02x07 - Rise of the Night Ninja

[bunniefuu]

-[thunder crashing]
-[siren blaring]

[Leo] I see it all around me.

The city...

It's afraid.

Afraid of crime.

-And criminals.
-♪ dramatic music playing ♪

The people cry out
with fear in their eyes.

And tears.

But mostly fear.

[Raph] "Help us," they say.

"You're the only one
that can save us..."

-♪ Music stops abruptly
-[Raph] "...from crimes."

Raph, what are you reading?

It's-it's Leo's diary, dude.

Check this out.

"I look down at them,
and whisper,

'Of course I'll help you.
It'd be my pleasure.'"

Bro, you're not supposed to read
someone's diary!

That's such an invasion
of privacy.

-Keep going.
-Yeah, nobody said stop.

"For I am..."

[Leo] The Night Ninja!

And this is where
my tale begins...

-One, two, three, four!
-[drumsticks clicking]

♪ upbeat rock theme music
playing ♪

[roaring]

[oinking]

[clanging]

-[roars]
-[squeaks]

[growls]

[hisses]

[roaring]

♪ Music ends abruptly ♪

There I crouched,
waiting in the shadows,

cloaked in darkness
as my prey appeared.

Criminals.

I went in. Silent. Unseen.

And as they made their move
I told them to go...

right to the principal's office.

What? I'm sorry.

I'm so confused.
What were you doing?

I'm the hall monitor.
At my school.

They were in the hallways
during class.

You said they were criminals.

I said they were like criminals.
It's against the rules

and there's no way they lost
the pass like they said.

It's a key chained to a brick.

-Yeah. This is my stop.
-Oh, great, mine too!

This other time I caught
some other kid littering

clear as day,
right in front of everybody...

-[woman screams]
-[people gasping]

[grunting]

Hey! Hey, wait, aren't you...

-Turtle!
-[grunts]

[grunting]

My cart!

[buzzing]

♪ Tense music playing ♪

[screams]

[train whistle blowing]

[grunts and screams]

[screams]

[slow-motion whirring]

♪ Heroic music plays ♪

Uh, are you okay?

-Uh...
-[subway cop 1] Hey!

Hey! Stop them!

Hey! You forgot your purse!

-Huh... That was...
-[man] Did you see that?

-The Turtle saved us!
-[crowd cheering]

What? I-I didn't...
[chuckles] That's not...

My insulin! Oh, thank you!

-I mean, yeah. You're welcome.
-[man 1] He saved everyone!

[man 2] He's the one
that saved the city!

-He's a hero!
-It was nothing.

Just, uh...
Just-just trying to help.

-I'm no...
-[barks]

-[barks]
-♪ uplifting music plays

[dramatic beat]

♪ Music stops abruptly ♪

-[man 1] He saved everyone!
-♪ heroic music playing

-[crowd cheering]
-[man 2] He's a hero!

-I'm no...
-He's some kind of superhero!

-Superhero?
-[cheering continues]

♪ R&B music playing ♪

[sighs] This is the worst.

I regret
the whole high school thing.

-Donnie, can you just...
-Nope.

Not doing your homework for you.

[groans] You suck.

Dude, why don't you just do it
in study hall

like everyone else?

Because, Mikey, I use study hall
for my second lunch.

-Or sometimes a midday nap.
-[Leo] Guys!

You're never going
to believe what happened.

First place
at a hot dog eating contest.

Everyone thought you were one
of those Times Square guys

in a costume and gave you food.

Those are for all of us, right?

I saved somebody's life today.

On the subway.
Man, it was amazing.

There were Purple Dragons,
and crime and explosions.

There was a runaway train...

Well, just a normal train, but...

Uh, so what's the big deal?
[chomps and gulps]

I mean, we saved
everyone's life, man.

From-from Superfly.

Well, yeah, but what have
we done lately?

-Army of robots.
-East River Three.

-Mutant Battle Arena.
-The whole Staten Island thing.

Oh and we did the tortilla slap
challenge, which was awesome.

What I did today, it was so much
better than being hall monitor.

Anything's better
than being a hall monitor.

[burps] Man, those dogs
were rough, dude.

[Leo] Yeah, I got them off the
subway floor. I'm just saying.

It feels like we could
be doing more, you know?

It's not enough to just wait for
something big to happen.

We've gotta look for it
before it does.

[gasps]
You want to go fight crime!

