01x11 - Leonardo Saddles Up

[bunniefuu]

- Previously on "Tales of The
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."

The second we get
a power outage in the Lair,

it's somehow my fault.

It's a storm!
It happens.

Me and Wingnut went to fix it,
and Wingnut freaked.

She's afraid of everything.

But there's plenty
to be afraid of

like a scary mutant eel
and an actual alligator.

Did I think the gator was
a de-mutated Leatherhead?

Yes, and I'm not proud of it.

But I embraced
my right-brained self

and we survived.

And nobody cared
because the whole city

was in danger
from the East River Three.

Typical.

- [slurps]

Mm, good tea.

[loudly]
And now...

[all yelp]
The conclusion.

The final battle began

as the forces of good
and evil converged

on the Museum
of Natural History.

- Oh, wait.
What about Leo?

How did he fit into
the East River Three scheme?

- Hey, you know what?
We...we could skip it.

It's not that big of a deal.

- Oh, now we haveto hear it.

- Come on, Dad, tell us.

- Ooh, man, Nardo is so busted.

- Very well.

Leonardo's story began

when his irresponsibility
lost Pigeon Pete to the storm

and then nearly
destroyed the city.

- This is going to be bad.

You are a natural leader

with a bold,
commanding presence

that people can't help
but follow.

[fortune cookie crunches]

They respect you

and maybe fear you
a little too.

But most importantly,
they listen to you.

[pigeon squawking loudly]

Ugh. Pete, will you
just listen to me?

We're...we're supposed
to be getting air.

Come on, man.
We have to go up.

[Pigeon Pete squawking]
Pigeon Pete!

Peter!

No, don't eat...ugh.

[machinery grinding loudly]

- [squawks loudly]

Oh, that construction crew
isn't messing around.

I wonder how

Raph...[yells]
[loud crash]

[Leonardo groans]

- [squawks softly]

[tense musical crescendo]

[tense music]

[ethereal snarl]

[coos]

[loud squawking]

- Ow! Ah! Claws!

Ow, that's...ow!

[Pete squawking continuously]
Pete, wait. Peter!

Stop it! Ow!
Let me go first!

[thunder rumbles]

[sighs] For real,
this is a terrible idea.

[Pigeon Pete squawks loudly]
- Will you stop that?

Oh, why do I always
get saddled with you?

And how hard is
using the bathroom, OK?

I put newspapers
all over the Lair.

[Pigeon Pete squawking loudly]
You missed every single one!

[groans]
You know what?

Go get some air!
I don't care.

[Pigeon Pete shrieks]

- That's really bad.

[energetic punk rock music]

♪ ♪

[cat yowls]

♪ ♪

[gator snarls]

♪ ♪

[thunder rumbling]

[whistle blowing]

[pedestrians panting]

[siren wailing distantly]

- [sighs]

What a mess.

- Hey, Detective,
this storm is nuts, huh?

Now we got earthquakes
and sinkholes.

Oh, check it out.

There's a guy
in a canoe out there.

[chuckles]
Should I arrest him?

- Just get him off the street.

Ugh, what the?

Ugh.

[pigeon cooing]
[detective gasping]

[pigeon cooing]

[distant screaming]

[countless wings fluttering,
pigeons cooing]

- [chuckles]

Dude, you got hit.

Ah, they say it's good luck.

- Good luck?

Do you know how many diseases
pigeons carry?

Do you know how dangerous
they are?

Because I do.

- Whoa, take it easy.

- Youtake it easy!

I hate birds.

Go get me some hand sanitizer!

Go!

[sighs]

Shh, it's OK.

They're small.
You're big.

They can't hurt you anymore.

And one day,
I'll destroy them all.

[thunderclap]

[rain pattering]

- Should we really be up in a
tall building during a storm?

We're OK?

- What are you scared of?

The rain?
The wind?

Nothing's going to happen.

[both scream]

[energetic punk rock music]

- [cooing and trilling]

- Peter, stop!

[cat yowls]
You have to listen to me, man!

What are you doing?

- [trills]

[both coo softly]

[trilling]

♪ ♪

[squawks and trills]

♪ ♪

[squawking]

- You get...you get down from
there right now, young man!

I've had it!

I'm...[moans]

[groaning]

I'm just going to lay here
for a minute.

[sighs]
Some leader you are, man.

People are supposed
to listen to you.

[ground rumbling loudly]

[citizenry screaming]

[tense electronic music]

♪ ♪

[metallic crunch]
[car alarm wailing]

What the heck?

