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* FreudianExcuse: In the 1800s, Bishop was a soldier in the Civil War who was abducted by aliens, being experimented on and genetically altered, turning him into the xenophobic WellIntentionedExtremist he is in modern times who's willing to cross any moral boundary in order to keep Earth safe from alien incursions. Given his past, it's quite understandable why he became the man he is today, though in no way does this justify all the lives he's ruined and the people he's hurt.
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* TheBusCameBack: He made just one appearance in the first season during Michelangelo's teamup episode with Silver Sentry and remains absent for the remainder of the series(aside from appearing in a story told by Michelangelo during Fast Forward) until the seventh and final season where he makes one more official appearance.

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* BadassLongcoat

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* BadassLongcoatBadassLongcoat: Part of his signature look.



* BenevolentBoss: He can be stern or angry toward Stockman, but for the most part, he shows genuine concern for his condition ([[PragmaticVillainy if just because he still needs Baxter's knownledge]]) and, unlike the Shredder, never threaten to kill or mutilate him for his failure.

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* BenevolentBoss: He can be stern or angry toward Stockman, but for the most part, he shows genuine concern for his condition ([[PragmaticVillainy if just because he still needs Baxter's knownledge]]) knowledge]]) and, unlike the Shredder, never threaten to kill or mutilate him for his failure.



* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: As a villain, his suit is black. In Fast Forward where he's become good, his suit is white.
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* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood: DarkIsEvil: As a villain, his suit is black. In Fast Forward where he's become good, his suit is white.
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* FourEyesZeroSoul
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TheExtremistWasRight: In "Aliens Among Us".
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He's never seen without a pair of sunglasses, and he's a bad guy.
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* KnightTemplar
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* {{Leitmotif}}LightIsGood: In Fast Forward where he's become good, his suit is white.



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** TheExtremistWasRight: In "Aliens Among Us".

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* {{Badass}}: He can hold his own against all four of the turtles, AND Karai and Hun all at the same time. He's also seen effortlessly fending off the Foot Elite in Exodus.
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* {{Badass}}: He can hold his own against all four of the turtles, AND Karai and Hun all at the same time. He's also seen effortlessly fending off the Foot Elite in Exodus.
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* OneManArmy: Has his moments of taking down enemies by himself.

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* OneManArmy: Has He can hold his moments own against all four of taking down enemies by himself.the turtles, AND Karai and Hun all at the same time. He's also seen effortlessly fending off the Foot Elite in Exodus.

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* CrushKillDestroy



* IJustWantToBeLoved: It views itself as a child who wants to be loved by its "mother", the doctor who created it, and its "father", Harry the con artist.



* CrushKillDestroy





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\n* TragicVillain: Sure, it caused destruction almost everywhere it went, but its supposed death scenes are rather disheartening.
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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan

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* ConvenientlyAnOrphanConvenientlyAnOrphan: Both of his parents are dead and his only relative is his [[ObviouslyEvil Obviously]] EvilUncle.

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Correct me if I\'m wrong, but the only time Bishop called Karai lovely was when he was blackmailing Shredder with her life.


* VillainousCrush: He spends half of "Hun on the Run" kicking ass, the other half admiring Shredder's lovely daughter and keeping her close.
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* ImprobableAge: Although the art style makes it somewhat hard to determine just how old he is, the various comments made about it suggest that he is either a teen or barely in his twenties when he first debuts, which makes him a rather young for a doctor and way too young for a department head.

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* ImprobableAge: Although the art style makes it somewhat hard to determine just how old he is, the various comments made about it suggest that he is either a teen or barely in his twenties when he first debuts, which makes him a rather young for a doctor and way too young for a department head.

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* [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]]

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* [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]]Anti-Villains]]: They work for Darius Dun only because they have been implanted with electronic machines that Dun uses to torture and contain them. They kidnap Cody and threaten to kill him if Dun (who needs Cody alive) won't free them. They note the turtles' honor for repeatedly saving Cody who's little help to them (at the time). They finally decide to follow the turtles' example of honorability and give them time to escape from drowning.



* LastOfHisKind
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* LastOfHisKind
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{{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s: Their race was once the most feared force of earth and sky.
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* {{Worthy Opponent}}s: As they witness the turtles saving multiple times Cody who's not much of a help in a fight, they remark that to be truly honorable.
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* AntiVillain: Type III. He genuinely tries to protect humanity from potential alien invaders. The problem is, he is sadistic, amoral, suffers a huge case of FantasticRacism against aliens and mutants as a whole, and conducts horrible experiments o reach his goals.

