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[Opening sequence and theme song.]


[Episode begins inside the turtles’ lair.]

Donatello "Hey, settle down, fellas. It's time for April's on-the-spot news report."

[He switches the television on.]

Michelangelo "I'll catch the rerun, compadres. I got a couple of pizzas in the oven."

April O’Neil "This is April O'Neil for Channel 6 news, reporting from Zeroid Laboratories, where a mysterious burglary has just taken place. The thieves stole a prototype robotic control microchip after first disabling the alarm system by chewing through it."

Raphael "Hmm. Sounds like the work of Michelangelo."

April "Whoever or whatever stole this top-secret chip had the strength to tear this two-foot-thick titanium door from its hinges."

Donatello "Hmm. Sounds serious."

Michelangelo "Yo, dudes, it's pizza time!"

Leonardo "I'd better tell Master Splinter."

Michelangelo "Forget it. He hates pizza."

Leonardo "No. I mean about the robbery at the lab. Master Splinter, I... Master Splinter?"

[He looks around Splinter’s room, but it’s empty. The other turtles run up to join Leonardo.]

Turtles "Where is he? Where’d he go?"

Leonardo "I don't know."

Donatello "He's gone. And he's taken everything-- his rug, his meditation pillow."

Raphael "All gone."

Leonardo "But he did leave this videotape with a note attached.
[Reads aloud.]

“To my loyal turtles, I have recorded a message on this cassette. Play it and you will understand.” Signed, Splinter.
"

[They plug in the cassette and hit the play button. Splinter appears on the TV screen.]

Splinter "Greetings, my students. Do not be alarmed. I am in no danger. My path has taken a new turn. As of now, I am no longer your teacher."

All "Oh, no! It can't be!"

Splinter "You have learned all that I can teach you. My final instructions are that you leave the lair and each go his own way. Farewell, and may good fortune shine on you."

Donatello "Leaving us? But why?"

Leonardo "It doesn't matter. We must obey our sensei. Let's go pack our belongings."

Raphael "Hold on. We don't have to do anything. Splinter's not our sensei anymore."

Michelangelo "He'll always be our sensei, Raphael. If he says split, we split."

Donatello "Uh, yeah, but maybe we could stick together anyway-- you know, get a room somewhere."

Leonardo "You heard what he said. We have to go our separate ways."

Donatello "Oh, no!"

[All talking at once.]

Leonardo "We must be obedient."

Donatello "Well, hold on. Look at us. How can we possibly stay together?"

Leonardo "We can't even agree on what we should do."

Raphael "What's the difference what we do? As a team, we are finished."

[The turtles, looking dejected, all leave the lair, each carrying a single backpack. A rat watches them walk away and then runs off. It arrives at the lair of the Rat King and hops onto his lap. It climbs up to his shoulder where it begins squeaking rapidly into his ear.]

Rat King "What? The turtles and Splinter, gone? Excellent, my loyal subject. Now nothing can stand in the way of my plan for total control of the city."

[Leatherhead walks towards him.]

Leatherhead "Not your plan, Rat King. Our plan, remember?"

Rat King "Of course, Leatherhead, my reptilian ally. Together we shall rule!"

Leatherhead "You betcha, partner, but I still want to get rid of them turtles once and for all, I guarantee."

[The turtles all climb out of the sewers.]

Leonardo "I, uh, guess this is it."

Donatello "I guess. So long, fellas."

Raphael "Maybe we'll see each other again."

Michelangelo "Right. Ciao for now, dudes.
[[He sniffles and wipes away tears.]

And maybe... forever.
"

[They separate and go off in four different directions.  Fade out and then back in to April placing a call from inside a telephone booth.]

April "But, chief, Nerdtech Labs was broken into last night with the same M.O. they used on Zeroid Labs two weeks ago! Please let me cover it."

[Shift to her boss in his office.]

Burne Thompson "Now listen to me, April O'Neil. I want you to cover Rodney van Gelt's birthday party. And if you don't, you'll be celebrating your next birthday on the unemployment line!"

