"Todd's Lemonade" is a song featured in the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode, "The Evil League of Mutants".
Lyrics[]
[HUGINN]
He is the very model of a warring warrior scientist
He’s mutated things from vegetable, animal to cyclist
[MUNINN]
We want those little turtles to crush them with our iron fist
From Brooklyn to the Bowery, he’ll grind them into nothing mist
[HUGINN]
As a boss, he is extremely caring and at times quite passionate
Yet all they do is treat him as their classic villain antagonist
[HUGINN & MUNINN]
Our evil friend's here today, he has some exciting news!
Exciting news!
Was thirteen years ago today he made those turtles with the ooze
[ALL]
Was thirteen years ago today he made those turtles with the ooze
Was thirteen years ago today he made those turtles with the ooze
[MUNINN]
At the Battle Nexus Draxum found himself the perfect human fighter
He was the greatest champion
His abs, there were none tighter
[HUGINN]
Mutating him was going to be nothing short of masterful
With warriors made from him, the Baron would be oh-so-powerful
[ALL]
Mutating him was going to be nothing short of masterful
With warriors made from him, the Baron would be oh-so-powerful
[MUNINN]
The turtles' rejection of him is nothing short of blasphemous!
[HUGINN]
In several social circles, he’s viewed as simply—
(Baron Draxum punches Huginn)
[HUGINN]
Fabulous...
[DRAXUM, spoken]
Fine, I guess I’ll give them what they want
(sung)
After I gave them life, my lab was set on fire and destroyed
By a cheesy action hero whose movies I don’t enjoy
So I presumed them lost and, therefore, I had all but given up
Only to discover weeks ago that they in fact had not burned up
Now that you know their origins, it’s time for us to make our plan
And, yes, we’ll need the skills of everyone, including anchorman
[ALL]
And, yes, we’ll need the skills of everyone, including anchorman
[DRAXUM]
Now, my friends, the time is here we mutants come together for a stand
Let’s put a close on the first meeting of our merry little band
So join me in ending them, our greatest foes, for I insist
I am the very model of a warring warrior scientist
[ALL]
So join him in ending them, our greatest foes, for he insists
He is the very model of a warring warrior scientist
[DRAXUM, spoken]
Now for some unnecessary, but highly destructive violence, my Evil League of Mutants!
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Trivia[]
- The song is a parody of the Major-General's Song from the operetta The Pirates of Penzance, which was also separately parodied in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe story Life at Sea as the Mutant Manta Ray's Song.
- The lyrics reveal for the first time in the series that Lou Jitsu and Splinter are the same person and some of his backstory, as well as Draxum's motive behind the Turtles' creation and how they were mutated.
- The "cyclist" lyric is a callback to Stewart from "Mystic Mayhem".
- It was revealed in September 2020 by Rise of the TMNT director and story artist JJ Conway in a Tweet that his storyboards for the scene were inspired by Disney musical numbers "Be Prepared", "Hellfire", "Friends on the Other Side", and most notably "Poor Unfortunate Souls", as well as FernGully: The Last Rainforest's "Toxic Love" and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.[1][2]
- It is revealed later in "Goyles, Goyles, Goyles" that Draxum's "my lab was set on fire and destroyed / By a cheesy action hero whose movies I don't enjoy" lyrics are false. In actuality, it was Huginn and Muninn who started a fire in Draxum's laboratory and destroyed it, albeit unintentionally, and they simply lied to Draxum, misplacing the blame onto Lou Jitsu.