[Darth Knuckles]

There were so many good references in this episode. There was the title Meet Mondo Gecko right off the bat, "Cowabunga!" (finally), "gnarly", "jump the dog", the Tarzan yell, "that's gonna hurt", Mr. X, "dude", "bogus", and "party dude" which were all references that were neat to hear.

It was really neat to have Mondo Gecko's origin and story be a combined version of the Original Cartoon and the Archie Comics. I liked that a lot. The only thing we didn't see him attached to that old time fans would think of Mondo involved in was The Mighty Mutanimals. It could still happen too.

I loved having Robbie Rist back in TMNT. He fit nicely as this versions Mondo Gecko vocalist. Just enough different to not be exactly like the movie Mikey voice. I found it interesting that Fishface has this whole other "job" to do now that Bebop and Rocksteady are pretty much higher up on the muscle list for Shredder. At least it kind of shows what Fishface is doing when we don't actually see him. And hearing Xever's full name was an interesting touch as well. "We Will Rock You" was pretty cool too.

It was nice to have the show acknowledge another person that was mutated by a can of mutagen from the beginning of season two as well. Seeing Hun again was nice too. I also like how realistic this show handles their animal mutants and Mondo was very influenced by the specific species of gecko the show went with. And of course another video game win for Raph is always welcome in my book.

I feel like Tiger Claw wouldn't have been at the skateboarding race but I guess even he can have some fun at times. And especially since he said "You did not just do that." I felt a little cheated when I saw the three Shredder Mutants in the stands though. I did want to think that Splinter had killed them but as we've seen with Kraang Subprime, this show isn't trying to kill off many characters. I'm also starting to wonder if these Fulchi Twins are going to become more significant in the future. Anyway, this was just a really fun episode.