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BlazeinBoots wrote: Yeah, I saw that! And I tried doing screenshot, but something about the settings wouldn't allow me...

Anyway, this was the first time in the opening sequence when Splinter's eyes turned red. However, the whole "canister of mutagen that doesn't appear broken or cracked" has always been like that. I just watched Wormquake and decided to watch opening sequence of the Wormquake frame by frame and Splinter's eyes turned red for just a sec. I wonder if his eyes are red in season 1 intro.

One moment he's holding a canister of mutagen, and yes the canister was always like that and the next moment the broken canister is on the ground and it looks like Splinter is setting the turtles down. When I saw this first time watching the show I thought Splinter mutated them on purpose while already mutated himself, but we know the origin story from the Rise of the Turtles. So this means nothing. It's just to express their mutation quickly in intro.