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Originally Posted by Konchadunga
You still don't it; do you? Priorities! The Turtles may have needed a lesson, but more than that, the world needed saving. Splinter was willing to risk the world for his own ego!
Also, I'd point out Splinter's hypocritical in this regard, because if he truly wanted to teach them that "What weapon you're using doesn't matter," then he should have, and could have done that starting on day one; he should never have allowed the Turtles to choose a preferred weapon to begin with. Years of cross-disciplinary training would have been far better for that than one cram-session.
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You still don't get it man. The weapons they have should not have mattered! There was no reason why they should have been out of their elements. They can fight with anything or nothing and still get the job done. The turtles were too short sighted to understand that. And Splinter was proven right by the end of the episode.
And do you not even remember that Splinter addressed that in the first episode that he made the mistake of originally training them as individuals? So it makes sense that they each had extensive training using a prefered weapon. Obviously the parameters of their training is different now because the reality of their lives are different now so change is necessary for success. There is no longer time for preferance. The fact is they are at war now and have to be prepared and ready to go. Besides, wasn't the weapons switch before the evil deed of the day came to their attention? And he took their weapons after walking in on them bragging about beating up bad guys while ignoring his lesson forcing them to realize,that the weapons do-not-matter, unless you allow yourself the mistake of thinking that it does matter.