Minor Character Theater-I Was A Teenage Foot Clan Ninja (TMNT Parody Mockumentary)

I made a fake documentary about the events of the first 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, from the perspective of one of the Foot Clan Ninjas. All use is intended as PARODY and fair use, please don't be mad at me.
*SPECIAL THANKS*
Special thanks to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird for creating a timeless part of my childhood, and especially for "The Last Ronin" which I recently discovered, and rekindled my love for the turtles.
Extra special thanks to Kevin Eastman who sold me the headband on his online store, please check out his website at fan.kevineastm...
Special thanks to NECA and BST AXN for creating the action figures featured in the re-creation stills.
Special thanks to Michael Dudikoff, whose "American Ninja" I found on TV when I had chicken pox as a kid, and I LOVED it.

[@FreedomDaveX]

The movie really made the Foot Clan look like the coolest thing for a kid to join.

[@Future_Imperfect]

If you are a psycho. Tatsu killed one of them almost immediately over a temper tantrum.

[@WickedV3ng3nc3]

@@Future_Imperfect He lived

[@MichaelAChristian1]

​@@Future_ImperfectGO PLAY.

[@hoppyandhisholidayhelpers1714]

for a kid, yeah. for a teenager, no. where were all the chics? cool dudes got babes, nerds played video games. even the Turtles had a babe on the line. until Casey shell blocked them.

[@IanDeMartino]

@@hoppyandhisholidayhelpers1714 Bro, you know how many chicks you're gonna pull with your sweet ninja moves and the coolest stolen stereo in Queens?

[@justinfalzon6854]

'figuring out we were pretty much child soldiers in a blood feud between a crazy Japanese guy and a rat that scratched his face 20 years ago..." yo, I'm gonna remember that line forever, LOLOL.

[@Dhakadice]

That was basically the plot in the original story, except it was the other way around. Oroku Saki had already gotten his revenge on Hamato Yoshi and it was Hamato Splinter who trained his proteges in order to murder Saki. He never even intended them to fight crime.

[@joelplatt3592]

WORD!😂😂😂😂👍👍

[@jmartin1774]

It's funny but Shredder didn't come to America to get revenge on Splinter because the whole face scratch happened after Yoshi fled to America and Saki followed him there. The main reason he was after the Turtles was because they were interfering with his operations which had nothing to do with the rat

[@AggroSamurai]

This shit was already absurd. That line put it over the top

[@RandomCryptid]

deep and mad funny

[@cmfort2696]

"You close your eyes, I swear to good one of them sounded like Cory Feldman."

[@andrewblack2596]

😂😂😂😂

[@dnleo]

Lmao

[@davidbailey6718]

Cory Feldman voiced Donatello

[@Dhakadice]

@@davidbailey6718 Yeah, that's the one he was referring to.

[@NordicDan]

​@@davidbailey6718 thank you David that was the joke 🤦

[@mloyd64]

This should be a series where you were a henchman for the bad guys in movies over the years.

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Working on it!

[@rayvenkman2087]

"Despite his ruthlessness, Blofield is a pretty reasonable boss as long as you don't screw up that much."

[@KairuHakubi]

like that dude in Gargoyles who turned out to be like, six different henchmen, and wanted his revenge.

[@terrencehollins8072]

One of The Monarchs henchmen from The Venture Bros. Talking about all the near death experiences he suffered at the hands of Brock Samson! “I’d like to see you talk all that shit after having YOUR face caved in by a 6’5” 250 lbs Swedish Murder Machine!”😂

[@CousinLarrySitsThere]

Yes!

[@jonathanhernandez3292]

This is brilliant sir. As an 80s kid, I totally would have wanted to be a foot clan ninja too.

[@orsonzedd]

My cousin was in the Foot. He makes it sound unreasonably fun.

[@templeofthesmilingjackalop9860]

"Figuring out we were child soldiers in a blood feud between a crazy Japanese guy and a rat" is a theme in more mature versions of TMNT like Mirage and IDW. As the turtles grow, they realize they're trapped in this endless cycle of murder and revenge that they had no part in starting but were raised to continue by the father they trusted.

[@lordjimbo2]

"I think Christopher's trying to tell me something...not really my scene, but there might be some good music and I'll go and support my friend." Spit take on that one. You're a gifted writer.

