04x23 - Farewell, Lotus Blossom!

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♪♪ [TRUMPET & XYLOPHONE]

Ah, just a little
adjustment...

here.

Hm, yeah.

Hey dudes,
what's the haps?

Shh! Cool it!

Well, excuse me!

What's the teen green
genius up to now?

Well, we're not sure

but we think
it's an electronic,

state of the art,
microwave pizza oven.

All right!
Monumental notion, dude!

Hold it down, guys.
This is a delicate moment.

Just one micro
millimeter more,

and... there!

Finished.

All right!
I'll toss the dough.

I'll heat the sauce.

And I'll grate the cheese.

Hold the phone.
That's not a pizza oven!

Of course it's
not a pizza oven.

It happens to be the world's
first time-stopping machine.

Get serious, dude.

[ALL TALKING]
A time stopper?
Forget it. Bummer.

Who needs it?

I wonder if Thomas Edison
had to put up with this.

Uh-oh. I think
we hurt his feelings.

Don't you guys realize
this could be the most
incredible invention

of the 20th century?

I thought that
was the pizza oven.

Will you guys quit
thinking with your stomachs

instead of your brains?

Now watch.

[BUZZING]

Watch those sewer rats

when the time-stopper ray
hits them.

Whoa, fantabulouso!

For our furry
little friends,

time has stopped.

You'll notice there are no
strings, wires or mirrors.

Big deal.
So your gizmo
works on rats.

What's that got to do with us
highly evolved turtle types?

Michelangelo, you have just
volunteered for an experiment.

I have?

How humiliating--

the great scientist,
Professor Lloyd Cycloid,

forced to float through the
sewers on a pile of garbage.

But not for long.
Once I launch my invention,
the Cycloid Satellite,

the world will see
what a genius I really am.

Whoa!

Once I gather up
the necessary parts,

my satellite will
numb the brain

of every being on Earth.

Then I will be
the smartest person
in the world!

[LAUGHS MANIACALLY]

And they said I'd
gone round the bend!

[LAUGHS]

Thank you
for inviting me

to your demonstration,
Donatello.

Your opinions are
always honored, sensei.

Okay, Michelangelo,
ready when you are.

I've never been
a test turtle before.

Watch this for me,
would you, Raphael?

Let me know when to smile
and say "pizza cheese."

All right, now!

Eee-yah!

Quite remarkable.

Remarkable indeed.
Congratulations, Donatello.

What Michelangelo
doesn't know

is that our time
keeps moving on

while his time is stopped.

I've always felt that way
about Michelangelo.

And when the ray
wears off, what then?

He'll just drop
to the ground and say,

"See, dude? I told you
it wouldn't work."

I know just how to prove
all this did happen.

When he comes to,
this pizza will be history.

That's what you think.

[BUZZING]

Raphael unable to eat

is perhaps
more incredible
than Michelangelo

unable to move.

You said a mouthful, Master.

This will be
proof enough.

Now, let their time
resume, Donatello.

Right, sensei.

Yah!

Oof!

Um!

See, I told you
it wouldn't work.

Whoa, where's my
grappling hook?

More importantly,
where's my pizza?

Well, there's a fresh
baked one in the oven.

Hey, let's break
for some munchies.
What do you say?

I say all right!

Hey, wait for me!

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Ooh boy, a time-stopper!

With that invention,
I can complete the invention
of my own invention,

the Cycloid Satellite!

[SLURPING]

[ALARM BLARES]

Trespassers in the lair!

The time-stopper,
it's gone!

Over there! That little
weird dude's got it.

Well, let's get it back.

Where are your manners?
Finders keepers!

[ALL]
Turtle power!

[BUZZING]

Ha ha, you gorgeous
little beauty, you!

And you even come
with batteries included.

Mwah!

This is April O'Neil at
the Museum of Historical Art,

the site of the most baffling
antique theft in history,

the famous
Tu-Tu Karmen exhibit.

This is
the museum's director.

Can you tell us
what happened, sir?

[STAMMERING, BRITISH ACCENT]
I just don't know.

One minute we unveiled
the solid gold head

of Tu-Tu Karmen,
and the next minute,

zhoop, it was gone.

We'll show you
just what he means.

Here's the videotape
of the actual unveiling.

[MUSEUM DIRECTOR]
And now may I present

the priceless golden head
of King Tu-Tu Karmen.

[EVERYONE GASPS]

Tu-Tu Karmen's head!
Where did it go?

You home viewers saw it
with your own eyes.

It's as if everything
stopped for an instant

and then started again.

Only the solid gold head
of Tu-Tu Karmen was gone.

