1987

Amazing Heroes #107 1986 December

Thom Powers, “An In-Depth Conversation with the Creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”



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DVD – TMNT Season 10

  • Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: LIONSGATE
  • DVD Release Date: August 14, 2012

Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo are back in the classic final season that pits turtles from the past and present against the evil Lord Dregg and his minions. Determined to enslave mankind, Dregg will stop at nothing to win: causing a piece of the sun to crash into Earth, opening a giant portal to pull the planet into Dimension X, and even draining the life energy from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Carter soon realizes that the only way to defeat Dregg, Krang and Shredder is to bring the Turtles’ past selves to the present…doubling the Turtle power! But will they make it in time before Dregg’s invasion is complete? Featuring time-warping serious Turtle muscle, season 10 is a totally tubular finale!

August 14th, 2012 sees the end whenTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Season 10 hits stores from Lionsgate Entertainment. This single-disc release with the last 8 episodes will cost $14.98 SRP, and includes Exclusive Interviews with select animators who were behind these iconic cartoons, as well as 2 bonus never before released episodes (Once Upon A Time Machine and Planet of the Turtleoids).

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VHS – TMNT The Turtles’ Awesome Easter

 

Actors: Cam Clarke, Barry Gordon, Rob Paulsen, Townsend Coleman, Renae Jacobs

Writers: Jeffrey Scott, Joe DiStefano, Kenny Hotz, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird

Format: Dolby, Closed-captioned, Color, VHS

Language: English

Rated: NR (Not Rated)

Number of tapes: 1

Studio: Family Home Ent

VHS Release Date: February 20, 1996

Run Time: 47 minutes

There are two episodes on this video:

“The Turtles and the Hare”
“Once Upon a Time Machine”

Images provided by tOkKa

 



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1987 Original Fred Wolf Series Theme Song & Lyrics (UK Version)

The UK Theme

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Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Heroes in a half-shell – Turtle Power!

They’re the world’s most fearsome fighting teens,
(we’re really hip)
They’re heroes in a half-shell, and they’re green,
(hey! get a grip!)
When the evil Shredder attacks,
These turtles boys don’t cut him no slack!

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles

Splinter taught them to be fighting teens,
(he’s a radical rat)
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machine’s,
(that’s a fact, chap).
Raphael is cool but crude,
(gimme’ a break!)
Michaelangelo is a party dude (Horray!)

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Heroes in a half shell,
Turtle power!

When the series was pitched to the United Kingdom TV networks back in the late ’80s, we had to change the name from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” to “Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles” because censorship authorities there deemed the word “ninja” to have too violent connotations for a children’s program. Consequently, everything related to the Turtles had to be renamed before being released in the U. K. The lyrics to the theme song were also changed, eliminating the word “ninja” and changing it to “hero”. The U. K. censorship policies also had other effects, such as editing out Michelangelo’s nunchakus and generally toning down the usage of all the Turtles’ weapons.

At the start of the TMNT relaunch in 2003, the censorship policies in the U. K. had changed, and thus we were allowed to use the original “Ninja Turtles” title (and no content had to be edited from the new cartoon). As a result, in the U. K., the 1987 show is still referred to as “Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles” while the current series is called “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”.

 



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1987 Original Fred Wolf Series – Episode 004 (Heroes in a Half Shell Part 4 Hot-Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X)

HEROES IN A HALF SHELL – Part Four ”HOT-RODDING TEENAGERS FROM DIMENSION X”
Written by David Wise and Patti Howeth
Directed by Yoshikatsu Kasai
No script/show number available
Original Ar Date: December 31, 1987

CAST OF CHARACTERS: Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Splinter, April O’Neil, Shredder, Krang, Rocksteady, Bebop, Ninja Foot Soldiers

GUEST STARS: Neutrinos (Zak, Dask and Kala) Stone Warriors (General Traag plus one)

LOCATIONS: Technodrome, Turtles’ Lair, Clown Fun Time – Food and Games Emporium

VEHICLES: Technodrome, Turtle Van, Techno-Rover, Nutrino Speeders

SYNOPSIS:

The Turtles and April return to Baxter Stockman’s workshop to convert his van (using his equipment, now that the scientist has been arrested and is a “guest of the state”) into a mobile tracking station designed to locate the Technodrome.