[@ioncewasmikey]

"They ain't twins no more." 🤣

[@daviswiggin4425]

that was gold

[@NextToToddliness]

Had me slain.

[@squanchy666]

Jesus

[@1ChristianC]

That one got me!

[@user-yv4mm6bx3c]

The image of Splinter watching Matlock brings a smile to my face.

[@MajorFoe]

'you wanna do graffiti indoors with no ventilation? YOU COULD DO THAT! It was 80s NY!'

[@THENEWMrYungT1992]

Crazy thing is…that last part got me lol…I was like “damn…how many kids in gangs probably have that same feeling if they manage to make it out?”

[@Sac_slappper_4rce]

He quit when he saw Vanilla Ice was on their side.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Next episode.

[@wbharvey504]

😂😂

[@luisgonzalez-ii3gc]

The wallet swapping sounds so legit. " If you weren't stealing wallets, everyone knew you were a tourist"😂😂😂

[@Stridewise]

"for five years I got my ass HANDED to me" this is so god damn good

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thanks!! 😁😁😁

[@devinm524]

searched the comment section for this very quote, This script was Fire but that quote was highly underrated😂

[@zombiebassman]

This is BRILLIANT! I remember watching the original movie in the theater at like 7 years old. As far as im concerned this is 100% canon with that film.

[@hallarious506]

I think it should be criminal that they never mentioned this guys name. At least a "based on the life of" would have been nice.

[@ragepage1596]

He was all like, "you want regular or menthol?"

[@robertmcginty4146]

And then he winked at us

[@DRES1ne]

I was so young I didn't wtf he meant by that, i thought about gasoline or some shit. I ended up being a menthol smoker😂

[@supernerd5781]

A hilarious ode to one of the single most underrated comic book movies of all time

[@KathrynElizabeth-j7y]

For real. Does not get the respect it deserves. It's incredibly faithful to the source as well.

[@Flotzelberti]

From me, it does 🥰

[@waltermc3906]

Lol what? "one of the single most underrated comic book movies of all time"??? What the fuck are you talking about? TMNT is one of the HIGHEST rated comic book movies of all time....fuck for many years it was the single highest grossing independent film ever made (until the release of the Blair Witch Project)

[@VinluvAntonHandesbukia]

Underrated??? In what dimension?

[@teck1756]

@@KathrynElizabeth-j7y I mean, it was fun, but it was nowhere near "faithful to the source." Heh. Splinter was originally human in the source. Casey Jones never had a thing for April. Burne Thompson (if that was even her boss' name in the movie) looked and acted nothing like the original. Obviously the whole origin storyline was messed up, too, since they had Splinter as a pet of himself in the movie. It's not as egregious as many modern stuff, but it wasn't really "faithful."

[@StephenBachicha]

This needs to be on Netflix! I'd binge this more than I did Cobra Kai!

[@IceBreaker-Lateshow]

@@StephenBachicha oh for sure, we are are going to try to share the shit out of his vids.

[@DanielBMS]

If this is going to be a series I want so much insight as to what was happening in the world of the Turtles movies. Other sides of the stories we have always speculated about.

[@dubuyajay9964]

FOOT CLAN NEVER D13S! 👣🥷

[@MuckyPup115]

Netflix is trash.

[@craigkemery]

If so, it should star Sam Rockwell

[@saintxrage2311]

I clicked on the thumbnail because I thought you were Edward Norton coming out saying he was in the Turtles movie as an extra Foot Soldier. But stayed because I couldn't stop laughing. As a huge TMNT fan this was highly enjoyable. You're delivery was spot on. I know it's cliche to say but you definitely deserve way more views. Seriously. This was edited very well. Thanks for the laugh and good luck going forward. I'm a new subscriber.

[@briefcaseblues6061]

I was bout to say "he looks nothing like Norton" but thought I should go back n look at the thumbnail. Yeah, he kinda does look like Norton 👍🤣

[@saintxrage2311]

@@briefcaseblues6061 Yeah the thumbnail made him look like him a bit.

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

@@saintxrage2311 thank you!!

[@jlopez0710]

I thought the same thing. But thought Edward Norton wasnt in TMNT what is this🤣🤣

[@tur13l]

This is the realest thing I have seen on the internet ever!

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thanks!

