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!!! 4x26 ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E26Owari Owari]]''
* The Turtles decide to avenge Splinter and don't wait for Super Shredder to make the first move, instead taking the fight to him. The lock-and-load montage where they don black masks and war-paint show [[LetsGetDangerous they're not messing around]]. Casey even prepares a reinforced metal mask that looks like his classic one ([[ChekovsGun and later saves his life]]). All ending with a group BOOYAKASHA!
* Raph fighting Fishface one-on-one and deactivating his breathing apparatus, leaving him to die. Ruthless? No doubt. Awesome? Definitely.
* Mikey de-mutating Baxter Stockman. That's right, they brought retro-mutagen. They came prepared this time.
* Donnie hacking Bebop and Rocksteady's death traps and giving them a taste of their own medicine.
* The group fight between Tiger Claw, who keeps coming at them with various prosthetic arms.
* And of course, the final fight with Super Shredder on top of the burning mansion. Leo lasts the longest and delivers the killing blow, ending his terror once and for all.

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* A villainous one, but Super Shredder becomes even more unstoppable and {{Badass}} with Stockman-Fly giving him the Super Mutagen to stablize him. He's able to fight heavy hitters like Leatherhead and Slash.
* The large confrontation as the Turtles recruit the Mighty Mutanimals to help end the war against the Foot Clan.
* Master Splinter's final fight against the Super Shredder. Despite getting knocked around like a rag doll, Splitner does not give up and is able to remain on par with good tactics and skill. Even Shredder's backstab that killed him does not lessen this; there was still the chance Splinter may have won.
* April psychically pushes Super Shredder and slams him to a dumpster truck before Casey activates it to crush him, in an homage to the 1st movie. Casey even says "oops" after hitting the lever (though the tone is darker and sharper.)
* The episode showcases how much the Hamato Clan plus allies aren't messing around anymore. They're now out to ''kill'' if need be, best seen when Leatherhead ''drowns'' Rahzar.
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php/Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E25Requiem Requiem]]''
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!!! 4x21 ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E22ThePowerInsideHer The Power Inside Her]]''
* The Turtles are able to get through to April and stop her psychic rampage through the PowerOfFriendship, and April not only banishes the spirit in the crystal, but uses what power it has left to save Donnie. Heartwarming and awesome at the same time, showing how far all of them have come together and all they've been through as a team. Perfect for the 100th episode milestone.
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!!! 4x24 ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E24TheTaleOfTigerClaw The Tale of Tiger Claw]]''

* Alopex make her animated debut and she does not disappoint.
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** Raph gets major props for lasting several rounds against Slash, taking far more damage than the other turtles, including being smashed by a mace, [[MetronomicManMashing grabbed by the legs and repeatedly slammed into the rooftop]], then immediately [[PunchedAcrosstheRoom punched through a cement wall]]. He gets a breather from Mikey and Donnie (both too injured to put up a fight), then gets back to action. He crashes through a roof with Slash, who then tackles Raph through a ''brick wall''! After losing his sais, Raph simply gets pummeled... but [[{{Determinator}} refuses to fall]]. After Slash takes ''[[TheAce Leonardo]]'' down in one hit, Raph grabs a knife, ready to fight to the end. Even after enduring all of the above, he still manages to dodge, hit [[ChekhovsSkill the pressure point Splinter used on him earlier]], and grab Mikey's and Donnie's headbands for them. ''[[BadAss Damn]]''.

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** Raph gets major props for lasting several rounds against Slash, taking far more damage than the other turtles, including being smashed by a mace, [[MetronomicManMashing grabbed by the legs and repeatedly slammed into the rooftop]], then immediately [[PunchedAcrosstheRoom punched through a cement wall]]. He gets a breather from Mikey and Donnie (both too injured to put up a fight), then gets back to action. He crashes through a roof with Slash, who then tackles Raph through a ''brick wall''! After losing his sais, Raph simply gets pummeled... but [[{{Determinator}} refuses to fall]]. After Slash takes ''[[TheAce Leonardo]]'' down in one hit, Raph grabs a knife, ready to fight to the end. Even after enduring all of the above, he still manages to dodge, hit [[ChekhovsSkill the pressure point Splinter used on him earlier]], and grab Mikey's and Donnie's headbands for them. ''[[BadAss Damn]]''.
''Damn''.
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!!! 4x21 ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E21DarkestPlight Darkest Plight]]''
* Splinter spends most of the episode being terrified of the Rat King, his broken leg leaving him unable to do much besides run, and he can't even do that well. By the end when he nearly loses his mind, he snaps back to normal and punches him out. It turned out it was all a hallucination, but Splinter still summoned up the strength the fight back despite have nearly been killed by Super Shredder and falling into a giant pit.
* After Super Shredder proved unstoppable the entire episode, Karai pulls a weakness by taking advantage of his twisted love. When he's let his guard down, she restates that he was never her father and hits his exposed heart. On top of an attack from April and his mutation deteriorating his body, he's forced to run. Not only did Karai and April hand him one of his few defeats, this is the only time he lost without Splinter's involvement.
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* Meta: The Fugitoid is voiced by Creator/DavidTenant from ''DoctorWho''. This will be interesting.



