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TMNT
Original Script for 2007 Movie
by
Kevin Munroe
Based on the Mirage Comic Book
Created by
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
©2005 Mirage Studios. All rights reserved.
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96 INT. WINTERS LOBBY 96
Winters’ body still lays on the floor. This is bad.
CASEY
Is he... is he dead?
Mikey takes out a hockey stick from Casey’s bag and pokes
Winters’ limp body. Nothing.
MICHAELANGELO
Yup. He’s WAY dead, dude.
WINTERS GASPS FOR AIR! Startles everyone in the room.
ON EVERYONE - Their faces all drop as Winters stands up in
his mini-crater, brushes himself off and is perfectly fine!
Winters’ mind is racing a mile a minute. Doesn’t even notice
those around him.
WINTERS
(groans)
Raph can’t take it any more. He draws his sais and thrusts
them at Winters. THAT gets his attention. Winters looks up in
awe at seeing the mutated freaks in front of him.
WINTERS
Fascinating...
SPLINTER
Mister Winters. We mean you no
harm.
RAPHAEL
No harm?! Whatever! I’m about to
give you piercin’s in places you
never imagined if you don’t tell us
what’s going on.
WINTERS
We were so close... so close.
Winters collapses on the floor. Head in hands.
WINTERS
This was our chance. We could have
changed it all.
APRIL
We know everything Max. We know
you’re trying to recreate what
Yaotl started 3000 years ago.
ON WINTERS - He looks up. Sees April. Exhausted, as we-
WIPE TO:
97 EXT. FLASHBACK BATTLEFIELD – NIGHT 97
The same red-tinted battlefield we left in Winter’s
flashback. Monsters are leaping through the hoards.
WINTERS (V.O.)
There are things, Miss O’Neil, no
one could possibly know...
Camera pushes in on YAOTL and his Four Generals high on a
hill, surveying the action.
ON YAOTL - He takes off his helmet... IT’S WINTERS HIMSELF.
WINTERS (V.O.)
It was I who stood on that
battlefield all those years ago.
Winters/Yaotl looks out at the death and destruction. He
looks shocked, surprised.
A SHADOW falls over Winters body. He looks up - it’s a
ceremonial SHAMAN from their enemies’ camp.
WINTERS (V.O.)
And we had to pay a price.
The Shaman makes hand gestures, chanting. Winters is pulled
up in the air, and in a crackle of red electricity, we see
him become... grayer.
ON GENERALS - Same electricity. Different effect. They
scream, slowly turned into STONE. Cracks form on their
bodies, light shooting out of it.
WINTERS (V.O.)
We were cursed that day. My four
comrades-in-arms were turned into
stone.
Cursed to live on this Earth...
immobile... yet fully aware at all
times to ponder the crimes we’ve
committed.
ON WINTERS - He stands on the battlefield. Alone. As he
walks, the CAM MOVES around him. During this, we X-DISSOLVE
BETWEEN A FEW SELECT TIME PERIODS between then and now.
WINTERS (V.O.)
My curse was to live... forever. To
feel the pain of losing love time
and time again. Of boredom. The
pain... of time.
BACK IN PRESENT DAY. Winters stops walking...
WINTERS
We were doomed to live this way
until, as the Shaman put it, “you
corrected the mistakes of your
past”.
(gestures to the lobby)
That’s what this is about. Penance,
Miss O’Neil. Finally getting a
chance to right our wrongs.
GENERAL AGUILA (O.S.)
Our master fails to include crucial
points in his tale.
ON SHADOWS - The Four Generals thump forward.
GENERAL AGUILA
He fails to discuss the petrified
agony of three thousand years.
GENERAL SERPIENTE
Of the torture of taking CENTURIES
to merely blink an eye!
GENERAL GATO
Of watching the erosion of your own
body throughout centuries.
GENERAL AGUILA
So, while our great leader basked
in the warmth of the sun and the
glory of fresh air... we rotted in
the stone hell that lasted
throughout millennia.
WINTERS
My brothers, I-
GENERAL AGUILA
WE ARE NO BROTHERS TO YOU! Our
brotherhood was broken the day that
you condemned us to this eternity.
ON DOORS - CAM PULLS BACK ALONG DOORS as each one is barely
forced open and dozens of Foot Ninjas pile in the lobby!
Karai comes to FG of group. Surveys as the scene continues.
