02x09 - The Itching Scratch

[bunniefuu]

Fine, they were right.
Is that what you want to hear?

I never should have tried
the whole superhero thing.

Now an actual supervillain
named Scratch

has called out the Night Ninja.

He's got vampire mutant fleas

and is trying to make all
the dogs in the city go crazy

and attack people,
which is a really weird plan.

It was all a trap!

A weird trap, but still.

We stopped Scratch's fleas,
but it was never about us,

or dogs or... whatever.

It was about our dad! Somehow.

Hopefully this all
makes sense in the end.

♪ Suspenseful music playing ♪

-[Leo] Dad! Dad!
-[Raph] Dad!

-[Leo] Dad, where are you?
-[Donnie] Dad!

[Mikey] He's not here.

[Donnie]
The whole place is wrecked!

[Raph] There was a fight here.

-♪ Tense music stingers
-I can smell it.

[light switch clicks]

What? I-I have a sense

about these things, seriously.

It's Scratch.

♪ Downtrodden music plays ♪

He took Dad.

I never should have put
the mask on.

You know, the other mask.

Dad, he took us in,
he kept us safe, and now...

my archenemy has taken him.

This is all my fault.

♪ Music stops abruptly ♪

Uh... This is where you tell me
it's not my fault...

Well, but it definitely is.

Like, it couldn't be more
your fault.

Yeah, no, yeah, no.
You really...

-You really biffed this one up.
-Oh, come on!

How was I supposed to know?

There's literally no connection
between us and this guy.

-Eugh. Ah!
-Isn't this like

-every superhero origin story?
-Come on!

You put on a costume and bam!

Suddenly, your uncle
gets taken out.

Or your parents,
in a dark alley.

Or your planet suddenly blows up
and you're the only survivor.

For real, I honestly
cannot believe

I'm related to any of you.

How is this helping find Dad?!

I don't know!
I don't know what I'm doing!

-Is that what you want to hear?
-Yes!

I'm not a superhero, okay?

I'm not Batman. I'm...

-[rustling]
-♪ tense music stingers ♪

♪ suspenseful music playing ♪

[shushes]

-I-I have no idea.
-Wha... What?!

There's someone in the tent.

[rustling]

[Mikey whispers] Maybe it's Dad.

Why would Dad be in the tent?

Maybe he's napping.
He loves naps.

[whispers] What if it's Scumbug?

Maybe it's Dad and Scumbug.

-[gagging]
-What is wrong with you?

Guys! [shushes]

♪ Music intensifies ♪

[panting and burbling]

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

♪ upbeat rock theme music
playing ♪

[roaring]

[oinking]

[clanging]

-[roars]
-[squeaks]

[growls]

[hisses]

[roaring]

♪ Music ends abruptly ♪

-[squeaking]
-♪ ominous music playing ♪

The boys and Frankie are dealing
with the Turtles.

I don't know why
you're so scared of them.

-They kinda seem like idiots...
-Wah!

-[whimpers in fear]
-They are monsters!

-[groans]
-But soon, all of them

will regret
ever crossing my path.

Starting
with their so-called father.

Come out and play, Splinter.

[claws scraping]

-Eugh!
-[clatters]

-Psst! Hey, boss!
-[bottles clinking]

[speaks vermin]

♪ Tense music stingers ♪

What the heck is that?

It's one of the Mutanimals.
The c*ck.

Where is the rat?!
Where's Splinter?

[yelling in vermin]

Is-is that how it talks?

Man,
that thing is hard to look at.

-Wait...
-♪ tense music plays ♪

[Scratch]
This is his girlfriend.

Really?

Like... really?

-Take the roach!
-Ugh! [sighs]

[yelling in vermin]

[grunts]

-[grunts]
-[retches]

What?

-Uh!
-[groan]

-Keep her quiet!
-[Leo] Come on!

Someone's coming!

-[grunts]
-♪ suspenseful music playing

♪ music stops ♪

-♪ tense music playing
-[grunts anxiously]

-[claws clang]
-[grunts]

♪ Dramatic music plays ♪

Scratch!

-[yelling in vermin]
-[panting]

-Scum?!
-[Scratch] Stay back!

There's four of us
and two of you, man.

You can't win.

Is that so, Leonardo?

Wait, you know
my secret identity?

