Enemy of My Enemy (2012 TV series episode)

"Enemy of My Enemy" is the twentieth episode of the 2012 TV series. It aired on April 12, 2013.

Plot Synopsis
The episode begins with the Turtles watching over the TCRI building for some type of ship that is apparently about to come through the portal (according to Donnie's calculations). Out of nowhere, Karai shows up and starts to playfully fight with the Turtles. Once again, she tries to force information about The Kraang out of Leonardo, but Leo refuses to answer her, mostly due to her spiteful betrayal in "The Alien Agenda"...However, Raphael accidentally reveals The Kraangs' plan to her, just before a gigantic Kraang Ship is released out of the TCRI building, spots them, and starts to shoot tons of lasers at all of them. Karai manages to lose the ship by running into an alley way, but the Turtles greatly struggle to escape from the aliens...However, Leo is able to distract The Kraang in order for him and his brothers to escape down into the sewers. However, the ship then turns invisible and both the Turtles and Karai flee.

At the Foot Headquarters, Karai tells The Shredder about the serious threat that The Kraang pose. Unfortunately, due to her father's unavailing vendetta against Splinter, he tells his adoptive daughter to ignore The Kraang for the time being, and focus on destroying Splinter and the Turtles - He tells her that The Foot are going to be recieving a large shipment of weapons at the docks the following evening. Karai tries to reason with her father, but he snaps at her and Karai is forced to comply with him.

In the lair, the Turtles discuss how they should defeat The Kraang. Raph sarcastically suggests that they should randomly fly up into the air until they hit it, but Leo obviously dismisses this idea. However, Donnie does comes up with an effectual idea - Installing beacons on top of buildings throughout the city in order to possibly locate the invisible Kraang ship. They all agree and set out to the surface.

After securing his tracking beacon, Leo starts fighting with Karai, who once again randomly shows up out of nowhere...She manages to ask him for an alliance because The Shredder didn't listen to her. Remembering how Karai left them at the mercy of a pyschotic mutant she created, Leo turns her down with a "Sorry, sister" and quickly leaves. Back in the lair, Leo talks to his brothers, Splinter and April about whether to trust Karai or not. Splinter tells him to trust his own instincts, but not be so trusting of her. Donnie says that it would be nice to have a kunoichi on their side, but he gets flustered when April gets offended when he doesn't acknowledge her as being a kunoichi.

When the turtles locate The Kraang scouting ship while they are in The Shellraiser, they get cornered in an alley way and are attacked. Karai then jumps onto the Kraang ship and starts slamming her katana on it, which barely does anything. The ship then leaves with her on it. Leo takes the Stealth Bike, finds, and saves Karai at the last second (as she nearly falls to her death). He covers the top of the Stealth Cycle and successfully outruns and escapes the floating ship.

He then takes her underground and brings her inside The Shellraiser, where they hear what she has to say. She offers them a missile launcher from The Shredder's weapon armory that he's going to be recieving, which they could indeed use on the ship. Raph immediately distrusts her, along with all of the other Turtles. She tells them that she, unlike The Shredder, is actually willing to stop The Kraang so that they can live to fight another day. So, they all agree on a temporary truce - and for Karai to get the missile launcher by herself.

At the lair, Mikey excitedly talks about what they could do with the rocket launcher after they shoot down The Kraang ship. However, Leo has some doubts that Karai will even agree and give them the launcher. Just then, Raph tells Leo that this could very well be the opportune time to take out The Shredder as well...At first, Leo immediately disapproves of the plan because he doesn't want to betray her trust, but he then reluctantly agrees after Raph tells him that this could be their one and only chance to take him by surprise. Raph is excited about this, and Leo seems to be as well, but he then turns away with a rather concerned expression on his face.

At the docks, The Shredder, Karai, and several Foot Soldiers meet a man with a Russian accent and a diamond eye (who brought the weapons to them). The Foot give the man his due payment, and Karai goes to inspect the merchandise. Meanwhile, just out of sight, on the top of a shipping container, the Turtles are preparing to slingshot an electro-grenade at Shredder. When Karai goes to the armory to get the rocket launcher, she happens to look up and notices that Mikey is about to fire the grenade at The Shredder, and she shoves the latter out of the way, resulting in the two Foot Soldiers and the supplier being electrocuted. She then fires the missile at the Turtles and they manage to jump clear, but find themselves trapped with Shredder on one side and the newly arrived Kraang ship on the other. The Turtles start running between the shipping containers, while The Shredder is following in close pursuit and he manages to corner them, demanding them to tell him where Splinter is...However, he retreats into a cargo box when the ship attacks - This allows Leo to lock him inside the box. Leo begins to run off, and the other Turtles start to follow him, but Shredder slices open the container's door with his gauntlet and ends up blocking their path. Leo makes it to the box of missile launchers, but is confronted by a livid Karai. She tells him that she feels betrayed and that he is just as absent-minded and obsessed as Shredder sometimes is. She then reveals to Leo that Shredder is her father and, naturally, Leo is shocked....Karai then attacks Leo and she tells him that the truce is over, and that they are now mortal enemies.