* Professor Honeycut overloading the Overmind with the power of his own mind.

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* Professor Honeycut Honeycutt overloading the Overmind with the power of his own mind.



*** The greatest CatharsisFactor is that Splinter defeats Shredder in a straight fight for the first time since the first season finale ''without'' resorting to his animal self. Not only that, but watching him call him out for [[RevengeBeforeReason jeopardizing the world's safety over his revenge]] and giving him a ShutUpHannibal before wining the fight was quite awesome as well. Without a doubt, Splinter proved that he was the better fighter and ''man'' in that scene.

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*** The greatest CatharsisFactor is that Splinter defeats Shredder in a straight fight for the first time since the first season finale ''without'' resorting to his animal self. Not only that, but watching him call him out for [[RevengeBeforeReason jeopardizing the world's safety over his revenge]] and giving him a ShutUpHannibal before wining winning the fight was quite awesome as well. Without a doubt, Splinter proved that he was the better fighter and ''man'' in that scene.

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* The scene where the Turtles fade into nothingness against the swinging meat in the slaughterhouse.




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* Shredder treats the theft of his helmet as an event as dire as the destruction of the planet. The short scene of his entire army assembled, all four of his top lieutenants assembled, is pretty awesome.
** They prove to be an effective fighting unit too. Zeck had real reason to fear them when all four of them ominously approach him.



* Mikey dropping a couch on Rhazar.

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* The shot of Shredder observing his army wear down Leo, flanked by his lieutenants Tigerclaw, Rahzar, and Xever.
* Mikey dropping a couch on Rhazar.Rahzar.



* Leatherhead's BigDamnHeroes moment, where he takes down Shredder!

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* Leatherhead's jaw dropping BigDamnHeroes moment, where he takes down Shredder!



* The Turtles successfully making contact with Splinter's spirit. It's one of the series' best adapted MythologyGag's.
** Leo wants to follow Splinter's orders and train, but he says that he feels he can't because of his physical injury. Splinter replies with a quote that easily sums up the entire series and its' arcs regarding revenge, betrayal, and the past:
-->'''Splinter''': ''We choose'' what holds us back, and what moves us ''forward''.
* The montage of the Turtles preparing their new outfits, doing ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]'' poses on their focus shots, really bringing some of the franchise's Japanese aesthetics.
* The entry of the Foot Clan visions into the Turtles' quests.
** Xever lunges up from the water below Raph, and easily gets the upper hand. He asks, "That tempers flickers fast under water, doesn't it?" before dragging him under water for a pounding.
** Rahzar's entry sees him emerge from the smoky forest floor, growling that it's been a while since they've seen the Turtles. When Mikey nervously claims he can get him a bone to chew on, Rahzar calmly gangles towards him and says "Oh, you have many bones I can feast on!"
** Tigerclaw emerges from the mountain with a sick guitar riff.
** Shredder appears as a gigantic version of himself.



* Xever fares well against Zeck on his own, and gets in some good quips too.



** He fought Razar and Fishface at once, holding the upper hand for a little while, and managed to escape with their secret chemicals (though with help from Raph)

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** He fought Razar Rahzar and Fishface at once, holding the upper hand for a little while, and managed to escape with their secret chemicals (though with help from Raph)


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* Shredder's meeting with Don Vizioso is tense, but the ninja warlord wastes no time establishing to Vizioso that ''he'' is the true ruler of New York City.
** Don Vizioso not only has a large belly, but he has some large BallsOfSteel, never really flinching during his sit-down with Shredder despite being face to face with a murderous warlord who controls the city's gangs, and his mutant lieutenants.
** Shredder also easily sees that Casey is spying on him, and slams him on the table. As he doesn't know who he is, Casey is able to talk him into sparing him, but Shredder memorizes Casey's face on the spot and warns him to ''never'' let him see him again.


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!!!3x23 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E23TheFourfoldTrap The Fourfold Trap]]''
* The Foot Clan put up a ferocious fight against April, Leo, and Raph. Their intro is cool too, as they all emerge from their hiding spaces, gloating and brandishing their weapons. This is the first time we've seen the expanded Foot Clan (minus Shredder and Stockman) fight together as a unit.
** Splinter singlehandedly tears through the Foot generals. First he deals a crushing defeat to Bebop and Rocksteady, the latter barely able to warn Karai. Then he takes out the hiding Rahzar in one hit. When he's dragged underwater by Xever, the next time we see either one of them, Xever's apparatus has been ''torn off''. Tigerclaw goes down very easily, as compared to their first fight back in the previous season.


