So after giving the last chapter a Homestar Runner inspired title I figured I should do the same with this one, actually it was the Sbemail 'Lunch Special' which featured 'An MS Paint Drawing of a Brontosaurus having Breakfast' that inspired this character of Leaf also I had the (unfortunate) pleasure of watching the 1967 Animated Adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Ruddigore while some of it was pleasurable particularly the music where the ghosts appear a lot of was just too cloying and cutesy for my taste however there was something adorable about the character of Robin/Ruthven being a reluctant villain that reminded a lot of Ichabod
Donatello along with the rest of his bothers rushed out of their rooms, to find something enormous and pink and green in the kitchen, it was groaning in feminine voice…
"Um…" Leo even though he had both Katnanas in hand he had seen from an (Unfortunate) quick glance under the lashing green tail that the creature in their kitchen was female and it seemed unlikely someone coming to fight would do so in a frilly pink dress "…Excuse me…Miss…"
The Creature finally regained her bearings and was able to stand revealing herself to be an Apatosaurus Humanimal.
"Leaf…" The Creature said "My name is Leaf."
"How did you get here?" Don asked
"I'm not sure." Leaf said "I told a Mage I needed to be sent where I was most needed and he sent me here."
The Turtles exchanged concerned glances
"Why do you think you might be needed here?" Leo asked as he sheathed his swords.
"I just received a psychic message from an old friend…" Leaf said wistfully "…Well maybe he wasn't a friend, more an acquaintance but I received a warning from him in a dream about a mutual acquaintance ours…Before that moment I had been living a life of luxury at the Garden of Eden Resort in the American Southwest, I spent my days eating hot fudge sundaes and soaking in whirlpool hot tubs I had resolved to never work again after I was liberated from slavery, especially after having to be a maid! Such a lowly position for a creature such as myself! I resolved to live at the Eden Resort and be pampered by those Hippie Humans for as long as I lived…"
This was sending all kinds of warning signals to the Turtles' brains a Dinosaur Humanimal with a high falutin sense of self and while milking humans' guilt over enslaving the Humanimals by getting them to pamper you for the rest of your life wasn't the worst a Humanimal had ever done it was clearly still revenge is a passive-aggressive sort of way…Already they were beginning to speculate if she wasn't a Shaman herself was she related to a Shaman?
"…Anyway," Said Leaf "A few days ago, I found a prospective mate, a handsome young male of my own species from a wild herd…Tonight was our…First night together…But then…
Flashback
Leaf snapped awake! Her dream had just reminded her of something of her past she believed was dead and buried…
"May Great Spirit have mercy on us all!" Leaf sighed as she mopped her sweaty brow she turned to her boyfriend sleeping beside her on a gigantic bed made specifically for giant creatures like themselves
"Dearest I need to leave because of something very important…" She said "…Where is my dress?" "I think you left in the den…" The Boyfriend yawned sleepily
"In the den?!" Leaf exclaimed "May Great Spirit have mercy on us all!"
End Flashback
Meanwhile in Lavender House, Ichabod and Marzipan lay beside each other in bed
"So this Ghost Dog is named Snowy…" Ichabod said "Hard to believe a vicious beast could have such an innocent sounding name…Tomorrow we'll see Caesar and Rye to tell them the identity of this Ghost…"
The Garden of Eden Resort is inspired by Rancho Relaxo in Homer Alone how many other Simpsons shout outs can you spot?