| The Pulverizer Returns! | |
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| Original broadcast | May 11, 2013 |
| Season | One |
| Episode number | Twenty-two |
| Written by | Jeremy Shipp |
| Directed by | Alan Wan |
| Previous episode | Karai's Vendetta |
| Next episode | Parasitica |
The Pulverizer Returns! is the twenty-second episode of season one.
Premise[]
When Shredder schemes to create a fearsome army of mutants, the Turtles have no choice but to rely on the newest recruit of the Foot Clan: The Pulverizer!
Synopsis[]
This episode opens with the Turtles fighting with the Foot on a random rooftop, and pretty easily winning as usual...However, this time, the Turtles (particularly Raph, who is starting to view his enemies as mere toys) find it just too easy - and comment that The Foot have been greatly lacking in skill lately.
At The Shredder's lair, The Shredder is very upset with Dogpound and is starting to chase him around and attack him, since the mutant had failed to successfully organize the enlisting of another certain group of much more deadly, well-trained Foot Soldiers within his big line of Dojos, as he had apparently promised quite a while ago. However, after turning his attention over to the captured Kraang in the building, The Shredder then plans to replicate one of their prominent methods of getting things done around here and use this to his own benefit in order to grant/strengthen the entirety of his militia with some long belated upgrades -- for good.....
Later that night, while staking out the TCRI building, Raph comments and complains that they've completely 'run out of butts to kick'. Just when Leo says that it's about time to throw in the towel for that night, they then notice a chubby Foot Ninja seemingly trying to break into a place nearby. When the Turtles are just about to try and attack him, they are surrounded by even more Foot Ninja. After a brief fight, however, all of the ninjas are defeated and the Turtles easily isolate the chubby one...
This guy actually turns out to be The Pulverizer, who reveals that he joined The Foot after training in Chris Bradford's Dojo for a little while, since Donnie had indirectly advised him to practice the very last time. The Turtles are greatly surprised that he joined them, thinking that they must really be desperate currently. Pulverizer then claims that he's already earned the rank of 'Ashogaru-sha', to which Donnie explains that means cannon-fodder in Japanese, and that they are the expendable ones who are actually the soldiers who are sent in first but as a means to waste all of the enemies' ammunition and set off traps....Pulverizer then tells them that he has been assisting The Foot in some of their fights against The Kraang, which confuses the Turtles. After being told that The Foot are none other than the bad guys, Pulverizer decides to stay with The Foot undercover, operating only as a spy for the Turtles. Even though they say that it's still a pretty bad idea, Pulverizer leaves and continues to insist on being their special spy. Donnie, however, is concerned that he is putting himself in danger, but the rest of the Turtles think that they absolutely need the intel.
In the sewers, Splinter crosses his arms and tells his sons that they have become just complacent and simply too dependent on their signature weapons. So, Splinter commands them to switch their weapons for a change, and so Mikey ends up with the Katanas, Raph ends up with the Nunchucks, Leo ends up with the Bo staff, and Donnie ends up with the sais. Splinter then tells them to fight each other - and yet they are just so busy fumbling with their weapons that every single one of them loses before the fight technically even starts. Splinter then demands that they continue to fight with their switched weapons for the remainder of the day.
Donnie then gets a text from The Pulverizer that tells them where The Foot will strike next. They soon arrive at his current location, but also end up getting ambushed by several dozen Foot Ninja, all lead by both Dogpound and Fishface. This time, the Turtles are easily beaten up by the Foot Clan, due to their weapon switch instituted by Splinter. The Turtles are forced to quickly switch back to their usual weapons, however, allowing them to decimate all of the soldiers with ease. The Turtles then notice the Foot slyly stealing some Mutagen canisters from a nearby building (possibly a warehouse) and then absconding with them in their getaway, as our heroes soon find out (from the Pulverizer) that Shredder is planning to utilize the Mutagen to create a ferocious Mutant army of his very own.
At the lair, everyone (except Donnie, who is still worried about The Pulverizer, whose real name is Timothy) rejoices about how easily they won their fight with their actual weapons, and Splinter is quite angry to find out that they bluntly ignored his teaching. He then demands all of their weapons to be handed over to him, as they now must fight WITHOUT them....
Elsewhere, The Shredder orders Dogpound to lead a big convoy of Foot Ninja to a certain warehouse - and to bring The Pulverizer along with them, as they will test the Mutagen out on him first (as he is a very reasonable test subject, being a bunch of dead weight and all)...However, The Kraang manages to overhear all of this and speaks up, explaining to him that, as of now, the Mutagen is very unstable on the Earth and that the results that are desired may be dangerously unpredictable, so The Shredder then demands "failsafe" measures to be enforced after everything comes to order.
