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"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1987/I) More at IMDbPro »

Raphael: Okay, April, where you hiding?
Leonardo: Hey, it's April's wallet.
Raphael: And over there.
Donatello: April's press pass.
Raphael: Yeah, I'd know that wad of used chewing gum anywhere.
Michaelangelo: Uh, you get the feeling April's in trouble?
Donatello: Well, either that, or she's got a big hole in her purse.
[they discover it on a landing]
Donatello: April's purse. Come on.

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M.A.C.C: Where is your nearest Data Bank Repository?
Leonardo: Data Bank Repository?
Donatello: He means the public library.
All: That way.
[They all point in different directions]
Donatello: Great ninjas, yes. Great readers, no.

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Sgt. Sean O'Tharity: And I couldn't have captured these crooks without the help of Teenage Mutant Ninja Leprechauns.
Michaelangelo: Begora! That's us, me boys!
[begins dancing Irish jig on coffee table]

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Krang: If I had hands I would cover my ears, if I had them!

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[Raphael and Michaelangelo are tied up back-to-back in chairs with a bomb next to them]
Raphael: We're Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! We oughta be able to escape from a cornball setup like this!
[Raphael notices Michaelangelo rocking side to side]
Raphael: What are you doing?
Michaelangelo: Well, I once saw this movie where this dude was tied up and he just kept rocking back and forth 'til he fell over.
Raphael: It's worth a try.
[Raphael rocks side to side with Michaelangelo and they soon fall over]
Raphael: Great! Then what did he do?
Michaelangelo: I dunno. I went into the kitchen for some popcorn.

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Rocksteady: Oooh, shiver me timbers!
Bebop: And while you're at it, shiver mine also!

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Shredder: Now
[shouts]
Shredder: Forward March! YOUR LEFT/YOUR LEFT/Ya' left your wife and fourty-eight kids!

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Rocksteady: Ooooh yuck! It looks like what the water looks like after my bath!
Shredder: Hey. When was the las time THAT happened?
Rocksteady: Ooh what year is this?
[goo splat]
Rocksteady: I think it's the year my bath is due!

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Donatello: And then... it hit me!
[bonk]

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Donatello: Boy, this guy's more into pizza than we are.
Raphael: Yeah. What's he gonna do next?
[sarcastically]
Raphael: spray us with tomato sauce?
Raphael: [sprayed with tomato sauce] I had to ask.

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April O'Neil: For some people, it's an improvement!
[giggles]

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Shredder: [shouts] Fire At Will!
Bebop: Which one's Will? Let's see, theres Leonardo, Donatello...

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Samarai Mech: Hakatchu!
Raphael: Geshundheit!

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Rupert The Turtle: When that thing gets close to capacity... Kabloo-hoo-hoo-hooey!
All: Kabloo-hoo-hoo-hooey?

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[Raphael knocks down Bebop and Rocksteady during a fight]
Raphael: Ha! You idiots couldn't hit me with...
[we see Bebop and Rocksteady picking up]
Raphael: ...a big rubber tyre!
[Bebop and Rocksteady throw the tyre at Raphael and knock him down]
Raphael: Ever get that rundown feeling?

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Shredder: Come along, you two.
Rocksteady: Oh, all we ever do is go up and down, up and down!
Krang: Sounds like the perfect job for a couple of yo-yos. I made a funny.

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Sgt. Sean O'Tharity: Come quietly, my green lads.
[stares at the turtles shocked]
Michaelangelo: What's the matter, dude? Haven't you seen four foot tall turtles before?
Sgt. Sean O'Tharity: Faith and Begorah! The wee ones! The little people!
Raphael: Hey, hey, Sean, I know we're short. But not *that* short.
Sgt. Sean O'Tharity: You've got the wrong people here, Lieutenant. They don't have the emerald. They've got pots of gold.
Lt. Bronski: What are you talking about, O'Tharity?
Sgt. Sean O'Tharity: They're leprechauns!
Lt. Bronski: You're nuts!

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Burne Thompson: [standing on a stack of chairs, reaching for a television set]
[to Shredder]
Burne Thompson: Hey mister help me change this channel! I wanna watch cartoons.
Shredder: No! I am the master, you are the slave, and I say no cartoons!
Burne Thompson: I wanna watch cartoons! I wanna watch cartoons!
[the chairs fall down and Burne topples on Shredder]
Burne Thompson: Now look watcha did! You gave me a boo-boo! Aaaaaahhh!

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Shredder: You have a brilliant brain, Krang!
Krang: Of course. It's all I really am.

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Raphael: [all the Turtles are tied up]
[to Donatello]
Raphael: C'mon, figure a way out of this.
Donatello: Are you kidding? Only the most skilled Ninja Master could get out these knots!
[Leonardo frees himself, then starts to cut Donatello loose]
Donatello: Oh, hi, Leonardo.

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Rocksteady, Bebop: [Bebop and Rocksteady have kidnapped Michaelangelo] We got a Turtle! We got a Turtle!
Michaelangelo: [Tied up] Put a Sock in it!
[is promptly gagged]

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[Shredder points a mutation reversal ray at the Turtles]
Michaelangelo: Whuh-oh! It's that retro-muto-thingamabob!
Donatello: He's gonna use it to turn us back into ordinary turtles!
Raphael: Well, gang, looks like it's back to the ol' pet shop for us!
Shredder: Far from it. Tonight, I dine on turtle soup!

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Raphael: Not only is he from medieval Japan, he's also from another dimension... so of course he speaks English.

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Leonardo: [Turtle Tips on organic gardens] Even small gardens help to refurbish the soil.
Donatello: Yeah and these plants will help clean the air we breathe.
Raphael: And it makes great organic pizza, if you're into that kind of thing.
April O'Neil: Who ordered the tomato, asparagus and kiwi special?
Michaelangelo: Oh yuck. Dudes, if we're growing pizza toppings, how about organic marshmallows?

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