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Episode 117: The Ice Creature Cometh
Written by: David Wise

Voice Cast:
James Avery: Shredder
Cam Clarke: Leonardo, Rocksteady
Townsend Coleman: Michelangelo
Jennifer Darling: Irma Langinstein
Pat Fraley: Krang, Burne Thompson
Barry Gordon: Donatello, Bebop
Renae Jacobs: April O’Neil
Rob Paulsen: Raphael, Army Scientist
Peter Renaday: Splinter, Vernon Fenwick

Mistakes:
1. There were two Donatellos when the Turtles were cleaning the kitchen after they extinguished the fire.
2. Even though the Technodrome moves away from its original spot towards the end of the episode, it reverts to its original spot in later episodes.
3. Bebop was speaking in Rocksteady's voice when he told the ice creature to go back as it approached the Technodrome.
4. The triangle on Krang's Android Body on the top portion of the yellow cover surrounding Krang is missing when the ice creature scares him back inside the Technodrome.
5. The Turtles' belt initials have their Season 2 colors (white intials, grey outlines) when they first look up at the ice vreature from the street.

Catchphrase/Insult Countdown:
1. Michelangelo says "Cowabunga!" after he says that it's pizza time in the lair.
2. The Turtles say "Turtle Power" as they try to break the ice from the refrigerator/freezer in their Lair.
3. Shredder calls Bebop and Rocksteady boneheads after Bebop asks Shredder for help in the Technodrome.
4. The Turtles once more say "Turtle Power" as they again try to break the ice from the refrigerator/freezer in the Lair.
5. Bebop says "Mama" as the ice creature grabs him from the Technodrome's floor.
6. The Turtles say "Turtles to the Rescue!" after they take word of April's report of the ice creature invasing the city.
7. Rocksteady calls Bebop a wimp after he throws a snowball at him.
8. Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael say "Turtle Power" as they throw their weapons at the icicles above April, Irma, and Vernon.
9. Michelangelo says "Cowabunga" after he brings the Heat Ray to the other Turtles in front of the Channel 6 building.
10. Michelangelo says "Cowabunga" as the rocket lifts off with the ice creature.
11. Krang says "Oh no!" as the ice creature approaches the Technodrome after it returns to the arctic.

Pizza References:
1. Michelangelo says "It's Pizza Time" as he wears a chef's hat in the Lair's living room.
2. Michelangelo then says that pizza is his life's work, and then wants to scarf the miracle of pizza, only to find the freezer frozen.
3. Vinnie's Pizza's billboard next to the Channel 6 building is visible.
4. Michelangelo plugged back in the refrigerator/freezer because he thought that the pizzas might go bad.

Pop Culture References:
1. The episode title is in reference to the movie The Iceman Cometh, both its 1960 and 1973 versions.
2. Bebop's line "A mutant's work is never done" while seeing the mess near the mutagen mixer in the Technodrome is in reverse to the 1972 Sonny and Cher song "A Cowboy's Work is Never Done".
3. Bebop frees the ice creature because he feels that he is a Good Samaritan.
4. As the Ice Creature tries to break the Technodrome free of the ice, Bebop calls the ice creature "Frosty", a homage to Frosty the Snowman.
5. When Rocksteady says "If it ain't busted, bust it" is a parody on the famous quote "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", first said by Bert Lance in 1977.
6. Rocksteady describes the scene near the Channel 6 building as a regular Winter Wonderland, referring to the holiday song.
7. After Raphael emerges from some snow, he says that he'll call the book of frozen records, referring to The Guinness Book of World Records.
8. Raphael asks Donatello how to stop that frozen Godzilla.
9. Raphael says "Twinkle Toe Turtles to the Rescue", in which "Twinkle Toes" was the nickname of Canadian Football pioneer Fritz Hanson.
10. The rocket says NASA on it, referring to the space organization.

Fourth Wall Breaking Humor:
1. When Rocksteady sees the mutagen mixer, he says "Don't tell me this is going to be another mutant story. Isn't everybody sick of 'em by now?"
2. As the Ice Creature as seen by Bebop and Rocksteady, Bebop says "I guess this is going to be another mutant story after all."
3. Raphael says that he can't take this whole dumb plot when the Turtles are struggling to figure out how to defeat the ice creature atop the transmission tower.

Wacky Inventions:
1. The Mutagen Mixer
2. Donatello's Heat Ray
3. The Technodrome Main Screen's Window Opener
4. The Defense Base's Thermal Explosive

Kidnappings:
The Ice Creature freezes some army soldiers with its ice cold breath.

