Changes: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20[1]
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon (episodes 1–10; 18–20); Nicktoons (episodes 11–17)
Original release	March 19 – November 12, 2017
Season chronology
	← Previous Season 4

Revision as of 17:44, 3 March 2018

The fifth and final season of the 2012 Nickelodeon television series, titled "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" aired on Nickelodeon from March 19, 2017 to November 12, 2017, consisting of 20 episodes. It mainly revolves around the turtles facing various supernatural threats, such as ghosts, werewolves, mummies, monsters, vampires, demons and aliens.

It is the only season where they turtles are left to fend for themselves and are guided by Leonardo (following Splinter's death), although his spirit continues to watch over his family from the afterlife and occasionally visits them (mostly Leo) to offer some advice and suggestions.

Episodes and Plot

The Kavaxas Saga: Episodes 1-4

After successfully avenging the death of their beloved sensei and father Splinter (thanks to the demise of the Super-Shredder at the hands of Leonardo), the four Turtles, April O'Neil, Casey Jones, Leatherhead and Karai have all coped with his loss and re-adjusted to their new daily lives as they wonder about what lies ahead, knowing the Foot isn't over yet and there are still enemies out there. Nonetheless, Splinter's spirit continues to watch over his family from the skies of heaven and occasionally visits Leo to offer him advice. As the heroes prepare for their next imminent threat on the road ahead (knowing that Splinter is still there with them, in spirit), Leonardo succeeds Splinter as the team's new sensei, which makes his life more stressful and hectic due to the responsibilities he now has on his shoulders as Karai decides to be in charge of and rework the Foot Clan.

However, though the Turtles had believed that they have defeated their old enemies, they soon discover that a new evil is on the rise. The Foot Clan has been reborn as an underground cult led by Tiger Claw, who plans to resurrect the Super Shredder with the aid of the mighty demodragon named Kavaxas, who is summoned by the Scroll of the Demodragon and a controlling amulet called the Seal of the Ancients. Upon demonstrating his ability to revive the dead with Rahzar, who fell in an underwater battle against Leatherhead, Kavaxas states that he will need the Kuro Kabuto that contains Shredder's mental energies.

When Karai searches for the Kuro Kabuto, having become the rightful heiress of the Foot Clan, her former sensei, Hattori Tatsu, also seeks rightful ownership by hunting the Shredder's legendary helmet himself. Unfortunately, Tiger Claw and his lackeys are also in search of the helmet, as it is one of the essential items required for Kavaxas to return the Super Shredder to life. This creates a feud between Tatsu and Tiger Claw, who are both in posession of the helmet. Upon Rahzar and Tiger Claw reclaiming the Kuro Kabuto after Kavaxas drained the soul out of Shredder's former right-hand man Hattori Tatsu, Kavaxas states that they will need the Shredder's heart for the revival to occur.

Donatello's grudge against Don Vizioso endangers the Turtles' newest and next mission: To retrieve the heart of the Super Shredder, which is in the possession of Don Vizioso himself. However, despite Leo's best efforts to keep Donnie in line, their mission fails, and the Foot Clan obtains the Shredder's heart and the revival is set in motion.

With the aid of Karai and Leatherhead, the Turtles, April and Casey must defeat Kavaxas and prevent him from destroying the world with his army of the undead. Kavaxas successfully revives Shredder as an undead zombie horror, who breaks the Seal of the Ancients, freeing Kavaxas and allowing him to raise the spirits of the Netherworld to rule both worlds. As ghosts take over the city, Kavazas (who has now unleashed his true potential) jeopardizes the future. All of this goes against what Tiger Claw planned, so he fights alongside the Turtles to defeat the undead Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas. While the ghost of Splinter helps Donnie, April, Casey and Raph, who are fighting on the surface, Michelangelo (with the help of Leatherhead) managed to use gum to stick the Seal of the Ancients back together, enabling him to control Kavaxas. He orders and coerces the demodragon to open the portal to the Netherworld and undo all of his damages to restore peace and order. As Tiger Claw watches alongside Leo and Karai, Zombie Shredder drags Kavaxas back to the Netherworld. Now aware of Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas' sinister, ulterior motives, Tiger Claw ends his feud and makes peace with the Turtles before departing (possibly for Japan). The spirit of Splinter revisits the team once more. He embraces Karai, looks fondly at Leonardo, amazed to see how far his son has come before sending his well wishes to the rest of the team (Raph, Mikey, Donnie, April, Casey and Leatherhead). His spirit soars towards the skies of heaven. fading away.

With Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas defeated (sent back to suffer in the Netherworld), in addition to Tiger Claw making peace with the Turtles, our heroes gaze at a beautiful sunset as they prepare for (and wonder about what lies on) the road ahead, knowing that Splinter is still with them, in spirit.

When Worlds Collide Saga: Episodes 5-6

The Turtles' romantic plans to hang out with their love interests are put on hold when Raphael's Salamandrian girlfriend Mona Lisa (Lieutenant Y'Gthba) and her boss, Sal Commander G'Throkka arrive on Earth, asking the Turtles for their aid in finding the Newtralizer, whom after being gone since Season 2, had just received unlimited power in search of the Utroms to destroy them. As it was later revealed that the Newtralizer was working with Lord Dregg, who had cheated his death from the Triceratons while swearing his revenge on the Turtles where he launched his original invasion on the Salamandrian home world of Salamandria, putting Mona Lisa and Sal Commander in a goose chase with the Newtralizer, all the way in his new living command ship, revealing in the fact he could now get his revenge on both the Turtles and the Salamandrians by taking over Earth and using the human population for his own malicious intent in the form of Vreen eggs.

Samurai Turtles Saga: Episodes 7-9

In an alternate dimension inhabited by anthropomorphic animals in Feudal Japan, a lone rabbit samurai Ronin named Miyamoto Usagi has been given a task to protect an unpleasant pug child named Kintaro, who is deemed as the "Golden Child" of the Sky Buddha and holds hidden super strength. The gray wolf-demon and evil wizard Jei, who is Usagi's long-time sworn enemy, transported the Turtles into his realm, planning to use them as henchmen to murder Usagi and abduct Kintaro to Jei in addition to casting an evil enchantment on the Turtles by posing as a blind and crippled wolf. The Turtles (under Jei's evil spell) almost succeeded but Usagi overpowered them, and with one blow to the head, restored them back to their normal senses. With nowhere else to go, the Turtles, after learning about Usagi's story, allied themselves with Usagi to escort Kintaro to the Temple-Palace of the Sky Buddha atop a tall mountain before Jei prepared for his endgame. Along the way, Usagi lead the Turtles through a haunted forest where they encountered magically mischievous, and dangerous creatures and spirits whilst tensions boiled between Usagi and Leonardo, but they eventually buried the hatchet.

Lone Rat and Cubs: Episode 10

A flashback shows how Splinter and the four Turtles as babies found their underground lair, while being pursued by the Kraang. After his victory, Splinter was given a second chance at fatherhood, naming the infant Turtles after his favorite Italian artists of the Renaissance.

Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse Saga: Episodes 11-13

Fifty years later in an alternate post-apocalyptic future that has been caused by a Mutagen Bomb, Raphael and Donatello, who is now an android, scour a desert wasteland. They encounter a meerkat named Mira, who is being hunted by Verminator Rex and his Honey Badger Ravagers, and who has a map tattooed on her arm that leads to the Oasis. The trio set out to find a hermit called "the Holy Chalupa", who turned out to be Michelangelo, but they were later attacked by Verminator Rex and Imperius Reptilicus. The warlord Maximus Kong pursues them in his mobile fortress, and in a shocking revelation is shown to be Leonardo himself, driven mad with rage from a secondary mutation. Raphael manages to break through his brother's insanity and restore him to his old self, and the four brothers travel to the Oasis.

A shot shows the four Turtles and Splinter taking a picture together, followed by Leonardo holding a picket sign dedicated to the creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman.

Monsters and Mutants Saga: Episodes 14-17

During Halloween, the Turtles and their time-traveling ally Renet are reunited with their enemy, Savanti Romero. He plans to turn all of New York City into a monster-filled dystopia, and their quest to stop him soon sends them back in time to Transylvania during the age of Dracula, and 1810's Central Europe to with Frankenstein. Casey turns into a vampire, along with April, Donatello and Raphael, until he returns to normal, due to Mikey defeating Dracula.

