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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Leo to [[spoiler:Stockman]] when talking to him about how Bishop's changed and made the world a better place.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Leo to [[spoiler:Stockman]] Stockman when talking to him about how Bishop's changed and made the world a better place.



** Leo's ArmorPiercingQuestion unknowingly calls back to [[spoiler: [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S4E19InsaneInTheMembrane Stockman regretting never living up to his true potential]]]].

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** Leo's ArmorPiercingQuestion unknowingly calls back to [[spoiler: [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S4E19InsaneInTheMembrane Stockman regretting never living up to his true potential]]]].potential]].



* DidntSeeThatComing: The captive alien saving Bishop's life instead of killing him.

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* DidntSeeThatComing: The captive alien saving Bishop's life instead of killing him.him when he had every right to exact his revenge for everything Bishop had done to him.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Subverted with Bishop, though he admits that it took time for it to stick. When shown mercy by one of his captive aliens, Bishop found his entire view of extraterrestrials challenged. He tried to block the incident out of his mind but ultimately was forced to face the fact that aliens were just as capable of being good as humans were, leading him to eventually pulling a HeelFaceTurn.



* HeelFaceTurn: The episode is devoted to showing that Bishop truly has changed--a result of one of his alien captives showing him mercy instead of exacting revenge. [[spoiler:The ending shows Stockman has also changed]].

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* HeelFaceTurn: The episode is devoted to showing that Bishop truly has changed--a result of one of his alien captives showing him mercy instead of exacting revenge. [[spoiler:The The ending shows Stockman has also changed]].changed.



-->"I just don't get this place. Bishop's a good guy, we save [[spoiler:our arch-villain, Baxter Stockman]], from becoming a crispy critter, and giant Mousers are gonna work on a farm?! The future gives me a headache!"
* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Stockman]], about 50 years before the events of this episode, leading to a desire for revenge.
* PetTheDog: Literally and figuratively. Bishop saves [[spoiler:Stockman's life and gently taps his eye while holding him]].
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: Stockman's]] reason for attacking Bishop. He also doesn't mind [[spoiler:settling his score against the Turtles, either]].
* SaveTheVillain: The alien in the flashback rescues Bishop from the exploding lab. Bishop rescues [[spoiler:Stockman]] from the collapsing lair.
* TheSlowPath: [[spoiler:Stockman got to 2105 this way, thanks to grafting alien DNA to his brain.]]

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-->"I just don't get this place. Bishop's a good guy, we save [[spoiler:our our arch-villain, Baxter Stockman]], Stockman, from becoming a crispy critter, and giant Mousers are gonna work on a farm?! The future gives me a headache!"
* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Stockman]], Stockman, about 50 years before the events of this episode, leading to a desire for revenge.
revenge, though the actual circumstances make his grudge against Bishop somewhat unjustified. Bishop ''had'' tried to save him but got pinned under rubble before he could reach him.
* MisplacedRetribution: Stockman is under the belief that Bishop had outright abandoned him in a lab disaster 50 years ago, glossing over the fact that Bishop had made an effort to save him only to get pinned under a falling mechanical arm.
* PetTheDog: Literally and figuratively. Bishop saves [[spoiler:Stockman's Stockman's life and gently taps his eye while holding him]].
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* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: Stockman's]] reason Stockman'sreason for attacking Bishop. He also doesn't mind [[spoiler:settling settling his score against the Turtles, either]].
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* SaveTheVillain: The alien test subject in the flashback rescues Bishop from the exploding lab. Bishop rescues [[spoiler:Stockman]] Stockman from the collapsing lair.
* TheSlowPath: [[spoiler:Stockman Stockman got to 2105 this way, thanks to grafting alien DNA to his brain.]]



* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Bishop

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* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: BishopStockman does this to Bishop with the intention of implanting his brain into Bishop's body.



* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: Stockman]] ''finally'' gets a happy ending.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: Stockman]] ThrowTheDogABone: Stockman ''finally'' gets a happy ending.



* YouMonster: Leo points out that in Bishop's world, nobody's considered a monster based on their appearance, only based on how they act, and asks [[spoiler: Stockman]] if he wants to use his inventions to create or destroy. [[spoiler: Stockman]] later chooses to create after Bishop, being the changed man he is in ''Fast Forward'', rescues him to make up for his failure to save him some time in the past, which no doubt led to his redemption.

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* YouMonster: Leo points out that in Bishop's world, nobody's considered a monster based on their appearance, only based on how they act, and asks [[spoiler: Stockman]] Stockman if he wants to use his inventions to create or destroy. [[spoiler: Stockman]] Stockman later chooses to create after Bishop, being the changed man he is in ''Fast Forward'', rescues him to make up for his failure to save him some time in the past, which no doubt led to his redemption.
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* AbsenteeActor: Splinter, Cody, and Serling.
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Bishop calls the Turtles for help: someone is trying to get rid of him, and if he goes the Pan-Galactic Alliance falls apart too. For the sake of the world the Turtles must protect Bishop and find out who's after him, before it's too late

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Bishop calls the Turtles for help: someone is trying to get rid of him, and if he goes the Pan-Galactic Alliance falls apart too. For the sake of the world the Turtles must protect Bishop and find out who's after him, before it's too late
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Leo to [[spoiler:Stockman]] when talking to him about how Bishop's changed and made the world a better place.
-->"Are you a monster or a man? Do you wanna use your skills to destroy or, like Bishop, can you see a way to create something?"


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** Leo's ArmorPiercingQuestion unknowingly calls back to [[spoiler: [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S4E19InsaneInTheMembrane Stockman regretting never living up to his true potential]]]].

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* AbsenteeActor: Splinter, Cody, and Serling.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Bishop's entire view of aliens changed because a former captive saved his life. He admits he tried to pretend it was just a fluke, but he couldn't stop thinking about it, so it slowly caused a change of heart.



* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Stockman]], about 50 years before the events of this episode, leading to...
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: Stockman's]] reason for attacking Bishop.

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* DarkSecret: Bishop's past is this to the Pan-Galactic Alliance at large.
* DidntSeeThatComing: The captive alien saving Bishop's life instead of killing him.
* {{Flashback}}: Of Bishop's history and why he changed.
* HeelFaceTurn: The episode is devoted to showing that Bishop truly has changed--a result of one of his alien captives showing him mercy instead of exacting revenge. [[spoiler:The ending shows Stockman has also changed]].
* LampshadeHanging: Raph again finds the future to be a strange place.
-->"I just don't get this place. Bishop's a good guy, we save [[spoiler:our arch-villain, Baxter Stockman]], from becoming a crispy critter, and giant Mousers are gonna work on a farm?! The future gives me a headache!"
* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Stockman]], about 50 years before the events of this episode, leading to...
to a desire for revenge.
* PetTheDog: Literally and figuratively. Bishop saves [[spoiler:Stockman's life and gently taps his eye while holding him]].
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: Stockman's]] reason for attacking Bishop. He also doesn't mind [[spoiler:settling his score against the Turtles, either]].
* SaveTheVillain: The alien in the flashback rescues Bishop from the exploding lab. Bishop rescues [[spoiler:Stockman]] from the collapsing lair.
* TheSlowPath: [[spoiler:Stockman got to 2105 this way, thanks to grafting alien DNA to his brain.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The alien that saved Bishop's life is unnamed and gets no dialogue, but the status quo of 2105 is the result of his actions.



* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The captive alien could've killed Bishop or left him to die, and no one would have known. Instead, he chose to save Bishop.



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* CallBack: All the way to Season 1, with the Organic Mousers
* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Stockman]], about 50 years before the events of this episode. Prompts his revenge attempt
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: Stockman's]] reason for attacking Bishop

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* CallBack: All the way to Season 1, with the Organic Mousers
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* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Stockman]], about 50 years before the events of this episode. Prompts his revenge attempt
episode, leading to...
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: Stockman's]] reason for attacking BishopBishop.



* TaughtByTelevision: Mikey pretends to be a bull fighter and prompts an Organic Mouser to charge him by taunting it with a red drape. He figures it always works on TV, so it should work for him
* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: Stockman]] ''finally'' gets a happy ending

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* TaughtByTelevision: Mikey pretends to be a bull fighter and prompts an Organic Mouser to charge him by taunting it with a red drape. He figures it always works on TV, cartoons, so it should work for him
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* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: Stockman]] ''finally'' gets a happy endingending.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: Stockman]] ''finally'' gets a happy ending
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Bishop calls the Turtles for help: someone is trying to get rid of him, and if he goes the Pan-Galactic Alliance falls apart too. For the sake of the world the Turtles must protect Bishop and find out who's after him, before it's too late

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* CallBack: All the way to Season 1, with the Organic Mousers
* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Stockman]], about 50 years before the events of this episode. Prompts his revenge attempt
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: Stockman's]] reason for attacking Bishop
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Bishop
* TaughtByTelevision: Mikey pretends to be a bull fighter and prompts an Organic Mouser to charge him by taunting it with a red drape. He figures it always works on TV, so it should work for him
* YouMonster: Leo points out that in Bishop's world, nobody's considered a monster based on their appearance, only based on how they act, and asks [[spoiler: Stockman]] if he wants to use his inventions to create or destroy. [[spoiler: Stockman]] later chooses to create after Bishop, being the changed man he is in ''Fast Forward'', rescues him to make up for his failure to save him some time in the past, which no doubt led to his redemption.
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