The Croaking

"The Croaking" is the 56th episode of the 2012 Series.

Synopsis
When he gets upset, Mikey flees and befriends a mutant frog in the woods.

Major Characters

 * (Mae Whitman)
 * (Josh Peck)
 * (Rob Paulsen)
 * (Seth Green)
 * (Greg Cipes)
 * (Maurice LaMarche)
 * (Kevin Michael Richardson)
 * (Jon Heder)
 * (Maurice LaMarche)
 * Frog Soldiers (Rob Paulsen, Josh Peck, Kevin Michael Richardson)
 * (Sean Astin)
 * (Sean Astin)

Minor Characters

 * (Kevin Eastman)
 * Crognard The Barbarian
 * Crognard (Brian Bloom)
 * Wizardess (Mae Whitman)
 * Speed Demon

Plot
Michelangelo is in the O'Neil farm house living room, watching Crognard the Barbarian with Ice Cream Kitty. However, in his vain attempts to try out some 'barbarian moves', he ends up trashing up the place. The rest of the gang show up, and are annoyed by the fact that yet again, Mikey has made a mess of things when trying to have fun.

Apparently the rest of the turtles, Casey and April are going out for awhile, and Leo instructs Mikey to clean up his mess by the time they come back. However, what the others don't realize is that this had a very negative effect on the little turtle. Mikey runs away, right after reassuring Ice Cream Kitty of his safety and that April would take care of her.

In the woods, Mikey starts grumbling about how he feels that he isn't appreciated enough. Suddenly he gets ambushed by a huge, mutant frog! The young ninja starts to fend off the attacks, but the frog doesn't give up until finally he is defeated. After a quick introduction, and showing off each others skills, the two of them quickly become friends.

During the little descriptions about themselves, Mikey wildly exaggerates about his usefulness in the team, talking about how he is the leader of the team, and also the best in brains and fighting. The frog, introducing himself as Napoleon Bonafrog, similarly explains to Mikey that he is the best in his group. After getting to know each other better, Napoleon decides to bring Mikey to his home, which Mikey happily agrees with.

Back at the farmhouse, almost everyone is complaining about how Mikey skipped out on cleaning his mess, except for April as she points out that the others never seem to appreciate him, especially Raphael. That's when Donatello shows the group about a report from a local campsite about two-legged green creatures trashing the place and decide to go look for Mikey, believing it to be him.

Back at the council, Mikey meets the frog council, who distrusts him at first, and tells them that he 'escaped' from a human residency (the O' Neil Farmhouse) where he and his brothers were staying with a couple of humans. The reaction is immediate as all of the frog council members agree to let Mikey stay in their home, as they are also enemies with humans. What Mikey didn't know was that as soon as he and Napoleon left, the council decided to 'rescue' the remaining Turtles from Casey and April, thinking that the two humans had captured them and that Mikey alone had managed to escape!

Later Mikey and Napoleon decide to exchange their skills such as hopping, Ninja flips, and eating flies. At night the guys still can't find Mikey but that doesn't matter when they graffiti on the house saying "Humans Beware" at 1st they believe Mikey did this but Raph points out otherwise. They find Amphibian footprint that hops down to where Leonardo is. April senses danger, and soon enough the Punk Frogs lead by Genghis come to "rescue" their mutant relatives. They fight briefly but are outnumbered. Genghis tells Casey and April to free, Leo, Donnie, and Raph. Leo and Donnie explain that they are not kidnapped and are friend's with them. Genghis doesn't believe them but after they say they are serious. He calls them Traitors and attacks the Turtles. They capture April and Casey.

