Angel: So...this episode happened. Apparently, the reason they removed the previous airdate (it was supposed to air back in April) and premiered it on Nicktoons only so far is because of Warren and Hypno's 'relationship.' If you haven't watched it, you'll see what I mean. Luckily, I dug around and found it on Vimeo. I haven't found Operation: Normal yet, since that aired only yesterday. I have read that that episode was also dumped on Nicktoons because of a gay relationship, but I haven't seen any truth to that statement. For those of you who don't have Nicktoons like me, just look up the episode's name and it should be easy to find.
Are they gonna air it on Nick for other people to see? Maybe not, but if The Loud House can have a gay couple, then I'm sure this episode will get released eventually on Nick. It's definitely not the first time TMNT has hinted at LGBT relationships, just look at the IDW comics and Harley Quinn XD. Don't know when I'll post Operation: Normal, hopefully I find it soon.
Inside the Turtle Tank, everyone including April is inside as today was a special day...
Well, to most people.
The inside is decorated for someone's birthday.
"I don't know why you are even bothering," April tells them. "I told you guys my birthdays are always a disaster. It's cursed!"
"Cursed smursed," Leo waves it off. "We're gonna birthday so hard, you're gonna need a permission slip!"
"I'm just lucky my birthday hasn't passed. Who knows what they'll do?" Amy jerks a thumb to the boys.
"At least I have my female bestie~" April throws an arm around her. "You're the Shakira to my Beyonce!"
"What?" Amy laughs, pushing her away. "Well, my hips don't lie," She jokes, dancing around Leo. He sighs happily at the sight.
Suddenly an air conditioner comes out of nowhere and hits the front of the ship, causing them to jump in the air slightly.
"What was that?" April asks in confusion. Amy, Raph, and Mikey go out to see the air conditioner lodged into the front of the Turtle Tank. Raph screams in horror and Amy looks up to see a hole the same size as the air conditioner.
"Who just threw that?!"
"Oh," A certain mutant looks at the cannon. "Guess the cannon works. Power level good. Aim...needs work," Hypno-Potamus says to his roommate and magic assistant, Warren Stone. He's inside the cannon.
"You sure it's safe for my hair to shoot me out of this thing?" The worm asks skeptically.
"Of course!" Hypno smiles nervously. "Magician's assistants have been shot out of cannons for years!" Given Warren's lack of experience, he had no idea of how this was gonna go. "But if you're concerned, we could go back to sawing you in ten!"
"News flash, you actually sawed me into tiny pieces! It's incredibly painful!" Warren clutches his heart at the memory.
"What, you don't think it's painful to me cutting you up?! I'm a mutant, not a monster!" Ever since they met while being in the Evil League of Mutants, they found that they had a lot in common and decided to move in together. The door suddenly knocks and they stare at it nervously. "They've found us."
The door pounds and Warren's eyes widen in horror. No, no, they could do this. "Play it cool," He narrows his eyes.
"Hard to do without an air conditioner," Hypno smirks at his joke.
"Nailed it," Warren holds out his arm that's still attached to the gauntlet he found.
"Ah, it was a great setup."
The door is eventually busted open.
"Okay, give it to me straight," Donnie says from inside, sighing. "How bad is the damage?"
They all cringe as a part of the air conditioner falls onto the road. "Oh, it's, uh, not that bad," Raph smiles nervously as he gestures to it.
"Oh, it's real bad," Mikey calls out, holding his head. "Real, real, real, real, real, real bad!"
Amy slaps him on the head. "Ow! What?"
"You don't tell him that!" Amy gestures to inside and April smirks smugly.
"See, I told you my birthday was cursed," She calls out knowingly.
"Oh come on, relax," Leo holds up his hands, Donnie staring only in horror at his baby being broken... "This is just a mini bump in the road. A hiccup. There's no way this night gets worse."
An explosion happens in the apartment above them and out comes the two roomies, landing on the car roughly.
