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* InternalReveal: The Turtles find out that Stockman is still alive, thanks to Bishop. [[DeathSeeker Not that Stockman appreciates Bishop's "act of kindness"]].
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* DeathSeeker: When the Turtles see Stockman is still alive, he says that he too wished that he were.
-->'''Raph:''' Stockman? Still alive? I thought we were done with you for good!\\
'''Stockman:''' Oh, I wish. But Agent Bishop didn't see fit to let me rest in peace.
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* FindTheCure: The Turtles desperately need a cure for Donnie's secondary mutation, ''fast'', as Leatherhead explains that Bishop's alien chemical agent is reacting violently with the Utrom mutagen already in his system, killing him.

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* FindTheCure: The Turtles desperately need a cure for Donnie's Don's secondary mutation, ''fast'', as Leatherhead explains that Bishop's alien chemical agent is reacting violently with the Utrom mutagen already in his system, killing him.



** Even when he rips into Stockman for the potentially unnecessary transfer of Donnie that resulted in his escape, Bishop still acts like it's Donnie's fault that he's on the loose and chides the Turtles for supposedly being unable to do business with him.

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** Even when he rips into Stockman for the potentially unnecessary transfer of Donnie Don that resulted in his escape, Bishop still acts like it's Donnie's Don's fault that he's on the loose and chides the Turtles for supposedly being unable to do business with him.



* TooDumbToLive: Just when Monster Don has finally calmed down in the containment cell, Mikey decides that it would be a good idea to open a compartment of the cell to slip his feral brother some juice and cereal. This results in the LegCling above, and it takes nothing less than Raph ''and'' Leo pulling on them ''while'' Leatherhead tries to sedate Donnie ''and'' Splinter giving an [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight I Know You're In There]] speech to pry them apart.

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* TooDumbToLive: Just when Monster Don has finally calmed down in the containment cell, Mikey decides that it would be a good idea to open a compartment of the cell to slip his feral brother some juice and cereal. This results in the LegCling above, and it takes nothing less than Raph ''and'' Leo pulling on them ''while'' Leatherhead tries to sedate Donnie ''and'' Splinter giving an [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight I Know You're In There]] speech to pry them apart. That said, all Mikey wanted [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished was to feed his poor brother and he nearly loses a leg as payback]].
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Michelangelo tries to bring some food for his poor suffering brother. Monster Don thanks him by attacking him. This is ultimately what makes Leo decides they will [[GodzillaThreshold have to work with Bishop]].
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-->'''Michelangelo:''' I just... wanted to give him some food.\\
'''Leonardo:''' That settles it. We're going after Bishop. We'll make him help Don.
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* GodzillaThreshold: Leo briefly considers making a deal with Bishop, but Leatherhead advices against it, having suffered at the hands of Bishop earlier. Then Monster Don ends up attacking Mike when he tries to bring him some food. This makes Leo decide that he will have to make a deal with Bishop, if it means Don can be saved.

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** Leatherhead mentions his imprisonment and torture at the hands of Bishop.

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** Leatherhead mentions his imprisonment and torture at the hands of Bishop.Bishop that happened offscreen between Seasons 2 and 3.


