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Episode 48: Leatherhead Terror of the Swamp
Written by: Michael Reeves

Voice Cast:
Greg Berg: Donatello, Bebop
Cam Clarke: Leonardo, Rocksteady, Attila the Frog, Rasputin the Mad Frog
Townsend Coleman: Michelangelo
Jim Cummings: Leatherhead, Genghis Frog
Jennifer Darling: Irma Langinstein, Louisiana Tourist Boy
Pat Fraley: Krang, Baby Shredder, Napoleon Bonafrog
Dorian Harewood: Shredder
Renae Jacobs: April O’Neil
Rob Paulsen: Raphael
Peter Renaday: Splinter, Louisiana Tourist

Mistakes:
1. The back part of the inside of Leonardo's Turtlecom is the same color as the rest of the device when he is contacted by the Punk Frogs.
2. When Rocksteady and Bebop fire their lasers their fingers aren't making contact with the triggers.
3. When the Turtles, Frogs, and April look at Baby Shredder, there were gaps visible on the strapping of Donatello's bo.
4. When the smoke from Rasputin's arrow cleared, it revealed a shot of Shredder's discarded clothes next to Leatherhead's foot, but Shredder's clothing was still intact as he was actually in the Fountain of Youth.
5. When Michelangelo jumps out of the Fountain of Youth, Leonardo speaks in Raphael's voice.
6. In the cut scene showing April and Irma at the beach, there are hills and mountains visible in the distance, but in the real Florida, there are no significant hills at the coast.
7. After returning to the Technodrome, Rocksteady's eyes are colored white instead of yellow in the first shot.

Catchphrase/Insult Countdown:
1. Krang calls the Turtles "bothersome Shellbacks".
2. Shredder calls Rocksteady a mutant muttonhead when he incorrectly drives the transport module to the swamp.
3. Shredder calls the Turtles/Punk Frogs as "webfooted wimps" when stuck in the quicksand.
4. When Michelangelo sees the foutnain of youth, he says "Cowabunga". After the water changes his behavior, he says "Cowabunga" again as he leaps onto a tree branch.
5. After Shredder mutates into a baby, he calls Bebop and Rocksteady morons and Bebop an overgrown klutz.

Pizza References:
1. Michelangelo cooks a pizza and shows it to the other Turtles right before Genghis summons the Turtles for help on Leonardo's Turtlecom.
2. Michelangelo says "not even on a pizza" with regards to mosquito toppings on a pizza.
3. Raphael calls the quicksand sticker than Michelangelo's melted mozzarella (pizza).

Pop Culture References:
1. Leatherhead's human personality resembles a Louisiana native, and uses many terms about the culture of the region in general, such as "gumbo" and "voodoo magic".
2. The Fountain of Youth is based upon the fictional landmark in which Ponce De Leon searched in Florida.
3. Genghis says "Who ya gonna call? Gator busters?" when they carry Leatherhead, a takeoff on the popular Ghostbusters phrase.
4. Michelangelo compares a mosquito to the size of a 747, named after the Boeing Jumbo Jet.
5. Michelangelo says that he's totally jazzed right before the final battle with Leatherhead/Shredder begins, as Jazz music originated in nearby New Orleans.

Fourth Wall Breaking Humor:
1. Attila tells Genghis that "it's just a figure of speech".
2. Raphael says to April while captured in the net in the tree "life sure takes funny twists, doesn't it?"
3. As Shredder, Leatherhead, Bebop and Rocksteady gets away and the good guys are still stuck in the quicksand, Rasputin says that Shredder does have a pleasant laugh.

Wacky Inventions:
None in this episode.

Kidnappings:
The Turtles and April are kidnapped when Leatherhead sets up a secret trap that leaves them trapped in a net while being hanged from a tree.

Notables:
1. First appearance of Leatherhead.
2. The first episode in which Shredder is not voiced by James Avery (voiced by Dorian Harewood).
3. The last episode in which the Turtles' eyelids have the same colors as their bandanas. Afterwards, the Turtles' eyelids will be green.
4. April is seen wearing a yellow bikini and Irma wearing a blue one-piece swimsuit.
5. April reveals her age to be 28 in this episode.


Episode 49: Michaelangelo's Birthday
Story by: Bill Wolf
Written by: Eliot Daro

Voice Cast:
James Avery: Shredder
Cam Clarke: Leonardo, Rocksteady
Townsend Coleman: Michelangelo
Pat Fraley: Krang, Burne Thompson
Barry Gordon: Donatello, Bebop
Renae Jacobs: April O’Neil
Rob Paulsen: Raphael
Peter Renaday: Splinter, Vernon Fenwick

Mistakes:
1. At first the blown up turtles have their leg bands, but after that they don't have them present for the next four shots.
2. In the same scene, the blown turtles have a third toe and a fourth finger.
3. Also in that scene, the Turtles gain a few plastral plates.
4. Shredder says that Michelangelo is held at Sixth street and Hill street. In the real New York, there is no such intersection.

Catchphrase/Insult Countdown:
1. Donatello says "let's haul shell" after responding to April's report on his Turtlecom.
2. Shredder calls the Turtles "wringing repillions" as they dodge the anti-mutagen spray.
3. Shredder calls Krang a pompous little ganglion on his comlink.
4. Shredder says "Au Revoir losers" as they escape.
5. Michelangelo says "Cowabunga!" at the end of the episode.

Pizza References:
1. Michelangelo delivered a pizza that has a birthday cake on top of it at the start of the episode.
2. Vinnie's Pizza billboard is visible when the transport module reaches the surface.
3. Michelangelo asks Splinter to check out Vinnie's Fast Food Pizzeria when on the surface.
4. Donatello sympathizes that when he believed Michelangelo died from the Flush-o-Matic that at least he passed on like a puddle of melted mozzarella.

Pop Culture References:
1. The Turtles are seen watching "Attack of the Killer Anchovies", which is a takeoff on the classic cartoon "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes".
2. Another Toys 'R' Us reference in this episode when Donatello answers the Turtlecom as "Turtles 'R' Us".

Fourth Wall Breaking Humor:
1. Rocksteady says "he must have seen this episode before" when he turns toward the audience.
2. Rocksteady says "I always wanted to say that" after Krang rings the bell to summon him and Rocksteady to the surface with Shredder.
3. Raphael says that planning a surprise party is "too much fun".
4. When Vernon sees Bebop and Rocksteady attack the streets, he says that even though its a disaster, it still makes a great story.
5. When Shredder tell Rocksteady about what to give Michelangelo for his birthday, Raphael says "never mind the jokes".
6. When Bebop and Rocksteady reach Shredder after he inflates Shredder, Bebop says that we missed the whole show, and Shredder responds by saying that there won't be a second performance.

Wacky Inventions:
1. The Flush-o-Matic
2. Krang's anti-mutagen formula and spray
3. Splinter's magic moth balls

Kidnapping:
Shredder grabs Michelangelo and ties him down in front of the Flush-o-Matic.

Notables:
1. First episode in which the title includes the name of a Turtle.
2. First appearance of the Flush-o-matic.
3. This episode was animated by Murakami Wolf Dublin.