Metalhead (episode)

"Metalhead" is the sixth episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series). It aired on October 27, 2012.

Major Characters
Leonardo, Rapheal, Michelangelo, Donatello, Splinter, The Kraang, Metalhead, and April

Major Locations
Kraang Warehouse, Sewer, and NYC

Plot Synopsis
In the intro, the turtles are fighting the Kraang. During the fight, Donnie complains about his bō staff, saying he can't use it for fighting an alien robot. After the fight, Donnie grabs one the Kraang droids to study how it works.

Once they are in the sewer, Mikey is eating pizza, Raph is talking to Spike, and Donnie is bugging April with the things that are in the Kraang droid. Splinter brings Donnie a new crafted bō staff, but Donnie wants to upgrade his weapon. Splinter says yes but Donnie thinks he said no and complains then later realizes that he said yes.

After Donnie leaves to create his new weapon, April shows Leo and Raph a website she created to keep track of strange happenings in the city. She plays a video someone submitted of a Kraang droid emerging from a gas explosion and wants to investigate. Leo says it's not dark enough for the Turtles to go out, so April goes to check it out herself. She soon finds a Kraang droid going into a warehouse and follows it inside. Meanwhile, Donnie introduces his new weapon to his brothers; Metalhead, a remote-controlled robot turtle armed with numerous weapons.

Hiding behind some crates, April overhears two droids talking about a plan to pour mutagen into the city's water supply. She blows her cover when she accidentally knocks a fire extinguisher on the floor, but manages to avoid capture by outsmarting the droid and knocks it out a window by hitting it in the head with a pipe. Safe again, April runs from the warehouse to tell the Turtles what she has heard.

Meanwhile, Donnie shows off Metalhead's power by challenging his brothers to fight the robot. None of their attacks have any effect on the robot and it beats all three of them easily. After this, Donnie asks Splinter for permission to take Metalhead out into the city. Splinter says yes, but only as long as Donnie doesn't take Metalhead into combat.

While Leo, Raph and Mikey go out on patrol, Donnie sends Metalhead in his place and controls the robot remotely from the sewers. They soon find April, who tells them about the Kraang's plans to taint the city's water supply with mutagen. Leo stops Donnie from sending Metalhead into the fight because the robot is too clumsy, so April and the robot wait on the roof of a nearby building while the other three Turtles sneak into the Kraang's warehouse. But Leo, Raph and Mikey are quickly outnumbered by the Kraang droids, and Donnie sends Metalhead to their rescue.

Metalhead defeats the droids easily, but one of the aliens recognizes the robot as one of their own. When Metalhead's antenna breaks, Donnie loses control of the robot. The Kraang hijacks Metalhead and turns it against the Turtles. Splinter tells Donnie that the time for games is over and sends him off to help his brothers with a new bō staff.

Donnie arrives just in time, taking on Metalhead while his brothers fight the droids. His staff breaks in the fight, but he comes up with a plan. He tricks Metalhead into using its lasers to break a support beam and positions himself in front of the robot. When the beam falls down on top of Metalhead, Donnie's broken staff is jammed into its stomach. The robot is broken, the Kraang are beaten and the Turtles are safe, but Raph is quick to blame Donnie for all the trouble Metalhead caused them.

Back in the lair, Splinter praises Donnie for saving his brothers using only ingenuity and a staff. Donnie agrees that a staff is an acceptable weapon, but he's still trying to upgrade his by attaching a rocket to it. Suddenly the rocket starts to go off, and Donnie yells for everyone to run.

Trivia

 * There is a goof in the scene of April and Metalhead on the roof. Before he talks to her the background is blurred, but when he speaks it suddenly snaps into focus.