The Alien Agenda

"The Alien Agenda" is the fifteenth episode of the animated series the 2012 TV series. It first aired on February 8, 2013.

Plot Synopsis
Karai and her squad of Foot soldiers locate the Turtles when they hear them fighting the Kraang. At first she thinks that they're robots, but then she sees the actual Kraang. At that moment, Leo looks up and sees Karai. He then defeats the remaining Kraang, thinking that he can impress her. Raph notices this and mentions it to Leo without saying Karai's name, leaving Mikey and Donnie to wonder what they're talking about.

At The Shredder's lair, Baxter Stockman is creating a suit for Xever that allows him to breathe and fight on land. However, Stockman's machine malfunctions and he's unable to properly function Xever's legs. Dogpond thinks it's funny and starts laughing at Xever. The Shredder witnesses this and threatens to cut off Stockman's legs if he doesn't fix the suit. Karai enters and tells him that she witnessed the turtles fighting the Kraang, but Shredder becomes resistant in investigating the robots, and instead informs Karai about the nuisance of Splinter, and how they need to get revenge for what he did to them.

Back at the lair, Raph confronts Leo with him defeating the rest of the Kraang in front of Karai. He tries to convince Leo that she shouldn't be trusted, but he ignores it. Instead, they end up fighting just when Splinter walks in, asking what is going on. Leo and Raph both lie and say it's nothing and Raph angrily storms out, hitting Leo in the shoulder. In the living room, April tells Mikey and Donnie about a school project that involves sending a sample of each student's DNA to the World Wide Genome Project.

The next night, Leo waits for Karai on the roof, hoping to talk to her. She shows up and asks about the Kraang, but Leo refuses to tell her anything about them, and advises her to avoid the Kraang. They then proceed to fight, with Leo still trying to convince Karai that she's good. However, she responds by laughing at him and mockingly calling him adorable. He's distracted by her statement, but recovers and continues to fight her. Finally, he tells her that if she hurts his brothers, he will attack her. She verbally acknowledges this and leaves.

At April's school the following day, a woman named Mrs. Campbell tells April to come with her so that she may receive her results. However, she suspects something's wrong and tries to escape, but Mrs. Campbell grabs her and pulls her back. April escapes, hides in a broom closet and texts the Turtles for help. The Turtles arrive at the school and fight Mrs. Campbell. After defacing her and spraying water on her, they find out that she was a Kraang droid. They think that the Kraang hacked into the Worldwide Genome Project's network and decide to investigate.

That night, they locate the building and break in, unaware that Karai is following them. While inside, they finally realize that the Kraang are the World Wide Genome Project and have been collecting animal and plant DNA for unknown purpose. Just then, Raph grabs Karai and fights her. Leo tries to break them up, but he accidentally presses a button that summons The Kraang. They fight them and Leo tries to convince Raph that Karai is working with them, but Raph ignores it. When the turtles are trapped in a corner, Karai presses a button that combines all the DNA samples, despite the turtles' and Kraangs' warnings, and she steals a Kraang body. Leo is hurt to finally recognize that Karai can't be trusted and he fights the mutant after his brothers and Kraang are defeated. He uses his katanas to shock the creature and it blows up, causing the building to collapse.

At the lair, Leo finally tells his brothers, April, and Splinter about his feelings for Karai and apologizing for letting them interfere. Splinter tells him that he isn't the only one to let his feelings for a woman get in the way, but advises him to not get involved with her anymore. Leo thanks him for his understanding, but Splinter stabs Leo's foot with a cane. Before Leo goes to bed, he apologizes to Raph for not listening to him and he accepts it. He tells him that he understands why he was attracted to her and thinks Leo is over it, but Leo looks down with a sad expression, hinting he may still have feelings for Karai.

Back at the Shredder's lair, Karai delivers the Kraang suit to Stockman. The Shredder begins telling her that he's not interested in the Kraang, but he changes his mind when Stockman states that he can use this technology to get Xever's mechanical legs operational. He tells her that she's done well and she smirks evilly.

