“Return to New York” | |||||||
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) episode | |||||||
Season Code: | 309 | ||||||
Episode: | 61 | ||||||
Original airdate | January 25th, 2015 | ||||||
Written by | Brandon Auman | ||||||
Supervising Producer | Ant Ward | ||||||
Producers: | MacGregor Middleton | ||||||
Peter Hastings | |||||||
Brandon Auman | |||||||
Ciro Nieli | |||||||
Directed by | Alan Wan | ||||||
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"Return to New York" is the 61st episode of the 2012 Series.
Synopsis
The Turtles return to the city to search for Splinter, only to find that the city is overrun with Kraang.
Characters
Major Characters
- April O'Neil (Mae Whitman)
- Casey Jones (Josh Peck)
- Donatello (Rob Paulsen)
- Leonardo (Seth Green)
- Michelangelo (Greg Cipes)
- Raphael (Sean Astin)
- Splinter (Hoon Lee)
- Shredder (Kevin Michael Richardson)
Minor Characters
- Shrimper
- Tiger Claw
- Shredder Elite
- Mini Shredder (debut)
- Claw Shredder (debut)
- Shiva Shredder (debut)
Plot
The episode opens with Crognard the Barbarian but it was interrupted due to the Channel 6 Breaking news. The anchorman says that New York City off limits under military order. The Turtles suspected of this while watching TV. They decided to break in New York City barriers using Donnie's plan for a new transpiration vehicle.They converted the old van with new gears, weapons, along with a new paint job an turned it into the Party Wagon. With the vehicle all set up, they ready to go to New York City.
As the gang prepare to leave the farm, they hook up the Turtle Racer to the van. Donnie bids farewell to Dr. Cluckingsworth while April says goodbye to the farmhouse. They soon drove off and head back to New York City.
Upon arriving, Leo says that the first that they must find Splinter, then Karai, an then take back the city. Their paln was to park outside the gate and sneak in, but that proves impossible when soldiers have every entrance into NYC quarantined. April then notices that the troops have Kraang mind control devices on their necks, so Casey simply floors it and the Party Wagon is able to smash through the gates and into the city
Upon arriving, Leo says that the first that they must find Splinter, then Karai, an then take back the city. Their paln was to park outside the gate and sneak in, but that proves impossible when soldiers have every entrance into NYC quarantined. April then notices that the troops have Kraang mind control devices on their necks, so Casey simply floors it and the Party Wagon is able to smash through the gates and into the city.
Inside the city, Everyone was gone. Mikey wonders if the Kraang mutant the entire people. April says she is picking up thoughts from only a few hundred people, meaning there are millions missing. They soon run into Kraang soldiers, so the Turtles get to test out the Party Wagon’s soda cannons and stink bombs, both of which prove effective as they make their escape.
Using the Shellraiser's old subway access hatch, they enter the subway, The group does some effective ninja-ing, evading Kraang robots. Mikey decides to start searching at the lair. There’s no sign of Splinter, but the Kraang do have a robot security system that ends up using four lasers to exterminate a poor rat. Mikey freaks out and wants to move back in, but that’s not an option. April gets a faint read on Splinter, who seems to nearby, but he’s different somehow.
After the gang follows April , they find Splinter, only to discover that instead of acting like an experienced ninja, he acts like a savage rat, biting and attacking anything in his path. As they try to clam Splinter down, (including keeping away from chewing Casey’s face off) and talk some sense to him, a Mouser calls in for backup, and Foot soldiers appears. Despite their best efforts, Splinter gets captured by Foot soldiers and is brought to the Shredder.
At Shredder’s Lair, Tiger Claw is concern that Kraang's desire to conquer Earth and eventually betray the Foot. Shredder is aware of the situation, ensuring that soon that one day they will eliminate the Kraang and re-control the city. The Foot soldiers return with Splinter, which surprise both Shredder and Tiger Claw to him alive again. Seeing Splinter who clearly lost his mind, Tiger Claw asks if he should put the rat out of his misery, but Shredder disagree and wants him taken to Baxter Stockman instead. At his lab Shredder’s order Baxter to restore Hamato Yoshi’s mind, so that he’ll understand what is happening when Shredder finishes him.
The turtles find an access tunnel that leads to Stockman's lab, only to come under attack by a miniature Shredder clone. After a quick battle, the gang find Splinter, still behaving like a rat. Casey suggests that April should try to reach Splinter's mind like she did with the Turtles in their dreams. Donnie suggest that may work, but before they could do it. Baxter spotted them and quickly unleashes all three of his Shredder mutants.
While the turtles fight, April tries reaching out to Splinter with her telepathy. He begins to get flashes of his memories back, but he mistakes Casey for Shredder and attacks him. While Mikey knock out Baxter, he accidentally sets off an alarm, alerting both Shredder and Tiger Claw.
Trivia
- Much like other episodes that began with the Crognard The Barbarian cartoon. it eluded to the events of the episode.
- The villain that appears in the Crognard cartoon is based off of Man-E-Faces, one of the many characters from The He-man series.
- The episode is the debut of the Party Wagon, a familiar vehicle that appeared throughout the franchise
- on the side of the Party Wagon is a green woman with a blue mask with the name "Venus" next to her, this is a reference to Venus De'Milo from live action The Next Mutation series by Saban.
- The brand of breath mints Donnie puts in the soda cannons are "Chillos" a parody of the real life brand Mentos
- Baxter Stockman was shown trying to create retro-mutagen to revert himself back to normal
- Michelangelo calls Baxter "Buzzkill" a second time.
- The mutant Shredder clones are the Shredder Elite, a team of mutant shredder clones that appeared in the mirage comics however they were originally just mutant clones rather then mutant crabs.
- Mini Shredder is a shrimp, Claw Shredder is a crab and Shiva Shredder is a lobster.