01x10 - Donnie Goes Deep

[bunniefuu]

- Previously on

"Tales of the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles"...

April's the best,
out there in the storm,

heroically doing weather
news or something.

The sewers are flooding,
and her first thought is,

I have to get to Leo
and, uh, my dad,

who got attacked by the leader
of the East River Three.

These guys got mutated
by Superfly's machine

and have some mysterious plan
to get back what's theirs.

Super cryptic, right?

April, with some help from
Dad, fought off Gold Fin

and is now out there
looking for me.

And Dad still
sounds like Batman.

[suspenseful music]

[fog horn blaring]

♪ ♪

[seagulls squawking]

- Salvage efforts continue
after Superfly's rampage.

Some rough upcoming
weather threatens

to complicate things.

- [spits]

[all panting]

♪ ♪

- [snoring]

Ahh! Ahh!

♪ ♪

- I can't believe they
kicked us out of our homes.

They called us freaks,
monsters.

- Did you see the shade
my wife threw at me?

You don't walk away from that.

- Oh, walk away?
Look at me.

What do I even do now?
Walk?

Slither?

A combination of both?

[grunts]

Whoa, whoa, falling!

[groans]
They're right.

We are monsters.

[radio static]

- Do you love
animals like we do?

Then come to Bob's Gently
Plucked Chicken Factory.

The most loved chickens
are the most delicious.

- [clucks]

- Look, humans seem
to be accepting

and totally open-minded.

Maybe we'll be OK
up here after all.

- Maybe.

- And even though
they did us dirty,

our friends and family
are going to be OK.

That's what matters, right?

- Yeah.

The pearl can hide them,
protect them.

As long as they have that,
they'll be safe.

They'll still have a home.

[water splashing]

- Check out this pearl!

Ha!

We're going to be rich!

Look at the size of this thing!

- ♪ One, two, three, four ♪

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

- Hey, can we maybe
speed things up?

Because we've been
doing this for, like,

an hour and four minutes,
and I need this

to be social-media length.

- Uh, if I recall correctly,
Donatello had gone

to plug things in somewhere.

But then things got even
more exciting when Leonardo...

- Wait a minute.
What?

Are you seriously gonna
skip the part where I

almost got eaten by a monster?

- Fine.

Donatello and Wingnut
traveled deep into the sewers

to do some stuff.

- Really?

- Something about internets.

- It's a fiber optic
connection.

Usually, it's pretty solid, but
the storm is messing with it.

- Do you ever feel like
you're being followed?

- Come on, Wingnut.

You're just being paranoid.

Have you been
doomscrolling again?

- No.
Maybe.

[metal clattering]
What was that?

- Probably just the
construction Raph

was talking about.

Come on.

- Ahh!

[panting]

How long is this going to take?

- Look, we'll be in and out.

I set us up with a backup
generator a few years back.

You want a banana?

I brought a full
bushel for the rats.

- No, I can't.

They trigger my gag reflex.

- Um, sure.

We should keep going.

- It's a real thing.

It affects, like,


But it only started happening
after the transformation.

I used to love bananas.

[echoing]
Bananas, bananas...

- That's fascinating,
and, you know, sad, yes.

Maybe mash them up...

- You think I
haven't tried that?

- Whoa.
It was just a suggestion.

- Sorry.
I'm just...

you couldn't have
put the generator somewhere

a little more spacious
or just siphoned off

power from the outside
world like the rest

of the mole people?

- You ever study the
vulnerability of power grids?

You couple that with the
changes in weather phenomena,

it's a ticking time b*mb.

- Can't argue with that logic.

You and me,
we're all left-brained.

[chuckles]

- I know.

My brothers
are so right-brained

with their emotions
and instinct.

Thankfully, I'm all logic.

There ain't a corner logic
can't get you out of, you know?

- [groans]

- Whoa.
Are you OK?

- Does it look like
any part of me is OK?

I need to get out of here!

It's like I can't breathe.

And it's dark.

Why is it so dark?

[whimpering]

- You're in a sewer.

Historically, they're dark.

There's nothing down
here to be afraid of.

Come on.
We'll do it together.

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

[waves lapping]

- I feel so alone.

We just don't fit in here.

- And I'm not raising
any of my hundreds of babies

under this pier.

