April: Raphael?

 

Raph: Ease off, April, we had a rough night.

 

Mikey: I'm not doing a thing till we eat some serious breakfast.

 

Leo: And we don't eat until we practice.

 

Splinter: Michelangelo, don't lose your patience.

 

Raph: I'd say you just got smoked, Michelangelo.

 

Splinter: Indeed, Michelangelo has much to learn about patience.

 

Don: Yeah, you got to learn to keep cool like the rest of us.

 

(at breakfast, turtles pouring cereal on pizza)

 

Don: Who wants corn flakes?

 

Raph: I'm having raisin bran.

 

Mikey: Choco puffs for me.

 

April: You wouldn't have any, uh, real food, would you?

 

Splinter: Of course. Sushi?

 

April:  I guess I can hold out until we get up to the street.

 

Mikey: Are we going somewhere?

 

April: Don't you remember that big compound that was under the ninja's headquarters? That big technodrome thingamajig. We've got to check it out. It's my only hope of getting a story out of all of this craziness.

 

Mikey: Funny, we don't get much rain here in the sewers.

 

April: It's not rain. It's water from last night's flood.

 

Don: Come on, we must be almost there. It should be right . . . here?

 

Raph: You know, a hot dog stand would clean up in a place like this.

 

Don: I don't get it. It's got to be here. See? There's the foundation of the building that flooded. Where could a vast subterranean compound go down here?

 

Mikey: That-a-way.

 

April: What a story! Come on, we've gotta follow it.

 

Leo: Wait. We must tell Master Splinter about this.

 

(scene change, cut to wall breaking, Technodrome drives through)

 

Shredder: I don't believe it. My mighty Foot soldiers beaten by a bunch of turtles? And mutant turtles at that.

 

Krang (on radio) Saki? This is Krang. Report to me at once.

 

Shredder: Great! Terrific! We're on the run, and that idiot wants to chitchat. Well, what is it?

 

Krang: Ah, Saki, my old friend.

 

Shredder: I told you, call me the Shredder.

 

Krang: You wouldn't be shredding anything if it weren't for me. I have given you vast technical knowledge-- but you have not fulfilled your half of the bargain. My legions are waiting in dimension x to storm into this world and crush it. All I lack is a body, a body which you have failed to provide for me.

 

Shredder: None of us is safe as long as Hamato Yoshi and his turtles roam the sewers.

 

Krang: Heh. With the body I designed, no force on earth could stop me.

 

Shredder: Including myself! That's why I don't trust you, Krang.

 

Krang: And if I gave you a means of defeating your enemies-- then would you trust me?

 

Shredder: Possibly. But first tell me how to defeat the turtles.

 

Krang: You were the one who tried to destroy Yoshi with that mutagen but instead, he gained the powers of the rats.  But suppose Yoshi had been near a more powerful animal.

 

Shredder: Mutate my own people. The possibilities are endless. All I need are animals. Ha ha ha ha ha! Killers! That's quite a brain you've got, Krang.

 

Krang: Of course it is. It's all I've got.

 

(cut scene, back at lair)

 

Splinter: You saw the ninja's leader in that underground compound last night?

 

Leo: Yes, Master Splinter.

 

Splinter: And now the compound has vanished without a trace. I fear my ancient enemy Oroku Saki still lives, and I must join you in the search for this technodrome.

 

Raph: That isn't a job for us, it's a job for the department of sewers.

 

Splinter: Oroku Saki is the most cunning and dangerous man I know, and he is a ninja of the first rank.

 

April: I'll check the news room, maybe there's been some word on just where the technodrome went.

 

Splinter: Quickly, our adversary already has a head start on us.

 

Raph: Head start? We're gonna need sonar to find this geek.

 

Mikey: Relax, Raphael, we've got Splinter leading us now.

 

Don: Yeah, Splinter will find him, just like sniffing out a rat, uh, heh, a weasel.

 

(cut scene, to zoo where drill breaks thru sidewalk. Robots use lasers to free warthog and rhino)

 

Robot: Ok, buddy, you're coming with us. (lassos rhino, other robot lassos warthog) Just come along quietly, and you won't get hurt. Sorry for the disturbance, folks. Have a pleasant day.

 

(cut scene, back underground)

 

Raph: Oh, still no sign of the technodrome. Where's Tarzan when we need him?

 

Mikey: Check this out. Whoa!

 

Splinter: This way, I believe.

 

Don: That rock is freshly drilled. Look at the size of those tank treads!

 

Mikey: That dude's driving Shea stadium around under the city. Ha ha ha!

