| “Time Travails” | |||||||
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) episode | |||||||
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| Season Code: | S03E17 | ||||||
| Episode: | 69 | ||||||
| Original airdate | February 7, 2005 | ||||||
| Written by | Bob Forward | ||||||
| Supervising Producer | Lloyd Goldfine | ||||||
| Producers: | Gary Richardson | ||||||
| Frederick U. Fierst | |||||||
| Al Kahn | |||||||
| Norman Grossfeld | |||||||
| Thomas Kenney | |||||||
| Supervising Director | Roy Burdine | ||||||
| Story Editor: | Michael Ryan | ||||||
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"Time Travails" is the sixty-ninth episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which originally aired on February 7, 2005. It had 3 million views on the 4Kids website as of 2008.
Appearing in Time Travails[]
Major characters[]
- Donatello (Sam Regal)
- Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
- Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
- Raphael (Frank Frankson)
- Renet (Liza Jacqueline) (debut)
- Savanti Romero (David Zen Mansley) (debut)
Minor characters[]
- Lord Simultaneous (David Lapkin) (debut)
- Ultimate Drako (debut)
Species[]
- Demon
- Dragon
- Human
- Mutant turtle
Objects and vehicles[]
- Bō
- Katana
- Nunchaku
- Orb of Hindsight (debut)
- Sai
- Time Scepter (debut)
Locations[]
- 79th Dimension of Null-Time (debut)
- Castle Simultaneous (debut)
- Earth (2005)
- Earth (1406) (debut)
- Savanti Romero's castle (debut)
- Battle Nexus (flashback only)
Episode[]
Voice-over introduction[]
Renet: Being an apprentice timestress in the 79th level of Null-Time can kind of get boring. But, since I swiped my boss's Time Scepter, its been like totally rad. I hooked up with these cute little green bald guys. They call themselves the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is kinda catchy, you know. And right now, I'm really glad these little green guys are tagging along because it looks like this day is gonna get crazier and crazier. Or worse.
Plot[]
Open in the 79th Dimension of Null-Time, Castle Simultaneous. We see a teenage girl in blue armor named Renet dusting her way through the Annals of History as punishment for an earlier act of disobedience. The terminally bored time mistress spots a crystal ball (called The Orb of Hindsight) and uses it to observe Savanti Romero in 15th Century Earth-time as he plots revenge. The girl is unhappy with these dark images and "changes the channel" to something more fun - and we see a new scene where the Turtles are having a water balloon fight on the rooftops of NYC. Renet wishes that she could be having a good time like the Turtles.
As she continues to dust, the Time Mistress spots the Time Scepter, an arcane device of immense power, stored on a statue in the hall, apparently unguarded. Renet realizes that she can use the Scepter to end her boring fate by teleporting herself six weeks into the future (when her dusting sentence will be complete). The young woman grabs the Time Scepter, setting off alarms and alerting her guardian, Lord Simultaneous. A giant, booming voice is heard in the room, roaring in anger. Renet panics and tells the Time Scepter to take her to where the Turtles are - and she is teleported away.
Cut to the New York City rooftop where the Turtles continue their water fight. The ninjas are interrupted by Renet, who falls from a rift in the sky and lands directly on top of them. After some confusing introductions, Lord Simultaneous (in the form of a silvery, giant head) appears, demanding that the lass return the Scepter that she has stolen. Renet panics once again and tells the Turtles that Simultaneous is going to kill her. The Turtles' chivalrous nature takes over and they prepare to fight to protect the girl. Raphael tosses his sais at the big head, which easily zaps them into reverse with an eye beam. Raph catches his weapons and notes that this plan didn't work. Once again Renet activates the Time Scepter to escape, telling it to take them "anywhere".
Escaping from Simultaneous, Renet transports herself and the Turtles to a Medieval battleground in 15th Century Earth-time. Unbeknownst to our heroes, they have been intercepted by an arcane spell cast by the demon sorcerer, Savanti Romero. Romero is overjoyed when he sees that his summoning spell has worked and the Time Scepter is within his grasp. The sorcerer summons a group of zombie warriors to take the Scepter. Renet tries to use the Time Scepter to escape, but it's no longer following her directives. However, the girl does manage to get the artifact to create Medieval armor for the Turtles to protect them. The Turtles attack and begin defeating the undead fighters.
