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“What's Michelangelo Good For?”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 Cartoon) episode
Season Code:	4
Episode:	29
Original airdate	November 10, 1990
Written by	Ted Pedersen; Francis Moss
Supervising Producer	Fred Wolf
Producers:	Walt Kubiak
Supervising Director	Bill Wolf
Episode chronology
"Poor Little Rich Turtle"	"The Dimension X Story"

Revision as of 01:10, 20 May 2020

What's Michelangelo Good For? is a season 4 episode of the 1987 animated series.

Appearing in What's Michelangelo Good For?

Species

Humans
Pigeons
Mutant hybrids
- Mutant gorilla/water buffalo
- Mutant tiger/elephant
- Mutant toucan/rabbit
- Mutant wolf/horse
Mutant rat
Mutant turtles
Robots (Chimp, wolf, bear)
Tiger
Toucan
Wolf

Objects and vehicles

Rowboat
Mutater laser
Security camera
Turtle Van

Plot synopsis

The Turtles take a visit to the zoo, so that Dr. Jane Goodfellow can give veterinary treatment to Michelangelo's pigeon friend Pete, who had broken his wing. Michelangelo - who communicates with Pete through pigeon coos - is informed that his feathered friend is ready to fly once again.

April also happens to be there, covering the mysterious vanishing of several zoo animals in the middle of the day. While the Turtles are making repairs to the Turtle van, pigeons fly by and Michelangelo sadly releases Pete into the wild.

He decides to hang out at the zoo a little longer while the others set out for home. But a trio of robots appear behind the Turtle Van, disarm the Turtles and drag them and drag them into a massive submarine in the lake. The only witness is Pete.

That night, Michelangelo returns home to discover that the other Turtles haven't yet gotten back. Splinter has sensed something evil about an island covered in mist, and tells Michelangelo that he must rescue the other three. Michelangelo doesn't believe he can do it because he lacks the intelligence or leadership of the others, but Splinter tells him that he's ready to do this.

Back at the zoo, Michelangelo finds the empty Turtle Van, and encounters Pete, who tells him what he saw. Dr. Goodfellow finds him sitting outside the zoo, where she offends him by doubting that he can understand Pete. He finds a piece of Donatello's bo, and Dr. Goodfellow confirms that strange footprints were found in the zoo.

The Turtles find themselves caged in a laboratory run by the evil ex-director Dr. Lesseau, where strange mutant animals have been created using a ray gun (such as a tiger-elephant or a toucan-rabbit). His goal is to create a single kind of animal with the best traits of them all, so he can conquer the world. He wants the Turtles' intellects as part of his uber-animal.

Figuring out that the Turtles are on an island, Michelangelo and Dr. Goodfellow find a rowboat and are led to the island by Pete.

Donatello is dragged out of his cell and strapped down under a dissecting laser, when Lesseau is distracted by the imminent arrival of Goodfellow and Michelangelo. Suddenly the submarine fires a torpedo at them, and then tries to ram the rowboat. Michelangelo fouls the propeller, sending it careening off and causing it to explode.

When the rowboat goes through a patch of lily pads, Michelangelo notices that they're ticking. He leaps out and pushes the boat through safely, but seems to have been blown up by the bombs, much to the horror of the other Turtles. Fortunately, it turns out that he was simply hiding underwater.

Goodfellow, Michelangelo and Pete break their way into the power plant on the island, only to be confronted by more killer robots that Michelangelo destroys. Pete also hampers Lesseau's surveillance by putting twigs and mud over the madman's camera lenses.

One of the mutant animals helps Donatello by pecking loose one of his wrist cuffs, allowing the Turtle to free himself. When Michelangelo and Goodfellow make their way, Donatello springs up and frees the other Turtles. They use the mad doctor's laser against another one of his robots, and Lesseau responds by freeing his mutant animals to kill them. However, the animals now hate Lesseau for what he's done to them, ending in the water-buffalo/gorilla Brutus dragging him back down while Pete pecks at his head.

Fortunately Donatello is able use the ray to turn the mutant animals back to normal, and they are returned to the zoo.

Home media releases

VHS

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Michelangelo Meets Bugman

DVD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Classic Series Collection

Notes

Errors

After Michelangelo sets off the island's intruder alarm, Leonardo speaks in Raphael's voice.
When Michelangelo spots Pete rustling in the bushes, the shell on his grappling hook looks like a folded up Turtlecom.
The restraining cuffs on Donatello's arms move from his biceps to his wrists.

Trivia

Dr. Lesseau and his island parodies the novel and movie of H.G. Well's The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Gallery

What's Michelangelo Good For?/Gallery

External links

Lines at Springfield! Springfield!