GENERAL GATO
And now, our Master has tired of
feeding on the nectar of life. Of
loving his entire life. Of FEELING.
(gestures to portal)
So he prefers to end it all. End
HIS “misery” at the expense of
ours.
Aguila walks to the cells. The portal writhes in the bg,
sinking into the floor.
GENERAL AGUILA
But thanks to his cunning, his
technology, we are now capable of
LIVING... we have now become-
(close, creepy)
- gods.
GENERAL SERPIENTE
And we shall finish what we began
all those years ago. We will
finally have our victory.
GENERAL GATO
Even with one monster still free,
the curse can never be broken!
GENERAL AGUILA
(to Winters)
Join us. Join us Yaotl, and live a
life eternal with us at your side!
ON WINTERS - He waits. A beat.
WINTERS
Never. This was our opportunity! We
were wrong! Don’t you understand?!
GENERAL AGUILA
NO! YOU WERE WRONG.
(beat)
And you are weak.
GENERAL AGUILA
(to Karai)
Destroy them.
Karai sees Winters’ condition. Clearly getting screwed by the
very beings who have been nothing but hostile toward her and
her Foot Clan. She suddenly GESTURES WITH HER HANDS -
military/ninja style.
APRIL
What does THAT mean?
KARAI
It means we’re going to help you.
WIDER - 40 Foot Ninja disperse around out of the building,
leaving Karai and 4 Foot Ninja behind.
KARAI
My soldiers will find the
thirteenth monster. And you will
bring it back here. Hurry - we
don’t have much time.
Karai runs off. April looks over at Winters. He nods, still
hurting. April takes off after Karai, leaving Casey behind
with the Four Foot. They run out into the garden, just in
time to see the other Foot disappear into the night.
CASEY
I got shotgun!
BACK ON GENERALS - They move toward Winters! The Turtles
quickly look at one another. Know what they have to do.
They all leap in the way, standing between Winters and his
backstabbing Generals.
Aguila moves forward to Leo. Raph steps in beside him,
defiant. Then Mikey. Then Don.
RAPHAEL
If you mess with one of us-
(looks around)
-you mess with all of us.
Aguila smiles at their chutzpa.
GENERAL AGUILA
Challenge accepted.
97 The Portal worsens behind them. Sound and sight. The Eight 97
are ready to fight.
...and the fight BEGINS! The Turtles leap, pounce and strike
with all the exuberance and intensity they’ve ever had.
Winters moves to help the Turtles.
Suddenly a WALKING STICK across his chest stops him!
SPLINTER
They must face them alone. As
brothers.
Winters debates it in his head for a beat - WHAM! - a
tentacle from the portal slams down next to him!
WINTERS
Alright. We have more important
things to do!
ON PORTAL - A small DEMON makes its way out of the portal!
Winters runs and flips through the air and then CLOBBERS IT
with his bare hands, sending it back down!
He lands on the other side.
WINTERS
Help me push the cells into the
portal!
Splinter does as the two masters also manage to lay some
smackdown on any emerging creature out of the portal.
CUT TO:
98 EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS 98
CASEY (O.S.)
This has got to be the suckiest
vehicle to save the world with.
- as the Cowabunga Carl van roars around the corner. Tinkling
musical notes chime along with the speed. Appropriately lame
and embarrassing.
INSIDE VAN - Casey drives, as April, Karai and Four Foot are
crammed in the back. Awkward silence.
CASEY
So... anybody from out of town?
WE BEGIN TO INTERCUT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE LOBBY FIGHT,
AND CASEY/APRIL MONSTER CHASE...
LOBBY - The combatants all pair off for their final battle.
Utter commotion. Mikey is paired with Serpiente.
Donnie is paired with the General Mono. He uses his quick
speed and expert staff against the hammer-weilding Statue.
Leo fights with Gato. He can’t dodge him. He’s too fast. Leo
lands a lucky blow, but Gato recoils - BOOM! Leo’s knocked
shell-first into a large GLASS DISPLAY CASE filled with
swords and bladed weapons of all kinds.
LEONARDO
Come to daddy.
MOMENTS LATER - SMASH! - Leo steps out, ready for action.
Strapped with a dozen swords tucked all over his body. He
pulls them out randomly as needed throughout the fight.
Raph and Aguila duke it out in and around the MONSTER CELLS.
It’s a Jackie Chan-inspired sequence, where they have to be
aware of their environment to avoid defeat.
