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* CannonFodder: This is Pulverizer's job in the Foot.
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* CallBack: Where does the Pulverizer go to continue his ninja training? A Chris Bradford dojo.

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* CurbStompBattle: The Turtles doing this to the Foot so often is what drives much of this episode; both Splinter's warning about complacency and Shredder's need for a force able to match the Turtles. See LoweredRecruitingStandards below.



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Leonardo is criticizing Raphael and Michelangelo on [[ThisIsReality how life isn't a game]], Donatello can be seen and heard in the background saying "Hey, coins!" and ducking to pick them up, with a Mario coin sound effect being heard.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Leonardo is criticizing Raphael and Michelangelo on [[ThisIsReality how life isn't a game]], Donatello can be seen and heard in the background saying "Hey, coins!" and ducking to pick them up, with a Mario [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] coin sound effect being heard.



* ImprovisedWeaponUser: Splinter tries to teach the turtles to be this. It doesn't work until the battle in the warehouse.

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* ImprovisedWeaponUser: Splinter tries to teach the turtles Turtles to be this. It doesn't work until the battle in the warehouse.warehouse.
* LoweredRecruitingStandards: Dogpound has started doing this to bolster the numbers of the Foot. The Turtles are [[ItsEasySoItSucks disappointed in the recent decline of enemy competence]].
-->'''Michelangelo:''' (disappointed) Dude, it's like we just cleared a video game on "easy".
-->'''Leonardo:''' The Foot soldiers haven't been much of a challenge lately. Wonder why.
** Even Shredder is disappointed:
-->'''Shredder:''' The ones left are hardly worthy of wearing the emblem of the Foot.
** Later confirmed to the Turtles when the Pulverizer explains how he joined the Foot Clan:
-->'''Michelangelo:''' Wow, they must really be hurting for dudes.



* TemptingFate: Raphael asks Xever "What'chya gonna do now?" after hitting him with the trash cannon. Xever responds by taking out their back wheel. It is then lampshaded with him asking ''why'' he asks stuff like that.

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* TemptingFate: Raphael asks Xever "What'chya gonna do now?" after hitting him with the trash cannon. Xever responds by taking out their back wheel. It is then lampshaded [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with him asking ''why'' he asks stuff like that.
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* CoolBike: Now the entire Foot Clan has them, chopper-style hogs. Seeing Fishface driving one is pretty surreal.

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* CoolBike: Now the entire Foot Clan has them, black chopper-style hogs.hogs with an Eastern dragon motif as the front half of the bike. Seeing Fishface driving one is pretty surreal.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The comic book Michelangelo holds up has 80's Mutagen Man on the cover (his capsule/body is opaque, but the colors and proportions are the same).
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* BilingualBonus: The Foot motorcycle [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimono sashimono]] reveal The Shredder's family name is written as 小禄[[hottip:*:(小禄団 is ''Oroku-dan'', meaning "Oroku Group"... as in '''Oroku''' Saki)]].
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** 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.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Leonardo is criticizing Raphael and Michelangelo on how life isn't a game, Donatello can be seen and heard in the background saying "Hey, coins!" and ducking to pick them up, with a Mario coin sound effect being heard.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Leonardo is criticizing Raphael and Michelangelo on [[ThisIsReality how life isn't a game, game]], Donatello can be seen and heard in the background saying "Hey, coins!" and ducking to pick them up, with a Mario coin sound effect being heard.
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* TemptingFate: Raphael asks Xever "What'chya gonna do now?" after hitting him with the trash cannon. Xever responds by taking out their back wheel. It is then lampshaded with him asking ''why'' he asks stuff like that.
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* AesopAmnesia: The Turtles once again forget to not have an ego about how good they are in the beginning of the episode.

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* 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 bites the turtle in the ass.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Leonardo is criticizing Raphael and Michelangelo on how life isn't a game, Donatello can be seen and heard in the background saying "Hey, coins!" and ducking to pick them up, with a Mario coin sound effect being heard.
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* AesopAmnesia: The Turtles once again forget to not have an ego about how good they are in the beginning of the episode.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted desperately to become a mutant and as the Turtles explicitly point out in the episode, he got his wish.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He Pulverizer wanted desperately to become a mutant and as the Turtles explicitly point out in the episode, he got his wish.
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* CerebusSyndrome: Done in a single episode no less. It starts out as a rather whacky episode since the [[PluckyComicRelief Pulverizer]] is in it...[[spoiler: and then he mutates and this episode arguable becomes the DARKEST episode in the series so far.]]
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* [[spoiler:GoneHorriblyRight: Pulverizer wanted to be a mutant. Now he is one.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted desperately to become a mutant and as the Turtles explicitly point out in the episode, he got his wish.


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* HollywoodAcid: Pulverizer get this after his transformation to Mutagen Man.
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* [[spoiler:PainfulTransformation: "It burns! It burns!"]]

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* [[spoiler:PainfulTransformation: "It burns! It burns!"]]
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted. Unlike other characters whose mutations were shadowed or off-screen, Pulverizer's is in full view and enjoys several close-ups.

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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted. Unlike other characters whose mutations were shadowed or off-screen, Pulverizer's [[spoiler:Pulverizer's is in full view and enjoys several close-ups.]]



* NeverMyFault: Doesn't actually come up verbally, but there are shades of this when Pulverizer starts attacking the Turtles after his mutation.

