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''Turtle Kittens'' (recently retitled ''New Dawn'') is a ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/KawaiiNinja/pseuds/KawaiiNinja KawaiiNinja]], and can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27922033/chapters/68377930 here]].

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''Turtle Kittens'' (recently retitled ''New Dawn'') is a ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/KawaiiNinja/pseuds/KawaiiNinja KawaiiNinja]], and can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27922033/chapters/68377930 here]]. Sadly, as of April 2024, this work has been removed.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Because this is a CondensedAdaptation, many of the events that would have resulted in mutants or new enemies for the Turtles to face don't occur. Because of that, they're on better terms with several mutants, most notably those who join Slash's gang and help the Turtles fight the Kraang invasion of New York.
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''Turtle Kittens'' is a ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/KawaiiNinja/pseuds/KawaiiNinja KawaiiNinja]], and can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27922033/chapters/68377930 here]].

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''Turtle Kittens'' (recently retitled ''New Dawn'') is a ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/KawaiiNinja/pseuds/KawaiiNinja KawaiiNinja]], and can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27922033/chapters/68377930 here]].
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* IfICantHaveYou: Shredder's attitude towards Tang Shen/Master Aspen.

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* IfICantHaveYou: Shredder's attitude towards Tang Shen/Master Aspen. He's so determined to have her that he goes to great measures to destroy any life she starts that doesn't involve him (i.e. killing Yoshi and Miwa, lying to her parents so they'd disown her, [[spoiler:threatening/attempting to kill the Turtles]], etc).



* IRejectYourReality: Despite the fact that Tang Shen told him ''numerous times'', Shredder still believes that Tang Shen is meant to be his. He spends the next fifteen years chasing after her, sending Bradford and other Foot Ninjas around the globe looking for any sign of her. [[spoiler:Even after seeing that she's a cat mutant and calling her a freak,]] he ''still'' tries to get her to come with him.

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* IRejectYourReality: Despite the fact that Tang Shen told him off ''numerous times'', Shredder still believes that Tang Shen is meant to be his. He spends the next fifteen years chasing after her, sending Bradford and other Foot Ninjas around the globe looking for any sign of her. [[spoiler:Even after seeing that she's a cat mutant and calling her a freak,]] he ''still'' tries to get her to come with him.
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* CatFolk: Tang Shen, upon exposure to mutagen, became a cat mutant.


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* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Shredder forces Leo to call Master Aspen/Tang Shen to the fight by threatening to kill Mikelangela (and thus more or less holding the other Turtles hostage in the process).]]


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* IRejectYourReality: Despite the fact that Tang Shen told him ''numerous times'', Shredder still believes that Tang Shen is meant to be his. He spends the next fifteen years chasing after her, sending Bradford and other Foot Ninjas around the globe looking for any sign of her. [[spoiler:Even after seeing that she's a cat mutant and calling her a freak,]] he ''still'' tries to get her to come with him.
* KidnappedForExperimentation: The Kraang attempt this on August several times (much like in canon).


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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Tang Shen ultimately goes to New York because her husband and child are dead, her home was burned down, and Shredder is looking for her (and alienated her from her parents). The fact that Yoshi had dreamed of going to New York to teach ninjutsu is ultimately what pushes her to go there. She keeps elements of her culture alive in New York by living near Chinatown (even after mutating) and building her and the Turtles' home to resemble Japanese houses.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: In canon, Slash went after Raph's brothers after mutating, and was never on good terms with the Turtles again. Here, he simply leaves them after mutating to go off on his own, and [[spoiler:he and his team of mutants happily provide backup for the Hamato clan when they go to take on the Kraang.]]



* CanonWelding: The events that introduce Casey Jones to Raphael and the Turtles better follow his introductory episode from the 2003 series than the 2012 one.



* IfICantHaveYou: Shredder's attitude towards Tang Shen/Master Aspen.



** An argument that Shredder finds out about the Turtles through Bradford and their own carelessness, but while in canon Mikey outed himself willingly, here Bradford had been spying on them from a distance.
* ShipperOnDeck: Mikey seems to be rooting for Donna and August.