Meanwhile, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey face off with The Shredder. Shredder is still quite a bit stronger than all of them combined, but after weeks of training and practice, they are able to put up a fairly good fight against him. After a short fight, the ship returns and Karai ducks for cover & hides from it. When she emerges, however, she finds that Leo has already taken a missile launcher and gone after the ship. Leo shoots the ship down with the RPG and it quickly crashes into the water, taking The Shredder down with it. Karai dives into the ocean to save her father from drowning. The Turtles use this time to escape, and, on a rooftop in the city, they discuss how Karai is Shredder's daughter and how she was never gonna' be on their side in the first place. Mikey jokingly compares what Leo is going through to his own false belief that Lepricons are real......

At the docks, Karai has already rescued The Shredder, who reveals that he has captured a Kraang, and states that Karai has always wanted a pet - just when The Kraang utters a loud screech...

Quotes

 * Leonardo: "So we all have to stay alert!"
 * Karai: "Yeah, you never know what could sneak up on you!"(she jumps down, soon Leo and his brothers are fighting Karai)
 * Leonardo: "Heh. Cute, Karai. But I'm not in the mood."


 * Karai: "Booyakasha? What does that even mean?"


 * Michelangelo: "I don't know, but it's fun to yell!"


 * Karai:"It's true. The Kraang are plotting an invasion. I saw the ship myself. They've got some serious hardware. We gotta do something before it's too late! Father?"


 * Shredder: "We shall proceed as planned."


 * Karai: "But..."


 * Shredder: "Tomorrow night, we receive a shipment of new weapons. We shall put an end to the turtles and Splinter."


 * Karai: "We can deal with that later! Did you listen to a thing I..." (Shredder slams his fist on his chair)


 * Shredder: "Karai! You have set your piece. You will do as I say!"


 * Karai: "Yes, father..."


 * Donatello: "Guys, I think I've got something! Doesn't match any authorized flight patterns...It's gotta be the Kraang ship!"


 * Michelangelo: "Or Santa!"(moment later)"Nope,it's the Kraang ship. Aw, that's a bummer..."


 * Raphael: "Hey, the Stealth Bike's my thing!"


 * Leonardo: "Now your thing is sucking it up."(he disappears)


 * Donatello: "Hey, that's my thing!"


 * Leonardo: (After Leo saves Karai's life) "Are you ok?"


 * Karai: "Yeah, are you?"


 * Leonardo: "Fine."


 * Karai: "I'm not really good about saying, "Thank You."


 * Leonardo: "And?"


 * Karai: "That was it."


 * Michelangelo: "Booyakasha, Shredhead..." (the grenade is fired at Shredder)


 * Karai: "Look out!" (she pushes Shredder out of the way, two foot clan ninjas and Sternako get hit with the electric grenade and get shocked painfully)


 * Raphael: "Are you kidding me?"


 * Michelangelo: "I do not understand that woman...."


 * Karai: "I thought you were better than this. I thought you were my friend, how could you betray me? You're just as short-sided and obessed as Shredder!"


 * Leonardo: "You said yourself how bad Shredder is. Why are you protecting him? You said he's driving you crazy!"


 * Karai: "He drives me crazy because he's my father!"


 * Leonardo: "Your father? Shredder's your father?! You're Shredder's daughter?"


 * Donatello: It's too bad we can't trust her. It would be nice to have a kunoichi on our side.
 * April: Um, hello? What about me?
 * Donatello: No, I mean a real kunoichi. Imean, not that you're not a real one just that Kari is better. I mean, not--not better just more experienced. Is it-is it hot in here?
 * April: It's OK, I get it. She's your mortal enemy, but hey, she's "purty".
 * Donatello: No, she's not. You're way prettier. Not that I think your pretty. I mean, you're not ugly. It's just that I go-
 * Raph: (grabs Donnie by the mouth and drags him out of the room) Don't fight it you'll thank me later.

Trivia

 * Karai finally reveals to Leo that The Shredder is her father.
 * The end credits name the Russian arms dealer "Steranko", whose name did not come up at all in the episode.
 * When Mikey is about to shoot Shredder with the electric grenade he says "Booyakasha Shredhead" which could be a reference to the 1987 episode "Cowabunga Shredhead".

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