- You don't have any babies.

- My fertility journey
is none of your business.

- Breaking news,
treasure from the depths.

- Hey, turn that up.

- Found in the East River,
the Jersey Bight

is thought to be one of the
biggest pearls in the world.

- No.

- It's on loan to the
Natural History Museum

right here in New York City,
so don't miss it.

- On loan?

They stole it.

- Well, there's nothing
we can do about it unless we

got jobs at the museum.

Yes!

I could work the gift shop.

- No.

We're gonna steal it back.

- Troubles with the law?

Just call... [gasps]

- Will you stop that?

Learn to talk already.

Think about it.

We return home
with the pearl,

we'll be welcomed back
as heroes.

- I don't know nothing
about stealing, man.

- Yeah, I can't.

Eels already have a bad rap.

Did you see
"The Little Mermaid"?

Messed up.

- We need to find us
a criminal.

[suspenseful music]

- We found it.

We'll recalibrate
the system, feed the rats,

and be finished in no time.

Then we can go outside and jump
in some puddles or something,

maybe play some bocce
with Leatherhead.

She's getting really good.

- Have you noticed anything
different about

Leatherhead lately?

I get the sense
she's been really down.

- Really?

Is it all the Aussie jokes?

We thought
she was thick-skinned.

[chuckles] Get it?
'Cause she's an alligator?

- [chuckles]
Brilliant, yeah.

I think she's just
really unsure of herself.

Like... like,
she's not fitting in.

- Hey, I get it.

It takes a real minute
to find your niche.

She's an Australian
in New York,

not to mention the whole
mutant alligator thing.

- I checked out
her search history,

and it was all these
articles on demutation.

I mean, is that even possible?

[loud crashing, buzzing]

- What was that?

- [gasps]
It was a giant monster!

- What, like a kaiju monster?

Or are we talking like a...

- Donnie, wait.
Something's wrong.

[shouting]

[suspenseful music]

[both coughing]

- Donnie?

What happened?

- I think we fell into the
lower levels of the sewers.

Boy, it sure is dark down here.

- Did you see that?

- Uh, no, because of the
whole dark thing I mentioned.

- I have to get out of here.
Ah! Ah!

- Wingnut, you have to chill.

You're just making
things worse.

- Chill?

There's a giant monster
down here with us!

- I think it might
have been a mutant.

- It was a monster.

Of course there are monsters.

It's dark.

Monsters thrive
in the darkness.

You never hear about monsters
hanging out in Cancun,

or Hawaii, or on the sun.

- Will you get
ahold of yourself?

There are no monsters.

Whatever that thing
was, it's gone.

We're gonna find a way
out of here, I promise.

Between your sonar
and me having

lived here in these tunnels all
my life, there is no problem.

- No problem, huh?

Care to explain
the rising water?

- I was trying to ignore that,
but thanks for pointing it out.

But hey, things could be...

- Don't say things
could be worse.

You know what happens
when people say that.

- Oh, good save.

- [screams]

- Will you stop screaming?

We're trying to ask you
a serious question, kid.

- How would you, a pirate,
break into a museum

and plunder
the treasure within?

- I, uh...

I'm not an actual pirate.

You know that, right?

It's... it's just
a hat they make me wear.

Um, so can I go, please?

I'm truly bugging out here,
man!

- Just... just go.

- "Let's hire a pirate.

Pirates are expert criminals."

- You wanna do this?

I will fight you
right here, right now.

I will mess you up.

- Guys, guys, guys.

Come look.

- I am an innocent man simply
trying to make a living,

not some crime boss
running the rackets

on the east side
with his vast network

of criminal associates.

- All right!

This interview is over.

- Don't forget to
come down to my club,

Bad Bernie's Billiards,
for prices

so cheap they're a steal.

- No, they're not.

- Or are they?

- I feel like
that guy knows a thing

or two about stealing stuff.

- Yeah.

- No.

This isn't fair.

I didn't even say
things could be worse.

Wait a minute.

That's not the same monster.

It's an alligator.

- An alligator.

[gasps]
Oh, no!

Leatherhead!

She demutated, but... but how?

- With TCRI tranquilizers.

It's what we used
on Super Duper Fly.

But how could she
have gotten one?

- [gasps]
The dark web.

