| “Scion of the Shredder” | |||||||
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) episode | |||||||
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| Season Code: | S04E15 | ||||||
| Episode: | 93 | ||||||
| Original airdate | February 4, 2006 | ||||||
| Written by | Eugene Son | ||||||
| Supervising Producer | Lloyd Goldfine | ||||||
| Producers: | Gary Richardson | ||||||
| Frederick U. Fierst | |||||||
| Al Kahn | |||||||
| Norman Grossfeld | |||||||
| Thomas Kenney | |||||||
| Supervising Director | Roy Burdine | ||||||
| Story Editor: | Michael Ryan | ||||||
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"Scion of the Shredder" is the ninety-third episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which originally aired on February 4, 2006.
Appearing in Scion of the Shredder[]
Major characters[]
- Donatello (Sam Regal)
- Foot Clan
- Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
- Raphael (John Campbell)
- Splinter (Darren Dunstan)
Minor characters[]
Species[]
- Cat
- Human
- Mutant rat
- Mutant turtle
- Robots
Objects and vehicles[]
- Bandanas
- Battle Shell (destroyed)
- Bō
- Foot helicopter
- Hamato Yoshi's orb (destroyed)
- Katana
- Michelangelo's Battle Nexus prize (destroyed)
- Nunchaku
- Sai
- Shrednauts
- Shell Cycle
- Shell Sub (destroyed)
- Turtle Tunneler (destroyed)
Locations[]
- Japan
- Bridge near Ancient One's fortress
- New York City
Episode[]
Voice-over introduction[]
Donatello: I've been worried a lot lately. For starters, I'm worried about the Foot. They're back ... and they're tougher than ever. And ... I'm worried about my brother, Leonardo. He's on a quest to parts unknown, and I'm worried he's not gonna find what he's been looking for. But mostly ... I'm worried that Leo won't find us alive when he gets back. Master Splinter tells me that I worry too much. Okay, you tell me. Should I be worried?
Plot[]
Open in the Turtle Lair. Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo doing their various activities. Raphael is training by repeatedly punching the punching bag, Donatello fixes the Shell Sub, Michelangelo sits in the couch building a card house as Splinter, who's sitting in an armchair, watches. After Splinter asks how many hours Michelangelo spent on building the house, Michelangelo doesn't know what time it is, followed by Raphael and Donatello. When the three Turtles ask Splinter when Leonardo will be return from his training mission with the Ancient One (it's now been two months that he's been gone). Splinter states that there is no way of knowing, they'll just have to remain patient. Donatello expresses of how much he misses Leo as Splinter says that all of them miss Leo and they should wait when Leo comes back when he will be ready.
Cut to Leo as he meditates with the Ancient One on the bridge. Everything was quiet, until the Ancient One is startled by a vision of the Shredder's claws and he tells Leo that he must go as his family is in grave danger. Hearing this, Leonardo regains his determination and goes back to save his family. Right before the stoic Turtle leaves, he and Ancient One bow to each other...
Back at the Turtle Lair, as the Turtles and Splinter are waiting and Mikey finishes his card house, Don’s security alarm system goes off - but it abruptly shuts down. This event bewilders the brainy Turtle as only his computer has the capability to turn off the alarms once they've gone off - unless someone has disabled them manually. Suddenly a group of Foot ninjas, Foot Tech Ninjas, and two large Shrednauts crash through the front door!! Mikey is shocked by seeing the Foot Clan found their lair, when Donatello asks how did they find them. Raph doesn't care how did the Foot Clan found them, but decides to kick them out. Master Splinter and the Turtles begin to battle their enemies and soon discover that the Foot are much stronger and faster than before. Our heroes realize that they’re outnumbered and overpowered and begin to back off. Just then, in a cloud of dust, the Shredder arrives with the Elite Guard!