"What was that?!" Donnie exclaims, Leo and April looking at something else rather than paying attention. Warren holds his head with a groan as he looks up, seeing the silhouette of the person after them.
Baron Draxum.
"Your gauntlet will be mine, worm man!" He declares with a sneer. Huginn and Muninn jump out of the way as Warren uses the gauntlet to fire a laser.
"Breaking news, the gauntlet stays with me!" He declares and fires again. Baron Draxum jumps onto the ground, sliding past the lasers using his own powers.
"Enough of this!" Baron spins around and fires brick projectiles at Warren. He dodges, jumping all over the roof of the Turtle Tank. He looks up as a large brick is headed right towards him.
"Alakaboom!" A razor ring suddenly slices it in half and flowers fall around Warren. He turns back to see Hypno.
"Take that, ya horn-headed freak!" Warren shouts as Baron Draxum slips past them, landing in front of the two turtles and Amy.
"Oh, my turtles and Amelia. How very not nice to see you!" Vines suddenly appear and Amy grits her teeth.
"The feeling's mutual, you psychopath!" She thrusts her arms forward, zapping a few vines in half as Raph pushes Mikey out of the way. They crawl up to the villain duo, who dodges as best as they can. Mikey, Amy, and Raph just stare at them.
"April's birthday really is cursed..." He murmurs to them.
"We cannot let her see this," Mikey gestures to the fight.
"Mikey has a point. She'll just become more convinced that her birthday is something to dread," Amy turns around to them.
"Yeah, we gotta get out of here," Raph tells them and they jump into the Turtle Tank, surprising the others and making them fall out of their seats. "Quick, uh, we just need to take care of this tiny, little non-threatening life situation. Then it's onto April's birthday fun! Prepare to fire some cool weapons!"
"Which ones?" Donnie asks, holding his fingers out to the buttons.
"All of them," Warren smiles wickedly and they stare at him as he's inside the Turtle Tank.
"Okay, who is that, and how'd he get in here?" Leo asks in confusion.
"I snuck in using your girlfriend's hair," Warren jerks a thumb at Amy.
Leo gasps sharply and Amy turns to him in horror. "What?"
"He called you my girlfriend!" Leo cheers and Amy towers over the worm.
"Let's get one thing straight, we," She points to herself and Leo. "Are not a couple. I can't even begin to tell you why we're not a thing. I don't need a guy." She was only faking horror so no one would suspect that she had any type of feelings for Leo. If she let it slip, they'd tease her to no end, especially Leo himself.
April sits up and gasps sharply, holding her cheeks. "Hold the phone!" She bumps Leo out of his seat. "You're Warren Stone! I recognize that hair anywhere!"
"Yes I am," Warren brags, running a hand through his hair. "Are you a Stonehead?"
"A what?" Amy blinks in confusion.
"That's what I call my fans," He says smugly.
"You have fans?" Amy snorts and he narrows his eyes in annoyance.
"Member since 2010!" April shows her member cards from the past years.
"Excellent! Now by the power invested in me by my own fan club, I'm deputizing you to get my hippo roomie back!" Warren points to Hypno back.
"Unbelievable," Amy mutters under her breath. She didn't know what was more crazy, the fact that April is a part of his fan club or that he and Hypno are roommates.
Hypno fires a razor ring, cutting a vine in half. He cuts another and takes the ring back. "Where's my roommate slash friend slash magical assistant?!"
"Surprise!" Muninn exclaims as he flies in front of the hippo mutant. "We don't have him. But they have them," He points to the Turtle Tank behind him. "Double surprise!"
"Get off my guzzle!" Donnie shouts as he and Warren are wrestling over the weapon controls.
"I'll save you, Warren!" Hypno cracks the window, knocking Donnie to the ground. Warren places a hand to the glass as he watches Hypno get captured. The vines wrap around the vehicle, lifting it into the air.
"NO!" Warren protests, breaking the controls with his gauntlet. "Give him back!" Suddenly he activates ntiro mode.
"No no!" Donnie shouts as they all cringe. The nitro rockets from the taxi activate, causing Hypno to look up as the Turtle Tank breaks free, speeding past them.
