History Recap / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E22PulverizerReturns

** Averted with Donatello's moments with Pulverizer since he remembers Splinter's words about how he's responsible for what happens to Pulverizer since he's the one who trained him.

* CallBack: Where does the Pulverizer go to continue his ninja training? A Chris Bradford dojo.

* NeverMyFault: Doesn't actually come up verbally, but there are shades of this when Pulverizer starts attacking the Turtles after his mutation.
** Or whether he's just feral now is unknown.

* OhCrap: The Kraang pulled this when he realized what Shredder was going to use the mutagen for.

* CannonFodder: This is Pulverizer's job in the Foot, they gave him the rank ashigaru sha.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Splinter tries to teach the Turtles this. It doesn't work until he forces them to battle in a warehouse without their signature gear.

** To be fair, though, even if Leo didn't overrule Donnie, Timothy likely would've disobeyed them to find out more and volunteer for the mutation plan anyways. And it's doubtful that Leo anticipated Timothy being foolish enough to willingly mutate himself.

** Or he's just feral now it's unknown

* SinkOrSwimMentor: Seeing the Turtles have ignored his "weapons swap" order, Splinter confiscates them until they learn to adapt, even though they are headed into another battle.

*** To clarify, "ashigaru" actually means "light of foot" and "sha" actually means "person".

*** To clarify, "ashigaru sha" actually means "light of foot".

* WrongGenreSavvy: Timothy must've been reading too many comic books if he thought dousing himself an alien mutagen from another dimension would turn him into a mutant superhero like his idols. His poor grasp on reality proves to his undoing.

* WrongGenreSavy: Timothy must've been reading too many comic books if he thought dousing himself an alien mutagen from another dimension would turn him into a mutant superhero like his idols. His poor grasp on reality proves to his undoing.

* WrongGenrySavy: Timothy must've been reading too many comic books if he thought dousing himself an alien mutagen from another dimension would turn him into a mutant superhero like his idols. His poor grasp on reality proves to his undoing.

** To be fair, though, even if Leo didn't overrule Donnie, Timothy likely would've disobeyed them to find out more about the mutation plan anyways. And it's doubtful that Leo anticipated Timothy being foolish enough to willingly mutate himself.

* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: This is the brothers' problem in this episode. Splinter grimly notes that they've defeated much of the Foot Clan with relative ease. When Raph wonders why it's a bad thing, Splinter snaps that it's because they've grown complacent, elaborating that they've become too dependent on their signature weapons in battle and they need to start working on being adaptive.

** Likely justified due to the fact that he never actually ''touched'' any animal or plant life recently and he was wearing a heavy-layer full body ninja outfit in addition to his Turtle outfit. That, and the Mutagen is ''supposed'' to be unpredictable.

** Or he's just feral now it's unknown

* CerebusSyndrome: Done in a single episode no less. It starts out as a rather whacky episode since the [[PluckyComicRelief Pulverizer]] is in it...and then he mutates and this episode arguably becomes the DARKEST episode in the series so far.

* PainfulTransformation: "It burns!"
* ShoutOut: Timothy's mutated form without the tank bares a striking resemblance to B.O.B. from WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens.

** Also, if you pay close attention, you'll notice that after pouring Ooze on himself, Timothy is constantly trying to grab something. Since the Mutagen had nothing to work with, it likely compelled him to ''find'' an animal to touch before it just gave up and turned him into [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens B.O.B.'s]] cousin.

* TooDumbToLive: Pulverizer, [[{{Understatement}}'''big''' time]]. Hell, Donnie tries to save him multiple times from dosing himself with the highly dangerous and completely unpredictable mutagen and even mentions how dangerous the gunk is, yet Timothy still wants to take it! Eventually, he succeeds. Unfortunately, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor nobody is pleased]].

* AesopAmnesia: The Turtles once again forget to not have an ego about how good they are in the beginning of the episode. Hence why Splinter decided to step in before it bit the Turtles in the ass.

* BreakingOldTrends: Whereas all previous mutations result in the victim turning into human-animal/plant hybrids, (or simply animals gaining human-like intelligence) Timothy's results in him mutating into a barely sentient green blob of acidic goo with his organs visible that's unable to speak.
** Likely justified due to the fact that he never actually touched any animal or plant life recently and he was wearing a heavy-layer full body ninja outfit in addition to his Turtle outfit. That, and the Mutagen is supposed to be unpredictable.
** Also, if you pay close attention, you'll notice that after pouring Ooze on himself, Timothy is constantly trying to grab something. Since the Mutagen had nothing to work with, it likely compelled him to find something to touch before it just gave up and turned him into [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens B.O.B.'s]] cousin.
* BilingualBonus: The Foot motorcycle [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimono sashimono]] reveal The Shredder's family name is written as 小禄[[note]]小禄団 is ''Oroku-dan'', meaning "Oroku Group"... as in '''Oroku''' Saki[[/note]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: While he likely didn't anticipate Timothy being foolish enough to willingly mutate himself, (as pointed out below) Leo really should've known better than to let him continue being their spy in the Foot to gather more info on Shredder's mutation plan.

* HollywoodAcid: Pulverizer get this after his transformation to Mutagen Man.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Leo overruling Donnie's order for Timothy to go home so he find more about Shredder's mutation plan results in Timothy mutating himself.

* TooDumbToLive: Pulverizer, '''big''' time. Hell, Donnie tries to save him multiple times from dosing himself with the highly dangerous and completely unpredictable mutagen and even mentions how dangerous the gunk is, yet Timothy still wants to take it! Eventually, he succeeds. Unfortunately, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor nobody is pleased]].

* BreakingOldTrends: Whereas all previous mutations result in the victim turning into human-animal hybrids, (or simply animals gaining human-like intelligence) Timothy's results in him mutating into a barely sentient green blob of acidic goo with his organs visible that's unable to speak.

* BreakingOldTrends: Whereas all previous mutations result in the victim turning into human-animal hybrids, (or simply animals gaining human-like intelligence) Timothy's results in him mutating into a green blob of acidic goo with his organs visible.
** Likely justified due to the fact that he never actually touched any animal or plant life recently and he was wearing a heavy-layer full body ninja outfit.

** Also, if you pay close attention, you'll notice that after pouring Ooze on himself, Timothy is constantly trying to grab something. Since the Mutagen had nothing to work with, it likely compelled him to find something to touch before it just gave up and turned him into ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens B.O.B.'s'' cousin.

** Also, if you pay close attention, you'll notice that after pouring Ooze on himself, Timothy is constantly trying to grab something. Since the Mutagen had nothing to work with, it likely compelled him to find something to touch before it just gave up and turned him into [[''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens B.O.B.'s'']] cousin.

** Also, if you pay close attention, you'll notice that after pouring Ooze on himself, Timothy is constantly trying to grab something. Since the Mutagen had nothing to work with, it likely compelled him to find something to touch before it just gave up and turned B.O.B.'s cousin.