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"Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past"
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Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past poster

Directed byGlen Murakami
Written byBrandon Auman
Original air dateNovember 22, 2015

Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past is an hour TMNT TV movie on Nickelodeon, which first aired on November 22, 2015.

Synopsis[]

Told in the style of Playmates Toys' Half-Shell Heroes action figure line, the storyline finds the Ninja Turtles going back in time to the Cretaceous Period, where they encounter friendly dinosaurs from the past and dangerous aliens from the future who have a nefarious plan of their own. However, things get even more complicated when Triceratons, Bebop and Rocksteady show up!

Characters[]

Plot[]

Half shell Heroes: Blast to the Past film begins with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with more cartoonish and animated appearance. The film starts with the turtles in the Party Wagon chasing after the van that Tiger Claw, Bebop and Rocksteady in there. Inside of the party wagon, we see Leonardo and Raphael are in the front while Donatello and Michelangelo in the back.

Inside, Raphael is complaining that they're getting slower. Donatello explains that according to the GPS saying that Shredder's goons are heading to the national New York City History Museum. Michelangelo thinks that they're heading for the laser show, but Leonardo doubts it and thinks they're up to steal something. Raphael thinks that the new Shredder's helmet is going to be red, with spike and tassels, the others glare at Raph in confusion and surprise for a long silence, but Raph exclaims that tassels are cool. Leo tells his brothers to stay focused as they're getting closer to the goons.

Meanwhile in Bebop and Rocksteady's van, Rocksteady complains about the vehicle, saying that it is too small, his knees are cracked and has Charlie the Horse with Bebop asking him to stop. Tiger Claw is deeply annoyed by their complaints asking them to be quiet for 10 seconds since he's creating a plan to steal the Cronite. However, Bebop and Rocksteady continue to get on Tiger Claw's nerves, much to the latter's annoyance.

As three mutants arrive, they exit the van and head to the museum. The turtles are there too and Michelangelo is amazed by all those dinosaur bones, just as three mutants arrive. When Bebop questions about the meteorite, Rocksteady says that it is a giant rock from space, it has so much properties. Tiger Claw explains that the meteorite is an energy source it is the most rarest rock in the space and it fell to the Earth 65 million years ago. Rocksteady thinks that it is the day when in the Earth is cave people, but Tiger Claw facepalms in dismay, stating that people never existed back then and insults Rocksteady by calling him "Rockhead", much to Bebop's amusement and Rocksteady's anger. Meanwhile, Donatello complains about stupidity of warthog and rhino as Leo explains his brothers of which opponent they should fight as they leave, except for Michelangelo, who watches at the dinosaur statue in awe.

Tiger Claw, Bebop and Rocksteady found the cronite. Michelangelo accidentally touches the bones of the dinosaur, which crumbles to the ground, making enough sound to drive attention to Tiger Claw, Bebop and Rocksteady, as the turtles furiously yell at their youngest brother:"MIKEY!!!". Seeing that their mission has been compromised, the turtles then start their fight. Leo fights with Tiger Claw, Donnie and Raph fight with Bebop and Mikey fights with Rocksteady. While fighting, the turtles were able to steal the cronite as they escape the museum, leaving the mutants empty-handed.

The Turtles return to the lair, where we see Ice Cream Kitty is playing the video games when Leo is about to be next, Ice Cream Kitty grabs both controllers and uses it to control both cars as she wins. Leo thinks that ice cream kitty is cheating, but she meows innocently.

Working on his lab, Donnie finds out that chronite is more powerful than Kraang crystals. His brothers arrived in the left and see the giant figure covered in the sheet. Donnie uncovers the sheet revealing the Shellformer: it can fly, riding on Earth and transform into Giant Turtle Mech, much to Mikey's joy. When Donnie is about to insert the cronite to the tank, Leo declines, saying that they have to return to cronite back to the museum. Raphael and Donatello ask Leonardo to reconsider saying that if they return it back to the museum, then the Shredder's goons will steal it again. When Michelangelo asks Donatello to show him how it reconstructs into the robot, as Donatello asks if he must do something that he can reconstruct the robot right in the middle of New York City? Donatello then agrees.

