| “Fists of Furry” | |||||||
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| Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode | |||||||
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| Season Code: | 071 | ||||||
| Episode: | 10A | ||||||
| Original airdate | July 17, 2020 | ||||||
| Written by | Ian Busch | ||||||
| Supervising Producer | Alan Wan | ||||||
| Producers: | Vladimir Radev | ||||||
| Directed by | JJ Conway | ||||||
| Voice Direction | Rob Paulsen | ||||||
| Storyboard Artist: | Morgan Hillebrand | ||||||
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"Fists of Furry" is the eighteenth episode of the second season (Episode 10A) of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and is the sixty-fourth episode overall in the series. It first aired on July 17th, 2020.
Synopsis[]
April and the Turtles must help Splinter save his chain of dojos from being taken over by an evil rival.
Appearing in Fists of Furry[]
Major characters[]
- April O'Neil (Kat Graham)
- Frank (Eric Bauza) (debut)
- Komodo dragon yōkai (debut)
- Kristoff Van Bradford (Peter Stormare) (debut)
- Splinter (Eric Bauza)
Minor characters[]
- Brownie Clan (cameo for all)
- Donatello (Josh Brener)
- Jake (Jacob Houston) (debut)
- Jasper (Eric Bauza) (debut)
- Komodo Students (Jill Talley) (debut)
- Komodo Student 1 (debut)
- Komodo Student 2 (debut)
- Komodo Student 3 (debut)
- Komodo Student 4 (debut)
- Leonardo (Ben Schwartz)
- Michelangelo (Brandon Mychal Smith)
- Raphael (Omar Benson Miller)
- Referee (Oliver Vaquer) (debut)
- Sam (Eugene Byrd) (debut)
- Sara (Jill Talley) (debut)
Species[]
- Human
- Enhanced human
- Mutant rat
- Mutant turtle
- Yōkai
Objects and vehicles[]
- Grandma CJ's World Famous Fudge Brownies
Locations[]
- New York City
- Kaufman Coliseum
- Komodo Dragon Karate Dojo (debut)
- Lair
- Lou Jitsu School of Ninjutsu (debut)
Plot[]
The Mad Dogs and April are in the Lair's living room relaxing until Splinter shows up in his Lou Jitsu jumpsuit. He tries to have their attention but they were too busy to notice him. In response, Splinter hits them telling them that he has dōjōs of Lou Jitsu and go to an inspection along with April.
To Splinter's horror, his first dōjō now belongs to his rival, Kristoff Van Bradford, the most dishonorable actor who only uses his brutal attacks on his opponents.
Splinter has 27 dōjō, but to his dismay, all his dōjō have been taken over, except one. April feels sorry for Splinter for only have one dōjō, but Splinter is happy, because now he has one last dōjō saved.
But to Splinter's shock, the students, Sara, Jake, and Sam, don't know Lou Jitsu skills, they only mimic the cat poster. The Komodo Dragon students barge in and go to beat up the kids, but Splinter knock them all out, preventing them from beating up the kids.
Kristoff van Bradford comes and tells Splinter that he have all of the dōjō, when Splinter gives him a challenge, Kristoff agrees, he and his students leave.
Splinter decides to teach April in order to save his chain of dōjō which April expects.
In the Kaufman Coliseum, the Turtles are watching as April must fight one of Komodo Dragon students, Splinter chooses Frank, he is skilled and bulked, he keeps overpowering April, but when she uses Lou Jitsu skills at him, having Frank get frustrated, punches a hole, injuring his hand in the process. April decides to use a tie, but Kristoff Van Bradford and his pride denies it. He asks Frank he knows what to do. Frank touches the crate, causing his arm to increase in size, he is even more bulked, when April uses the Seven Deadly Vipers move, Frank gets scared and disqualified.
Enraged, Kristoff is about to charge at April, but Splinter kicks him to the crate, breaking it. Crate is revealed to be a box where he keeps Komodo dragon Yōkai (who bites Frank) as a pet and mascot. Kristoff begs the Yōkai to bite him, it does so, monster Kristoff is about to end their lives, but Splinter and April use the Seven Deadly Vipers move. The light turns off, when it comes back, Kristoff and the Yōkai fly away into the distance, never to be seen again...
The Turtles are disappointed by not seeing the move. Splinter tells April that she forever fosters the Lou Jitsu way just as his sons do.
Trivia[]
- The episode's title is a reference to the 1972 martial arts film Fist of Fury.
- When the Komodo Dragon students first appear, their first pose is a reference to the Ginyu Force from Dragon Ball Z Kai.
- Oliver Vaquer is credited as the voice of a "Kindly Man", although no character matching this description is seen in the episode.
- Kristoff Van Bradford is a rebooted version of Chris Bradford from the 2012 TV series.
- The gesture April does during her line, "As the last line of defense to save the dōjōs?" is jñāna mudrā ("knowledge seal"), used in Buddhism and Hinduism. An Indian alternative medicine system called Āyurveda explains the body as being comprised of five elements; fire, air, ether, earth, and water. The thumb represents fire, the index finger represents air, the middle finger represents ether, the ring finger represents earth, and the pinky finger represents water. Jñāna mudrā is used to connect the air element (index finger) to the fire element (thumb).
- The type of bow April, Jake, Sam, Sara, and Splinter do is likely standing saikeirei, a bow at a 45 to 70-degree angle, one of the most formal Japanese bows. Splinter making eye contact with Kristoff while bowing as well as him bowing with an angry expression is considered bad Japanese etiquette and may make his bow seem insincere. Although it is sometimes considered bad Japanese etiquette to speak while bowing as April does, other times it is acceptable.
- Frank's lack of reciprocation of April's starting match bow is deemed disrespectful in Japanese martial arts as bowing conveys one's gratitude and respect for their opponent.
- The "A. Wan" name tag on Jasper's shirt may be a reference to Rise of the TMNT director and supervising producer Alan Wan.
- The katakana text in this episode (ホットスープ) translates to: "Hot Soup".
Errors[]
- When the Komodo Dragons leave the Lou Jitsu School of Ninjutsu, the Lou Jitsu standee is entirely intact after its head is punched off by Kristoff Van Bradford.
- When Leo stands to prepare to defend April and Splinter, the stripes on his thighs are inaccurately colored red instead of yellow.