Original subtitles

At last, brother mystics, we have arrived!

The first artifact is ours!

No!

( groaning )

Kappa Tengu, you wretched demon!

Who did this to you?

Tribunal.

New Acolytes.

And the cask?

Where is the cask?

They...they have it.

You had one duty: to protect the cask!

They fought like demons!

But you are demons.

Demons who failed in your duty.

The Supreme Master we have come to revive

accepts no excuses

and neither do we!

( grunts )

♪ 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 wise guy 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 ♪

( grunts )

I can't sleep!

( yawns )

Me neither.

Shh! You'll wake the old guys.

They're not sleeping. They're meditating.

There's a difference, Raph.

Not in my book.

Oh, so much danger.

Never wanted this for them.

Aw, Splinter, I cannot meditate with you muttering like that!

Besides, my butt has fallen asleep.

My apologies, Ancient One.

But the Ninja Tribunal troubles me more each day.

I cannot allow their foolish judgment to cost me my family!

Not again!

Your sons are capable, sort of.

Michelangelo: Um, hello?

We're like five feet away!

How about showing a little tact?

Master Splinter, when you say the Ninja Tribunal

cost you your family, what... what are you talking about?

I am talking about my beloved Master Yoshi

and of a time in the past.

Yoshi-san was a Guardian then.

Pledged to protect the Utrom.

He came to enlist the Ninja Tribunal's aid.

Ancient One: Yoshi was my prize pupil.

But he insisted on becoming a Guardian.

My Lords, we must form an alliance.

The Shredder's threat is beyond imagining!

This alien bug imposter you call the Shredder is nothing to us!

He is not the real Shredder.

Do not underestimate him.

He may even channel the evil of the one you fear.

A distraction.

We must remain vigilant against a return of the true Shredder.

Masters, please reconsider!

We have spoken! Go now and trouble us no more.

Splinter: The mighty Ninja Tribunal ignored my Master's warnings

and because of the Tribunal's cold indifference,

one of the countless victims of the Utrom Shredder would be

my Master Yoshi.

And the Tribunal did nothing.

Oh!

Nothing!

Had the Tribunal heeded Yoshi, my Master might be alive today.

The Tribunal sees a bigger picture than we do, Splinter.

At least I hope they do.

Is anybody gonna tell us what the shell is going on here?

Real Shredder? True Shredder?

Utrom Shredder?

How many Shredders are there?

My sons, it is time you know the true story of how this all began.

Of an evil darker than all evils.

A primal force of malevolence

that was and is the original Shredder.

No one really knows what level of the dark depths spawned him,

but back in the year 300 A.D. in Yamato...

( clamoring )

The Shredder rose from some foul-stinking pit

in the form of a terrible Tengu,

a demon that had but one goal:

to subjugate the world and to turn it into his own personal empire

full of agony and destruction.

( cackles )

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

The Shredder Tengu spread his evil everywhere.

He seemed unstoppable.

( clamoring )

( laughs )

But there were five great warriors in Japan at that time.

Their courage and their victories were legendary

Ancient One: And you young pups

have already had the honor of meeting them.

There was Hisomi...

( grunts )

Chikara...

( grunting )

Splinter: Juto...

Ancient One: Kon...

And perhaps the most skilled

and ambitious of them all, Oroku Saki.

Leonardo: Saki? Shredder's fake human identity?

He was real?

Ancient One: Don't interrupt, Leonardo!

Just listen.

So these five great warriors were summoned before the Emperor

who informed them they were the world's last hope.

Michelangelo: Whoa, no pressure or anything!

Splinter: The Empire's greatest craftsmen

had forged armor for the warriors.

Special armor engraved with protective spells and talismans of purity.

Armor they would soon wear into battle against the evil Shredder Tengu.

( laughs )

( shouting )

( horse neighs )

Ancient One: The warriors fought bravely.

( screams )

Splinter: Despite overwhelming odds, they refused to give up.

( shouting )

They had vowed to fight to the very end.

( growls )

( grunts )

Ancient One: Saki's attacks were the most savage, the most damaging.

( groans )

I am Oroku Saki!

Demon, let my name be the last sound you hear!

