THE BIG BREAK IN

01PLOT

Splinter is teaching the Turtles about the tea ceremony when the ground suddenly shakes. The Turtles conclude that it's the Technodrome, since it's a quake from the center of the Earth that is coming closer.

On the Technodrome, Shredder exults about having full power now, and Krang decides to use the dimensional portal to bring Dimension X's technology onto Earth. He contacts General Traag, and demands "Minimizer", a chevron-shaped device that flies up to the surface and starts shrinking military installations.

Minimizer firing energy bursts at April O'Neil.

The Turtles follow the sound of the moving Technodrome, intending to get inside and shut it down. After nearly being run over, they successfully sneak into a labelled entrance, and split up: Donatello and Michelangelo are heading for the relay room, while Raphael and Leonardo are going to the engine room.

April O'Neil is trying to cover the incoming Technodrome when Burne Thompson redirects her over to Fort Macintosh, since something odd is happening with all these military bases. She witnesses the fort being shrunken, and follows the Minimizer to its next destination.

Krang and Shredder learn that the Turtles are on board, creating some nasty obstacles for them: Foot Soldier missiles, Rocksteady and Bebop, and a potentially gruesome manufacturing plant. When Donatello and Michelangelo find the relay room, Krang trades in his robot's regular arms for a pair of spiked maces and goes after the Turtles.

April crashes her van when trying to avoid the Minimizer, and witnesses the Technodrome arising from the Earth. Unfortunately, the door is stuck shut, and all of the Turtles are being assaulted by their enemies. Michelangelo successfully flips Krang's body, allowing Donatello to rewire it and cause it to malfunction. Raphael and Leonardo manage to dispose of the Foot Soldiers, and the Turtles reunite on the outside of the Technodrome.

Meanwhile, April manages to tumble out of the news van.

The Turtles fly off of the Technodrome on an eyeball missile, and manage to land on the Minimizer. Donatello rewires it, and manages to turn its effect on the Technodrome, shrinking it down to the size of a cat. It zips away and falls into the massive hole that it had just made.

Unfortunately, Krang is easily able to undo the effects of the Minimizer's rays, and the still-powered Technodrome grows back to its normal size.

Donatello whips up a ray-gun that will undo the effects of the Minimizer, even as the other Turtles flip the van over so they can drive home.

02CAST & APPEARANCES

03OBJECTS, VEHICLES & PLACES

04SCREEN GRABS

9 frames. Screencaps via Turtlepedia (CC BY-SA).

05NOTES & GOOFS

• Due to a layering error Donatello can be seen hitting the hole in the Technodrome's relay room instead of falling into it when Krang uses his ball arm attachments to throw him and Michelangelo to the ground.
• At the beginning, when the Turtles are drinking tea, they don't have their weapons, but in one shot, Raphael is seen with his sais on his belt.
• When Raphael said he can't move while he and the other Turtles were trapped in the path of the moving Technodrome, his mouth didn't move. In fact, his entire face and body freezes.
• Raphael's sais are missing from his belt when Krang watches him and Leonardo on the view screen.
• When April's newsvan crashes onto it's roof, the "6" logo on it is reversed.
• When the Technodrome was first seen in the process of shrinking, the blue part of it's eyeball is coloured grey.
• Just before the Turtles climb onto the eyeball missile, Raphael speaks in Leonardo's voice.
• First time since "Shredder & Splintered" that Krang uses his android body's special weapon arms.
• Raphael broke the 4th wall by saying "still think you'd like to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?"
• April broke the 4th wall by saying "Don't you just hate it when that happens?"

06HOME MEDIA

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