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* NoSympathy: The Foot scientists in the ApocalypticLog show no concern to anyone who have mutated into monsters. They simply dismiss the pain one person is suffering as "a minor annoyance".
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* ThatCameOutWrong: When the Turtles spot a flash of movement on a camera, this exchange occurs:
-->'''Raph:''' Sewer rats are getting bigger.\\
'''Mikey:''' Yeah, time to cut the cheese.\\
''[Leo gives him a look and shakes his head]''\\
'''Mikey:''' ''[sheepishly]'' That's not what I meant.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The ApocalypticLog mentions that the mutant slaves discovered an underground settlement unrelated to Shredder's enemies. That settlement becomes ''very'' important in Part 3, as well as one of the show's secondary {{Story Arc}}s.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Raphael is visibly outraged by the footage of the Foot experimenting on some poor guy.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The ApocalypticLog mentions that the mutant slaves discovered an underground settlement unrelated to Shredder's enemies. That settlement becomes ''very'' important in Part 3, as well as one of the show's secondary {{Story Arc}}s. Mikey also has a prophetic dream, in which he visits a strange settlement and encounters something ominous.
* FromBadToWorse: The Turtles are unnerved to see the ApocalypticLog in full. Just when it's done, they hear growling noises in the dark and realize they've now got company.
* GenreSavvy: From the moment the Turtles find that something ripped through solid cement, Mikey begins citing horror movie tropes, such as the dangers of not knowing a monster's weakness before it's too late


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* LampshadeHanging: As the Turtles see footage of the Foot transforming people into monsters.
-->'''Michelangelo:''' This is starting to get really weird.\\
'''Raphael:''' Starting?


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* ObfuscatingStupidity: As the monsters exact their revenge, the lead scientist realizes they were fully intelligent the entire time and just playing dumb to wait for the right time to escape.


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* ScreamDiscretionShot: The ApocalypticLog's camera is crushed, just as the lead doctor screams from off-screen.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Panicked over the growling noises in the dark, Mikey says there's always one guy in the monster movie who advocates this and immediately does so himself. Raphael agrees that it's time to book it.


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* {{Understatement}}: The lead Foot scientist observes the transformation involves "some discomfort" and what "a minor annoyance" that is, all as the poor guy screams and convulses in agony.
* WallCrawl: While checking what tripped the perimeter alarm, Donatello finds tracks all over a tunnel.


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: With the settlement not having anything to do with his enemies, the Shredder orders the project shut down and the monsters killed. The monsters, however, had other ideas.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: The underground dwellers are fairly benevolent creatures, but after getting three they enacted brutal revenge upon the scientists who'd enslaved and mutated them.

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: The underground dwellers are fairly benevolent creatures, but after getting three free they enacted brutal revenge upon the scientists who'd enslaved and mutated them.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The ApocalypticLog mentions that the mutant slaves discovered an underground settlement unrelated to Shredder's enemies. That settlement becomes ''very'' important in Part 3, as well as one of the show's secondary {{Story Arc}}s.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: The underground dwellers are fairly benevolent creatures, but after getting three they enacted brutal revenge upon the scientists who'd enslaved and mutated them.

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-->'''Mikey:''' That is the one line you don't wanna hear in a horror movie.

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-->'''Mikey:''' That is That's the one line in a monster movie you don't wanna hear in a horror movie.hear.
* ToBeContinued: Lampshaded, as the episode ends with the Turtles faced with three monsters.
-->'''Mikey:''' Guys, this isn't the end of the movie, is it?

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* ItCanThink: The monsters. The Foot thought they had only primitive intelligence after the experiments, but they were merely biding their time.



* MythologyGag: Stonebiter has some visual similarity to Complete Carnage, a minor villain from [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage the Mirage comics]].
* OhCrap: After seeing the ApocalypticLog and hearing some strange noises in the dark, Mikey freaks and runs away. Raph hates to admit it, but he agrees.



* ShoutOut: One of the monsters is a dead ringer for obscure Eastman/Laird character Carnage.


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* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The line appears in Mikey's movie and reappears in the ApocalypticLog.
-->'''Mikey:''' That is the one line you don't wanna hear in a horror movie.
* WhamShot: The Foot's logo appearing on the monitor.

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* ApocalypticLog: The Foot's video archives



* PowerCrystal/ PowerGlows: the energy crystals

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* PowerCrystal/ PowerGlows: the energy crystalscrystals
* ShoutOut: One of the monsters is a dead ringer for obscure Eastman/Laird character Carnage.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: The Foot's "volunteers" in the video archive footage.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Michelangelo repeatedly the echoes the line from the monster movie he was watching at the start of the episode. Later, the Foot Scientist in the video archives says the same line, only this time it applies to 'real life', not just a movie.

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* MeaningfulEcho: Michelangelo repeatedly the echoes the line from the monster movie he was watching at the start of the episode. Later, the Foot Scientist in the video archives says the same line, only this time it applies to 'real life', not just a movie.movie.
* PowerCrystal/ PowerGlows: the energy crystals
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* DeadlyRoadTrip: Specifically the kind where the group are trapped in a cave (alright, underground) and being pursued by monsters.
* MeaningfulEcho: Michelangelo repeatedly the echoes the line from the monster movie he was watching at the start of the episode. Later, the Foot Scientist in the video archives says the same line, only this time it applies to 'real life', not just a movie.
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''First appearance of Quarry, Stonebiter, Razorfist and the rest of the underground dwellers''
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While Donatello examines a pair of mysterious crystals, the lair's perimeter alarm is triggered after the crystals begin to glow. The Turtles investigate and find tracks indicating the presence of some unknown creature. These tracks lead them deep underground where they uncover an abandoned Foot Genetics lab.


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