“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” quotes

(1990)
Movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Year 1990
Director Steve Barron
Genre Drama, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Family, Action
Plot – The members of the Foot Clan, a gang of young thugs led by a Japanese man with a mask, spread panic among the inhabitants of New York. The Ninja Turtles go into action another time to save April, a young journalist who’s attacked by the criminals. They are helped by Casey Jones, a guy with clubs. The Foot Clan kidnaps the rat Splinter, the spiritual master of the Ninja Turtles.
All actors – Josh Pais, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, David Forman, Robbie Rist, Corey Feldman, Brian Tochi, Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Michael Turney, Kevin Clash, James Saito, Toshishiro Obata, David McCharen, Michael McConnohie, Jay Patterson, Raymond Serra, Sam Rockwell, Kitty Fitzgibbon, Louis Cantarini, Joe D'Onofrio, John Ward, Ju Yu, Cassandra Ward-Freeman, Mark Jeffrey Miller, John Rogers, Tae Pak, Kenn Scott, Robert Haskell, Josh Lozoff, Winston Hemingway, Joe Inscoe, Curtis Bush, Kevin Eastman, Rick Gomez, Curtis Lambert, Robert J. Maxwell, Alex Mugleston, Nick Pernice, Kimani Ray Smith, Skeet Ulrich
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  • “Boy, and I thought insurance salesmen were pushy!”

    Michelan Sisti - Michaelangelo
    [Tag:insurance]
  • “Death comes for us all, Oroku Saki, but something much worse comes for you. For when you die, it will be... without honor.”
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
    [Tag:death, honor]
  • “I too once had a family, Danny. Many years ago I lived in Japan: a pet of my master Yoshi, mimicking his movements from my cage and learning the mysterious art of Ninjitsu, for Yoshi was one of Japan's finest shadow warriors.”
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
    [Tag:family, japan]
  • “Never lower your eyes to an enemy.”
    Toshishiro Obata - Tatsu
    [Tag:enemy, pride]
  • “You fight well... in the old style. But you've caused me enough trouble. Now you face: the Shredder.”
    James Saito - The Shredder
    [Tag:enemy, fighting]
  • “- April O'Neil: So, what do you guys like on your pizza?
    - Michaelangelo: Oh, just the regular stuff: flies, stink bugs... It was a joke.”

    Judith Hoag - April O'Neil
    Michelan Sisti - Michaelangelo
    [Tag:food, insects, taste]
  • - Raphael: So that's the plan from the "great leader", huh? Just sit here on our butts!
    - Leonardo: I never said I was a great leader.
    - Raphael: Well you sure act like it sometimes.
    - Leonardo: Yeah? Well, you act like a jerk sometimes, you know that? And this attitude of yours isn't helping anything.

    Josh Pais - Raphael
    David Forman - Leonardo
  • “- Michaelangelo: Hey Donny, looks like this one is suffering from shell shock!
    - Donatello: Too derivative.
    - Michaelangelo: Well, I guess we can really shell it out!
    - Donatello: Too cliché.
    - Michaelangelo: Well, it was a shell of a good hit!
    - Donatello: I like it!”

    Michelan Sisti - Michaelangelo
    Leif Tilden - Donatello
    [Tag:mocking]
  • “Much more than just a series of small, isolated incidents, it's now apparent that an organized criminal element is at work and at the moment, business is good.”
    Judith Hoag - April O'Neil
    [Tag:business, crime]
  • “The class is Pain 101. Your instructor is Casey Jones.”
    Elias Koteas - Casey Jones
    [Tag:pain, teaching]
  • “Help each other, draw upon one another, and always remember the power that binds you. The same is what brought me here tonight, that which I gladly return with my final words: I love you all, my sons.”
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
    [Tag:helping, love, son]
  • “All fathers care for their sons.”
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
  • - April O'Neil: Oh, Casey, hi.
    - Casey Jones: Hi? I look like I just called Mike Tyson a sissy and all you can say is "Hi"?".

    Judith Hoag - April O'Neil
    Elias Koteas - Casey Jones
  • “I am proud of you, my sons. Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the Ninja: that ultimate mastering comes not from the body, but from the mind. Together, there is nothing your four minds cannot accomplish.”
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
  • “- April O'Neil: My nearest neighbors are about four miles away. I need to get to a phone and call my boss.
    - Casey Jones: You mean Charles?
    - April O'Neil: Yes; how did you know that?
    - Casey Jones: He left a message on your machine, uh, just before we got out...
    - April O'Neil: And?
    - Casey Jones: Well, hey, you just saved yourself an...” (continue)
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    Judith Hoag - April O'Neil
    Elias Koteas - Casey Jones
    [Tag:boss, job, layoff]
  • “For 15 years now, we have lived here. Before that time, I was a pet of my master Yoshi. When we were forced to come to New York, I found myself for the first time without a home, wandering thew sewers, scavaging for whatever I could find. And then, one day, I came upon a shattered glass jar and four baby turtles.”
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
  • “You are here because the outside world rejects you. This is your family. I am your father. I want you all to become full members of the Foot.”

    James Saito - The Shredder
  • “- Chief Sterns: We are presently executing a plan of redeployment that will minimize response time while maximizing coordination between patrol units and a decentralized networking scheme.
    - April O'Neil: I'm not sure I understood all of that, Chief Sterns. Would you mind repeating it, in English, perhaps?”

    Raymond Serra - Chief Sterns
    Judith Hoag - April O'Neil
  • “You must never lapse. Even those who would be our allies, would not understand. Our domain is the shadow; stray from it reluctantly, for when you do, you must strike hard and fade away, without a trace.”
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
    [Tag:shadow]
  • “Time to switch to decaf, April.”
    Michelan Sisti - Michaelangelo
    [Tag:coffee]
  • My Master Yoshi's first rule was "Possess the right thinking. Only then can one receive the gifts of strength, knowledge, and peace".
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
    [Tag:peace, rules, thinking]
  • “Anger clouds the mind. Turned inward, it is an unconquerable enemy. You are unique among your brothers, for you choose to face this enemy alone. But as you face it, do not forget them, and do not forget me. I am here, my son.”
    Kevin Clash - Splinter
  • “- Chief Sterns: You expect me to waste precious manpower because some immigrants are reminded of something that supposedly happened, years ago in Japan!
    - April O'Neil: Have you got anything else?”

    Raymond Serra - Chief Sterns
    Judith Hoag - April O'Neil
    [Tag:events, japan, police]
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