Or maybe she broke
into their lab?

- Yeah,
and she was all like...

"Oy, mate, get me one of those
demutanizing blasters,

or I'm going to eat you
like a dingo."

- That's a terrible impression.

It's more like,
"G'day, bloke."

- [roars]

- Watch out!
- Ahh! Leatherhead!

Leatherhead, stop!

It's us, your friend!

- [panting]

- No!

[dramatic music]

- [gagging]

- What happened?

- Bananas.

Triggered her gag reflex.

I guess she falls
within the 18%.

[chuckles]

- Huh, you learn
something new every day.

- [growling]

- The only chance we
have of getting out

is to reason with her.

Our friend is in
there somewhere.

I'm sure of it.

- Do you hear yourself?

You're not thinking logically.

Look, eventually my brothers
will realize we're missing,

and they'll come.

We just have to hold tight.

After all,
we've got the high ground.

- [snarling]

[both screaming]

- No!

I'm stuck!

Donnie, I'm stuck!

Get me out of here!

- Just stop moving!

Wingnut,
for real, you have to stop.

You're making it worse.

- How could I be
making it worse?

- Like that!

- Oh.

It's wet!

It's dark!

There's monsters!

And we're... we're... oh, man.

This is the end!

- Wingnut, stop.

I'm trying to think,
and all your neuroses

are stressing me out.

- Maybe Leatherhead
was right all along.

I just want to be a tiny
bat again and fly away.

- Hey, hey.

It's OK.

I know you're feeling stuff.

I'm sorry.

I'm not good at this
whole feelings thing.

- [sobs]

[gentle music]

- [gasps] Look, remember
that time Kanata got stuck

inside Tetsuo's blob form?

- What?

Are you talking about
Katsuhiro Otomo's

anime masterpiece "Akira"?

- Yes.

- But there wasn't a monster
actually in there with him.

- OK, what about when Luke,
Han, and Leia got

stuck in the trash compactor
with the eyeball monster?

- [chuckles]
You mean the Dianoga.

Good pull.

Wait, wait, wait.

OK, and what about
when Superfly

had you and your brothers
and was squeezing you so hard

that your shells cracked?

- Yeah, good one, I guess.

Wanna know what all
of those had in common?

- They were all terrifying?

- Everyone got out alive.

And we will too.

- Hmm.

Technically, Tetsuo didn't,
but, heh,

thanks, Donnie.

Wow, I feel a lot better.

Ahh!

- Oh, come on.

Again?

[grunts]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [gasps]
Donnie!

Donnie!

[bubbles popping]

- [muffled grunting]

♪ ♪

- [snarling]

♪ ♪

[muffled rumbling]

♪ ♪

- Oh, thank goodness!

I thought you got Dianoga'ed.

- [pants]

[loud crashing]

Look!

Come on.

We need to move.

We can't stay here any longer.

- How are you
so calm right now?

- Trust me.

We're gonna get out of this.

- Just like Luke and Leia
in the trash compactor.

[loud thudding]

- And here we go, a little
open space for you while we

figure out the next move.

- Donnie, I don't
know what I would have

done without you down here.

- Don't worry about it.

All we have to do is
get up those stairs,

and we'll be home free.

- [screams]
She's following us!

How is that even possible?

It doesn't make any sense.

I mean, logically,
it doesn't make any sense.

- You're right.

I've been trying to use
logic to get us out of this.

But what if my brothers had
been right the whole time?

- What are you doing?

- Logic ain't getting
us out of this corner.

I need to do it
on a reptilian level,

on instinct, right brain-style.

If Leatherhead's in there,
I can connect with her.

She won't hurt me.

We're friends.

- I know I said that, but
now seeing it in action maybe

it's not such a good idea?

- Leatherhead, it's me, Donnie.

Are you in there?

Remember all those
hours we spent

ranking fictitious reptiles?

- What are you
even talking about?

It's clearly Godzilla.

- Come on.

Work with me.

You said Loch Ness Monster
was underrated, remember?

Uh, Kermit?

Well, I know you're not a
fan of Tick-Tock the Croc,

but we gotta add
Lyle, Lyle to the list.

Leatherhead.

- [snarling]

- [whimpers]

- [gasps]
- Oh!

It's working!

