4Kids Season 1 – Episode 001 (Things Change)

EPISODE ONE

“Things Change”
Written by: Michael Ryan
Original Air Date: February 8, 2003

Supervising Producer: Lloyd Goldfine
Producers: Gary Richardson, Frederick U. Fierst, Al Kahn, Norman Grossfeld, Thomas Kenney
Supervising Director: Chuck Patton
Story Editor: Lloyd Goldfine

MAJOR CHARACTERS:
Donatello (Sam Regal)
Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson )
Raphael (Frank Frankson)
Splinter (Darren Dunstan)
Saki (Scottie Ray)

SECONDARY CHARACTERS:
Purple Dragon Gang Members
Foot Soldiers
Two Cops

MAIN LOCATIONS, VEHICLES AND ACCESSORIES:
Old Lair
Sewer Tunnels
City Streets and Rooftops
Purple Dragon Warehouse
Saki’s Rooftop Palace
New Lair
Mousers
Armored Truck (pre-mods)
Shell-Cell

Synopsis:

Leo intro voiceover: “The Purple Dragon gang has us trapped in a dead-end alley. The only way out… is through them.” (This basic scene repeats itself later in the main action).

The TMNT are enduring another one of Splinter’s training sessions in the old lair. All is going as usual until the lair starts to shake and crumble. Suddenly, a horde of Mousers burst through a wall. A big battle ensues between the mechanical menaces and our heroes. Just when it looks like the Turtles have defeated the Mousers, there is a cave-in in the lair that separates the TMNT from Master Splinter.

The Turtles communicate with Splinter via Shell-Cell, and agree to rendezvous in another part of the sewer system. On the way to the rendezvous point, the TMNT are forced to go above ground, and in so doing interrupt a Purple Dragon robbery. During the course of this side adventure, Raph manages to get locked inside the Dragon’s Armored Truck. The rest of the guys can only watch and follow as Raphael gets hauled off with the loot.

By taking rooftop shortcuts the other three Turtles are able to see where the truck stops to unload. The ninjas drop down, dispatch a couple of Dragons and free Raph. But, just as they are about to make their exit, the TMNT are surrounded by a number of Dragons and Foot Soldiers. A battle royal occurs in the alley outside the Dragon warehouse. The Turtles do just fine, but the bad guy reinforcements just keep coming. Therefore, the mutants decide to “borrow” the armored truck and get the shell out of there.

After ditching the truck in an abandoned sewer tunnel, the TMNT finally rendezvous with Splinter, who has a discovery to share with them. The Sensei has stumbled across an old abandoned chamber in the sewer system, and has decided this will be their new home and HQ. After inspecting the cavernous space, the Turtles couldn’t agree more, and we leave them as they are beginning to make things tidy for living.

Master Splinter

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