“The Golden Puck” | |||||||
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) episode | |||||||
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Season Code: | S02E18 | ||||||
Episode: | 44 | ||||||
Original airdate | April 10, 2004 | ||||||
Written by | Michael Ryan | ||||||
Supervising Producer | Lloyd Goldfine | ||||||
Producers: | Gary Richardson | ||||||
Frederick U. Fierst | |||||||
Al Kahn | |||||||
Norman Grossfeld | |||||||
Thomas Kenney | |||||||
Supervising Director | Chuck Patton | ||||||
Story Editor: | Lloyd Goldfine | ||||||
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"The Golden Puck" is the forty-fourth episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which originally aired on April 10, 2004. it had 1.07 million views on the 4kids website as of 2007.
Appearing in The Golden Puck[]
Major characters[]
- Donatello (Sam Regal)
- Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
- Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
- Raphael (Frank Frankson)
- Casey Jones (Marc Thompson)
Minor characters[]
- Three Texas Roughnecks (debut)
- Mr. Arboost (David Brimmer) (debut)
- Manny
Species[]
Objects and vehicles[]
- Big black limousines
- Bō
- Golden Puck
- Helicopter
- Ice hockey stick
- Katana
- Military parahawks
- Night vision goggles
- Nunchaku
- Sai
- Snowmobiles
- Super slam hockey rink
- Texas Roughneck laser rifles
- Van
Locations[]
- 59th Street Subway station
- Central Park
- Sierra Hotel
Episode[]
Voice-over introduction[]
Casey Jones: What is it with people these days? Everywhere you turn, there are a bunch of bad dudes doing bad things. Like these mean hombres, chasing us, they wouldn't think twice about taking us out permanently. You see, they stole something very important to me and me and my green pals stole it back, only now, we got these wack-bags trying to shoot us full of holes with their fancy laser rifles. They run us off the road. Luckily, I'm a really good driver.
Donatello: Watch it Casey!
Plot[]
Opening in the city at night, a game of super slam hockey is in action in the middle of Central Park. The Turtles and Casey Jones are seated next to the championship prize known as the "Golden Puck". Casey explains how awesome Super Slam hockey is and how important the Golden Puck is to the league as a symbol of its longevity.
As the game ends, three parahawks float down from the sky. Upon landing, the vehicles open fire on the players and crowd - causing a stampede as people try to escape the assault. The Turtles and Casey stand their ground, so the leader of the Texas Roughnecks assault team tosses a grenade at them. The resulting explosion buries our heroes in a pile of debris and rubble.
The Golden Puck falls from its pedestal and is grabbed by the Roughnecks. With the puck in hand, the thieves escape on their snowmobiles.
Casey helps the Turtles dig out and no one is injured. The Turtles want to leave this caper to the police, but Casey shakes Leonardo and exclaims they've got to get the Golden Puck back and teach the criminals a lesson. Casey takes off on foot while the Turtles decide that they'd better help their friend, and grab some nearby snowmobiles that were going to be raffled off at the game. Michelangelo picks up Casey on the way and our heroes chase the thieves.
The crooks dive into a subway tunnel. Raphael is in the lead and rides his vehicle down the steps after the crooks. The criminals board a train and the leader opens fire on Raph with his laser rifle - scoring a direct hit! As Raph's ride explodes, the Roughneck takes out a matchbook and sticks a match in his mouth, letting the cover fall to the ground. The doors of the subway car close and the thieves escape. The rest of the TMNT arrive and think that they've lost their quarry, but Raph picks up the matchbook and discovers it's from a local hotel.
Cut to the rooftop opposite of the hotel. Using night vision goggles, the Turtles find the Roughneck's room. The criminals vacate the area, so our heroes decide to search the room for the Golden Puck. Inside the hotel hallway, we see the Roughnecks boarding the elevator down. The Turtles and Casey emerge from various hiding places and enter their room, thanks to one of Donatello's gadgets that unlocks the door. The Puck isn’t there - suddenly the door handle begins to turn as the Roughnecks are returning to the room for their van keys!
With the Roughnecks returning, the Turtles and Casey hide. Unfortunately, Jones' hiding place leaves the vast majority of his body in the open, right where the van keys are sitting! Mikey leaps into action and manages to get to the room's door, where he pretends to be delivering towels. The Roughnecks slam the door in his face, but the distraction has given Leo and Don enough time to grab Casey and pull him outside. The criminal boss notices the open window, but the thugs aren't sure if they left it that way, so after a brief search they grab the keys and head outside.
At the front of Drake Hotel, the Roughnecks are waiting by the back of their van as three limousines arrive. The vehicles hold even more Roughnecks and their leader, the rich criminal Mr. Arboost. Arboost is delighted to see the Golden Puck and reveals that he'll use it to blackmail the Super Slam hockey league into allowing him to buy a team.
Casey and the Turtles decide it's time to put a stop to this caper and attack. Our heroes rough up the Roughnecks and then steal their van, the Golden Puck safely inside.
The van races wildly down icy streets as the three limos containing Aboost and his Roughnecks give chase and open fire. Suddenly, the first limo hits the van tossing Raph from his position on the vehicle's roof.
Raphael lands on the back of the lead limo and leaps to its front. The fiery ninja then smashes his sai through the windshield into the solar plexus of the driver, causing him to spin out. Raph leaps back onto the van as all three pursuing limousines crash into each other.
Cut to van now parked in an alley. Casey and Don use a radio in the van to lure the Roughnecks back to Central Park. At the rink in Central Park, Casey is standing alone next to the Golden Puck as the Roughnecks arrive. Arboost tells Casey to hand the puck over, and Casey states that he has friends. The Turtles play a joke on Jones and don't make a move for a while, which worries Casey and amuses the Roughnecks. Finally, the Turtles emerge from their hiding spot and a big battle takes place. Our heroes defeat the Texas Roughnecks as Casey appropriately uses a hockey stick to smash their boss, Mr. Arboost, into the goalie net.
The police arrive and arrest the Roughnecks as the Turtles and Casey watch from a hidden area. Casey thanks his friends for helping him stop the crime and shakes Raph's hand, declaring "Jones and the Turtles rule!"
See also[]
Quotes[]
Raphael: If this plan works, I'm gonna eat my shoe. |
Michelangelo: Did someone say pie? I distinctly heard someone mention pie. |
Trivia[]
- This episode bears a striking resemblance to Issue #14 of the original Mirage comic, entitled "The Unmentionables", in which the Turtles help Casey Jones return a golden cow which was stolen from the top of his hometown's local Variety store.
- Crazy Manny from "The Unconvincing Turtle Titan" reappears in this episode.
- Casey calls Mr. Arboost, Boss Hogg, a name of a character from Dukes of Hazard.
External links[]
- "The Golden Puck" at The Official TMNT Web Site (archived)