Original subtitles

Leonardo: Honor, integrity, Bushido,

these were the ideals that drove Master Splinter's

beloved master, Hamato Yoshi.

He had traveled far to reach this castle fortress

only to find four Foot elite warriors

barring his way.

But 4 or 400, it mattered not, for on this particular night,

Yoshi was driven by a powerful force

unfamiliar to him...

hatred.

( grunting )

Hatred that burned so bright, it threatened to destroy him.

Hatred born out of the need for revenge.

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Turtles, count it off!

1, 2, 3, 4!

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Mutant chain reaction ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Never let us down ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Ninjutsu action ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ It's a shell of a town ♪

Turtles, count it off!

- One! - ♪ Leonardo's always in control ♪

- Two! - ♪ The wiseguy is Michelangelo ♪

- Three! - ♪ Donatello, he's the brains of the bunch ♪

- Four! - ♪ Count on Raphael to throw the first punch ♪

- ♪ I love bein' ♪ - ♪ I love bein' ♪

♪ I love bein' a turtle ♪

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

- Turtles, count it off! - 1, 2, 3, 4!

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ There's no one better ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Watch out for Shredder ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ They're like no others ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Those teenage brothers ♪

- 1, 2, 3, 4! - 1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

( echoing ) ♪ Turtles, Turtles ♪

Donatello, you okay?

I thought I was grounding that terminal,

but instead I shorted it out.

Sorry, Mikey, but I'm afraid the entertainment system

isn't going operational tonight.

No. No! I need my TV time!

I--I can't go on without it.

Please, somebody put me out of my misery.

You mean our misery, Mikey.

Don't mind if I do.

( chuckles ) ( clears throat )

Raphael.

That is enough work for one day, my sons.

But Master, what are we going to do?

No TV, no video games?

How did people ever survive

in such a nightmare world?

Before TV and video games, people survived quite well,

Michelangelo, perhaps even better.

They told stories, and I think we should

do just that, tell stories.

Ugh.

Who wants to begin?

Hey, maybe Leo could tell us

about his time with the Ancient One.

Yeah, Leo, let's hear about the Ancient One.

I want to hear all about the new ways

you learned to kick butt.

Well, I wouldn't know where to start.

But the Ancient One did tell me a story

I think you guys would want to hear,

about Master Splinter's master, Hamato Yoshi.

Well, let's hear it.

It's a story about a girl.

A girl? Does she kick butt?

Hush, Raphael.

Please, Leonardo, continue.

Okay, our story begins in Tokyo

way back in the early 1960s.

Japan was still trying to get back on its feet.

Mikey: After an attack from Godzilla?

No, after its defeat in World War II.

It wasn't uncommon to see orphan children

in the streets begging for food and money.

Wow, five yen.

Shh, Yoshi, let's keep it.

No, Mashimi, that would not be right.

Yoshi.

( grunts )

Sir, sir. Excuse me, sir.

You dropped your money.

What is this?

So much honesty in one so very hungry? Hmm.

Try, as quickly as you can

to snatch the coin from my hand, and you may keep it.

( laughs )

I don't think so.

( grunts )

Ha, too slow, the both of--

Huh?

( laughing )

Such speed, a natural gift.

Come, let me buy you something to eat.

And my friend, too, please, sir?

All right, yes, the both of you.

Both: Ah. ( laughing )

Follow me. Come along. No talking.

And so the Ancient One took the boys into his home

and raised them both as if they were his own sons.

( grunting )

They became his students, and he trained them

in the ways of Ninjutsu.

Year after year, they worked hard and learned quickly.

And as they grew into young men,

they became closer than brothers,

best of friends who did everything together.

They even fell in love at the same time

with the same girl, Tang Shen.

They were crazy about her.

Tang Shen was also an orphan raised by the Ancient One.

Hey! ( laughter )

Ah. Oh.

( laughs )

She was beautiful, intelligent, sweet.

Tang Shen took it upon herself to turn the Ancient One's

house into a home.

She saw to it that their makeshift family

was well fed and well cared for.

And sometimes that care even extended

to surprise visitors to her kitchen.

Mashimi spied the intruder

and his only thought was to exterminate it.

Mashimi, no!

But Tang Shen saw a hungry innocent creature.

And, as always, her first thought

was to care for it.

She decided to keep the curious rat as a pet.

Seeing that Shen had grown fond of the hungry little visitor,

Yoshi built a home for the newest member

of their family.

Though Tang Shen had captured both the boys' hearts,

over time it became clear that her heart belonged

to only one of them, Yoshi.

One night, while out enjoying the city,

the friends chanced upon something that would change

all their lives forever.

No! ( gasps )

Stay away, please.

( gasps )

Aah!

Four against one, have they no honor?

Let's even the odds

and set things right.

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Fearlessly and unarmed, Yoshi led Mashimi in battle

against the katana wielding assailants,

against what they later learned were Foot ninja.

Huh?

This was the first time the two young men

were to put their Ninjutsu skills to use

in an actual combat situation.

( grunting )

That night, Mashimi and Yoshi learned that

their Ninjutsu training was formidable indeed.

But that was nothing compared to the revelation

they learned about the man they had just saved.