This is a baffled
April O'Neil signing off.

One could do exactly that
with Donatello's time stopper.

I must notify him
of this.

[LAUGHS]
Those fools think this
head is made of gold,

but it's actually deridium,

a super hard metal that
I need for my invention.

Now to put it together!
[LAUGHS MANIACALLY]

Donatello, I must
speak to you.

[GASPS]
Oh no!

They must have been struck

by the rays of Donatello's
time-stopping apparatus.

I must use it
to reactivate them.

It's not here!

Without that device,

they could be frozen
like that forever!

My poor students.

I hope there is a time limit
to their frozen state.

[ALL]
Power!

[ALL GRUNTING AND GROANING]

Where'd that bozo go?

The dude split!

That's impossible.

He was standing
right there.

Ah, thank goodness.

It wore off just
as I hoped it would.

Now I remember.

That weird little guy
was trying to steal
my time-stopper.

I'm afraid
he was successful.

He turned it against you
and ran off with it.

Oh no! That thing could be
dangerous in the wrong hands.

[MASTER]
Most dangerous.

April just reported
an astonishing robbery.

The head of an Egyptian idol
disappeared right in front

of a large crowd
and the T.V. cameras.

It appears the thief is
using your amazing invention

for evil purposes, Donatello.

Then I guess it's up
to us to get it back.

Mondo concept, dude,

but how we gonna do it?

I haven't the slightest idea.

This is April O'Neil

at the world famous
Philo Testing Laboratories,

bringing you
a Channel 6 exclusive:

the first test firing of
an amazing new laser device.

They claim this laser beam
will slice through anything

from a two-foot thick
titanium wall

to a year-old pizza crust.

A year-old pizza crust?

Really, sir, don't you find
that a bit hard to swallow?

It's quite true,
Miss O'Neil, I assure you.

Allow me to demonstrate.

A two-foot thick
wall of titanium?

Precisely.

You and your camera man
may stand behind it.

Oh, stand behind
this thing?

You're lucky we got
the wall, Vernon.

We could have gotten
a year-old pizza instead.

This will allow you
to photograph the beam

as it cuts right
through the titanium.

Are you ready?

Ready, Professor.
Fire away!

All right.
Stand by, Miss O'Neil.

Stand by, cameras.

Lloyd Cycloid standing by.

That laser g*n is just what
I need to cut the deridium.

Five... four...

Three, two, one, bingo!

Three--

Professor,
what's going on?

You are! You're going
on a little time trip.

Oh, please let this
all be a bad dream!

The final element
I need for my invention.

Now I can finish
the Cycloid Satellite!

[LAUGHS MANIACALLY]

Is it over?
Did we get the shot?

Are we still alive?

Well, don't just stand
there, April. Answer me!

April?

Professor, yoo-hoo!

Laser g*n--it's gone!

Oh, what a predicament!

Not a moving soul to save me.

And then what happened?

I came to
and the laser g*n
was gone.

Well, let's see
what's on your tape.

Look, there in
the background!

I'll freeze frame
and enlarge the image.

That's the same
weird little guy,

and he's got
my time-stopper.

I recognize him.

It's Professor Lloyd Cycloid,

a mad scientist

who's going to build
some crazy invention.

I remember that nutcase.

He had a lab outside
the city somewhere.

The basement grating--

He went in and out
through the sewer system,

just like he did
here in the lair.

Where are you going?

I'll track Cycloid
on my sewer ski.

Now he's on my turf.

Wait, Donatello.
It could be dangerous.

It'd be more dangerous
not to do anything.

[ENGINE REVS]

Hm, if I didn't
want to be followed,

which route would I take?

I'd take this one.

♪♪ [THEME SONG]

I know the scenery's not much,

but you got to admit
the music is pretty exciting.

A guy would have
to be pretty desperate
to go over that.

And I'll bet that's
just what he did.

Beware, Professor Cycloid,

an angry Donatello
is on your trail!

[POLICE RADIO]
Seven-ten-one, pick up.

I checked out Cycloid's whole
place from basement to attic.

The guy hasn't
been here for years.

This is Car 57,
calling to Station House.

The place is deserted.
We're heading back in.

[FALSETTO]
Good-bye, officers!

Come again real soon.

Be it ever so crumbled,

there's no place like home.

Bingo!

An open manhole
with muddy footprints
and wagon tracks.

This place has to be
Cycloid's laboratory.

It's as cracked as he is.

Hmm. Where have I seen
that turtle before?

[GASPS]
Of course! The inventor
of the time-stopper.

Well, it's time
he was stopped for good.

