Turtles Forever
Movie, 2009, The 2003 series, Set in Across the Turtleverse
Turtles Forever is #8 of 16 in release order and #8 of 16 in chronological order in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The story
Whoa, dude! Worlds collide when the Turtles from one dimension meet the Turtles from another dimension! What the shell is going on? The two Turtle teams must work together to find the Technodrome and undo this multi-dimensional mess!
Turtles Forever recap
Turtles Forever (2009) strands the 1987 cartoon Turtles in the 2003 series' world, where both teams must stop the Utrom Shredder from erasing every Turtle. Roy Burdine and Lloyd Goldfine direct this 25th-anniversary TV film, which premiered on The CW4Kids on November 21, 2009. The 2003 brothers, voiced by their regular cast led by Michael Sinterniklaas as Leonardo, meet goofier doubles of themselves who arrived along with the 1987 Shredder, Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady and the Technodrome. That Shredder frees Ch'rell (Scottie Ray), the Utrom Shredder, from his icy exile, but Ch'rell is too unhinged to share power, and Karai (Karen Neill) helps him seize the Technodrome. He rebuilds it with Utrom technology, turns his Foot soldiers and Hun into mutants, and learns of Turtle Prime, the dimension every version of the Turtles comes from. Captured and scanned, then quietly freed by a wavering Karai, the eight Turtles watch the 2003 world start to vanish and flee to Turtle Prime, home of the black-and-white Mirage comic versions. It follows season 7 of the 2003 series and serves as its finale.
Turtles Forever ending explained
Turtles Forever ends with twelve Turtles, joined by Splinter, Karai, the 1987 Shredder and Krang, fighting Ch'rell in Turtle Prime. His giant exo-suit seizes the Mirage Turtles, but the 1987 Turtles knock him off balance, and Bebop accidentally fires the Technodrome's laser and vaporizes him. Every erased world is restored, the teams go home, and the comic Turtles head out for pizza. A closing scene shows Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman, voicing themselves, finishing the first issue of the comic and hoping it sells. None of the 1987 voice actors return; replacements voice their characters.
Where to watch Turtles Forever
Turtles Forever isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 7.6/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after TMNT, before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Chronological order: after TMNT, before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
What to watch before Turtles Forever
In release order, the essentials before Turtles Forever (2009) are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), and TMNT (2007).
Cast
- Michael Sinterniklaas as Leonardo (voice)
- Wayne Grayson as Michelangelo (voice)
- Sam Riegel as Donatello (voice)
- Gregory Abbey as Raphael (voice)
- Darren Dunstan as Splinter (voice)
- Marc Thompson as Casey Jones (voice)
- Veronica Taylor as April O'Neil (voice)
- Scott Rayow as The Shredder (voice)
- Greg Carey as Hun (voice)
- Karen Neil as Karai (voice)
- Dan Green as 1988 Leonardo (voice)
- Johnny Castro as 1988 Michelangelo / Rocksteady (voice)
Directed by Lloyd Goldfine, Roy Burdine.