User blog:Gilgameshkun/Guide to essential Rise of the TMNT viewing

For viewers who don't have time to watch everything.

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Season 1

Episode 1: Mystic Mayhem

• 30 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces main characters and major story arcs.

Episode 2A: Origami Tsunami

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces Lou Jitsu, the Foot Clan, and the Origami Ninja.

Episode 2B: Donnie's Gifts

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Meat Sweats and the mutant silverfish.
• Focuses on Donnie.

Episode 3A: War and Pizza

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Albearto and Albearto's Pizzeria.
• Focuses on April.

Episode 3B: Newsworthy

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Warren Stone, Hypno-Potamus, Clem, and Warren Stone's apartment.

Episode 4A: Repo Mantis

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces a recurring character, another recurring character, Jupiter Jim, a recurring location, another recurring location, and a recurring vehicle.
• Focuses on Donnie and Mikey.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 4B: Down with the Sickness

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Focuses on Splinter.

Episode 5A: Mascot Mêlée

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Atomic Lass.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 5B: The Fast and the Furriest

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Señor Hueso, Run of the Mill Pizza, the Turtle Tank (by name), and the O'Neil apartment.
• Features Meat Sweats.
• Focuses on Splinter.

Episode 6A: Shell in a Cell

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Ghostbear and the disguise outfits.

Episode 6B: Minotaur Maze

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Takes place before The Fast and the Furriest.
• Features Hueso and Run of the Mill Pizza, but are encountered in-story for the first time.
• Focuses on Leo.

Episode 7: Bug Busters

• 30 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces a certain bellhop, Big Mama, the Yōkai as a civilization, the Grand Nexus Hotel and associated recurring characters, and the Battle Nexus.
• Features Draxum, Huginn and Muninn.

Episode 8A: The Longest Fight

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Features the Foot Clan.

Episode 8B: Hypno! Part Deux

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Dale and April's high school.
• Features Hypno.
• Focuses on April.

Episode 9A: The Gumbus

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Baxter Stockboy.
• Focuses on Mikey, Leo and April.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 9B: Mrs. Cuddles

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Mrs. Cuddles.
• Focuses on Raph.
• Splinter has a really good line.

Episode 10A: Stuck on You

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces the Shell Cycles and a recurring weapon.
• Features the Foot Clan, Warren, Hypno and the mutant silverfish.

Episode 10B: Al Be Back

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Albeartoland and "this whole situation."
• Features Albearto.

Episode 11A: The Purple Jacket

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces the Purple Dragons.
• Features the high school.
• Focuses on Donnie.

Episode 11B: Pizza Pit

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces DIGG.

Episode 12A: Smart Lair

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.
• Focuses on Donnie.

Episode 12B: Hot Soup: The Game

• 15 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces Hot Soup: The Game and the Foot Recruit.
• Features Lou Jitsu and Foot Clan.
• Focuses on Mikey.

Episode 13: The Evil League of Mutants

• 30 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces the Sando Brothers.
• Features Lou Jitsu, Draxum, Huginn, Muninn, Hypno, Meat Sweats, Repo, Warren, and Todd.

Episode 14A: Late Fee

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Trash Wizard.
• Features Lou Jitsu, Ghostbear, and the disguise outfits.
• Moderately recommended.

Episode 14B: Bullhop

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Features Bullhop, Big Mama, DIGG, and the Grand Nexus Hotel.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 15A: Mind Meld

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features the Purple Dragons (not in person), S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., and the mutant silverfish.
• Focuses on Donnie.

Episode 15B: Nothing But Truffle

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features Todd and Meat Sweats.
• Focuses on Mikey.

Episode 16: Shadow of Evil

• 30 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces the Shredder, a different major recurring character, and the Foot Shack, and an explanation of a major plot device.
• Cameo by Bebop and Rocksteady.
• Features Lou Jitsu, Draxum, Huginn, Muninn, and the Foot Clan.
• Focuses on Splinter.