In the New York City, the turtles have aboard the Shellformer. Leonardo starts rejecting the idea saying that it is the most horrible idea but Donatello informs his brothers that if he'll be annoyed by them, he'll push the eject button. Unbeknownst to them Bebop and Rocksteady are watching them. The Shellformer starts to fly (after Raphael asks Donatello to make it fly), Bebop and Rocksteady jump right at the vehicle just ask Donatello forcefully turns all the levers as the ship starts to fly with warp speed. Just as it seems it can't be stopped, the Shellformer flies right at the T.C.R.I. building, but it disappears in one second...

...then reappearing in the wormhole as it enters the portal, with the turtles, Bebop and Rocksteady. The mutants along with the vehicle have been sent back in time, the Cretaceous period, where dinosaurs are still living!! After Donatello succeeds to maneuver the volcanos, this maneuver causes Bebop and Rocksteady to lose their grip as they fall right at the mount, knocking them out unconscious, just as the Shellformer crashes to the ground.

The turtles exit the Shellformer, with Leo asking Donnie where are they?! As they look around in awe, Donnie explains to his brothers that they are in Cretaceous period millions of years back into the past! Donatello thinks that it is because of chronite, believing that when it burned off, it created wormhole and it transported them here. When Leo asks how are they going to get back, Donnie says that they can go back only if they have a 10 minute walk. Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo start to like this place, but Leonardo still wants to go home.....

Meanwhile, Bebop and Rocksteady wake up, only to find out that they're in Cretaceous (though Rocksteady believes it to be Jersey), the pterodactyl appears and screeches at them, as they cowardly escape it!

Meanwhile, with the turtles, Leo is seen still wanting to go home. Michelangelo is seen warming up towards stegosaurus. When Leonardo attempts to warm up with the triceratops, he accidentally jumps at him, scaring triceratops so much that it runs away with Leo on his back. When Leonardo asks him to stop the triceratops does so as Leonardo falls on the water as his brothers laugh at him, to his annoyance.

Suddenly, one little dinosaur snatches one of Raphael's sai, Raphael runs after him. Then the dinosaur disappears in one log, then he mysteriously appears in a tree and throws sai beneath on one of Raphael's feet. Raphael picks up his weapon as his brothers tease him about how he was outsmarted by "chickenosaur". Raphael gets so angry that he explodes at his brothers in rage. Suddenly, one unknown dinosaur appears from the bushes. When Michelangelo goes to pat him, the dinosaur suddenly snaps at him menacingly. Believing that dinosaur is hostile towards him, Michelangelo attempts to warm up to him. As the dinosaur reveals himself from the shadows, it is revealed to be raptor just as his species arrive and attack!!!!

The turtles try to fight them, but they appear to be a bit faster and stronger than they seem. Michelangelo then puts two branches on his feet and scares them off. It actually worked as the raptors retreat! Unfortunately, Michelangelo wasn't the one who scared the raptors off it is revealed the reason why the raptors retreat it is because they have been approached by the large dinosaur... Tyrannosaurus rex!!!

The turtles try to run away from him, but he is faster. They try to fight him but he appears to be more skillful and stronger for a dinosaur. The turtles try to hide in the log, but the same white dinosaur (that stole Raphael's sai) appears and screeches, giving attention to T-Rex, who grabs the log with his menacing teeth and when he throws it up to the air, he smacks the log with his tail, as it flies right towards the cliff as it becomes smashed as the turtles fall. Michelangelo uses his nunchaku to throw his kusarigama to the mount. With this, Michelangelo grabs Leonardo, who grabs Donatello. Donatello tries to grab Raphael, only for Raphael to be snatched by pteranodon, much to his own and his brothers' dismay.

Raphael angrily tells her to let him go and starts insulting her. Angered, pteranodon starts smacking Raphael all around, with Raphael remarking of how he hates Cretaceous period as pteranodon flies off!