You're a genius!

- Donatello?

- Wait, that didn't come from...

- What are you doing, mate?

- Leatherhead!

- Wait, but if
you're there, then...

- [snarling]

- I'm sorry, buddy,
but some animals just aren't

cut out for city living.

- This isn't fair.

- [cooing]

- Also,
he ate the neighbor's dog,

so we need to
hide the evidence.

- [coos]

The others too.

[both cooing]

- Three was probably too many.

- Yeah.

Now, come on, bud.

Let's go get
a milkshake and talk

about how your mom was right.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- [grunts]
Ahh!

- [muffled grunting]

- [roars]

- Donnie!

Do something!

- Oh, I've got a torn-up hip.

I ain't gonna be
any help, mate.

[dramatic music]

- [roaring]

- [gasps]

Ah! Ah!

- [growling]

- Ahh!

- Donnie!

- [panting]

That was terrifying!

My life flashed before my eyes.

And it was just reruns
of "Star Trek: Enterprise."

- Oh, this seems like
a real dog's breakfast.

- Our only way out
is across the water.

We just need a plan.

I tried connecting with it,
and that was a terrible idea.

- What happened?
What'd I miss?

- We thought
you were demutated.

Where have you been?

- [scoffs] I was on
walkabout when I ran

into my own kind down here.

I thought maybe it
was a sign that I

shouldn't be a mutant anymore.

- What happened?

- Stupid alligator
bit me, didn't it?

The whole group of them were
really quite unpleasant.

I think I'm ready
to accept being a mutant.

- And I need to accept
I'm not like my brothers.

I'm me.

I'm left-brained, and I
need to have faith in that.

- Eh, sure.

Uh, you got any ideas?

'Cause that thing's
circling us again.

- I've got an idea.

You've always had faith in me,
and I feel lucky

and just genuinely grateful
to have a place here.

Now, lend me your wrench.

- You just carry a wrench
with you wherever you go?

- And bananas.

[rock music]

- Look at you two go.

Oh, it's like
that show "MacGyver"...

the original one,
not the remake.

- Done!

- What in the Glenn McGraw
are you gonna do with that?

- We're gonna shut this
gator's trap once and for all

by keeping it open.

- Huh.

Yeah, sure.

- I believe in you!

- [muffled grunting]

- [snarling]

- [muffled grunting]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- No!

Just like Akira.

♪ ♪

- [muffled grunting]

♪ ♪

[whirring]

- [snarling]

- [gasps]
Ha!

I got it!

- Whoo!
- Good on ya, mate.

- That'll hold his jaws open
long enough for us to get out.

- [panting]

- Couldn't help but note that
you mentioned a group of them

when you were talking about
the alligator, as in plural.

- That's right.

But don't worry.

I took care of one of them.

- One of them?

Wait, so how many are there,
the alligators?

Donnie!

- Ahh!

[grunts]

- [snarling]

- Ahh!

- [gasps]

- [grunting]

Oh, crikey, my hip!

- [snoring]

- What in the world?

- Ah, just flip her over, mate.

Cuts off the blood
supply to the noggin.

She'll have a nice little kip.

- We really could have used
that information earlier.

[light uplifting music]

♪ ♪

- At the end of the day,
being a mutant has its perks.

And not just the opposable
thumbs, but bocce,

walking, tearaway pants.

I mean,
it's pretty plush living, mate.

- [chuckles] Yeah,
and don't forget anime,

comic books, and Steven
Spielberg, and friends...

you guys, not the...
not the sitcom.

- I just wanna flag
this quickly, guys.

You know there's another
mutant out there, right?

Some kind of snake
or eel creature.

- That's what
trapped us down here.

- And I assume it did that.

[dramatic music]

[indistinct chatter]

- Hold on.

You hear that?

- Sounds like people!

What if it's that eel?

What do we do?

[loud rumbling]

- Hide!

[loud thudding]

Raph?

- Donnie!

We're in trouble, man.

- Raphael was right,
for we were

in trouble, much bigger
trouble than we ever suspected.

- I almost got eaten, you know.

- Almost.

- Hey, fellas.

What am I looking at here,
an ad for fish and chips?

Ha!

[men snickering]

- Yeah!

- We need your help,
Bad Bernie.

[dramatic music]