Official Episode Discussion: S2 #6 "Target: April O'Neil"

[snake]

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I hope the Dragons return soon. They have a lot of potential.

[Luckyday]

Originally Posted by drgon78

Karai seems to dislike April more then the turtles since the beginning but they haven't really explained why. Also Karai knows that the Krang want April so why did she think they would let her get killed by there creation. But also why haven't krang tried to go after her before know as well.

They haven't shown April's psychic abilities at all this season, so I am a little disappointed with that. I really wish they would show more of that like they did last season.

I am not. I mean, I sure it would be nice to know what is the deal with April but honestly I think downplaying her psychic abilities keeps her from being a mary sue.

[BubblyShell22]

Awesome episode. Loved seeing Casey fight Foot robots and the April/Karai fight. Also loved seeing Donnie take down Karai himself because he means business when his friend is threatened. Loved Mikey's shadow puppet skills and the sign that said "Cowabunga!" on it. That was awesome. Also loved how there was a lot of stabbing in this episode and how Don used his naginata to stab the Foot bots. Mikey using the Kraang blaster was hilarious, though he should have used it on the Kraang themselves. I loved Chrome Dome, too, and while I agree that it was kind of lazy to use Bradford's outfit, I still liked that they used it. I'm also glad April forgave the Turtles and has patched things up between them. Can't wait to see Slash next week.

And I'm not bothering with quotes anymore because half the time, I mess them up.

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

The real problem is when fans make up BS like 'ooooh look at the way Don fought Karai in this episode, you can feel the tension between them' and they start making up DonXKarai conversations/fan art. THOSE are real shippers, when they start talking stuff like CaseyXKarai or AprilXMikey just cause they shared a random scene together or happened to say two words to each other.

We call that crack shipping...nothing really wrong with it, just to be a little bit different from the norm

[Atren]

One thing I hated was Karai fighting skills, it is like she went from master in S1 to rookie in S2.

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Kevin G

Taken from the post I already posted:

"Maybe her aunt (Agatha "Aggie" Marbles) is working hard at her office on a really tough case."

Anywho, who predicts Aunt Marbles is going to be season 2 or 3 ?

Maybe she works for the government with Bishop

[Donatello19]

Originally Posted by Atren

One thing I hated was Karai fighting skills, it is like she went from master in S1 to rookie in S2.

...OR her opponents improved.

[Teddy]

Ok, pretty awesome episode! Kinda confused why they used Bradford's old design for Chrome Dome, but whatever. I guess that's cheaper?

I was quite surprised that Donnie held his own against Karai! Loved Casey in this episode as well, did not care for him at all in the last one so I guess he's growing on me. Can't wait to see how he interacts with the turtles!!

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by Atren

One thing I hated was Karai fighting skills, it is like she went from master in S1 to rookie in S2.

Her attacks are fueled by her anger and her desire to avenge her mother. As often the case a person who fights in anger does not win.

She hates Splinter because she believes he killed her mother.

She is angry with the Turtles (particularly because Leo betrayed her by allow the attempt on her fathers life.)

And strongly dislikes April because this seemingly random human girl is at the center of everything. The Kraang want her because she fits in their plans for some unknown purpose. She is protected by the Turtles, and is also being trained as a Kunoichi by Splinter.

[Papenbrook]

In the future, I think Casey will learn of Timothy's background, and will try to connect it to his own.

I'm really sorry, Kevin G. I shouldn't have dragged my argument for so long. However, I am still convinced that Nick has something to do with both Casey's & Timothy's backgrounds.

[AdamWarlock87]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Another old character kids won't know....

Chrome Dome, Rahzar, Mutagen Man...so many old characters.

none of us knew these characters when they first appeared or introduced originally anyways, whats the difference?

[Rukitron]

There might be room for mods and upgrades to make Chrome Dome look cooler.

So is Casey's mad hockey skills as skilled as the turtles the reason why he was able to take on all those foot soldier bots with somewhat ease? Or was this new batch of bots kinda...dumb?