The other three turtles arrive in the Shellformer and escape T-Rex. When the turtles ask about Raphael's whereabouts, Michelangelo thinks that he's already in pteranodon's belly, slowly digesting into Dino poop. When Donatello asks Michelangelo if he always have to say gross things, Michelangelo says:"Absolutely.", much to Leonardo's and Donatello's annoyance and disgust.

Meanwhile, Raphael seems to be exasperated and has enough. He bites pteranodon's feet and starts attacking her. As she flies around out of control, she and Raphael hit the tree as both fall to the ground. Raphael escapes pteranodon's grasp and tries to fight her, only to learn that he accidentally slashed one of pteranodon's feet after their bumping into the tree. Raphael fixes her wing with his appendages. The pteranodon thankfully screeches at Raphael and flies off, leaving Raphael to find his family.

Meanwhile, Bebop and Rocksteady have new clothes and upgrade. When they decide to find the turtles, they have been confronted by strange shadows with blasters as they have taken hostage!

The Shellformer lands as the turtles greet Raphael. Michelangelo happily hugs Raphael. Leonardo is furious that he and his brothers stayed in Cretaceous period for a few hours exclaiming that they were supposed to be here for 10 minutes. Donatello thinks that Leonardo's right and says that they could bring macrocosmical events on the future, plus all the humanity is vanquished. Horrified by this, the turtles decide to leave only to be confronted by the same T-Rex and the other white T-Rex, much to their horror.

The turtles quickly escaped two T-Rexes and aboard the Shellformer and when Michelangelo excitedly pushes the button, the Shellformer transforms into giant robot transformer and the turtles use it as a weapon to fight the two T-Rexes. Despite T-Rexes' own strength and speed, the turtle robot was able to defeat them. After defeating the final T-Rex, Michelangelo feels sorry for him, saying that he wanted hugs, only for Raphael agitatedly remarking that he wants them in his belly. Just as they were about to go back to the future, they realize that the fuel is gone and the cronite is destroyed, since they have used so much energy to fight T-Rexes. With this, the turtles are stuck in the past!

When the Turtles start to lament their fate, there's a thunderous earthquake. When the turtles head to investigate, they see the giant perimeter base. As they look around, they see that this is the Triceratons base, and their enemies have captured and enslaved the several dinosaurs. As they have thinking for the plan, the turtles need to cover themselves in the shadows just as they always do. The turtles then see the crystals, which Donatello ideas that they can use them to go home. When Michelangelo goes to snatch one of them, he accidentally loses his grip as the crystal falls to the ground, only there is no attention. When Michelangelo and his brothers relieve, Mikey leans on the cart, it crashes with Michelangelo, giving attention to the Triceratons, Raphael furiously calls out for him!

Noticing the turtles as an intruders, the Triceratons attack the turtles and defeat them with their own brute strength. The turtles try to escape, but the Triceratons unleashed the Robo Raptors. The turtles then see the cliff and they are surrounded. The turtles then try to fight them but the robotic dinosaurs have defeated them. Just as it seems that the hope is lost, the dinosaurs, who they have encountered earlier, appear and destroy the robotic raptors. Raphael says that this is going to be in his list of the best actions of his life.

Meanwhile, Bebop and Rocksteady are thrown into the prison cell by the triceratons, who are revealed to be the shadows who have captured them. Bebop and Rocksteady see that the cage is made out of red sensors. When the two goons decide to formulate their plan of escape, Bebop has Shuriken and uses it to touch the red sensors of the cage which causes the sensors to hit the control panel and the control panel is destroyed freeing Bebop and Rocksteady from their cage. When they're about to escape they realize that this piece is installed with booby traps and they have successfully escaped and head to outside. Suddenly they have been confronted by the Triceratons once again and they encounter their leader: a female triceraton, named General Zera. When Bebop tries to disguise Rocksteady as a triceraton it failed and they are both are in the cage once again much to their dismay. Zera declares that the triceraton empire will rule the galaxy. The Triceratons like the idea but Bebop and Rocksteady are not.