What kind of storm is this?

- But it was no storm
causing this.

It was Lee, the eel.

- Everybody knows.

- You mentioned that
three other times.

- Come on, we know already.

- Yeah, this was before

Michelangelo encountered her,
but after Raphael.

- What about me?

- Somewhere in the middle.

- OK, this is not good.

I got to get back to the Lair.
I got to tell my brothers.

Pete!

How am I ever going to find him
in all this?

- What the?

[Pigeon Pete squawking]
- It's a giant mutant pigeon!

- Oh, never mind.
I guess it's not that hard.

- [squawking]
[car horn honking]

- Hey, get off of there.

- I thought these mutants
were supposed to be heroes.

Look at our car.

- Oh, wait.
Is that the bat?

There's a bat mutant, right?

- What is wrong with you?
It's not a bat!

You can't tell the difference
between a bird and a bat?

- I'm calling it in.

Hey, we got a code 587,
rogue mutant sighting,

unknown species.

- [shrieks]
[officers scream]

- Pete, Pete!

What are you...oh, dang.

- [shouts]
It's attacking us!

Take it down!

- No, he's not attacking!

He's not trying to hurt you.

He's just...
I don't know, confused, maybe.

- [trilling]

- Not helping here, Pete.

Whoa! Pete!

[dramatic music]

[Pigeon Pete squawks]
- What the?

♪ ♪

- [trills]

[fluttering and squawking]

- No.

[wet squirt]

[detective gasping]

- You uh...
you OK there, Detective?

- Hey, bird poop.

That's good luck, right?

- [yells]

[thunder rumbling]

[siren whoops]

- Oh, don't you want
to clean up before

ya...

Nope, yep, OK, go ahead.

Bird poop everywhere.

- This is Detective Hauser.

I need all units dispatched
to Midtown,

SWAT and helicopters

and the National...

- Uh, dispatched for what?

We heard there was
a mutant sighting.

- No, not a mutant!

A monster!

A pigeon.

- Uh-huh.

And you're asking for?

- Everyone!

I want everyone!

- Ugh, it's in your mouth.

[trilling and screaming]

[Leonardo yelps]

- Pete, Pete!
Get us down!

We have to get back
to the Lair!

We're in trouble, man!
Watch out!

[Pete trilling and squawking]

[energetic punk rock music]

[Leonardo screams]

Pete, I'm sorry about what
I said, OK?

Just...this isn't cool!

♪ ♪

[trilling and screaming]

♪ ♪

- [trilling]

[ground rumbling]

♪ ♪

[trilling and screaming]

♪ ♪

- Huh?
[screams]

Stop messing around!
We have to go back!

Will you listen to me for once?
- [squawks]

- No, not that way!

[screaming]

♪ ♪

[sighs]

[soft mechanical whirring]

[soft metallic rattling]

[steam hisses]

[soft suspenseful music]

[Pigeon Pete coos]

- Oh, coo?

- [coos]

- That's seriously all you have
to say for yourself?

[groans]
- [coos]

- What is this place?
Are these water pipes?

[raspy exhalation]

♪ ♪

[thunderclap]

- [shrieking trill]

[steam whistles]

- I'm pretty sure

they shouldn't be shaking
and hissing.

And I think...

- You made a big mistake
coming here.

[thunder rumbling]

- Yeah,
I was about to say that.

[soft suspenseful music]

- Shouldn't be here.
Uh, for sure.

Totally right.

- [coos]

[pigeons cooing]

[Pigeon Pete coos sweetly]

- I get it.
I can just go.

Uh, sorry, who are you?

- You're asking who Iam?

- What? No!

It was just, you know,

more of a "how do you exist"
kind of question.

I don't need to...

- [snarls]

- [groans]

[tense music]

Hey, I think
there's something wrong here.

We have to get out of...

- [snarls]

♪ ♪

- We have to get out of here.

[energetic punk rock music]

♪ ♪

[groans]

Huh?
[screams]

♪ ♪

[Leonardo shouts]

- [groaning gasp]

♪ ♪

[grunts]
Hey, be careful!

- What?

♪ ♪

- You could sprain your wrist
or something.

My armor's pretty tough.

♪ ♪

- Now you suddenly
care about me getting hurt?

You'reattacking me!

- Yeah!
You came here to stop me!

- Stop you from what?

I don't even know who you are.