"WARREEEEN!" Hypno yells sadly.
"HYPNOOOOOOO!" Warren shouts as he looks back, tears in his eyes.
"WARREEEEN!" Hypno holds out a hand to him.
"HYPNOOOOOOO!" Warren tries to reach out to him, but Hypno misses his hand as they take off into the sky, all of them screaming their heads off as they suddenly disappear. Hypno sheds a few tears as Baron Draxum approaches him. His minions laugh and they take him away...
The turtles and the girls are now in the park. Mikey ties up Warren in his whip to a pole. "What is this thing do, and why does Draxum want it?" Mikey points to the gauntlet in his arm. "Hm? Hm?"
"I don't know," Warren answers truthfully. "But it's amazing! I call her Charlotte. She's like a toupee, but for your fist."
"Wait a minute," Amy examines it closer, recoiling back. "That's the same type of material from the Kuroi Yoroi!"
"The gauntlet is part of the dark armor," Donnie corrects as he spins his staff into his hands. "We cannot let Draxum have it."
"If he manages to get it, they'll be one step closer to having another step towards their goal," Amy crosses her arms.
"So, now to do some line removing of a thing attached to another thing," Donnie's staff turns into an assortment of dangerous medical tools.
"What the-Donnie!" Leo protests to him in shock. He glances at his shocked brothers that he's just gonna casually cut off an arm.
"It's fine, he regenerates, remember?" He reminds them.
"Uh...no," Leo answers in confusion and Donnie gets closer. April stands in the way.
"Stop! This is a sign. Maybe this is finally the year my birthday is awesome!" She answers optimistically.
"Because we've got a worm man tied to a pole?" Leo jerks a thumb to Warren. "You need to raise your standards."
"This is my birthday and Warren Stone is the goat of news anchors! We gotta help him get his friend slash roomie slash it's complicated back from Baron Draxum. It's my birthday wish!" She places her hands on her hips.
The five groan at the last two words.
"You're invoking bday rights on him?" Leo points to Warren Stone.
"April, not the birthday wish card," Amy complains, dragging a hand down her face.
"He might be a villain, but so is Baron Sheepman. And the enemy of your enemy is-MONSTER!" She points to a monster that is made out of Baron's vines coming towards them. They let out a scream as he jumps towards them. Leo hugs Amy close, shielding her with his shell...and then falls apart right in front of them. A note is sticking out from its back. Leo pokes his foot at it while still hugging Amy.
"Is that a note from Draxum?" He asks in confusion. He glances down at Amy and she looks up at him. He grins widely at how close they are and she grunts, pushing him away. When no one's looking, a blush comes to her face. Leo immediately decided to risk himself if that thing was going to attack them...he didn't even think about it, he just acted...
"What, he couldn't send an email?" Donnie asks in disbelief.
"With all that technology in his lab, I'd like to think he has a computer," Amy rolls her eyes at the jump scare. Or maybe he's just so old that he doesn't know how to use one...
April takes the note and reads it. 'Give us the gauntlet or your kiwi friend becomes a smoothie. Let's not be tacky and avoid a violent exchang...ie. Love, Huginn and Muninn.'
"Guys, we gotta help him," April turns to the others.
"Hard pass," Raph immediately denies.
"April, Baron's the one who killed my family and made my mother mentally unstable. Who knows what he could do next?" Amy crosses her arms. "I don't want to lose another family member..." Hypno wasn't that bad compared to Draxum, but he's still a villain nonetheless. That'd be like if she gave up the bakery to Brit Worley.
They suddenly hear whimpering and turn around to Warren who has put on the puppy eyes. "Look, I know I'm a famous worm villain, but I need your help. When news fame left, so did everyone I knew. I was alone and I had nothing...until I met a magician turned hippo, and my life changed. For my birthday, he baked a tiny cake, and then magically jumped out of it! He almost crushed me when he slipped on frosting. He's my brother...he's my-"
"Fine!" Raph interrupts and Warren blinks through his tears. "Alright. Please, stop. We'll get your roomie back..." Everyone except Donnie is crying.
