Turtles of the Jungle

“Turtles of the Jungle”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 Cartoon) episode
Season Code:	04
Episode:	02
Original airdate	September 11, 1990
Written by	Susan Stewart-Taggart
Supervising Producer	Fred Wolf
Producers:	Michael Algar
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 Season September 10, 1990 - December 8, 1990 List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes

Episodes: Syndication "Plan Six From Outer Space" "Turtles of the Jungle" "Michelangelo Toys Around" "Peking Turtle" "Shredder's Mom" "Four Turtles and a Baby" "Turtlemaniac" "Rondo in New York" "Planet of the Turtles" "Name That Toon" "Menace Maestro, Please" "Superhero for a Day" "Back to the Egg" Saturday Mornings "Son of Return of the Fly II" "Raphael Knocks 'em Dead" "Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe" "Raphael Meets His Match" "Slash - The Evil Turtle from Dimension X" "Leonardo Lightens Up" "Were-Rats from Channel 6" "Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo" "The Big Zipp Attack" "Donatello Makes Time" "Farewell, Lotus Blossom" "Rebel Without a Fin" "Rhino-Man" "Michelangelo Meets Bugman" "Poor Little Rich Turtle" "What's Michelangelo Good For?" "The Dimension X Story" "Donatello's Degree" "The Big Cufflink Caper!" "Leonardo Versus Tempestra" "Splinter Vanishes" "Raphael Drives 'Em Wild" "Beyond the Donatello Nebula" "Big Bug Blunder" "The Foot Soldiers are Revolting" "Unidentified Flying Leonardo" 1987 Season – 1988 Season – 1989 Season – 1990 Season – 1991 Season – 1992 Season – 1992-1993 Vacation in Europe sideseason – 1993 Season – 1994 Season – 1995 Season – 1996 Season

Turtles of the Jungle is a season 4 episode of the 1987-1996 series.

Appearing in Turtles of the Jungle[]

Major characters[]

• Leonardo (Cam Clarke)
• Donatello (Barry Gordon)
• Michelangelo (Townsend Coleman)
• Raphael (Rob Paulsen)
• Splinter (Peter Renaday)
• April O'Neil (Renae Jacobs)
• Burne Thompson (Pat Fraley)
• Vernon Fenwick (Peter Renaday)
• Shredder (James Avery)
• Krang (Pat Fraley)

Minor characters[]

• Professor Willard W. Willard (Rob Paulsen)
• Irma (Jennifer Darling)
• Jocko

Species[]

• Human
• Monkey
• Mutant rat
• Mutant turtle

Objects and vehicles[]

• Banana boat
• Channel 6 newsvan
• Comlink
• Hot Dog Fixer-Upper
• Molecular Intensifier
• Turtle Blimp
• Turtle Van
• Turtlecom

Locations[]

• Channel 6
• City docks
• International Science Conference
• City streets
• Professor Willard's lab
• Technodrome
• Turtle Lair

Plot[]

Professor Willard W. Willard, one of Donatello's heroes, invents a Molecular Intensifier to control the growth of living things. Krang hears about it and sends Shredder to retrieve it.

While testing the Intensifier, the Professor accidentally zaps his pet monkey, Jocko who grows to 30 feet in height. He also zaps some roots which then grown enormously and begin to take over the city, turning it into a jungle.

Jocko takes a liking to April and starts pursuing her. The Ninja Turtles realize they have to stop Jocko before he destroys the city. Donatello urges the Professor to come up with the formula to reverse the Intensifier's effects. To stop Jocko, the Professor zaps Donatello, making him 30 feet tall as well. Jocko gets angry at Donatello and they start dueling it out. The Turtles stop Shredder from getting the device. The professor finally reverses the Intensifier's effects and the Turtles return the city back to normal.

See also[]

• Turtles of the Jungle/Gallery
• Turtles of the Jungle/Transcript

Notes and errors[]

• April asks an unknown man on the street to move out a little because his huge shadow was interfering with her telecast, before realizing that the huge shadow was actually cast by Jocko who was had become gigantic. However, Jocko's shadow only appeared on the scene after she said her complaint about it.
• When giant Jocko lifted Michelangelo off his leg another Michelangelo was seen underneath.
• Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael grabbed onto Jocko's leg but the close up shot of them showed them holding onto his bare skin.
• When Jocko attacks the Turtles, Leonardo speaks in Donatello's voice.
• When Donatello is blown up to giant size, his equipment (non-biological) including his mask and belt and bo staff grow large with him.
• Although Donatello's bo staff is initially seen growing giant with him, he rips up a telephone pole to use as a make-shift staff to defend against the metal lamp posts that Jocko is throwing him. Soon after he picks it up, his giant bo staff has inexplicably vanished.
• During one scene, where Raphael & Michelangelo look at Jocko, the whole background, except for the tree branch, is missing.
• When the Turtles climb Channel 6's satellite dish tower, Raphael is seen wearing Michelangelo's nunchakus.
• A few fourth wall breaks were made in this episode.
  • When Michelangelo is swinging on a vine and yelling like Tarzan, he breaks the fourth wall by saying, "I've always wanted to do that".
  • When the Turtles are making monkey noises, Leonardo breaks the fourth wall by saying, "I feel so ridiculous".
  • Donatello breaks the fourth wall by saying "Wow, they must have spent their entire budget on this one episode", referring to the writers.

Trivia[]

• This episode is a parody of the film King Kong.
  • April references the movie King Kong by saying "either giant apes like to hold women and climb buildings, or he's seen the movie".
• When Michelangelo sees a banana boat and gets an idea, Raphael jokes "Daylight come and you wanna go home", a line from "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", wich was popularized by Harry Belafonte.

Home media releases[]

VHS[]

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles of the Jungle

DVD[]

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 4
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Classic Series Collection