Meanwhile, far below the city streets, beneath the subway systems, moves the Technodrome. Inside, Krang rants and raves to Shredder about his failure to eliminate the Turtles and once again, demands the body that was promised to him. Krang continues by reminding Shredder that his soldiers await him in Dimension X, but he can not lead them without a body. The mere mention of Dimension X gives Shredder an idea – an idea as to where he will find a new weapon to rid himself of the Turtles and Splinter. Krang warns Shredder not to open the recently completed “Transdimensional Portal” to Dimension X for fear of what might come through, but Shredder does not listen.

The Turtles have completed the conversion of Dr. Stockman’s van – the end result: The Turtle Van. It is complete with every type of surveillance gadgetry and weaponry that Donatello was able to create using Stockman’s left-over scientific equipment. Now nothing can stop the TMNT from tracking Shredder and the Technodrome!

Back in the Technodrome, Shredder opens the Transdimensional Portal, only to have three teenage Neutrinos zoom by, flying futuristic versions of ’57 Chevy Bel Airs, followed by a flying “jeep” occupied by Stone Warriors. Rocksteady and Bebop fire upon them. The Neutrinos escape, but the Warriors crash and are confronted by Shredder who asks if they serve Krang. They answer in the affirmative. Shredder invites them to see something, but they flee in pursuit of the Neutrinos.

While driving through the city, the Turtles have tracked the Technodrome. It is under the Twin Global Towers. April guns the motor and races to the location, but when they arrive, the heroes are “buzzed” by the Neutrinos in their rocket- powered low riders. The Turtles and April, thinking that they must somehow be connected to Shredder, decide to pursue them.

Meanwhile, the two Stone Warriors continue their pursuit of the Neutrinos within the Technodrome and stumble upon Krang. They bow to him and admit their surprise to see Krang without his body. Krang is embarrassed and admits that he lost it when he was banished to a far off planet in Dimension X. When Krang learns that his Stone Warriors are pursing the Neutrinos, the brain becomes enraged at Shredder for the danger that he has caused. Shredder wants to know what danger, and Krang explains that the Neutrinos are juvenile delinquents from Dimension X – they hate war, they refuse to join any army, and they encourage people to have fun.

The Turtles continue their pursuit of the alien “JD’s” while Shredder equips the Stone Warriors with a Techno-Rover to aid them in their capture of the Neutrinos.

After much “daring-do,” the Turtles “capture” the Neutrinos, only to learn that they are not in cahoots with Shredder after all. Realizing that they’re all on the same team, the Turtles treat the Neutrinos to pizza and video games, where they learn more about the grim life in Dimension X. April suggests that maybe they should be concerned with what was chasing them at the time of their transdimensional teleportation when the CLOWN TIME FOOD AND GAMES EMPORIUM is leveled by a missile attack from the Stone Warriors. The Turtles defend the Neutrinos by jumping into the Turtle Van and engaging the enemy. After a great deal of laser fire between the Turtles and the Stone Warriors, the Techno-Rover is incapacitated, allowing the Turtles, April and the Neutrinos to escape before the police arrive. The Stone Warriors retreat back to the Technodrome, but not before they’re able to release a “weather satellite” that will, in two hours time, create a hellacious storm – one that will level the city.

Back in the Turtles’ lair, the Neutrinos tell Splinter about the Stone Warriors and their evil Overlord, Krang. When asked about Krang, the Neutrinos tell them that he was banished from Dimension X, lost his body and is now just a brain. Splinter and the Turtles conclude that this is the same brain that Michaelangelo encountered when they defeated the Mousers. Splinter also now realizes where Shredder has been getting his advanced technology and fears that Krang will bring his Stone Warriors into this dimension. The Neutrinos and the Turtles agree to team-up in an effort to send Krang and his Stone Warriors back to Dimension X.

Up on the streets it’s snowing in June! The Neutrinos suspect that it’s the result of one of Krang’s “weather makers,” and they, along with the Turtles and April, race back to the Technodrome.

Once there, the heroes have no problem finding the room that houses the Transdimensional Portal. Donatello and Leonardo are left behind as Michaelangelo, Raphael and the Neutrinos go searching for Krang. Before Donatello and Leonardo can figure out how to operate the machine, Rocksteady, Bebop and some Foot Soldiers engage them in hand-to-hand combat.