[@trillwill205]

YES!!!😂

[@Lunatic5306]

The realist thing you’ve seen is a fake documentary? Go eat grass

[@rengotacomplex]

As a kid who grew up with the TMNT movies this is great. Keep up the great work 🤝🏾

[@falleneldor]

I'm so glad the algorithm brought me here. This was hilarious. I've been obsessing about the 1990 movie increasingly so since I've gotten the neca figures. I think a whole mockumentary from all the other teenagers who where foot clan members and interviews with a few of the actors would be an amazing kickstarter project.

[@terrencehollins8072]

“Shredder came out the gate with the crazy!”😂

[@craigkemery]

I’d love to see something like this featuring Sam Rockwell, who actually played the foot clan recruiter in the movie.

[@Zeina107]

And he was on the rockwell files

[@zerubbabelsbridge]

Sam would be hilarious 😂

[@theotherjared9824]

Considering the entire foot clan gets slaughtered on a daily basis, I'm surprised this guy has lived long enough to tell his story.

[@fatal-vice8145]

He did get out after Master Shredder "died". He was a lucky one. The other guys in the photo didn't make it,sadly.

[@Rydax]

Honestly, though. Shredder's speech is one of the most underrated scenes in movie history. The writing, the acting, the music, the cinematography, everything about it is so good.

[@darksideofthemoon488]

2:41 "My parents were Scientologists" got to me. LOL!

[@MuckyPup115]

That’s not wallet swapping, it’s a pass off. There is a team involved. You don’t want to get caught with the loot. That’s the Bank’s job.

[@ThatHomelessScrubbalo]

"I too, once had a family, Danny."

[@KyleKahotek]

This is amazing. I'd watch a whole show of this and other henchmen.

[@iraqvet0753]

I just came from a convention with Eastman and Todd Langen and I told them about this video. They both loved the premise and promised to watch later. Keep up the great work

[@brianbergeron164]

This NEEDS more views! Its criminal..this was awesome!😅

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thank you!

[@captaincrunch784]

Agreed and it's being shared on every TMNT Facebook page

[@winwird]

I am absolutely shocked how few views this has. Honestly hilarious.

[@severalwolves]

5:16 Yup that’s the spot - I lived in this area of Manhattan for a while after college in the 00s, just around the corner from the map shown on screen. As someone who grew up a huge Ninja Turtles fan, this part of the city always reminded me of the original TMNT movie. The very first time I visited the neighborhood, I looked around and thought “well, at least I’m safe from the Foot Clan!” haha

[@theDavid_B]

This video feels like what KZbin videos where like from 2007-2013 really good shit.

[@yobnomekop]

Probably the single greatest thing I have ever seen! Cant wait for part 2, keep up the good work!

[@GuardianNewtonTurner]

Bruh, I would read a whole series of "Foot Clan: DECLASSIFIED" 😂😂😂

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

Good lord I wish this was a full length thing.

[@mcsmoothstyle]

I work in social services. They hit me with the "Mobility Issues" @ 4:50. I was not ready

[@jimihendricks5602]

Interviews with ex-henchpeople are always great. Well done, had me chuckling.

[@platt_mallar]

I am dying, dude. This is comedic genius. Your acting is on point, too!

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Haha, thanks! You’re the first to comment on my “performance”, so thank you.

[@platt_mallar]

@@offdutyfigurephotos The reason nobody else commented is because you're so believable. lol

[@MrSbbryan86]

Seriously this is the best thing I've seen in forever

[@basketballfan23]

Comedic genius indeed 🔥

[@CCJJ160Channels]

5:41 - “oops! Oops . . . OOPS!” 🤣 😂 😆

[@TheFlamingPike]

Let's admit we all wanted to go to that warehouse with infinite cigarettes, tons of brand new electronics, ninja training, arcade games, pool tables, interior skating park and most importantly the bubble gum chewing girl!!!

[@SatansBirdLawExpert]

You saying “WANTED” suggest that we’ve moved on from that dream lol

[@BrandonM803]

As an 80s baby this is pure gold man. Thanks for the laughs!!

[@thekenner]

Loved this, but at 1:10 he says Liberty Island. It's Lairdman Island. The east warehouse on Lairdman Island was a name swap of Kevin Eastman, and Peter Laird, the Turtles creators. If I sound like a cunt, it's not intentional, just a neat bit of trivia from the movie.