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** The Turtles, Splinter, and Leatherhead pilot the helicopter that they came into possession of during "Insane in the Membrane".
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* CharacterDevelopment: Raph repeatedly objects to cooperating with Bishop, but in contrast to the ''City at War'' arc two seasons earlier when he fought Leo bitterly about working with Karai and even briefly walked away, he is far calmer about his objections this time and still goes along with the plan. Justified that this time, he's aware that Donnie is running out of time and they don't have any better options, but it still shows better control over his temper than he used to have.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Raph repeatedly objects to cooperating with Bishop, but in contrast to the ''City at War'' arc two seasons earlier when he fought Leo bitterly about working with Karai and even briefly walked away, he is far calmer about his objections this time and still goes along with the plan. Justified in that this time, he's aware that Donnie is running out of time and they don't have any better options, but it still shows better control over his temper than he used to have.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Raph repeatedly objects to cooperating with Bishop, but in contrast to the ''City at War'' arc two seasons earlier when he fought Leo bitterly about working with Karai and even briefly walked away, he is far calmer about his objections this time and still goes along with the plan. {{JustifiedTrope Justified}} in that this time, he's aware that Donnie is running out of time and they don't have any better options, but it still shows better control over his temper than he used to have.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Raph repeatedly objects to cooperating with Bishop, but in contrast to the ''City at War'' arc two seasons earlier when he fought Leo bitterly about working with Karai and even briefly walked away, he is far calmer about his objections this time and still goes along with the plan. {{JustifiedTrope Justified}} in Justified that this time, he's aware that Donnie is running out of time and they don't have any better options, but it still shows better control over his temper than he used to have.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Raph repeatedly objects to cooperating with Bishop, but in contrast to the ''City at War'' arc two seasons earlier when he fought Leo bitterly about working with Karai and even briefly walked away, he is far calmer about his objections this time and still goes along with the plan. {{Justified}} in that this time, he's aware that Donnie is running out of time and they don't have any better options, but it still shows better control over his temper than he used to have.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Raph repeatedly objects to cooperating with Bishop, but in contrast to the ''City at War'' arc two seasons earlier when he fought Leo bitterly about working with Karai and even briefly walked away, he is far calmer about his objections this time and still goes along with the plan. {{Justified}} {{JustifiedTrope Justified}} in that this time, he's aware that Donnie is running out of time and they don't have any better options, but it still shows better control over his temper than he used to have.
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* AsYouKnow: Stockman spells out what the characters already know regarding Donnie’s cells breaking down, in a Justified example since he’s so arrogant he felt the need to confirm what he was already told.

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* AsYouKnow: Stockman spells out what the characters already know regarding Donnie’s Donnie's cells breaking down, in a Justified example since he’s he's so arrogant he felt the need to confirm what he was already told.



* BookEnds: In "Aliens Among Us", Bishop corners Don and tries to shoot him with a gauntlet-mounted gun. In "Good Genes Part 1", he tries the exact same thing when Don, who's been mutated for a second time, starts tearing up Area 51. Fitting, considering "Aliens Among Us" sets up the Outbreak arc, and "Good Genes Part 1" is the first part of the resolution.

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* BookEnds: In "Aliens Among Us", Bishop corners Don and tries to shoot him with a gauntlet-mounted gun. In "Good Genes Part 1", Here, he tries the exact same thing when Don, who's been mutated for a second time, starts tearing up Area 51. Fitting, considering "Aliens Among Us" sets up the Outbreak arc, and "Good Genes Part 1" is the first part of the resolution.



** When the entity mentions “little green men”, Bishop corrects him, “little GRAY men”, the kind of aliens that were shown to have abducted him in flashbacks.

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** When the entity mentions “little "little green men”, men", Bishop corrects him, “little "little GRAY men”, men", the kind of aliens that were shown to have abducted him in flashbacks.



** This episode emphasizes that Donnie is a very critical part of the Turtles’ family and war machine. Without their resident genius, the group can do practically nothing for his condition even with the similarly genius Leatherhead staying with them for the time being. In “Same As It Never Was”, Donnie was told by his BadFuture brothers that the family fell apart without him to hold them together.

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** This episode emphasizes that Donnie is a very critical part of the Turtles’ Turtles' family and war machine. Without their resident genius, the group can do practically nothing for his condition even with the similarly genius Leatherhead staying with them for the time being. In “Same "Same As It Never Was”, Was", Donnie was told by his BadFuture brothers that the family fell apart without him to hold them together.



* FantasticRacism: The Mystics call Ch’Rell an “Utrom abomination” despite previously voicing some appreciation that he showed them respect.

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* FantasticRacism: The Mystics call Ch’Rell Ch'rell an “Utrom abomination” "Utrom abomination" despite previously voicing some appreciation that he showed them respect.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: A WhamLine from the Foot Mystics reveals that someone else was the Shredder before Ch’rell and that the Mystics are loyal to him, which drives the entire next season's plot. Karai also alludes to ancient powers the Mystics have apparently mentioned before.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A WhamLine from the Foot Mystics reveals that someone else was the Shredder before Ch’rell Ch'rell and that the Mystics are loyal to him, which drives the entire next season's plot. Karai also alludes to ancient powers the Mystics have apparently mentioned before.



* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Even after Stockman confirms that he doesn’t have a cure, Bishop hesitates before telling the Turtles, Splinter and Leatherhead that he has a cure for Don.

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* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Even after Stockman confirms that he doesn’t doesn't have a cure, Bishop hesitates before telling the Turtles, Splinter and Leatherhead that he has a cure for Don.



** When Leo rightfully calls Bishop out for causing the outbreak, Bishop awkwardly says he’s familiar with the situation in New York, unwilling to admit responsibility. He also refers to the faux alien invasion as one of his operations in a similar manner.
** Even when he rips into Stockman for the potentially unnecessary transfer of Donnie that resulted in his escape, Bishop still acts like it’s Donnie’s fault that he’s on the loose and chides the Turtles for supposedly being unable to do business with him.

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** When Leo rightfully calls Bishop out for causing the outbreak, Bishop awkwardly says he’s he's familiar with the situation in New York, unwilling to admit responsibility. He also refers to the faux alien invasion as one of his operations in a similar manner.
** Even when he rips into Stockman for the potentially unnecessary transfer of Donnie that resulted in his escape, Bishop still acts like it’s Donnie’s it's Donnie's fault that he’s he's on the loose and chides the Turtles for supposedly being unable to do business with him.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: With the next episode in hindsight, it’s easy to interpret the entity’s speech to Bishop as this. He chides him for futilely trying to scrounge for scraps of alien technology and suggests that he will never truly be able to fend off an alien invasion.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: With the next episode in hindsight, it’s it's easy to interpret the entity’s entity's speech to Bishop as this. He chides him for futilely trying to scrounge for scraps of alien technology and suggests that he will never truly be able to fend off an alien invasion.

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* AsYouKnow: Stockman spells out what the characters already know regarding Donnie’s cells breaking down, in a Justified example since he’s so arrogant he felt the need to confirm what he was already told.



* BlatantLies: When Leo asks if Bishop has a cure, the latter looks to Stockman who is behind the family. Stockman shakes his head, but Bishop lies that he does have a cure anyway to get the Turtles in his employ.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: A WhamLine from the Foot Mystics reveals that someone else was the Shredder before Ch’rell and that the Mystics are loyal to him, which drives the entire next season's plot.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A WhamLine from the Foot Mystics reveals that someone else was the Shredder before Ch’rell and that the Mystics are loyal to him, which drives the entire next season's plot. Karai also alludes to ancient powers the Mystics have apparently mentioned before.



* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Bishop hesitates before telling the Turtles, Splinter and Leatherhead that he has a cure for Don.

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* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Even after Stockman confirms that he doesn’t have a cure, Bishop hesitates before telling the Turtles, Splinter and Leatherhead that he has a cure for Don.



* NeverMyFault: When Leo rightfully calls Bishop out for causing the outbreak, Bishop awkwardly says he’s familiar with the situation in New York, unwilling to admit responsibility.

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* NeverMyFault: NeverMyFault:
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When Leo rightfully calls Bishop out for causing the outbreak, Bishop awkwardly says he’s familiar with the situation in New York, unwilling to admit responsibility.responsibility. He also refers to the faux alien invasion as one of his operations in a similar manner.
** Even when he rips into Stockman for the potentially unnecessary transfer of Donnie that resulted in his escape, Bishop still acts like it’s Donnie’s fault that he’s on the loose and chides the Turtles for supposedly being unable to do business with him.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Raph repeatedly objects to cooperating with Bishop, but in contrast to the ''City at War'' arc two seasons earlier when he fought Leo bitterly about working with Karai and even briefly walked away, he is far calmer about his objections this time and still goes along with the plan. {{Justified}} in that this time, he's aware that Donnie is running out of time and they don't have any better options, but it still shows better control over his temper than he used to have.

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* Area51: Bishop's base
* BackFromTheDead: Stockman, much to his anger.

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* Area51: Bishop's base
* BackFromTheDead: Stockman, much
base is confirmed to his anger.be located here by Leatherhead.
* BehemothBattle: Huge, mutant alligator Leatherhead is forced to battle huge, double mutated Donnie through Area 51.



* ContinuityNod: Leatherhead mentions his imprisonment and torture at the hands of Bishop.

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* ContinuityNod: TheComicallySerious: Bishop is amused when Mikey suggests he has a UFO watching Area 51 from space, but then quickly snaps back into villain mode as he sharply tells the Turtles how he found them.
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** When the entity mentions “little green men”, Bishop corrects him, “little GRAY men”, the kind of aliens that were shown to have abducted him in flashbacks.
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Leatherhead mentions his imprisonment and torture at the hands of Bishop.Bishop.
** This episode emphasizes that Donnie is a very critical part of the Turtles’ family and war machine. Without their resident genius, the group can do practically nothing for his condition even with the similarly genius Leatherhead staying with them for the time being. In “Same As It Never Was”, Donnie was told by his BadFuture brothers that the family fell apart without him to hold them together.


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* FantasticRacism: The Mystics call Ch’Rell an “Utrom abomination” despite previously voicing some appreciation that he showed them respect.


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* NeverMyFault: When Leo rightfully calls Bishop out for causing the outbreak, Bishop awkwardly says he’s familiar with the situation in New York, unwilling to admit responsibility.
* OutsideContextVillain: The mysterious entity is a hitherto unheard and unseen character who has decided to help Bishop for unknown reasons.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: With the next episode in hindsight, it’s easy to interpret the entity’s speech to Bishop as this. He chides him for futilely trying to scrounge for scraps of alien technology and suggests that he will never truly be able to fend off an alien invasion.
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* TooDumbToLive: Just when Monster Don has finally calmed down in the containment cell, Mikey decides that it would be a good idea to open a compartment of the cell to slip his feral brother some juice and cereal. This results in the LegCling above, and it takes nothing less than Raph ''and'' Leo pulling on them ''while'' Leatherhead tries to sedate Donnie ''and'' Splinter giving an IKnowYoureInThere speech to pry them apart.

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* TooDumbToLive: Just when Monster Don has finally calmed down in the containment cell, Mikey decides that it would be a good idea to open a compartment of the cell to slip his feral brother some juice and cereal. This results in the LegCling above, and it takes nothing less than Raph ''and'' Leo pulling on them ''while'' Leatherhead tries to sedate Donnie ''and'' Splinter giving an IKnowYoureInThere [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight I Know You're In There]] speech to pry them apart.
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* TooDumbToLive: Just when Monster Don has finally calmed down in the containment cell, Mikey decides that it would be a good idea to open a compartment of the cell to slip his feral brother some juice and cereal. This results in the LegCling above, and it takes nothing less than Raph ''and'' Leo pulling on them ''while'' Leatherhead tries to sedate Donnie ''and'' Splinter giving an IKnowYoureInThere speech to pry them apart.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A WhamLine from the Foot Mystics reveals that someone else was the Shredder before Ch’rell and that the Mystics are loyal to him, which drives the entire next season's plot.
--> '''Mystic:''' You are nothing but a pretender, like the Utrom abomination before you!
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* EnemyMine: The Turtles team up with Bishop and Stockman to help Don and stop the outbreak mutagen

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* EnemyMine: The Turtles team up with Bishop and Stockman to help Don and stop the outbreak mutagenmutagen.



