Official Episode Discussion S4 Ep 20: Super Shredder

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Absolutely amazing episode. I wanna give a special shout out to the storyboard artists & whoever else is involved in the cinematography or whatever, there were some insanely cool shots! Like when Shredder gave a walloping kick which transitioned into a train barreling down the tracks. In general, I think that entire train sequence was hands-down the best fight scene of the entire series. It was super exciting for me, personally. So much went into making this feel like an action movie, & it really, really paid off. The humor, while very brief, was great. I loved Donnie saying "Down boy!" at Rahzar, & that 'ole Furbag Bradford was reminiscing about his cartoon days.

& I've said it before, but Super Shredder's design is really sick.

Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

Seriously, this might go down as one of my favorite episodes of the show. The stakes were personal, the action was intense and brutal, and it ends on a cliffhanger.

You've summed it up perfectly.

Originally Posted by Aaronardo

Auman tends to write his best episodes when the episode is a lot more action-oriented than dialogue-oriented. This is one of those action-oriented episodes.

Definitely, I guess he's the Eastman to Ciro's Laird!

Originally Posted by VaughnMichael

Really great episode and I recognized the area right away that Splinter last faced the Ratking.
I was half way expecting him to pop up and mess things up for Splinter.
Unless of course they do bring him in like they did in the mirage comics and Splinter sees him the same way he did there as a ghost.
I think that would be really fantastic.

I was expecting the same. It can't be a coincidence that they took cues from City At War & then put Splinter in danger at the site of his last encounter with The Rat King. Perhaps at the bottom of that city lies a realm that connects them to the spiritual plane or something. You've gotta figure there's a connection here with season 5's spiritual theme. Perhaps Rat King will play a role not dissimilar to that of his IDW counterpart.

Originally Posted by neatoman

So I just started watching the episode, and less than a minute in, Shredder tells Stockman he'd rip his limbs off until only the head remains... Huh... I get the reference, it's just that I'd never thought I would hear something like that in this show...

Dunno if it was intended to be, but it definitely does work as a reference to that. In general I was surprised by some of the (safe for kids-tier) brutality. Heads getting smashed into concrete, Leo wanting to ram Shredder with the van, characters getting hit/ran over by trains, pretty intense!

Originally Posted by Rukitron

For a second I thought Shredder was having boneinitis when his arm started acting up.

Also anyone else getting tired of seeing Splinter get incapacitated on a regular basis?

Loved that part. Body horror might be my favorite aspect of this series.

As for your question, no, I'm cool. He's aging, after all. It's probably meant to show that the turtles are getting stronger & he's... well, not. Besides, nobody could face Super Shredder in a 1 on 1 fight & walk away from it unscathed, mane. I imagine he'll kick at least one more ass before the shows close, though.