-[groans]
-Let me guess.

Nightly patrols,
secret identities,

cool vehicles?

No! But yeah, kind of.

Bro, trust me.

-I want to beat up people too.
-That's not what...

But the last time
we did something like that,

a giant mutant fly ended up

rampaging
through the whole city.

Not to mention,
vigilantism is ill*gal.

We'd probably get expelled
from school.

And for real, Dad would freak
if he found out.

Sorry, Leo, you're too much
of a Robin to be Batman.

♪ Dejected music plays ♪

♪ tense music playing ♪

And he just let you go?

[Boomerang] Hey, hey, hey!
He didn't let us go, we escaped.

After we threw him in front
of a train and made him explode.

Get out of here! You did not.

Those mutants are super strong,

and Hun told me the orange one
fought a sea serpent.

Now come on, let's get these
boxes off the truck and out of...

Huh?

-That's weird.
-[electricity buzzing]

-[grunts]
-♪ suspenseful music plays ♪

Boomerang!

Ah!

Whoever's out there, you don't
know who you're messing with...

[screams]

No! No! No, no, no!

Wah!

Hey! What is this?!

[Leo] This is justice!

-[whimpers]
-No, no, no! Wait!

-And vengeance!
-[screams]

[clangs]

[Bat grunting]

Hey, uh, we got off
on the wrong foot here.

Can you maybe untie us?

♪ Heroic music playing ♪

That was so much better
than hall monitor.

[reporter] Incredible footage
from the docks two nights ago,

as a masked vigilante

with what appears be
a shocking amount of back fat

stops the robbery
of a delivery truck and then...

[video stops]

[munching]

That is so crazy! [chuckles]

I wonder who that coulda...

This is obviously you, Leo.

Wha? No!

No, that's not me,
it's a masked vigilante.

-The news guy said so...
-Leo!

It was pretty cool,
though, right?

Someone out there,
trying to help people,

making the world a better place.

Uh... There were cameras there?

Everyone's reposting it.

They're calling you
the Night Ninja.

Really?!
That is a cool name... uh...

for whoever that... I mean...

[sighs] I just wanted to do
something, you know? To help.

Just please don't tell Dad.
It was just a...

Dude, this is the coolest thing
you've ever done.

Yeah, I mean, you must have
broken like 50 different laws,

but you saved that driver.

And you kicked
Purple Dragon butt.

I'm not gonna lie,
I'm actually a little jealous.

Wait, you're not...
you're not mad?

Why would we be mad?
I love this for you right now.

You're usually
such a stick in the mud,

but now you're a wild card.

It takes a lot of heat off me,
if we're being honest.

For real, I've been waiting
for you guys

to do more stuff like this
ever since Superfly.

Like, you should be doing
this full-time.

And I should be documenting it,
which may or may not

propel me forward in my career,
but that's not the point.

The point is, you guys should
just get out there and do good.

Yeah, no agenda there.

Leo, you can make
a real difference.

I... Thanks, everyone.

Looks like
Night Ninja has some work to do.

Night Ninjas.Plural.

Wait. You guys want in?

-Uh, yeah!
-Obviously.

Hey, we get cool weapons, right?

♪ Heroic music playing ♪

I've made a list of targets,

and Donnie's got
the Police Scanner fired up

and ready to go.

When did you do all this?

Let's go! What do we do first?

♪ Music stops abruptly ♪

First... we need a lot
of black bedsheets

and curtains
and Dad's sewing machine.

♪ Heroic montage music playing ♪

[clanging]

-[motorcycle revving]
-[tires screeching]

[alarm blaring]

♪ Suspenseful music playing ♪

[grunts]

[robber 1 grunts and yelps]

[screams]

-[alarm blaring]
-[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

[clanging]

-[metal clangs]
-[gasps and screams]

[tires screeching]

[straining] Stupid thing!

-[grunts]
-[metal clangs]

Huh? [gasps and screams]

[police siren blaring]

[metal clinking]

-[man screams]
-♪ dramatic music playing ♪

[gasps]

[woman screaming]

[groans]

Who are you?

We... are the Night Ninjas!

Wait, wait, sorry,
can you do that again?

It's just, your voice is kind
of muffled and I don't really...

I don't know if I believed the
delivery, you know what I mean?

Just one more time.

♪ Heroic music playing ♪

-♪ music fades out
-[Mikey] Well, that's it!

It's only been a night
and we ended crime.