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Ah ok, I misheard it on my rewatch

[@thekenner]

@@offdutyfigurephotos Such a great skit. Had me laughing my ass off. Thank you for doing this.

[@jamesfx2]

Lairdman Island was renamed to Liberty Island after 9/11. I used to go there and get Freedom Fries. #NeverForget

[@Hiatus-Humanus]

​@@jamesfx2#dancing Israelis #LuckyLarry

[@jamesgish9202]

​@@jamesfx2is that true?

[@rxmcgree]

Thanks for opening up. I was also indoctrinated into a gang in the 80s. It was called the Scullions and at first seemed like a bit of victimless fun. The leader Zed was a bit unhinged but there was a supportive atmosphere for kids from tough backgrounds. Anyway long story short it got increasingly violent and I had my doubts after the whole gang got together to wreck a charity street fair. We ended up hiding out at the zoo and ended up getting taken down by a bunch of rookie cops who we later found out were on their first assignment. The guy who collared me I swear looked like a defensive end from the Colts back when they were in Baltimore.

[@LeonMartin-q9n]

I'd like to see you do like a scared straight thing with this character! This character goes and talks to unruly kids, because you're a former criminal clan member

[@DJWHFun]

This was good. In my life of 37 years, I’ve almost never felt envious except for maybe 1 or 2 other incidents outside of this mokumentary…. Well done

[@jakekelley2519]

This entire bit is absolute gold, start to finish. This might be my favorite thing I’ve seen on the Internet this year.

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thank you! 😃

[@LeonMartin-q9n]

😂😂😂How many times did raphael stab you?!😂😂😂

[@GeekSHO]

He said there were two occurrences, so six times. (2x3=6)

[@cmfort2696]

I've watched this three times now.

[@IceBreaker-Lateshow]

Just found you on tic tok, I'd love to feature some of this on our late night talk show! I laughed my ass off watching this.

[@smokedog9677]

I love this idea, great work! Can't wait for part two!

[@Flotzelberti]

This was a beautiful and funny hommage to this awesome masterpiece of a movie! Well told...😄

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

[@cmfort2696]

You, sir, are the actor of your generation.

[@randomjive7310]

"We were all just child soldiers." 😢

[@sinatrasmoke9448]

Wow, seriously, wow, this concept is suberbly written and exacuted.🎉 You definitely have something here.😊 I wish you all the best!

[@martincastaneda8574]

Man the deadpan delivery is so good. Great talented comedy.

[@robertmckeon297]

That’s pretty good😂 Deserves way more views!

[@larrychoiceman]

This was extremely good: good pacing, terrific editing, tone was excellent throughout. Really great. Thanks!

[@IWillResurface]

Glad KZbin recommended this to me. I’m a big TMNT fan, and this was hilarious! Looking forward to seeing more.

[@DPresidential]

This is some of the best content I've seen on youtube. Im 40 now and the way you went in like this was great. I meed more content like this.

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Wow thank you! 😃

[@kjbutler1312]

I would binge watch the shit out of a series about 80s/90s henchmen like this. My ribs are hurting from laughing so hard.

[@Dhakadice]

"So...he makes us break into the zoo to steal a wolf and a snapping turtle and then he wants to feed them toxic waste and I'm like... Shouldn't we try it on something non-sentient first, like that army dude and the guy with the purple mohawk?"

[@jackmehoff2363]

You can tell he still struggles with ptsd from losing a ton of his friends in that fire. Imagine fighting turtles, then they the building is on fire and they just escape leaving you all behind to burn

[@jameseglavin4]

“Practically Danny DeVito sized” is a pretty incredible way to describe someone

[@soniclore]

Thanks for the heads up. I had some dudes come to my house a few weeks ago “selling Ginsu knives” but now I’m 77% sure they were Shredder and some Foot Clan guys.

[@LetsChat]

This is the TMNT lore I *needed*!

[@sonjeow]

Brilliant. Loved the ending. I never thought of it that way but you nailed it.

[@LetsChat]

This video is something really special.

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thank you!

[@theotherjared9824]

The fact that this first episode doesn't even touch on Baxter Stockman or Karai or the Utrom or fugitoid or the triceratons or the Oroku Saki worms just shows how crazy this story gets.