[steam whooshes]

- My name is Mustang Sally,

a soon-to-be parent

trying to give their babies
a better life.

[music slows down and stops]
- Wait, what?

- [coos]

[squawks]

[helicopter whirring]

[tense music]

[trills]

[both grunting and panting]

♪ ♪

- Oh, OK, everything you're
saying is super-confusing.

You're having a...a baby?

- Babies, plural.
Like, hundreds of them.

That's how seahorses roll.

[Leonardo grunts]

[groans]

- I...I don't...

look,
you're obviously a mutant.

Where did you come from?

What...what do you even want?

- We just want to go home, man.

- What?

[somber music]

- We came from the river
where we lived all our lives

under the safety of the Pearl.

[distant splash]

But when we were
made into mutants,

everything changed.

[snorting and growling]

♪ ♪

Our friends, our families,
they were scared of us.

♪ ♪

And we were cast out
like the monsters we are.

♪ ♪

But Goldfin found a way
for us to go home again.

We're going to take back
what's ours.

[Pigeon Pete squawks]

- Pete, Pete,
get down from there!

Goldfin?
[Pigeon Pete trilling]

Who's...[sighs]
Sorry, look, Sally...

Mustang, maybe?

I came here to get that guy.

Then I'm out of your hair

or fin or whatever
you got going on there.

Pete!
Come on already.

- Really?
You're not trying to stop me?

- No, I don't...[sighs]

I don't even know what
you're doing, honestly.

But for real,

I think this place is going
to blow up or something

and we should probably all go.

- [trilling]

- What's his problem?

- Yeah, sorry about him.

Uh, he's only been a mutant
for a few weeks.

I guess he's just having
a hard time adjusting.

[helicopter whirring]]

- Attention, demon pigeon.

This is the police.

We have
the building surrounded.

Come out with your hands
or wings or whatever up!

- Or maybe he was trying
to warn you about that.

[tense music]

[weapons thrumming, chiming]

♪ ♪

- You have five minutes
to comply!

- Five minutes?
That's plenty of time.

- To get of here?

- No.

To blow this place up.

[alarms blaring]

[steam whistling]

- What?

You're the one doing all this?
Why?

- The pump station was my job.

Lee's was the tunneling.

I got to mess with this place

so it'll flood the museum
and most of Midtown, too.

- Lee? Wait, the cracks
in the street were you too?

Were you trying to tell me?

- [trills plaintively]

- I can't let you do this.

[tense music]

Uh, What are you...
what are you doing?

- If you were my baby,

I'd be so proud of you
right now.

But you're not.

- Hey, whoa, let me down!

- [trills]

♪ ♪

- Sir, I've got a visual
on the mutant pigeon

that took a dump on Hauser.

[helicopter whirring]

- [squawks]

- Remember,
we want this thing alive.

Tranq darts and nets only.

- Take him down!

♪ ♪

[weapon thrumming]

[darts clacking on floor]

- Get off!

- [yelps]

[sighs]

♪ ♪

Pete, you actually did that
on purpose.

This whole time, you knew.

- [coos]

[loud rumbling]

♪ ♪

[metallic creaking]

[steam hissing]

- No, Sally!

Oh, come on!

How many darts
do you guys have?

[Leonardo grunts]

[impact echoing]

♪ ♪

- Not smart, kid.

Now, you and the bird
have to pay.

[helicopter whirs overhead]

[dramatic music]

- Go, go, go!

♪ ♪

- Bring me the pigeon's head!

[suspenseful music]

- That felt like
less than five minutes.

[pigeon coos]

[pigeon coos]

[tense music]

[pigeon coos]

♪ ♪

[pigeon squawks]

[screaming, wings fluttering]

[scream echoes]

[steam hisses]

- Stay frosty.

- Really?
What does that even mean, Ron?

- You know what it means.

Why do you always have
to be like that?

[suspenseful music]

- You called the cops?

- What? No!
This is nuts.

We have to...

Sally, wait!

You don't have to do this.

We can help you.

- You know what
your problem is?

You don't listen.

I'll do whatever I have to do
for my kids.

- Sally?

Sally!

- Do you have eyes
on the monster?

- We can't see anything.

♪ ♪

[metallic creak]

- What's that?

[boat horn blares,
steam hisses]

- No!

[grunts]

So sleepy.

- Jimmy, Dennis!

Where are you...

[dramatic music]

- George?

George?

[soft suspenseful music]

[Mustang Sally snarls]

[fist impacts]

[dramatic music]

[policeman gasps]

- Get it!