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+{{Infobox Television episode|Series = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 Cartoon)|Title = What's Michelangelo Good For?|Image = [[File:What%27s_Michelangelo_Good_For%3F_Title_Card.png|250px]]|Season = 4|Episode = 29|Airdate = November 10, [[1990]]|Writer = [[Ted Pedersen]]<br>[[Francis Moss]]|SupervisingProducer = [[Fred Wolf]]|Producers1 = [[Walt Kubiak]]|SupervisingDirector = [[Bill Wolf]]|Prev = [[Poor Little Rich Turtle]]|Next = [[The Dimension X Story]]}}{{TMNT (1987) 1990 Season}}'''What's Michelangelo Good For?''' is a season 4 episode of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 animated series]].
-{{TMNT (1987) 1990 Season}}
+==Appearing in {{FULLPAGENAME}}==
+===Major characters===
+*{{1987link|Donatello}} ([[Barry Gordon]])
+*[[Dr. Lesseau]] (Barry Gordon) {{1st}}
+*[[Jane Goodfellow]] ([[Phylicia Rashad]]) {{1st}}
+*{{1987link|Leonardo}} ([[Cam Clarke]])
+*{{1987link|Michelangelo}} ([[Townsend Coleman]])
+*{{1987link|Pete|Pigeon Pete}} {{1st}}
+*{{1987link|Raphael}} ([[Rob Paulsen]])
+===Minor characters===
+*{{1987link|April O'Neil}} ([[Renae Jacobs]])
+*[[Brutus]] {{1st}}
+*{{1987link|Hamato Yoshi|Splinter}} ([[Peter Renaday]])
+*Zoo manager (Rob Paulsen)
+===Locations===
+*[[New York City]]
+**[[Central Park Zoo]]
+**[[Sewers of New York City]]
+*[[Island of Dr. Lesseau]]
+===Species===
+*[[Human]]s
+*Pigeons
+*[[Mutant]] hybrids
+**Mutant gorilla/water buffalo
+**Mutant tiger/elephant
+**Mutant toucan/rabbit
+**Mutant wolf/horse
+*Mutant [[rat]]
+*[[Mutant turtle]]s
+*[[Robot]]s (Chimp, wolf, bear)
+*Tiger
+*Toucan
+*Wolf
+===Objects and vehicles===
+*Rowboat
+*[[Mutater laser]]
+*Security camera
+*{{1987link|Turtle Van}}
 ==Plot synopsis==
-The [[Turtles]] are on a visit to the zoo, so that Dr. [[Jane Goodfellow]] can give veterinary treatment to [[Michelangelo (1987 TV series)|Michelangelo]]'s pigeon friend [[Pete (1987 TV series)|Pete]]. After the examination, Michelangelo sets off on his own while the other Turtles head home. However the other three turtles get kidnapped by robots created by [[Dr. Lesseau]]. The robots take the [[TMNT]] to an island near the zoo where Dr. Lesseau is awaiting their arrival. Dr. Lesseau is a scientist who is using his robots to steal animals from the zoo. He is experimenting on them to create a single animal with the best traits of all animals combined to conquer the world with. The mad Doc wants the Turtles for their brains.
+The [[Turtles]] take a visit to the zoo, so that Dr. [[Jane Goodfellow]] can give veterinary treatment to [[Michelangelo (1987 TV series)|Michelangelo]]'s pigeon friend [[Pete (1987 TV series)|Pete]], who had broken his wing. Michelangelo - who communicates with Pete through pigeon coos - is informed that his feathered friend is ready to fly once again.
+April also happens to be there, covering the mysterious vanishing of several zoo animals in the middle of the day. While the Turtles are making repairs to the Turtle van, pigeons fly by and Michelangelo sadly releases Pete into the wild.
-Michelangelo returns to the [[Turtle Lair (1987 TV series)|lair]] and finds the others missing. [[Splinter (1987 TV series)|Splinter]] tells him that he had had a vision of an island while meditating and believes the other Turtles are in danger. Splinter sends Michelangelo to search for them even after he tells his master he has no idea where to start looking for them. When Michelangelo arrives at the place where the Turtles were taken, he finds Pete waiting for him. Pete tells him what happened to the other Turtles. Just then Dr. Jane Goodfellow shows up. She is trying to find out who is taking the animals from the zoo. Michelangelo tells her about the disappearance of the other Turtles and the three of them set off to find the Turtles and the missing animals from the zoo. Using the zoo's boat, they row out to an island that they think the Turtles are on.
+He decides to hang out at the zoo a little longer while the others set out for home. But a trio of robots appear behind the Turtle Van, disarm the Turtles and drag them and drag them into a massive submarine in the lake. The only witness is Pete.
-Dodging all of Dr. Lesseau's booby traps, Michelangelo, Pete and Dr. Goodfellow arrive at the island unharmed. They reach the doctor's lab before he has a chance to follow through with his experiment on the other Turtles. Dr. Lesseau sets his animals free and orders them to attack the Turtles, but the animals turn on the doctor and capture him. [[Donatello (1987 TV series)|Donatello]] uses Dr. Lesseau's mutator laser to turn all the animals back to normal and return them to the zoo