[He slams the phone receiver down. Cut to the Channel 6 news van parked in the driveway of a large mansion. Inside, April is filming the birthday party. The doorbell rings.]

Raphael "Singing Turtle-Gram for a Mr. Rodney van Gelt."

[The maid opens the door. Raphael is wearing a party hat and carrying a party horn, which he blows. He clears his throat and sings.]

Raphael "~~Happy birthday, dear Rodney~~ You're our favorite son. ~~Happy birthday, dear Rodney~~ With us you're number one. Happy birthday, dear Rodney~~ We hope you're having fun. From your mater and pater~~ We will see you later!  Hey, I just sing 'em. I don't write 'em."

Rodney van Gelt "I wanted four ninja turtles! What good is just one?"

Butler "Sir, your mother sends her apologies. This is the only one they had."

April "Raphael, is that you?"

Raphael "Oh, hi, April. Hey, there's not much work for solo mutant turtles these days."

April "I haven't seen any of you guys since you split up. What about the others?"

Raphael "Well, I know Leonardo's running a fitness center on the corner of 5th and Main. Hey, listen, I've gotta run."

[He runs outside and jumps into his Song-O-Grams van. April follows.]

April "So long, Raphael. Keep in touch."

Raphael "Sure. Right."

[He drives off of the property. After he passes, a figure dressed in a long trench coat, hat and large fake nose steps out from behind a tree and watches him. April drives up to Roseannes Gym in the news van.]

April "This is it--  5th, corner of Main. Hmm. Roseanne's Fitness Center? Well, this must be the place."

[She enters. Up-tempo music is playing as customers reach down towards their toes. Leonardo stands in front of them.]

Leonardo "Come on, now. Stretch, stretch. Go for the burn."

April "Leonardo. I see you're keeping in shape."

Leonardo "This isn't much of a job, I know, but it keeps me in pizzas."

April "Have you seen any of the other turtles?"

Leonardo "Donatello's working at Murray's Fix-it Shop not far from here."

April "Come on. Let's go visit him."

Leonardo "I'd like to, April, but I've got another aerobics class to teach.
[His students line up in front of him.]

All right, now, let's shake those booties. One, two, three, four! That's it!
"

[April gets back into her van. She does not see the same mysterious, trench-coated figure watching her. She drives up to a shop and gets out of the van.]

April "Here it is-- Murray's Fix-it Shop."

[Inside, Donatello stands behind the counter waiting on a female customer. A front view shows that the customer is actually the Rat King in disguise.]

Rat King "
[speaking falsetto]

And this radio must be fixed by eight o’clock tonight. Do you understand?
"

Donatello "No problem, lady. You come back at eight. It'll be ready."

[As the disguised Rat King walks past April to exit the shop, April sniffs the air.]

April "Hmm. Why did that woman look so-- and smell so-- familiar?"

[The Rat King leaves and the trench coated figures steps out of an alleyway to follow.]

Donatello "April! It's great to see you."

April "It's good to see you too, Donatello. How are you?"

Donatello "Well, it isn't as nice as my old workshop, but I guess that's gone for good. And it's tough for a turtle to make an honest living in this town."

April "I've noticed that. I've seen Leonardo and Raphael. But what's Michelangelo doing?"

Donatello "Your timing is perfect, April. Michelangelo's got his own cooking show on TV."

[He turns on the TV.]

Announcer "And welcome to cable channel 53's “Food a la Dude”, with our chef on the half-shell, Michelangelo."

[There is the sound of clapping and cheering as Michelangelo appears. He is in a kitchen, wearing and apron and chef’s hat.]

Michelangelo "Whoa, what's cookin', dudes?
[There is a small handful of people in the audience.]

This week's recipe is one of my personal faves-- strawberry surprise pizza with anchovy sauce.
"

[The audience groans and clutches their stomachs. A producer stomps up to Michelangelo.]

Producer "That's it! I'm sick of your disgusting pizza recipes!"

