History Theatre / ComingOutOfTheirShells

With the popularity of [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the original cartoon]] making the Turtles household names, the turtles decide to become rock stars so that they could reach out to their fans in-person and share their music with the world. Unfortunately, their show is interrupted by the evil machinations of The Shredder, who, with his MadScientist minion Baxter Stockman, plans to end all the music in the world. Will the turtles stop them in time?

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* IdiotBall: April (and the audience) try to convince the turtles that the Shredder is there, but the four of them just brush them all off. When they hear his EvilLaugh bellow across the stage, they immediately make up a mutant ("Ground Hum") to try and explain it away.

* PacifiedAdaptation: The show itself seems to be trying to push a pacifistic narrative. While other versions of the turtles were taught ninjitsu by Splinter and pushed to exercise stealth and anonymity, here it's the exact opposite; Splinter teaches them ThePowerOfRock and how they should reach out and touch hearts, which makes them the least ninja-like iteration of the turtles yet (and that's saying something). There is only one fight scene and its mostly the Turtles throwing around foot-based puns when Shredder's minions show up.

* VillainSong: "I Hate Music" is Shredder's one song, singing about [[IHateSong how much he hates songs]].

** The Shredder and his Foot Ninja are just as guilty, the Shredder boasting -- or should we say ''yelling at the top of his lungs -- about his EvilPlan to the audience.

While the show is often lambasted for its wafer-thin plot and poor production design, it has since become a CultClassic by fans of the ''Ninja Turtles'' for its tongue-and-cheek premise and HamAndCheese delivery, making it a FountainOfMemes on the internet. The show even had a sequel -- ''Getting Down in Your Town'' -- in 1992 that showed in [[Ride/SixFlags Six Flags Great America]].

* LaughablyEvil: The Shredder will typically punctuate his [[EvilGloating monologuing]] with boats and hearty laughter.

* PrisonDimension: Shredder's fate had the Turtles banishing Shredder to another dimension.

* VillainSong: "I Hate Music" is Shredder's one song, singing about how much he hates songs.

* TakeThat: The Shredder, the guy who's big defining quality in this musical is his hatred of music, uses the De-Harmonic Convergence Converter to take away all music in the world. Well, all music except for Music/BarryManilow. That doesn't count.

* ShoutOut: Midway through the show, the turtles to s parody of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', with the question being "A turtle's favorite word would be this." A flawed parody, as they don't phrase the answer in the form of a question.

While the show is often lambasted for its wafer-thin plot and poor production design, it has since become a CultClassic by fans of the ''Ninja Turtles'' for its tongue-and-cheek premise and HamAndCheese delivery, making it a FountainOfMemes on the internet. The show even had a sequel -- ''''Getting Down in Your Town''' -- in 1992 that showed in [[Ride/SixFlags Six Flags Great America]].

While the show is often lambasted for its wafer-thin plot and poor production design, it has since become a CultClassic by fans of the ''Ninja Turtles'' for its tongue-and-cheek premise and HamAndCheese delivery, making it a FountainOfMemes on the internet.

The show was originally available live and in Pay-Per-View, but has long since stopped production. The show is only available on VHS, but it has since been uploaded onto [=YouTube=] free to watch by fans of the turtles. The show even got a sequel -- '''' --