At the Frog's tree Napoleon and Mikey are explaining the battles they had. Mikey hears April's cries and explains thet they're his friends but Attila the king of the frogs recalls Mikey saying they kidnapped him, but Mikey says he lied and exaggerated. Hearing this the frogs imprison Micky as well. Mikey pleads on that why is he doing this, Attila explains that he was once a squad of frogs at the pond but the humans bulldozed his home for malls, coffeshops and gas stations. Fortunately Rasputin The Mad Frog discovered the Mutagen Ooze that transformed them. They plan on making a revolution to mutate the humans into frogs also

Unbeknownst to the Frogs, Leo, Raph, & Donnie are planning to stop the invasion and save Mikey, Casey, & April. But they blow their cover and are spotted they face the frogs but are outnumbered. Napoleon tries rescue The other but Rasputin prevents him from doing so. Napoleon defeats him with a single kick. But he accidentally knocks the candle down making the tree catch on fire. Napoleon frees and warns the others. Everyone but Attila escapes. Casey knocks Attila to the elevator. Attila is surprised that humans saved him before paying attention to his burning home.

After the fire drowns out, Attila explains that he might've misjudged some humans. He later tells Napoleon that his kind heart is what makes him a great leader which is why he dubs him General (much to Genghis' jealousy). Mikey ask about his whereabout but Napoleon says that they will go to Louisiana because of their relatives. They share a snack and depart. The turtles return to their damaged home, unbeknownst to them the Mutagen that was spilled earlier is at the street and a car runs over it with disaster to come...

Trivia

 * Both After trashing the living room Mikey poses as Conan the barbarian, with Ice Cream Kitty hugging to his leg.
 * The article about the punk frogs says "Invasion of the Punk Frogs" as an homage to their first appearance in the 1987 TV series.
 * Between the Police Sketches of the Punk Frogs there's a drawing of the 1987 TV series Napoleon next to the Nickelodeon Napoleon and a sketch of Michelangelo from the 2014 film.
 * On the right side of the article there's an image of Carlos Chiang O'Brien Gambe being mistaken for a police sketch, has happened in real life with an anchor from abc.
 * Atilla The Frog is similar to Jabba The Hutt and the Gungan' Leader from Star Wars and The Phantom Menace respectively
 * Atilla Smokes a hooka just like Jabba the Hutt.
 * Napoleon being a outcast, his tendency to mess up and his clan disliking him makes him similar to Jarr Jarr Binks and how the Gungan' clan viewed him. Both became high-ranking generals when they proved themselves to both respective clans.
 * Atilla' character is based off of the actor Marlon Brando.
 * He speaks in a similar manner that the Godfather does he also has a similar personality and a love of family.
 * When the tree was burning down, he quotes Brando in Apocolypse Now when he says "The horror... The horror."
 * Napoleon is voiced by Jon Heder, better known for his character Napoleon Dynamite
 * Bonagfrog's personality and mannerisms was inspired by Dynamite's.
 * In the sequence where he appears training with Michelangelo the music playing is calm and simple, resembling most of the soundtrack for the film Napoleon Dynamite.
 * The pink fanny pack he wears is a nod to Deb, who wore one in Napoleon Dynamite.
 * Some of Bonafrog's lines are similar to Dynamite's, for example, "Like nunchuck skills or Bo Staff skills…" ("You know, like nunchuku skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills..."), also the frequent use of "Gosh" and idiot in his sentences is reminiscent from Dynamite.
 * The 4 main frogs are parallels of the turtles:
 * Atilla being the "leader in blue" (Leonardo)
 * Rasputin being the smart one (Donatello)
 * Genghis being the agressive one (Raphael)
 * And Napoleon being the screw up that no one takes seriously (Michelangelo)
 * Similarly, like the turtles are all named for artists from the renaissance, the frogs all share their name with other historical figures:
 * Atilla shares a name with Attila the Hun (?-453), the leader of the Huns.
 * Genghis shares a name with the Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan (1162-1227).
 * Napoleon shares a name with the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).
 * Rasputin shares a name with Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916), healer and advisor of the last Russian tsar, Nicolas II.
 * According to the Channel 6 News' article, the Punk Frogs were first seen in July.

Quotes
"Michelangelo - I'm a ninja, dog!

Napoleon Bonafrog - You mean 'frog'."

"Rasputin the Mad Frog - That turtle is a traitor!

Napoleon Bonafrog - Your MOM is a traitor!"

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