As the Shredder enters, Splinter and the Turtles can’t believe what they’re seeing. Unwilling himself and his family to see their old arch-nemesis, Mikey asks Master Splinter if it is another game from Foot Mystics, (that was seen in Bad Day), Splinter tells him that it is real, even too' real! To their surprise, it isn't the original Shredder, but Karai wearing his armor. The Shredder's scion has come back to avenge the loss of her master (who was banished to an icy asteroid in deep space back in Episode 78). With that, the Foot attack even more forcefully. Don, Mikey, and Raph battle various Foot Ninjas and the destructive Shrednauts while Splinter faces off with Karai. Splinter tries to convince Karai that her father Oroku Saki was a murderer, but Karai doesn't want to hear anything and she claws the rodent's shoulder and then knocks him senseless. She then lifts him into the air and poises to deliver the killing blow.
As Karai prepares to finish Splinter, Don leaps and kicks her away from his sensei. The Turtles decide to split up and get out of the lair. Don and Splinter jump into the Shell Sub, but as soon as they reach the Hudson River, we see that there are numerous Foot soldiers in scuba gear piloting personal subs that give chase. Mikey and Klunk (his cat) escape in the Turtle Tunneler with a Shrednaut in hot pursuit. Raph retreats into the elevator to the warehouse garage (along with three Foot ninjas that he must battle). Raphael barely makes it into the Battle Shell because more Foot are waiting topside, but he manages to escape and careens down the city streets.
Inside the lair, Karai orders her minions to destroy what is left of the domicile. The Foot Clan completely destroyed and trashed the Turtles' lair as Karai laughs maniacally.
Cut to Don and Splinter in the Shell Sub. As they make their way through the water, the group of Foot scuba soldiers follow on their Ninja Sleds. The Shell Sub is seriously outgunned, so Donatello has to come up with a plan. The mutant tries to take the upper hand in the battle by briefly burying the sub in the sediment on the river's floor - once the pursuing Foot arrive above the Shell Sub's position, the vehicle jettisons from its position and sends the Foot reeling. Unfortunately the tactic is only a short-term solution and the villains soon reorganize and launch a new attack. The Foot fire their torpedoes into the fleeing ship and the Shell Sub begins to sink and then explodes, possibly killing Don and Splinter?!? One of the Foot radios Karai and informs her that Donatello and Splinter have been destroyed.
As Raph speeds down the street in the Battle Shell he is pursued by a Foot helicopter. The chopper launches two missiles that hit the Battle Shell, causing it to crash and burst into flames, presumably killing Raphael. The Foot pilot radios Karai and informs her that Raph has been eliminated.
Meanwhile, Mikey continues to flee from the Shrednaught inside the Turtle Tunneler. As the Turtle recklessly rips through the sewers and subway tracks, the Shrednaut flies after him. The Mech launches missiles from its mini-cannon that decimate the Tunneler as it crashes against the floor repeatedly and smashes against the floor. The Mech pilot surveys the vehicle as it burns, radios Karai and announces that Mikey is finished.
Cut to April O'Neil in her shop the next morning. April stands at the counter as a mysterious stranger walks in. The visitor is Karai and she tells April to give Leo a message: the rest of the Turtles and Splinter are dead. With that, Karai gives April a sign that she picked up from the lair earlier. It's the "Sewer Sweet Sewer" sign, charred and battered. April looks in horror as Karai leaves the shop. Karai laughs evilly as thunder crashes down and the episode ends.
See also[]
Quotes[]
Karai: Your sons destroyed my father, now I will repay them in kind! I begged Leonardo to let him go! But, he would not listen to reason!
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Splinter: You are faster than your father, I will give you that. But, your dark heart will betray you, just as his did. |
Trivia[]
- A scion is a descendant of a notable family, which represents how Karai becomes the new Shredder. And as shown, she has become more brutal than her father, Oroku Saki.
- The Turtles' second lair is completely destroyed in this episode. Hamato Yoshi's orb, that was given to Splinter by Mr. Mortu in Secret Origins, Part 3 is destroyed, as well as Michelangelo's Battle Nexus Tournament trophy.
- This episode introduces new costume designs for the Foot Ninja, Foot Tech Ninja, and Foot Elite which will continue to be used by the Foot up until the end of the Ninja Tribunal season.
- Also the first appearance of the Shrednaut and Foot Mechs.
- This episode marks the second and final time the Turtles have been defeated by the Foot, the first being the battle in the 2nd Time Around shop in The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 2.