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Recap / Same Difference Chapter 40 "How Not to Stop an Alien Invasion"

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Chapter 40

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Fun with Acronyms: H.A.T.E. is short for "Humans Against The Extraterrestrials."
Godzilla Threshold: Averted. Donatello studied on how to disarm a nuke when he considered building a small-scale version the next time they needed to destroy a Technodrome. He has yet to actually make it, and will most likely never get to it considered how astronomically dangerous it would be.
Hate Sink: While H.A.T.E. as an organization in itself can qualify for this, special mention goes to its leader Skonk. He is introduced hunting one of his own former subordinates because he tried to leave, having moral objection to his plan to blow up New York City with a nuclear bomb. He thinks that all aliens and mutants are an inherent threat to the human race and sees no problem killing humans as collateral damage in wiping them out. When the Hamatos try to reason with him, saying that they know that there is a cure for mutation, he shrugs the idea off, saying that even if they were turned human again, they can no longer be trusted because "once they get oozed, there's no going back."
Resignations Not Accepted: Anyone who has any moral objections to Skonk's decisions will find themselves hunted like animals by the rest of H.A.T.E. as traitors to humanity.
Right-Wing Militia Fanatic: H.A.T.E. is a paramilitary hate-group with a knee-jerk desire to exterminate mutants and alien invaders and they are not afraid of killing civilians if it means making Earth human-only.
Shout-Out: When the Hamatos discover the nuclear bomb in H.A.T.E.'s possession, Mikey wants to clarify if it's the "really, super, bad, nuke the fridge ones." While Donnie correct him in that no refrigerator could width-stand a nuclear blast, he clarifies that that is still what it is.
There's No Kill like Overkill: While the Hamatos share H.A.T.E.'s opposition with the Kraang, they draw the line at blowing up New York City with a ''nuclear bomb" since they could potentially end the lives of thousands of innocent humans still there, especially when the possibility to push the Kraang back and cure all of the mutated civilians is on the table.
Villain Has a Point: While the Hamatos had to stop H.A.T.E. for their methods, they acknowledge they have a point at stopping Kraang quick before they manage to take the rest of the planet.
Whole-Plot Reference: The entire plot is a loose remake of the 2003 animated series episode "H.A.T.E.".