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1	Sh'Okanabo offers Darius Dun an alliance, and the latter accepts when he hears that the alien has a plan to get rid of the Turtles. Setting up a trap, Dun leads the Turtles downtown, where they're ambushed by four uncannily familiar creatures...
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3	''First appearance of the Dark Turtles''
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5	!! This episode provides examples of
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7	* AintTooProudToBeg: After the Dark Turtles get clobbered, Dark Mikey asks for a time out.
8	* BackToBackBadasses: Splinter and Serling.
9	* BarBrawl: Splinter and Serling accidentally initiate one.
10	* BerserkButton: Mikey becomes enraged when Dark Mikey says that the Justice Force comics "suck eggs."
11	* BigBadDuumvirate: Darius Dun and Sh'Okanabo strike a partnership; the latter provides the former with the Dark Turtles to test their performance against the original Turtles. When Dun decides the clones are useful despite their failure, he provides Sh'Okanabo with Cody's Time Window plans to create a working time machine with the alien's technology.
12	* BluffTheEavesdropper: Darius [[BatmanGambit tricks the Turtles into following his vehicle]] by deliberately pretending to have a suspicious phone call while they're within earshot.
13	* BorrowedCatchphrase: Dark Mikey borrows "It's ninja time!" in his first appearance.
14	* CallBack:
15	** Sh'Okanabo mentions that he previously obtained the DNA samples to make the dark clones of the Turtles. This was in "Night of Sh'Okanabo."
16	** As his fee for the Dark Turtles, Sh'Okanabo demands from Darius Cody's Time Window plans which Dun stole from Cody in "Fly Me to the Moon."
17	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: If the voices weren't enough of a give away, the Dark Turtles each have the skin color of their respective doubles' theme colors: all except for Dark Mikey, who has yellow skin instead of orange.
18	* ContinuityNod: The Dark Turtles' lair bears a strong resemblance to The Turtle's second lair from the first 3 and a half seasons, albeit corrupted to resemble its dark inhabitants
19	* CurbStompBattle: The Dark Turtles after the originals lose their weapons. The Turtles during the climax.
20	* MadScientist: Dark Don is implied to be one. When the Dark Turtles discuss what they'll do with the original Turtles, Dark Don states with sick glee that "Donatello's body is going to science."
21	* MoodWhiplash: As Sh'Okanabo boasts to Darius that his Dark Turtles can eliminate the real ones:
22	-->'''Dark Mikey:''' It's ninja time, dude! ''[laughs maniacally]''\
23	''[Sh'Okanabo casually smacks Dark Mikey's tube]''
24	* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: As the group flees, Dark Don grabs an unconscious Dark Leo and carries him away.
25	* NotSoSimilar: Leonardo tries to reason with his clone by stating that the latter has to possess the former's adherence to Bushido. Dark Leo replies that while the two turtle teams have many things in common, honorableness isn't one of them.
26	* PetTheDog: Dunn bailed Splinter and Serling out of jail as part of his cover.
27	* ThePsychoRangers: The Dark Turtles.
28	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Dark Turtles.
29	* SwallowedWhole: Cody gets devoured by the frog alien, but turns out okay as he gets freed a bit later.
30	* VillainExitStageLeft: How the Dark Turtles get away. Somewhat justified since they're split off from the Turtles by the collapsing lair.

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