Meanwhile, Michaelangelo, Raphael and the Neutrinos are engaged in laser fire with Shredder, Krang and the Stone Warriors. After dispatching the Foot Soldiers and sending the Stone Warriors and the Neutrinos back to Dimension X, the Turtles face off with Shredder only to be distracted by the effects of the “weather maker” outside. When the TMNT return their attention back to Shredder, he’s gone. The Turtles elect to go back up to the surface and save the city, while saving their revenge on Shredder for another time.

Up on the streets, it is “Hell on Earth.” Using one of the Neutrinos vehicles, the Turtles fly into the storm, created by the “weather maker.” Leonardo deactivates the device with his sword by slicing it in two like a melon.

Meanwhile, at the Technodrome, Shredder agrees to give Krang his body if he promises to destroy the Turtles. Krang agrees.

Back at the Turtles’ Lair, April reads from a book as Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael snuggle under their covers. It is the story of the Tortoise and the Hare. As they drift asleep, Leonardo enters the room cleaning his sword and suggests that the “boys” need their rest, vowing to find Shredder on the morrow.



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1987 Original Fred Wolf Series – Episode 003 (Heroes in a Half Shell Part 3 A Thing About Rats)

HEROES IN A HALF SHELL – Part Three ”A THING ABOUT RATS”
Written by David Wise and Patti Howeth
Directed by Yoshikatsu Kasai
No script/show number available
Original Ar Date: December 30, 1987

CAST OF CHARACTERS: Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Splinter, April O’Neil, Shredder, Krang, Rocksteady, Bebop, Vern, Ninja Foot Soldiers

GUEST STARS: Dr. Baxter Stockman, Mousers

LOCATIONS: Turtles’ Lair, Technodrome, April’s Apartment, Deserted Mansion

VEHICLES: Technodrome, Turtle-Seeking Cycle

SYNOPSIS:

Under the city streets, deep within the Turtles lair, Splinter rests/recovers from his confrontation with Shredder (in the last episode) and the Turtles vow to find the Technodrome and to force Shredder to revert their Master back into a human.

Meanwhile, Shredder relocates his base of operation within a deserted mansion within the heart of the inner city. Here, he unleashes a squadron of flying mechanical bugs, equipped with remote control cameras, in an effort to find a source for new scientific equipment.

In another part of the city, a scientist/inventor named Baxter Stockman is trying to convince the Ajax Pest Control company to invest in his latest invention: the Mouser, an armless mechanical “creature” designed to catch rats. The President of APC, throws him out on his keister “suggesting” that the Mouser would drive him out of business. However, the scientist’s demonstration did not go unnoticed (thanks to Shredder’s flying bug cameras). Stockman is invited to accept Shredder’s offer of employment.

While the Turtles grumble about how they can’t find the Technodrome but still can’t give up searching, Shredder returns to the deserted mansion with Dr. Stockman and orders the meek scientist to create a master control device to manipulate the hundreds of Mousers that he plans to assemble by dawn.

Shredder returns to the Technodrome where his computers analyze the Mouser prototype and then begin replication. As Shredder begins to revel in delight, he is summoned by Krang, who once again demands to know when Shredder will provide him with a body. Shredder suggests that Splinter and the Turtles represent a more urgent problem but Krang does not accept it. The alien insists that there would be no problem if he had the body that Shredder has promised him. Shredder turns on his heals and leaves, as Krang fumes – hoping that Shredder fails again and again until he has no choice but to give Krang his body.

Back in his lab, Shredder is too impatient to wait until his machines have replicated the first batch. He programs the first twelve Mousers to seek out and destroy Splinter.

Back at the Turtles lair, Splinter has recovered enough from his encounter with Shredder so that April decides to return to her own life and see if she still has a job. Splinter agrees and, while he is meditating, is visited upon by Shredder’s Mousers. Using his martial arts skills, Splinter is able to dispatch them one by one, but he is still outnumbered. When it looks as though they are about to overpower him, the Turtles return and kick “shell.” After every last Mouser lies in metal fragments on the sewer floor, the Turtles question their source and discover the name “Baxter Stockman, Inventor” engraved on every last one of them. Somehow, they believe that Shredder is behind this and decide the first step is to find the egomaniac who put his name on the “death machines.” The Turtles suggest that Splinter travel with them so that they might protect him better. The Sensei agrees and suggests that they enlist April’s help once again.

While Shredder fumes at the report that all twelve of his Mousers are out of commission, April is less than excited to see the Turtles again so soon. While she checks her computer files on Baxter Stockman, the Turtles wreak havoc in her apartment. She is able to provide them with a photograph and an address on Baxter Stockman and sends them on their way before they can do any more damage.

