incredible coincidence."
Burne "Now, I don't expect you to show Milton any special privileges. He's just like any other working class stiff."
April O'Neil "Who happens to be worth $23 gazillion."
Burne "Any questions?"
Irma "Just one. Is he married?"
Vernon Fenwick "Irma, I hope you won't embarrass us by fawning all over him."
Burne "Ladies and gentlemen, I present Milton Frobish III."
[He opens the office door and the new employee enters.]
Milton Frobish III "Uh, hello."
[Vernon yanks the chair out from under Irma.]
Irma "D'oh!"
[Vernon wheels the chair over to Frobish.]
Vernon "What an incredible honor, sir! Can I offer you a seat? Maybe a cup of coffee? A prune Danish? If you need a place to live, I know a charming little apartment. We can move April out right away."
Burne "Vernon! Hey, hey, hey!"
Vernon "Oh, sorry, Chief. I was just trying to make him feel at home."
April "Yes, in my home."
Burne "I'm sure we all want to help young Frobish learn everything about Channel 6, which is why I'm sure Ms. O'Neil won't mind if Milton takes her place doing the news today."
April "I won't?"
[Later, the Turtles watch Milton on TV.]
Milton "And that wraps up today's nose-- Er, I-- I mean news! Uh, until tomorrow, this is Milton Frobish singing-- oh, I-- I mean signing off."
Raphael "Huh! What a turkey! They should've saved this guy for a Thanksgiving special."
Leonardo "I wonder what happened to April."
Donatello "Hey, guys, come in here quick! It's working fine now.
The parabolic synchronizer was interfering with the rheostatic magnetometer."
[The other Turtles join him in the lab.]
The parabolic synchronizer was interfering with the rheostatic magnetometer."
Raphael "That's easy for you to say."
Michelangelo "All right! Does that mean we can finish watching “The Squid Monster That Ate Hoboken?”"
Donatello "Trust me. This invention will make movies obsolete. I call it Dream-O-Vision."
Raphael "Is this the gizmo that keeps blowing our fuses?"
Donatello "No, no, no. See, that's the ultra high-voltage power transmitter. It allows the Dream-O-Vision helmet to be cordless so you can take it anywhere."
Michelangelo "So, like, what exactly does it do?"
Donatello "Anything your imagination can dream up. Watch this."
[He places the helmet on his head and presses a button. A head-lamp comes on and projects and “movie” of Donatello receiving an award.]
Presenter "And to you, Donatello, for your great contributions to science, we award this honorary doctorate and the title of Turtle Emeritus."
Michelangelo "Tubuloso!"
Raphael "It’s surreal!"
Leonardo "Cool!"
Donatello "See? All you have to do is imagine something, and the Dream-O-Vision turns it into a life-size hologram. Here, Leonardo. You try it."
[He places the helmet on Leonardo’s head and presses the button. Leonardo sees himself landing a spaceship on another planet.]
Leonardo "The tortoise has landed."
Man "This is Mission Control. Congratulations, Colonel Leonardo. You-- What's that, Mr. President? Correction. Make that General Leonardo."
[In a space suit, Leonardo exits the ship and leaps down to the planet.]
Leonardo "This is one small step for a Turtle, one giant leap for turtlekind."
[As people cheer, he plants a flag with the image of a turtle shell on it.]
Leonardo "It's amazing! The whole thing was so real!"
Donatello "Yeah. I mean, it's hard to believe it was all in your mind, isn't it?"
Raphael "Now me! At last, a chance to direct!"