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Episode 121: Leonardo, the Renaissance Turtle
Written by: Dennis O'Flaherty

Voice Cast:
Jack Angel: REX-1
Cam Clarke: Leonardo
Townsend Coleman: Michelangelo, Mayor
Jim Cummings: LEX
Pat Fraley: Professor Mindbender
Barry Gordon: Donatello
Renae Jacobs: April O’Neil
Rob Paulsen: Raphael
Peter Renaday: Splinter, Vernon Fenwick, Pinky McFingers

Mistakes:
1. When Michelangelo went over to the picnic basket to answer his Turtlecom, he was shortly seen with Leonardo's kantanas on his belt.
2. When the Turtle Van pulls up to the 5th Street Bank, the border surrounding the word TURTLES on the front shell is a light shade of green.

Catchphrase/Insult Countdown:
1. April signs out of her report with "This is April O'Neil, Channel 6 News".
2. The Turtles say "Turtle Power" when the arrive at the bank where Pinky and his Goons are robbing.
3. At City Hall, Leonardo says "We've got to do something" after April doubts that REX-1 could restore his memory.
4. Professor Mindbender calls Leonardo a green meddler after LEX fails to release him at City Hall.
5. Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo say "Turtle Power" when they arrive at City Hall.

Pizza References:
1. The Turtles are eating pizza as they watch April's report about LEX.
2. Leonardo thanks April for a great pizza shortly before they are forced to stopped by LEX on a crosswalk.
3. As Leonardo and April try to escape the Lair from LEX, a pizza is on the table in the kitchen. A few moments later, April throws that pizza onto LEX's head.
4. The Turtles are seen eating pizza on the table in the bedroom at the end of the episode.

Pop Culture References:
1. LEX says "Go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go," in reference to the board game Monopoly after the Remote Controlled Police Car carries off Pinky and his minions.
2. After the first commercial break, LEX tells Leonardo and April that "Crime does not pay", which is also the title of a Golden Age comic book series and a radio crime drama series in the 1930s-40s.
3. When REX-1 says "Stop in the name of LEX" as Leonardo and April run through the kitchen in the Lair, he is referring to the 1965 Motown song "Stop in the Name of Love" by the Supremes.
4. Afterwords, Leonardo says that he has created a Frankincop, another Frankenstein reference.
5. Professor Mindbender begins his report after Vernon's introduction with "Law and Order", referring to the long-running drama series of the 1990s and 2000s.
6. The Rexanne robot at the end of the episode may be a possible reference to Roseanne Barr, in which her self-titled sitcom was then at its peak of popularity.

Fourth Wall Breaking Humor:
1. When LEX asks April for her last words in the crosswalk, she says that she can think of a few, but are not appropriate for television.
2. Leonardo says "Why am I suddenly talking like Michelangelo" after he says "Everything's bodacious" as he emerges from a sewer crate into City Hall.
3. April tells Leonardo that he made a funny just like Raphael after he tells Professor Mindbender to put the money used to repair LEX on Leonardo's credit card.

Wacky Inventions:
1. LEX's Remote Controlled Police Car
2. Donatello's Long Range Scanner
3. Donatello's Turtlecom Transmitter
4. Mindbender's Radio Controlled Romobile
5. The Auto-Answer Circuit

Kidnappings:
LEX ties up Pinky and his goons and then the Remote Controlled Police Car automatically picks them up and places them in the back of the car.

Notables:
1. Final appearance of REX-1.
2. This along with the following episode is notable for being the only one hour block when they first aired on CBS for this season in which there is no Shredder episode.
3. The Punk Frogs are shown in this episode but do not speak. This is also the final appearance of Rasputin and Atilla Frogs.


Episode 122: Zach and the Alien Invaders
Written by: Francis Moss and Ted Pedersen

Voice Cast:
Cam Clarke: Leonardo, Zach's Father, Eric
Townsend Coleman: Michelangelo, Colonel Clout/Screwloose
Jennifer Darling: Irma Langinstein, Zach's Mother
Pat Fraley: City Tunnel Worker
Barry Gordon: Donatello
Renae Jacobs: April O’Neil, Hypnotized Cadet, Woman in Mall
Nicholas Omana: Walt
Rob Paulsen: Raphael, Zach, Sergeant Rambo/Wingnut
Peter Renaday: Splinter, Sergeant O'Flaherty

Mistakes:
None in this episode.

Catchphrase/Insult Countdown:
1. Michelangelo says "Holy Guacamole" when Zach sees the "Slime Monsters", really just city tunnel workers disguised, approaching him.
2. Michelangelo says "Holy Guacamole" when he sees Wingnut fly by the building that he and Donatello are grabbing onto.
3. Michelangelo says "Cowabunga" when he and Donatello see the aliens approaching them in a corridor at the military base.

Pizza References:
1. A sign on a door says "PIZZA" when April and Irma drive off after getting word on the aliens.
2. The mall shows a pizza sign, and Walt tells Zack that he's getting a pizza. As the Turtles arrive at the mall, Michelangelo says that Zach will meet them at the pizza parlor.
3. Vinnie's Pizza billboard next to the Channel 6 building is visible.
4. Raphael senses more alien invaders approaching the lair, but it turns out to be Michelangelo carrying about a dozen pizzas and asks the other Turtles to give him a hand.

Pop Culture References:
1. The Turtles are watching "Cube of Misfortune" on the TV which is a parody of the game show Wheel of Fortune.
2. The Bug Busters reference Ghostbusters, complete with the no symbol over a bug on their uniforms.
3. Raphael gags that he is the Tooth Fairy after the Turtles discover that Zach is in trouble after their Turtlecom call with him.

Fourth Wall Breaking Humor:
1. Inside the Channel 6 van, April thinks that bug-eyed aliens are pretty silly to her.
2. In the Turtle Van, Raphael says that if Zach stops acting weird soon it will be a short episode.

Wacky Inventions:
1. The Roachbots
2. Wingnut's Disintegrator Bazooka
3. Ten-Hunt's Alien Mind Changer
4. The Turtle Van's Catapult

Kidnappings:
1. Clout and Rambo tie up Eric to a chair right before they transform into Wingnut and Screwloose.
2. Wingnut grabs and bounds Zach and takes him to the Alien Mind Changer, and holds him captive to alter his memory.
3. Donatello and Michelangelo are captured by two Roachbots and are taken to the Alien Mind Changer chair that Zach is also on.

Notables:
1. Final appearance of Walt.
2. Michelangelo reveals that the Turtles are five feet tall when he describes Donatello's voice coming from a talking turtle while on the Alien Mind Changer chair.