Line #41 Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E1RiseOfTheTurtlesPart1


1	On the evening of their [[BirthdayBeginning 15th mutation day]], the turtles finally convince Master Splinter to let them explore the surface. Amongst the other shenanigans they get themselves into, they discover pizza and notice a man and his teenage daughter being hassled by a group of InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals. Going against the guidelines that Splinter had laid out for them, they get involved in the skirmish and try-- and fail-- to save the two. Midway through their search for these humans, they discover that the kidnappers are connected to the ooze that mutated them in the first place.
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3	!! This episode provides examples of:
4	* AllThereInTheScript: The names of April and her dad are not said in this episode and appear only in the credits.
5	* ArtShift:
6	** Flashbacks to the origin of Master Splinter are done in a monochrome, green-tint, with 2D animation resembling a comic book panel.
7	** Leo's favorite show, ''Space Heroes'', is done in the style of old Creator/{{Filmation}} cartoons, particularly ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries''.
8	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Splinter goes on an [[OverlyLongGag overly long]] speech to the turtles about how to handle themselves above ground. This goes from avoiding strangers (which is to say, everybody) to, eventually, warning them away from public restrooms.
9	* AsYouKnow: The turtle's origin. Justified, however. It's Mikey being an idiot.
10	* BilingualBonus: During the training sequence, Leonardo says "It's a pleasure to face you" to Raphael in Japanese (onegai shimasu). In the same scene, Splinter says "Stop" in the same language.
11	* BirthdayBeginning: The episode is set on the turtles' mutation day.
12	* BoundAndGagged: April, briefly
13	* BrickJoke: Leo is seen watching 'Space Heroes', where the protagonist [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps his suboordinate to calm him down]]. Later, Leo tries this on Mikey with mixed results.
14	* CassandraTruth: The truth about the Kraang-droids.
15	* CliffHanger: [[BrickJoke "Mom?"]]
16	* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Attempted by Donnie on April, before he gets unintentionally interrupted by Mikey and clobbered by a Kraang.
17	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: "And then we've got ourselves a ''van!''"
18	* CompanionCube: Mikey affectionately hugs the ooze canister while sighing "Mom!"
19	* DeclarativeFinger: Pulled off at least twice. Once while Leo's reciting a monologue from 'Space Heroes', and later while Don's pointing out that [[DeadpanSnarker "Not all of us [have brains]"]].
20	* TheDulcineaEffect: The Turtles are quick to try and save April... and her dad, too.
21	* DumbassHasAPoint: "No, Michelangelo, you are correct."
22	-->'''Mikey:''' I am?
23	-->'''Raph, Don and Leo:''' He ''is''?
24	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The sparring sequence.
25	* {{Flashback}}: To show the viewers the origin story.
26	** FlashBackEffects/ ArtShift
27	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Played with. While Leo's on lookout for the Kraang, the camera cuts to a shot of the others behind him where they would ''normally'' be in the background, but are now in the foreground. This affords us a good look at the shenanigans they (mainly Mike and Don) get into while waiting around.
28	** More traditionally, during the aforementioned scene, we get Mikey falling asleep in the foreground and Don playing jump-rope (and tripping over it) in the background.
29	* GaussianGirl: April's first appearance.
30	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Leo tries to calm Mikey down by slapping his hysterical brother. It doesn't work.
31	* GilliganCut: Leo claims that the Kraang will show up at their location at any second. Cue TimePassesMontage.
32	* HypocriticalHumor: Raph makes fun of Leo for watching Space Heroes, while he himself is reading a comic book.
33	* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Invoked by the Kraang-droids, before we're shown what they are.
34	* LampshadeHanging: After Raph complains about the amount of time they've spent waiting for the Kraang to show up. Cue Kraang.
35	-->'''Raph:''' He just showed up, didn't he? I should have complained two hours ago.
36	* LastSecondWordSwap: The "Thumbs up our noses" comment.
37	* LeeroyJenkins: Surprisingly, Don takes up this role when the Kraang-droids start after Kirby and April. It seems to be an isolated incident, though.
38	* LockAndLoadMontage: The turtles get one before going to the surface.
39	* LoveAtFirstSight: Don's reaction to seeing April for the first time. Immediately lampshaded.
40	* ([[VisualPun Literally]]) [[OrgasmicallyDelicious Mindblowingly Delicious]]: Mikey gets into this when he gets his first taste of pizza.
41	* MythologyGag: The intro is clearly meant to invoke the first episode of the 2003 series, down to the music playing in the background.
42	** Mikey's reaction to seeing the surface for the first time might be a nod to the 2003 episode "The Lesson". He says exactly the same thing that 2k3 Leo and Don did, upon seeing a less-than-glorious alleyway.
43	-->'''Mikey:''' It's ''beautiful''!
44	* OverlyLongGag: Splinter's rules for topside activity.
45	* PapaWolf: Splinter demonstrates how much of one he actually is, driving his sons up the wall in the process.
46	* PuppyDogEyes: What eventually convinces Splinter to let the turtles go topside.
47	* RecurringRiff: The title theme.
48	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Demonstrated twice in one exchange.
49	-->'''Don:''' Is that the next-generation Cadmium processor with quantum encryption?
50	-->'''Raph:''' [[SarcasmMode I don't know, Donatello,]] ''[[SarcasmMode is it]]''?
51	-->'''Don:''' It is!
52	* RoboticReveal: When Mikey discovers the true nature of the bad guys.
53	* ShowWithinAShow: Space Heroes.
54	* SickAndWrong: Mikey's reaction to seeing a damaged Kraang-droid for the first time.
55	-->'''Mikey:''' That is ''all kinds'' of wrong!
56	* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: While they're waiting for the Kraang to show up, Mike and Don play a (one-sided) game of "I Spy". Though there's plenty to pick from in the cityscape, it's implied that Mikey's chosen Raphael as the subject several times.
57	* TheStakeOut
58	* StealthPun: Mikey declares that he'll try the pizza when nobody else is quite willing. Well, you know what they say about Mikey: he'll eat anything.
59	* ToiletHumor: Heavily implied to be what the cake's frosting is made of.
60	** Then again, when you live in a sewer, your variety of ingredients when cooking things, say, like, cake, is very limited.
61	* TemptingFate: Don points out that Snake is outnumbered, and that they have the advantage in the fight. Snake immediately pulls out his [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms Family Friendly Firearm]].
62	* WellTrainedButInexperienced: Since all of the turtles' fighting experience comes from training in a controlled environment one-on-one, they both crumple under the pressure of a real street-brawl against an unknown foe ''and'' get in each other's way while doing so.
63	* YouDoNotWantToKnow: Concerning what the cake's frosting is made out of.

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