Michelangelo "I can dig it. How about if I substitute my disgusting lasagna recipe instead?"

Producer "Get out of here! You're fired!"

[The audience starts cheering as Michelangelo walks away.]

Michelangelo "Fired. What a bummer. Oh, well. I'd better just get my secret pizza sauce from the freezer before somebody cops it.
[He hears a squeaking sound.]

Whoa. Either my shoes have a squeak, or this studio has mice.
"

[He enters the freezer and a group of rats slam the door shut. Michelangelo shivers as he takes a canister off of a shelf.]

Michelangelo "Mondo refrigeroso in here, dude!
[A rat hops onto the door handle and locks the door. Michelangelo sets the canister down and tries the handle, but the door won’t open.]

Help! Somebody let me out of here! Oh-h-h, it's f-freezing in here! I c-can't believe how hard I worked at trying to be c-cool.
"

[His teeth start chattering. Back at Murray’s, April and Donatello have seen Michelangelo get fired.]

April "Gosh, that's awful! Poor Michelangelo, getting canceled like that right on the air."

Donatello "This is the fifth show he's been fired from."

April "Why do they keep hiring him?"

Donatello "Hey, the world is hungry for a good cooking show."

April "I'm going to visit Michelangelo. He could probably use some cheering up.
[She arrives at the empty studio.]

Michelangelo? Are you here? He must've swallowed his pride, along with all the pizza ingredients.
[She screams as rats run past her feet.]

Rats! Now I know who that was in the fix-it shop.
"

[The scene from earlier plays back in her mind.]

Rat King "Do you understand?"

April "It was the Rat King!
[She opens her turtlecom.]

This is April calling Donatello. Come in, Donatello. Oh, no. I haven't used it in so long, the battery's just about dead. I've gotta warn Donatello. It looks like the Rat King has got Michelangelo!
"

[She runs out of the studio. Close-up on the freezer’s interior. Michelangelo is frozen in a block of ice. Straps attached to thins ropes are wrapped around the ice, and rats pull the trapped turtle out of the freezer.]

Michelangelo "Whoa, man. Things like this really chill me."

[Inside the Rat King’s lair, conveyor belts carry mechanical parts down a production line. Rats fit the parts together.]

Rat King "Thanks to the electronic code we stole from Nerdtech Labs, we can now step up production of our army."

[Completed robots resemble rats and alligators.]

Leatherhead "Very good, my friend. Pretty soon we got plenty big robot army, you betcha!"

Rat King "And with that explosive I planted in the fix-it shop, all of those turtles will soon be history."

Leatherhead "You betcha. As quick as I get my revenge on them other three shell-backs!"

Rat King "Wonderful. Those nasty humans will bow before me when this city is ours!"

[At the gym, Leonardo practices his ninja moves.]

Leonardo "Hi-ya! Hoo-ooh!"

Leatherhead "Hey, turtle, why you don't teach me how to fight?"

Leonardo "Whoever you are, classes are over for the day. Come back tomorrow."

[Leatherhead steps out of the shadows.]

Leatherhead "I don't think so, by gumbo."

Leonardo "Leatherhead!"

Leatherhead "That be me, all right. And I be the last thing you gonna see!"

[He snaps a whip at Leonardo, who leaps out of the way.]

Leonardo "Whoa!"

Leatherhead "You not fight so good no more, eh, turtle?"

[He laughs and Leonardo takes a stance before leaping at him.]

Leonardo "Hy-yah!
[The whip wraps around his ankle and Leatherhead pulls him down.]

Whoa!
"

Leatherhead "Ha, ha, ha! This be like taking gumbo from a baby!"

[He continues laughing and a panting Leonardo sits up.]

Leonardo "Leatherhead is right. I have lost my fighting edge. I need the turtles."

[It is nighttime. Raphael pulls onto a pier in his van and gets out near a dark warehouse.]

Raphael "This sure is a weird place to hold a birthday party. But then again, there are probably people who feel the same way about a sewer.
[He enters.]

