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Episode 94: What's Michelangelo Good For?
Written by: Ted Pedersen and Francis Moss

Voice Cast:
Cam Clarke: Leonardo
Townsend Coleman: Michelangelo
Barry Gordon: Donatello, Dr. Lesseau
Renae Jacobs: April O'Neil
Rob Paulsen: Raphael, Zoo Director
Phylicia Rashad: Dr. Jane Goodfellow
Peter Renaday: Splinter

Mistakes:
1. After Michelangelo sets off an alarm, Leonardo speaks in Raphael's voice.
2. Leonardo speaks "Why do I have to go with you?" in Donatello's voice. At the start of this episode, the Turtles are wearing color-coded jackets.

Catchphrase/Insult Countdown:
1. Michelangelo says "Let's haul shell!" as the Turtles exit the Turtle Van into the Park Zoo.
2. April signs in with "This is April O'Neil for Channel 6 News" for her zoo report.
3. Michelanglo says that Jane's boat comes equipped with Turtle Power.
4. Leonardo says "Turtles Fight With Honor" after he is freed from his cell.
5. In response, Dr. Lesseau refers to the Turtles as wretched reptiles.
6. Dr. Lesseau says "destroy the Turtles" after he frees the zoo animals from their cells.
7. Dr. Lesseau calls the zoo animials stupid mutants.

Pizza References:
1. Raphael says that Dr. Doolittle may be heading back to hell possibly for a pigeon pizza when responding to April about why they are at the zoo.
2. Donatello tells Dr. Lesseau that its all the pizza that they eat which makes them a mutant Turtle.
3. Michelangelo senses pizza while in the boat with Jane indicating where the Turtles have been kidnapped to.

Pop Culture References:
1. Dr. Lesseau and his island is a spoof of the novel and film of H.G. Well's The Island of Dr. Moreau.
2. When imprisoned aboard Dr. Lesseau's submarine, he has the feeling that this is no Club Med, a travel program that specializes in getaways.
3. A Tarzan reference when Michelangelo says "Me, Michelangelo, you Jane" when they both swing on a vine.
4. Another Let's Make a Deal reference as Michelangelo says to Dr. Lesseau when he arrives at his hideout that he should have taken door number three.
5. Another Toys 'R' Us reference as Michelangelo thinks that Dr. Lesseau does his shopping at Robots 'R' Us as he sends out the Robotic Bear.
6. Raphael makes a Doctor Doolittle reference after April sees the Turtles in the park.
7. After Michelangelo first arrives on Dr. Lesseau's island, Raphael says that he can't watch Wild Kingdom, which is an actual TV show that features wildlife and nature.
8. After Dr. Lesseau has the Turtles captured in their cells, he says "Eeny, meeny, mighty moe, catch a turtle, watch him go", a spoof of the nursery rhyme "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe."
9. Dr. Goodfellow is named after Jane Goodall, famous for studying chimpanzees.

Fourth Wall Breaking Humor:
1. Raphael says "Don't you just love the way he delivers those noble speeches" after Leonardo tells Dr. Lesseau that he's wasting his time.
2. After Donatello says that a bul doesn't play fair, Raphael says that villains are supposed to because it is in their contract.
3. (See Notables No. 2) Michelangelo says that he heard a voiceover of Splinter.
4. After Dr. Lesseau's bull grabs Donatello, he says that there's too much violence on television already.
5. (See Pop cultural reference No. 3) Michelangelo says that he waited the whole show to say that.

Wacky Inventions:
1. The Mutater Laser
2. The Robot Bear, Wolf, and Chimpanzees
3. The Island's surveillance system, including cameras and laser detecting system.
4. Dr. Lesseau's submarine

Kidnappings:
1. Two of the robot animals tie up Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello and then are imprisoned aboard Dr. Lesseau's hideout on his island.
2. Later on, Donatello is strapped up and is forced to be lying down on a chair and is sentenced to the Mutater Laser's effects.

Notables:
1. Phylicia Rashad's name is not seen on the Voice Talent section of the credits, but it is confirmed that she voiced in this episode.
2. A voiceover of Splinter is heard from earlier in the episode describing how the Turtles are in grave danger is heard when Michelangelo sees the island in which the Turtles are held captive.
3. The Group W logo as it first appeared on Michelangelo Meets Bugman is used in this episode.
4. The Family Home Entertainment paintbrush logo from the VHS release appears on the DVD release.