Karai is captured by Agent Bishop when she is ordered into obtaining alien technology. He offers an exchange with the Shredder: alien technologies for Karai. Instead of agreeing with the exchange, Shredder sends Hun to rescue her. At the same time, the Turtles are lead into the battle when Stockman tricks them into coming by using Hun's voice.
This episode provides examples of
- Barehanded Blade Block: Leo has to do this to one of his own swords while fighting Bishop.
- Batman Gambit: Stockman tricks the Turtles to go after Hun so that both Hun and Karai will die. Ironically, the Turtles actually save Hun and Karai.
- Berserk Button: Raphael doesn't take well to Hun stealing his motorcycle, as well as it getting destroyed.
- Big "NO!": Stockman, just as he's about to be punished by the Shredder off-screen for the unauthorized communication using Hun's voice.
- …But He Sounds Handsome: Baxter Stockman can't help but refer to himself as "the brilliant Dr. Baxter Stockman" while pretending to be Hun in his fake message for the Turtles.
- A Day in the Limelight: The episode's driving plot is that this is Hun's last chance to save his not only his standing with the Shredder, but his life lest he finally suffer a You Have Failed Me from his boss.
- Didn't See That Coming: After suspecting that Hun isn't after them at all, the Turtles get covert and follow him down to the subway.Leo: Karai?
Mikey: Bishop? - Enemy Mine/ Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Hun must save Karai from Bishop, even though he despises her. In addition, the Turtles must help Hun to rescue Karai.
- Evil vs. Evil: Hun vs. Bishop.
- Head-Turning Beauty: Bishop seems to take a liking to Karai even hitting on her sometimes.
- Honor Before Reason: Raph would prefer to just let Hun and Bishop take each other out, but Leo says they must intervene to help Karai.
- Improbable Weapon User: Agent Bishop uses his tie to fight Hun and the Turtles. He is basically of the "beat you down with anything handy" school of fighting.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: Bishop initially only toyed with Hun, and it got him a good throttling."All right, meathead, you wanna play?! Now, we play for real!"
- Narrator: Hun's first time.
- One-Man Army: Bishop, again. He takes on all four Turtles, Hun and Karai and more than holds his own. After nearly getting skewered, however, he leaves rather than push his luck further.
- Papa Wolf: One of the instances where Saki/Ch'rell shows that he cares about Karai than he lets on, he went so far as to let Hun earn redemption in exchange for saving her. Although, Saki makes it VERY clear to Hun what will happen to him if he fails to save Karai or let her die.Ch'rell: Remember, your life depends on HER LIFE.
- Then there's the ending where Saki punishes Stockman again for trying to sabotage the rescue mission.
- Pet the Dog: Saki acknowledges that despite Hun's recent failures, his loyalty has been without question, and that is why he is giving him one last chance to redeem himself - and save his own life in the process. When Hun does succeed, Saki praises him for doing so and welcomes him back to his good graces.
- Spanner in the Works: Stockman would've gotten away with his trick, if not for Dr. Chaplin having set up a communication security system that intercepted his message to the Turtles. Ironically, the Turtles were meant to be the Spanner to Hun's works since Stockman used them to try to ruin his rescue mission to kill Hun and Karai in one fell swoop.
- The Glasses Come Off: Bishop when he briefly tosses them at Hun while he's pinned down.
- The Scream: Raph, when his Shell Cycle is destroyed.
- Undying Loyalty: Hun. This is why the Shredder selects him for this mission.
- Villain Decay: Discussed in Hun's narration. He notes that too many things have gone wrong on his watch lately and left him in a weakened position in the Shredder's eyes.
- Villain Episode: This is about Hun.
- Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Bishop escapes by detaching the train from the cars behind it.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: While Bishop tells Saki how much he knows about his criminal empire and ulterior motives regarding cleaning up after the Triceraton invasion, he's completely unaware that the Oroku Saki persona is a cover for something much, much bigger than he knows. note Saki: Believe me, Mister Bishop, you know nothing about me.
- You Have Failed Me: Saki makes it very plain to Hun that if he fails to save Karai, this is what he will do to him.
- You Owe Me: Raphael say this to Hun about his motorcycle.Raphael: You owe me a new bike, fatso!
