Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV Series)

The Maltese Hamster (1989)

Renae Jacobs: April O'Neil

Quotes 

• April O'Neil : How much is that hamster in the window?

  Raphael : Why do I have a feeling that song won't make the top ten?

• Donatello : [still narrating]  It was the same story in banks all over town. The city was being sucked dry by the mob. They took anything that wasn't nailed down, and even a few that were. They were using gear so advanced, it was straight out of Star Wars. We knew the mob couldn't get those state-of-the art weapons on their own. We smelled a rat, a rat named Shredder. But what mobster was gutsy enough to deal with a creep like Shredder? Who was this mystery man?

  April O'Neil : Tony Vivaldi, that's who.

  Donatello : Who said that?

  April O'Neil : [appears with the turtles]  I did. I said, the guy behind all these crimes is Tony Vivaldi.

• April O'Neil : [gasps]  Look!

  Leonardo : What is it, April?

  Raphael : A lead to the gangster's hideout?

  Donatello : A vital clue that will establish a link between the Butcher and Shredder?

  Michelangelo : A new kind of pizza I haven't tried yet?

  April O'Neil : [gasps]  Even better! A little hamster statue. Isn't it the cutest thing?

  Raphael : Give me a break.

  Donatello : Oy vey.

  Michelangelo : Gag me with a pizza ladle.

• Burne Thompson : But, April, you've got to do it. You're the only one who can crack this story on this bizarre crime wave.

  April O'Neil : But why me?

  Burne Thompson : Because only you have the street smarts, the contacts, the just plain guts, to uncover the truth about this menace.

  April O'Neil : Really?

  Burne Thompson : Besides, there's a very simple reason why it has to be you.

  April O'Neil : Which is?

  Vernon Fenwick : Everyone else is too darn scared.