[CYCLOID] Come in,
young purple, come in.

[LAUGHS]
I've been expecting you.

Boy, he is weird.
Even I wasn't expecting me.

Okay, Professor,

where are you hiding?

Yoo-hoo, I'm up here,
shellback.

The name's Donatello, psycho.

That's Professor Psycho--

I-I mean Cycloid!

I mean Professor Cycloid!

Now look what you've done.
You got me all mixed up.

Don't bother
coming down, Professor

I'll be right up.

And that's exactly
where you'll stay.

Uh-oh!

Make yourself comfortable.

You may be here
for a long time.

And just so you
won't be bored,

I've arranged for
a little entertainment.

You can watch your entire life
pass before your eyes.

[LAUGHS]

Just before you drop

into this beautiful
bubbling toxic slime--

[LAUGHS]

I should warn you.
The moment anyone
opens this door--

Plop! Turtle soup.

[LAUGHS MANIACALLY]

[CYCLOID LAUGHING]

I should warn you.

The moment anyone
opens this door--

Plop! Turtle soup.

Turtle soup.
That's most amusing!

I must remember that
when I write my memoirs.

But now on to
more serious things,

like completing
the Cycloid Satellite.

With it, I will turn
the entire world
into brainless idiots.

[LAUGHS]

[LEONARDO]
April, we have
to locate Donatello.

Have you seen him?

Donatello? He went
chasing after that
nutty Professor Cycloid.

So that's where he went!

Hey, if Donatello
thinks he can handle

that weirdo nutcase
all by himself,

it's okay with me.

Well, it's not
okay with me!

Me neither, dude!

Let's go!

Turtle power!

Cowabunga!

You were saying, Raphael?

Oh, oh, I was saying

that I was just
about to leave, Master.

Hey guys, wait for me!

Look, a directional arrow!

What a guy. He left
a trail for us to follow.

[ENGINES REV]

Hot studly move,
Dude-atello.

♪ The laser cuts
the deridium ♪

♪ The laser cuts
the deridium ♪

♪ Hi-h* the merry-o
The laser cuts the deridium ♪

♪ The deridium
makes a helmet ♪

♪ The helmet
protects my brain ♪

♪ Protects my brain
from the effects
of the Cycloid Satellite ♪

Okay, so it doesn't rhyme.

I'm a scientist,
not a poet.

Okay, Leonardo,
now what?

We're turtles, remember?

Water is our element.

[ALL]
Turtle power!

We found Donatello!
There's his sewer ski.

And look up there.

Guys, I believe
we're beginning to see

the light at the end
of the sewer.

Oh, what's going on?

It's that wacko
Professor Cycloid.

[CYCLOID]
Perfect.

With this shot, I can win
a stuffed teddy bear.

Ready, aim...

Whatever he's up to,
I've got to stop him.

[GRUNTS]

Fire!

[GASPS]
What's going on?

The laser is going crazy!

Yeow!

Whoa, scope out that
excellent light show.

[RAPHAEL]
Wait, is this the Fourth
of July already?

My, how time flies
when you're having fun.

[LEONARDO]
Come on, we've got
to rescue Donatello.

Hurry, fellas!
Every second counts.

Turtles,
this is Donatello.

Come in, turtles,
come in.

That's what we're doing.
We're right outside

and we're coming in!

I mean, no,
don't come in!

You know, I wish that dude
would make up his mind.

Yeah, I guess all
the excitement's
gone to his head.

Don't panic,
Donatello.

We'll save you!

Oh no! Leonardo, use
the time-stopper!

[MICHELANGELO]
All right, it works!

Tough break,
Professor.

It looks like
no slime this time.

And speaking of time,

I've got a feeling
he'll be getting lots of it...

behind bars.

[APRIL O'NEIL]
And so the priceless head
of Tu-Tu Karmen

has been returned to its
rightful place in the museum,

thanks to a quartet
of devoted art lovers.

Not to mention
pizza lovers.

This is April O'Neil,
Channel 6 news,

signing off.

Tell me, Donatello,

have you decided
what to do with this
time-stopper invention?

Well, I haven't
decided yet, sensei.

That thing is dangerous.

I say we donate it
to the junk drive.

I say we deep six it
in the East River.

I say we bury it.

What? Bury my
precious invention?

How could you even
think of such a thing?

Donatello is right.

I think we should drop
all such suggestions.

Sensei's right.

Just as I'm dropping this.

Oh no! It'll take me weeks
to put this back together.

Maybe months.

Maybe even years.

[ALL]
We certainly hope so.

[ALL LAUGHING]


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