A character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Michelangelo / Mikey quotes from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Most-quoted character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990): in 23 of its 92 quotes
Most scenes with: Donatello / Donnie (10), Leonardo / Leo (9), Donatello (7)

A line from Michelangelo / Mikey

Wise men say, 'forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza'!

More lines from Michelangelo / Mikey

4 quotes
Pizza delivery guy
[pulls up on his scooter outside an apartment building]

Okay. [removes pizza from a pouch on the back of the scooter and whistles] Now, 122. [looks closer at the address of the order] 122 1/8? [looks around for the address] 122...1/8. [annoyed because he can't find it] Terrific. Where the heck is 122 1/8?

Mikey
[from the sewer grate on the street, which surprises the pizza delivery guy]

You're standin' on it, dude. [pokes a ten dollar bill up through the grate] Just slip it down here.

Pizza delivery guy
[warily slides the pizza down through the grate while simultaneously taking the money]

Gimme that! [starts back to his scooter before noticing the amount of money he was given and turning back toward the grate] Hey, this is a $10. The tab's $13!

Mikey

You're two minutes late, dude!

Pizza delivery guy
[kneels down upon the grate]

Aw, come on, I couldn't find the place!

Mikey

Wise man say "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."

Pizza delivery guy
[stands upon realizing how weird the situation is and heads back to his scooter, muttering]

I gotta get a new route. And I thought I delivered everywhere.

Michelangelo / Mikey
[as he is watching "The Tortoise & The Hare" with Donatello]

Go! Move it, will ya? Aw, you're letting him blow right by ya! Can you believe this guy? Come on! Don't just...! Ninja-kick the damn rabbit! Do something!

Michelangelo / Mikey
[He avoids an attack by retracting his head inside his shell. He then pops his head out again and punches the ninja.]

God, I LOVE BEING A TURTLE!!!!

Michelangelo / Mikey

Oh, but no anchovies. And I mean, no anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and you're in big trouble, okay?!

Scenes with Michelangelo / Mikey

18 scenes

Nice night.

Michelangelo

Mmm-hmm. Pizza dude's got thirty seconds.

Hey, Mikey...You ever think about what Splinter said? About, y'know...Us not havin' him?

Michelangelo

...Well, time's up. Three bucks off.

[about Casey]

Who the heck is that?

Michelangelo

Wayne Gretzky? On steroids?

Danny

I think there's some left over pizza from the other night.

Micheangelo
[Michelangelo runs over to the table, Donatello takes a look at it]

Well?

Do you like penicillin on your pizza?

Michelangelo

Doh!
[Donatello and him start humming "Taps"]

[skateboards in the sewers, and then stops to sit down next to Michelangelo]

How ya doin'?

Michelangelo

Fine.

Donnie

Nice night.

Mikey

Mmhmm. Pizza dude's got 30 seconds.

Donnie

Mm-hmm. [nods, then wonders about what Splinter said earlier] Hey, Mikey, did you ever think about what Splinter said tonight? I mean, about.... what it would be like, you know, not having him?

Mikey
[understandably uncomfortable with answering such a question, he brushes it off]

Hmm. Time's up. $3 off. [Donnie shakes his head in frustration]

Mikey

Yes, friends, the new Turbo Ginsu! Wa-hoo! [tosses the pizza while Leonardo slices it] It dices, it slices, and yet makes French fries in three different- [a pizza slice lands on Splinter's head] WHOOPS!

[annoyed but unimpressed]

Mmm, kids.

[To Raphael, upon seeing that Raph has brought an unconscious April O'Neil back to their sewer den; in absolute and utter disbelief]

Are you crazy?

Raph
[sarcastically]

Yeah, Leo, I'm crazy, okay?! A loony, okay?!

Why?

Raph
[sarcastically]

"Why?"! Why, oh, I don't know, because I wanted to redecorate! You know, a couple of throw pillows, a TV news reporter, what do you think?! [Leo grunts]

[walks into the common area to discover the cause of all the commotion]

Raphael, what are you doing?!

Raph
[trying to stay out of trouble; grumbles nervously]

She got jumped in the subway, I had to bring her here.

It's the news lady.

Michelangelo
[hopefully]

Can we keep her?

[reluctantly; to the Turtles]

Bring water, cold washcloth, pillow.

For 15 years now, we have lived here. Before that time, I was a pet of my Master Yoshi, mimicking his movements from my cage and learning the secret art of Ninja. When we were forced to come to New York, I found myself, for the first time, without a home, wandering the sewers, scavenging for whatever I could find. And then, one day, I came upon a shattered glass jar and four baby turtles.

Mikey

That was us.

Raph
[annoyed]

Shut up.

Donnie
[annoyed]

Ohhh, no.

