Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man

	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1; September 17, 2018 - November 16, 2019; List of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes
	Episodes: Mystic Mayhem; Origami Tsunami; Donnie's Gifts; War and Pizza; Newsworthy; Repo Mantis; Down with the Sickness; The Fast and the Furriest; Mascot Melee; Shell in a Cell; Minotaur Maze; Bug Busters; The Longest Fight; Hypno! Part Deux; The Gumbus; Mrs. Cuddles; Stuck on You; Al Be Back; The Purple Jacket; Pizza Pit; Smart Lair; Hot Soup: The Game; The Evil League of Mutants; Late Fee; Bullhop; Mind Meld; Nothing But Truffle; Shadow of Evil; Portal Jacked!; Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree; Operation: Normal; Sparring Partner; You Got Served; How to Make Enemies and Bend People to Your Will; Mystic Library; The Purple Game; Man VS. Sewer; The Mutant Menace; Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man; The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek; One Man's Junk; Snow Day; Cloak and Swaggart; Jupiter Jim Ahoy!; Insane in the Mama Train; End Game; Season 1 – Season 2

“Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man”
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode
Season Code:	030
Episode:	22A
Original airdate	October 18, 2019 (online); October 26, 2019 (Nicktoons)
Written by	Jesse Gordon
Producers:	Vladimir Radev
Directed by	Abe Audish
Voice Direction	Rob Paulsen
Supervising Director	Alan Wan
Storyboard Artist:	Alicia Chan
Episode chronology
"The Mutant Menace"	"The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek"

"Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man" is the thirty-ninth episode (Episode 22A) of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It first aired on October 26th, 2019.

Synopsis

Splinter enters the Turtle Tank in a demolition derby.

Characters

Major Characters

Minor Characters

Big Mama (Lena Headey)
Cute Yōkai (Kat Graham) (debut)
Hypno-Potamus (Rhys Darby)
Leonardo (Ben Schwartz)
Meat Sweats (John Lydon)
Yōkai bellhops
- Fox bellhop
- Otter bellhop (Nolan North)
- Owl bellhop
- Penguin bellhop (Nolan North)
Raphael (Omar Benson Miller)
Repo Mantis (Fred Tatasciore)
Warren Stone (John Michael Higgins)

Plot

Trivia

The title is a nod to the 2006 film, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
This episode, along with "The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek", was leaked early online.
Splinter refers Donatello by his real name, a first in the series.
Donnie quoting, "It probably would've been cooler if you were a tiger," is a shout out to Splinter's voice actor, Eric Bauza having voiced Tiger Claw in the 2012 TV series.
Big Mama's vehicle is reminiscent of the Mad Max film series.
This episode marks the final in-person appearance of Warren Stone in the series. His last in-person appearance with any significant character development was in "Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree", and his last appearance of any kind (not in person) would be in "One Man's Junk".

Errors

The Operator is credited as a penguin rather than an octopus in this episode.

Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man

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