15 years after the creation of the Ninja Turtles, the turtle's father Splinter finally allows them to go to the surface after living in the sewer for so long. Once there the four mutant brothers stumble upon a mysterious canister of green ooze but then are attacked by men in black suits. The turtles lose the fight, and their brother Michaelangelo is captured. Meanwhile the leader of the men in the black suits Krang is inspecting Michaelangelo trying to figure out if it was the ooze that caused Mikey's transformation. Eventually the other turtles break in and save Mikey only to now have the Krang and his alien race the Utrom after them. Soon the turtles find themselves lost in New York and stumble upon a reporter named April O'Neil who is originally scared of the turtles, but they grow to be friends. The movie goes on with the Turtles investigating the Utrom and the movie ends with them fighting Krang and winning but Krang gets away.