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* The assembled Hamato Clan, Mutanimals, Mondo Gecko and Muckman charging the Triceratons.
* The Foot Clan, April, and Splinter working together against the Triceratons and getting along for the majority of the fight, from Rahzar genuinely listening to April's advice and hiding with her, to Tigerclaw covering April and Casey's advance.
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** After being royally [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by every Triceraton they have faced, the turtles are ''finally'' able take out a few and do a lot of damage to Mozar, a high-ranking member of the Triceratons. It is also a sign of how far they've come since the beginning thanks to four seasons of training and build up.

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** After being royally [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by every Triceraton they have faced, the turtles are ''finally'' able to take out a few and do a lot of damage to Mozar, a high-ranking member of the Triceratons. It is also a sign of how far they've come since the beginning thanks to four seasons of training and build up.

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*** Special notice goes to Donatello, [[spoiler: the both of them]]. Mozar handling the turtles pretty well, but Donny was the one who landed the first successful blow that turned the tide of the fight around.

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*** Special notice goes to Donatello, [[spoiler: the both of them]]. Mozar is handling the turtles pretty well, but Donny was the one who landed the first successful blow that turned the tide of the fight around.around.


!!! 4x15 ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E15CityAtWar City At War]]''
* April graduating into full kunoichi of the Hamato Clan is this and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. She has come quite far since Season 1.
** Further seen when she learns the Dragon's Tail, a strong kick she uses to [[GroinAttack immobilize Tiger Claw.]]
* Shinigami, Karai's new ally, is a powerful kunoichi in her own right and utilizes some clever tricks of her own, able to handle Tiger Claw for a while. Special regards to her hypnotic eye pendulum, which also functions as a powerful mace.
* A retroactive one for Master Splinter. We finally see how badly beaten Shredder was against Splinter. He's hooked up to a breathing mask, an IV and several monitoring equipment while having several bandages and casts all while confined to bed. He was downright nearly crippled.

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*** The greatest CatharsisFactor is that Splinter defeats Shredder in a straight fight for the first time since the first season finale ''without'' resorting to his animal self. Not only that, but watching him call him out for [[RevengeBeforeReason jeopardizing the world's safety over his revenge]] and giving him a ShutUpHannibal before wining the fight was quite awesome as well. Without a doubt, Splinter proved that he was the better fighter and ''man'' in that scene.

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*** Special notice goes to Donatello, [[spoiler: the both of them]]. Mozar handling the turtles pretty well, but Donny was the one who landed the first successful blow that turned the tide of the fight around.
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** After being royally [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by every Triceraton they have faced, the turtles are ''finally'' able do a lot of damage to Mozar, a high-ranking member of the Triceratons. It is also a sign of how far they've come since the beginning thanks to four seasons of training and build up.

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** After being royally [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by every Triceraton they have faced, the turtles are ''finally'' able take out a few and do a lot of damage to Mozar, a high-ranking member of the Triceratons. It is also a sign of how far they've come since the beginning thanks to four seasons of training and build up.
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** After being royally [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by every Triceraton they have faced, the turtles are ''finally'' able do a lot of damage to Mozar, a high-ranking member of the Triceratons. It is also a sign of how far they've come since the beginning thanks to four seasons of training and build up.
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!!!4x14 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E14EarthsLastStand Earth's Last Stand]]''
* After six brutal months, the Turtles succeed in stopping the invasion and saving the Earth.
** Splinter catching Shredder's back attack.
** Better still, for the first time, Shredder is ''defeated'' in hand-to-hand combat by Splinter. No running away or cheap tricks, Splinter has been maintaining the advantage throughout the fight and the Shredder is carried away by Tiger Claw.
** [[spoiler: Honeycutt's HeroicSacrifice is this and TearJerker. However, the end reveals he may be alive...]]
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* Cross over with the 1987 Fred Wolf Turtles! The 3D Turtles go 2D, the 2D Turtles go 3D, they got all the original voices back, they all team up to fight Original!Krang and Krang Sub-Prime, and there's even a shout-out to the Mirage Comics. What's not to like?? TURTLE POWER DUDE!!!

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* Cross over Crossover with the 1987 Fred Wolf Turtles! The 3D Turtles go 2D, the 2D Turtles go 3D, they got all the original voices back, they all team up to fight Original!Krang and Krang Sub-Prime, and Kraang Subprime, and there's even a shout-out to the Mirage Comics. What's not to like?? TURTLE POWER DUDE!!!
POWER, DUDE!!
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* Cross over with the 1987 Fred Wolf Turtles! The 3D Turtles go 2D, the 2D Turtles go 3D, they got all the original voices back, they all team up to fight Original!Krang and Krang Sub-Prime, and there's even a shout-out to the Mirage Comics. What's not to like??