Upon seeing his zombies fail, Savanti mounts his dragon, a red dragon. Back on the battleground, the Turtles finish off the last of the zombies just as Savanti and his leather-winged steed fly in and grab Renet and the Time Scepter. As Romero gloats, the dragon spots the Turtles and dive-bombs them. Savanti is disturbed and confused by his pet's behavior and reins it in, then he heads back to his castle with his booty in hand.
The Turtles decide to storm Romero's castle and rescue Renet. Inside the fortress, Romero explains to a bound Renet that he will use the Scepter to destroy Lord Simultaneous. Once again the demonic wizard's dragon going to attack, Romero uses the Scepter's powers to calm him down.
The ninjas easily hop over the castle walls where Savanti greets them with a pair of magically mutated giant cockroaches. A battle ensues and Leonardo manages to get one of the monsters caught beneath a falling pillar, crushing it. Raphael is swallowed whole by the other beast - but his brothers pin the creature to the ground as Raphael bursts out of its chest.
Back inside Savanti’s main chamber, Romero used his dragon to forms a chrysalis. Suddenly, the Turtles enter and attack. The ninjas fight Savanti, but they are no match for the Time Scepter's powers and are easily dispatched. Romero grins with delight over his victory, but Renet sneaks up behind him and knocks him out with Donatello's bō. The Scepter falls next to the cocoon that was formed by the dragon. An arm emerges from the chrysalis and grabs the magical device!
The dragon breaks out of the cocoon and we see a fused human/dragon form, the combined forms of Drako and the Ultimate Ninja. Ultimate Drako explains how after the villainous pair were sucked into the portal on the Battle Nexus (Episode #52), they spent a millennium in torment when they were merged into one being. They now seek revenge against the Turtles and all who lead to their sorry fate!
As Ultimate Drako froths and prepares to attack the Turtles, Renet sneaks up and grabs the Scepter from him. The time mistress uses the Scepter, now free from Romero's control, to summon Lord Simultaneous. A silvery portal opens and we see the time lord appear in his normal form. Lord Simultaneous takes the Scepter and uses its power to freeze the attacking Ultimate Drako. The time lord then uses the wand to banish Savanti Romero to the Jurassic Age. Ultimate Drako rants that he cannot be stopped and breaks free from the paralysis, grabs the Time Scepter from Lord Simultaneous with his tail and teleports away.
Renet and the Turtles are shocked that Ultimate Drako escaped, but the time lord doesn't seemed to be bothered at all and surmises that the villain will find much more than he bargained for. As everyone is now safe, Lord Simultaneous gives Renet seven more weeks of dusting duty as punishment for her deeds and then sends the Turtles back home.
See also[]
Quotes[]
Michelangelo: How come all this weird stuff always happen to us?! I mean, we were just minding our own business when WHAM that time lady fell out of the sky right on top of us. Now we're stuck here! And we've got to go to that creepy looking place. It just doesn't seem fair! (Raphael walks over to Michelangelo) |
Raphael: Ha, hey, nice swing. |
Savanti's Pet Dragon: Ah, the Turtle brothers. How glad we are to see you again. |
Savanti Romero: No, Lord Simultaneous. Oh, this is just not my day. (Lord Simultaneous transforms to his human form, walk towards Renet, and snatches the Time Scepter from her ) |
Michelangelo: Um, I'm glad we're home. But why do I always have to be on the bottom? |
Notes and errors[]
- In this episode, Savanti Romero turns Donatello's bō staff into a branch. Renet then uses the branch to knock out Savanti, but Don had magically found a new bō staff.
Trivia[]
- This episode is based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 1 #8 (1986) In the original comic book version, Renet and the Ninja Turtles met up with Dave Sim's Cerebus, the aardvark, after showing up in his time. This is referenced in the episode when Renet and the Turtles land in the past, and we see a small grey aardvark walk past them and let out a snort.
- Ultimate Ninja re-appears in this episode. Apparently, after being sucked into that warp, they merged into one being, dubbed "Ultimate Drako".
- Ultimate Drako steals the Time Scepter and escapes from the Turtles. They returned later in "Reality Check".
- Lord Simultaneous' appearance as a giant glowing head and the line "Return what you have stolen!" are clear references to the 1981 movie Time Bandits.