We're gonna walk out of here
or your father's girlfriend

will pay the price!

Uh... why?

Didn't you come here
for our dad?

This... Uh, this is better!

Splinter will suffer before
I take my final revenge!

I feel like a real supervillain
would have just taken our dad.

He wasn't here, okay?

Uh... But just to be clear,
you don't have Dad?

And I mean... are you sure
you really want to take Scumbug?

Yeah, we're not telling you
what to do, but she barfs a lot.

-[speaking in vermin]
-Huh?

Enough!
I'm taking the c*ck,

and unless you want the love
of your father's life

to meet a grisly end,

you will do exactly what I say!

Okay, just settle down!

Who are you?
Why are you even doing this?

Like, what did we
ever do to you?

Who am I?

-[scowls and hisses]
-♪ menacing music plays

Whoa. Didn't see that coming.

He's a mutant too.
And the fleas...

Wait, does that mean those fleas
are actually your fleas?

Like, you were a cat with fleas

-and then somehow...
-Shut up!

Those are definitely his fleas.

Meet me
for our final confrontation,

on the highest cat tree
where I can scratch the sky.

Uh... what?

[dramatically]
There I will have my revenge.

Revenge... Re-venge-a!

-That sure was dramatic.
-Come on!

♪ Action music playing ♪

[clangs]

Where did they go?!

Okay, who is this guy?!

And how is he a mutant?!

Yeah, he acted like he knew us.

Like he knows Dad...

Yeah, and what was he talking
about, final confrontation?

I mean, did we even have
a first one?

He's a madman.

[dramatically] Our archenemy,

who we've never met before!

[record scratches]

Because for real,

it's a one-eyed mutant cat.

I'm pretty sure
we'd remember that, right?

♪ Hip-hop music playing

[snoring]

-♪ Music fades out
-[snoring]

[yawns]

♪ Sinister music playing ♪

[snoring]

-[clangs]
-[Splinter snores]

-[light switch clicks]
-♪ music stops abruptly

-♪ sinister music continues
-[Splinter snoring]

-[squealing and laughing]
-♪ music fades out ♪

♪ rowdy music playing ♪

-[laughs]
-[clangs]

-[squeals]
-[electricity buzzing]

-[snoring]
-[Turtles laughing]

[laughs and grunts]

Ah!

[giggling]

[screaming and squealing]

[giggling]

[clangs]

[laughs]

[both laughing]

-Ah! [chomps]
-[Scratch yowls]

[Turtles laughing and squealing]

[snores]

Urgh! Ah! Ow!

[clangs]

-Grrr!
-[clangs]

[laughter]

[screams]

[sighs]

[Turtles giggling]

[startled yelp]

[laughing in slow-motion]

-[hisses]
-[Turtles giggling and cooing]

[yowls]

-[snores]
-[Scratch screams]

[snores]

[meows]

[Turtles giggling]

[screams]

-[laughing]
-[yowls]

[villain on TV screams]

[clanging]

[crying]

[screams]

[screaming and laughing]

[gibbering]

[laughs]

[grunts]

[Turtles] Whoa!

[Scratch yowls]

-[clangs]
-[yowls]

-[laughing]
-[yowling]

[crying]

♪ Music fades out ♪

♪ ominous music playing ♪

-[claws clang]
-[footsteps approaching]

[La Fleur]
I don't think they're coming.

I don't pay you to think,
La Fleur. They'll come...

No, I mean I'm not sure
they're smart enough

to figure out
your weird riddle...

...and finally, after 15 years,

I'll have my revenge.

We're never gonna find him,
you guys.

Scratch is
a criminal mastermind.

I mean, is he, though?

Come on, you know I've watched
a lot of cat videos.

I'm not convinced
they're super smart.

Are you serious?

He discovered
our secret headquarters,

he lured us out with
an incredibly elaborate plan,

kidnapped Scumbug,

and now he left us
this cryptic message

that we're
never gonna figure out in time.

Actually, we sorta do have time.

-He said he wanted us there.
-[Mikey laughs]

By Scratch's own rules,

he's not gonna start
his villainous plan

until we show up.

So, I mean, we could probably
squeeze in a bite to eat, right?

[panting]

Okay, for real, I need to have
a referendum about this,

'cause why do we always meet
on rooftops?

There are tons of great
ground floor locations...