RAPHAEL
Sensei! How you guys doing?!
ON SPLINTER AND WINTERS - The portal is pulling the cells in.
About five more to go. Splinter also flips around and takes
out another demon trying to escape. Splinter actually seems
to be having FUN.
SPLINTER
Wonderful, my son. WONDERFUL!
BACK WITH APRIL AND CASEY - Rush the streets of NYC.
KARAI
My troops have located the final
monster. At the harbor docks.
CASEY
Oh, I got this one covered.
Casey GUNS IT for the pier, music tinkling. CAM ZOOMS AHEAD
THROUGH THE STREETS until it reaches the pier. CAM CRANES
over the harbor warehouses until we see -
- the 13th monster! Looks like a land-locked GIANT CROCODILE.
It appears unconscious - a hundred or so TRANQ DARTS sticking
out of it’s back. The Van pulls onto the scene.
INSIDE THE VAN - Everyone is in shock. The ninjas look at
each other.
CASEY
Huh. Now there’s somethin’ you
don’t see every day...
They pile out of the van.
CASEY
(off of monster)
Well, I guess we have to figure out
how to get handsome here back to
Winters’ Tower.
KARAI
We should tie it to the van and
drag it back.
CASEY
Wow. You’re... hard core.
ON CREATURE - A Foot Ninja stands next to the lifeless body.
As he turns his head he doesn’t see THE CREATURE’S EYE OPEN!
WIDER - The creature stands up as everyone turns to see. The
creature DOG SHAKES his hide, sending the tranq darts flying
everywhere! They slam into the walls like shrapnel.
ON FOOT - As they dive out of the way. One gets hit with a
dart in the chest. Looks down. Passes out.
CASEY
Incoming!
ON VAN - As they open the doors to act as shields as - THUNKA
THUNK THUNK - darts stick in the door!
ON CREATURE - He’s now standing... and dying to chase
something. It GROWLS/SCREAMS as they all pile into the van!
Casey immediately throws it in reverse and starts peeling
back on the pier, barely staying out of the clutches of the
creature smashing the pier in front of them. Get to the end
and spin the vehicle around.
APRIL
FAST! GO FAST NOW!!!
Casey guns it, the 12-foot creature mere inches away!
STARS IN SKY - Karai sees the stars are slowly moving out of
alignment. Losing time fast.
BACK IN LOBBY - CRANE DOWN on Winters and Splinter. On the
last full cell.
ON PORTAL - A pair of LARGE EYES are threatening to come out.
In the BG, dozens of winged DEMONS fly around inside.
LEONARDO
They better hurry with that last
monster!
RAPHAEL
I’m sure my man Casey’s got it all
under control...
LEONARDO
That’s what I’m afraid of.
BACK WITH VAN - CLOSE ON CASEY’S FACE - As he’s screaming his
guts out.
CASEY
I GOTTA TELL YA... I’M, UH, I’M
STILL NOT SURE THAT THIS WAS THE
BEST IDEA!!!!
WIDER - We see that he’s on top of the Van, acting as LIVE
BAIT to attract the creature! It’s working too! The creature
pounces along like an awkward greyhound run. April drives.
Casey is throwing SPORTS EQUIPMENT at it from his large
hockey bag. The creature is catching and eating it all.
INSIDE VAN - Casey slips in.
APRIL
What are you doing in here?!
CASEY
Ran outta food.
They all look out the back window as the creature pounds
closer and closer...
BACK IN LOBBY - The Turtles and Generals are at a standstill.
Turtles all get thrown into a pile between the Generals.
RAPHAEL
Listen. I’m the last guy to sound
like a TV cartoon, but I think we
need to work together.
MICHAELANGELO
Teamwork. The more you know...
Don clocks Mikey behind the head.
LEONARDO
(teasing)
Why Raph, no solo act tonight?
Raph grins. They stand, backs to back... finally as a TEAM.
They trust one another, and their efficiency shows.
ON PORTAL - More tentacles begin to come out. More claws
surround the surface edges.
ON TMNT - The music swells. The brothers act and think as
one. The way they should. They way they will from now on.
ON SPLINTER - As cam PUSHES IN, he stands up. Seeing his
sons. As one. As BROTHERS. He smiles.
SPLINTER
Yes. Yes, my sons.
The Generals can’t keep up. It’s enough to distract them to
make mistakes the TMNT take advantage of.
