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| Episode 6 |
We are now in season two and it’s easy to notice. The drawing style has changed to a more
light-hearted feel from the previous season.
It’s not enough to abandon watching the show but I always preferred
season one in nearly all aspects so it takes a moment to adjust to what I’ll be
viewing for awhile. Season two has a
total of 13 episodes and this first one starts off well enough. It manages to keep an overall funny sense of
humor as well.
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| Let's kick their @$$! -Leonardo |
Leonardo
and Michelangelo are doing grocery shopping in their standard trench coat
disguises. I’ll refrain from the “it’s
obvious their not humans” remarks as you have to accept the disguises they’ll
wear as we move forward in the series. A
couple of thugs try to rob the cashier lady when the turtles decide to take
matters into their own hands. They rip
off their disguises and charge the thugs!
I wonder why they took off their clothes. I know I always do when I’m trying to prevent
a public crime. It usually throws off
the perpetrator you’re dealing with. At
one point Michelangelo gives a powerful gust of breath toward one of the thugs
that topples a bunch of drinks forward onto him. Mutant turtles must have a powerful set of
lungs, it’s silly though and a bit much.
Leonardo makes a mess slicing open egg cartons all over another
thug. Why were eggs on display stacked
up near the front of the store? Aren’t
they usually in a cooling storage area of some kind? The two turtles tie up the thugs and flee
since the police are on the way. I
suppose the goofy cashier lady hit a silent alarm. The turtles sure are weary of being seen by
the police, what did you guys do? Would
they really arrest you for foiling a robbery?
It might be the ninja stealth techniques of invisibility. The cashier lets them leave with the
groceries for free since she claims they saved her life and Michelangelo steals
the shopping cart as well.
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| A small parting gift |
April
shows up to get the scoop on the scene and finds out that two turtles, or
alligators, saved her. She tries hard to
show the turtles are the good guys. Let’s
jump over to dimension X where Shredder is begging Krang to send him back to
earth. Krang being sick of Shredder
finally does just to be rid of the baby.
Bebop and Rocksteady assume they’re going to but slam back as the portal
closes. Krang explains he loves to see
humans and animals suffer what a freak.
Since Bebop and Rocksteady are both they’re screwed basically. The toughness and voice of these two has
changed to a “dumbed” down version from season one. Hopping back to earth at channel 6 April
tries to convince her boss, Burne Thompson, the turtles are not crooks. However the boss is being manipulated by a
fox named Tiffany who hates turtles. It’s
sad for him but rather funny actually.
Irma is
a new character in the show now and has a brief run in with April before she
talks with Burne. Irma mentions she
broke a nail and it’s a disaster.
Why? Well she adds what if a hunk
calls me for a date? It’s obvious from
the get go she is desperately seeking men.
To further this after April storms off stating something about “Bigfoot”. Irma shouts to her to find out if he’s
married if she finds him. What the? Irma you’re incredibly hopeless, how
embarrassing.
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| Shredder seems irritated fellas |
Michelangelo
and Leonardo, back in the sewer den, share how simple it was dispatching the thugs
they encountered with Raphael adding he wished he could have helped. Raphael is always looking to go at it, he even
states he wants to take Shredder one on one.
I would like to see that!
Splinter shouts all of their names and informs them he feels that
Shredder has returned. Splinter sure has
a psychic aura to him doesn’t he? Shredder
arrives in a park and runs into a couple of thugs. He intimidates the crap out of them by doing
an incredible leap up onto a tree branch some ten feet up then chops it off
with his metal claws. Obviously he was not taking them seriously enough or he
could of just killed them right? Would
the world miss two petty thugs? Shredder
contacts Krang with a communicator he now uses that is handheld. Krang informs him that he is on his own now
and won’t get a shred of help from him.
Krang has a wicked sense of humor this episode. He also states Shredder needs to prove his
worth if he will get any help.