 

Raph: This could put a serious crimp in our plans.

 

Splinter: Head upward, my sons.  Find some way around all this. I'll try to get through somehow.

 

Raph: Through that?

 

Splinter: Oh, we rats can burrow through anything.

 

(cut scene, to Technodrome)

 

Shredder: I need volunteers.

 

Group of thugs all talk at once: Aw, no, no way. Not me. Uh-uh.

 

Rocksteady: Yeah, we don't volunteer for nothin'.

 

Shredder: I need two of you for an experiment.

 

Rocksteady: Ah, forget it.

 

Shredder: It will give you strength and powers undreamed of.

 

Bebop: So what?

 

Shredder: It will make you mightier than a dozen mortal men.

 

Rocksteady: Yeah? Big hairy deal.

 

Shredder: It will enable you to get even with the four turtles who so recently humiliated you.

 

Group all talk at once: Where do I sign? I'll do it! Yeah!

 

Shredder: Ah, but I only need two volunteers. Just sit.

 

Bebop: I wish I'd brought some comics.

 

Rocksteady: Uhh? What you doing to us, man?

 

Shredder: Just relax.

 

Bebop: What do you need them animals for?

 

Shredder: It's all part of the experiment.

 

Rocksteady: Are you sure this is gonna give us all them, uh, powers you promised us, man?

 

Shredder: Absolutely. Of course, you may have a little trouble getting a date on Saturday night.

 

(cut scene, back to turtles)

 

Raph: Donatello, you sure this is getting us anywhere?

 

Don: Of course. Every tunnel leads somewhere.

 

Raph: You picked a heck of a time to become a philosopher.

 

Leo: Now, everybody be quiet. We don't want to make a disturbance. (comes out in middle of the street) I’ve got a feelin' we're not in Kansas anymore, Uncle Toto.

 

Don: Come on! We've got to get out of here.

 

Raph: And I thought the sewers were bad.

 

Mikey: Now that's what I call a serious pizza.

 

Leo: Channel 6? Isn't that the station where April works?

 

(cut scene to April in newsroom with her boss)

 

Thompson: Three days you’ve been gone, April, and what do you bring me? Zip!

 

April: Burne, listen to me. I'm on to something big.

 

Thompson: Save it. Against all better judgment, I'm gonna give you another chance. Somebody robbed the zoo two hours ago, the police report's in the wire room.

 

April: A zoo robbery? Aw, come on.

 

Thompson: Now, April.

 

April: I get yelled at, I get scooped on my story, I nearly get fired, all on account of those turtles. (exits building)

 

Raph: Yo, sister. What's the haps?

 

April: Give me a break, guys.

 

Mikey: We had to disguise ourselves somehow.

 

April: Try to get serious for a moment. I'm on a story that could lead us straight to the technodrome. Two hours ago a rhino and warthog were stolen from the central park zoo.

 

Raph: A rhino and a warthog are gonna lead us to the technodrome?

 

April: They were stolen by a couple of robots who dragged them underground.

 

Mikey: Robots? Well, come on, let's boogaloo.

 

(underground, where Splinter discovers the Technodrome)

 

Splinter: There must be some way inside.

 

Robot: All right, buddy, just come along peacefully. Don't make this any tougher on yourself. (captures Splinter)

 

(April and turtles at zoo inspecting hole)

 

Don: (as they enter hole) April, wait here for us.

 

April: But—

 

Leo: If this hole caves in, we can dig our way out, you can't.

 

Mikey: Yeah. We know how to handle ourselves in the sew--aah! (falls) Whoa, man. That was a short trip.

 

Leo: Master Splinter's walking stick.

 

Don: He's never without it. He must be in trouble.

 

Shredder: Indeed, he is. Ha ha ha! If you want to see him again, you'll have to come in.

 

Leo (as they enter Technodrome) It's gotta be a trap.

 

Raph: I hate it when he says that.

 

April: (on pay phone at zoo) Don't ask questions, just get a camera crew down here now! What do you mean, I got to have a story first? This is the story! Oh, yeah? You, too!

 

Shredder: All right, now to find out how good these turtles really are.

 

Mikey: Get the feeling somebody has it in for us? So, how do we get out?

 

Don: There is no way out.

 

Raph: Well, that's kind of a defeatist attitude, don't you think? What about that?

 

Don:  It could take hours to crack the code.

 

Raph: Try fifteen seconds, chum.

 

Don: Leonardo, cut it open.

 

Mikey: I feel like a marshmallow in a nutcracker.

 

Raph: Take your time, why don't you? (attacks robots) Lights out.

