I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman

"I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman" is the fifth episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series). It aired on October 20, 2012.

Major Characters
Leo, Raph, Mikey,Donatello, Master Splinter, and Baxter Stockman

Main Locations
Sewer Lair, Roofs, and Alleys

Plot Synopsis
The episode starts off with Splinter meditating, but he’s distracted by the Turtles making a mess and skateboarding in the lair. Splinter scolds them and punished them by grounding them for a week. Later, Donnie shows his brothers his latest invention, a music player equipped with an advanced AI microchip. Mikey dubs the music player the T-Pod and volunteers to try it out. When he puts it on polka music comes on and he starts complaining, then Donnie switches it to normal music. Raph, meanwhile, is sick of being cooped up and decides to leave the lair to find a skateboarding spot. Leo argues against breaking Splinter's rules, but his Donnie and Mikey side with Raph. Leo goes along with them to "lead them away from bad stuff."

They sneak out when Splinter is asleep. While they're on the roofs, Mikey thanks Donnie for all the new songs on the T-pod. Confused, Donnie jumps on Mikey shoulders and sees that the T-pod now has thousands of songs and is adding new ones every second. But he didn't program it to do that, so he concludes it must be the AI chip's doing. Leo tells his brothers that ninjas are supposed to be silent, but his is not looking he falls, crashes into a greenhouse and runs into a beehive. When he finally lands in a garbage pile, Raphael says " That wasn't very silent Leo!"

When the Turtles find a skating spot, they see a man in powered battle armor (Baxter Stockman) walking down the street. Raph thinks he needs a beat down, but Leo refuses until Stockman attempts to break into a building. The Turtles overpower Stockman easily and leave him in a dumpster. When they get back home, Mikey realizes the T-pod is missing but doesn't tell his brothers. Meanwhile, Stockman finds the T-pod and it begins to upgrade his armor.

The next day, the Turtles are training with Splinter but all of them are tired. Splinter suspects something but they won't tell him anything, and he disciplines them with "randori". Later, Leo is watching Space Heroes when the show is interrupted by a news bulletin reporting an attack on a TCRI office complex. It's Baxter Stockman using his newly upgraded armor to take his revenge on the people who fired him. When the Turtles see that he has the T-pod, Mikey admits that he dropped it during the fight. They make plans to sneak out again so they can take it back from Stockman.

That night the Turtles track Stockman down and demand the T-pod from him, but he refuses to give it up. A fight breaks out, and this time Stockman easily defeats them. Then the T-pod upgrades his armor again and he becomes even more powerful, forcing the Turtles to retreat back to the sewer. This time Splinter catches them sneaking in and they have no choice but to tell him the truth. After hearing their story, Splinter scolds the Turtles but also tells them how to defeat an armored enemy so they can stop Stockman once and for all.

Once again the Turtles confront Stockman, this time with a new plan. He chases Mikey back to his brothers, and while Leo, Raph and Donnie fight him, Mikey leaves and comes back with a beehive. He throws the beehive into Stockman's armor and the bees attack him from the inside. When he falls, Leo stabs the T-pod and breaks it. Stockman is left powerless and the Turtles throw him in the trash again.

After the Turtles report back to Splinter, he praises them for a job well done and decides they aren't grounded anymore. But first, it's time for more "randori".

Trivia

 * This is the first episode in which TCRI is mentioned.
 * This is the first episode where Mikey says "Booyakasha!"
 * This is the only episode so far where April has not been seen or mentioned.
 * When Mikey puts the T-Pod away you can hear him humming part of the Theme Song.
 * Donnie is shown using his staff as a Naginata for the first time.
 * Donnie appears to oddly have pink wheels on his skateboard, this might be a mistake since all the other turtles appear to have wheels that match their bandannas except Raphael and Donatello.
 * Raphael may have yellow wheels because his original eye color was supposed to be yellow
 * Mikey uses slang as in the scene where the police are coming, you hear Mikey say " Oh geez! It's the po po! ", And this might be a reference because in 1987 series they use to say Dudes in Blue!