♪ ♪

Oh, that's not a bird!

♪ ♪

[thud]

[suspenseful music]

- [softly]
Come on, you demon bird.

Where are you?

[wet squirt]

[Hauser gasps and snarls]

[Pigeon Pete coos]

[dramatic musical crescendo]

- There you are.

[pounding metallic footfalls]

[Mustang Sally snarls]

♪ ♪

[Pigeon Pete squawks]

- [groans]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [groans] All the water in the
city comes through this place.

If you don't stop,
it's going to blow.

- It's the only way!

- That seems super-hard
to believe.

Innocent people are
going to get hurt.

- Can't they swim?

- What?

I mean, I...I don't know.
Probably not everybody.

[Pigeon Pete trills]

[Pigeon Pete squawking]

[steam whistling and hissing]

[Pigeon Pete squawking]

[weapon clicks]

♪ ♪

[electricity crackles]

[Pigeon Pete trills]

♪ ♪

[Pigeon Pete squawks]

- Yeah!
Gotcha!

- Pete!

- You should have listened
to the bird.

[tense music]

[water splashes]

[Leonardo groans]

- Pete, I'm coming, buddy!

[Leonardo gasps]

[Pigeon Pete coos softly]

Pete, you got to wake up, man.

You...you can poop
anywhere you want.

Just please, you got to be OK.

[building shuddering]

[steam hissing]

[steam whistling]

[tense music]

[alarm blaring]

♪ ♪

Sally, stop!

If you do this, they'll blame
all mutants for it!

My family, my friends.

- My family
is the East River Three.

[Pigeon Pete coughs]

- Pete, it's OK, it's OK.
I've got you.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, no problem.

Maybe we can still stop this.

Oh, my God, you can talk?

- Well, yeah, I uh...

I suppose I can.

- When did that happen?

[building shuddering]

You know what? Maybe we just
put a pin in this for now.

- Go, go, go!

He's incapacitated!

We need to take him
into custody!

[dramatic music]

- Uh, Leonardo,
I think we should go now.

These police gentlemen
seem to be after me.

- I can't see!

[pigeons cooing]
We got to get down there.

- Oh, they want a pigeon, huh?

We'll give them a pigeon.

- Ooh!

Quite the ruse.

[squawks loudly]

- What the heck is going on?

- We got to get out of here!

- No, no, no!
Not until I have him!

[pigeon cooing]

What? No!

- Oh, come on!

This is your big,
terrifying pigeon?

- You saw it!
They were monsters!

[building shuddering]

- This whole place
is coming down!

- Get away from the building!
Go, go, go!

[panicked indistinct chatter]

[helicopter whirring distantly]

[sirens wailing]

[suspenseful music]

- You think they bought it?

- Probably. People believe what
they want to believe.

[coos]

[quirky chord]

- [laughing]
Are you kidding me with this?

Have you been able to talk
all this time

and were just messing with me?

- I just needed time, you know?

And I think
getting electrocuted

may have helped a little bit.

But I want to thank you, OK?

For being so kind and patient

and cleaning up after my...

unfortunate accidents.

- Yeah, that wasn't great, man.

I laid down newspapers.

- And I read them all.

Everything I am,
I owe to you, Leonardo.

And to Michelangelo,
too, I guess,

but that wasn't really
on purpose.

You took me under your wing,

and I will never forget it.

[skulls clunk]

[whispering]
So thank you.

[squawks]

- I uh, yeah, you're...
you're welcome.

- I saw the eel in the water,

and that is why
I led us to the pump station.

[thunder rumbling distantly]
- Pete, I'm sorry.

I should have tried harder.

A good leader
doesn't just give orders.

They listen.

- Boy, you really love
your speeches, don't you?

But it's OK,

because now we know what
the East River Three want.

- Uh, we do?

- Yeah, the Pearl.
The Jersey Bight.

I read about it.

It's on display at the
Natural History Museum.

That is where Sally is going.

- Huh, right next door.

Really? Wait, how...
how does that help them?

[loud crash and rumbling]
- [squawks]

[steam whistling,
building shuddering]

[rivets clinking]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[water crashing]

- Never mind.

Look, in my defense,

I mean, how was I supposed
to know that...

can we just get
to the end already?

- Oh, yes, the end,

where all roads lead
to the Pearl,

which had been
right across the street

from Nardo the whole time.

- [chuckles uncomfortably]
Sick uh, burn, Dad. Thanks.