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Context Recap / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987S03E31MichaelangelosBirthday

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1It's Michelangelo's birthday and everyone had forgotten. Meanwhile, Krang and Shredder create an anti-mutagen and
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4* AchievementsInIgnorance: Shredder and Krang create an Anti-Mutagen completely by accident.
5* AntiMagic: Shredder and Krang inadvertently create an Anti-Mutagen when Dimension X epoxy mixes with a puddle of lava.
6* BaldnessAngst: Krang takes it personally when Shredder points out he doesn't have any hair.
7* BirthdayEpisode: As the title implies, the episode is set on Michelangelo's birthday.
8* DeusExMachina: After Leo, Raph and Donnie are rendered helpless by the anti-mutagen, Splinter pulls out three magic pearls (which he reveals are just mothballs) he had gotten from a sensei which magically cure them. Splinter implying that the effects of the anti-mutagen are psychosomatic in nature. Raph relents, not wanting to question a good thing.
9* ForgottenBirthday: The episode starts with his brothers forgetting that it was Michelangelo's birthday.
10* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vernon boasts about how much of a badass he is when he shows Burne footage of Bebop and Rocksteady's rampage. Burne then orders him to do a follow-up, something Vernon regrets because of how much of a DirtyCoward he is.
11* PrankGoneTooFar: It's revealed that Leo, Raph and Donnie knew it was Michelangelo's birthday [[NotSoForgottenBirthday and they were pretending they forgot as a prank]]. Unfortunately, he takes it personally and runs away.

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