History RunningGag / Phelous

*** It has since been further used in altered forms for other characters (TMNT and non-TMNT), for instance, in "Unchain My Heart Part 2" to depict Leonardo in the spot after a very OutOfCharacter moment where steals a sandwich from Mikey, who calls him out over it, and in "Unchain My Heart Part 4" after Mikey says something nonsensical to go "Michelangelo is High?" instead.

* THE NIGHTMARE HAS BECOME REALITY. [[labelnote:explanation]]from the TheEndOrIsIt ShockingSwerve used in ''Nightmare City''.[[/labelnote]]

* Saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!]]" when characters give up really quickly, call for help, or say they've tried everything.

** Whenever Michelangelo says or does something stupid, playing a goofy tune and displaying text saying "Michelangelo is brain dead". After "Meet Dr. Quease", it was amended to include the SpecialEffectsFailure the Mikey suit had in one scene that gave him a lazy eye. It has since been further used in altered forms for other characters (TMNT and non-TMNT), for instance, in the "Unchain my Heart" reviews to depict Leonardo in the spot during Part 2 after a very OutOfCharacter moment where he eats a sandwich and Mikey calls him out over it, and in part 4 after Mikey said something nonsensical to go "Michelangelo is High?" instead.

** Whenever Venus flubs a saying, playing a clip of her during an early fight at a swing set when she quips "What a swinger!"

** Whenever Michelangelo says or does something stupid, playing a goofy tune and displaying text saying "Michelangelo is brain dead". After "Meet Dr. Quease", it was amended to include the SpecialEffectsFailure the Mikey suit had in one scene that gave him a lazy eye. It was further altered in the "Unchain my Heart" reviews to depict Leonardo in the spot during Part 2 after a very OutOfCharacter moment where he eats a sandwich and Mikey calls him out over it, and in part 4 after Mikey said something nonsensical to go "Michelangelo is High?" instead.

** Whenever Michelangelo says or does something stupid, playing a goofy tune and displaying text saying "Michelangelo is brain dead". After "Meet Dr. Quease", it was amended to include the SpecialEffectsFailure the Mikey suit had in one scene that gave him a lazy eye. It was further altered in the "Unchain my Heart" reviews to depict Leonardo in the spot during Part 2 after a very OutOfCharacter moment, and in part 4 after Mikey said something nonsensical to go "Michelangelo is High?" instead.

** Whenever the turtles are rude to/disrespect Splinter (which is ''a lot''), or vice-versa: "I hate Splinter!"[[labelnote:explanation]]A spliced line from Mikey from the Turtle's Christmas Special where the Turtles were singing about getting Splinter a gift. It originally went "Gotta get a gift for Splinter, I hate shopping in the winter".[[/labelnote]]

** Whenever the turtles are rude to/disrespect Splinter (which is ''a lot''): "I hate Splinter!"[[labelnote:explanation]]A spliced line from Mikey from the Turtle's Christmas Special where the Turtles were singing about getting Splinter a gift. It originally went "Gotta get a gift for Splinter, I hate shopping in the winter".[[/labelnote]]

** Whenever Michelangelo says or does something stupid, playing a goofy tune and displaying text saying "Michelangelo is brain dead". After "Meet Dr. Quease", it was amended to include the SpecialEffectsFailure the Mikey suit had in one scene that gave him a lazy eye.

** Whenever the turtles don't care about Splinter (which is ''a lot''): "I hate Splinter!"[[labelnote:explanation]]A spliced line from Mikey from the Turtle's Christmas Special where the Turtles were singing about getting Splinter a gift. It originally went "Gotta get a gift for Splinter, I hate shopping in the winter".[[/labelnote]]

** Whenever Michelangelo says or does something stupid, playing a goofy tune and text saying "Michelangelo is brain dead".

** Whenever the turtles don't care about Splinter (which is ''a lot''): "I hate Splinter!"[[labelnote:explanation]]A {{Mondegreen}} from Mikey from the Turtle's Christmas Special where the Turtles were singing about getting Splinter a gift.[[/labelnote]]

** Whenever Michelangelo says or does something stupid, playing a goofy tune and "Michelangelo is brain dead".

** Mocking Le's dream of a turtle preaching about "a new way", even though the turtles act the same as they always do or do something stupid.
** Whenever Venus flabs a saying, playing a clip of her during an early fight at a swing set when she quips "What a swinger!"

* "I know what I know, boy... but I'm not telling it!" Played whenever a character is witholding information for no apparent reason.

** Whenever the turtles don't care about Splinter (which is ''a lot''): "I hate Splinter!"

* Any character reminiscent of Jafar from Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' gets nicknamed "Jafart".

** "The diamonds, my God!" (Or just "my God!") [[labelnote:explanation]]Another example of Dingo's dubs using saltier-than-usual language for a children's program in English. There's also the whole "why do lions care about diamonds" thing, but it MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.[[/labelnote]]

* Saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!]]" when characters give up really quickly, or say they've tried everything.

** Whenever Michelangelo says or does something stupid, playing a goofy tune and "Michelangelo is brain dead" every time.

* In his ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' reviews, whenever the turtles don't care about Splinter (which is ''a lot''): "I hate Splinter!"

* In his Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation reviews, whenever the turtles don't care about Splinter: "I hate Splinter!"