"Huh?" Amy feels her face at the tears and slaps herself out of it. "Why am I crying over a lonely worm? I don't do that."
"That's because you're a tttttttttttttttttsundere," Leo hisses the T, poking at her face.
"Am I supposed to understand what that means?" She deadpans at him.
"By the way..." Warren Stone rubs his chin as he stares at them. "Are you two a thing or not? I was hoping I'd find someone else who'd understand."
"Huh?!" Amy blushes beet red at the question, everyone except Leo laughing at the thought.
"No way. They're like apples and oranges," Mikey waves it off.
"A turtle and a girl."
"Peanut butter and mayo."
"Cakes and pi-"
"Okay, I think we get it," Leo laughs nervously as he interrupts them, frowning to himself. He didn't need a reminder on how different he and Amy were...but he wasn't going to lose hope. He'd keep trying until he got her attention. She needed a shoulder to cry on; and he was that shoulder.
"So that's a no?" Warren raises an eyebrow at them.
"Yes, it's a no," Amy laughs awkwardly. Luckily she was good at keeping things secret, like her...crush on Leo. "To both that and to your request."
"Oh come on," Leo steps up to her. "Just look at him. He wouldn't be asking us if he wasn't desperate."
"Sorry, but I don't associate myself with helping evil mutants," Amy waves it off and is about to jump onto her bike. "Besides, it's obviously a trap. He worked with Baron Draxum in that Evil Club of Mutants to try and take us down."
"Don't you know what it feels like to be loved?" Warren asks, sniffling and she pauses, looking away. "To have someone appreciate you and think of your needs? Please...help!"
Amy bites her lip at his pleading voice. She used to know how that felt before her family passed away. And sometimes she felt that with Leo...he takes time to talk to her, to make sure she's okay, and...put a smile on her face. She deserved it, and at some level...
Warren did too.
She groans at what she's about to do and turns her bike around, coming to a stop between them. "Fine. But let's get one thing straight, worm man. I'm doing this only for April, and not because I actually care," She points to him.
"Yes!" Warren cheers regardless of what she said and Mikey releases him.
"Thanks, Amy," April hugs her.
"Yeah, yeah, get on before I change my mind," Amy jerks a thumb to the sidecars.
At the docks, Warren alone approaches Baron Draxum. Hypno is tied up and gagged next to him. Hypno looks up at him, happy, but also concerned. In the shadows, the others sneak past on the railings.
"Tonight's top story: I'm here to make your trade, Draxum," Warren points at him dramatically. While he's distracting them, the others are waiting up above so that they could ambush the warrior scientist.
"Good..." Leo zips down to him via rope. "Now hand over the gauntlet."
"You can't!" Hypno shouts at him in a muffled voice.
"I love you too," Warren places a hand to his heart, eyes shining. He looks at the gauntlet, rubbing it fondly. "We could do that, or...I could make you an even sweeter offer."
"Oh, like what?" Huginn asks excitedly.
"A lifetime supply of gum?" Muninn smiles at the thought.
"No! How about your mutant loser turtles and the girl? I brought them right here," Warren points up to the group, who were hanging from the ceiling.
"Wait, did he just give us up?" Donnie asks in confusion and Warren fires lasers, knocking them onto the ground.
"Betrayal!" Leo exclaims before Baron traps them into a cage. "I feel like we should've seen that coming."
"Uh, yeah! I did!" Amy shouts into his face in anger.
"How could you do this?!" April lifts her head up. "And on my birthday?! I was the Vice President of the Stoneheads!" She opens up her jacket to show her Vice President shirt. Warren blows away the smoke from his gauntlet.
"He thanks you for your service," He simply says. Baron Draxum laughs at this new deal, crossing his arms.
"You drive a hard bargain...but, it's a deal," He smiles evilly. "Free him."
