Karai's Vendetta

"Karai's Vendetta" is the twenty-first episode of the 2012 TV series. It aired on Saturday, April 27, 2013.

Plot Synopsis
In the Foot lair, the Shredder interrogates a Kraang he captured, about why they were hunting the turtles. At first, The Kraang cannot speak as a brain. When inserted into its exoskeleton, it refuses to speak. When Shredder threatens it, it begrudgingly admits that April is the link that is missing from Kraang's conspiracy, and that the turtles are protecting her. Shredder orders Karai to capture April, as they can use her to lure out the turtles.

Down in the sewers, April is training with Splinter and the turtles. The focus goes to Raph and Mikey when Mikey flips Raph after a direct attack. Mikey celebrates briefly, but Raph grabs him from behind, demanding him to give up. Mikey complies, only for Splinter to step in and teach them a lesson. He has Raph grab him from behind like he did with Mikey, but instead of surrendering, he licks Raph's face. Obviously disgusted by this, Raph lets him go and is easily defeated.

Just when Leo, Mikey and Raph are watching "Space Heroes", Donnie comes in, talking about the results of a test he and April completed. He says that the Kraang have put some form of mutagen in the water, which is extremely dangerous. Mikey accidentally knocks the container of Kraang water on April, but it doesn't have an effect on her. She shrugs this off and goes up to the surface. Donnie tells the others that they can destroy an underwater Kraang base with a new submarine invention he made. However, it runs on kinetic energy, which means the turtles have to supply it with pedaling. As they approach the Kraang's base, they encounter a creature Donnie assumes is from Dimension X. They outsmart it and successfully break into the base.

Meanwhile, April meets Karai who has supplied herself with the alias, "Harmony" in Murakami's noodle shop. At first, Karai keeps up the facade, asking April a bunch of personal questions. She decides to reveal herself when April almost tries her order: turtle soup. April tries to leave, but Karai grabs her and tells her that she's coming with her. Thanks to Murakami, though, she escapes. She steals a pizza delivery guy's motorized bike, but is pursued by Karai on her motorcycle.

Just as the turtles prepare to attack the Kraang, April calls Donnie. She tells him Karai is chasing her, which causes him to panic. He and his brothers defeat the Kraang, but he tries to get the others to leave so they can help April. Leo is able to convince him to destroy the tanks instead of rushing to April's rescue. He rigs a Kraang gun to go off in 90 seconds, but the creature from earlier breaks into the room and attacks the turtles. Mikey defeats it and the turtles escape before the base explodes. However, the creature thought the sub was a female and latches onto it, eventually, Leo launches explosives to force it to release them, leaving it emotionally hurt.

Back in the city, April forced Karai to pursue her on foot, but she traps herself in an alley. She pulls out her weapon and Karai compliments on it before disarming her. April tries attacking her directly, but Karai dodges her attacks. As April was going to attack Karai, Karai kicks April hard. She then kicks her to the building. She then kicks April mercilessly. April falls down and comes back up, but she is extremely weak. Karai then karate chops her in the back hard. She knocks her into the street and demands to know why she's so important as she continues attacking her. April is able to defend herself and provide her own questions. However, just when Karai has her pinned, she mentions her deceased mother. this causes Karai to hesitate [because it is the same with her] April then remembers the lesson that splinter told her and the turtles earlier.she then throws karai down the subway stairs and escapes.karai then gets back up and has a guilty expression on her face; this might suggest something.

the turtles and April all meet up in the sewers where April tells them about her fight with Karai. They're all impressed, but Splinter grows concerned and tells her that since now both the Kraang and the Foot are after April, she's going to have to stay with them in the sewers, since it is the only place she will be safe. This results in April protesting and Donnie briefly cheering. At first, she's upset she won't see any of her friends and family for a while, but Leo reassures her that everything will go back to normal once the Kraang and Shredder are defeated and her father is rescued, making April determined to get her life back.

