Turtles Forever (2009)

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet their match -- Literally! The modern, gritty Ninja Turtles must team up with their classic cartoon counterparts to stop two Shredders and their plans of multi-dimensional scale.

Directors:

Roy Burdine, Lloyd Goldfine (co-director)

Writers:

Kevin Eastman (character), Peter Laird (character)

Stars:

Michael Sinterniklaas, Wayne Grayson, Sam Riegel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Sinterniklaas	...	Leonardo (voice)
Wayne Grayson	...	Michelangelo (voice)
Sam Riegel	...	Donatello (voice) (as Sam Regal)
Gregory Abbey	...	Raphael (voice) (as Greg Abbey)
Darren Dunstan	...	Splinter (voice)
Marc Thompson	...	Casey Jones (voice)
Veronica Taylor	...	April O'Neil (voice)
Scott Rayow	...	The Shredder / Ch'rell (voice) (as Scottie Ray)
Greg Carey	...	Hun (voice)
Karen Neil	...	Karai (voice) (as Karen Neill)
Dan Green	...	Leonardo 1987 (voice)
Johnny Castro	...	Michelangelo 1987 / Rocksteady (voice)
Tony Salerno	...	Donatello 1987 (voice) (as Anthony Haden Salerno)
Sebastian Arcelus	...	Raphael 1987 (voice)
David Wills	...	Splinter 1987 / Mirage Shredder (voice)

Storyline

An out of the ordinary encounter with strange alien ooze mutates four ordinary pet turtles Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello into talking, walking, fighting green machines! Together, these brothers train with the legendary sensei rat, Splinter, to master the martial art of Ninjitsu. In this truly turtle powered tale, the turtles from one dimension meet the turtles from another dimension when a teleporting mishap occurs. What the shell is going on? Together, the turtles must locate the Technodrome to fix this mess! Meanwhile, Shredder tracks down his counterpart, Ch'rell, who devises a master plan to travel back to the Prime Universe to get rid of the turtles once and for all! As worlds collide, the turtles come face to face with classic characters like Casey and April, and a slew of enemies including Krang, Hun, the Foot Soldiers, the Purple Dragons, Bebop and Rocksteady!

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | teenage mutant ninja turtles | crossover | based on comic | based on comic book | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes four ninjas just aren't enough!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles Forever

Company Credits

Production Co:

4 Kids Entertainment, Dong Woo Animation Co., Mirage Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Among the mutated Foot Ninja, two members pass a resemblance to Tokka and Rahzar from the second live-action movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991).

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Quotes

[Watching the 1988 turtles save April in their dimension]
Raphael: Was that a mutant... banana?
Michelangelo: This dimension is seriously messes up!

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Alternate Versions

For several months, 4kids' website featured a "Director's Cut" of the movie which contained eight minutes of footage that were cut from the TV broadcast, and eventually Paramount's 2010 DVD as well. Among the scenes restored:

• The Turtles using sonar to search for the Technodrome underground
• Karai explaining that she found the Technodrome when her monitoring systems revealed that Ch'rell had changed location
• Karai claiming the Technodrome for the Foot Clan
• Splinter settling an argument between the 1988 and 2003 Turtles
• Casey and April fighting robotic Foot Ninjas
• Leonardo detailing Shredder's scheme to the Mirage Turtles
• Shredder nearly disintegrating himself and Karai (among others) while strangling the Mirage Turtles
• Various gags and one-liners

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Connections

References TMNT (2007)

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Soundtracks

Back To The Sewer
Written by Russell Velazquez

User Reviews

Just great!

TURTLES FOREVER is a 2009 American television film produced by 4Kids Entertainment and Mirage Studios.

The movie is a crossover film featuring three different incarnations of the titular heroes throughout the franchise's history: the original Prime Turtles team from the 1984 comic book series, the light-hearted, family-friendly characters from the 1987 animated series and the darker, more serious cast of the 4Kids' own 2003 animated series - in an adventure that spans multiple parallel universes.

It also marks the finale to the 2003 animated series and was produced in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.

I just said the plot of this and what it was, so I don't want to explain the story again. I like this movie and while I don't know who plays the characters in this one. I would like to know who, but I don't know at all.

The movie is just amazing. The music, editing, visuals, CGI, design and sound effects and action sequences are amazing and this one is fantastic.

9 out of 10.