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** An argument that Shredder still finds out about the Turtles through Bradford and their own carelessness, but while in canon Mikey outed himself willingly, here Bradford had been spying on them from a distance.
* ShipperOnDeck: InterspeciesAdoption: Much like with canon Splinter, Master Aspen takes in the Turtles, and later acts as a ParentalSubstitute to August, Casey, and [[spoiler:Lazuli]].
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Mikey seems to be rooting for Donna and August.August.
** August for [[spoiler:Leo and Lazuli]].


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* WouldHurtAChild: Shredder. He not only is willing to [[spoiler:beat up and attempt to murder the Turtles just to get back at Tang Shen]], but he drowned Miwa when she was a baby simply because she was Yoshi and Tang Shen's child.
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* CompressedAdaptation: Certain events happen under a shorter time span (the turtles meeting Casey right after meeting August; Spike's mutation into Slash, the turtles meeting Leatherhead, the Kraang capturing and harvesting August's DNA, August's latent psychic abilities and mutagen being spread across the city) all happen at around the same time, while others are outright omitted (facing Dr. Falco and Baxter Stockman, meeting Mr. Murikami, various other tertiary antagonists etc).

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* CompressedAdaptation: Certain events happen under a shorter time span (the turtles meeting Casey right after meeting August; Spike's mutation into Slash, the turtles meeting Leatherhead, the Kraang capturing and harvesting August's DNA, August's latent psychic abilities and mutagen being spread across the city) city all happen at around the same time, time), while others are were outright omitted (facing Dr. Falco and Baxter Stockman, meeting Mr. Murikami, various other tertiary antagonists etc).
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* CompressedAdaptation: Certain events happen under a shorter time span (the turtles meeting Casey right after meeting August; Spike's mutation into Slash, the turtles meeting Leatherhead, the Kraang capturing and harvesting August's DNA, August's latent psychic abilities and mutagen being spread across the city all happening at around the same time) all happen at around the same time, while other are outright omitted (facing Dr. Falco and Baxter Stockman, meeting Mr. Murikami, various other tertiary antagonists etc).

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* CompressedAdaptation: Certain events happen under a shorter time span (the turtles meeting Casey right after meeting August; Spike's mutation into Slash, the turtles meeting Leatherhead, the Kraang capturing and harvesting August's DNA, August's latent psychic abilities and mutagen being spread across the city all happening at around the same time) city) all happen at around the same time, while other others are outright omitted (facing Dr. Falco and Baxter Stockman, meeting Mr. Murikami, various other tertiary antagonists etc).
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In canon, Super-Shredder was decapitated by Leo. Here, [[spoiler:Master Aspen killed him with a kunai to the heart while he's still a regular human]].
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** The Foot Clan doesn't make their move until after the Turtles manage to successfully end The Kraang's occupation of New York.
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* {{Expy}}: Lazuli, the human-like mutant with [[MakingASplash hydrokinetic powers]], is based on [[Characters/StevenUniverseLapisLazuli Lapis Lazuli]] from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.
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* CompressedAdaptation: Certain events happen under a shorter time span (the turtles meeting Casey right after meeting August; Spike's mutation into Slash, the turtles meeting Leatherhead, the Kraang capturing and harvesting August's DNA, August's latent psychic abilities) all happen at around the same time, while other are outright omitted (facing Dr. Falco and Baxter Stockman, meeting Mr. Murikami, various other tertiary antagonists etc).

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* CompressedAdaptation: Certain events happen under a shorter time span (the turtles meeting Casey right after meeting August; Spike's mutation into Slash, the turtles meeting Leatherhead, the Kraang capturing and harvesting August's DNA, August's latent psychic abilities) abilities and mutagen being spread across the city all happening at around the same time) all happen at around the same time, while other are outright omitted (facing Dr. Falco and Baxter Stockman, meeting Mr. Murikami, various other tertiary antagonists etc).
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* CompressedAdaptation: Certain events happen under a shorter time span (the turtles meeting Casey right after meeting August; Spike's mutation into Slash, the turtles meeting Leatherhead, the Kraang capturing and harvesting August's DNA, August's latent psychic abilities) all happen at around the same time, while other are outright omitted (facing Dr. Falco and Baxter Stockman, meeting Mr. Murikami, various other tertiary antagonists etc).
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* TheAloner: When Spike is mutated into Slash, he immediately decides to go off on his own.
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** In the series, the Turtles meet Leatherhead [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E12ItCameFromTheDepths 12 episodes]] in. Here, they meet him before the Foot Clan.

