Official Episode Discussion: S2 #9 "The Kraang Conspiracy"

[LH]

I loved this episode!!!!

April's a mutant!!!!

Psychic blasts!!!!!

Kraang Prime!!!!

And...

TCRI IS BACK!!!!!!



Kurtzman seemed like a cool character too. I wonder how involved he'll be in future episodes...

Did anybody else catch the scream from mrs. Campbell?

"This amuses Kraang"... Further shows how sick the Kraang are...

April DERP was hilarious! And kudos to Mae Whitman with that evil April voice.

Overall an awesome start to the revived Kraang storyline!

[NinjaMan]

Good episode. I think there is more to Kurtzman than meets the eye. Reminds me of Kolchak the Nightstalker.

[BabyTurtles]

eeeh....I didn't care for this episode at all...

April was getting on my nerves.....she wanted to be part of the team but she was obviously in the way.....and then she gets kidnapped....

and she not wanting to be saved by Donnie? even though she clearly needed it.

that said the Donnie and April got on my last nerves......especially when Donnie shoved Raph outta the way and hugged her......ugh.... can your crush be any more subtle???

Mikey got a good laugh outta me though when he said telepathetic XD heh heh.
and his "welcome to the family" too soon....but hey he's a glass half full kinda guy.

not that excited for psychic April...seems kinda...mary sueish to me.

one last thing...when April complained about Raph saving her...I don't know that rubbed me the wrong way.......like what? you wanted Donnie to save you again or something?

oh wait....April derp......*shivers*....I just wanted it to get the heck away from Mikey......ugh...

sorry for being negative...but those are my thoughts....

[MiBs]

that episode had a lot going on, I'm not quite sure what to think of it yet. It wasn't bad at all, but not in the top three either, IMO. Nice to get some answers to Aprils past and the connection with the kraang, and I like it didn't reveal too much. I'm really puzzled about Kurtzman - I know many have guessed that he is Bishop, but I definitely got more of a kraang-vibe from him, and we now know that they're really good at making clones

[blindturtle02]

I liked the episode. Yup, we all saw the mutant bit coming though. Well at least she isn't a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength kind of mutant. Wait, that's a toxic avenger/crusader. You know what I mean. She's more of an X-Men kind of mutant. I like the fact that she's not some monster hiding under an April façade, so to speak. I don't think so at present, anyway. She's just got the shining, is all.

Loved the action sceens and Kirtzmen was great. I want to see more of this guy. And April Derp? Oh yes, she ruled. I wonder if we'll see another Derp eventually. She was so loveable. "April love giving hugs!," and all that. At least that's what I think she said in the middle of the 3rd act. Anybody else hear that?

Great to see Kraang Prime again and I'm seriously wondering if we'll see April's dear sweet mommy some time down the line. They experimented on her, huh? Well what in the name of peperoni and extra cheese did they do to her? I think she's still around, but that's just me. I do wish they'd give us more info on what the Kraang are up to. That's about the only negative thing I could come up with.

[tmnt transformer]

Originally Posted by fridaynightdestination

Wow. I think I'm the only one who liked it

I liked it...

[OrokuYoshiFilms]

This one was on the "meh" side. Not crazy about half-alien April. It'll take some getting used to. Ms. Campbell is awesome to me.

For the toy collectors, was I the only one who the Water Tower and Billboard stood out to? In the beginning part...

[Vicky82]

Well IGN liked it, wow! 8.6 I thought it be lower.

No review yet but says 8.6 on the first page.

http://uk.ign.com/tv/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2012

[Raph's Girl]

Anybody notice the billboard at the start of the ep (when they were running on the rooftop) that said Jonesy Kitty Pest Control with the phone number of 555 - BYE Mice??? Wonder if that's what Casey's dad does for a living?

So the Kraang have been on earth for thousands of years mutating things. So are they responsible for the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Jersey Devil, ect?

"Derp! Derp! April give hug!"

[Donatello19]

I didn't really like this episode. Just like "Follow the Leader", there was nothing terrible about it, but it just seemed so dull. April's backstory stuff was interesting, but we still don't know much about her. There was some stuff I like, like April being saved by someone else than Donnie. April herself annoyed me for some reason, but all the clones were cool, especially the fight scene with them. April Derp was REALLY creepy, especially the smiling "normal" April head. I swear, if we get an April Derp action figure before Karai...

[MrTMNT2012]

Didn't like this episode....

Felt very routine and trivial in the actual pacing and plot but everything else was decent. Liked the backstory on the Kraang and Kurtzman but not sure how to feel about April being part-alien!

