The brothers are in a clothing store that Very Eighties. There is a song playing in the background The Entire Time they're in the store.
Raph is going through various outfits, and the other three are ranking them for good or bad. Raph wants to look great for some special Event. There is so much brotherly support, with honest critiques of the look, until they finally get Raph in a very miami vice outfit.
They start to leave, but then Leo gets distracted by more clothes. While Raph was a very serious consideration of outfits, Leo is definitely going for looks that are far less serious. Though Donnie was personally a fan of the cowboy look. Until Leo finally chooses a banger outfit.
Then Donnie prompts for Mikey to go, who starts to refuse.
And then the memory itself Skips.
Its actually Skipped several times, but this time its very obvious.
Mikey starts trying out different outfits and he's a mix of Serious Trying and Funny Outfits until he suddenly stops, wondering why he changed and wondering what they were dressing up for.
Suddenly they all realize they don't remember what they're dressing up for. They need clothes?
Mikey wonders what's wrong with how they normally look.
Raph remembers then that they were maybe going to go see a show?
The memory goes back to them at the lair. Raph and Donnie are playing video games and messing with each other, these boys WILL accuse each other of cheating and actually cheat.
Then Leo comes in like an excited puppy dog, declaring they will be grateful he's their brother. He brandishes four tickets to the Magic Town House!
They don't know what that is.
Leo explains the Magic Town House is having their night of a Million Secrets and they're unveiling Houndini's Secret Journals for the first time ever.
Ah...
Magicians.
Donnie is less than enthused.
Raph comments he's never seen Leo this excited to see a book, so either its something, or its stupid and they can make fun of him.
...yeah, okay. And Leo is very excited, and sometimes you go along with activities your brothers love even if you are not very fond of said activity. Their excitement can make the activity somewhat tolerable and it IS nice to see Leo so excited.
They're back in the clothing store.
How did they forget that? They must be getting ready for it.
Mikey thinks something is wrong and there is a niggling at the back of Donnie's mind too, but then the thought slips away as another replaces it.
A magician show means black tie!!!
They pick out suits to wear and Donnie compliments them all, pulling out his phone to take a picture. They're all dressed up! They so rarely get this chance, its important to archive.
He pulls out his phone, about to take a picture, when his eye is drawn to his last taken picture. Where they are dressed in suits and masquerade masks.
Donnie flips through the pictures and they see several of them around the Magic Town House, much to their confusion because they don't remember being there and Donnie doesn't remember taking the pictures.
At first.
The scene switches back to the Magic Town House with Donnie taking a group selfie. Donnie makes a joke about science being better than magic because that's how twins do.
There is much peacocking from Donnie this episode. There is much Leo being an excited puppy running around to see everything.
Then Leo spots Hypno sneaking around. He is a Hippo mutant magician. They wonder why he's here, and Leo thinks he's after Houndini's journals. Leo thinks if Hypno got the greatest illusionist's techniques, he could warp the fabric of reality. Or something cooler.
Donnie internally hates that he cannot deny this fact. Hypno is a very powerful innate mystic and he's proven to use his magician skills to do real magic now that he has access to mystic power as a mutant. So while it makes no logical sense for a stage magician's techniques to translate to real magic, Hypno is the one instance where that might, MIGHT, be the case.
Raph declares that won't happen with the Mad Dogz in the house and Donnie brushes away that thought. Kicking villain butt is always a good time.
Back to the store.
Donnie has been listening to what everyone remembers, tapping his foot to the sound of the music.
Leo is confused. How did they get here? Mikey is confused on order of events too and Donnie-
Donnie isn't.
They were going to a fight and they are WAY too overdressed! Business caus is where its at and he starts to change.
Raph smacks him with a sandal and says no one is trying on anymore clothes! He's trying to make sense of what happened, where's hypno, and Leo complains that everything is foggy.
With the smack, Donnie realizes his brain is fogged up too. Its...actually very hard to think? Its like they all have Raph brain! Okay, maybe teasing brother isn't the time, they need to-
To-
What happened when they went searching for Hypno? Focus.
They're in the town house, moving through the hallways which as like a maze. Leo thinks there's probably a secret door. Donnie makes a comment of trickery being the science of cowards.
They hear something behind them and then a secret door opens beside them. Donnie continues to be an excited puppy.
They start to investigate the room and then they remember. Hypno jumped them!
Back in the store and oh.
