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“Turtle Temper”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) episode
Season Code:	103
Episode:	3
Original airdate	October 6, 2012
Written by	Jeremy Shipp
Supervising Producer	Ant Ward
Producers:	Ciro Nieli
	J.R. Ventimilia
	Joshua Sternin
	MacGregor Middleton
	Peter Hastings
Directed by	Alan Wan
Voice Direction	Andrea Romano
Supervising Director	Ciro Nieli
Episode chronology
"Rise of the Turtles, Part 2"	"New Friend, Old Enemy"

Latest revision as of 21:32, 19 February 2024

"Turtle Temper" is the third episode of the 2012 TV series. It first aired on October 6th, 2012.

Synopsis

Raphael loses his temper when he is insulted by a New Yorker named Vic. When Vic catches the Turtles on video, they must get the phone back or risk the possibility of their existence becoming widely known.

Appearing in Turtle Temper

Major characters

Donatello (Rob Paulsen)
The Kraang (Nolan North)
Leonardo (Jason Biggs)
Michelangelo (Greg Cipes)
Raphael (Sean Astin)
Splinter (Hoon Lee)
Vic/Spider Bytez (Lewis Black) (debut) (mutates)

Minor characters

Oroku Saki (flashback only)
Spike
Tang Shen (flashback only)

Species

Human
Snapping turtle
Mutant spider
Mutant turtle

Objects and vehicles

Locations

Turtle Lair

Plot

The episode starts off with the Turtles on a recon mission. They are patiently waiting on a roof to catch the Kraang before they are able to break into a lab. Out of boredom, Mikey is repeatedly poking Raph's head, until Raph gets annoyed and they start playfully fighting. Leo immediately tells them to be quiet, as they are on a mission dedicated to stealth, but their superfluous noise ends up drawing a human named Vic up to the roof anyway (who is living down below), and he sees the Turtles, much to their dismay...He then accuses them of breaking his satellite dish in half and he insults them, making Raph even more angry. Their yelling between the two then attracts the Kraang's attention (who are nearby), and then a fight breaks out between the villains and our heroes - and Vic decides to record the entirety of the battle on his video phone. After the Turtles' victory, Raph tries to get the video from Vic, but the churlish man ultimately gets away, and the Turtles are forced to retreat when they hear both fire trucks and police coming.

In the sewer lair, Splinter lectures Raph for letting his anger at Vic greatly endanger their mission. As a training exercise, Splinter has the other Turtles shoot suction-cup arrows at Raph, and the first time, he dodges all of the arrows easily. But, the second time, Splinter has the other Turtles repeat the exact same process, while insulting Raph, and he ends up covered in arrows from head to toe. After this, Splinter tells the Turtles that they must get the video from Vic through reason, instead of force.

The Turtles soon find Vic on a street, and Raph tries his very best to politely ask him for the video on his phone, but Vic demands to be paid precisely a million dollars for it and refuses to hand it over!! Raph then loses his patience and tries to threaten the man into cooperating, and Leo stops him from yelling, then tries to negotiate with him. Meanwhile, Raph's yelling attracts the attention of the Kraang. Another large fight breaks out, but Raph ditches his brothers to keep arguing with Vic in the Kraang's van. The Kraang drive off with Vic and Raph in the van, and Raph briefly fights in the van with the Kraang before being thrown out of the door onto the street where he knocks down his brothers by accidentally falling into them as they are chasing after the van. The Kraang get away with Vic as their prisoner. Seeing that Raph and his ongoing temper have become a liability, Leo sends him home, whilst he, Donnie and Mikey track the bad guys down, which they are able to do because the van is leaking a bit and a trail of oil was left.

At the lair, Raph informs Spike about his current problems. Splinter then appears, hearing Raph, and thoroughly tells him a story about his past. When he was a young man (Hamato Yoshi), he and his "friend", Oroku Saki (The Shredder), both fell in love with the very same woman, Tang Shen. One day, a jealous Saki overcame Yoshi with a variety of insults in front of Tang Shen herself, and Yoshi struck him down in his anger. After that, their rivalry forever turned into intense hatred, and this eventually came to result in the tragic death of Tang Shen and their shared house being burnt to oblivion. Raph says Splinter had no choice & it wasn't the latter's fault considering The Shredder started it. Splinter, however, replies that he could indeed have chosen not to let all of the insults fester within him by ignoring him, but instead, he poorly chose the opposite. Then, he asks Raph what kind of choice he will make.

Meanwhile, Leo, Donnie and Mikey track the Kraang down to an old building with a massive tank full of Mutagen inside. They also find Vic tied to a chair, and the Kraang are plotting to keep his video so that they can learn more about the Turtles and show it to other Kraang, as they seemingly look good in the footage. As the Turtles try to save Vic with a rope by pulling on the bottom of the chair, he loudly refuses to leave without his phone, which gives their position away to their enemies. In the battle that follows, Vic manages to get his phone back while a spider is on it, just as laser that goes astray breaks through the Mutagen tank above and ends up dousing him in it... He mutates into huge spider monster with four appendages on the top of his head and has an aptitude for spitting a grotesque acid at enemies -- and all of the Kraang retreat in fear after witnessing this. Harshly blaming the Turtles for his transformation, he begins attacking them and Mikey promptly dubs him "Spider Bytez".

Spider Bytez proves to be a very formidable foe and the Turtles are nearly outmatched after falling through several floors, but the tide of battle is then turned when Raph arrives... Remembering Splinter's advice, he is able to ignore Spider Bytez' insults and fight him effectively. From that point on, the Turtles are reenergized and start targeting specific weak spots - and Raph even makes the spider spit onto one of his own appendages. The brothers quickly make a comeback and succeed in destroying the video phone by stepping on it as well. Spider Bytez then retreats into the night and uses his agility to jump behind some rooftops, swearing revenge. Leonardo then apologizes to Raph for 'punishing' him, but Raph says that he did not have to. Mikey then playfully insults Raph, causing the latter to pin him to the ground. The episode concludes with Raph forcing a reluctant Michelangelo to say “Raphael is all wise and powerful. And he’s better than me in every possible way!”

Trivia

"Spider Bytes" was also the name of a minor demon from "The Engagement Ring" in the 2003 series.
The Turtles fight with Spyder Bytes will appear in a photo on Jack J. Kurtzman's wall of evidence in season 2's "The Kraang Conspiracy", meaning they were unknowingly observed in the episode.
Following the Turtles spar with bows and arrows; Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo against Raphael, Splinter lectures Raphael about "Ninniku Seishin" (忍辱精神 Ninniku Seishin; lit. "Spirit of Humility, Fortitude and Perseverance", or as Splinter says "Ninniku Seishin is the ability to endure insults with patience and humility. You cannot be a true ninja until you master it".
- The essence of "Ninniku Seishin" is the spirit of the Ninja who has the power to use patience together with the body, mind, and subconscious. It is this power that one must develop by training hard. The result will lead to the ability to pocket any insult and later throw it away together with all traces of resentment (忍耐聖心 Nintai Seishin).
This is the first 22-minute episode of the 2012 series.