Episode 17A: Portal Jacked!

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Capitán Piel, the Yōkai Granny, the Hidden City Police, and the Hidden City Docks.
• Features Hueso and Run of the Mill Pizza.
• Focuses on Leo.

Episode 17B: Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree

• 15 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Features Warren, Hypno, Draxum, Huginn, Muninn, Warren and Hypno's apartment, and Charlotte.

Episode 18A: Operation: Normal

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces Sunita.
• Features the Foot Brute, the Foot Recruit, Trash Wizard, and Run of the Mill Pizza.
• Focuses on April, Leo and Donnie.

Episode 18B: Sparring Partner

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces Franken-Foot.
• Features the Foot Clan, the Foot Recruit, and the Foot Shack.
• Focuses on Raph.

Episode 19A: You Got Served

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features Hueso and Run of the Mill Pizza.
• Focuses on Leo and Mikey.
• Impressive food animation.

Episode 19B: How to Make Enemies and Bend People to Your Will

• 15 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Features the Foot Clan, the Foot Recruit, Draxum, Huginn, Muninn, Golems, and the Foot Shack.

Episode 20A: Mystic Library

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces the Bat Librarian, and the Mystic Library.
• Features the Foot Lieutenant, the Foot Brute, and the O'Neil apartment.
• Focuses on Raph and Mayhem.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 20B: The Purple Game

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Carol O'Neil.
• Features the Purple Dragons, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., and the O'Neil apartment.
• Focuses on Donnie.

Episode 21A: Man VS. Sewer

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features the Sando Brothers.
• Focuses on Raph.

Episode 21B: The Mutant Menace

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features Baxter and Trash Wizard.

Episode 22A: Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features Big Mama, her Grand Nexus Hotel employees, Hypno, Meat Sweats, Repo and Warren.
• Focuses on Splinter, Donnie and Mikey.

Episode 22B: The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Features Big Mama and the Grand Nexus Hotel.
• Focuses on Splinter.

Episode 23A: One Man's Junk

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Features Repo, his salvage yard, and the Foot Clan.

Episode 23B: Snow Day

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features Ghostbear and the Foot Clan.
• Moderately recommended.

Episode 24A: Cloak and Swaggart

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Guy Flambé and Loose Lips Malinowski.
• Features Sunita, Meat Sweats, Mrs. Cuddles, and S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.

Episode 24B: Jupiter Jim Ahoy!

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Red Fox (not in person).
• Features Jupiter Jim.

Episode 25: Insane in the Mama Train

• 30 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces the Mystic Aura.
• Features Draxum, the Foot Clan, the Foot Recruit, Big Mama, the Guardsmen, Huginn, and Muninn.

Episode 26: End Game

• 30 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces the Council of Heads and the baseball stadium.
• Features Baron Draxum, the Foot Clan, the Shredder (in person), the Mystic Aura, Bullhop, Franken-Foot, Huginn, Muninn, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., and Todd.

Season 2

Episode 1: Many Unhappy Returns

• 30 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces Big Mama's assistant.
• Features Draxum, the Shredder, the Foot Clan, the Foot Recruit, Big Mama, her fox bellhop, the baseball stadium, Albearto's Pizzeria, the Grand Nexus Hotel, and the Battle Nexus.

Episode 2A: Todd Scouts

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Alex Noe.
• Features Todd.

Episode 2B: Goyles, Goyles, Goyles

• 15 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Flashback episode.
• Features Big Mama, Meat Sweats, Draxum's lab, and the Battle Nexus.
• Focuses on Huginn, Muninn, Draxum and Splinter.

Episode 3A: Flushed, but Never Forgotten

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces Piebald.
• Features Franken-Foot, Trash Wizard, and Hot Soup: The Game.
• Focuses on Leo.