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I don't know why Coola Yagami keeps whining about Chrome Dome.

Its just a robot for gods sake, its not even an actual character. Chrome Dome is just supposed to look like a robot Shredder, and that's what this was.

You have a lot of nerve that's you all you ever do and need we not mention to you again that you ran Ciro away?

Originally Posted by Jester

Not that I disagree, buy weren't lost of fans squawking about a pre-mutation Bradford figure? This would allow for it.

This character is a lot bigger than Brad.

Originally Posted by Jester

I can see fans using that mini-fig with their Playmates figures....

Right!? Because when has Playmates ever cared about scale?

Originally Posted by Michelangelo

Maybe Nickelodeon will improve him like they did with Dogpound.
After all he did get destroyed in this episode.
But alas, somethings are just out of our control.

That's what I'm thinking will happen.
And that's why he wasn't on that Wal-Mart list of new figures.

Originally Posted by Cure

I'm sure Shredder getting pissed at Karai will be the catalyst for her to find out the truth about herself or something.

That'd be great if it happened in front of Splinter and he was like leave my daughter alone!!

Originally Posted by Foot Soldier Clang

Very cool episode. Loved the new Chrome Dome, but I think hearing "Tromatown" really made this episode for me. If I could get a Toxic Crusaders appearance on this show somehow I swear I'll never ask for anything again

That'd be so fantastic if we got Toxie in this series lol

[Electric]

Originally Posted by victory_angel

Her attacks are fueled by her anger and her desire to avenge her mother. As often the case a person who fights in anger does not win.

She hates Splinter because she believes he killed her mother.

She is angry with the Turtles (particularly because Leo betrayed her by allow the attempt on her fathers life.)

And strongly dislikes April because this seemingly random human girl is at the center of everything. The Kraang want her because she fits in their plans for some unknown purpose. She is protected by the Turtles, and is also being trained as a Kunoichi by Splinter.

Exactly. She's unstable right now. Her first plan to capture the turtles failed, now her second plan to kill April is failing. In season 1 when she fought she was calm and collected. Here she's angry and raging.

She's jealous of April because April is the center of everything right now. The turtles that she hates protect her, the kraang that are a threat want her, and the person she believed killed her mother is training her.

I also think her retreating in this episode was a big deal. In all the past episodes I can think of, she never retreated because she lost. She would leave when things went here way (snake weed Attacking turtles, releasing justin) or when she had something else to do (save shredder in the ocean). Even in the last karai episode she never retreated, she was left laying there. But now she by definition, retreated. I think that is showing just how unstable she is, that she's taking big risks and when something goes wrong she gives up on it

[ObiWanFan4life]

I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to see the Shredder' s search in Japan. We're almost a quarter into the season, and we've barely seen him at all in it.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to see the Shredder' s search in Japan. We're almost a quarter into the season, and we've barely seen him at all in it.

Probably costs too much to make all new Japanese backgrounds.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Probably costs too much to make all new Japanese backgrounds.

Still, it would he nice if we got to see more of the show' s PRIMARILY VILLIAN. Even if new animation backgrounds are expensive, I'm sure there's some way to see more of him.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

Still, it would he nice if we got to see more of the show' s PRIMARILY VILLIAN. Even if new animation backgrounds are expensive, I'm sure there's some way to see more of him.

I can imagine Japan looking exactly like NYC with some random kanji drawn here and there, and the same blonde woman and guy with the cat walking around. Maybe a human nonXever and Murakami too.

[turtletoons81]

Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to see the Shredder' s search in Japan. We're almost a quarter into the season, and we've barely seen him at all in it.

i'm actually hoping they make a mini shredder story of how he got the new mutants and stuff.

[blindturtle02]

I'd also like to see more Shredder this season. Hope he gets back from Japan soon! He really doesn't get that much screen time in this show, does he? It makes his character all the more interesting though.