Chapter 48
Tropes That Appear In This Chapter:
- Insistent Terminology: Much like in Next Mutation, "Shinobi" and "Ninja" are distinctly different from each other rather than being synonyms, though not to the same extent as Next Mutation.
- Kung-Fu Wizard: Shinobi are a form of ninja that acts with an emphasis in the more esoteric side of ninjitsu, practicing Ki Manipulation as magic and acting as Token Wizard to the Badass Normal of your standard ninja.
- Mythology Gag: The whole chapter is an Homage to the polarizing Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation series; Mei Pieh Chi (better known as Venus de Milo in the original series) and her father Master Chung are the Kid's cousins and surviving members of the Hamato Clan, one of the artifacts in their possession is a Magic Mirror where the Dragon Lord is imprisoned, "Shinobi" being different from "Ninja", etc.
- Villain of Another Story: Dragon Lord acts as the Big Bad of the chapter, revealing to the Shredder the location of the Temple in a gambit to free him from his magical imprisonment and hopefully kill the ones who keep him imprisoned.
- Whole Episode Flashback
