Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Michaelangelo's (Michelan Sisti) Right Knee Pad

original movie costume

This right knee pad makes up part of the 60-pound latex Turtle costume that was worn by Michelan Sisti as Michaelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991). There were four acting Turtles and about six stunt Turtles by the end of the movie.

A musician, Broadway actor, and later puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company, Sisti played Mikey in the first two Turtle movies, as well as the Domino's Pizza delivery guy who slides the pizza down the sewer grates in the first film and April's overly friendly neighbor in the sequel. He would later play Charlene Sinclair in the Jim Henson television series Dinosaurs (1991-1994).

This pad was saved by one of the British prop girls who gifted it to Daniel Pesina on the last day of filming. The Turtle costumes were to be destroyed after shooting wrapped. Pesina was also given a Turtle arm, which was later presented to Ho Sung Pak, who played Raphael.

This item was obtained directly from Daniel Pesina, who played one of the Foot Soldiers in the movie and starred in the Mortal Kombat games as Johnny Cage, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero.