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* HistoryRepeats: Don blames himself for his failure and [[TookALevelInJerkass stars behaving like a jerk to his brothers]], similar to how Leo did in the fourth season.

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* HistoryRepeats: Don blames himself for his failure and [[TookALevelInJerkass stars behaving like a jerk to his brothers]], brothers]] and starts being too obsessed with his work, similar to how Leo did in the fourth season.
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* HistoryRepeats: Don blames himself for his failure and [[TookALevelInJerkass stars behaving like a jerk to his brothers]], similar to how Leo did in the fourth season.
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* BigDamnReunion: April and Casey are thrilled and relieved to see Turtles returned.
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* TimeSkip: A year has passed for April and Casey since the Turtles disappeared.
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* BadassBoast: "The Foot shall rise again like a tidal wave and come crashing down on, crushing the life out of you by these hands!"
* BatmanGambit: Certain the Turtles wouldn't be gone forever, Khan got his hooks in Casey to learn all about them and have an immediate way to be alerted to their return.


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* BigWhat: Khan when Mikey drives the Turtle Hauler through the wall of his dojo.


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* GroupHug: How Leo, Raph, and Mikey greet April.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Khan boasts that he can anticipate the Turtles' moves because he got Casey to tell him about their moves and abilities.


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Donatello gets snippy with all this chatter, while he's trying to work. Mikey says he's more of a grump than Raph.


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* ProperlyParanoid: April thinks Casey has been acting unusually ever since he started studying under Khan.
* TacticalWithdrawal: Khan proves to be too much of a handful even for three Turtles, so Mikey gets the Turtle Hauler for an escape. However, so it's not a total loss, he takes the opportunity to inflict enough damage to cause the building to collapse.


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* UnwittingPawn: Khan milked Casey for information about the Turtles and kept him on as a way to be alerted to their return.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: As far as Casey knows, Khan is a great and honorable man.
* WhamShot: How we learn that Casey's vaunted teacher is the guy who faced the Turtles in last episode's BadFuture.
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The Turtles reunite with Casey and April, who are overjoyed to have their friends back after a year apart. During his friends' time in the future, Casey joined a martial arts school, but when the Turtles investigate it they find some old enemies behind the scenes.

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* BearHug: Casey when he sees the Turtles are back.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: All of Khan's students.
* DeadlyDodging: Mikey, Raph and Leo do this to defeat Khan's brainwashed students, since they don't want to hurt them.
* EvilMentor: Khan is seen running a martial arts school, whose students include Casey.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When laying eyes on Khan.
-->'''Mikey:''' Haven't we seen this guy before somewhere?\\
'''Raph:''' Yeah, wasn't he the bozo from--?\\
'''Leo:''' The future with the three Shredders.
* FightingYourFriend/ LetsYouAndHimFight: Khan brainwashes Casey and makes him fight the Turtles, much to their despair.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Raph and Mikey initially try this on Casey, before Leo points out that it won't work.
* NotQuiteDead: The final scene in the lair reveals Splinter is still alive.
* PreemptiveApology: Leo apologizes to a brainwashed Casey before he and Raph take Casey down.
* TemporarilyAVillain: Casey, while under Khan's control.
* TookALevelInBadass: Casey undergoes a bit of this when training under Master Khan (he manages to sneak attack and take down all four of the Turtles in this episode) but brainwashing is involved and the show doesn't give any strong indication of whether he retained his new found fighting skills afterwards.
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