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* Cross over with the 1987 Fred Wolf Turtles! The 3D Turtles go 2D, the 2D Turtles go 3D, they got all the original voices back, they all team up to fight Original!Krang and Krang Sub-Prime, and there's even a shout-out to the Mirage Comics. What's not to like??
like?? TURTLE POWER DUDE!!!
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* April's spacesuit looks just like her original yellow jumpsuit. Casey and Donnie's stunned expressions match that of the audience.



* Cross over with the 1987 Fred Wolf Turtles! The 3D Turtles go 2D, the 2D Turtles go 3D, they got all the original voices back, and end of the day they defeat Krang from ruining both dimensions.

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* Cross over with the 1987 Fred Wolf Turtles! The 3D Turtles go 2D, the 2D Turtles go 3D, they got all the original voices back, and end of the day they defeat all team up to fight Original!Krang and Krang from ruining both dimensions.
Sub-Prime, and there's even a shout-out to the Mirage Comics. What's not to like??
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!!!4x10 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E10TransDimensionalTurtles Trans-Dimensional Turtles]]''
* Cross over with the 1987 Fred Wolf Turtles! The 3D Turtles go 2D, the 2D Turtles go 3D, they got all the original voices back, and end of the day they defeat Krang from ruining both dimensions.
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* Krang Sub-prime's reveal. So very creepy, so very awesome. He'd been [[spoiler: HidingInPlainSight for an entire season,]] and no one, not even the audience, had any idea.

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* Krang Sub-prime's reveal. So very creepy, so very awesome. He'd been [[spoiler: HidingInPlainSight for an entire season,]] and no one, not even the audience, had any idea. His claim of being "the greatest spy in Dimension X" seems completely warranted.

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* April convincing the Foot Clan to help fight against the Triceratons. It technically works. Key word: technically.
-->'''Splinter''': Our feud is meaningless in the face of this invasion, Saki. The world will soon be destroyed. Will you stand by and watch or will you help us save it?
-->'''Shredder''': What have you done with Karai?
-->'''Splinter''': We searched for her, but she is gone. Alive, but vanished from the city.
-->'''Shredder''': You lie!
-->'''April''': He's telling the truth, Shredder. Karai's still out there somewhere, and if the Earth blows up, guess what? You'll never see her again. Maybe you can do the right thing for once in your evil life, even be a hero for a change. That is, if you still love Karai.
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!!!4x1 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E1BeyondTheKnownUniverse Beyond The Known Universe]]''
* The Turtles and their allies managing to evade Lord Dregg.

!!!4x3 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E3TheWeirdWorldOfWyrm The Weird World of Wyrm]]''
* Casey pulling a FakeDefector on Wyrm to get another wish, and using it to undo Wyrm ever escaping.

!!!4x4 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E4TheOutlawArmaggon The Outlaw Armaggon]]''
* Professor Honeycut overloading the Overmind with the power of his own mind.

!!!4x7 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E7TheArenaOfCarnage The Arena of Carnage]]''
* When Mozar traps the Turtles in an airlock and tries to deprive them of oxygen, the Turtles use a breathing technique Splinter taught them to survive.
* Donatello defeating the Spasmosaur by throwing his bo staff into its [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak spot]].
* The Turtles managing to escape the arena with the first piece of the black hole generator.

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* Bishop first appearance has him not only holding his but actually one-upping the turtles in combat.

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* Bishop Bishop's first appearance has him not only holding his own, but actually one-upping the turtles in combat.
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!!!3x25&3x26 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E2526AnnihilationEarth Annihilation Earth!]]
* Bishop first appearance has him not only holding his but actually one-upping the turtles in combat.
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!!!3x12 & 3x13 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E12BattleForNewYork Battle for New York]]''

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!!!3x14 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E13CaseyJonesVsTheUnderworld Casey Jones vs The Underworld]]''

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!!!3x14 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E13CaseyJonesVsTheUnderworld ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E14CaseyJonesVsTheUnderworld Casey Jones vs The Underworld]]''



!!!3x16 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E15ClashOfTheMutanimals Clash of the Mutanimals]]''

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!!!3x16 ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E15ClashOfTheMutanimals ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S3E16ClashOfTheMutanimals Clash of the Mutanimals]]''
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* Similarly, Donnie was GenreSavvy enough to put a voice-activated self-destruct in the T-Phones.

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* Similarly, Donnie was GenreSavvy shrewd enough to put a voice-activated self-destruct in the T-Phones.
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* Leo rides Bat Wing, a.k.a. Kirby, like a cowboy holding on to a bull, even though the "bull" is actually a humanoid bat mutant.

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* Leo rides Kirby Bat Wing, a.k.a. Kirby, like a cowboy holding on to a bull, even though the "bull" is actually a humanoid bat mutant.

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