How many times did Donatello almost singlehandedly take down the Shredder?

[Jester]

I'm finishing up Wedding Bells and Bytes and it was Donatello who took out the Shredder with the de-compiler blast. Earlier that season Donatello had to take on the Shredder by himself, while his brothers dealt with the possessed Stockman. Then of course there's Same as it Never Was.

Did I miss any? (well aside from his throwing his bo at Saki knocking him and his grenade off the building in TMNT 1. )

[TheSkeletonMan939]

God, BttS made taking down Shredder an everyday thing. Cyber Shredder is essentially the same Shredder that the turtles thought they killed by

a)knocking a water tower down on him
b)chopping his head off
c)leaving him in a building that was about to entirely destroy itself
d)having Zog sacrifice himself to keep the Shredder in a boat that was about to entirely destroy itself
e)almost sacrificing THEMSELVES to kill off Shredder in a rocket that was about to entirely destroy itself

Now, they WERE able to kill him off in SaiNW by drilling his Ch'Rell's body. But that was in an alternate universe so no one cares.

And they took him down in one episode of BttS - by Don, and then in the next - by Mikey knocking down a bridge (the most common way to take down your enemy mainly because writers don't have any better ideas and it's also what they had him do with the water tower) and then by Don and Serling. In a, b, c, d, and e, it's mainly a teamwork thing. Now it's like exercise.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

then in the next - by Mikey knocking down a bridge (the most common way to take down your enemy mainly because writers don't have any better ideas and it's also what they had him do with the water tower)

That's exactly what I was thinking when it went down: "Didn't Splinter use this same strategy to take Shredder down the first time?"

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Jester

That's exactly what I was thinking when it went down: "Didn't Splinter use this same strategy to take Shredder down the first time?"

Good to see Mikey was paying attention.