User blog comment:TheNightNews/TMNT 2012: Everything We Learned From This Year's NYCC/@comment-27062516-20151010173649

I knew there would be some Space Hereos references in this season, it's just so obvious! I also think the Fugitoid arc, like in the 2003 series, will end in a sacrificial death for him with everyone, including the Turtles' "Annihilation Earth" comrades, gathering around his coffin b/f launching it into space.