Trivia

 * This marks the end of new episodes on Total Turtle Takeover Friday.
 * Karai and April meet and fight in this episode.
 * Several clues are given to Karai's origins:
 * In this episode, April reveals she lost her mother. Karai's reaction implies that she has also lost her mother. This could refer to Karai's possible past as Splinter's daughter, where Tang Shen, Splinter's wife and Miwa's mother, was killed in the fire.
 * The name "Harmony" Karai uses to introduce herself to April can be read with the kanji 美和, which reads "Miwa" in English, and translates as "Beautiful Harmony".
 * The sea monster in this episode is strongly based off the legendary "Loch Ness Monster"
 * The scene where Shredder and the captured Kraang having difficulty talking to each other is loosely based on their 80's counterparts.
 * This is the first time we see Karai wearing casual clothes instead of her ninja outfit, which includes a leather jacket with spikes on the shoulders, jeans, shoes, and black nail polish.
 * This is the first time April used her weapon Splinter gave her in Baxter's Gambit
 * Donnie introduces a new invention: the Turtle Sub (a submarine powered by stationairy bikes). By accident or deliberation, it could be a pun reference to the Turtle, the first submersible vessel ever constructed, invented by David Bushnell in 1776, which was likewise powered by a pedalling drive.
 * Karai's line that her father "is in kitchen utensils" was likely a reference to the 1987 series, where in the first encounter between Shredder and the Turtles, Raphael replied to the Shredder introducing himself by calling him "a kitchen utensil"
 * Karai's "Turtle Soup" line is loosely based off the well known Shredder quote "Tonight, I dine on Turtle Soup." from past Ninja Turtles incarnations.
 * April knows how to ride a motorcycle.
 * This is the first episode with Karai where Leo did not fight or talked to her.
 * When the Turtle Sub goes into stealth mode, the lighting makes the turtles look like they all have red bandanas, which was their look in the original Mirage Comics.
 * This is the second time we hear Karai speak Japanese.
 * The first being in New Girl in Town during a fight with Leo.
 * Apparently, April learned Japanese from the turtles.
 * A very adult joke occurs when the sea monster amorously mounts the Turtle Sub as if attempting to mate. As Red Dwarf's David Lister said, "It's either gonna eat us, kill us, or hump us!" Kids are not suppose to notice the adultness in this.
 * This marks the second appearance of Mr. Murakami's invention, pizza gyoza, first seen in Never Say Xever
 * When Donnie's tPhone rings during the fight, it is the standard TMNT theme ringtone, rather than the birds chirping one he set for April in "I, Monster"
 * There´s a clue that suggests why April is special, when Mikey drops the Kraang water into April's arm, which results harmless to her.
 * Karai's motorcycle and helmet has a foot clan ensignia on them.
 * In 21:05 - 21:06 Mikey has purple bandana.

Quotes
Leonardo: "OK, we have to be quiet."

Donatello: "Do you have to say that every time? We're ninjas, we know how to be quiet." (His T-Phone rings, loudly)

Michealangelo: "Ooh, that is embarrassing."

Leonardo: "So Donnie, how are we gonna get out there?"

Donatello: "Don't worry guys, I've been working on something that's pretty awesome."

(In the Turtle Sub, Leo, Raph and Mikey panting from petaling on stationary bikes)

Raphael: (panting) "This...is not...awesome."

Leonardo: (also panting) "Seriously Donnie? A submarine powered by bicycles?

Raphael: (still panting) You know what would have been more efficient; swimming! (Mikey laughs at the comment)

Donatello: Hey pipe down, guys! Kinetic energy is the only way to charge the engines which should be done...right about now. (presses a few buttons which causes the jet engines to activate and the others sigh in relief)

Leonardo: We're almost there. Up periscope. (the periscope comes down and it's made from a toliet seat and the 'toliet flushing' sound effect plays while Leo just stares)

Michealangelo: (Mikey knocks down two Kraang-droids) "That's a twofer! Thank you and thank you-" (Raphael stabs two Kraang-droids who where about to approach Mikey from behind)

Michealangelo: (turning around) "And thank you."

Raphael: (yelling and knocking Mikey on the head) "How many times have told you: no to celebrating until the fight is over?!"

Michealangelo: (also yelling) "How many times have I told you I assumed it was over?" (Mikey pokes Raph and Raph bends Mikey's finger backwards, causing him to scream in pain)  

Donatello: "Children! Children! We have to go!"

Leonardo: "Uhm, have you forgotten a little something called "completing the mission"?"

Donatello: "But April's in danger!"

Raphael: "If we leave now, the Kraang will poison everyone in New York, which last time I checked includes April!"

Leonardo: "Think Donnie. How can we take this place out?"

Donatello: "Well...uh...the chemical is highly explosive."

Michelangelo: "How do you know that?" Align Center

Donatello: "Partly because it has a hydro-crabon on it's outer ring and partly because of that sign." (a sign that practically says, "Don't shoot any lasers at the chemical tanks because it will explode.")

Donatello: Come on April! Come on April!

April: (On the phone) Hey Donnie!

Donatello: April! You're OK! Did you guys hear that?! My sweet princess is alive! Did I mute that? (the others facepalm)

April: Let's agree that you did.

Donatello: You got it!

Leonardo: Donnie, can you make this thing go faster?!

Donatello: Of course I can! (presses the engine button, which causes them to fall off and go off in another direction)

Michelangelo: Wow, that is fast!

Donatello: Pedal faster! (the others start pedaling faster)

Michelangelo: Feel the burn! (they pedal and pant a lot faster and harder, but the sea monster is gaining) Go go go!

Donatello: (he looks in the behind them and screams and the sea monster hits the sub in the head to make it stop, then the monster grabs onto the sides of the sub while the Turtles gasp) That's it! It's got us! We're die! (the sea monster starts making happy whale sounds as the Turtles stare in horror and disgust)

Raphael: Egggh!

Donatello: Oh, ew! Egggh!

Michelangelo: Hey, we're not that kind of sub! (Leo pulls down a lever and explosives get released and it makes the monster and have it's feeling hurt as the Turtle Sub swims away)  

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April: So, what bring you to New York?

Karai: I'm with my dad. He's here trying to close an "Old deal."

April: Oh! What does he do?

Karai: He's in kitchen utensils. Knives, mostly.

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