 

Robots: Help! Hey, no fair. That hurt.

 

Mikey: So long, guys. Hey, write us when you hit bottom. Ha ha!

 

Robot: You won't get rid of us that easy.

 

Don: This must be some kind of manufacturing plant. We are in deep trouble.

 

Mikey: You think they want to mix it up with us?

 

Don: If they do, I don't like the odds.

 

Raph: Yeah, we were trained to fight people, not can openers.

 

Mikey: So, like, what do we do?

 

Leo: You and Raphael, cut around to either side. Donatello, try to get to their rear.

 

Don: What will you do, Leonardo?

 

Leo: Well, somebody's gotta take the middle. Attack! Hyah.

 

(fight with multiple robotic machines)

 

Mikey: Rude, dude.

 

Don: Turtles fight with honor.

 

Leo: Taste cold steel. Uhh.

 

Mikey: Get funky!

 

Robot: Hurry. We must stop them.

 

Raph: Get him, Michelangelo! Aah! Get out of my face! Our rear flank's cut off, Sarge!

 

Mikey: pflllllt! This way.

 

Raph: I'd say we redecorated the place nicely.

 

Leo: More bad news.

 

Raph: Didn't I tell you?

 

Don:  Hit it, Leonardo.

 

Leo: Splinter! I'll cut you down, Master.

 

Shredder: I must congratulate you.

 

Don: It's the same guys we fought last night.

 

Shredder: You passed your test with flying colors.

 

Raph: Test? What test?

 

Shredder: Your hairy little friend knows me as Oroku Saki, but you may call me the Shredder.

 

Raph: A kitchen utensil?

 

Shredder: You would be wise to lose your flippant ways if you wish to join the honorable Foot clan.

 

Leo: Why should we want to do that?

 

Shredder: Because it was I who made you what you are today. If not for me, Hamato Yoshi would never have left Japan. I followed him to this country, where I gained my advanced technology, including my rare experimental mutagen. It was I who caused you to mutate into your humanoid form. You owe everything to me! Don't deny your destiny. Join me.

 

Raph: Does the phrase "go suck a lemon" hold any meaning for you? Let's cut him down!

 

Shredder:  Very well. I have my own mutants. Bebop, Rocksteady, destroy them!

 

Rocksteady: Grrr. With great pleasure, Master Shredder. Grrr!

 

Bebop: Arr!

 

Mikey: Jump for it!

 

Shredder: You idiots!

 

Don: The mutation didn't up their IQs any.

 

Raph: Come on, Splinter. We're checking out of this dump.

 

Shredder: Come on, you fools.

 

April (driving news van) I just hope I haven't missed out on the action!

 

Don: Rest here a moment, Master.

 

Leo: You know, that was almost too easy.

 

Raph: I really wish you'd stop saying things like that.

 

Rocksteady: Rarrr! Say your prayers, turtles.

 

Mikey: Come on, let's annihilate those turkeys!

 

Raph: Didn't I see you in the jungle book? Ooh.

 

Rocksteady: What the—

 

Raph: Aw, this is ridiculous. We're never gonna stop those guys.

 

Mikey: Yeah, those jerks belong in a zoo, not the streets.

 

Don: Michelangelo, that's a brilliant notion. Come on.

 

Bebop: Where'd they go?

 

Mikey: The party's over here!

 

Rocksteady: Now for the final showdown.

 

Don: Sorry. We'll have to take a rain check on that.

 

Raph: Now, you boys have fun together, and we'll be back to check on you in about ten years.

 

Mikey: Dumb, dumb, dumb. Those dudes are so dumb!

 

April: Ok, guys, where's the action?

 

Raph: Afraid you missed the good stuff.

 

April: Ohh. Well, that's just great.

 

Mikey: Of course you could get a shot of those two bozos.

 

Rocksteady: Get back here and fight, you little web-footed creeps.

 

April: Oh, wow!

 

Rocksteady: Ooh, the little bimbo! I'll make you eat that camera. Grrr!

 

April: Where'd those guys come from?

 

Leo: Come on. We must get Splinter home.

 

April: Let's take the van. I'm not letting you guys out of my sight until I've gotten the whole story.

 

Don: You'll get it. Remember, the Shredder's still loose.

 

Mikey: And probably trucking around in that technodrome again.

 

(robot arrives to free Rocksteady and Bebop)

 

Bebop: What took you so long?

 

Robot: The Shredder wants to have a little talk with you.

 

Rocksteady: Uh, you couldn't maybe put us back in that cage there, could you?

 

[End Credits]

 

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