Showdown, Part 2

Showdown, Part 2 is the twenty-sixth episode of the 2012 TV series. It was originally aired on August 8, 2013. It is the finale episode for season one.

Plot Synopsis
As the Technodrome floats through the sky and begins to wreak some havoc (and terrify thousands of citizens) throughout the city, Splinter faces off against The Shredder, vowing to end this pointless feud once and for all...As the two ninja masters commence in a fierce battle, the Turtles struggle to avoid the laser blasts while on their gliders...In a short matter of time, they are all separated from one another (due to the blasts) and land on different rooftops. However, they regroup and decide that they have to speak with Splinter in order to find out what to do next. When they reach the lair, however, they only find Kirby, who is still brainwashed (unbeknownst to them), and he immediately tries to attack Mikey. The other three then tackle Kirby and spot the mind-control device on the back of his neck. Once Kirby has fully revived, he explains what has happened - Shredder has joined a temporary alliance with The Kraang, Splinter has presumably gone to face Shredder, and April has been captured and taken to the Technodrome.

On board the massive Kraang warship, April awakens to see the gigantic form of Kraang Prime staring right down at her. It explains that her mental energy is uniquely attuned to the universe and, once Kraang Prime has gained what she possesses, it will use it to utterly transform the Earth into a world for The Kraang. A swarm of electodes then converge on April and all goes black......

The Shredder and Splinter continue on with their harsh duel, both equally matched. Shredder then falsely tells Splinter that the latter took Tang Shen away from him, though Splinter counters that she never, ever was his....Splinter then grabs hold of a rope that he brought along and manages to wrap it around The Shredder's forearm and then his entire body, though he manages to break free and the rope quickly falls apart. Splinter then comments that the only thing that Saki ever had was his intense hatred, and if he does defeat Splinter, he will have not a single thing to live for...However, Shredder says that he is dead wrong - and then claims that he actually did take something from Hamato in retaliation: His daughter, Miwa!!

Oroku stole her the very night that Tang Shen was killed after the events of their very first battle, raised her as his own child, and named her 'Karai'. As expected, Splinter becomes very upset due to yet another, sudden tribulation in his life - and this  ends up leaving him quite vulnerable, as The Shredder is able to turn the tide of battle in his own favor for a moment....The Shredder triumphantly stands over Splinter and mocks him, saying that, when he is long gone, his own daughter will go on through the remainder of her days cursing his name. Implied by the look in Splinter's eyes after this statement, Splinter seems to have been pushed far over the edge, much like he was when both Shredder insulted him when he was with Tang Shen years before, and when The Kraang droids had cornered him in an alley way in New York, right before he was mutated into the rat that he is now. The Shredder goes in for a fatal strike, but miraculously, Splinter ends up catching the gauntlet in his teeth, partially breaking it. He then leaps at Shredder, teeth first...

Meanwhile, the Turtles are able to smuggle themselves aboard one of the capture pods that The Kraang are using to abduct people and animals, and are brought inside the massive Technodrome. Upon exiting the pod, they quickly findand figure that The Kraang have been generating anti-gravity within the ship...They then hear April screaming somewhere, but, before they can determine her location, they are set upon by dozens and dozens of floating Kraang...Meanwhile, within Kraang Prime's chamber, April has been fitted with a terrifying helmet-like device that is quickly siphoning up her mental energies and transferring them into Kraang Prime. The Kraang leader successfully begins to use these energies to begin the planet-wide mutation of Earth, but the Turtles burst in (miraculously), having battled their way there (by following the sounds of April's two screams). Raph kicks the giant alien brain hard right between the eyes, while Donnie frees April, shutting down the active mutation ray in the process. They then move to escape, but Kraang Prime then pulls itself out from the wall and pursues all of them within it's gigantic robotic body......

Meanwhile, at The Foot Headquarters, Splinter is beginning to defeat The Shredder with a brand new technique of his that combines traditional Ninjutsu with his own agile, rat-like movements. A final strike sends Shredder flying across the room, which knocks the helmet from his head, revealing the villain's horribly burned and scarred face. Splinter then picks up a katana and moves to end his mortal enemie's life once and for all, but is stopped in his tracks by Karai, who has now entered the equasion. While Splinter is practically stunned to be in the presence of his long lost daughter, Karai strikes him in the shoulder and runs to aid her false father, who quickly informs her that the rat is none other than Hamato Yoshi. Splinter then addresses Karai as 'Miwa', which causes her to get even more enraged, believing that Splinter ended her mother's life, due to one of the several lies that Shredder fed to her. When Karai is about to attack him, Shredder chuckles evilly when he sees that Splinter is emotionally shattered...Emotionally crushed, Splinter leaves the building, and Karai yells "COWARD!​!!''  as he does so.

The Turtles race to escape the ship, with Kraang Prime approaching close behind them. Mikey is soon cornered and he begins to fall down one of the countless narrow apertures on the inside base of the ship. An energy cannon on Kraang Prime then begins shooting lasers at Mikey also, but Leo slices the energy cannon right off of Kraang Prime's body and is eventually able to rush his young brother to safety. Leo now stands alone against the monster, while his brothers rush to the very last escape pod... Leo boldly wraps Mikey's kusarigama chain all the way around Kraang Prime, and then urges his brothers to flee...much to their own resentment. The escape pod then jettisons into the nearby sea, followed by the Technodrome itself shortly thereafter, which sinks far into the murky depths. April and the Turtles then mourn over the loss of their eldest brother, until it is revealed that he was able to escape at the last moment. The other pods with the abducted people surface as well, while the five gladly celebrate their victory and are able to find their way back to the city.

At the lair, the Turtles continue their celebration, but Splinter is awfully quiet...While Splinter is looking at the picture of his family, April goes up to him and apologizes for her words earlier that day. He tells her that there is no need, for she spoke from her heart. Leo notices that something is on his sensei's mind and asks about what it is. Splinter replies that he learned some things from The Shredder, but the revelation of those things is for another time. Our heroes then triumphantly celebrate their victory with a big dance party.

The episode then ends at the bottom of the ocean, where the Technodrome now lays. It slowly begins to light up, indicating that it might indeed return in Season 2......

Trivia

 * Splinter meets Karai for the first time, only to find out that Karai is his daughter Miwa.
 * The scene where the Technodrome is underwater is similar to events in the 1987's series, underwater is one of the many places it has been stranded.
 * This is the first appearance of Kraang Prime.
 * Apparently, Kraang Prime is the only Kraang to speak English without a machine.

Quotes
Leonardo: So, what is it?

Donatello: I think it's some kind of mind control device.

Raphael: Really? (he tries to put it on Mikey)

Michelangelo: No! Stop it, stop it!

Leonardo: Raph.

(Everybody is running for their lives in the Technodrome) Michelangelo: Leo, I have a question.

Leonardo: Can it wait?

Michelangelo: Not really. Did we beat that big Kraang thingie?

Leonardo: Yes Mikey, we did.

Michelangelo: OK. Then why is it following us?! (sees Kraang Prime following them in it's android body)

More to be added....

Errors

 * When Leo is holding back Kraang Prime and tells his brothers to go, Donnie is the one to grab Raph and pull him back into the escape pod. When the chain snaps and Kraang Prime misses catching the escape pod, the scene flips back to Raph, who breaks out of Mikey's hold, not Donnie's.

Gallery
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