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* AntiVillain: Type III. He genuinely tries to protect humanity from potential alien invaders. The problem is, he is sadistic, amoral, suffers a huge case of FantasticRacism against aliens and mutants as a whole, and conducts horrible experiments o reach his goals.

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* NoNameGiven



* WhatTheHellHero?: This is how Splinter (and the audience) react when the Ninja Tribunal refused to do anything about the Utrom Shredder, even allowing him to kill Master Yoshi. Justified when it's revealed that without Yoshi's death, Splinter and the turtles wouldn't have been mutated, something Don lampshaded 3 seasons ago in the ClipShow episode.

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* WhatTheHellHero?: WhatTheHellHero: This is how Splinter (and the audience) react when the Ninja Tribunal refused to do anything about the Utrom Shredder, even allowing him to kill Master Yoshi. Justified when it's revealed that without Yoshi's death, Splinter and the turtles wouldn't have been mutated, something Don lampshaded 3 seasons ago in the ClipShow episode.



* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A non-romantic example; though they deem Ch'Rell an "Utrom abomination", they appreciated his large amount of respect for their powers when they served him, in comparison to his daughter.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A non-romantic example; though they deem Ch'Rell an "Utrom abomination", they appreciated his large amount of respect for their powers when they served him, in comparison to his daughter.daughter, who cares less what they think.



** {{DragonTheirFeet}}/{{DragonAscendant}}: She returned to menace the Turtles again in the first episode of the Back to the Sewer season, then became the Cyber-Shredder, who was the BigBad of that season.

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** {{DragonTheirFeet}}/{{DragonAscendant}}: DragonTheirFeet[=/=]DragonAscendant: She returned to menace the Turtles again in the first episode of the Back ''Back to the Sewer Sewer'' season, then became the Cyber-Shredder, who was the BigBad of that season.



* {{Anti Villain}}s

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* {{Anti Villain}}s[[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]]

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* KnightOfCerebus: By virtue of being Cody's EvilUncle, he has a far more personal effect on the heroes when he finally does get outed and nearly kills Cody and Serling.




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* YouMonster: Splinter is ''repulsed'' by him.
-->'''Splinter''': I have met many monsters in my time, Dunn, but it takes a ''special breed'' to direct such bile and hatred against a child!



* KnightOfCerebus: Episodes that feature him as the main antagonist are far more series with larger ramifications.

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* KnightOfCerebus: Episodes that feature him as the main antagonist are far more series serious with larger ramifications.

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* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue-Skinned Space Babe]]: Complete with a TrueBlueFemininity appearance.



* BigBrotherInstinct: Kind of a grey area. Towards the end of "DNA Is Thicker Than Blood", Dark Leo divides up the meat among his brothers. This action is so unexpected that it sparks confusion among them.



* DarkIsEvil

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* DarkIsEvilDarkIsEvil: At first. They were more than eager to try destroying their original counterparts.



* DumbMuscle: Dark Raph

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* DumbMuscle: Dark Raph Raph. He was so stupid that he couldn't pick up Mikey's sarcasm.



* LaughingMad: All of them, primarily Dark Mikey.




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* SlasherSmile / PsychoticSmirk: They at least show off one.
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* PromotedFanboy

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the present.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the present. present.
** TheExtremistWasRight: In "Aliens Among Us".
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* WildCard/ChaoticNeutral

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* WildCard/ChaoticNeutral
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* WildCard

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* WildCard
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*AmbiguouslyHuman: He was definitely human at some point, but after [[AlienAbduction a certain event]] some 200 years ago, it's no longer clear what he is.
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The Spanner in the Works is a fool who acts unknowningly. Bishop is not this.


* SpannerInTheWorks: In "Exodus". Bishop has the transport tunnel for Shredder's starship blown, and when his presence is revealed, Shredder has an OhCrap moment big-time.
-->'''Shredder''': "Bishop?!? Here?!? This changes everything!!"
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!! KhaanKhan

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* ButtMonkey: To the point that the main gag of a preview of an episode revolved around his really long fall from a skyscraper, and Michelangelo finally admits at the end of the promo that someone should probably save him. Funnily enough, in the episode proper this is not intended to be a funny scene.

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* ButtMonkey: To the point that the main gag of a preview of an episode revolved around his really long fall from a skyscraper, and Michelangelo finally admits at the end of the promo that someone should probably save him. Funnily enough, in the episode proper this is not intended to be a funny scene.played for laughs.


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* BackForTheFinale: After being absent for the entirety of the final season, he makes a cameo watching April and Casey's wedding with approval.