I'm pretty sure
we didn't stop all crime.

But we did all the good ones.

I mean, what are we down to now,
jaywalkers?

Maybe we call it a day on
the whole crime-fighting thing.

Like this was fun,
but I have homework.

No. We can't stop now.

There's more out there.

I'll tell you who
we're gonna take down next.

-[marker squeaks]
-Wall Street!

That's where
the real criminals are!

-[groans]
-Okay.

Fine. There's a dog napping ring
operating

out the South Side.

-Happy?
-[Mikey] Eh... Not really.

[Raph] I don't know, my vote's
still for the jaywalkers.

♪ Tense music playing ♪

Can we all just agree
that this is a terrible plan?

It's an amazing plan.

April, can you, uh, run us
through the plan again?

[April] That makes me think
you don't know the plan,

which we're in the middle of!

[Mikey] Why would anyone want
to kidnap a dog, anyway?

These guys
are targeting purebreds,

which go for thousands
of dollars.

For a dog? Are you serious?

Yo, how much could we get
for Mikey?

-Okay! Hey!
-So April borrowed

-her neighbor's dog...
-[April] Meatball.

...and now
she's walking Meatball

in an area targeted by
the dognappers. See?

I told you I knew the plan.

[Mikey] Am I the only one
disturbed by this?

Like, ethically?

The act of vigilantism
is a crime...

No one cares, Donnie!

April and the dog

are going to be fine.

We're just using them as bait

-to attract dangerous criminals.
-And what?

We're just going to wait here

until a van pulls up

and tries to jack the dog?

-That's a terrible...
-[tires screeching]

That's some
pretty aggressive driving

for flower delivery...
[gasps] Whoa!

-Dude.
-I can't believe this worked.

-You are so lucky.
-I mean... Hey, no!

You can't take my extremely

expensive influencer dog.

Like, it cost me a lot
of money...

-[dog whimpers]
-My inappropriately expensive

fur baby is being dognapped.

I can't stress how much money
this dog cost!

The reward surely
will be a lot of money!

Okay. See you later.

Leo! Operation Dogpound is a go!

Follow those florists!

♪ Suspenseful music playing ♪

[collar beeping]

[dog barks]

-[dog growls]
-[ball squeaks]

[barks and pants]

[back-up alarm beeping]

[tires screeching]

[distant car alarm blaring]

[Raph sighs]

Seriously?! You guys
are terrible super ninjas!

[faint splat]

[flies buzzing]

Hey, hot dog!

[screams]

[snoring]

Aw! So cute!

[Raph] Dude, we can sell
all these dogs.

[Leo grunting]

Hey, don't you think
it's kinda weird

that a bunch of florists
are stealing dogs?

And what is all this stuff?

[flowers rustling]

-♪ Tense music plays
-Oh, dang.

What the...?

Whoa!

Those don't look like dogs.

[dogs barking from a distance]

What is taking so long?!
Can I come in yet?

Also, do not lose Meatball.

I just got my curfew back,
okay? Please.

[Leo] Uh, Meatball's fine

but don't come in yet!

We're still, uh...
doing recon stuff, bye.

[April] What? Don't hang up...

The florist trucks, they're
a front for the dog napping

which is a front for this.

They're smuggling weapons.

How is a front for a crime

a front for an even worse crime?

We should have gone
after the jaywalkers.

What difference
does it make, okay?

Let's just crack some skulls
and call it a night!

This is serious!
They've got enough stuff here

to blow up half the East Side!

[vehicle approaching]

[brakes squealing]

Night Ninjas!
Yeah, you've got company!

Hide! [whispers]
I mean, ninja stealth!

[Florist Alpha] Yeah, no,
this escalated really quickly.

One day, I'm cutting flowers.
Next day, crime!

[door handle jangles]

♪ Tense dramatic music plays ♪

[Florist Alpha] Oh, it's her!

-Look, it's her!
-It's La Fleur!

[clangs]

[sniffs and chuckles]

[gasps]

La Fleur, I-I am so sorry...

-[florist screams and groans]
-[puffs]

-[steps on body]
-[florist grunts]

Is everything in place
for the final raid?

Yes, La Fleur.

[barks]

[scoffs] One last job,
then we can be done

with this madness.

We can finally get back to...
les fleurs.

[whimpers, gulps]

Which one this time?
Bark Central?

The Best Woofstern?

Uh, maybe the Mutthattan?