Okay, they're almost definitely in a Hypnosis Trap. This is Hypno's M.O.
So they just need to-
To figure a way out.
Donnie is grooving to the music. It really is an excellent beat. Raph calls him out for his grooving, and Donnie apologizes, but he can't help the danceability of an 80's jam. He grooves a bit and tries to think, but its just a BANGER of a song.
Mikey realizes they're in an 80's movie make over montage! So they wonder how they get out and think about what they do in the movies.
Donnie knows! Because he absolutely loves this trope, don't at me. They have to find that perfect outfit! And he is SO JAZZED for that idea, hell yeah, more fashion times!!!
Then Mikey points out the end of the movie actually has the lesson that the clothes don't matter, they're perfect as they are. So they need to believe they're perfect as they are and embrace the turtle!
And they do!
For like two seconds.
But then the siren call of clothes hit again, there are more skips and Donnie is just really unconcerned with Literally Anything, this is a really good song, he's having fun with clothes, this is great.
Raph asks if Donnie has ideas and Donnie just here for grooving, surely they can wait until the end of the song at least.
Except then Leo looks at the boombox and Mikey and Raph catch on, Donnie is grooving, until Leo declares its the speaker.
Oh.
OH, ITS THE SONG.
They proceed to smash the fuck out of the boombox and are free of the spell, finding themselves in the secret room.
They hear someone scream and move to the next room and Leo declares there must be a secret door. Donnie glances around and notices the statue, and how its not properly attached to a base, moving over to it when Leo just knocks a book off the shelf. Donnie pulls the actual lever. Leo gripes at him for trying to steal his moment, but he is QUICKLY back to excited puppy mode, he loves the place.
They head down the passage and find tied up magicians that Leo fanboys over. Also Leo does not want to know magician secrets, he is here for the MAGIC. One of the magicians points them after Hypno and a secret passage way.
...they may have left those guys tied up, whoops.
They find Hypno with the journals! Hypno wants to know how they escaped. Did they learn the power of self love to break free?
...not gonna think about THAT for being the way to break free and then they didn't.
Raph corrects him that they broke free with the power of smashing!
Leo demands the journals returned and then Hypno confirms that the journals...do indeed...give him the power to bend reality. For Some Stinkin' Reasons.
The place turns into a fun house and Hypno escapes through another door. Leo is DELIGHTED.
Raph: What is it with magicians and their hatred of normal doors?! C'mon!
Donnie feels him.
THE CHASE IS ON! What follows is a lot of willy wonka boat ride pink panther technicolor nonsense as they chase after him thorough the fun house, ending up at a hall of mirrors, and end up finding four Hypno's so they have to split up.
Donnie ends up down a hall of portraits before getting tripped. Then ALL THE PORTRAITS ARE HYPNO AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF HITTING WHILE HE'S ON THE GROUND. Very unpleasant bit.
Donnie manages to get to his feet and crashes through one of the paintings to escape and end up in a theater with the others, with Mikey covered in feathers and Raph in some weird torn monarch outfit.
...Leo is just enjoying the show Hypno is putting on.
They manage to chase Hypno into a real room.
....yeah, okay, Donnie is done. His face hurts and he loves Leo, but he is DONE with the magician nonsense for the day. As Raph and Leo bicker about a statue, he's typing away at his gauntlet, going to his recording file, going back like fifteen minutes. Isolate out the voices is just a few other taps and-
Oh, there's the hippo.
Speaker.
Fun fact, Donnie has a neural link to his battleshells, because the speaker pops out with a thought as he presses play, angling the speaker to hit Hypno and not his brothers.
Hypno declares his outfit isn't good for fighting them and apologizes and just zones out.
His brother congratulate him for the save.
Mikey: Wait, how do you have a copy of his spell?
Donnie: I record everything.
Leo: Wait, what? What else do you have recorded?
....
Oh right, this is one of his forgiveness over permissions thing.
Donnie: Uuuh, don't worry about it.
If he has to ask for forgiveness, they'll press later, its fine.
Raph and Mikey having a Facial Journey of 'do we want to deal with that right now?'
Raph decides to focus on returning the journals, which Leo is obviously trying to hide in his shell. Donnie removes the speaker of his battleshell to leave so Hypno stays in place as Raph gives Leo a warning. Leo insists he wasn't gonna read them, he just wanted to keep them and maybe snuggle a bit.
Leo is, again, an overexcited puppy about magician stuff.