Pulverizer soon calls Donnie and reveals that he is behind enemy lines - and that Shredder has just given the Foot an order to experiment on him with the Mutagen. However, Donnie is horrified by Pulverizer's revelation that he personally volunteered to be mutated first, foolishly believing that he will become a Mutant superhero just like the Turtles!!! Now that the Turtles know that The Pulverizer is in critical danger, they set out to rescue him immediately (he tells them where it's all going down)…
The Turtles head out on The Shellraiser and then run into a bunch of Foot Ninja on ornate Dragoncycles along the way. As they try to stop them, Fishface also drives on a Dragoncycle of his own and is able to hold it steady, and, while Raph shoots the cycle down with trash, Fishface jumps onto the roof of their vehicle. Despite Raph whacking him with the rotating garbage cannon, he manages to give the Shellraiser a flat tire with one of his jagged, robotic feet and the Foot Ninjas manage to get away. Donnie is largely worried about Timothy, feeling that it is his own responsibility to stop him - and so he quickly grabs hold of the Stealth Bike. As he drives off, the rest of the Turtles are forced to expose themselves and head off on foot to the location.
The Foot Clan are just getting Pulverizer ready for his mutation - and, once again, the guy expresses his feelings about having not been able to wait for himself becoming a Mutant hero...Donnie manages to crash into the building, both unarmed and unharmed. Dogpound quickly orders The Foot Ninja to viciously attack him, but Donnie finds a broom and competently begins fighting them off with it. Meanwhile, The Pulverizer is determined to be mutated, whilst Donnie is both desperately trying to get him away from the Mutagen and fend off his attacking foes. Donnie somehow manages to avoid all of Dogpound's attacks and overwhelm Fishface, and the other Turtles then arrive through the roof, just in time to help finish off the numerous soldiers. Amidst the chaos, however, Pulverizer finally pulls the lever down that causes Mutagen to fall out of the tank and he finally ends up mutating himself, painfully transforming into a gigantic transparent blob with only his vital human organs floating around inside the mass!!! With the supply of Mutagen completely depleted and the mutated Timothy on a dangerous rampage, Dogpound switches on the "failsafe" measures; the entire warehouse has already been wired with plastic explosives and the timer has now been activated....
After seeing the explosives, the Turtles really want to escape too, but Donnie does not want to leave poor Timothy behind. The Turtles unsuccessfully try to calm down the rampaging blob monster, until they ultimately contain him within the now empty Mutagen tank. The building then explodes and the Turtles, along with the contained Timothy, escape unharmed. The Turtles then decide to keep him, as Donnie will try to figure out some plausible way to cure him.
Elsewhere, after being told that all of the plans have miserably failed, The Shredder yet again becomes upset with the Turtles' victory, and The Foot Clan's frequent incompetence. However, this makes the captured Kraang express it's feelings on the matter as well - That the Turtles absolutely need to be destroyed at all costs, and this finally prompts The Shredder to clarify that the Turtles are indeed a common enemy of the both of them as well (hinting a solid alliance with quite a bit of deadly potential)….
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Splinter
- Pulverizer/mutant blob form (first appearance as mutant blob form)
Villains:
Other characters:
Locations[]
- New York City
- Shredder's lair
- Turtles' lair
- Donatello's lab
Objects[]
- Kuro Kabuto
- Kraangdroid
- Turtles' telescope
- Pizza
- TV
- Atomic Robo-X arcade game
- Tabletop hockey arcade game
- Skateboard
- T-Phone
- Fishface's robotic legs
- Mutagen
- Space-Heroes pinball machine
- Mutagen containment barrel (first appearance)
- Broom
Vehicles[]
- Shellraiser
- Foot Clan motorcycles
- Stealth bike
Cast[]
| Jason Biggs | Leonardo |
|---|---|
| Rob Paulsen | Donatello |
| Sean Astin | Raphael |
| Greg Cipes | Michelangelo |
| Hoon Lee | Splinter |
| Kevin Michael Richardson | Shredder |
| Nolan North | The Kraang |
| Clancy Brown | Dogpound |
| Christian Lanz | Fishface |
| Roger Craig Smith | Pulvierzer |
Connections to previous episodes[]
- Shredder has one of the Kraang chained up, which he found in Karai's Vendetta.
Notes and trivia[]
- The Pulverizer's mutant form is the first stage of becoming of Mutagen Man, who will be introduced in Mutagen Man Unleashed.
External links[]
- TBA