Back at the deserted mansion, Stockman has completed the Master Control Device and refuses to stay to see the “fruits of his labor.” Fearing that Stockman knows too much, Shredder orders his Foot Soldiers to follow him in the Turtle- Seeking Cycle. A few minutes later, he unleashes 1,200 Mousers to seek out and destroy Splinter, the Turtles and April O’Neil.

Baxter arrives at his home/workshop, but before he can turn the key in the lock, he is accosted by Shredder’s Foot Soldiers. Before the robots can do him any harm, they are dispatched by the Turtles, who want some answers from the scientist – pronto. After tying Stockman to a nearby lamp post, the TMNT convince him to tell them about the Mousers and Shredder’s involvement. Baxter tells them his story. Realizing that the “deserted mansion” is all the way on the other side of town, and with no time to lose, the Turtles “borrow” Stockman’s van. En route to Shredder’s secret location, the TMNT realize that the original 12 Mousers had no problem finding Splinter – and now there are 1,200! They turn around and head back to April’s apartment.

No sooner has April cleaned up the mess left by the Turtles, Shredder’s Mousers begin chewing through the walls. Splinter and April are able to hold them off long enough for the Turtles to arrive, but it is not enough. The building collapses (from the constantly chomping Mousers) just moments after the Turtles, Splinter and April escape.

The heroes arrive at the deserted mansion. Donatello uses the equipment in Stockman’s van to try to control the Mousers. Michaelangelo is “elected” to sneak inside the mansion in an effort to put the Master Control Device out of commission, but Shredder captures Mikey and recalls all his Mousers to attack the other Turtles (along with Splinter and April), as they wait outside. When it looks like the end is near, Krang rescues Michaelangelo and tells him where he can find the Master Control Device. Mike is reluctant, but takes Krang’s advice when he is informed that his friends are in danger.

Michaelangelo encounters Shredder and insults the villain until his outrage makes him careless… careless enough to fire his laser rifle at Mikey, who jumps out of the way, allowing the laser blast to destroy the Master Control Device. This enables Donatello to reprogram the Mousers (with Stockman’s original hand control device) to attack the deserted mansion. As the building falls apart around him, Shredder escapes to the Technodrome (which is “parked” underground) and beats a hasty retreat.

The Turtles, once again, are dejected by Shredder’s escape, but decide to keep Baxter Stockman’s van (and all the equipment inside) in an effort to help them track their arch enemy. As they drive away, Michaelangelo tells his disbelieving friends about a “talking brain.”



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1987 Original Fred Wolf Series – Episode 002 (Heroes in a Half Shell Part 2 Enter The Shredder)

HEROES IN A HALF SHELL – Part Two ”ENTER THE SHREDDER”
Written by David Wise and Patti Howeth
Directed by Yoshikatsu Kasai
No script/show number available
Original Ar Date: December 29, 1987

CAST OF CHARACTERS: Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Splinter, April O’Neil, Shredder, Rocksteady, Bebop, Krang, Vernon, Ninja Foot Soldier

LOCATIONS: Turtles’ Lair, Technodrome, Channel Six, City Zoo

VEHICLES: Technodrome, Robotic Unicycles

SYNOPSIS:

April O’Neil and the Turtles journey through the city’s sewer system to search for the thing that Shredder referred to as the Technodrome, which would have been located directly under the now destroyed MANHATTAN SECURITY SERVICES building. When they arrive, our heroes find nothing. April is convinced that the Technodrome is mobile and suggests that they travel through the immense subterranean tunnel system to continue their pursuit, but the Turtles suggest that they return to the lair and inform Splinter.

Meanwhile, Shredder, who is commandeering the Technodrome in its escape and is furious that his “mighty Foot Soldiers were defeated by a bunch of Turtles,” is summoned to the bowels of the Technodrome by Krang. Krang, a gelatinous creature that looks like a talking brain, is likewise upset that Shredder, despite the vast technical knowledge that Krang has provided for him, has been unable to provide the evil alien with a body so that he may “lead his legion of followers out of Dimension X and into this world to crush it.” Shredder offers a feeble excuse regarding their lack of safety as long as Hamato Yoshi and his Turtles roam the sewers.