The little ones were crawling into a strange, glowing ooze from a broken canister nearby. I gathered them up in an old coffee can, and when I awoke the next morning, I received a shock, for they had doubled in size. I, too, was growing, particularly in intellect, and I was amazed at how intelligent they seemed, but nothing could have prepared me for what happened next - 1 of them spoke.

Pizza. Pizza!

More words followed, and I began their training, teaching them all that I had learned from my master.

Radical, radical, radical, radical....

And soon, I gave them all names - Leonardo, Michelangelo...

Mikey

That’s me.

...Donatello and Raphael.

[after the Turtles have escorted her home]

I'd like to invite you all in, but really I don't have anything to offer you guys, except for, uh, frozen pizza.

Mikey
[excitedly hops up out of the manhole]

Let's go for it!

Donnie
[pops his head up out of the manhole mere moments after Mikey]

You said the magic word.

[stunned]

You guys eat pizza?

Mikey and Donnie
[simultaneously]

Doesn't everybody?

Will I ever see you guys again?

Mikey

Indubitably!

Well, that depends on how fast you stock your pizza.

Leo

Ha-ha! No doubt about it. She loved us!

Mikey

It was the impressions, dudes!

Donnie

You wish.

Leo

Hold it!

Mikey
[Watching an argument starting between Leonardo and Raphael]

Fight?

Donnie

Fight.

Mikey

Kitchen?

Donnie

Kitchen.

Mikey

Yeah.

Mikey
[later, while eating pork rinds] [hands him a pork rind]

Pork Rind?

Donnie
[takes the pork rind]

Pork Rind.

Leo
[about Casey]

Who the heck is that?

Mikey

Wayne Gretzky? On steroids?

Mikey
[yawns]

Oh, man, I could go for a little deep dish action right about now.

Danny

I had some pizza down here the other day. There might be some left over. [Donnie notices the pizza box]

Mikey
[runs over to the table as April laughs. Donnie takes a look inside the box, but quickly closes it]

Well?

Donnie

Question.

Mikey
[growing impatient]

Ugh. Yeah?

Donnie

Do you like penicillin on your pizza? [shows Mikey that the pizza has developed mold on it]

Mikey

D'oh! [he and Donnie start humming "Taps"]

Mikey
[while fighting The Foot]

Hey, Donnie, looks like this one is suffering from shell shock.

Donnie

Too derivative.

Mikey

Well, I guess we can really shell it out.

Donnie

Too cliché.

Mikey

Well, it was a shell of a good hit!

Donnie

I like it! [to next opponent] Step up!

Leo
[Shredder shows up]

Does anybody have any idea about who or what this is?

Mikey

I don't know, but I'll bet that it never has to look for a can opener. [Donnie giggles]

You fight well... in the old style. But you've caused me enough trouble. Now you face... the Shredder.

Donnie

"The Shredder?"

Mikey
[nervously; trying to hide his fear with jokes]

Uhh, maybe all that hardware's for making coleslaw.

Raph

Where's Splinter?

[realizes what Raph means]

Ah, the rat. So it has a name? [thinking that Splinter's dead; sadistically] It had a name.

Leo
[angrily growls; screams]

YOU LIE!!!

[evilly smirks]

Do I?

[Leo angrily screams and charges toward Shredder, but Shredder flips Leo, and points his yari to Leo's neck] [to Raph, Donnie and Mikey; referring to Leo]

He dies. [Raph, Donnie, and Mikey gasp; gestures with his head] Weapons. [the remaining three turtles hesitate] Now! [Raph, Donnie, and Mikey reluctantly discard their weapons to save Leo.] Fools. [chortles] The three of you might have overpowered me with the loss of but one. Now your fate... WILL BE HIS!!! [holds up his yari and prepares to impale Leo]

Raph, Mikey, and Donnie
[alarmed; pleadingly]

NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!!!!!!!

Mikey
[suddenly, Splinter appears, startling Shredder] [relieved]

Splinter!

[Leonardo, seeing Shredder distracted, rolls away back to the other Turtles]

Yes, Oroku Saki, I know who you are. We met many years ago... in the home of my master, Hamato Yoshi!

Raph
[Shredder removes his mask, revealing the scars underneath from their last encounter, revealing him to be Oroku Saki] [referring to the Shredder, known as Oroku Saki]

It's him.

[absolutely horrified]

You. [angrily] Now I will finish.... what I began with your ear! [attempts to joust Splinter, but his yari is caught in a nunchaku chain and he is hanging over the edge of a building]

Death comes for us all, Oroku Saki, but something much worse comes for you. For when you die, it will be... [Shredder reaches for the back of his belt, takes out a knife and throws it at Splinter, who dodges and grabs it and, at the same time, releases Shredder, who, while screaming, falls into the garbage truck] ...without honor.

[sarcastically]

Oops! [activates the trash compactor with Shredder inside]

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