Episode 3B: Lair Games

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.
• Focuses on Leo and Donnie.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 4A: Breaking Purple

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Features S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., the Purple Dragons, Baxter, Loose Lips Malinowski, and Repo.

Episode 4B: Repairin' the Baron

• 15 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Features the Council of Heads, the Guardsmen, the baseball stadium, the O'Neil apartment, Albeartoland, and the high school.
• Focuses on Draxum and Mikey.

Episode 5A: Air Turtle

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features Draxum.
• Focuses on Leo.

Episode 5B: Pizza Puffs

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces a character of later significance.
• Features Meat Sweats and Guy Flambé.
• Focuses on Raph.

Episode 6A: Sidekick Ahoy!

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Features Jupiter Jim and Red Fox (in person).

Episode 6B: The Hidden City Job

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces the wild simurgh, the Shadow Fiend, and Don Suave.
• Features Hueso, Piel, Big Mama, Run of the Mill Pizza, and the Hidden City Docks.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 7A: Always Be Brownies

• 15 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Introduces the Brownie Clan and Julia.
• Features the Foot Recruit and a character of later significance.
• Focuses on Splinter and April.

Episode 7B: Mystery Meat

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Introduces of Sloppy Joseph.
• Features Dale, the mutant silverfish, an oozesquito, and the high school.
• Focuses on Draxum.
• Highly recommended.

Tales from the Hidden City

• Altogether major plot significance. The four episodes all combine to tell one story.
• Features the Hidden City Police, Big Mama, Big Mama's assistant, and the Yōkai Granny.

Episode 8A: Raph's Ride-Along

• 15 minutes.
• Introduces the Mud Dogs, Heinous Green, and the Hidden City Prison.
• Cameo by Cudley the Cowlick.
• Focuses on Raph.

Episode 8B: Donnie vs. Witch Town

• 15 minutes.
• Introduces Gentry, Mayor Mira, the Great Morgan, and Witch Town.
• Focuses on Donnie and April.

Episode 9A: Hidden City's Most Wanted

• 15 minutes.
• Introduces Heather.
• Focuses on Draxum, Mikey, and Splinter.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 9B: Bad Hair Day

• 15 minutes.
• Introduces the Hirsuté Resort & Spa.
• Focuses on Leo.

Episode 10A: Fists of Furry

• 15 minutes.
• Minor plot significance.
• Introduces Kristoff Van Bradford, the komodo dragon yōkai, and Frank.
• Features the Brownie Clan and Julia.
• Focuses on Splinter and April.

Episode 10B: The Clothes Don't Make the Turtle

• 15 minutes.
• Moderate plot significance.
• Features Hypno and a character of later significance.
• Highly recommended.

Episode 11: Battle Nexus: New York

• 30 minutes.
• Major plot significance.
• Features Sloppy Joseph, Big Mama, Draxum, the Foot Recruit, Carl Sando, Ghostbear, Hypno, Meat Sweats, the Shadow Fiend, the high school, and the Grand Nexus Hotel.

Finale

• Altogether major plot significance.

Episode 12A: E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

• 15 minutes.
• Introduces Hamato Sho, Hamato Atsuko.
• Features Draxum, the Shredder, the Foot Clan, the Foot Recruit, a major recurring character (in person), and the Foot Shack.

Episode 12B: Shreddy or Not

• 15 minutes.
• Introduces Oroku Saki.
• Features Karai, Draxum, the Shredder, the Foot Clan, the Foot Recruit, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., Todd, and the Foot Shack.

Episode 13A: Anatawa Hitorijanai

• 15 minutes.
• Features Todd, Karai, the Shredder, the Foot Clan, the Foot Recruit, Draxum, Cuddle Cakes Puppy Rescue, and Draxum's lab.

Episode 13B: Rise

• 15 minutes.
• Introduces the Crying Titan.
• Features Karai, the Shredder, the Foot Recruit, Draxum, Big Mama, Hamato Atsuko, the Mystic Aura, Saki, and the Battle Nexus.