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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem follows the coming-of-age journey of turtle-human hybrids, Donatello (Micah Abbey), Raphael (Brady Midday), Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), and Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.). who dream above all else of going to highschool and being cool.
After a fateful assembly with teen reporter April O’Neil (Ayo Edebiri), the boys resolve they’re going to win over each the native New York Metropolis excessive schoolers and the entire metro space — if solely they might heroically seize the infamous villain Superfly, who’s been pulling off heists and knocking off native criminals. If they will do what the NYPD — and the tremendous shady Techno Cosmic Analysis Institute (TCRI) — can’t, not solely are they positive to be beloved, however the college will doubtless un-cancel promenade! (And possibly Leo can go together with his newly minted crush, April?)
What occurred within the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem mid-credits scene?
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As soon as the turtles notice that Superfly is 1) A mutant like themselves, and a couple of) dead-set on utilizing his stolen tech and sci-fi mind to eradicate mankind and make all different animals into mutants, the entire “we have now to save lots of promenade” plotline will get fairly sidelined. Now, they’ve to save lots of the world — and never only for road cred.
After the day is saved with little assist from their buddies, the brothers head again to the sewer, the place their mutant cousins have all moved in, bringing new life and sloppy cockroach kisses to their chosen household. This kooky cluster of critters sees them off on their first day of highschool, the place they ditch their ninja masks for human garments, like khakis, polo shirts, wild-printed button-downs, hoodies, and dishevelled denims. (Nonetheless of their signature colours in fact!)
Because of their televised saving of town, the boys are embraced by the scholars as quickly as they stroll down the corridor. And April has been redeemed, her graffitied locker not studying “puke lady,” however “cool lady!”
Nevertheless, within the mid-credits sequence, administrators Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears reward these patiently ready within the viewers with a peek on the uncanceled promenade!
The mid-credits sequence begins with a montage of the boys discovering their footing in highschool. Donnie activates his digital camera telephone and rejoices that he is discovered a group of fellow anime lovers. Mikey is hamming it up with the improv troupe he dreamed of becoming a member of. Raph has joined the wrestling staff, naturally. And Leo helps April with the subsequent step in her investigation: What is the cope with TCRI?
Then, amid this study-buddy setting, Leo asks April to promenade, and she or he says sure!
Minimize to: all of the turtles having a blast on the large dance, the place April by chance sneak-attacks Leo by noting they’re attending as buddies.
Earlier than we are able to dwell too exhausting on Leo getting crushed by his crush, the film cuts to surveillance footage of the heroes on the half-shell at promenade. TCRI — particularly its malicious chief Cynthia Utrom (Maya Rudolph) — are watching them. And that is not all. She’s acquired a housefly in a container, which we are able to safely assume is the de-mutant-ized Superfly. And, she declares, “Deliver me the Shredder.”
Increase: The acquainted spiky silhouette of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ most iconic enemy lurks, overlooking the Manhattan skyline.
What does Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem imply for a sequel?
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Paramount has already introduced a sequel and spinoff sequence for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and this mid-credits sequence suggests TCRI, Cynthia, and Shredder will play a giant position.
Within the first act, Cynthia’s minions ambushed and killed scientist Baxter Stockman (Giancarlo Esposito) to steal his particular ooze. She’ll clearly cease at nothing to pursue her plan of weaponizing the ooze to make hybrid troopers for unnamed armies. Presumably, Cynthia is not performed making an attempt to take advantage of the turtles of their mutant juices (simply as their father Splinter feared!) And, weirdly, the brothers didn’t demolish that milking machine, in order that’s a really actual risk!
Nevertheless, Cynthia now is aware of her armed-to-the-teeth human troopers aren’t any match for a mutated rat and his 4 turtle sons. Plus, that household has now acquired all their mutated cousins of their crew! So, right here comes The Shredder and presumably his Foot Clan military.
TCRI will clearly be the overarching evil of the rebooted franchise. However there is a clue in Cynthia’s final identify about how she, particularly, would possibly develop into a next-level menace to the turtles. “Utrom” is the identify of an alien species in TMNT canon. So, Cynthia may be hiding a secret of her personal. Extra importantly, Utrom is the species that the globby brain-like monster Krang comes from in previous TMNT incarnations. So…may Maya Rudolph’s ruthless exec develop into the subsequent Krang? (To not be confused with the MCU’s Kang.)
Shredder, however, is usually the archnemesis of the Turtles. Prior to now, he is been a rival ninja, who hates Splinter. However Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem has been taking part in with the usual TMNT backstory, it is exhausting to imagine an excessive amount of about this Shredder. Nevertheless, there’s a potential clue within the first half of the film.
When Splinter ushers audiences right into a flashback of how he turned the turtles’ adoptive father, he recounts how he as soon as took them to Occasions Sq. so they might see human tradition up shut. The vacationers and New Yorkers within the metropolis’s shiniest bauble misplaced their cool, chasing the “Ratman” down a darkish alley. Splinter particularly notes one man wouldn’t surrender the chase, and the flashback exhibits a person with a bat, backlit so you may’t see his face.
At first, it appeared this may be a nod to the sports-gear-wielding vigilante Casey Jones. However what if this human, who Splinter needed to escape to save lots of his sons — was the Shredder? Did Splinter defensively deface this attacker? Does he carry a grudge?
And what about Superfly? Is he only a fly for good? Or will Cynthia give him one other shot at that hybrid life in hopes he’ll activate the turtles and all of his mutant household, who he feels betrayed him?
We’ll have to attend and see when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem will get its sequel or spinoff sequence.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem opens in theaters Aug. 2.