[coughs]

Wait, seriously?

What? We got delivery!

Uh, it's brain food.
We're-we're brainstorming.

We've ordered extra
if you want in on this.

You know, for the...
brainstorming

that we've totally been doing.
[chomps]

Anyway, as I was saying,
we have to think like Scratch,

really get into
the supervillain state of mind.

Where would a mutant cat
take his hostage?

-Volcano base.
-Space station.

Bottom of the ocean.

Ugh, he obviously took Scumbug

to the top of Metro Tower.

What? How do you know?

[April] Well, he said, meet him
at the highest cat tree

where he could scratch
the sky, right?

Tree, building.

Scratch, scrape.
It's a skyscraper.

[all] Ohh.

Did you guys even like try
to guess anything

that didn't come out
of a James Bond movie?

This is it. A storm is coming.

The final confrontation.

The ultimate battle.
The endgame!

Um, I don't mean to cut you off.

Just in terms of timing...

Right, yeah, probably
a good idea, sorry.

[screeching]

-Ready?
-[camera shutter clicking]

Okay, now we can go.

♪ Dramatic action music
playing ♪

[Leo] If Scratch is here, he'll
be at the top with his Fleas.

Donnie, what's the best way in?

I hacked into the mainframe

and downloaded schematics
of the building.

We can take control
of the security system

and tap into their cameras.

-Wha... Really?!
-No, not really!

No one can do stuff like that!

-[April] Donnie!
-You could've just said so!

I know you did not just get
my hopes up like that.

Fine, we'll climb.
Happy, Donnie?

It's like a hundred stories.

Yeah, um, I already did
my 10,000 steps today,

so I'm finding an elevator.

-[screaming in vermin]
-♪ ominous music plays ♪

[claws clang]

It's been too long.

We need to feed, Scratch.

You promised us!

You'll feed when I tell you to.

[stomach grumbles]

[hisses]

[La Fleur]
Don't get any ideas, flea.

You even look at me funny,
oh, I'll laser you in half.

[Scratch] They will be here.

You don't understand.
These creatures were born

in the shadows,
trained by a master warrior.

When they attack,
you will not see it coming.

[Leo grunting]

[straining]

[grunts and pants]

[groans] My arms.

Double cheese was a bad idea.

[retches]

Ugh!

Hey, look. April was right.

He's here... [pukes] He's here.

-Yeah, she's a...
-I can't stop...

-She's, like, a genius.
-I can't stop barfing.

-[groans]
-I'm gonna die.

Scratch... [coughs]

[hoarse voice]
We've come to stop you...

-[exhales]
-I've been waiting... for hours!

What-what took you so long?

Whoa, settle down,
maybe next time

don't give us
an impossible riddle to solve!

I literally spelled it out
for you!

-[Scumbug screaming in vermin]
-[Raph] Scum!

Let her go, Scratch!

Whatever your problem is
with us,

it's got nothing to do with her!

Wa-wait. Whatever my problem is?

What is that?
Some kind of sick joke?

What? No.

We really don't know
why you're doing all this.

We don't even know who you are!

You don't remember me?

That's not possible!

For years, you tormented me.
I'm your archnemesis!

Uh, dude, we just met.

Yeah, and if we had
an archnemesis,

it'd probably be Superfly.

Yeah, or that pizza place
on the corner

that always shorts us
on pepperoni.

Ooh, I hate that place!

Enough!

Tonight, my vengeance begins!

On you, on Splinter,

on the pet-owners
that cast me out!

Uh... Pet-owners?

-♪ Ominous music playing
-[beeping]

You'll remember me now.

-Wait, don't!
-[beeps]

♪ dramatic music plays ♪

[elevator dinging]

♪ Elevator music playing ♪

Hi, sir, how you doin'?

Can this thing go any faster?

You're the one who wanted
to stop at the gift shop.

-[expl*si*n]
-[April yelps]

[electricity powering down]

That-that's probably
a bad thing, huh?

♪ Tense music playing ♪

[screaming in vermin]

[grunts]

[groans]

-[screaming in vermin]
-♪ music fades out ♪

[coughing] Guys! Guys!
Are you okay?

-[coughing]
-[coughs] Yeah.

-Raph?
-Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

-Where's Leo?
-♪ dramatic music playing ♪

Ugh! Scumbug! [grunts]

Finally!
The buffet's open, boys!

