Enter the Shredder


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Enter the Shredder is episode number 2 of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. It is the second episode of season 1 (1987). This episode of the show is part of the Heroes in a Half Shell arc. It was produced by Kara Vallow. It was written by David Wise and Patti Howeth and directed by Yoshikatsu Kasai. It originally aired on December 15, 1987, in syndication. It is available on DVD on the box set released on April 20, 2004.

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Oroku Saki, who is commandeering the Technodrome in its escape under New York City and is furious that his "mighty Foot Soldiers were defeated by a bunch of Turtles," is summoned to the bowels of the Technodrome by Krang. Krang, a gelatinous creature that looks like a talking brain, is likewise upset that Oroku Saki, despite the vast technical knowledge that Krang has provided for him, has been unable to provide the evil alien with a body so that he may "lead his legion of followers out of Dimension X and into this world to crush it."

Krang then suggests that when Oroku Saki tried to destroy Hamato Yoshi with the Mutagen it in fact made him stronger because of his contact with the rats. Oroku Saki picks up on this line of thought and realizes that if he were to expose his own thugs to the Mutagen, along with wild animals, he could then defeat Yoshi and the Turtles.

Back at the Lair, Splinter is convinced that his old enemy, Oroku Saki, is the mastermind behind the Robotic Ninjas and offers his help in tracking down the Technodrome.

Within the Technodrome, Oroku Saki "convinces" two street gang members, Bebop and Rocksteady, to undergo an experiment that will enable them to get even with the Turtles. This experiment involves the Mutagen and the stolen rhino and warthog from the city zoo. Two robots were sent out to steal the animals.

Splinter is captured by Oroku Saki after trying to track down the Technodrome, and the Turtles soon attempt to rescue him. After a series of obstacles (including closing walls and psycho robots) the Turtles find Splinter strung up from the rafters within a cavernous room. As they prepare to cut him down, Oroku Saki enters, accompanied by four of his Foot robots. He tells the Turtles that Hamato Yoshi knows him as Oroku Saki, but they can call him "The Shredder." He congratulates the Turtles on their prowess and suggest that they join his Foot Clan. He also suggests that they "owe everything to him," because by using the Mutagen (in an effort to destroy Hamato Yoshi), he mutated the Turtles. When the Turtles refuse, Shredder summons the mutated Bebop (warthog) and Rocksteady (rhino), who are easily defeated along with the four Foot robots. The Turtles cut Splinter down and return to the city surface only to have Bebop and Rocksteady burst through the street, with laser rifles blasting. Once more the Turtles defeat them, this time by leading them into the city zoo and entrapping them in a cage. April will not let the Turtles out of her sight until she gets the whole story. Later, the robots free Bebop and Rocksteady. When the robots say Shredder wants to see them, they respond by stating they would rather stay in their cage.

Character voices

 * Leonardo (Cam Clarke)
 * Donatello (Barry Gordon)
 * Raphael (Rob Paulsen)
 * Michaelangelo (Townsend Coleman)
 * Splinter (Peter Renaday)
 * April O'Neil (Renae Jacobs)
 * Burne Thompson (Pat Fraley)
 * Shredder (James Avery)
 * Krang (Pat Fraley)
 * Bebop (Barry Gordon)
 * Rocksteady (Cam Clarke)
 * Roadkill Rodneys

Quotes
Raphael: "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore Uncle Toto!!"

The Shedder: "You may call me, the Shedder,"

Raphael: "A kitchen utensil?"

Leonardo: "Taste cold Steel!"

Donatello: "Turtles fight with honor!"

Raphael: "Outta my face!"

Michaelangelo: I feel like a marshamallow in a nutcracker!!

