Leo quotes from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

Leo

What is wrong with you, Mikey, give ie back *NOW!*

Leo

I don't get it. Master Splinter. I've been meditating for weeks and I don't feel any enlightenment or higher plane or anything. I didn't think peace could be so... dull.

Splinter

You were not fully prepared for what was up there. I trained you to fight as individuals, not as a team. And as your teacher, your father, the responsibility for that is mine. Perhaps in another year we can try again.

Donnie

A another year!? Has everybody forgotten that people were kidnapped!? They don't have a year! Sensei, we have to do something now! You weren't there, Sensei. You didn’t see the way that girl looked into my eyes. She was scared and she's counting on me- I mean us- to save her.

Splinter

Yes. You must save her.

Leo

I agree, Sensei, but in that fight we weren't actually a well-oiled machine.

Mikey

Like that robot with the brain thingy.

Raph

Give it a rest.

Whoa.

Leo

So that's the...

Donnie

...Mutagen that turned us all into what we are now.

Mikey

Let's drink some!

Raph

What!? Why would you do that!?

Mikey

'Cause if you mutate a mutant, you get a super mutant!

Donnie

Or a pile of goo on the sidewalk.

Raph

Either way, it's an improvement.

Leo

Guys, this is huge. Whoever kidnapped those people are somehow connected to what happened to us 15 years ago.

Leo

There's so much riding on this. What if something goes wrong?

Splinter

Failure is a possibility all leaders must face, Leonardo. It is something I had to face in Japan during my battle with my old enemy, the Shredder. Years ago, Oroku Saki, as Shredder was called then, had been my friend. But the love of a woman came between us. He could not accept it and his jealously turned outward in a vengeful attack. And although he could not defeat me that day, my world burned and crumbled around me, as the battle took the life of my beloved Tang Shen. And I lost my baby daughter, Miwa.

Leo

But that's my point, Sensei. You lost everything.

Splinter

I lost many things - my family, my home, my name. But I gained many things as well, like the 4 of you.

Leo

Don't worry. We can handle this. [Just then, Mikey runs by with a metal pot on his head, screaming. Raph is still chasing him with a wooden spoon.]

Raph

[angrily-ish] GET BACK HERE! [Leo and Splinter sigh.]

[after mutating] What did you do to me?! I'm hideous!

Leo

Don't worry, the four of us can handle him.

Donnie

Okay, this might be a bad time to point this out, but you sent one of the four of us home.

Mikey

And right now, I wish it was me!

This is your fault! I'm gonna rip your heads off!

Leo

All right, guys, prepare to dish out the mighty wrath of justice!

Donnie

Seriously, just yell "Get him!"

Donnie

What are you doing?

Leo

Whoa, hey!

Raph

Mikey, wait!

Mikey

What? I'm returning Mittens to her owner.

Raph

Are you an idiot? Wait, let me rephrase that. You're an idiot!

Donnie

You can't show yourself to a human.

Mikey

Why not?

Donnie

Because they'll freak the heck out, that's why not.

Mikey

No they won't. I'm not so scary.

Raph

You're an ugly, green mutant armed with ninja weapons.

Mikey

Look, this guy is gonna see that I'm just a regular cat-loving dude like him. The next thing you know, we'll be best buds! This is gonna be awesome! [jumps down, despite his brother's protests, to the owner of the cat's balcony]

Mikey

Hi! Here's your--

[screams in horror] Ugly, green mutant freak!

Mikey

But I got your cat!

Help! He's got my cat!

Splinter

Where did you learn that!?

Leo

Mikey learned it from his new friend.

Splinter

The man who taught him that kata is no friend! It comes from the Shredder.

Donnie

Shredder?

Leo

You mean Bradford is one of his students?

Splinter

He must be!

Leo

So Bradford's just pretending to be Mikey's friend to get to you!

Raph

Oh, man. Everything makes sense again. [then realizes] Mikey's in trouble!

Splinter

[in disbelief] How many times have I told you not to skateboard in the lair?!

Michelangelo

[missing the point] None, Sensei.

Splinter

[annoyed] I shouldn't have to tell you!

Leo

(As they get up) You're right, Sensei. We definitely should have known better—

Leo

(Disappointed) —and we deserve to be punished. Eh, some.

Splinter

(Sternly gets up in Leo's face while stroking his thin beard) And what do you think would be a fitting punishment?

Leo

(Nervous, looking at his brothers, who whistle innocently) Well, uh, we… we should clean up our mess? [Splinter folds his arms] And then.... think about what we did.

(Muttering quickly together) Yeah. Sounds about right. We were wrong. Wouldn't want to do too much. No worries.

Splinter

(Testing them) What about being grounded for a week?

Leo

(Hesitant) Oh, I'm not sure that's-

Mikey

(Quickly trying to escape it) I'm cool with the thinking.

Donnie

(Anxious) Really, that's not necessary.

Raph

(Dismissive) Maybe next time.

Splinter

(Angry) YOU'RE GROUNDED FOR A WEEK!

Splinter

And where have you been?

Raph

Nowhere?

Splinter

How did you get so hurt?

Leo

Oh, that. Well, uh, we were...

Raph

Hit...

Donnie

By a...

Mikey

Bus?

Donnie

[whispers to Mikey] Hit by a bus?!

Mikey

Well, what was I supposed to say, meteor, cow, flying building?!

Mikey

Excuse me, Sensei, but ninjas never had to go up against guys in armor. [sees paintings, corrects himself] Oh, I mean ninjas always had to go up against guys in armor.

Raph

Nice save.

Leo

Sensei, what was their secret?

Splinter

They understood that you do not fight the armor, you fight the man inside.

Mikey

[Turtles stare at him who looks at them] Why are we all looking at each other?

Mikey

Nice job, bro!

Leo

Way to go, Donnie.

Raph

Yeah, not bad, except for that part where you built the thing in the first place, and the part where it broke, and the part where it tried to kill us, and the part-

Donnie

[exasperated] Okay, I get it!

Leo

Okay, he's strong, so speed and stealth are essential. Okay, everybody know the plan? [Raph and Donnie nod] Mikey?

Mikey

Yes.

Leo

Are you sure?

Mikey

Yes.

Leo

Tell me what it is.

Mikey

[thinks for a moment] Um, maybe we should go over it one more time?

April

[acting] Here I am, walking around in the big city, all alone! Oh, I sure hope no crazy pigeon man sneaks up on me! That would be the last thing I'd want!

Donnie

What are you doing?

April

You wanted me to be bait, I'm bait!

Donnie

That's not how bait talks!

April

How do you know how bait talks?

Donnie

I know bait doesn't talk back!

Oooooooh!

Mikey

Oh, no, you didn't!

Splinter

You were all very lucky.

Raph

I think we define that word differently, Sensei.

Mikey

He was just so fast.

Donnie

It was like he was everywhere at once.

Leo

You were right about us being overconfident, Sensei. There's just some things we're not ready for.

Splinter

Perhaps, but that no longer matters. It is clear now that the Shredder is a problem that will not go away. So prepare yourselves, my sons, because as of this moment... we are at war.