The TMNT S1 Ep1 Rise of the TMNT Part 1

An Underworld Series

The episode starts with the four turtles training just as master Splinter returns from the surface with a cake for the turtle's 15th mutation day. Splinter tells them the story of how they became what they are today. He tells them of how during a car cash between him and a mysterious van him and his four pet turtles were exposed to a radioactive substance that changed them forever. The episode goes on with them training until as a present Splinter lets them go to the surface for two hours. While up there the turtles witness what looks to be a ninja kill someone after not receiving the correct amount of money for their boss. The turtles investigate and come upon the Foot Clan who they struggle to beat and once they get away, they realize they've been seen when they hear a photo being taken by a girl with red hair and a yellow t-shirt. Once they find her, she apologizes and explains she works for a news station and four mutant turtles in Manhattan is a big story. The girl introduces herself as April O'Neil and tells them she'll delete the picture but just as they're talking, they're ambushed by the Foot Clan who followed them, and they take April as their supposed leader Tiger Claw tells them they have 48 hours to give them the location of Hamato Yoshi or they will kill the girl. To be continued.

Story added by underworld_plus on March 19, 2023