Meanwhile the turtles who have accompanied by their dinosaurs decide to go back to the triceraton base and get some a few crystals to use them to go home. However there's one little catch: three turtles have dinosaurs except for Donatello who has not but Donnie decides to use his ninja skills as a defense. Michelangelo thinks that Donnie needs his own dinosaur too but Donatello who becomes too much dispirited, decides to not to use it.

Just at the turtles think what kind of dinosaur will be with Donatello, the same orange T-Rex appears and attacks! The turtles and dinosaurs evacuate to the cave where they are stuck, thanks to T-Rex for blocking their exit with his head being stuck. Michelangelo decides that Donatello will be friends with tyrannosaurus Rex. He gives him pizza and Raphael sardonically calls him an idiot. Although Donatello is fearful, but reluctantly agrees. When T-Rex eats pizza, he likes it and then slimmed Don's face with his long tongue and the turtles are amazed that Mike's idea wasn't stupid after all.

As Donnie attempts to befriend T-Rex, Triceratons attack! Donnie jumps at the T-Rex in fear, motivating the large dinosaur to roar at the Triceratons thunderously. Gently patting T-Rex on his face and laughing triumphantly, Don decides to get chronite and go home.

Notes[]

  • Unlike the 2012 animated TV series, Half-Shell Heroes is in 2D and is flash-animated.
  • Random House also put out a Blast to the Past book September 2015, while Playmates released new dino toys in the fall to coincide with the special.
  • Instead of their normal brown elbow and kneepads, the Turtles' pads are now the color of their respective bandana color.
  • Shredder appeared silent cameo several times, usually as a statue in the future.
  • Master Splinter, April O'Neil and Casey Jones are absent in this special.

Trivia[]

  • There are a couple of references to the Donkey Kong franchise:
    • Upon finding the Turtles, Bebop says "it's on like Diddy Kong", a paraphrase of the popular saying "it's on like Donkey Kong". Diddy Kong is Donkey Kong's sidekick in the video game Donkey Kong Country.
    • While escaping from the Triceratons' prison, Bebop and Rocksteady avoid lasers and a rolling boulder. The scene is similar to the gameplay in the first video game in the series, complete with arcade background music.
  • Each of the Turtles dino-buddies were chosen based on Playmates Toys' classic "cave-turtles" collection. As matter of fact, the dinos present the same color scheme from their classic toy counterparts.
    • Oddly the classic collection cave-turtle Don wore saber-toothed tiger fur clothes and hat, and in the new Half-Shell Heroes toyline, Michelangelo is the one wearing it.
  • Despite the plot line stating the episode is set during the Jurassic period, it is actually set in the Cretaceous period, although some dinosaurs from the Jurassic (Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus, and Compsognathus) appear as well.
  • Zera is based on a Torosaurus, which is distinguished from the contemporary Triceratops by an elongate frill with large openings, long squamosal bones of the frill with a trough on their upper surface, and the presence of five or more pairs of hornlets on the back of the frill.
    • A study of fossil bone histology combined with an investigation of frill shape concluded that Torosaurus probably represented the mature form of Triceratops.
  • Zera is the first female Triceraton to ever appear in the franchise.
    • Another female Triceraton was meant to appear in Tale of the TMNT, vol 2 long before Zera came in, but the idea was put aside. Coincidentally, her name was Zura, with an "U" instead of an "E".
  • Bebop wears turtle shells as shoulder pads in reference to his original 1987 counterpart.
  • Rocksteady wears a green helmet in reference to his original 1987 counterpart.
  • When they arrive at the future, Raph has his sai from present time, but the other Turtles still have the weapons they carved back in the past.
  • The transforming vehicle "Shellformer" created by Donatello is mostly a reference to the fandom-term for certain Transformers toys known for having alternate modes that are simply hollow shells with robot forms inside.

Gallery[]

Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past/Gallery

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