ON WINTERS - Sees the portal light beginning to SHRINK!
Because of the TMNT’s moves, the Generals are now on the
precipice of the Portal, being pulled back. They struggle to
stand.
The brothers look at each other. The place is violent with a
whirlwind and screaming Monsters.
RAPHAEL
So who wants ta call it a day?
LEONARDO
I’m in.
DONATELLO
Affirmative.
MICHAELANGELO
Roger dodger, dude.
The TMNT launch into their FINAL ATTACK - perfectly in synch
and take out each of the Generals, knocking them back into
the PORTAL! They’re plucked out of mid-air by cloudy tendrils
and pulled back!
The Turtles collapse onto the floor, back to the portal.
Silent. Splinter runs over to them.
SPLINTER
My sons, I am so proud of you all.
Then - BOOM! - the Generals’ ARMS slam onto the ridge of the
portal - BEGINNING TO CLIMB OUT! The Turtles jump back.
TURTLES
WAAAHHHHH/OHMIGOD!/WHOOAAA!!!
GENERAL AGUILA
Silly children. We are immortals
made of stone! The Earth has only
BEGUN to feel our wrath!
The brothers are screwed. They can’t stop the Generals. Until-
BEHIND TURTLES - Glowing headlights grow larger. Closer. As -
KERSMASH!!! The Van flies through the lobby, musical chime
and all, being trailed by the Creature! April clips a corner
as the vehicle spins out of the path.
The Creature tries to stop, but can’t on the marble floor. It
falls, sliding, clicking its claws trying to stop!
WINTERS
LOOK OUT!
Winters dives in and pushes the Turtles out of way as the
Creature flies in and knocks the Generals back into the
Portal! The Cloud Tendrils grab a hold of it and pull it back
into the Portal!
ON STARS - The Stars move out of alignment, ending the cycle.
ON PORTAL - It begins to close. The Generals struggle to get
out, only now, we see they are HUMAN... their curse broken...
and an eternity of pain and suffering ahead of them.
Aguila tries to fight his way out of the portal.
GENERAL AGUILA
YOU CANNOT DEFEAT US! WE-
WHAM! - Raph and Leo team-roundhouse him back into oblivion!
RAPHAEL
I thought he’d never shut up.
WIDER - The portal EXPLODES in a upwards funnel. Silence.
MICHAELANGELO
HOLY CRAP!!!
RAPHAEL
WE DID IT!
TURTLES
YEAH! WHOOHOO! WE DID IT!
The brothers high five one another. Splinter smiles proud.
ON VAN - Dusty and smoking. The door clangs open. Casey piles
out. Karai comes next and accidentally FALLS on Casey in a
very compromising position! She slyly smiles. April falls out
last beside them.
CASEY
(caught - looks at both)
Oh. I, uh -
HUHN! - Casey tosses Karai off of him. April’s eye cocks.
APRIL
Don’t try to tell me for one second
that you didn’t enjoy tha-
Casey just grabs her, cutting her off and they kiss. Like
they should have been kissing all along.
They stop. Noses close. Smile. They pull apart, revealing
MIKEY standing there. Watching them all gooey-eyed.
MICHAELANGELO
AWWWWWW....
Raph and Leo look at each other. A beat. Then hug. Brothers
again. Dialogue would just ruin this moment.
Splinter walks over to them. CAM ADJUSTS to show Karai and
the Foot Ninja standing there. Silence. Finally, Karai steps
forward -
KARAI
You are every bit the warriors I
was informed you were. You have
passed.
ON TMNT - they’re confused.
LEONARDO
Passed what?
RAPHAEL
You know us?
KARAI
I’ve known OF you for some time.
(beat, to Leo’s question)
Savor your victory tonight. For
soon we will have further business
together.
SPLINTER
What kind of business?
KARAI
The kind that involves familiar
faces from your past...
ON TURTLES - They all look at each other.
RAPHAEL
She doesn’t mean...
They look back - and see Karai and the Foot have DISAPPEARED.
Raph looks over at WINTERS. He’s hunched over in the corner.
Can’t tell what’s going on. They walk over slowly.
RAPHAEL
Winters?
ON WINTERS - Looks like he’s sobbing. They get concerned.
Then the sobs turn to LAUGHING. He stands up. His hand is
spotted red with his own BLOOD from a cut on his cheek.
MICHAELANGELO
I’m never usually that happy to be
bleeding.