Hello! Sally's Silly Singing Song-o-Grams here. Boy, do I feel stupid saying that. Hope this isn't one of those parties where everyone shows up fashionably late.
[He hears a whirring noise, but doesn’t see the rats hiding behind the stacked boxes.]

Ah, I hear signs of life. Great. Here comes an elevator.
"

[The elevator stops and the gate opens to reveal the Rat King.]

Rat King "Welcome, turtle. The festivities are about to begin."

Raphael "The Rat King. The big cheese himself."

Rat King "Ooh! It's those sort of jokes that make me hate turtles! Get him!"

[A huge swarm of rats race out of the elevator. Raphael leaps backwards onto a box.]

Raphael "I don't suppose we could talk this over, reptile-to-rodent."

Rat King "That's right. We can't."

Raphael "I sure wish the guys were here."

[April races through the streets in her news van.]

April "I've gotta reach Donatello and warn him about the Rat King. I just hope I'm not too late."

[Back at the gym, Leonardo continues his battle.]

Leonardo "Give up, Leatherhead! You've never been able to beat me!"

Leatherhead "Except I gonna whip you now, you betcha."

[Leonardo rolls out of the way as Leatherhead snaps the whip. It catches a stationary bike. Leonardo turns the pedals and wraps more of the whip around the bike’s spokes. The momentum yanks Leatherhead towards the bike and Leonardo jumps out of the way.]

Leatherhead "Whoa-oa-oa!"

Leonardo "You know what they say-- What goes around, comes around."

[Beneath them, rats are chewing away at the floor and support beams. Below them, other rats pull the metal cover off of a dark hole. Leatherhead lifts barbells.]

Leatherhead "This gonna give you one big headache, I guarantee!"

[He throws the barbells at Leonardo. They bounce off the floor and fly at Leonardo’s head. The turtle ducks and the barbells embed themselves in the wall.]

Leonardo "Whoa! How would you like to trade a headache for an upset stomach?"

[He pushes a pommel horse across the floor and it crashes into Leatherhead. The gator stands up and pulls a laser-gun on Leonardo.]

Leatherhead "Okay. No more Mr. Nice Gator."

Leonardo "Pond scum like you are the best argument for laser-gun control."

Leatherhead "Au revoir, shell-back."

[He fires several times and Leonardo leaps to avoid the shots. When he lands on the floor, it crumbles under him and he falls, all of the way down through the second opening.]

Leonardo "Whoa-oa-oa! Help!"

Leatherhead "That for sure be the deepest hole in the sewer. There not be enough left of that turtle to make jambalaya turtle pie!"

[He laughs. Back at the warehouse, Raphael climbs higher, but the rats follow.]

Rat King "Give up, turtle. You can't go any higher."

Raphael "And you can't get any lower."

Rat King "Always joking, aren't you? Well, the last laugh is on you!"

[He uses a remote control to swing a hook across to where Raphael is standing. It catches his belt and picks up him.]

Raphael "What? Hey! Put me down! Huh. Is that ironic or what? I'm trapped like a rat by a rat."

[Cut to Murray’s Fix-it-Shop. A phone is ringing as Donatello works on the radio.]

Donatello "There. It's done. And with a full minute to spare. I wonder why that lady insisted I finish by eight o’clock?
[Ringing continues.]

Okay, okay, I'm coming.
"

[He walks towards the back of the shop. The news van comes to a screeching halt outside the shop and April jumps out.]

April "Thank goodness Donatello's still here! I've gotta warn him about...
[She’s nearly to the door when an explosion from inside throws her to the ground.]

Donatello! Oh, no! Donatello!
"

Donatello "Did someone call my name?"

[He peers out from a nearby manhole.]

April "Donatello, you're all right!"

Donatello "Yeah, yeah, I'm all right."

April "But how did you get out? The entire place blew up."

Donatello "Do we have time for a flashback?"

April "It's your show."

[The flashback begins with the ringing phone.]

Donatello "Well, the phone was ringing. When I went to answer it, some guy on the other end warns me that an explosive in the radio is about to go off. There was something very familiar about his voice. Anyway, I took the sewer escape."