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80's Montage Music
The brothers are in a clothing store that Very Eighties. There is a song playing in the background The Entire Time they're in the store.
Raph is going through various outfits, and the other three are ranking them for good or bad. Raph wants to look great for some special Event. There is so much brotherly support, with honest critiques of the look, until they finally get Raph in a very miami vice outfit.
They start to leave, but then Leo gets distracted by more clothes. While Raph was a very serious consideration of outfits, Leo is definitely going for looks that are far less serious. Though Donnie was personally a fan of the cowboy look. Until Leo finally chooses a banger outfit.
Then Donnie prompts for Mikey to go, who starts to refuse.
And then the memory itself Skips.
Its actually Skipped several times, but this time its very obvious.
Mikey starts trying out different outfits and he's a mix of Serious Trying and Funny Outfits until he suddenly stops, wondering why he changed and wondering what they were dressing up for.
Suddenly they all realize they don't remember what they're dressing up for. They need clothes?
Mikey wonders what's wrong with how they normally look.
Raph remembers then that they were maybe going to go see a show?
The memory goes back to them at the lair. Raph and Donnie are playing video games and messing with each other, these boys WILL accuse each other of cheating and actually cheat.
Then Leo comes in like an excited puppy dog, declaring they will be grateful he's their brother. He brandishes four tickets to the Magic Town House!
They don't know what that is.
Leo explains the Magic Town House is having their night of a Million Secrets and they're unveiling Houndini's Secret Journals for the first time ever.
Ah...
Magicians.
Donnie is less than enthused.
Raph comments he's never seen Leo this excited to see a book, so either its something, or its stupid and they can make fun of him.
...yeah, okay. And Leo is very excited, and sometimes you go along with activities your brothers love even if you are not very fond of said activity. Their excitement can make the activity somewhat tolerable and it IS nice to see Leo so excited.
They're back in the clothing store.
How did they forget that? They must be getting ready for it.
Mikey thinks something is wrong and there is a niggling at the back of Donnie's mind too, but then the thought slips away as another replaces it.
A magician show means black tie!!!
They pick out suits to wear and Donnie compliments them all, pulling out his phone to take a picture. They're all dressed up! They so rarely get this chance, its important to archive.
He pulls out his phone, about to take a picture, when his eye is drawn to his last taken picture. Where they are dressed in suits and masquerade masks.
Donnie flips through the pictures and they see several of them around the Magic Town House, much to their confusion because they don't remember being there and Donnie doesn't remember taking the pictures.
At first.
The scene switches back to the Magic Town House with Donnie taking a group selfie. Donnie makes a joke about science being better than magic because that's how twins do.
There is much peacocking from Donnie this episode. There is much Leo being an excited puppy running around to see everything.
Then Leo spots Hypno sneaking around. He is a Hippo mutant magician. They wonder why he's here, and Leo thinks he's after Houndini's journals. Leo thinks if Hypno got the greatest illusionist's techniques, he could warp the fabric of reality. Or something cooler.
Donnie internally hates that he cannot deny this fact. Hypno is a very powerful innate mystic and he's proven to use his magician skills to do real magic now that he has access to mystic power as a mutant. So while it makes no logical sense for a stage magician's techniques to translate to real magic, Hypno is the one instance where that might, MIGHT, be the case.
Raph declares that won't happen with the Mad Dogz in the house and Donnie brushes away that thought. Kicking villain butt is always a good time.
Back to the store.
Donnie has been listening to what everyone remembers, tapping his foot to the sound of the music.
Leo is confused. How did they get here? Mikey is confused on order of events too and Donnie-
Donnie isn't.
They were going to a fight and they are WAY too overdressed! Business caus is where its at and he starts to change.
Raph smacks him with a sandal and says no one is trying on anymore clothes! He's trying to make sense of what happened, where's hypno, and Leo complains that everything is foggy.
With the smack, Donnie realizes his brain is fogged up too. Its...actually very hard to think? Its like they all have Raph brain! Okay, maybe teasing brother isn't the time, they need to-
To-
What happened when they went searching for Hypno? Focus.
They're in the town house, moving through the hallways which as like a maze. Leo thinks there's probably a secret door. Donnie makes a comment of trickery being the science of cowards.
They hear something behind them and then a secret door opens beside them. Donnie continues to be an excited puppy.
They start to investigate the room and then they remember. Hypno jumped them!
Back in the store and oh.
