Whilst looking for a way off the planet, the Turtles and the Fugitoid are caught in the middle of a battle between the Triceratons and the Federation.
This episode provides examples of:
- Bait-and-Switch: Mike objects to wearing the pink girly dress as disguise. Why?Mike: These colors clash with my headband. It's a fashion nightmare!
- Disguised in Drag: Mikey.
- Drives Like Crazy: Invoked by Don to shake off their pursuers, and lampshaded by Raph: "These bozos may be tough, but Donny here learned to drive in New York City!"
- Flying Car: Donny quickly fixes up an old junker so they can pursue the Triceratons.
- The Mole: General Blanque's aide, Lonae, continues to fill this role.
- Proud Warrior Race: The Triceratons, to some extent.
- Shout-Out:
- The alien inn bears a striking resemblance to the cantina in Star Wars''. In addition, the Fugitoid's sources for off-world transport are suspiciously similar to two of the movie's most prominent characters: [1]
◊ - The episode title is a reference to the famous Star Trek episode The Trouble With Tribbles. The series is further shouted-out by Mikey's Captain Kirk impression as the Turtles load into their scavenged hovercar.
- The alien inn bears a striking resemblance to the cantina in Star Wars''. In addition, the Fugitoid's sources for off-world transport are suspiciously similar to two of the movie's most prominent characters: [1]
- Skewed Priorities: Even though they're being hunted by the Federation army, Mikey cares more about that he hasn’t eaten anything yet, much to the annoyance of Raph.
- What Does This Button Do?: Don warns Mikey about mashing the buttons in the hovercar's sidecar. Mikey hopes its "something really good." Cue the sidecar detaching and Mikey plummeting downwards.