Gallery
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Trivia

 * This is the first episode where Karai, Dogpound and Fishface are all featured. The second will be Booyaka-Showdown, Part 1.
 * First appearance of Mrs. Campbell.
 * In this episode Leo defeats Raph for the second time, the first is in the challenge.
 * Mrs. Campbell is the first female robot/Kraang droid to be introduced in the series, as well as the first to have a separate identity, the second being Kraang Prime
 * April's school is shown for the first time.
 * The motto of April's school appears on a sign outside the building and on the floor in front of the entry. It reads "Aut disce aut discede", which is Latin for "Either learn or leave."
 * First time Xever's suit is shown and implies that he will fight in future episodes.
 * First time Xever and Dogpound appear, without being the episode's main antagonists.
 * One of the few episodes that includes the turtles being out of the sewers during daytime.
 * The Foot Clan is from this episode forward taking an interest in the Kraang.
 * Donatello uses the naginata blade in his staff during the fight with Mrs. Campbell. That is the first time he has been shown using the blade successfully in combat.
 * Shredder's threat to remove Stockman's legs may be a nod to his first punishment of the scientist's failure back in the 2003 series.
 * This is the second episode where both Shredder and the Kraang are the main antagonists.

Goofs

 * When Karai tells Shredder about seeing the Turtles fighting alien robots, she first describes them as "some guys in suits". However, the Kraang-droids were not wearing suits, or any kind of human disguise, when Karai saw the Turtles fighting them.
 * Xever is listed as "Fishface" in the end credits, but he does not receive that nickname until the following episode.
 * In the beginning of the episode it retained the small mouthed animation and in the later in the episode they had the big mouthed animation like in the earlier episodes, especially in the fight with Mrs. Campbell.
 * When Leo say "Let's get out of here" when the world wide genome project is about to be destroyed, he has no swords. However when the turtles are watching the building being destroyed Leo has his swords on his back like he had never dropped them.
 * When the Turtles first came across the Kraang droid that was attacking April, they managed to have a short conversation before the droid started attacking. But they first thought the droid was a human, and the Turtles really should know better than to be seen by humans, let alone talk around them.

Quotes

 * Raph: Nice try Octo punk (referring to Justin)
 * Mikey: No no call him Octo eyeball jelly bug (realizing the name doesn't work) ugh let's just call him Justin


 * Donnie: I don't know who she is but I know I HATE her! (referring to Karai)


 * Donnie: Did you guys just get a mass text from April (others nod their heads and reply yes) Does yours also say she's being attacked by an old lady?


 * Kraang: Highly undesirable outcome (referring to Karai about to push the button)


 * Kraang: The ones who are not authorized by the authority of Kraang to exist in this place, will now be destroyed by Kraang in this place (Kraang referring to the turtles and Karai)
 * Raph: Hey look, Leo! The Kraang are on our side now!
 * Leo: Save it! (Raph and Leo after Karai abandons them)
 * Leo: Save it! (Raph and Leo after Karai abandons them)


 * Karai: You're adorable! Stupid, but adorable! (Says while fighting Leo)
 * Leo: Really? You think I'm AH!


 * Raph: (fighting and talking to Leo) You really think Mikey and Donnie wouldn't understand? (Pauses) You really think Donnie wouldn't understand?


 * Michelangelo: (at seeing cat symbol, high pitched) AH!!!!


 * Kraang: When this fight is concluded, the ones called the turtles will be beaten by the Kraang.


 * Splinter: Leonardo, you are not the only person or turtle to fool yourself in front of a girl.
 * Mikey: What about Donnie? (Donnie hits him)
 * Splinter: Deception is the ninja's most powerful weapon. And Karai appears to be a master of it.
 * Leo: Thank you, Sensei. I'm glad you're not mad.
 * Splinter: Who says I'm not mad? (pokes staff in Leo's foot and Leo screams)


 * Leo: Alright, guys. It's time to put Old Mother Hubbard back in her cupboard (referring to Ms. Campbell). (others moan)
 * Raph: Dude. It literally hurts to listen to you sometimes.


 * Raph: (holding Karai) Bet you think you're pretty slick?
 * Karai: (flips Raph) I have my moments.


 * Karai: I like your brother Leo. (slices Kraang droids) He's almost as entertaining as you.
 * Raph: Oh, when this is over I'll show you how entertaining I can be.