His minions rip off the tape and push Hypno to Warren. Warren crawls onto his shoulder and hugs him. "Tonight's headline: Best friends reunited and it feels-"
"I'm so sorry," Hypno interrupts him, looking away. "It was the only way he'd let you live," He takes Warren into his hands, confusing the worm. "Oh, Mezmer-roooo..." He reluctantly puts Warren into a daze. "Now give him the gauntlet, my golden-voiced amigo..."
Warren crawls past the group. "Oh ho ho man, a double betrayal. Did not see that coming," Leo comments as they can only watch. Amy tries firing some electric bolts, but they don't work as they're absorbed into the vines.
"Great. We're stuck and Baron's gonna get what he wanted after all," She grunts at Warren.
"You get the gauntlet, and the turtles and Baby Blue's girlfriend, and Warren lives," Hypno starts off, Leo gasping sharply. "That was our deal, right?"
"Second time today! I am loving this!" Leo cheers and Amy glares at the villains.
"I am not-" She grunts as her blood boils in annoyance. Anyway, it was time to change the subject, no matter how much it didn't annoy her to be called that.
Baron Draxum holds Warren in a bubble prison of sorts. "Yeah, no, I lied," He holds out his hand as vines grab Hypno and lift him up into the air.
"Triple betrayal! Everybody is on fire tonight!" Leo looks away with a smirk and they're suddenly lifted into the air.
"But you said...you promised!" Hypno glares at him.
"Only a true genius could choregraph this many betrayals and double crosses," Baron Draxum brags, smirking at Amy. "And getting rid of your family was just the tip of the iceberg."
She growls as she grits her teeth, taking a deep breath. She'd get a chance to kick his arrogant butt another time, and when she did, she'd finally avenge them all.
"It was a total team effort," Muninn chimes in.
"I am blushing," Huginn holds his cheeks bashfully.
"I was talking about me, you idiots!" He snaps at him. "Now, time to some light removing one thing attached to another thing," He laid down Warren in front of him and Amy glances back at Donnie and then at the sheep mutant.
Déjà vu...
Hypno struggles to break free and he moves his razor blades so that they cut through the vines.
"Classic April O'Neil birthday. Trapped in a cage, betrayed by my idol, and facing certain doom..." April looks down sadly.
"Look on the bright side. We're trapped in a cage, having been betrayed by your idol, facing certain doom...together," Raph tells her gently, to which no one says anything, his brothers and Amy glaring at him. "Hey, I'm trying my best here!"
"This is why I'm here," Amy gestures to herself. "Move over," She moves past Donnie, sitting next to April. She awkwardly places a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, you might've been through a lot of...bad birthdays, but some good luck will come around. I think it's only gonna get better and...well, you're the Beyonce to my Shakira."
"Aww!" April exclaims, engulfing Amy into a tight hug. "Thanks girl."
Amy chuckles, patting April on the back. Suddenly razor rings start cutting through the vines and a cannon explodes, revealing nothing.
"Tada!" Raph and Mikey glance to each other in confusion. "Wait, almost there, a little higher, to the right." He's being flown by doves hanging onto his jacket. "Hold on, and...yep, you're there. Allow me to help."
"Okay cowboy," Donnie pushes down Raph's head. "I don't know what kind of double-triple betrayal you've got planned, but we're not interested."
"Yeah, I've had enough betraying for today, so back off," Amy narrows her eyes at him.
"I have nothing up my sleeve, I promise." Cards literally fly out of his sleeve and hit Donnie's face. Amy gets a bouquet of flowers bursting into her face. Hypno stops both and they glance away, signaling that they want nothing to do with him. "Please, you must save Warren. Look, I-I'm a terrible roomie, I cheat on the chore chart, he pretends not to notice, but he does, I know he does..."
April looks at him and then at Warren. Despite of what he did, he was still her idol, and it was probably the only way they were gonna get out of this situation.
"I just can't quit you, Warren Stone," She smiles fondly at him.
"To be clear," Raph points a finger at Hypno. "We're doing this for April, because it's her birthday."