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** In the series, the Turtles meet Leatherhead [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E12ItCameFromTheDepths 12 episodes]] in. in and Spike is mutated into Slash in the second season. Here, they meet him both of them before meeting the Foot Clan. Clan.

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the series, Casey Jones doesn't encounter any of the Hamato Clan until Season 2. Here, he tussles with Raphael and becomes their friend in what would have been [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E3TurtleTemper the third episode]].

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
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In the series, Casey Jones doesn't encounter any of the Hamato Clan until Season 2. Here, he tussles with Raphael and becomes their friend in what would have been [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E3TurtleTemper the third episode]].
** In the series, the Turtles meet Leatherhead [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E12ItCameFromTheDepths 12 episodes]] in. Here, they meet him before the Foot Clan.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Mikey seems to be rooting for Donna and August.
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** An argument that Shredder finds out about the Turtles through Bradford and their own carelessness, but while in canon Mikey outed himself willingly, here Bradford had been spying on them from a distance.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the series, Casey Jones doesn't encounter any of the Hamato Clan until Season 2. Here, he tussles with Raphael and becomes their friend in what would have been [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S1E3TurtleTemper the third episode]].
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In this version, Yoshi perished at the hands of the man that would become The Shredder, leaving Tang Shen widowed and at his mercy. She manages to escape and finds herself in new York City, ready to start a new life, only for an unfortunate run-in with a suspicious trio to end with her being mutated into a cat and her pet turtles developing humanoid characteristics.

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In this version, Yoshi perished at the hands of the man that would become The Shredder, leaving Tang Shen widowed and at his mercy. She manages to escape and finds herself in new New York City, ready to start a new life, only for an unfortunate run-in with a suspicious trio to end with her being mutated into a cat and her pet turtles developing humanoid characteristics.

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* ForWantOfANail: In canon, the Hamato Clan's Mutation Day was just any other day, the night the Turtles go to the surface for the first time being relatively peaceful before they try to save April. Here, it happened during Chinese New Year, the festival in Chinatown being the perfect cover for the mutants to blend in. Aspen also goes with them, unlike Splinter who stays in the lair.

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* ForWantOfANail: ForWantOfANail:
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In canon, the Hamato Clan's Mutation Day was just any other day, the night the Turtles go to the surface for the first time being relatively peaceful before they try to save April. Here, it happened during Chinese New Year, the festival in Chinatown being the perfect cover for the mutants to blend in. Aspen also goes with them, unlike Splinter who stays in the lair.
** While in canon the turtles failed to rescue the O'Neils, only able to break-out April later, here they manage to rescue both of them when they first meet.
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* ForWantOfANail: In canon, the Hamato Clan's Mutation Day was just any other day, the night the Turtles go to the surface for the first time being relatively peaceful before they try to save April. Here, it happened during Chinese New Year, the festival in Chinatown being the perfect cover for the mutants to blend in. Aspen also goes with them, unlike Splinter who stays in the lair.
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** While Tang Shen took the killing blow meant for Yoshi in canon, here that killing blo reached its target, Yoshi bleeding out in her arms.

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** While Tang Shen took the killing blow meant for Yoshi in canon, here that killing blo blow reached its target, Yoshi bleeding out in her arms.



** While Aspen lets the turtles choose their weapons, they all wind up weilding the same weapons as the ones Splinter chose for them in canon.

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** While Aspen lets the turtles choose their weapons, they all wind up weilding wielding the same weapons as the ones Splinter chose for them in canon.



* TraumaCongaLine: Where to begin? After Tang Shen witnessed her brother-in-law kill her husband, he would go on to capture and rape her before revealing that he drowned her infant daughter. After escaping, she tries running to her family for support, only to reveal that the Shredder and convinced them that ''he'' was her husband and that she had discrace them all, forcing Tang Shen to flee to New York alone. Before she could properly start over, she is then mutated by the Kraang by accident and is forced to flee.

