One Man's Junk

**"One Man's Junk"** is the forty-first episode (Episode 23A) of *Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. It first aired on November 2nd, 2019.

## Characters

* Donatello (Josh Brener)
* Leonardo (Ben Schwartz)
* Michelangelo (Brandon Mychal Smith)
* Mrs. Nubbins
* Raphael (Omar Benson Miller)
* Repo Mantis (Fred Tatasciore)
* Foot Clan
	+ Foot Brute
	+ Foot Lieutenant

## Plot

The episode started with Mikey and Donnie putting flyers all over New York and the Hidden city.

The scene then cuts to Leo’s Paper Hut which is now renamed into Mystic Metal Merchants. It seems that Mikey and Donnie have had the idea to lure Mystic Metal to them, instead of hunting for it themselves. Raph is doubtful of the potential of the plan, since the last pieces of the dark armor are almost complete. Mikey assures him that the yokai in this town would come here and give them the dark piece as requested.

They were interrupted when they saw Repo mantis swipe up a piece of the dark armor from a yokai. Mikey and Donnie are so enraged at him. Leo admits that he is always on Raph’s side, which his older brother agreed to. Mikey told them to relax and decide they should go back to the junkyard where he and Donnie first met Repo.

They went to the junkyard where Donnie told Leo and Raph that he and Mikey craft a good plan to disguise themselves as rich British millionaires. They told me to stay in the car while they went to meet Repo.

As they greet him, Repo doesn’t recognize him but he is interested to show them around. He explained that everything is for sale except that mountain of crash where a bus blocks the cave’s entrance. He warned them not to go in there because it contains something bad.

Meanwhile, Raph and Leo are in the tank bored until they hear that maybe the dark piece is in there. Mikey and Donnie told them they can handle this before they cut off on the screen.

Leo and Raph decided to ignore their warning and started to investigate the creepy cave. Raph tried to pull the bus but he passed out. Leo decided he should use his portal to unlock the latch that opens the door. They drove the bus inside and began to investigate. The cave looks dark and they could not see anything. Raph finds a button, hoping it would turn on the lights. As he pressed it, it released something from a cage up above. Leo became scared, worried and said that they had enough missions.. Raph agrees as the massive creature starts to chase them back to the bus.

Meanwhile, Repo is pleased that they listened and gave them the keys to tis junkyard. Whispering to Donnie, Mikey said that they can now look for the dark piece.

Suddenly, Raph and Leo appear and tell them to run away. Repo looks upset that it was all a scam and they release his cat, the creature that Raph and Leo met, right out of her cage.

Raph asked if it’s friendly, but Repo said that his cat, Mrs. Nubbins used to be cuddly until she got mutated into a half cat half mantis mutant. Mikey insisted that they can’t leave without the dark piece and leave Repo alone with that giant cat.

They started to go after the cat but she easily caught them in her mouth. And throws them in the air. Mikey asked why Raph did all this while the snapping turtle said that if a bad guy warns not to go in, they’re supposed to go in. Donnie asked if they had any good ideas to lure the cat away before they crashed onto a car. Mikey perked up for an idea saying they should turn the cat into a mouse sized car so the mantis cat can chase it.

They began to design it and led the cat away from Repo and jumped out of the car so the cat was trapped in the mountain cave. After a few minutes, they drove the bus back and closed the entrance. Repo thanked them and said that Mrs. Nubbins can be cranky when she hasn’t eaten.

Raph asked if he had the dark piece but Repo said that he sold it to a couple of shoe salesmen with flaming heads. The snapper realized that it must be the Foot clan telling his brothers that they have to go.

## Quotes

* **Repo**: Mrs. Nubbins used to be so cuddly until she got mutated into a mantis.

## Trivia

* This episode's title is a reference to the phrase, "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
* Donatello breaks the fourth wall in this episode when he explains the cannibalistic nature of the praying mantis.
* This episode marks Warren Stone's last appearance of any kind in the series. His final in-person appearance was in "Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man", and his last appearance with any character development was in "Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree".
* The character Ace Duck has a cameo appearance on a flyer called "Ace Airlines".