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* BigBadEnsemble: He's the most prominent antagonist in the third season not aligned with the Foot. After the final defeat of Ch'Rell, in the fourth season, he forms an ensemble with Hun and Karai, with Stockman as his Dragon.


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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: From the fourth season to the sixth season.

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-> A young scientist who becomes the head of the Foot's science department in season 3.
* AmazonChaser: A look at his Amazon Blade Bots makes it clear that a large part of his crush on Karai rests on her ability to kick ass.
* ImprobableAge: Although the art style makes it somewhat hard to determine just how old he is, the various comments made about it suggest that he is either a teen or barely in his twenties when he first debuts, which makes him a rather young for a doctor and way too young for a department head.

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-> A young scientist who becomes the head of the Foot's science department in season 3.
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* AmazonChaser: A look at his Amazon Blade Bots makes it clear that a large part of his crush on Karai rests on her ability to kick ass.
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* ImprobableAge: Although the art style makes it somewhat hard to determine just how old he is, the various comments made about it suggest that he is either a teen or barely in his twenties when he first debuts, which makes him a rather young for a doctor and way too young for a department head. head.
* PromotedFanboy



* AntagonisticOffspring:
* ArtificialLimbs: Specifically, his left hand.

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* AntagonisticOffspring:
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* MeaningfulRename: “The Ultimate Ninja” is what he calls himself after he believe he's defeated Leonardo.
* SoreLoser: Attempts to kill Leonardo after being officially defeated.

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* MeaningfulRename: “The Ultimate Ninja” is what he calls himself after he believe he's defeated Leonardo.
Leonardo.
* SoreLoser: Attempts to kill Leonardo after being officially defeated.









-> Four martial artists who were kidnapped along with the turtles to serve as the Ninja Tribunal's apprentices. Their names are Faraji Ngala, Joi Reynard, Adam McKay, and Tora Yoshida

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-> Four martial artists who were kidnapped along with the turtles to serve as the Ninja Tribunal's apprentices. Their names are Faraji Ngala, Joi Reynard, Adam McKay, [=McKay=], and Tora Yoshida






-> Cody's robotic caretaker, who only barely tolerates the turtles.

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-> Cody's robotic caretaker, who only barely tolerates the turtles.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the series, he's still in the present day, but is nowhere to be seen in ''Turtles Forever''.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the series, he's still in the present day, but is nowhere to be seen in ''Turtles Forever''.

Forever''. Though it's likely he's returned to his own time.



-> Cody's uncle and legal guardian, he uses his position as the C.E.O. of O'Neil Tech to facilitate various shady dealings.

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-> Cody's uncle and legal guardian, he uses his position as the C.E.O. of O'Neil Tech to facilitate various shady dealings.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS:

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: SpellMyNameWithAnS



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Thanks to the AbortedArc of the Fast Forward season, his final fate was never revealed.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Thanks to the AbortedArc of the Fast Forward season, his final fate was never revealed. \n But it's likely he was defeated and arrested offscreen.



* KnightOfCerebrus: Episodes that feature him as the main antagonist are far more series with larger ramifications.

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* KnightOfCerebrus: KnightOfCerebus: Episodes that feature him as the main antagonist are far more series with larger ramifications.



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* BackForTheFinale: He's one of the guests at Casey and April's wedding and takes part in the ensuing battle against the Cyber Shredder.



* BackForTheFinale: They're guests at Casey and April's wedding, and fight against the Cyber Shredder.



* TheCameo: He briefly [[BackForTheFinale appears in the finale]], watching the wedding of his great-grandparents through the Time Window.



* FishOutOfTemporalWater: In the seventh season.

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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: In the seventh season. He ends up being sent back into the 21st century by Viral, and doesn't entirely enjoy the experience, though WordOfGod says he ended up thinking his stay was worth it when he got to witness the wedding of Casey and April.



* TrueCompanions: He may dislike the Turtles, but he gets along very well with Master Splinter.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the series, he's still in the present day, and is nowhere to be seen in ''Turtles Forever''.


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* TrueCompanions: He may dislike the Turtles, but he gets along very well with Master Splinter.
Splinter, and later Donatello.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the series, he's still in the present day, and but is nowhere to be seen in ''Turtles Forever''.




* BackForTheFinale: After his own Time Window goes haywire, he disappears until the penultimate (though for all effects the final) episode of Fast Forward.
* BigBadEnsemble: With Darius Dun.
** BigBadDuumvirate: He later forms one with Darius Dun for the first half of Fast Forward.



* KnightOfCerebrus: Episodes that feature him as the main antagonist are far more series with larger ramifications.