[@rianmela3825]

The original run was all over the place and super serious at the same time and it was so good

[@andrews4717]

This is comedy gold. My favorite part was hearing about how they chain a giant rat man to the fence out back

[@ericmikuta]

"He took a bo staff to the face, now their not twins no more." 😂😂😂

[@Bearfootcriminal]

Perfect mate… this was somehow cathartic; needed in so many ways.

[@Domriso]

My brain read "I was a teenage Foot Clan ninja" to the tune of "Teenage Dirtbag," and now I'm sad this wasn't a parody music video.

[@Dhakadice]

"Listen to Vanilla Ice Ice baby"

[@DrDoom77976]

@@Dhakadice "Come on April, don't say maybe"

[@f4rhodesia273]

Bro, how do you not have a million subscribers. This was the funniest thing I've seen on youtube in years

[@MiningAmerica]

Proud to have found this at a hundred and sixty four views. Sharing on show social media now

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thank you so much!

[@Blaze_XIII]

Cannot wait for part 2!!! This was hilarious, thank you I love it

[@teflonjohn4018]

Turtle power forever!!! "Our arcade doesn't require quarters" FUCK THE TURTLES!!!!

[@nefariouscloud]

I understand you bruh....Life isnt a straight path its a Rollercoaster at 6 Flags....Good to see you made it out the Foot Clan...They're a rough group of guys....

[@andrewblack2596]

Mike, you took a bow staff to the face they ain’t twins no more.

[@emoryzakin2576]

Man, this was hilarious. Just watched part 2 and came back to rewatch/comment/subscribe and say keep going. These were great, you should absolutely do some other movies from back in the day.

[@cmfort2696]

I watched this twice, It seems like I never watched the first time, Because I was laughing so goddamn much I missed the first half. I was crying. 😂😅 I think you have a big future. Seriously.

[@sunofslavia]

Awesome video! The style and ideas give off the vibes of the golden days of KZbin. Love it.

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Haha, thank you! I’m old school like that 😉

[@mr.joedirt8583]

What? This is insane. I spent my middle and high school years training in karate, boxing, and weightlifting because I wanted to help the turtles only to find out the whole thing was a stupid blood feud between a rat and a disgraced Japanese immigrant and they were using child soldiers. Splinter and Shredder should both be behind bars.

[@richardarriaga6271]

I mean the rat was just chilling before Shredder tore up the neighborhood.

[@poolboywillis1225]

Honestly one of the funniest sketches ive ever seen I hope you can keep this going it's better than drunk history etc etc

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thanks! Be sure to check out the rest of the Minor Character Theater episodes! More coming soon!

[@Tautim0na]

This was phenomenal! I was in stitches!

[@IceBreaker-Lateshow]

@@Tautim0na I know right! I saw a clip on tiktok and had to search for the whole thing. Thankfully I found him on KZbin.

[@Johurph86]

My wife and I were just discussing the best movies and shows we've watched in the past couple years. THIS absolutely makes the list :D Fantastic delivery throughout

[@MrSbbryan86]

Holy cow this is on point! So freaking hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@EarthbendR]

This is absolute genius. Seriously. Liked and subbed

[@AgentStargrave]

This is hilarious, nice job 😂

[@AndrewStro]

This was hilarious and I'm going to share it with my animation colleagues. The algorithm nailed this one, glad it was recommended!

[@tacotoosday42]

We need a sequel video talking about how horrible it was making mutant animal babies with special needs fight.

[@78Rutherford]

Thank you for this. It is the best, you have completed my childhood.

[@d.mar.2624]

This is hilarious! Good job!

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thank you!

[@VoiceOfA100Colors]

These are legit great. Please keep this going definitely the kind of content that will blow up. Love both of these. Best of luck

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thank you so much! I'm working on more as we speak! 😁

[@msmerlot1979]

Came from TikTok. This is amazing.

[@kraigpeterson3667]

"it was a 3-prong Sai, just like last week" I died.

[@Siefer323]

The only thing that would make this better, is if he were actually a foot soldier from the movie.

[@Rockabelle]

One of my favorite movies of all time. This is brilliant, thank you

[@offdutyfigurephotos]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@Terrato.Worzen]

I had to pause to laugh more than once. This is gold! Thanks to everyone involved!