* LegCling: Monster Don, to Mikey
* PeopleJars: Monster Don and the mutant city worker from "Outbreak" are held in these

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* LegCling: Monster Don, to Mikey
Mikey.
* PeopleJars: Monster Don and the mutant city worker from "Outbreak" are held in thesethese.
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* {{Area51}}: Bishop's base

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* {{Area51}}: Area51: Bishop's base
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* ChekhovsGun: Stockman's helicopter from "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinaTurtles2003S4E19InsaneInTheMembrane Insane in the Membrane]]".

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* ChekhovsGun: Stockman's helicopter from "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinaTurtles2003S4E19InsaneInTheMembrane "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S4E19InsaneInTheMembrane Insane in the Membrane]]".

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* ChekhovsGun: Stockman's helicopter from "Insane in the Membrane".

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* ChekhovsGun: Stockman's helicopter from "Insane "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinaTurtles2003S4E19InsaneInTheMembrane Insane in the Membrane".Membrane]]".


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* DealWithTheDevil: Leo even referred to making a Deal with Bishop as this.

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* ContinuityNod: Leatherhead mentions his imprisonment and torture at the hands of Bishop.



* FindTheCure: The Turtles desperately need a cure for Donnie's secondary mutation, ''fast''.

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* FindTheCure: The Turtles desperately need a cure for Donnie's secondary mutation, ''fast''.''fast'', as Leatherhead explains that Bishop's alien chemical agent is reacting violently with the Utrom mutagen already in his system, killing him.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Bishop seems lightly amused when Mikey suggests that he has a UFO watching them from space.


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* BackFromTheDead: Stockman, much to his anger.
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* EnemyMine: The Turtles team up with Bishop and Stockman to help Don and stop the outbreak mutagen
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Agent Bishop has Stockman work on the cure for the outbreak, but he has none successful results. Just then, Bishop gets into contact with a mysterious entity an artifact. He agrees into getting to it.

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Agent Bishop has Stockman work on the a cure for the outbreak, but he has none no successful results. Just then, Bishop gets into contact with is contacted by a mysterious entity offering him an artifact. artifact that will help him to protect the Earth. He agrees into getting to retrieve it.



* BookEnds: In "Aliens Among Us", Bishop corners Don and tries to shoot him with a gauntlet-mounted gun. In "Good Genes Part 1", he tries the exact same thing [[spoiler: when Don, who's been mutated for a second time, starts tearing up Area 51.]] Fitting, considering "Aliens Among Us" sets up the Outbreak arc, and "Good Genes Part 1" is the first part of the resolution.

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* BookEnds: In "Aliens Among Us", Bishop corners Don and tries to shoot him with a gauntlet-mounted gun. In "Good Genes Part 1", he tries the exact same thing [[spoiler: when Don, who's been mutated for a second time, starts tearing up Area 51.]] 51. Fitting, considering "Aliens Among Us" sets up the Outbreak arc, and "Good Genes Part 1" is the first part of the resolution.

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* {{Area51}}: Bishop's base
* BookEnds: In "Aliens Among Us", Bishop corners Don and tries to shoot him with a gauntlet-mounted gun. In "Good Genes Part 1", he tries the exact same thing [[spoiler: when Don, who's been mutated for a second time, starts tearing up Area 51.]] Fitting, considering "Aliens Among Us" sets up the Outbreak arc, and "Good Genes Part 1" is the first part of the resolution.
* ChekhovsGun: Stockman's helicopter from "Insane in the Membrane".
* FindTheCure: The Turtles desperately need a cure for Donnie's secondary mutation, ''fast''.
* HesitationEqualsDishonesty: Bishop hesitates before telling the Turtles, Splinter and Leatherhead that he has a cure for Don.



* LegCling

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* LegClingLegCling: Monster Don, to Mikey
* PeopleJars: Monster Don and the mutant city worker from "Outbreak" are held in these
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Agent Bishop has Stockman work on the cure for the outbreak, but he has none successful results. Just then, Bishop gets into contact with a mysterious entity an artifact. He agrees into getting to it.

Meanwhile, the Turtles have decided to go to Bishop to find a cure for Donatello.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Splinter to Mutant Donatello two times. One is barely successful, while the other is a failure.
* LegCling
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