"Same here, and if this ends up being another trick, I'll kick your butt so hard Warren won't even recognize you," Amy crosses her arms and he pales, knowing that she's the strongest out of the team.
"Y-Yes ma'am."
Baron makes a saw out of vines, inching it towards Warren. A razor ring prevents him from using it, breaking it into pieces. He growls at the interference and looks up to see Hypno, the others free as they surround him.
"Step away from my roomie!" Hypno threatens, Baron staring in shock, wondering how they got free. Leo and Amy grab Warren from behind, running off.
"We got him, we got him, let's go!"
They're suddenly pulled back and Raph grabs onto their legs. Baron is holding onto the gauntlet from the other side as they stretch the worm in two different directions.
"Little help here?" Leo asks while struggling and the others each put a hand on their legs, pulling the two back. It's a tug of war between them and Baron. Warren suddenly snaps out of his hypnosis, screaming in pain.
"We can't stretch him any further!" Raph says and April slices off the other arm.
"April O'Neil," She whispers proudly as she's holding the razor ring. The force of the wind knocks them all to the ground. Hypno looks around for Warren and finds him on his head, grabbing him happily. He hugs the worm in relief, Raph looking up to see Baron holding the gauntlet.
"Finally another piece of the dark armor," A portal appears in front of him as he removes the now tiny leg. "Ew, gross."
"New victory dance," Muninn chimes in as the two minions fly over to him.
"With extra butt action!" Huginn slaps his butt and Amy groans, dragging a hand down her face.
"Great...there goes the gauntlet and any chance of defeating him..."
April sighs in relief, wiping the sweat off her forehead. Hypno puts an arm around her.
"How'd you know that old trick?"
"What old trick?" She asks in confusion and Warren screams in pain at his lost arm. A little stubby hand appears suddenly.
"I'm fine," He says and then realizes his gauntlet is gone. "Charlotte! My power! You've made a grave mistake," He points at April. "You are on my list!"
"It was you or the gauntlet," She smiles softly at him. "And to some, well, you're kind of a big deal."
"I will haunt your dreams," He threatens her.
"Not if I do it first," Amy places her hands on her hips and he recoils back in fear. Hypno nuzzles his cheek.
"That's my Warren! Oh, it's good to have you back, roomie slash magical assistant slash friend." He kisses Warren on the cheek. "Doves!" Flowers explode around him and they appear, gripping onto his jacket. "Let's go make fun of game show contestants on TV!"
"April," Raph puts a hand on her shoulder. "So, bout your birthday...heh...we're really sorry we weren't the one to break the curse, and..."
"Happy Birthday!" Donnie holds out Warren's cut off arm with a big smile.
"Uh..." She stares at the arm and jumps into the air. "Best Birthday ever!"
"Well, birthday girl, I've got some cake waiting for you back at the shop," Amy gestures to her bike. "Still up for it?"
"Cake cake cake cake!" They all exclaim as the sidecars appear. Leo stares at her as she's about to get on.
"Hey, Amy? That was a nice thing you did, agreeing to help out worm guy," He smiles a bit and she pauses, turning to look at him. She smiles back.
"Well...I guess way deep down, I figured to help the little guy out...and not because I'm a tsundere," She points to him with a stubborn look.
"Oh, you are totally a tsundere," Raph agrees as Leo jumps onto the upper left sidecar.
"Yeah well I had time to look it up, and I am not a warm or friendly person deep down," She rolls her eyes.
"That's exactly what a tsundere would say!" Mikey exclaims as she turns right.
"Okay, everyone who thinks Amy is a totally tsundere, say aye," Donnie says with a smirk.
"Aye."
"And everyone who thinks Amy can be my girlfriend, say aye," Leo calls out.
"Nay."
"The ayes have it, Mellie. You're totally a tsundere," Raph pokes her cheek and she groans in defeat, slamming her helmet against the front of the bike. If she kept denying it, they'll just insist on it no matter what she does or says, so she'll let it slide...
For now.