Quiet, imbeciles!

We're hitting the Fur Seasons.
Allons-y!

-[back-up alarm beeping]
-[tires screeching]

Guys... [gasps]

Who are you?
What are you doing here?

What? Me? Oh, nobody.
I'm just looking for a bathroom.

What were you writing down?

Oh, it's, um...

It's-It's actually stuff
that pertains

to the bathroom visit,
so I don't really know

if you wanna know what I'm
writing. You know what I mean?

Um, but it's complicated
is what I'll say.

[florist screams]

Okay, thank you for that.

My pleasure, really.

They're heading
to the Fur Seasons!

-The what?
-The luxury dog hotel?

It's in Midtown
across from the yoga studio

for high-achieving toddlers.

[sighs]
This doesn't make any sense.

Why La Fleur stealing dogs when
she's clearly smuggling weapons

-and stolen art and gold?
-What?!

Well, when did all that happen,
and did you get pictures?!

This is too big, Leo.
We've got to call the police.

[dog whimpers and barks]

There's no time. April, you grab
Meatball and the others.

We'll deal with La Fleur.

♪ Intense rock music playing ♪

[dogs barking]

[dog whimpering]

-[dings]
-♪ music stops abruptly ♪

[lounge music playing]

[dings]

[dinging impatiently]

Welcome to the Fur Seasons,
a canine oasis...

-[weapon powers up]
-Oh.

I've come to pick up the dogs.

Uh, which ones?

All of them.

[receptionist screaming]

♪ Intense rock music playing ♪

[dog whimpers]

[dogs whimpering]

[snoring]

-[metal clangs]
-Quoi?

[powering down]

-[grunts]
-[screams]

[yells, screams]

[screaming]

-[whimpers and yelps]
-[blows landing]

[clangs]

[dogs barking happily]

[scoffs] Amusing.

[powering up]

Oh, that does not look good.

[zapping]

Guys. Guys!

[grunts]

Whoa! What the heck is that?!

[Donnie] It's a laser!

[Raph] Thanks, I couldn't have
figured that one out.

-[gasps]
-[laser whistling]

[beeping]

[grunting]

Ah-ha!

[weapon beeping]

[grunts]

[yelps and groans]

[powering up]

Mikey!

[grunts]

♪ Dramatic music playing ♪

[dogs whimpering and barking]

[grunts] Leo! Let's go!
This whole place is going up!

-[bell dinging]
-[coughs] Huh?

-[fire crackling]
-[groans weakly]

You guys get outta here!

-I got one more!
-[Raph] We're not leaving you!

Go! [screams]

[grunts]

[both grunting]

You have no idea
who you are messing with, hero!

[coughs] Dognapping florists?

No. This is just the beginning.

[weapon powering up]

[laughs maniacally]

-[grunting]
-[beep]

Au revoir, ninja! [laughs]

[coughing]

-[panting]
-[bell dinging]

[groans weakly]

-[grunting]
-[walls crumbling]

-Leo!
-No!

♪ Somber music playing ♪

[Donnie] There!

[coughing and grunting]

-Yeah!
-Nice! Nice!

-Alright! [laughs]
-Oh thank goodness!

We got all the dogs out,
how's it going in...

-[explodes]
-Ooh.

[April] Okay.
Oh wow, that's bad.

-[siren blaring]
-[horn honking]

[indistinct radio chatter]

♪ Dramatic music playing ♪

[panting]

[coughing]

[Leo] This was a disaster.

La Fleur
and the Flower Society got away,

the Fur Seasons burned down...

Gah! I never should have
tried to be... [sighs]

...to be a superhero.

♪ Music fades out ♪

-[dog whimpers]
-[April] Hey.

Maybe this one went
off the rails a little bit,

but you rescued
a lot of dogs today.

And you saved that guy's life.

-[whimpers]
-And Meatball!

-You're no Robin!
-For real, that was pretty cool.

That lady had a laser!

I mean, that was kinda awesome.

♪ Dramatic music playing ♪

It was way too risky,
and it's all my fault.

We're done.

The Night Ninjas are done.

Well, if it means anything,

I'm pretty sure La Fleur

isn't gonna be
a problem anymore.

-[car door closes]
-♪ ominous music playing ♪

We have a problem.

They call them the Night Ninjas.

A change of plans.

No more dog napping.
No more weapons.

Now I will have my revenge!

♪♪