Al Be Back

**"Al Be Back"** is the eighteenth episode (Episode 10B) of *Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. It first aired on December 1st, 2018.

## Characters

* Albearto (Tom Kenny)
* Al-Beardo the Pirate (Tom Kenny)
* Bayou 'Bearto (Tom Kenny)
* Chef Albéar (Tom Kenny)
* Donatello (Josh Brener)
* Leonardo (Ben Schwartz)
* Michelangelo (Brandon Mychal Smith)
* Otto von Bearto (Tom Kenny)
* Raphael (Omar Benson Miller)
* Baxter Stockboy
* Cheery Tomato
* Manager (Eric Bauza)
* President Pepperoni
* Splinter (Eric Bauza)

## Plot

At Albearto's Pizzeria, Baxter Stockboy sneaks inside and under a table where he unzips his backpack to reveal Albearto's head, which is still functioning after what happened last episode. He thanked him and gave him a cheat code as a gift. Albearto then starts to take control of the new Albearto's body and started scaring the kids. The manager asks why everyone is running, only to be grabbed by Albearto who takes him to the failed franchises of Albeartos in the previous incarnations. He gained access with a card and activated his brothers so they can find more franchises to take over.

At Albeartoland, the turtles are preparing to put on a concert. Leo is concerned that all of the Albeartos are creepy and informs Donnie the last time they went one, things didn’t go well. Donnie said that he doesn’t remember that and said it doesn’t sound like him.

At the same time, Albearto orders his brothers to terrorize the people while he activates the animatronic tourists. As soon as the Turtles were about to perform, they saw that Albeartoland is in chaos and all the robots are running amok. They decided to help the people get away from them . Leo starts to battle Otto and Albear with the help of Mikey, with Donnie battling Albeardo on the boat ride, and Raph dealing with Bayou Bearto.

Meanwhile, Albearto is getting tired of activating the other robots so he decided that if he can reach that antenna, he could activate them all.

Leo then spotted Albearto and asked why he was climbing up on the tower. The robotic bear announces that all humans will be mascots and orders all the robots to shred the turtles.

The Mad Dogs retreat on a hot dog stand and try to fend off the robots. And there is one thing they could do to get rid of the Albearto robots: Music! They leap onto the stage and start to play their song. At first, they played so awful that all of the robots couldn't stand it. Albeardo electrocutes himself in the water, Otto and  Albear explode in the air and Bayou Bearto who regained his speech and now can live a normal life got his head cut and cleaned off.

Albearto could not stand it any longer and he retreated in a bumper car and drove off, only to crash into something offscreen.

The Turtles finally nailed their first gig as they stood in front of the now broken robots.

## Trivia

* The episode's title is a reference to the Terminator's famous catchphrase, "I'll be back".
* The girl celebrating her birthday named "Tanya Melendez" at the beginning of the episode is a reference to one of the show's production coordinators and color stylists Tanya Melendez.
* The song Splinter sings is "Vesti la giubba" ("Put on the costume") from the opera Pagliacci ("Clowns").
* The lyrics Splinter can be heard singing are, "Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!"
* Each of the Turtles' outfits represents a different music style and related artiste.
	+ Raph's outfit (and vocal impression) is a nod to soul music. His outfit is a reference to American soul singer James Brown.
	+ Donnie's outfit is a nod to electro music. His outfit is a reference to French musician Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, a Daft Punk member.
	+ Leo's outfit is a nod to glam rock music. He also plays a guitar, like Leonardo from the 2012 TV series did in the Ice Cream Kitty music video.
	+ Mikey's outfit is a nod to rap/hip-hop music.
* The email that Donnie intercepted was addressed to "Justin B.", which is a reference to Canadian singer Justin Bieber.
* This is the last episode to air in 2018.

## Transcript

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