| “Return of Savanti, Part 1” | |||||||
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) episode | |||||||
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| Season Code: | S04E20 | ||||||
| Episode: | 98 | ||||||
| Original airdate | March 11, 2006 | ||||||
| Written by | Christopher Yost | ||||||
| Supervising Producer | Lloyd Goldfine | ||||||
| Producers: | Gary Richardson | ||||||
| Frederick U. Fierst | |||||||
| Al Kahn | |||||||
| Norman Grossfeld | |||||||
| Thomas Kenney | |||||||
| Story Editor: | Michael Ryan | ||||||
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"Return of Savanti", Part 1 is the first part of the two-part (ninety-eighth) episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which originally aired on March 11, 2006.
Appearing in Return of Savanti, Part 1[]
Major characters[]
- Donatello (Sam Regal)
- Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
- Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
- Raphael (John Campbell)
- Renet (Liza Jacqueline)
- Savanti Romero (David Zen Mansley)
Minor characters[]
- April O'Neil (Veronica Taylor)
- Splinter (Darren Dunstan)
- Archelon
- Dinosaurs
- Ankylosaurus
- Apatosaurus
- Deinonychus
- Stegosaurus
- Triceratops
- Pteranodons
Species[]
Objects and vehicles[]
- Animal replicas
- Blue whale replica
- Sea turtle replica
- Stegosaurus replica
- Bō
- Dinosaurs animatronics
- Fossil skeletons
- Apatosaurus skeleton
- Archelon skeleton
- Pteranodon skeleton
- Triceratops skeleton
- Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
- Katana
- New Battle Shell
- Nunchaku
- Sai
- Time Scepter
Locations[]
- American Museum of Natural History
- Prehistoric Earth (Cretaceous Period)
- Reservoir Station
Episode[]
Voice-over introduction[]
Donatello: My name is Donatello and right now I can't help but think of an old saying: Be careful what you wish for. All my life, I've been fascinated with what they call "terrible lizards" and "thunder beasts". Dinosaurs. But now, amazingly, I got my wish. Here I am in the Cretaceous Period, 65 million years ago, finally seeing them with my own two eyes, while running for my life. So be careful what you wish for, or, just like the dinosaurs, you might find yourself facing sudden extinction.
Plot[]
Open with the Turtles and April O'Neil as they enter a natural history museum that currently features a large dinosaur exhibit (the Turtles are in full disguise). Raphael and Michelangelo are not happy about it, while Donatello is very optimistic and excited about it. The museum is nearly empty as it is about to close in twenty minutes but Leonardo still has to make sure that he and his brothers still keep a low profile regardless. However a low profile is not that easy as Don begins to sneeze due to him catching a cold recently. Anyway, they still manage not to be seen. As the group looks around, they are suddenly startled by the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex that spring to life! But as soon as the skeletal monster takes one step, its bones collapse into a pile. Suddenly, the fossils float into the air and encircle the Turtles and April as a sinister laugh fills the air. The other people in the museum flee in terror while the bones pieces themselves together into a new formation, the image of Savanti Romero's face!
As the bones come together, Savanti Romero’s voice is heard. The evil sorcerer states that he will erase the Turtles' timeline if they don't stop him. Romero announces that he will be waiting in the "Ring of Fire". Raph attacks the floating skull and the bones collapse into a pile on the floor. Don notes that it seemed more like a recorded message than a visitation and wonders how Savanti could have known that they would be here at this time. On cue, Renet appears with the Time Scepter. The Time Mistress informs her friends that her final exam with Lord Simultaneous is solving the current chrono-crisis at hand - she has to stop Savanti Romero from messing up the timeline to pass her test. The absent-minded Timestress asks the ninjas for their help. The Turtles agree to help Renet, fearing that she may mess things up if left to her own devices. As Renet prepares to teleport the party to the Cretaceous period, April announces that she wants to go home. Renet cheerfully agrees to send her there, but inadvertently ships her to the Turtles' lair, where a bemused Master Splinter announces that he'd be better off if he didn't know what was going on. Renet and the Turtles then travel through time and arrive with a flash in the Cretaceous period.
