Donnie vs. Witch Town

**"Donnie vs. Witch Town"** is the fifteenth episode of the second season (Episode 8B) of *Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* and is the sixty-first episode overall in the series. It first aired on June 19, 2020.

## Characters

* Donatello (Josh Brener)
* Gentry (Evanna Lynch)
* Mayor Mira (Kathy Najimy)
* The Great Morgan
* April O'Neil (Kat Graham)
* Black Cat Choir (Rob Paulsen and Oliver Vaquer)
* Splinter (Eric Bauza)
* Leonardo (Ben Schwartz)
* Michelangelo (Brandon Mychal Smith)
* Raphael (Omar Benson Miller)
* Salem Witch (Gillian Vigman)

## Plot

The Mad Dogs are in the Hidden City. Looking at the map of all the places, Raph suggests they should split up and each do their own thing. As everyone splits up, Donnie is thinking of checking out the Battle Nexus Arena due to rumors about Shadow Fiend. When asked, April says she's heading to Witch Town first, to get some help on her *science project*, instantly riling Donnie up. April explains that she wants to use the witches' help to sparkle up her safe, if boring, project on chairs, since Donnie's last few attempts to help backfired horribly.

They enter Witch Town, where they are greeted by Mayor Mira. While Donnie is rude and sullen, the cheerful Mira tells them that the citizens of the town are in the middle of a Peace Offering Festival that started 600 years ago by their founder, Abigail the Good. They also meet Gentry, a purple teen witch, who tells them she needs a specific type of worm for the big Peace Potion. April asks Gentry for help with her project, and Gentry agrees, making small fireworks burst from a nearby chair, irritating Donnie. Soon, several witches demonstrate their abilities, making chairs fly and transform for April. Donnie loses his temper, insisting that science is superior and he will prove it through song. But in the process, Donnie accidentally destroys the statue of Abigail the Good, leading Mira to banish April and Donnie from Witch Town.

Gentry brings them to the gate, saying that this delay has made her fall behind on her worm gathering. She adds that without the worms, the witches can't finish the Peace Offering Potion, and something bad will happen. Donnie promises to get the worms if Gentry helps April with her project. Gentry agrees, and makes a spell that launches April into the air on her chair. Donnie uses his tech to extract worms from the dirt, then rapidly age them. He presents the worms to Gentry. Gentry says the worms look weird, but will have to do since she is out of time.

Gentry brings the worms to the giant cauldron in the town square, and Mira chants a spell to finish the potion. Donnie smugly notes that he saved the day with science, and April is disappointed that he did the right thing for the wrong reason. However, it turns out the peace potion, and the reason for the festival, was to make an offering to a giant monster, The Great Morgan. Mira requests that he take the potion, and leave Witch Town in peace until next year. Morgan drinks the potion, and Donnie charges through the crowd to gloat about his contribution. Morgan then gags on the potion, turns orange, and starts destroying Witch Town. Mira says the only reason Morgan turned orange and went crazy is due to improperly-aged worms in the potion, meaning this is all his fault. The witches get angry all over again, and chase April and Donnie, firing spells at them.

April says that the two of them need to stop the monster, and Donnie agrees, mostly for a final chance to prove that science is better than magic. Donnie tries attacking the monster with his tech-bo, but the monster snaps it in half and throws Donnie at April. The collision causes April's bat to break a tiny magic cauldron, imbuing the bat with mystic power. April uses the magic bat to deflect a bolt of energy from Morgan. Donnie gets upset over April's new mystic weapon. April demands to know why Donnie is so obsessed with proving that science is better than magic. Staring dejectedly at his broken tech-bo, Donnie asks if magic can do everything science can do, and more, why April and his brothers would even need him. Shocked, April reassures Donnie, saying that she cares about *him*, and not his tech. She adds that much like her and Donnie, magic and science work best together. With that in mind, Donnie and April defeat the Great Morgan with science and magic.

Donnie stands before the witches and sincerely apologizes for his closed-minded behavior. The witches are not so ready to be open-minded though, and don't accept the apology and throw April and Donnie into the Hidden City Prison. The two of them look up to see Raph, who it seems has also had a rather bad day...

## Trivia

* This episode is part of a 4-part special known as "Tales of the Hidden City", along with "Raph's Ride-Along", "Hidden City’s Most Wanted", and "Bad Hair Day". All four episodes are intended to take part at once.
* In the scene where Gentry agrees to help April and Donnie, the flying monster that was carrying Raph and the Mud Dogs can be seen flying in the background. You can also hear Raph screaming.
* April obtains her mystic weapon in this episode, when her baseball bat is given mystic power.
* A worm resembling Warren Stone can briefly be seen when Donnie is digging them up.
* Donnie's tech-bo is broken in this episode when April gets her Mystic Bat. The tech-bo is the only invention of Donnie's that benefits purely himself and only he uses.

## Transcript

* Donnie vs. Witch Town Transcript

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