There was no major development aside from the ending and the rest of the episode just wasn't all that interesting to me....they even recycled TCRI with absolutely no new designs. That sucked. The whole Derp and Cloned April idea was EXTREMELY unnecessary and lame, another random mutant of the week!

'The Kraang Conspiracy' - (5.5/10)

[blindturtle02]

Oh yeah, Raph's Girl, I can see them responsible for Nessie Wessie! haha Now that you mentioned Jersey Devil, I can't get Black Betty from TMNT 2007 out of my head.

Forgot to mention that I liked the look into how the Kraang droids are recharged. And it'd make sense that TCRI would be rebuilt. They're the Kraang. I bet they have quite a bit of money stashed away in multiple accounts. It's undoubtedly accumulated over the years. And they can probably program droids or Footbots to work around the clock if they want. Idk. TCRI might get a few complaints from people having trouble sleeping at night, but that's about it. There are only like 20 people living in NYC anyway, so I doubt it bothers many. hehe Glad to see the TCRI building up and running again. Now can we please see the technodrome a second time? I miss giant floating shippyship. Well it's kinda sunk right now, but there you go.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I really thought this episode was going to be suspenseful but it ended up being too predictable. The TCRI building was rebuilt somehow with no explanation. I was extremely annoyed with April being rude to the turtles for saving her, especially Donnie. When Raph tries to save her, she was so unbearable to hear, I just wanted too slap her. He might as well have said, "Oh, I didn't know you wanted to be drilled in the head. Maybe it'll be a good improvement for ya!". And seeing all the April clones really felt unnecessary. They were no threat to the turtles with the exception of the one that fought them at the elevator. And April Derp........no comment. Probably the biggest turn-off for me was the big secret at the end. April is a half-human, half-mutant. I kinda saw this coming but I was hoping I'd be proven wrong. The only thing I liked was Kurtzman. Not going lie though, I thought near the end of the episode, he was going to be revealed as a Kraang, lol. Overall, I thought this was a disappointing episode. Probably the first episode of the season, I did not like.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

So the Kraang have been on earth for thousands of years mutating things. So are they responsible for the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Jersey Devil, ect?

Thirteen Monsters reprise? I was just wondering how Max Winters could fit into the show somehow, if they were to use him.

[LH]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

So the Kraang have been on earth for thousands of years mutating things. So are they responsible for the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Jersey Devil, ect?

Makes perfect sense to me...

Heck, that water creature from Dimension X fits the Loch Ness monster to a tee...

[victory_angel]

What I found creepy in this episode is that April was essentially forced into those white long johns before she was experimented on.

April Derp was as creepy and disgusting as I thought it would be. I'm glad she didn't last that long, unless they have more rejects in that reject bin.

Still the news about April being a mutant half human/half alien appears to be shocking and somewhat devastating to all parties particularly April and Donnie.

This doesn't entirely rule out the theory that April is a neutrino. Well it does and it doesn't. The Neutrino's were after all a humanoid race from Dimention X. And the Neutrino's do have psychic powers as babies namely Telekinetic powers.


So maybe the Kraang have been experimenting with creating beings that carry both humana and dimention x DNA. And April is the only one who is the perfect specimen of what they are trying to create.

[Aaronardo]

I personally loved it. My only problem was that they really expected us to buy that whole "Kraang have been Earth since ancient times" thing pretty quick, because it was pretty darn brief. Other than that, I dont see why people think it's a recycled episode. It gave us the answers we wanted, it progressed the story, and now the 1st season's finale make sense!

I don't get why people didn't like this episode that much...

[billbot85]

Overall I liked this episode. It had a good amount of action and a great twist at the end (even though we all kinda saw it coming). Plus, April Derp was hilarious and creepy as hell at the same time. Not as good as last week's episode, but I enjoyed it.

[Coola Yagami]

http://markandpaigerodriguez.blogspo...35-kraang.html My thoughts, although I didn't have that many besides 'glad that April Derp died same ep'.

[Mona_Lisa]

I liked the episode, To me it was way better than the squirrel ep. or the one where Mikey had turtle acne (which most people love for some reason).
I don't have a problem with April being part alien either as long as a brain doesn't pop out of her stomach (Gee I didn't know that was there Drerrr).
I was surprised at how light hearted the parts where were they killed multiple April clones was. But I didn't mind.
Was glad to see some Raph / April interaction. A lot of people didn't like how April Said something to the effect of " O great being rescued by Raph, I'll never live this down". But no one mentioned Raphs Cool and kinda nice reply that "We all have days like that".