Showdown, Part 2

Booyaka-Showdown, Part 2 (also known simply as Showdown, Part 2) is the twenty-sixth episode of the 2012 TV series. It was originally aired on August 8th, 2013. It is the finale episode for season one.

Plot Synopsis
As the Technodrome floats through the sky and begins its attack on the city, Splinter faces off against Shredder, vowing to end this feud once and for all. As the two masters battle, the turtles struggle to avoid the laser blasts with their gliders and are brought down to the ground. They regroup and decide that they must speak to Splinter. When they reach the lair, they only find Kirby, still brainwashed, who attacks Mikey. The other three tackle Kirby and remove the mind control device. Once Kirby has revived, he explains what has happened. Shredder has joined an alliance with the Kraang, Splinter has gone to face Shredder, and April has been taken to the technodrome.

Onboard the massive Kraang warship, April awakens to see the gigantic form of Kraang Prime staring down at her. It explains that her mental energy is uniquely attuned to this universe and, once Kraang Prime has gained this ability, it will use it to transform the Earth into a world for the Kraang. A swarm of electodes converge on April and all goes black.

Shredder and Splinter continue their duel and Shredder reveals that since Splinter took Tang Shen from him, though she was never his, he took something from him; his daughter, Miwa. He stole her the night Tang Shen was killed and raised her as Karai. Shredder mocks Splinter, saying how that when he is gone, his own daughter will go on cursing his name. Shredder goes in for a fatal strike but Splinter catches his blade in his teeth, breaking it. He then leaps at Shredder, fangs first.

Meanwhile, the Turtles smuggle themselves aboard one of the capture pods the Kraang are using to abduct people and animals, and are brought to the technodrome. Upon exiting the pod, they find that the Kraang are generating anti-gravity within the ship. They hear April screaming but, before they can go to her, they are set upon by dozens of Kraang. Within Kraang Prime's chamber, April has been fitted with a terrifying helmet-like device that is siphoning her mental energies and transferring them to Kraang Prime. The Kraang leader begins to use these energies to start the planet-wide mutation of Earth but the Turtles burst in, having battled their way here. Raph kicks the giant alien brain right between the eyes while Donnie frees April, shutting down the mutation ray. They move to escape, but Kraang Prime pulls itself from the wall and pursues in it's gigantic robotic body.

At the Foot Headquarters, Splinter has begun to decimate Shredder using a new technique combining traditional ninjutsu with rat-like movements. A final strike sends Shredder flying across the room and knocks the helmet from his head, revealing his horribly burn-scarred face. Splinter picks up a katana and moves to end Shredder once and for all, but is stopped by Karai. Splinter is stunned at the presence of his long-lost daughter. Karai strikes him in the shoulder and runs to aid Shredder, who informs her that the rat is Hamato Yoshi. Splinter then adresses Karai as Miwa, which causes her to be enraged, thinking that Splinter ended her mother's life. When Karai is about to attack him, Splinter escapes and Karai calls him a coward.

The Turtles race to escape the ship with Kraang Prime close behind them. Mikey is cornered but Leo slices the energy cannon from Kraang Prime's body and rushes him to safety. Leo stands alone against the monster as his brothers run to last escape pod. He wraps Mikey's kusarigama chain around Kraang Prime and urges his brothers to flee. The escape pod jettisons into the sea, followed shortly by the Technodrome itself, which sinks into the murky depths. April and the Turtles mourn the loss of their brother until it is revealed that he was able to escape at the last moment. The other pods with the abducted people surface as well, while the five celebrate their victory.

Back at the lair, the Turtles are still celebrating but Splinter is quiet. April goes to him and apologizes for her words earlier. He tells her there is no need, for she spoke from her heart. Leo notices that something is on his sensei's mind and asks about it. Splinter replies that he learned some things from the Shredder, but the revealing of those things is for another time. The Turtles and April celebrate thier victory with a dance party.

The episode ends at the bottom of the ocean, where the Technodrome now lays. It slowly begins to light up, indicating that the Technodrome may return.

Trivia

 * Splinter meets Karai for the first time, only to find out that Karai is his daughter Miwa.
 * This is the 3rd episode where Splinter is a main character, with the other 2 being I, Monster and Showdown, Part 1.
 * The scene where the Technodrome is underwater is similar to events in the 1987's series, underwater is one of the many places it has been stranded.
 * Michelangelo responds to Kraang Prime's insult of "pathetic mutants" by saying, "At least we're not stupid aliens!" This is likely a reference to, and perhaps a jab at, the 2014 feature film, whose original concept met heavy criticism for making the turtles aliens from another dimension rather than mutants.
 * This episode has the first cameo of Shredder's mutilated face.
 * This is the first appearence of Kraang Prime.
 * Apparently, Kraang Prime is only Kraang to speak Eniglish without a machine.

Gallery
See: Booyaka-Showdown/Gallery