Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-8864605-20140629153823/@comment-4059241-20140629171214

Trigger009 wrote: Dude she is a MUTANT SNAKE, the key word being mutant and that "stuff" she spat is venom all snakes have venom and shes a mutant so thats probably why she can spit it. Also dude she can shapeshift because thats an additional power she obtained through the MUTATION there is no creature on earth that can shapeshift, after all weve all seen some mutants with addtional powers thats the animal they touched do not have. After all rahzar is a giant boney dog mutant, and last time i checked dogs dont have bones sticking out of there body.

I can kinda see how your theory would work, but I don't think she can shapeshift. Remember what happened when Baxter Stockman trips over (because of Shredder calling Stockman's name out for a command) and that orange liquid (maybe retro-mutagen) fused into the pink liquid (idk what is it?). Stockman temporarily thinks about the mishap, but suddenly ignores it. At the very end of the episode, Karai reverts back to her human form, but retains snake-like abilities (when she opened her mouth, it looked a bit scary). My theory (whether right or wrong) is that the reason why Karai reverts back as a human with snake "powers" is because that orange liquid fused with mutagen and pink luquid did not make her a complete mutant forever, both physically & mentally. That pink liquid probably made her retain snake "powers". Ex. Kirby Oneil was transformed into a mutant b/c of mutagen; however, when he tasted (or touched, don't remember) the retro mutagen, he reverts back to his human form & removes his bat abilities entirely. The episode overall was well-constructed & suspenseful. I feel really sorry for Leonardo, Splinter, & Karai. I guess Shredder is an evil, unforgiving, unbeatable father. Shredder literally turned her only "daughter" (Splinter's daughter to be precise) into a mutant snake. That's cruel! If Karai blindly attempts to attack Shredder, that's his own problem now. The ending was sad. I bet Karai will get a cure in a future episode.