* ImAHumanitarian:

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* AdvertisedExtra: He appears in the opening titles, despite his sporadic appearances in the series.


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* HeroicSacrifice: Volunteers to make one in the final episode of Fast Forward to save Earth from a dark matter asteroid. [[spoiler: It's actually his ship, which he escaped to with a device that had been jury-rigged to destroy the asteroid.]]

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* FusionDance: With Drako during the third season.




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* SanitySlippage: In the third season, it is clear he has ''not'' taken the loss of his son very well.



* BigGood: Shares the role with Splinter in the fifth season after the [[spoiler:apparent deaths of the Tribunal.]]



* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for not doing anything about the darkness in Mashimi's heart before his murder of Tang Shen.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Once Leonardo learns of his true nature, he drops the crazy mentor facade, though he remains fairly whimsical until the fifth season.



* TricksterMentor

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ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Leonardo and Michelangelo even wish they could be studying under him over the rough Tribunal.
* TricksterMentor: At first.



* DisneyDeath: They are only revealed to have survived in the ending of the season finale.



* AscendedExtra: They were one-off villains for the penultimate arc of the first season, and voiceless. They return early in the fourth season, and nearly mentally break the Turtles, discover the location of their lair, and facilitate a plot that leads to the return of the Tengu Shredder, becoming the {{BigBad}}'s for the first half of the fifth season before returning to their role as his Dragons.
* BigBad: For the first half of the fifth season.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: A non-romantic example; though they deem Ch'Rell an "Utrom abomination", they appreciated his large amount of respect for their powers when they served him, in comparison to his daughter.



** Though they admit even the Utrom Shredder has more honor compared to Karai.



* BerserkButton: Messing with Cody. Dun learned this the hard way.



* HeroicSacrifice: In "Turtle X-Tinction".

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* HeroicSacrifice: In Pulls one in "Turtle X-Tinction".



* BerserkButton: Cody says he hates being called "fatty."



* FatBastard



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He starts out this way at the beginning of his arc.

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He starts out this way at the beginning of his arc.arc.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Thanks to the AbortedArc of the Fast Forward season, his final fate was never revealed.




* ButtMonkey: To the point that the main gag of a preview of an episode revolved around his really long fall from a skyscraper, and Michelangelo finally admits at the end of the promo that someone should probably save him. Funnily enough, in the episode proper this is not intended to be a funny scene.



-> An O'Neil Tech intern and friend of Cody Jones.

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-> An O'Neil Tech intern and friend of Cody Jones.Jones.
* FullNameUltimatum: Pulls one on Cody Augustus Jones when pretending to be mad over him ditching her in the mall.
* InterspeciesRomance: Clearly wants this with Cody as "Playtime's Over" revealed, and soon enough it seems they are dating.



* HeelFaceTurn: They all pull one once they are finally freed from Dun's control.



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* SpannerInTheWorks: In "Exodus". Bishop has the transport tunnel for Shredder's starship blown, and when his presence is revealed, Shredder has an [[OhCrap]] moment big-time.
** Shredder: "Bishop?!? Here?!? This changes everything!!"

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* SpannerInTheWorks: In "Exodus". Bishop has the transport tunnel for Shredder's starship blown, and when his presence is revealed, Shredder has an [[OhCrap]] OhCrap moment big-time.
** Shredder: -->'''Shredder''': "Bishop?!? Here?!? This changes everything!!"

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* AnimalMotif: The dragon—fitting, since he's also...

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* AnimalMotif: The dragon—fitting, since he's also...also TheDragon
* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: Essentially only introduced in ''Back to the Sewers'' to replace Karai as the acting leader of the Foot, since it's heavily implied that she left with Chaplin after the season 5 finale
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* {{Expy}}: He shows more than a few similarities to [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Lord Dregg]].

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Hot Amazon redirects to Amazonian Beauty. It\'s not about \"attractive action girls\"


*AmazonianBeauty : Chikara. Adam certainly thinks so.



* HotAmazon: Chikara. Adam certainly thinks so.
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* GassHole: Early on, he teaches Leo a lesson on how he can't win all his battles by getting him pit against some [[UnwinnableByDesign near invincible]] warriors. How did the Anicent One put through Leonardo through this lesson? By farting and alerting said warriors to their presence.

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* GassHole: Early on, he teaches Leo a lesson on how he can't win all his battles by getting him pit against some [[UnwinnableByDesign near invincible]] warriors. How did the Anicent Ancient One put through Leonardo through this lesson? By farting and alerting said warriors to their presence.

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