The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet their match -- Literally! The modern, gritty Ninja Turtles must team up with their classic cartoon counterparts to stop two Shredders and their plans of... Read allThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet their match -- Literally! The modern, gritty Ninja Turtles must team up with their classic cartoon counterparts to stop two Shredders and their plans of multi-dimensional scale.The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet their match -- Literally! The modern, gritty Ninja Turtles must team up with their classic cartoon counterparts to stop two Shredders and their plans of multi-dimensional scale.
- Michelangelo
- (voice)
- Donatello
- (voice)
- (as Sam Regal)
- Raphael
- (voice)
- (as Greg Abbey)
- Splinter
- (voice)
- Casey Jones
- (voice)
- April O'Neil
- (voice)
- The Shredder
- (voice)
- (as Scottie Ray)
- …
- Hun
- (voice)
- Karai
- (voice)
- (as Karen Neill)
- Leonardo 1987
- (voice)
- Michelangelo 1987
- (voice)
- (as Johnny Castro)
- …
- Donatello 1987
- (voice)
- (as Anthony Haden Salerno)
- Splinter 1987
- (voice)
- …
- Shredder 1987
- (voice)
- Krang
- (voice)
- (as Braford Cameron)
- …
Storyline
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- TriviaIn the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) series from the 1980s, the Turtles often broke the fourth wall, and talked directly to the audience. This wasn't the case however with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) series. This is made reference to in this movie, as the 1980s Turtles break the fourth wall several times. Until finally, Hun gets fed up and begins to violently shake the 1980s Raphael, while asking, "Why do you keep doing that?! Who are you talking to?! There's no one there!"
- GoofsIt's a bit odd that while the 80's Shredder finds the Utrom Shredder off-world simply by doing a scan, Krang is not found at all, even though an Utrom named Krang had a rather brief cameo during the run of the 2003 series.
- Quotes
Casey Jones: So... I still don't get it. Which Shredder is back? Doing what? To who?
1988 Michelangelo: All I know is we wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for your stupid Shredder.
Raphael: OUR Shredder? YOUR Shredder started this whole "stupid mess" with his stupid Technodrome in the stupid first place!
1988 Raphael: Yeah, but your Shredder's like totally psycho-evil.
1988 Donatello: Ours is just decaf.
1988 Leonardo: Yeah. He won't keep you up at night.
Casey Jones: ...Your doubles ain't exactly playing with a full deck, are they?
Michelangelo: And they're really annoying.
Casey Jones: Gotcha. Up to speed now.
- Alternate versionsFor several months, 4kids' website featured a "Director's Cut" of the movie which contained eight minutes of footage that were cut from the TV broadcast, and eventually Paramount's 2010 DVD as well. Among the scenes restored:
- The Turtles using sonar to search for the Technodrome underground
- Karai explaining that she found the Technodrome when her monitoring systems revealed that Ch'rell had changed location
- Karai claiming the Technodrome for the Foot Clan
- Splinter settling an argument between the 1988 and 2003 Turtles
- Casey and April fighting robotic Foot Ninjas
- Leonardo detailing Shredder's scheme to the Mirage Turtles
- Shredder nearly disintegrating himself and Karai (among others) while strangling the Mirage Turtles
- Various gags and one-liners
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nostalgia Critic: Turtles Forever Review (2010)
- SoundtracksSKBNA
Written by John Siegler and Lloyd Goldfine
At a risk of spoiling, I will not go into further detail. As a fan of the shows and the various versions of the Turtles, I really enjoyed this movie.
Funny thing is this movie wasn't promoted well, if not at all (which is sad because this could have been released in the theaters and would have made a lot of money... I happened upon this movie by accident and have a "Kool-Aid smile" for it's humor, story, action, and nostalgia. This made for TV movie did what the previous shows and the theatrical release did not.
It gave the fans a action packed, humor-filled completion to a wonderful franchise... Thank you to all that were involved....And here's hoping that this was not the end to it all.
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- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles Forever
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