Blood, blood, blood!

-[chomps]
-[grunts]

Huh? What the heck, man?!

Are you actually trying
to eat us?

I thought
the whole vampire thing

was just a shtick.

That's not cool, vampire flea!

[grunts]

[chains clanking]

Whoa!

We're not even warm-blooded!
We'd probably taste terrible!

Wah! Uh...

-[hisses]
-[grunts]

-♪ Suspenseful music playing ♪
-[beeping]

[Donnie] Uhh...

Leo! There's more Stink Pods!

Big ones, they're... [screams]

Donnie! [grunts]

[panting]

♪ Dramatic music playing ♪

Did you think you could pretend

to be a hero and there
wouldn't be consequences?

[Scumbug screaming in vermin]

[clanks]

Wah!

[hisses]

-[clangs]
-[grunts]

Did your father think
he could take my eye

and I wouldn't come for him?

Hya!

[grunts]

[high-pitched ringing]

Did the family that abandoned me
in that alley

think that I wouldn't make
them all pay?

[groans]

[grunts]

[laser beeping]

Goodnight, sweet tortue.

Ooh! [groans]

Okay, I'm here! What did I miss?

-[wails]
-[groans]

[April]
Sorry, mind if I borrow this?

Thanks.

[beeping]

[grunts]

[groans, hisses]

[panting] Raph!

Mikey! We have to shut
the Stink Pods off!

Yeah, thanks for the tip,
Donnie!

[grunting]

I'm a little busy trying
not to get eaten!

[screams in vermin]

[grunting]

[clanks]

Hya!

[yowls and hisses]

Enough!

So what, you're gonna get
revenge on everybody?

Take out Dad's girlfriend,
hurt his kids,

and make all these dogs
attack people?

You think
you'll be satisfied then?

Yes.

Oh...

Well, we're not too different,
you and me.

I was hall monitor at my school,
and it just wasn't enough.

I wanted more
so I became the Night Ninja

and I realized
what I was looking for,

it wasn't out there.

It was in here.

That is the dumbest thing
I've ever heard.

Are you actually comparing

being a hall monitor
in your school

to me being abandoned
by my family

and having my eye savagely
scratched out by a rat?

I mean,
when you say it like that,

it's not... I'm just...

[sighs] Look, this isn't going
to make you happy, okay?

We won't know
until we try, will we?

[laser whirring]

Really? A laser pointer?

Uh... that-that's not me.

You think just because
I'm a cat,

I'm gonna be distracted by...

[yelps]

Yeah!

Take that, cat!

Wah!

[grunts]

Ah!

Leo!

[Leo] Scratch! Take my hand!
I'll pull you up!

Never.

You're gonna fall!

Cats always land on their...

[yelps]

Scratch!

-[yowls]
-[claws clang]

♪ Music fades out ♪

[high-pitched tone]

[Scratch screams]

[metal creaking]

Ah!

-♪ Heroic music playing
-We gotcha!

[grunts]

[exhales]

I got the detonator.

What about the Fleas?

They took off once Scratch fell.

Dude, you did it.
You saved the city.

Leo, you're a real superhero.

[chuckles] I couldn't have done
anything without you guys.

I feel like we're forgetting
something.

-[Scumbug shouting in vermin]
-Oh, right.

[siren blaring from a distance]

[Scratch screams and yowls]

♪ Menacing music plays ♪

You'll pay for this,
"Night Ninja."

♪ Tense music plays ♪

What are you doing?
Get back up there and...

It's over.
We've waited long enough.

You promised us a feast

and now we'll have it.

Dusty! Boomer! Come on! Please!

I fed you for so long!

You can't do this...

-No... No!
-[slurping and hissing]

-No!
-[Dusty laughing]

[Leo] And here ends the tale
of the Night Ninja.

A story of old wounds,

of revenge,

but mostly of heroism...

"...and my willingness
to sacrifice everything

for my family, but surviving

so that everyone
can appreciate what I just did."

[Leo]
Wha-what are you guys doing?

Is-is that my diary?

-What?
-No.

Raph made us listen.

How much did you read?

Not much, I swear.

I mean, just the part
from the beginning

-to... the end, so...
-[laughs]

Yeah, we read the entire thing.

[Leo] No!

♪♪