It was he who finished the demon.

( cheering )

Splinter: The Emperor held a great celebration and decreed

that the warriors would be known as the Five Dragons.

There could be no higher honor.

Ancient One: He awarded them their own banner.

The three-toed sign of the dragon.

But the celebration was premature.

Saki's battle with the Tengu

had been fought on more than the physical plane.

I am Oroku Saki!

Demon...

There is greatness in you, warrior.

I can make you a god among these insects.

Every wish fulfilled, every dream made real.

You could rule all, have all.

Just allow me inside your soul

and the world will be yours!

Splinter: The demon's words ignited some dark part of Saki.

He accepted the offer.

Ancient One: Invisibly, the Shredder's evil spirit merged with Saki's.

So that even as the warrior landed the final blow,

the Tengu was only an empty vessel.

The dark spirit of the Shredder had filled Oroku Saki

and now he was host

to the greatest evil the world has ever known.

( laughs )

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Splinter: Oroku Saki's betrayal plunged Japan into an age of darkness.

The malevolent essence of the Shredder

swelled within him and all around him.

There seemed no limit to the evil of which he was capable.

Having created an impenetrable stronghold

and his only true opposition destroyed,

Saki became the most feared warlord of all.

His name was spoken in whispers

Ancient One: And the name they all whispered was "the Shredder".

The Dragons vowed to defeat the Shredder at all costs.

They needed to increase their power,

so they sought out mystical knowledge;

the ancient spells and wisdom that would allow them

to stand against the Shredder's might.

They studied hard and learned much.

The Dragons scoured the globe for masters of the mystic arts

who would be willing to teach them.

As their knowledge grew

so indeed did their power.

Until finally, they became more than warriors.

More than merely humans.

The Dragons evolved, becoming forces of nature themselves.

( grunts )

Beings of sheer power, but tempered by wisdom

and purity of heart.

( shouts )

Splinter: And at last, they were prepared

to confront the Shredder once more.

My old friends!

Are you in such a hurry to meet your doom?

It is time to pay for your crimes, Shredder.

You fools are the only ones that will pay.

Pay with your pathetic lives!

Ancient One: This time when the Shredder attacked,

the Dragons were ready.

( screams )

Now you shall taste the terrible beauty of true power!

And you shall be destroyed!

( growls )

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Splinter: The Shredder manifested his dragon avatar.

A foul monstrosity his decayed spirit made flesh.

But the four heroes were prepared even for this.

Their training allowed them to tap into the eternal energies

of the astral plane

and they too manifested their dragon avatar.

Dragons of purity and light and power.

( roaring )

Ready to fight evil in an epic battle of dragon against dragon.

( screeches )

( growling )

( roaring )

( shrieks )

Ancient One: The four heroes had defeated the supreme evil.

Splinter: But though he was defeated,

the Shredder could not be destroyed.

His dark magic was too great.

Ancient One: So the four heroes had to figure out a way

to keep him and his evil contained forever.

What? What are you doing?

Ancient One: The dragon's power kept him helpless

as they placed him in what they prayed

would be his final resting place.

I will return!

This world will be mine!

You will pay for this! You will...

Splinter: Since that fateful day, the Tribunal has kept

a careful vigil over Shredder's helmet, gauntlet and body.

For if these three artifacts ever were to come together,

the Shredder could very well be revived.

Michelangelo: Wow! 1700 years! That's one long vigil!

Ancient One: They knew the Shredder's evil would never die.

They began training others.

Those that could help them in their fight.

Acolytes chosen for their potential and purity of heart.

The Tribunal taught an art of fighting

with the power of the dragon at its core

which would become known as Ninjitsu.

And these immortals, the remaining Dragons,

became known as the Ninja Tribunal.

So there was a real Shredder...

And the alien Utrom Shredder we fought was an imposter

who was just using the name of the original demon Shredder

to gain respect!

And this original Shredder has all sorts

of butt-kicking magic powers that almost destroyed

the Ninja Tribunal.

And now someone's trying to resurrect him.

The greatest evil the world has ever known

and the only ones who even know about this...

Are cute, green, and way the shell out of our league!

Um, any chance we could still go home?

No, I didn't think so.