Notables:
1. Bebop and Rocksteady made snowmen in the rough shape of Shredder and Krang.
2. This is the second and last time in which the Lair is covered in ice.

Episode 118: Leonardo Cuts Loose
Written by: David Wise

Voice Cast:
Cam Clarke: Leonardo, Hans
Townsend Coleman: Michelangelo, First Goon
Pat Fraley: Casey Jones, Wally Airhead, Third Goon, Fourth Goon
Barry Gordon: Donatello
Renae Jacobs: April O’Neil
Rob Paulsen: Raphael, Second Goon
Peter Renaday: Splinter, Vernon Fenwick

Mistakes:
1. When Casey asked the goon to sign up for exercise class, the strap around his mask was white.
2. When Casey Jones kniocked down Leonardo and Michelangelo, Michelangelo had Donatello's colors.
3. When Raphael attacked Hans in the final battle, his belt ties disappeared and reappeared.
4. Watch carefully. When Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo are riding on the exercise machine on the streets, just before they pass the NAS van, Michelangelo's "M" is missing.
5. When Splinter and Leonardo discuss about how to save the other Turtles, while they are standing near the shell carpet, the "ONE WAY" text on the one way sign is missing.
6. Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo's belt initials are missing when they are first shown chained against the wall at Air Heads House of Pecs.
7. Even though a supreme court building is featured in this episode, New York state's highest court is actually called the New York Court of Appeals and is located in Albany, not NYC.

Catchphrase/Insult Countdown:
1. The Turtles say "Turtle Power" as they approach the building where the goons committed their crime until Donatello tells them that it could be a big mistake.
2. Michelangelo says "Cowabunga" after he, Raphael, and Donatello emerge above ground from the exercise machine.
3. Wally calls the Turtles pathetic little reptiles when they exercise in front of him.
4. Casey refers to the Turtles as wimps when he first denies Leonardo's order to save the other Turtles.
5. A goon calls Casey an overdeveloped wimp right before he forces him onto a treadmill.
6. Michelangelo says "Holy Guacamole" when he first sees Wally's Blockbuster.
7. Wally instructs his goons to stop the little pipsqueak that is Casey when he tries to attack the Blockbuster.
8. The Turtles say "Let's Turtleize Them" after Wally and his goons start to attack the city with the Blockbuster.
9. The Turtles say "Turtle Power" when they start the final battle with Wally and his goons.

Pizza Reference:
Vinnie's Pizza's billboard is visible next to the Channel 6 building.

Pop Culture References:
1. Michelangelo says that the Turtles are going to be "Taking it to the Streets" after seeing April's report on the goons, referring to the 1976 Doobie Brothers song.
2. The words "No Pain No Gain" above the check-in desk of Air Head's House of Pecs are in tribute to the exercise motto made famous by Jane Fonda in her 1982 workout video.
3. When Raphael first sees the Blockbuster, he says that it is definitely not the Welcome Wagon, which is a business that contacts new homeowners after they move providing advertisements from local businesses.
4. Wally Airhead says the famous "I'll Be Back" quote from The Terminator several times in this episode.
5. Right before Raphael slams a trash can on top of a goon, he mentions Hunky Dory, which is also the title of David Bowie's fourth album from 1971.
6. When Michelangelo says that he wants to "use his head" at the end of the episode, this may refer to the 1964 Mary Wells song.

Fourth Wall Breaking Humor:
1. As Michelangelo asks Raphael about how to beat the Goons after the Turtles failed in their first battle, Raphael says that he'll figure out something before the episode is over.
2. Right before Casey comes to the rescue, Michelangelo says that he will think positive and that somebody will come to rescue him and Raphael and Donatello.
3. After Raphael emerges from the rubble, he says that if he has one more roof dropped on his head that he's sitting out the rest of the episode.

Wacky Inventions:
1. Air Head's Strongnium-90 ray
2. Wally's strength-generating chemical elements
3. Wally's Blockbuster

Kidnappings:
The exercise machine in the Lair suddenly ties up Donatello, locks up Michelangelo, and clamps Raphael and drags them away. They are then chained to a wall at Air Heads House of Pecs.

Notables:
1. A pair of Michelangelo's nunchucks were visible on his shell when the Turtles were chasing after Wally's goon as they exited the gym.
2. Not counting Vacation in Europe, this is the final appearance of the saxophone background music cue first heard in Enter: The Shredder when the Turtles met April outside the Channel 6 building for the first time.