April "That's what I came to warn you about. I think the Rat King planted that bomb."

[Sirens wail and an ambulance arrives.]

Donatello "The Rat King, huh? Oh, thanks for showing up, fellas, but I'm not hurt."

[The window rolls down.]

Leatherhead "I fix that, you betcha."

[He sprays a gas canister at them. April covers her mouth and runs to the side.]

Donatello "Gas!"

[He chokes and slumps over. Leatherhead grabs him and pulls him into the ambulance. They drive off.]

April "First the Rat King, and now Leatherhead! I've gotta save Donatello!
[She follows the ambulance to the warehouse.]

Leatherhead pulled into that run-down warehouse. My investigative reporter's instincts tell me the Rat King is in there too.
[She grabs her camera and enters. The ambulance is parked and the passenger door is open.]

Don't these villains ever get tired of using an abandoned warehouse as their hideout? I know I do. If the Rat King's involved, then they're bound to be in the sewer.
[She looks down the elevator shaft.]

Looks like there's only one way down.
"

[She jumps onto the ladder and starts descending. Meanwhile, in the Rat King’s lair, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello are hanging upside down and tied up.]

Leatherhead "There they be— three turtles, hooked up like a mess of catfish."

Rat King "Done well, Leatherhead. Now, let us put the final phase of our plan into operation-- the takeover of the entire city!"

Leatherhead "It sound plenty good to me, by gumbo."

[Donatello groans and comes to.]

Donatello "Michelangelo. Raphael. But where's Leonardo?"

Leatherhead "Your friend Leonardo, he be taking one long trip, you betcha. Ha, ha, ha! But you all be together real soon... in turtle heaven!"

Michelangelo "No way that dude got the best of Leonardo."

Leatherhead "Hah! I beat him like that. It was a piece of cornpone cake, yeah."

Raphael "Would you mind not talking about dessert? I just started my diet."

Leatherhead "Maybe you stopped eating, but I got me a bunch of critters who be real hungry, for sure."

[The robotic creatures enter.]

Michelangelo "Robot rats!"

Donatello "Android alligators!"

[April arrives.]

April "I was right. It's the Rat King and Leatherhead, and they've got the turtles! I better go for help."

[She screams when a rat appears on the ladder above her.]

Rat King "It's that snooping reporter. Stop her, my loyal followers!"

[The rats race towards the ladder and April starts climbing.]

April "Uh-oh. This is a regular rat race.
[The elevator starts to lift, with the rats atop it.]

I'm not gonna make it.
[A hand reaches down to grab her wrist.]

What?
"

[She is pulled up. When the rats jump out of the elevator, they can’t find her.]

Donatello "I sure hope April made it out."

Leatherhead "What a pipe dream. No one escapes us, by gumbo."

Leonardo "Wrong, you walking suitcase!"

Donatello "Leonardo!"

Michelangelo "All right, dude!"

Leatherhead "I-It's not possible. I saw you fall with my own eyeballs."

Leonardo "Hah! You didn't see me fall, you heard me yell. Do you actually think a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle could get hurt in the sewers?
[Flashback.]

I grabbed on to a ledge and kept yelling. Whoa-oa-oa! Help! I made it sound like I was falling.
"

Raphael "Cut the back-story and cut us down."

Leonardo "As leader of the group, I'm not used to taking orders, but I'll make an exception in this case."

[He throws a pair of sais and cuts the ropes holding the other turtles. They land on their feet.]

Donatello "Way to go, Leonardo."

Michelangelo "Stupenduloso throw, dude."

[The turtles all pull their weapons.]

All "Turtle power!"

Rat King "Pulverize them, my robot rats."

[He sends the robots after the turtles.]

Leatherhead "Go get 'em, gators!"

Leonardo "Lot of them, aren't there?"

Raphael "Well, let me put it this way-- I'd hate to have to buy batteries for all of 'em."

[Two robots dive at Donatello, but crash into each other when he leaps over them. They explode.]