Krang then suggests that when Shredder tried to destroy Yoshi with the Mutagen it in fact made him stronger because of his contact with the rats. Shredder picks up on this line of thought and realizes that if he were to expose his own thugs to the Mutagen, along with wild animals, he could then defeat Yoshi and the Turtles.

Back at the Lair, Splinter is convinced that his old enemy, Saki, is the mastermind behind the Robotic Ninjas and offers his help in tracking down the Technodrome. While he and the Turtles begin their search, April agrees to return to Channel Six to see if there have been any sightings of the Technodrome.

Meanwhile, a Rhino and a Warthog are “liberated” from the city zoo by two Robotic Unicycles that have erupted through the sidewalk.

Back underground, Splinter and the Turtles stumble upon the tracks/treads of the Technodrome. They are getting closer.

Meanwhile, within the Technodrome, Shredder “convinces” Rocksteady and Bebop to undergo an experiment that will enable them to get even with the Turtles. This experiment involves the Mutagen and the liberated rhino and warthog from the city zoo.

At Channel Six, April’s boss Vernon is unimpressed with April’s progress on the theft of the high tech scientific equipment and reassigns her to the theft of the rhino and warthog from the city zoo. Outside the Channel Six building, April encounters the Turtles disguised as “break dancers.” She convinces them that the zoo theft could lead them directly to the Technodrome.

Meanwhile, Splinter himself has located the Technodrome, only to be taken prisoner by one of the Robotic Unicycles.

At the zoo, the Turtles climb/fall down through a hole left by the Robotic Unicycles and land at the feet of the Technodrome where they find Splinter’s walking stick. Shredder suggests that they enter the Technodrome if they ever want to see Splinter alive again. Knowing a trap awaits them, the TMNT enter the alien craft.

After a series of obstacles (closing walls and psycho robots) the Turtles find Splinter strung up from the rafters within a cavernous room. As they prepare to cut him down, Shredder enters, accompanied by four of his Ninjas. He congratulates the Turtles on their prowess and suggest that they join his Foot Clan. He also suggests that they “owe everything to him,” because by creating the Mutagen (in an effort to destroy Hamato Yoshi), he created the Turtles. When the Turtles refuse, Shredder summons the mutated Rocksteady and Bebop, who are easily defeated along with the other four Ninjas.

The Turtles cut Splinter down and return to the city surface only to have Rocksteady and Bebop burst through the street, with laser rifles blasting. Once more the Turtles defeat them, this time by leading them into the city zoo and entrapping them in a cage.

April arrives just in time to video tape the capture of Rocksteady and Bebop and offers the Turtles and Splinter a ride home. The reporter also threatens to not let the mutants out of her sight until she gets the whole story. The Turtles promise to tell her, but remind her that as long as Shredder is still loose, the story is not over.

Moments after they leave, a lone Robotic Unicycle bores up through the Earth, breaks Rocksteady and Bebop out of their “prison,” and informs them that Shredder wishes to see them.



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1987 Original Fred Wolf Series – Episode 001 (Heroes in a Half Shell Part 1 Turtle Tracks)

HEROES IN A HALF SHELL – Part One ”TURTLE TRACKS”
Written by David Wise and Patti Howeth
Directed by Yoshikatsu Kasai
No script/show number available
Original Ar Date: December 28, 1987

CAST OF CHARACTERS: Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Splinter/Hamato Yoshi, April O’Neil, Shredder/Oroku Saki, Vernon, Burke, Ninja Foot Soldiers

LOCATIONS: Turtles’ Lair, Manhattan Security Services, Ninja Pizzeria

SYNOPSIS:

Channel Six investigative reporter, April O’Neil, is assigned to report on the mysterious thefts of high tech scientific equipment from various scientific laboratories across the city. During the course of her investigation, April learns that the thieves might be ninjas. She and her film crew stake out a scientific lab that she thinks could be the site of a potential “hit”… only to be accosted by a gang of thugs. The reporter’s film crew panics and flees. April makes a run for it and slips into a drain and is pursued by the thugs under the city streets through an intricate maze of sewer tunnels. When O’Neil is finally cornered by the weapon-brandishing hoodlums, four figures emerge from the shadows to successfully defend her. They are the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! April faints when she sees the identities of her protectors.