Don informs the group that they must ensure that they don’t leave anything behind, as it could affect their entire future. After they take off their disguises and bundle them up into backpacks, the Turtles and Renet set off. Don once again sneezes and apparently sets off an epic stampede of dinosaurs - that's heading directly towards our heroes!
As the group dodges the stampeding dinosaurs, Renet tries to use the Time Scepter to teleport them out of danger, but the rod is glowing red and won't work! Raph and Mike hop on the backs of some running dinosaurs and make their way to safety atop a large boulder. Leo leaps to the rock and Don grabs Renet and carries her to safety. As the stampede clears, the Turtles are angry with Renet for getting them into this mess with out having the ability to get them out of it . Renet is bewildered and saddened by the Scepter's behavior. A large triceratops begins sniffing around the top of the boulder - it smells some chips that Michelangelo has brought along for the trip. Mikey feeds his new friend and names him Zog. The Triceratops begins to sniff the air and we see red glowing eyes in the bush. A group of Deinonychus emerge from the overgrowth and charge the boulder!
The Turtles fend off the group Deinonychus. Don tries to protect Renet and is pinned to the ground by one of the savage carnivores - just as it looks like the Brains of the Bunch is done for. However, he sneezes into the beast's face and it runs away. Who knew that having the sniffles actually have a purpose, although it’s a little embarrassing too. Then, Don get up and attacks the dinosaur, but is easily tossed aside. The creature then focuses its attention on Renet and leaps towards her. Zog intervenes and stands protectively in front of Renet and Don. The Deinonychus' eyes stop glowing red and it comes to its own senses - seeing the angry Triceratops, it flees into the jungle.
Our heroes regroup, but Leonardo is uneasy. Earth-rattling footsteps shake the ground beneath their feet as a huge form crushes trees in a path towards the Turtles. A gigantic theropod emerges from the brush. Riding on back of the behemoth is none other than Savanti Romero, who looks down at the TMNT and promises to make them extinct!
TBC...
See also[]
Quotes[]
Renet: (looks at Time Sceptre in amazement) Wow! I like, actually did it! |
Notes and errors[]
Animation errors[]
- When the dinosaur bites Donatello's bō staff his eyes change color for a second.
Logic errors[]
- It is established that Savanti enchanted a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the past so that when its fossilized bones were discovered in the modern era and taken to the American Museum of Natural History, through these he could communicate to the Turtles his threat with its impregnated magic. However, in real life, contemporary paleontology exhibits do not make assemblages of prehistoric animal skeletons with real fossils, but with replicas molded from those original fossils. This is due to the fact that the minerals that compose them are usually very heavy and fragile, being able to break easily, and that is why they resort to exhibiting the replicas to the public in order to preserve those fossils of undefinable value for science from further damage.
Trivia[]
- This episode and the next one is based on Mirage Studios' Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7 originally published August 1989.
- Although the dinosaur that Savanti rode in that other story was a Tyrannosaurus rex, the ridden dinosaur by Savanti shown within this episode is a theropod with three fingers on its front legs, when in the real world it is confirmed that T-Rex had only two fingers on the front legs.
- Given that the T-Rex skeleton that appears at the beginning of the episode is correctly shown to have only two fingers on the front extremities, it can be assumed that this dinosaur was from another theropod species similar to the T-Rex, such as the Allosaurus, or a simple production error. It is also possible that it was a reference to the fact that in the past several classic multimedia portrayed the T-Rex having three fingers (like the original King Kong movie), even several years after paleontologists found more complete skeletons of T-Rex that revealed that they had only two fingers.
- Although the dinosaur that Savanti rode in that other story was a Tyrannosaurus rex, the ridden dinosaur by Savanti shown within this episode is a theropod with three fingers on its front legs, when in the real world it is confirmed that T-Rex had only two fingers on the front legs.
- Leo's disguise is similar to the outfit he wore in "The Ancient One" and "Prodigal Son".