[Opening sequence and theme song.]
[Open on Willie Wombat’s Pizza Pan Theater. On the stage, a group of animatronic animal robots dance and sing.]
Willie Wombat "[singing] Because it's fun to be a wombat, a wombat, a wombat~ Being a wombat sure is fun!
The Pizza Pan Theater audiences are the greatest in the world. This is Willie Wombat saying thank you and good night."
[The audience cheers and claps.]
The Pizza Pan Theater audiences are the greatest in the world. This is Willie Wombat saying thank you and good night."
[The animatronic robots dance off stage. Willie goes off in another direction and bangs into a metal support post.]
Rufus Higby "Oh, no, not again. What's the matter with this stupid robot?
Something must be jammed."
[He opens a hatch in the robot’s back and messes with the wiring.]
Something must be jammed."
[Suddenly, a hatch in the floor opens and a man dressed as a phantom climbs out.]
Phantom "What are you doing? Take your hands off him!"
Higby "The phantom! Get him, boys!"
[Two thugs appear.]
Thugs "Yeah, boss."
[The Phantom runs out onto the stage and leaps over tables, causing the patrons to scream and run.]
Higby "Stop him!"
[Leaping from table to table, the Phantom grabs onto a chandelier and swings out through the front doors, breaking them in the process.]
Higby "Blast it, he got away again."
[Later, April O’Neil does a live report from the theater. In the Turtle Lair, the Turtles watch her report.]
April O'Neil "This is the third disturbance this month at Willie Wombat Pizza Pan Theatre."
April "I asked owner Rufus Higby if he knew who the intruder might be."
Higby "Uh, uh, no, no, that was, uh, that was no intruder. It was just a, uh, uh, a publicity stunt. Yeah, that's it-- a-a publicity stunt. Now go away."
Raphael "Man, that guy Higby's story is as fishy as a sushi bar."
Leonardo "Maybe we should check out this Pizza Pan Theatre."
Donatello "Yeah, it just might lead us to another baffling mystery."
Michelangelo "Or better yet, they might have some ultra-weird new pizza I haven't tried yet."
[They head out of the lair and into the tunnels. They all stop at the water’s edge.]
Raphael "Uh, is it just me, or has this underground river gotten higher?"
Leonardo "We used to be able to jump across it."
Michelangelo "And we still can, dudes. Cowabunga!"
[He jumps and hits the water. The others attempt the same jump and fall into the water as well. They come up coughing.]
Michelangelo "Okay, so, like, maybe the river is rising a little."
Raphael "Ah, there's nothing as invigorating as tramping around the sewers soaking wet."
Leonardo "Hold on. Do you hear something?"
[They pause to listen to a whirring noise.]
Donatello "Yeah. It sounds like somebody's using heavy machinery."
[They follow the sound and come out in another tunnel.]
Donatello "Will you look at that!"
[The Phantom is running a cement mixer.]
Michelangelo "Who is that weirdo?"
Raphael "It's a cinch he's no sewer repairman."
Leonardo "Okay, fella, just what are you doing?"
[The Phantom drops his shovel and runs.]
Donatello "Whoa, talk about antisocial."
Leonardo "We've gotta follow him, come on."
[The Phantom climbs a ladder and flees on a larger overhead pipe.]
Michelangelo "Whoa, that dude knows the sewers almost as well as we do."
Donatello "Wrong. Nobody knows the sewers like we do. There's a shortcut around that corner. Let's go."
[They race around the corner and end up running into a brick wall.]
All "Oh, oof!"
Donatello "Well, there used to be a shortcut around that corner."
Raphael "And I used to have a nice, straight beak. Oh!"
Leonardo "Someone bricked up the tunnel."
Michelangelo "It must have been that bizarro-looking creepazoid we saw."
Leonardo "We've lost him for good now."
Donatello "Maybe not. I've got something in the lair that might lead us to him. Come on."
[They begin their trek back to the lair.]
Michelangelo "Whoa, that dude sure is mysterioso. He's, like the Phantom of the Sewers."
Raphael "Hey, great name, Michelangelo. Did you think that up all by yourself?"
Michelangelo "No, dude, it's the name of this episode."
Donatello "Oh, no. The underground river is still rising."
Leonardo "It's almost reached the entrance to our lair."
Donatello "Guys, if it keeps rising at this rate, it'll turn this place into an indoor swimming pool."
Leonardo "I'll bet that phantom character has something to do with this."
Michelangelo "But why would the dude be flooding the sewers?"
Raphael "Well, maybe he sells scuba gear part-time."
Donatello "We can pick up his trail with this tracking device."
[Donatello leads the way with his beeping tracking device. The Turtles are once more in the tunnels.]
Donatello "We must be getting close. Look!"
[They reach an area where several pipes pour into a large holding pond. Water is pouring out of all the pipes.]
Leonardo "So that's why the river's flooding. He's opened the flood control valves."
Donatello "He's using the force of the water to generate hydroelectric power."
Leonardo "We'll have to find the control wheels and close off those floodgates."
Michelangelo "Uh, dudes? Check it out."
[Everyone turns to see a series of pillars and archways forming a type of underground city.]
Donatello "Wow. What is this place?"
Raphael "It looks like a reject from Better Homes and Catacombs."
Leonardo "It must be the phantom's lair."
[The Turtles cross a bridge into the Phantom’s hideout without realizing he’s spying on them from above.]
Phantom "They tracked me all the way here. There's just no privacy in these sewers anymore."