Line #14 Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S2E10FungusHumongus


1	A fungus mutant spreads through the sewers, causing April and the Turtles to experience their worst fears; Leonardo must face his greatest fear: failing his team.
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3	!!This episode provides examples of:
4	* AnAesop: Splinter asks Leonardo at the end if he's mastered his fear of failing his brothers. He admits he has not, only that he's learned not to let it consume him, making a much more realistic take on the FaceYourFears trope. Not every fear can be conquered quickly, but you can indeed not let it control you. Splinter is proud of Leonardo for this answer, and says that proves he is a good leader.
5	* AngryFistShake: One of the mushrooms before it withers.
6	* ArtShift: During Mikey's spore-induced hallucinations, the graphics around him begin to resemble a comic book (more so than usual), complete with speech bubbles and [[WrittenSoundEffect Written Sound Effects]].
7	* BaitAndSwitch: The construction worker running off from squirrel monsters makes you think this will be a SequelEpisode to ''Attack of the Squirrelanoids''. You find out that he was running away from something else just a few moments later.
8	* BreakTheCutie: April is the first to fall under the spores' effects and spends most of the episode hallucinating her father and other bats are trying to eat her.
9	* CombatTentacles: The giant mushroom is able to summon multiple stipes and use them as whips.
10	* ContinuityNod: All of the characters' fears nod to past episodes. Raph's fear of cockroaches and Spy Roach in particular, Casey's fear of rats, Mikey's fear of the Squirrelanoids, Donnie's fear of April rejecting him for ruining her life/being a horrible mutant, April's fear of her mutated father, and Leo's fear of failing as a leader.
11	** The Squirrelinoids get another reference near the beginning when a (presumably fear-spore addled) construction worker runs by screaming about mutant squirrels.
12	* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the more disturbing episodes. The way most everyone was taken down so easily and the implications of fear-inducing spores over the city is like a Scarecrow plotline straight out of a Batman story.
13	* DisneyAcidSequence: After Leo gets sprayed with spore and starts seeing his fear, we're all treated to a random scene of all the mushrooms dancing to the "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies."
14	* DudeNotFunny: When Mikey brings pizza for everyone at the end of the episode, absolutely nobody is amused when he reveals it has mushrooms on it, after everything they went through with the mushroom mutant.
15	* DyingDeclarationOfHate: A nonverbal example. As the others go to check on Leo, one of the withering Mushroom Men lets out an {{Angrish}} squeak at them as they pass by while doing an AngryFistShake before it finally expires.
16	* ExtraEyes: The Giant mushroom has these with the smaller eyes serving as AbnormalAmmo.
17	* FesteringFungus: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Multiplying. Mushroom. Mutants.]]
18	* FungusHumongous: As the title implies, the episode's main mutant is fungus-based. And is humongous in size.
19	* HeadbuttingHeroes: As the fans predicted, Donnie and Casey have officially started this.
20	* [[MushroomMan MushroomMen]]: The minions of the giant mushroom. At first, they seem to be quite adorable. That is until they start attacking the heroes and spraying them with their spores.
21	* MushroomSamba: Apparently the mushroom's spores cause its victims to see their greatest fears.
22	* NoOntologicalInertia: The moment the mutant of the day goes down, the entire team recovers from their individual [[MushroomSamba Mushroom Sambas.]]
23	* ShoutOut:
24	** As could be expected when fighting knee-high mushrooms, Mikey takes on the mushroom men ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' style, complete with a temporary ArtShift to pixel art.
25	** The mushrooms themselves appear to be one big shout-out to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxBJYSU3RJ8 suite]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' what with their design and their dance that not only uses the music but also similar choreography.
26	** [[Film/FullMetalJacket "What is your malfunction?"]]
27	* VomitDiscretionShot: Raph pukes when Mikey tries to hug him, viewing him as a giant cockroach hugging him.
28	* WeakenedByTheLight: The mushrooms die when exposed to sunlight.
29	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So... what happened to the sewer worker guy who thought he saw a Squirrelanoid? He just disappears and nobody seems to care about him.
30	* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: Most of the main characters' greatest fears are being used against them via the mutant spores.
31	** April hallucinates that she is being attacked by bats, ranging from regular bats, to thinking that her friends are giant bats to seeing her father post-mutation.
32	** Casey thinks that he is being swarmed by entire rivers of rats.
33	** Raphael thinks that his brothers are giant cockroaches.
34	** Micheangelo vomits up squirrels and thinks he is being chased by Squirrelanoids from "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S2E2InvasionOfTheSquirrelanoids Invasion of the Squirrelanoids]]."
35	** When Donatello tries to comfort a frightened April, she then proceeds to mock and insult him, her eyes white and teeth sharp. He even briefly sees a group of love-struck Aprils fawning over Casey.

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