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* TraumaCongaLine: Where to begin? After Tang Shen witnessed her brother-in-law kill her husband, he would go on to capture and rape her before revealing that he drowned her infant daughter. After escaping, she tries running to her family for support, only to reveal that the Shredder and convinced them that ''he'' was her husband and that she had discrace disgraced them all, forcing Tang Shen to flee to New York alone. Before she could properly start over, she is then mutated by the Kraang by accident and is forced to flee.

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* InSpiteOfANail: Even though he had won his battle to the death with Yoshi this time, Oroku Saki still winds up horribly disfigured in the fire.

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** While Aspen lets the turtles choose their weapons, they all wind up weilding the same weapons as the ones Splinter chose for them in canon.

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* DistressedDude: August O'Neil is this by virtue of being a version of April.



* TheStationsOfCanon: After fleeing to New York, Tang Shen's life plays out virtually the same as her husband Yoshi's in canon, though she is turned into a [[CatFolk cat]] instead of a rat.

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* TheStationsOfCanon: TheStationsOfTheCanon: After fleeing to New York, Tang Shen's life plays out virtually the same as her husband Yoshi's in canon, though she is turned into a [[CatFolk cat]] instead of a rat.
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In one version of events, Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki faced each other in a climactic battle that ended in the death of Yoshi's wife Tang Shen.

This is not that version.

In this version, Yoshi perished at the hands of the man that would become The Shredder, leaving Tang Shen widowed and at his mercy. She manages to escape and finds herself in new York City, ready to start a new life, only for an unfortunate run-in with a suspicious trio to end with her being mutated into a cat and her pet turtles developing humanoid characteristics.

Now with a new family, Tang Shen -- now Master Aspen -- and her children are faced with a new enemy when they rescue a red-headed boy from a suspicious group of kidnappers.

''Turtle Kittens'' is a ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/KawaiiNinja/pseuds/KawaiiNinja KawaiiNinja]], and can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27922033/chapters/68377930 here]].
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!!''Turtle Kittens'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the 2012!Shredder might be a scumbag compared to other versions, here he's made a thousand times worse by drowning Miwa in a river for being Yoshi's daughter, then chaining up Tang Shen and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping her]] under the belief that killing her husband makes her his by right and that she will grow to love him ''eventually''. When she escapes, he convinces her family that he was her husband so that she could not rely on them for help.
* AffectionateNickname: Tang Shen had taken to calling the turtles her "kittens."
* CassandraTruth: By preemptively calling them, the Shredder had alienated Tang Shen from her family by convincing them that ''he'' is her husband and that every awful thing happening to her is karma for disgraceful behavior, forcing her to escape to America with no help before he could come and retrieve her.
* DeathByAdaptation:
** While Tang Shen took the killing blow meant for Yoshi in canon, here that killing blo reached its target, Yoshi bleeding out in her arms.
** While Shredder raised Miwa as Karai as revenge against her birth-father, here he drowned her while she was still an infant so that Tang Shen could "start fresh" with him.
* GenderFlip:
** While canon has all of the Turtles as boys, here Donatello and Michelangelo -- renamed "Donnatella" and "Mikelangela" -- are girls.
** Instead of April O'Neil, she is replaced with "August O'Neil".
* InSpiteOfANail: Even though he had won his battle to the death with Yoshi this time, Oroku Saki still winds up horribly disfigured in the fire.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: While Tang Shen died in a killing blow meant for her husband in canon, here that killing blow meant for him landed and he bled out in her arms. Considering [[TraumaCongaLine everything else that happens to her afterward]], saying that Tang Shen was "spared" is being very generous.
* TheStationsOfCanon: After fleeing to New York, Tang Shen's life plays out virtually the same as her husband Yoshi's in canon, though she is turned into a [[CatFolk cat]] instead of a rat.
* TraumaCongaLine: Where to begin? After Tang Shen witnessed her brother-in-law kill her husband, he would go on to capture and rape her before revealing that he drowned her infant daughter. After escaping, she tries running to her family for support, only to reveal that the Shredder and convinced them that ''he'' was her husband and that she had discrace them all, forcing Tang Shen to flee to New York alone. Before she could properly start over, she is then mutated by the Kraang by accident and is forced to flee.
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