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* ShoutOut: One of the conspiracy theorists calls Mikey [[Film/{{ET}} "E.T."]]

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* ShoutOut: One of the conspiracy theorists calls Mikey [[Film/{{ET}} [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial "E.T."]]
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Skonk incorrectly that the sightings of the Turtles, Master Splinter, and Leatherhead are alien sightings, they have set up a home in New York City.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Skonk incorrectly that the sightings of the Turtles, Master Splinter, and Leatherhead are alien sightings, they have set up a home base in New York City.City, which H.A.T.E. plans to blow up the city with a nuclear bomb to destroy all aliens.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Skonk incorrectly that the sightings of the Turtles, Master Splinter, and Leatherhead are alien sightings, they have set up a home in New York City.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Casey's mom has a series of tests for any girl he dates.

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* OverprotectiveDad: Casey's mom.

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* OverprotectiveDad: Casey's mom.mom has a series of tests for any girl he dates.
* PursuedProtagonist: "H.A.T.E." begins with the Turtles leaving the farmhouse for some exercise, only to run into a wounded CultDefector who is deliriously babbling about a terrorist attack his old group is planning. The Turtles proceed to beat up some armed members of said group when they arrive looking for the wounded man.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: Casey’s Mom was aware of Splinter and Leo’s presence the entire time.
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* AdultFear: Though it's mainly played for laughs, Casey's mother is sizing up his girlfriend and wants to make sure she'd be good for him. Splinter acknowledges how parents are naturally overprotective towards their children.
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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Skonk proclaims himself a defender of humanity, but has no qualms killing other humans to carry out his scheme of alien genocide.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of the {{Mook}}s chasing the CultDefector has reservations about "hunting down one of our own."
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* CultDefector: The episode opens with the Turtles encountering a wounded former RightWingMilitiaFanatic. The other militiamen shot him for trying to stop their plan to nuke New York City due to all of the alien sightings there.
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* AdultFear: Though it's mainly played for laughs, Casey's mother is sizing up his girlfriend and wants to make sure she'd be good for him. Splinter acknowledges how parents are naturally overprotective towards their children.


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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When Donatello points out their foes have a lot of tech and could be numerous, Raphael says to bring them on. Cue sudden attack.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Raphael initially dismisses H.A.T.E. as a bunch of wackos, but Donatello warns him that they still got some dangerous tech at their disposal. He's immediately proven right.
* BlatantLies: Casey denies that he told his mother that he and April are engaged ''immediately after'' the woman just said that.


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Casey told his mother that he got engaged to April just to get her off his back. It never occurred to him that she would want to meet her only child's fiancée.


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* InstantlyProvenWrong: At first, April is more irritated with Casey about this and figures she just got off on the wrong foot with his mother. Getting immediately berated makes her reconsider this, though we learn the old woman was testing her here.


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* MomentKiller: April and Casey are about to share a moment when they realize that Leonardo and Splinter are sitting in the room.
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* SparedbytheAdaptation: In the comic, [[spoiler: Skonk was killed off in the explosion]], here he's gets merely incapacitated and left for the authorities.

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* SparedbytheAdaptation: SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comic, [[spoiler: Skonk was killed off in the explosion]], here he's gets merely incapacitated and left for the authorities.
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* SparedbytheAdaptation: In the comic, [[spoiler: Skonk was killed off in the explosion]], here he's gets merely incapacitated and left for the authorities.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the original comic, the hate group was named Committee to Rebuild American Patriotism. The change fits with the fallout of the Triceraton invasion, but the original acronym obviously wouldn't have flied with the censors.

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* AdaptationNameChange: In the original comic, the hate group was named Committee to Rebuild American Patriotism. The change fits with the fallout of the Triceraton invasion, but the original acronym obviously wouldn't have flied flew with the censors.
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* ShoutOut: One of the conspiracy theorists calls Mikey [[{{ET}} "E.T."]]

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* ShoutOut: One of the conspiracy theorists calls Mikey [[{{ET}} [[Film/{{ET}} "E.T."]]
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* WilliamTelling: Mikey and Raph are doing this with Don in their first scene.
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-->'''Mrs. Jones:''' Who is this crazy woman, Arnold?

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-->'''Mrs. Jones:''' Who is this crazy woman, Arnold?Arnold?\\

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* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: While trying to gin up his crew, Skonk walks them through this:
-->'''Skonk:''' What do these sightings have in common?\\
'''Mook:''' Uh, aliens?\\
'''Skonk:''' No! Well, yeah, but no. What else?\\
'''Mooks:''' ''[beat]'' New York City!
* BreatherEpisode: Lampshaded by Casey, who notes they got away from the city to have some quiet time after the invasion and other events.



* ContinuityNod: To prove aliens are among us, Skonk cites reports of not just Turtle sightings in the sewers, but also [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E7TouchAndGo a subway fight and alley chase]].



* EmbarrassingFirstName:
-->'''Mrs. Jones:''' Who is this crazy woman, Arnold?
'''Casey:''' Ma, I told ya never to call me that!
* InsaneTrollLogic: Skonk says the supposed alien sightings have all taken place in New York City, so the only solution is to blow it up.



* SecretTestOfCharacter: Casey's mother does this to April throughout the episode

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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Casey's mother does this to April throughout the episodeepisode.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the original comic, the hate group was named Committee to Rebuild American Patriotism. The change fits with the fallout of the Triceraton invasion, but the original acronym obviously wouldn't have flied with the censors.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Casey's mom reveals she knows he wasn't upfront with her about April. She also knew about Leo and Splinter's presence the entire time--saying she'd really like to know the explanation someday.



* SoProudOfYou: Casey's mom is most impressed with how April handled her tests.



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* DontTryThisAtHome: Donatello's opening narration.
-->'''Donatello''': Warning: the stunt you are about to witness is performed by professional maniacs. Do not attempt this yourself.

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* RaceLift: One-shot villain Skunk, who was turned from black to white.

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* RaceLift: One-shot villain Skunk, Skonk, who was turned from black to white.


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* UnnamedParent: Casey's mom.
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Whilst taking some time out at the Jones farm upstate, Mikey, Raph and Don run into a group of conspiracy theorists out to rid the world of extraterrestrials...

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* ConspiracyTheorist: The group [[FunWithAcronyms Humans Against The Extraterrestrials.]]
* MistakenForAliens: The Turtles
* OverprotectiveDad: Casey's mom.
* RaceLift: One-shot villain Skunk, who was turned from black to white.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Casey's mother does this to April throughout the episode
* ShoutOut: One of the conspiracy theorists calls Mikey [[{{ET}} "E.T."]]
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