Official Episode Discussion: "Identity Crisis"

**Machias Banshee** · 10-30-2008, 10:52 PM

Official Ep Discussion: "Identity Crisis"

Cyber Shredder uses a computer virus to wipe the Turtles' memories out and make them work for The Foot; April, Casey, and Serling work to save the Turtles.

Greetings folks!

Okay, I've been looking at this episode description, not to mention the video sneak peek they gave us. So KHAAAAN gets bitched out by Shredder for their failure to get him out of the Cyberworld. KHAAAAN explains that the turtles have caused most of the setbacks, and Shredder explains that he has a plan to get the turtles once and for all...

Meahwhile, at the sewers, April is gushing over Don's technological advancements. Raph's not as happy about it - digitizing back and forth HAS to affect you somehow.. (Dare I mention the mutation mess in the Red Sky eps of the Old toon?)

Our Beloved robotic Butler is becoming not much more than a Rodney Dangerfield character. A quick laugh or groan at most.

The boys are working Together on finding Splinter's remnants ('bout time, I say), and come upon a veritable Mount Everest of Garbage Data. So the turtles begin spelunking the mountain with April watching from reality. Don manages to reach a small cluster of data bits and download them, when something comes up on their radar - a massive power surge, aka Shredder's Amnesia virus.

Okay... so judging from all of this, the boys are going to lose their memories, and eventually get turned into little foot soldering Zombies for KHAAAAN. It'll be up to April, Serling and Casey to figure out how to get the boys back to normal. Figuring the virus got them in the cyber realm, they'd have to get them there again. They basically need to send the boys through a giant Anti-virus program to get cleaned out.

Something to consider while watching this is the idea of there now being Two Shredders in this realm of reality. If Cyber Shredder and Ch'rell were to meet, or find out about each other, would they join forces, or pull a 'there can be only one!' type battle? We've seen a reality where the boys had to fight THREE shredders... could it have been a foreshadowing of things to come? Or was it just a coincidence?

Now, figuring it's a one episode deal with no consequences, the crew will manage to get them back to normal without any issues, and they'll be able to fight Shredder and resume gathering Splinter's bits. Right? Or could this memory loss have more of an affect on their minds? Raphael makes a comment in the preview about how the repeated back and forth
digitizing MUST screw with them somehow... COULD there be something semi-permanent that affects them? Maybe while under Shredder/KHAN's control, they give out valuable information about their location, or the predicament with Splinter? Or will they manage to get through this unscathed?

Time will tell. Once again, I will leave you with some questions to ponder...

WILL THE TURTLES GET THEIR MEMORIES BACK?

WILL AN OVERZEALOUS CASEY JONES' ACCIDENTALLY CAUSE SERLING TO GO TURTLE-X OUT OF NOWHERE?

COULD THIS EXPERIENCE PUT THE TURTLES INTO A DEADLY SITUATION REGARDING THEIR LOCATION/MISSION/ETC. ?

And even though the Pharaoh cries for his Mummy whenever I say it...(Hey, It's Halloween!)

STAY TUNED!!!

((Thanks to Jester for some ideas to make this teaser a lil better...))

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10-30-2008, 10:52 PM	#1
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Official Episode Discussion: "Identity Crisis" Official Ep Discussion: "Identity Crisis" Cyber Shredder uses a computer virus to wipe the Turtles' memories out and make them work for The Foot; April, Casey, and Serling work to save the Turtles. Greetings folks! Okay, I've been looking at this episode description, not to mention the video sneak peek they gave us. So KHAAAAN gets bitched out by Shredder for their failure to get him out of the Cyberworld. KHAAAAN explains that the turtles have caused most of the setbacks, and Shredder explains that he has a plan to get the turtles once and for all... Meahwhile, at the sewers, April is gushing over Don's technological advancements. Raph's not as happy about it - digitizing back and forth HAS to affect you somehow.. (Dare I mention the mutation mess in the Red Sky eps of the Old toon?) Our Beloved robotic Butler is becoming not much more than a Rodney Dangerfield character. A quick laugh or groan at most. The boys are working Together on finding Splinter's remnants ('bout time, I say), and come upon a veritable Mount Everest of Garbage Data. So the turtles begin spelunking the mountain with April watching from reality. Don manages to reach a small cluster of data bits and download them, when something comes up on their radar - a massive power surge, aka Shredder's Amnesia virus. Okay... so judging from all of this, the boys are going to lose their memories, and eventually get turned into little foot soldering Zombies for KHAAAAN. It'll be up to April, Serling and Casey to figure out how to get the boys back to normal. Figuring the virus got them in the cyber realm, they'd have to get them there again. They basically need to send the boys through a giant Anti-virus program to get cleaned out. Something to consider while watching this is the idea of there now being Two Shredders in this realm of reality. If Cyber Shredder and Ch'rell were to meet, or find out about each other, would they join forces, or pull a 'there can be only one!' type battle? We've seen a reality where the boys had to fight THREE shredders... could it have been a foreshadowing of things to come? Or was it just a coincidence? Now, figuring it's a one episode deal with no consequences, the crew will manage to get them back to normal without any issues, and they'll be able to fight Shredder and resume gathering Splinter's bits. Right? Or could this memory loss have more of an affect on their minds? Raphael makes a comment in the preview about how the repeated back and forth digitizing MUST screw with them somehow... COULD there be something semi-permanent that affects them? Maybe while under Shredder/KHAN's control, they give out valuable information about their location, or the predicament with Splinter? Or will they manage to get through this unscathed? Time will tell. Once again, I will leave you with some questions to ponder... WILL THE TURTLES GET THEIR MEMORIES BACK? WILL AN OVERZEALOUS CASEY JONES' ACCIDENTALLY CAUSE SERLING TO GO TURTLE-X OUT OF NOWHERE? COULD THIS EXPERIENCE PUT THE TURTLES INTO A DEADLY SITUATION REGARDING THEIR LOCATION/MISSION/ETC. ? And even though the Pharaoh cries for his Mummy whenever I say it...(Hey, It's Halloween!) STAY TUNED!!! ((Thanks to Jester for some ideas to make this teaser a lil better...))