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* NeverMyFault: Doesn't actually come up verbally, but there are shades of this when Pulverizer [[spoiler:when Pulverizer]] starts attacking the Turtles after his mutation.



* 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! [[spoiler: Eventually, he succeeds]].

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* 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 Timothy still wants to take it! [[spoiler: Eventually, he succeeds]].
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* [[spoiler:PainfulTransformation: "It burns! It burns!"]]
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted. Unlike other characters whose mutations were shadowed or off-screen, Pulverizer's is in full view and enjoys several close-ups.

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* AbsenteeActor: Once again April is nowhere to be seen, but special mention goes to this episode as April was told she couldn't leave the lair in the previous episode. Tough to be fair she still has to get some stuff from topside.
* BlobMonster: [[spoiler: What happens to Pulverizer when he gets mutated. Also overlaps with BodyHorror.]]
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Pulverizer tries to pull this trope but it reveal his name is Timothy.
* ImprovisedWeaponUser: Splinter tries to teach the turtles to be this
* NeverMyFault: Doesn't actually come up verbally, but there are shades of this when Pulverizer starts attacking the turtles after his mutation.

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* AbsenteeActor: Once again April is nowhere to be seen, but special mention goes to this episode as April was told she couldn't leave the lair in the previous episode. Tough Though to be fair she still has to get some stuff from topside.
* BlobMonster: [[spoiler: What happens to Pulverizer when he gets mutated. Also overlaps with BodyHorror.BodyHorror, as all of his organs are clearly visible inside his goo-body.]]
* CoolBike: Now the entire Foot Clan has them, chopper-style hogs. Seeing Fishface driving one is pretty surreal.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Pulverizer tries to pull this trope trope, but it reveal it's revealed that his name is Timothy.
* ImprovisedWeaponUser: Splinter tries to teach the turtles to be this
this. It doesn't work until the battle in the warehouse.
* NeverMyFault: Doesn't actually come up verbally, but there are shades of this when Pulverizer starts attacking the turtles Turtles after his mutation.



* VillainTeamUp: The ending shows that Shredder and the Kraang he kidnapped are considering working together to defeat the turtles.

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* VillainTeamUp: The ending shows that Shredder and the Kraang he kidnapped are considering working together to defeat the turtles.turtles.
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: When the Turtles try to fight with each others' weapons, HilarityEnsues. And Pulverizer, naturally.
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* AbsenteeActor: Once again April is no where to be seen, but special mention goes to this episode as April was told she couldn't leave the layer in the previous episode. Tough to be fair she still has to get some stuff from topside.

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* AbsenteeActor: Once again April is no where nowhere to be seen, but special mention goes to this episode as April was told she couldn't leave the layer lair in the previous episode. Tough to be fair she still has to get some stuff from topside.

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* AbsenteeActor: Once again April is no where to be seen, but special mention goes to this episode as April was told she couldn't leave the layer in the previous episode.

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* AbsenteeActor: Once again April is no where to be seen, but special mention goes to this episode as April was told she couldn't leave the layer in the previous episode. Tough to be fair she still has to get some stuff from topside.


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

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* BlobMonster:

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* BlobMonster:BlobMonster: [[spoiler: What happens to Pulverizer when he gets mutated. Also overlaps with BodyHorror.]]



* 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! [[spoiler: Eventually, he succeeds]]

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* NeverMyFault: Doesn't actually come up verbally, but there are shades of this when Pulverizer starts attacking the turtles after his mutation.
* 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! [[spoiler: Eventually, he succeeds]]succeeds]].
* VillainTeamUp: The ending shows that Shredder and the Kraang he kidnapped are considering working together to defeat the turtles.
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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Pulverizer tries to pull this trope but it reveal his name is Timothy.
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* AbsenteeActor: Once again April is no where to be seen, but special mention goes to this episode as April was told she couldn't leave the layer in the previous episode.

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When Shredder plans to create an army of mutants, the Turtles must rely on the help of the Pulverizer. Coming May 11, 2013.

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* TooDumbToLive: Pulverizer, BIG time. Hell Donnie tries to save him from taking the unpredictable mutagen and even mention how dangerous the gunk, yet he STILL wants to take it!

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* TooDumbToLive: Pulverizer, BIG '''big''' time. Hell Donnie tries to save him multiple times from taking dosing himself with the highly dangerous and completely unpredictable mutagen and even mention mentions how dangerous the gunk, gunk is, yet he STILL timothy still wants to take it!it! [[spoiler: Eventually, he succeeds]]
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* ImprovisedWeaponUser: What Splinter try to teach them.
* TooDumbToLive: Pulverizer, BIG time. Hell donnie try to save him from taking the unpredictable mutagen and even mention how dangerous the gunk, yet he STILL want to take it!

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* ImprovisedWeaponUser: What Splinter try tries to teach them.
the turtles to be this
* TooDumbToLive: Pulverizer, BIG time. Hell donnie try Donnie tries to save him from taking the unpredictable mutagen and even mention how dangerous the gunk, yet he STILL want wants to take it!
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* BlobMonster
* ImprovisedWeaponUser: What Splinter try to teach them.
* TooDumbToLive: Pulverizer, BIG time. Hell donnie try to save him from taking the unpredictable mutagen and even mention how dangerous the gunk, yet he STILL want to take it!
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When Shredder plans to create an army of mutants, the Turtles must rely on the help of the Pulverizer. Coming May 11, 2013.

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