3: Las Tortugas Ninja

The story kicks off when April O'Neil buys an ancient Japanese scepter as a gift for Splinter. Unbeknownst to her, the scepter is a magical time-travel device. When she activates it, she inadvertently swaps places with Prince Kenshin from 1603 Japan.

Raph gets the most emotional heavy lifting here. He forms a bond with a young boy named Yoshi, making him realize that he might actually prefer the quiet, respected life of a warrior in ancient Japan over being a "monster" in a New York sewer. Las Tortugas Ninja 3

After being absent from the second movie, Elias Koteas returned to play Casey Jones (and his ancestor, Whit). The story kicks off when April O'Neil buys

Because of the scepter's "equal mass" rule, for every Turtle that goes back, a Japanese honor guard is sent to modern-day New York. This leads to some of the movie's funniest moments, as 17th-century samurai discover the joys of television and hockey masks (thanks to Casey Jones). Raph gets the most emotional heavy lifting here

Although set in Japan, the movie was actually filmed in Astoria, Oregon , using the rainy Pacific Northwest to stand in for the Japanese countryside. The Verdict