The Turtles bring April back to their lair where she encounters a giant rat, SPLINTER, who decides that he should tell her who they are and how they came to be…

Back in Japan, there was a Ninja Clan, known as The Foot, led by HAMATO YOSHI, a quiet/gentle man who loved art. One of his students, OROKU SAKI, constantly challenged him in an effort to usurp his leadership, finally causing him to be banished from the Clan. Yoshi fled to the United States in poverty. He was forced to live in the sewers, where he made friends with the rats. One day, a small child was returning from the pet store with a fish bowl of baby turtles, when he tripped and fell, causing the bowl to crash on the street and the turtles to fall into a drain. Yoshi found four new friends.

Meanwhile, back in Japan, the Foot Clan, under Saki’s evil leadership, turned into an “army of criminals.”

One day, back in New York, Yoshi discovers the turtles covered in “goo” which he later learns was some new powerful “mutagen” that “caused whoever touched it to take on the form of whatever animal they most recently had been in contact with.” The turtles became humanized, because of their recent contact with Yoshi (in his effort to clean them up), and Yoshi was transformed into a rat because of his recent contact with the rodents. April now realizes that Splinter is Yoshi.

Splinter continues by relating how they got their names. The Turtles christened Yoshi with the name Splinter because of his “martial artistry,” and Splinter provides the turtles with the names of his favorite Renaissance painters. Realizing the outside world would consider them freaks, Splinter trained the turtles in the ancient art of Ninjitsu and they in turn vowed to find the person responsible for their “mutagen bath” so that Splinter can become human again.

However, April is not convinced that the Turtles are not the thieves. She tries to escape with her latest “news flash,” but is detained by the Turtles who are in no hurry to “go public” with their story. They finally strike a deal. The Turtles will help April find the real Ninja thieves and get her story while she agrees to help them find the source of the “mutagen.”

The Turtles accompany April on the city streets with a matchbook that was left behind at the scene of the fight between the Turtles and the Thugs, and disguised as human (dressed in trench coats and fedoras). Their destination: The Ninja Pizzeria – where they hope to learn more about the high tech hijacks. While the Turtles feed their faces with pizza, April scouts the neighborhood and comes upon MANHATTAN SECURITY SERVICES. She enters the lobby with suspicion and overhears the receptionist dispatch a “security team” to another scientific equipment lab that is “just waiting to be cleaned-out.” April makes a call to Channel Six from a nearby phone booth only to be abducted by three Ninjas.

Meanwhile, the Turtles become impatient waiting for April to return and decide to search for her. Within moments, they find her wallet and her press pass. A few minutes later they see her purse hanging from the roof of an abandoned tenement building. Up on the roof, they find April tied to a chair. They soon learn that it is a trap as they engage in martial combat with a team of Ninjas, only to discover that their foes are robots.

Shredder, who has been watching the scene via remote controlled cameras, recognizes the fighting style of the Turtles and suspects that Hamato Yoshi still lives.

The Turtles defeat the Robotic Ninjas, rescue April and then pursue the retreating Ninjas to the roof of the nearby Manhattan Security Services building. April and the Turtles lose the Ninjas, but are spied by Shredder via his closed circuit camera system. Now, more than ever, he is convinced that these Turtles have been trained by Yoshi. He orders his Foot Soldiers to retreat to the Technodrome and to flood the building. April and the Turtles race to the roof of the building with a torrent of water close on their heels. They escape from the roof just moments before the building explodes from the water pressure.

Back at the Turtles underground lair, Splinter studies the uniform of one of the Robotic Ninjas. He is convinced that it is the uniform of the Foot Clan and that his old enemy, Saki, is nearby.



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1987 Original Fred Wolf Series Theme Song & Lyrics

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heroes in a half-shell
Turtle power!

They’re the world’s most fearsome fighting team (We’re really hip!)
They’re heroes in a half-shell and they’re green (Hey – get a grip!)
When the evil Shredder attacks
These Turtle boys don’t cut him no slack!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Splinter taught them to be ninja teens (He’s a radical rat!)
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That’s a fact, Jack!)
Raphael is cool but crude (Gimme a break!)
Michaelangelo is a party dude (Party!)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heroes in a half shell
Turtle power!

Written and Performed by: Chuck Lorre and DC Brown

Chuck Lorre says: ”In fact I’m on the original … I’m the voice of the turtles on the original (episodes). I did all the voices. I sped up my voice (to play the various turtles). I said to the producer, ‘You’re going to replace me with the actors, right?’ and he said, ‘Nah, that’s fine.’” – Source