The Bebop & Rocksteady Crossover Tales Saga: Episodes 18-20

The Turtles once again meet their counterparts from the 1987-1996 series, due to their versions of the Shredder and Krang seeking help from the 2012 versions of Bebop and Rocksteady, as they had accidentally left their versions behind. Now the villains are planning to conquer the Earths of both the 1987 and 2012 realities with a fully powered Technodrome. While the Turtles and their allies fight off a horde of Foot Soldiers from the 1987–1996 series reality and the 2012 Rock Soldiers, Bebop and Rocksteady discover Shredder and Krang's plans to destroy the Earth and choose to become heroes in order to save the planet.

Changes: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)

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Contents

Episodes and Plot

The Kavaxas Saga: Episodes 1-4

When Worlds Collide Saga: Episodes 5-6

Samurai Turtles Saga: Episodes 7-9

Lone Rat and Cubs: Episode 10

Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse Saga: Episodes 11-13

Monsters and Mutants Saga: Episodes 14-17

The Bebop & Rocksteady Crossover Tales Saga: Episodes 18-20

Characters

Main Characters/Protagonists

Allies

Villains

Episodes

References

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 Donatello's grudge against Don Vizioso endangers the Turtles' newest and next mission: To retrieve the heart of the Super Shredder, which is in the possession of Don Vizioso himself. However, despite Leo's best efforts to keep Donnie in line, their mission fails, and the Foot Clan obtains the Shredder's heart and the revival is set in motion.
-With the aid of Karai and Leatherhead, the Turtles, April and Casey must defeat Kavaxas and prevent him from destroying the world with his army of the undead. Kavaxas successfully revives Shredder as an undead zombie horror, who breaks the Seal of the Ancients, freeing Kavaxas and allowing him to raise the spirits of the Netherworld to rule both worlds. As ghosts take over the city, Kavazas (who has now unleashed his true potential) jeopardizes the future. All of this goes against what Tiger Claw planned, so he fights alongside the Turtles to defeat the undead Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas. While the ghost of Splinter helps Donnie, April, Casey and Raph, who are fighting on the surface, Michelangelo (with the help of Leatherhead) managed to use gum to stick the Seal of the Ancients back together, enabling him to control Kavaxas. He orders and coerces the demodragon to open the portal to the Netherworld and undo all of his damages to restore peace and order. As Tiger Claw watches alongside Leo and Karai, Zombie Shredder drags Kavaxas back to the Netherworld. Now aware of Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas' sinister, ulterior motives, Tiger Claw ends his feud and makes peace with the Turtles before departing (possibly for Japan). The spirit of Splinter revisits the team once more. He embraces Karai, looks fondly at Leonardo, amazed to see how far his son has come before sending his well wishes to the rest of the team (Raph, Mikey, Donnie, April, Casey and Leatherhead). His spirit soars towards the skies of heaven. fading away. With Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas defeated (sent back to suffer in the Netherworld), in addition to Tiger Claw making peace with the Turtles, our heroes gaze at a beautiful sunset as they prepare for (and wonder about what lies on) the road ahead, knowing that Splinter is still with them, in spirit.
+With the aid of Karai and Leatherhead, the Turtles, April and Casey must defeat Kavaxas and prevent him from destroying the world with his army of the undead. Kavaxas successfully revives Shredder as an undead zombie horror, who breaks the Seal of the Ancients, freeing Kavaxas and allowing him to raise the spirits of the Netherworld to rule both worlds. As ghosts take over the city, Kavazas (who has now unleashed his true potential) jeopardizes the future. All of this goes against what Tiger Claw planned, so he fights alongside the Turtles to defeat the undead Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas. While the ghost of Splinter helps Donnie, April, Casey and Raph, who are fighting on the surface, Michelangelo (with the help of Leatherhead) managed to use gum to stick the Seal of the Ancients back together, enabling him to control Kavaxas. He orders and coerces the demodragon to open the portal to the Netherworld and undo all of his damages to restore peace and order. As Tiger Claw watches alongside Leo and Karai, Zombie Shredder drags Kavaxas back to the Netherworld. Now aware of Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas' sinister, ulterior motives, Tiger Claw ends his feud and makes peace with the Turtles before departing (possibly for Japan). The spirit of Splinter revisits the team once more. He embraces Karai, looks fondly at Leonardo, amazed to see how far his son has come before sending his well wishes to the rest of the team (Raph, Mikey, Donnie, April, Casey and Leatherhead). His spirit soars towards the skies of heaven. fading away.
