History Recap / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S1E16TheKing

* DeathGlare: In the alternate, TruerToTheText ending, Raph, who is unaware of Don has been through, continues to pester him about the status of the hot water. Don just glares at him, that shuts him up. Once Don is gone, [[LockedOutOfTheLoop Raph just wonders what is wrong with him]].

** Donnie's characterization in the beginning of the episode (sitting on the sidelines snarking and snacking with Mikey) seems out of place for him here, but is perfectly in line with his role in the 1990 film.

* WholePlotReference: To the Mirage comic issue ''Donatello #1''.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: [[spoiler: The original story has Donatello bump into Raphael, still wondering where the hot water is. Don then glares at Raph and walks away, leaving Raph wondering what his issue is. And then reads the message at April’s apartment, with the note also saying, “Take care of yourself” as the last sentence of the message. Here, Don reads the message as soon as he gets the paper airplane out of the dimension with the last sentence of the message saying, “see ya around pal!”]] [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33ieb2 Thankfully, an extended ending for this episode does exist]]

* KirbyDots: The back ground of the Alternate Dimension. In honor of Jack Kirby.

* ShoutOut: One of the warriors Kirby created says [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings "You shall not pass"]] to the monsters as they attempt to attack the [[Myth/NorseMythology rainbow bridge to the city]].

* ShoutOut: One of the warriors Kirby created says [[TheLordOfTheRings "You shall not pass"]] to the monsters as they attempt to attack the [[Myth/NorseMythology rainbow bridge to the city]].

* {{Homage}}: To JackKirby.
* InMemoriam: Again, to JackKirby.

* ShoutOut: One of the warriors Kirby created says [[TheLordOfTheRings "You shall not pass"]] to the monsters as they attempt to attack the [[NorseMythology rainbow bridge to the city]].

* ADayInTheLimelight: The first episode to primarily focus on Donatello.

* BittersweetEnding: Donatello enters another world created by a Jack Kirby {{Expy}}. At the end, the portal they used to enter the world begins to shrink. [[spoiler: Don makes it back to the real world in time, but Kirby doesn’t. Just before the portal disappears, a paper airplane flies out where Kirby gives Don the message “Don, life at best is bittersweet. Take care of yourself, Kirby.”]]
* ContinuityNod: at the start of the episode April is watching the same movie on television that Mikey was watching in "Notes from the Underground Part 1"

* KirbyDots: The back ground of the Alternate Dimension. In honor of Jack Kirby
* MythologyGag: When the delivery man does a double take on the chair Mikey was just sitting and sees a teddy bear instead. The same thing happens in the first TMNT movie
* ShoutOut: One of the warriors Kirby created says [[TheLordOfTheRings "You shall not pass"]] to the monsters as they attempt to attack the [[NorseMythology rainbow bridge to the city]]

* KirbyDots

* ContinuityCameo: When the delivery man does a double take on the chair Mikey was just sitting and sees a teddy bear instead. The same thing happens in the first TMNT movie

* MythologyGag[=/=]WholePlotReference: To the Mirage comic issue ''Donatello #1''.

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* MythologyGag[=/=]WholePlotReference: To the Mirage comic issue ''Donatello #1''.

* AccessorywearingCartoonAnimal: {{Lampshaded}} when Raphael comes out of the shower wearing a towel around his waist, despite the fact that the turtles are normally almost completely clothes-less in everyday life.