Locations

 * Turtles' Lair
 * Technodrome
 * Channel 6
 * City Zoo
 * Earth's crust

Vehicles

 * Technodrome
 * Channel 6 Newsvan

Animation/Technical Errors

 * When the Turtles wake up, the lights are switched on, and April is seen shortly after. Oddly, the animation suggests that she turned on the lights, but there is no visible light switch where she's poking.
 * When Michelangelo gets thrown into a wall, Donatello and Raphael are seen sparring what appears to be the middle of the room, near some target boards. Yet, when the scene cuts away to another angle, they're seen right next to Splinter and April, near a corner.
 * At breakfast, Donatello is first seen sitting next to Raphael. Later on, it's Michelangelo sitting next to him.
 * When April meets with the Turtles after they cage Rocksteady and Bebop, Mikey's 'M' symbol is missing from his belt.
 * When Bebop and Rocksteady emerge from the huge hole in the road they created, Bebop's waistcost is coloured yellow.
 * As the Technodrome blasts through the rock as it tunnels through the underground caverns for a brief second the video cuts out but the audio of the laser is still present.
 * Watch Leonardo as he swoops in to chop the nozzle off of Bebop's laser gun. When he makes the chop, he's in Raphael's colors.
 * And, to make matters worse, once Leonardo chops the nozzle off, Raphael jump kicks Bebop....right before another Raphael rolls into the scene to jam his sai into Rocksteady's gun. Don't worry, though...at the very least, the first Raphael completely vanishes as the second one appears.
 * In the shot after Bebop and Rocksteady are seen on April's camera one of Raphael's sais are missing from his belt despite not ever losing it or breaking it in the battle earlier.

Continuity Errors
* Krang appears to be able to use his tentacles as hands, but doesn't appear to be completely dexterous with them.
 * If Krang is capable of giving Shredder access to extra-dimensional technology, why doesn't he simply build a body himself, instead of complaining about Shredder not doing it over the course of a few episodes?
 * Not a continuity error as such, but Burne Thompson accuses April of doing nothing in the three days that she's been gone, but just when she's about to give him a story, he brushes it off.
 * Where did the Turtles get those wacky costumes? For that matter, what made them think looking like that would not draw any attention?
 * Michelangelo's wooden nunchucks can completely shatter metal armor to bits. Ponder on that for a second.
 * The Turtles are handling Bebop and Rocksteady with much ease, to the point of making them look like a joke, and still complain about not being able to "stop those guys."

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first appearance of Krang, as well as the mutant forms of Bebop and Rocksteady.
 * Oddly enough, this episode does not mark the first appearance of the Shredder in the series. It does, however, mark his first appearance to the Turtles.
 * The turtles sleep without their masks, which are hung on nails beside their respective bunks. Raph appears to sleep with his sai weapon in his hand.
 * Why did April specifically call out for Raphael when she wakes up the turtles?
 * During breakfast, April asks, "You wouldn't happen to have any... real food, would you?" despite holding a cereal box. Maybe she doesn't like cereal?
 * If Shredder didn't want to call any attention to himself, then why didn't he simply steal the animals from the zoo at night time?
 * April returns to Channel 6 after going missing for three days, and also has a hot lead on a 'big story.' Despite that, her boss brushes it off as if she's been slacking off, and sends her off to cover.... a robbery at a zoo, without giving her a chance to explain where she's been or even giving an ear to what hot story she could have possibly uncovered. Later on, she even calls the station to give a live exclusive, only for him to rudely tell her off. Is it any wonder why the other stations get the drop on Channel 6 all of the time?
 * Shredder needs to work on his sales pitch. After all, is saying "I need two volunteers for an experiment" the least bit convincing?
 * Amusingly, Rocksteady calls April a bimbo when she's filming them.
 * First appearance of the Technodrome's exterior.
 * First mention of Dimension X and Krang's Rock Soldier army.
 * First time the Turtles and Splinter enter the Technodrome.
 * Final appearance of Shredder's personal control deck in the 87 cartoon first seen in the previous episode, but it will make one final appearance in the 88 universe in Turtles Forever.