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| Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang in action |
Shredder
has a hair brain idea to take over the “Slash for Cash dojo” and train a bunch
of worthless fighters to commit crimes in turtle outfits. The leaders name is Slash and it would be
cool if he later was the mutant Slash that enters the show. However that’s for a much later episode. It doesn’t seem he trained them for too long but
they robbed enough banks and such to make the news. April contacts the turtles to come check out
the video tape of one robbery. They jump
from the turtle blimp they came on from the balloon part of it. I swear a door opened from the actual blimp
and they jumped through a window into the building. Leonardo recognizes the fighting style on the
tape very quickly. He knows only
Splinter or Shredder could teach that.
How could he tell that? I clearly
am not well versed enough in the ways of the ninja as he is. The “crooked ninja turtle gang” also kicks
open safes! For being humans they
learned some powerful moves from Shredder.
The force you would need for that is insane. They should be able to defeat the turtles, at
least Slash since he was the one actually seen doing it. Tiffany enters and screams while Raphael
says, “It’s a sonic death ray!” The turtles take off and Burne insists on
running the tape for tonight’s news. I
wonder what Tiffany sees in Burne? He is
probably earning a high salary maybe that’s why.
Shredder
asks Krang for help upon revealing his initial plan to frame the turtles it was
funny as Krang refused noting nothing has been done yet. Krang didn’t seem impressed either, he was
probably laughing about it over dinner later.
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| Oops, wrong Napoleon |
Our old
buddy Baxter Stockman is in an insane asylum having a wonderful chat with some
weirdo who thinks he’s Napoleon Bonaparte.
I suppose he’s there as a result of the mousers and claiming he’s seen giant
humanoid turtles and rats. Baxter
explaining the turtles to crazy Napoleon is hilarious as Napoleon mentions he
never had those problems in France. That
guy is a nut for sure. Shredder enters
through a window after bending the metal bars like straw. I guess they just make it look like metal to
make the inmates think there’s no escape.
Baxter says he can make the ultimate rat catching machine from a drill
machine he watches out of his window every day.
He really is nuts to think that, it’s clear Baxter is a bit more looney
than last season. He captures Splinter
very easily in the sewer den, where was your psychic sense for that
Splinter? I wonder if he heard that giant
machine echoing in the sewers. Let’s
back up and consider how Baxter built this machine. He had to steal it so we assume Shredder
broke him out and helped. How quickly he
did it is amazing. Where did he get all
the parts? I think it’s too much to question,
ha-ha! Sometimes you just have to let it
go.
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| What are you waiting for Shredder? |
The
turtles arrive home to find Splinter gone so they follow the path of the
machine. It leads to the crooked ninja turtle
gang. They dispose of them very easily
with the classic fashion they do it in.
Leonardo cuts a sofa couch cushion and provokes two goons to him as they
get caught in the springs. Raphael kicks
barrels onto two more amazingly enough while Donatello whips some tires onto
some more with his bo. They force Slash
to spill the beans of where Splinter is.
The dojo is where Shredder has a giant fist shaped battering ram aimed
at Splinter. How did he get that thing
up there? Even with all his goons it
still seems impossible. The turtles show
up while Baxter crashes through a wall in his rat catcher machine. The turtles dismantle the machine forcing
Baxter to leap out as they pile on top of it.
Shredder cuts the rope holding the battering ram while Leonardo quickly
cuts Splinter free just as Baxter’s machine gets destroyed by the ram threw the
wall. It’s a solid finish although I
would like to see Shredder fight the turtles some and throw them around. He doesn’t engage very much which is
disappointing as I like to see more battling from him. Shredder takes Baxter with him and the police
show up again to force the turtles to retreat as well. Why did the police show up? I’m guessing it was April when she found the
message of where to find Shredder on the side of a building near the caught
crooked ninja turtle gang.
The
conclusion has April revealing on her news report that the crooked ninja turtle
gang were humans. She also winks into
the camera as the turtles argue over who it was meant for. April obviously can hear them and states on
the air it was for Splinter. Somebody
left their turtle com on, how else could she hear them? Anyway props Splinter, you did nothing and
get the wink. The episode is pretty good
and I’d rank it higher on the list of overall episodes. It’s funny and doesn’t get too silly to where
you’d rather turn it off. Next up is “The
Incredible Shrinking Turtles.” It sounds
awful already doesn’t it? I hate
shrinking in general as a plot for any show or movie, until next time.
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