+With Zombie Shredder and Kavaxas defeated (sent back to suffer in the Netherworld), in addition to Tiger Claw making peace with the Turtles, our heroes gaze at a beautiful sunset as they prepare for (and wonder about what lies on) the road ahead, knowing that Splinter is still with them, in spirit.
 ===''When Worlds Collide Saga: ''Episodes 5-6 ===
 The Turtles' romantic plans to hang out with their love interests are put on hold when Raphael's Salamandrian girlfriend Mona Lisa (Lieutenant Y'Gthba) and her boss, Sal Commander G'Throkka arrive on Earth, asking the Turtles for their aid in finding the Newtralizer, whom after being gone since Season 2, had just received unlimited power in search of the Utroms to destroy them. As it was later revealed that the Newtralizer was working with Lord Dregg, who had cheated his death from the Triceratons while swearing his revenge on the Turtles where he launched his original invasion on the Salamandrian home world of Salamandria, putting Mona Lisa and Sal Commander in a goose chase with the Newtralizer, all the way in his new living command ship, revealing in the fact he could now get his revenge on both the Turtles and the Salamandrians by taking over Earth and using the human population for his own malicious intent in the form of Vreen eggs.
 ===''Samurai Turtles Saga: ''Episodes 7-9 ===
-In an alternate dimension inhabited by anthropomorphic animals in Feudal Japan, a lone rabbit samurai Ronin named Miyamoto Usagi has been given a task to protect an unpleasant pug child named Kintaro, who is deemed as the "Golden Child" of the Sky Buddha and holds hidden super strength. The gray wolf-demon and evil wizard Jei, who is Usagi's long-time sworn enemy, transported the Turtles into his realm, planning to use them as henchmen to murder Usagi and abduct Kintaro to Jei in addition to casting an evil enchantment on the Turtles by posing as a blind and crippled wolf. The Turtles (under Jei's evil spell) almost succeeded but Usagi overpowered them, and with one blow to the head, restored them back to their normal senses. With nowhere else to go, the Turtles, after learning about Usagi's story, allied themselves with Usagi to escort Kintaro to the Temple-Palace of the Sky Buddha atop a tall mountain before Jei prepared for his endgame. Along the way, Usagi lead the Turtles through a haunted forest where they encountered magically mischievous, and dangerous creatures and spirits whilst tensions boiled between Usagi and Leonardo, but they eventually burid the hatchet.
+In an alternate dimension inhabited by anthropomorphic animals in Feudal Japan, a lone rabbit samurai Ronin named Miyamoto Usagi has been given a task to protect an unpleasant pug child named Kintaro, who is deemed as the "Golden Child" of the Sky Buddha and holds hidden super strength. The gray wolf-demon and evil wizard Jei, who is Usagi's long-time sworn enemy, transported the Turtles into his realm, planning to use them as henchmen to murder Usagi and abduct Kintaro to Jei in addition to casting an evil enchantment on the Turtles by posing as a blind and crippled wolf. The Turtles (under Jei's evil spell) almost succeeded but Usagi overpowered them, and with one blow to the head, restored them back to their normal senses. With nowhere else to go, the Turtles, after learning about Usagi's story, allied themselves with Usagi to escort Kintaro to the Temple-Palace of the Sky Buddha atop a tall mountain before Jei prepared for his endgame. Along the way, Usagi lead the Turtles through a haunted forest where they encountered magically mischievous, and dangerous creatures and spirits whilst tensions boiled between Usagi and Leonardo, but they eventually buried the hatchet.
 === ''Lone Rat and Cubs'': Episode 10 ===
 A flashback shows how Splinter and the four Turtles as babies found their underground lair, while being pursued by the Kraang. After his victory, Splinter was given a second chance at fatherhood, naming the infant Turtles after his favorite Italian artists of the Renaissance.