Donatello "Looks like you guys got your wires crossed."

[Michelangelo tosses a turtle line around a robot, but it starts pulling him across the ground.]

Michelangelo "Whoa! How come this never happened to John Wayne?"

Rat King "Obey your king! Attack the turtles! Destroy them!"

[The rats barrel towards the turtles, who begin backing up towards the elevator.]

Michelangelo "Pretty cool, huh, dudes? Together again, just like old times."

Raphael "I hate to be a party pooper, but this looks like it might be our final reunion."

[The elevator arrives and April steps out.]

April "Hi, guys. Am I too late for your get-together?"

Leonardo "April! How'd you get away from those rats?"

April "I had a little help."

[She moves to the side and Splinter appears, removing his disguise as he steps into the light.]

Leonardo "Master Splinter!"

Michelangelo "Bodacious entrance!"

Raphael "But I thought you left us."

Splinter "There will be time enough for explanations later.
[He destroys a robot that’s coming at him.]

Now we must join forces and defeat our enemies.
"

Rat King "Splinter!"

Leatherhead "We fix you good, you fur-covered swamp rat!"

Rat King "Allow me that pleasure, Leatherhead, my friend."

[He whistles and rats stream towards the turtles and Splinter. April grabs her camera.]

April "What a battle! What a story!"

[Splinter stands perfectly still, his arms crossed.]

Donatello "Uh, Sensei, you think you could meditate later?"

Splinter "No. I must do it now.
[He begins giving mental commands.]

You will no longer obey the Rat King. You will listen only to me. I am your true master. I order you to destroy the robots.
"

[The Rat King and Leatherhead both gasp as the rat begin attacking the robots.]

Leatherhead "What's going on here? Tell them rats to cut that out, you hear?"

Rat King "I can't! Splinter's mind is taking complete control of them! No! No! It cannot be!"

[The robots are being destroyed.]

Leatherhead "You ain't no Rat King! You're a rat fink!"

Splinter "Go, my fellow rodents. Your task is finished."

[The rats depart into the sewers as the last of the robots is left in ruins. The turtles approach the Rat King and Leatherhead, who both gasp.]

Leatherhead "We will meet again, turtles!"

[He runs away and bumps into April, who shrieks and drops her camera. It breaks.]

April "My camera!"

Rat King "No! Come back, my disloyal subjects! Come back!"

[He runs away.]

Leonardo "A king without any subjects to rule..."

Michelangelo "Is like a turtle without a pizza."

Donatello "To the turtles!
[They clap hands.]

Together again!
"

Leonardo "Are we together, Master?"

Splinter "Yes, my students."

[April kneels next to her busted camera.]

April "Oh, two prize-winning stories-- the defeat of Rat King and Leatherhead and the reunion of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-- and I lose them both!"

Leonardo "So why did you leave us, Master?"

Splinter "I sensed trouble from the Rat King and Leatherhead."

Leonardo "We were one step ahead of you there, Master Splinter."

Splinter "As I knew you would be. But I felt that only if we pretended to separate would the villains come out into the open, and I had my eye on you all."

Donatello "So it was you who called to warn me about the explosive in the radio."

Raphael "But why didn't you tell us what you were planning?"

Splinter "Because only by experiencing what it was like to be apart could you appreciate how vital it is that you remain together."

[Cut to the turtles’ lair, where the family and April are gathered around the kitchen table as Michelangelo places a freshly made pizza in front of them.]

Michelangelo "Here we are, dudes-- and dude-ette."

April "Mmm! It smells delicious! What's in it?"

Michelangelo "Well, this is gonna be my next week's cooking-show recipe-- Swiss cheese pizza topped with minced gator."

All "Oh, yuck! Oh, man! Get that away!"

Michelangelo "Just kidding, dudes.
[They all stand up and glare at him.]

Whoa, it was a joke! Honest!
"

[He runs screaming as they all chase him. Splinter chuckles.]

Splinter "Perhaps they need another lesson in togetherness."

[End Credits]