Okay, they're almost definitely in a Hypnosis Trap. This is Hypno's M.O.
So they just need to-
To figure a way out.
Donnie is grooving to the music. It really is an excellent beat. Raph calls him out for his grooving, and Donnie apologizes, but he can't help the danceability of an 80's jam. He grooves a bit and tries to think, but its just a BANGER of a song.
Mikey realizes they're in an 80's movie make over montage! So they wonder how they get out and think about what they do in the movies.
Donnie knows! Because he absolutely loves this trope, don't at me. They have to find that perfect outfit! And he is SO JAZZED for that idea, hell yeah, more fashion times!!!
Then Mikey points out the end of the movie actually has the lesson that the clothes don't matter, they're perfect as they are. So they need to believe they're perfect as they are and embrace the turtle!
And they do!
For like two seconds.
But then the siren call of clothes hit again, there are more skips and Donnie is just really unconcerned with Literally Anything, this is a really good song, he's having fun with clothes, this is great.
Raph asks if Donnie has ideas and Donnie just here for grooving, surely they can wait until the end of the song at least.
Except then Leo looks at the boombox and Mikey and Raph catch on, Donnie is grooving, until Leo declares its the speaker.
Oh.
OH, ITS THE SONG.
They proceed to smash the fuck out of the boombox and are free of the spell, finding themselves in the secret room.
They hear someone scream and move to the next room and Leo declares there must be a secret door. Donnie glances around and notices the statue, and how its not properly attached to a base, moving over to it when Leo just knocks a book off the shelf. Donnie pulls the actual lever. Leo gripes at him for trying to steal his moment, but he is QUICKLY back to excited puppy mode, he loves the place.
They head down the passage and find tied up magicians that Leo fanboys over. Also Leo does not want to know magician secrets, he is here for the MAGIC. One of the magicians points them after Hypno and a secret passage way.
...they may have left those guys tied up, whoops.
They find Hypno with the journals! Hypno wants to know how they escaped. Did they learn the power of self love to break free?
...not gonna think about THAT for being the way to break free and then they didn't.
Raph corrects him that they broke free with the power of smashing!
Leo demands the journals returned and then Hypno confirms that the journals...do indeed...give him the power to bend reality. For Some Stinkin' Reasons.
The place turns into a fun house and Hypno escapes through another door. Leo is DELIGHTED.
Raph: What is it with magicians and their hatred of normal doors?! C'mon!
Donnie feels him.
THE CHASE IS ON! What follows is a lot of willy wonka boat ride pink panther technicolor nonsense as they chase after him thorough the fun house, ending up at a hall of mirrors, and end up finding four Hypno's so they have to split up.
Donnie ends up down a hall of portraits before getting tripped. Then ALL THE PORTRAITS ARE HYPNO AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF HITTING WHILE HE'S ON THE GROUND. Very unpleasant bit.
Donnie manages to get to his feet and crashes through one of the paintings to escape and end up in a theater with the others, with Mikey covered in feathers and Raph in some weird torn monarch outfit.
...Leo is just enjoying the show Hypno is putting on.
They manage to chase Hypno into a real room.
....yeah, okay, Donnie is done. His face hurts and he loves Leo, but he is DONE with the magician nonsense for the day. As Raph and Leo bicker about a statue, he's typing away at his gauntlet, going to his recording file, going back like fifteen minutes. Isolate out the voices is just a few other taps and-
Oh, there's the hippo.
Speaker.
Fun fact, Donnie has a neural link to his battleshells, because the speaker pops out with a thought as he presses play, angling the speaker to hit Hypno and not his brothers.
Hypno declares his outfit isn't good for fighting them and apologizes and just zones out.
His brother congratulate him for the save.
Mikey: Wait, how do you have a copy of his spell?
Donnie: I record everything.
Leo: Wait, what? What else do you have recorded?
....
Oh right, this is one of his forgiveness over permissions thing.
Donnie: Uuuh, don't worry about it.
If he has to ask for forgiveness, they'll press later, its fine.
Raph and Mikey having a Facial Journey of 'do we want to deal with that right now?'
Raph decides to focus on returning the journals, which Leo is obviously trying to hide in his shell. Donnie removes the speaker of his battleshell to leave so Hypno stays in place as Raph gives Leo a warning. Leo insists he wasn't gonna read them, he just wanted to keep them and maybe snuggle a bit.
Leo is, again, an overexcited puppy about magician stuff.