Huh.

( grunts )

Aah!

Because he wasn't a man at all, he was an Utrom,

an Utrom called Mortu.

( grunting )

Mr. Mortu was impressed by their skills

and since the young men had seen his true nature,

he gave them a choice.

Leave now and live with the small mystery

of what they had seen or consider service

as a Guardian and learn the whole story.

Ever curious, the young men wanted to know more.

Mr. Mortu unveiled to Yoshi and Mashimi

much of what we've come to learn about the Utroms

and their centuries-long conflict with the Shredder

and the Foot.

By the end of the tale, the two young men

chose to join the ranks of the Guardians.

But the Ancient One was dead set against it.

Ha. No.

The Guardians are no place for you.

You must not do this.

Yoshi, a different destiny awaits you.

Neither of you are ready.

You need much more training.

Sensei, we are more than ready.

In body, perhaps, but it is your heart

and mind that still need training, my son.

The Guardians are an honorable force for good, Sensei.

I want to help them.

No, I forbid you to join the Guardians.

That is my final word.

But Hamato Yoshi and Yukio Mashimi

were not asking for permission.

They were no longer boys.

So they started training with Mr. Mortu and the Utroms.

Yoshi was promoted time and time again

right up to the top rank of Guardian Prime.

While Mashimi was passed over time and time again.

It didn't take long for Mashimi's

lack of advancement to turn to jealousy.

Though his friendship with Mashimi began to weaken,

Yoshi's bond with Tang Shen grew stronger than ever.

But the coils of jealousy were winding tighter

and tighter in Mashimi's soul until something snapped.

( thunder rumbling )

Tang Shen!

( gasps )

Oh, Mashimi, you startled me.

What--what is wrong with you?

( screaming )

Tang Shen?

Tang Shen!

Oh no, Tang Shen.

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

That night, the Utroms and their Tokyo headquarters

would suffer their greatest defeat

at the hands of one of their own.

( rumbling ) ( gasps )

They were betrayed.

( grunting )

Secure all the exits.

Let none escape.

Mashimi. You have betrayed us?

Mashimi? Why?

How dare you ask why. You betrayed me.

We were like brothers, but you took everything

and left me with nothing. Nothing!

Now I take everything from you,

including your life.

Fellow Utroms, Guardians, initiate evacuation protocol

nine omega.

( grunting )

Guardian Hamato Yoshi!

We are leaving!

Aah!

They have eluded us.

You did not tell me of those escape pods.

I--I was not aware of them.

I swear on my life.

Yes. On your life.

Yoshi returned to tell Tang Shen all that had happened

only to find out the horrible truth.

No.

Tang Shen.

No.

No!

This is my fault.

I knew Mashimi had a dark streak in his heart.

It is not your fault, Master, it is Mashimi's fault,

and he shall pay with his life.

Be careful, my son. Vengeance is like a splinter.

It gets under your skin and can poison your life.

But Yoshi could not listen.

He had but one thought pounding through his entire body.

( grunting )

I have come for Yukio Mashimi!

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Yoshi had come to the Shredder's stronghold

to face Mashimi and nothing would stop him.

( grunting )

Yukio Mashimi, I have come for you!

Show yourself, traitor!

Mashimi.

Mashimi, I challenge you to a duel, assassin.

A duel? Ha.

You have ignorantly stepped into

the dragon's den, Yoshi.

I have no need to fight you alone.

We outnumber you.

You are mistaken, Yukio Mashimi.

You stand alone.

Defeat Hamato Yoshi and I will forgive

our humiliating retreat from the Utrom base.

Only if you defeat Yoshi will I let you live.

As you wish, Master.

So, Yoshi, our story has come full circle.

It began with just the two of us

and here it ends with just the two of us.

This story will only end with one of us, Mashimi.

( grunting )

( grunting )

Yoshi, forgive me.

( grunts )

Seize the Guardian.

We will make him lead us to the Utrom's new home.

Yoshi was outnumbered, but he could not allow himself

to be captured.

It was time to leave.

( grunting )

Yoshi escaped the Shredder this time,

but nothing in his life would ever be the same again.

I must go, Sensei.

I know.

Despite the plans of a foolish old man,

one must follow one's destiny

no matter where it leads.

Goodbye, my son.

Goodbye, father.

And so Yoshi followed his destiny,

coming to New York to serve and protect

the Utroms as their Guardian Prime.

Well, little one, I will name you Splinter

to remind me of what I have done

and what I have failed to do.

And together we will remind each other

of Tang Shen, of her beauty,

her kindness, and love.

Well, I think we all know the rest of the story.

Wow, what a bummer story.

Perhaps, Michelangelo, but perhaps not.

Destiny is an inscrutable force at best.

If not for these events, I would never have been

brought to New York.

And the Utroms wouldn't have had to relocate here either.

Meaning no ooze.

Meaning no us.

Yes, the fabric of fate weaves an endless

interconnected pattern in which we are all just threads.

I have come to plead for the Turtles.

You must not carry out your designs.

You are too late, Ancient One.

We have decided.

We will judge the Turtle's fate.

We will determine whether they will live...

Or how they will meet their end.