DONATELLO
You would be if you were an
immortal who couldn’t bleed for
three thousand years...
Winters looks at all the Turtles.
WINTERS
Thank you. Thank you from the
bottom of my heart. You’ve made a
very old man, very very happy.
MICHAELANGELO
So, um, what happens now?
ON WINTERS - He just SMILES. Content. Finally at peace. As he
ages thousands of years in front of us... eventually turning
to DUST and blowing away.
MICHAELANGELO
Okay... just a little bit creepy.
(sneezes)
Oh gawd. I think he’s in my n-n-
ATTCHOOOOO!! OH GROSS!!!
CAM PULLS BACK, out of the building, onto the street. See the
destruction. The clearing skies. THE SUNRISE.
CUT TO:
99 INT. TURTLES LAIR – EVENING 99
Raph comes to Splinter’s room.
RAPHAEL
You wanted to see me Sensei?
SPLINTER
Sit down, Raphael.
RAPHAEL
Thank you, Master Splinter, for
your guidance.
(thinks, humble)
I can only hope that one day, I
will be able to begin the next
stage of my training like Leo.
Splinter smiles. Reaches into a box and takes out a similar
MEDALLION to the one given to Leonardo.
SPLINTER
That, my son, you already have.
(beat)
Our training works in mysterious
ways. But the answer that lies in
all our questions... is family.
Raph beams as he accepts the “badge”. He excitedly stands up.
Splinter looks to the hallway where his eyes meet Leo’s. They
exchange knowing smiles as Splinter winks and we-
DISSOLVE TO:
100 INT. TURTLES LAIR - LATER 100
A ROCKIN’ NUMBER PLAYS as we cap everyone’s adventures.
Splinter walks through the lair. It’s empty. He walks past
their “trophy room”. He places the ornate head of WINTERS’
CANE on the shelf.
He sits down to meditate. But first reaches into his robe and
pulls out a TIN FOIL PACKAGE. He opens it up and smiles.
SPLINTER
Ahh. Double chocolate fudge.
WIPE TO:
101 EXT. ROOFTOPS - NIGHT 101
Mikey and Don are on the rooftops. Leo and Raph join them on
top. Leo and Raph have an aside to themselves.
RAPHAEL
So we’re cool with the whole
Nightwatcher thing?
LEONARDO
Yeah, we’re cool. Our secret, bro.
(checks for clear coast)
You got rid of the stuff, right?
QUICK SHOT - Nightwatcher’s gear burning in a barrel.
LEONARDO
What about the bike, tho?
RAPHAEL
(discreet/confessional)
Okay, so I couldn’t exactly destroy
the bike.
(beat)
Let’s just say it’s in good hands.
LEONARDO
What do you mean?
RAPHAEL
I mean, it’s in good hands.
LEONARDO
(thinks, then realizes)
Oh, you didn’t.
Raph sheepishly shrugs as we-
SMASH CUT TO:
102 EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET 102
CASEY (O.S.)
WHAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
As Casey roars down the street on the black motorcycle of
Nightwatcher, barely able to hang on.
He drives past WINTERS TOWER - now being converted to a
NATURAL SCIENCES AND HISTORY MUSEUM.
103 EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET 103
A HITCHHIKER THUMB comes into frame. Casey stops his bike.
WIDER - It’s April. She smiles. Casey hands her a helmet.
APRIL’S POV INSIDE HELMET - We see a small DIAMOND RING taped
to the visor. She takes it off. Beaming. Models it on her
hand. She leans forward.
APRIL
...yes.
She wraps her arms around his waist and holds tight for the
adventures that await...
CAM FOLLOWS for a beat, then rises up the buildings to-
104 EXT. ROOFTOPS - NIGHT 104
All four turtles are horsing around. They get geared up...
and head off for a game of NINJA TAG.
The boys run, hoot and holler as they fly high on the
rooftops.
RAPHAEL (V.O.)
So what makes a family? Personally,
it’s more than sharing a roof or a
bathroom. It’s sharing life... My
father taught me that, and I think
it’s pretty much true... y’know,
provided that you don’t kill each
other in the process. Or that no
one touches your stuff. Or makes
loud noises when you’re trying to
sleep. Or...
They run close to the camera, once again, a family.
RAPHAEL (V.O.)
Hey, nobody said it was easy.
And as RAPHAEL and LEONARDO leap toward camera, we-
CUT TO BLACK:
THE END