+That night, Michelangelo returns home to discover that the other Turtles haven't yet gotten back. Splinter has sensed something evil about an island covered in mist, and tells Michelangelo that he must rescue the other three. Michelangelo doesn't believe he can do it because he lacks the intelligence or leadership of the others, but Splinter tells him that he's ready to do this.
-==Character voices==
-*[[Leonardo (1987 TV Series)|Leonardo]] ([[Cam Clarke]])
-*[[Donatello (1987 TV series)|Donatello]] ([[Barry Gordon]])
-*[[Michelangelo (1987 TV series)|Michelangelo]] ([[Townsend Coleman]])
-*[[Raphael (1987 TV series)|Raphael]] ([[Rob Paulsen]])
-*[[Splinter (1987 TV series)|Splinter]] ([[Peter Renaday]])
-*[[April O'Neil (1987 TV series)|April O'Neil]] ([[Renae Jacobs]])
-*Dr. [[Jane Goodfellow]] ([[Phylicia Rashad]])
-*[[Dr. Lesseau]] ([[Barry Gordon]])
-*Zoo Manager (Rob Paulsen)
+Back at the zoo, Michelangelo finds the empty Turtle Van, and encounters Pete, who tells him what he saw. Dr. Goodfellow finds him sitting outside the zoo, where she offends him by doubting that he can understand Pete. He finds a piece of Donatello's bo, and Dr. Goodfellow confirms that strange footprints were found in the zoo.
-==Locations==
-*[[Turtle Lair (1987 TV series)|Turtles' Lair]]
-*Central Park Zoo
-*[[Island of Dr. Lesseau]]
-*Island Power Plant
+The Turtles find themselves caged in a laboratory run by the evil ex-director [[Dr. Lesseau]], where strange mutant animals have been created using a ray gun (such as a tiger-elephant or a toucan-rabbit). His goal is to create a single kind of animal with the best traits of them all, so he can conquer the world. He wants the Turtles' intellects as part of his uber-animal.
-==Vehicles==
-*[[Turtle Van]]
-*Rowboat
+Figuring out that the Turtles are on an island, Michelangelo and Dr. Goodfellow find a rowboat and are led to the island by Pete.
-==Gadgets==
-*Robot Chimpanzees
+Donatello is dragged out of his cell and strapped down under a dissecting laser, when Lesseau is distracted by the imminent arrival of Goodfellow and Michelangelo. Suddenly the submarine fires a torpedo at them, and then tries to ram the rowboat. Michelangelo fouls the propeller, sending it careening off and causing it to explode.
-*Robot Wolf
-*Robot Bear
+When the rowboat goes through a patch of lily pads, Michelangelo notices that they're ticking. He leaps out and pushes the boat through safely, but seems to have been blown up by the bombs, much to the horror of the other Turtles. Fortunately, it turns out that he was simply hiding underwater.
-*Mutater Laser
+Goodfellow, Michelangelo and Pete break their way into the power plant on the island, only to be confronted by more killer robots that Michelangelo destroys. Pete also hampers Lesseau's surveillance by putting twigs and mud over the madman's camera lenses.
+One of the mutant animals helps Donatello by pecking loose one of his wrist cuffs, allowing the Turtle to free himself. When Michelangelo and Goodfellow make their way, Donatello springs up and frees the other Turtles. They use the mad doctor's laser against another one of his robots, and Lesseau responds by freeing his mutant animals to kill them. However, the animals now hate Lesseau for what he's done to them, ending in the water-buffalo/gorilla Brutus dragging him back down while Pete pecks at his head.
+Fortunately Donatello is able use the ray to turn the mutant animals back to normal, and they are returned to the zoo.
 ==Home media releases==
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 *After Michelangelo sets off the island's intruder alarm, Leonardo speaks in Raphael's voice.
 *When Michelangelo spots Pete rustling in the bushes, the shell on his grappling hook looks like a folded up [[Turtlecom]].
+*The restraining cuffs on Donatello's arms move from his biceps to his wrists.
-===Pop Culture references===
+===Trivia===
 *Dr. Lesseau and his island parodies the novel and movie of H.G. Well's'' The Island of Dr. Moreau''.
 ==Gallery==
+* [[What's Michelangelo Good For?/Gallery]]
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+*[https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1987&episode=s04e29 Lines at Springfield! Springfield!]
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