Strange Audio at 52:35 Mark in Secret of the Ooze

*I Crave Pizza No More* · 05-26-2020, 06:26 AM

Ok, gang. Inspired by the cast reunion Judith Hoag organized the other night, I decided to go back and rewatch the original trilogy. Last night I watched Secret of the Ooze, and I picked up on a very brief but very strange piece of audio I hadn't noticed before.

When Donatello is untying the professor at the 52 minute mark, there's a very strange piece of audio just after Don removes the tape from the professor's mouth. It's definitely NOT dialogue or ambient sound effects--it sounds like some kind of technician talking. It's hard to make out precisely but sounds something like, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, R7."

The version I have is the blu-ray from the pizza boxset, and the voice I heard is audible on different audio mixes.

Has anyone else ever noticed this or have an explanation for it?

*frank_one* · 05-26-2020, 07:45 AM

My guess is that what you hear is the voice of one member of the filming crew calling out the current scene number.

*Whatswiththeheadbands?* · 05-26-2020, 09:20 AM

Internet law #1289473846 states that any strange audio must be the result of a haunted version of the movie and it must be subject to a Creepypasta

*I Crave Pizza No More* · 05-26-2020, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by frank_one

My guess is that what you hear is the voice of one member of the filming crew calling out the current scene number.

Makes sense. How strange that such a thing made it into the final cut, and wasn't caught during the transfer process.

Musashi · 05-27-2020, 01:51 PM

Can't believe I've never heard that before. It's so clear when you're actually listening for it.

One thing, though - It's unlikely to have been recorded on set. Donatello has the full animatronic head in that setup, rather than the fixed expression one, so almost certainly all the sound (apart from the rogue voice, presumably) is sound effects, Foley and David Warner and Adam Carl's post-synched dialogue. That's because of how noisy the mechanism in the Turtle head was; it rendered all the sound recorded on set useless except as a reference for ADR.

I'm guessing that the voice must be someone involved either with the Foley track or the final sound mix, and their voice was only supposed to be on there temporarily and someone forgot to remove it.

*I Crave Pizza No More* · 05-31-2020, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Musashi

Can't believe I've never heard that before. It's so clear when you're actually listening for it.

One thing, though - It's unlikely to have been recorded on set. Donatello has the full animatronic head in that setup, rather than the fixed expression one, so almost certainly all the sound (apart from the rogue voice, presumably) is sound effects, Foley and David Warner and Adam Carl's post-synched dialogue. That's because of how noisy the mechanism in the Turtle head was; it rendered all the sound recorded on set useless except as a reference for ADR.

I'm guessing that the voice must be someone involved either with the Foley track or the final sound mix, and their voice was only supposed to be on there temporarily and someone forgot to remove it.

Right!? It's crystal clear!

05-26-2020, 09:20 AM	#3
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05-26-2020, 06:26 AM	#1
I Crave Pizza No More Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Location: Cleveland Posts: 1,618	Strange Audio at 52:35 Mark in Secret of the Ooze Ok, gang. Inspired by the cast reunion Judith Hoag organized the other night, I decided to go back and rewatch the original trilogy. Last night I watched Secret of the Ooze, and I picked up on a very brief but very strange piece of audio I hadn't noticed before. When Donatello is untying the professor at the 52 minute mark, there's a very strange piece of audio just after Don removes the tape from the professor's mouth. It's definitely NOT dialogue or ambient sound effects--it sounds like some kind of technician talking. It's hard to make out precisely but sounds something like, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, R7." The version I have is the blu-ray from the pizza boxset, and the voice I heard is audible on different audio mixes. Has anyone else ever noticed this or have an explanation for it?

05-26-2020, 07:45 AM	#2
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 1,984	My guess is that what you hear is the voice of one member of the filming crew calling out the current scene number.

05-27-2020, 01:51 PM	#5
Musashi Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Scotland Posts: 138	Can't believe I've never heard that before. It's so clear when you're actually listening for it. One thing, though - It's unlikely to have been recorded on set. Donatello has the full animatronic head in that setup, rather than the fixed expression one, so almost certainly all the sound (apart from the rogue voice, presumably) is sound effects, Foley and David Warner and Adam Carl's post-synched dialogue. That's because of how noisy the mechanism in the Turtle head was; it rendered all the sound recorded on set useless except as a reference for ADR. I'm guessing that the voice must be someone involved either with the Foley track or the final sound mix, and their voice was only supposed to be on there temporarily and someone forgot to remove it.