"Tried to destroy Yoshi with that Mutagen!" And Other Random Fred Wolf Conundrums

[Jester]

I was reading the Season 0, thread and it kinda dawned on me, why did Shredder think that a mutagenic substance would destroy (read: KILL!!!) Hamato Yoshi? Did he expect him to mutate into a human virus and make himself sick? I mean, what part of "mutagen" didn't Saki understand?

Originally Posted by Dictionary.com

mu·ta·gen [myoo-tuh-juhn, -jen] n. a substance or preparation capable of inducing mutation.

See...that doesn't say, "Kills your 'immortal enemy.'" (There's another little gripe...how are Yoshi and Saki "immortal" or "ancient" enemies?) It says, "Mutates your enemy in to some critter." Maybe he wanted to do much more than kill him. Maybe he wanted to hurt him. And he wished to keep on hurting him....sorry, slipped into a little Wrath of Khan there.