When Krang hires a new ninja, Lotus Blossom, to deal with the Turtles, Shredder finds himself out of the Big Bad Duumvirate.
Tropes:
- All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Using a scent anaylzer combined with the genetic code of turtles, Lotus manages to succeed in finding the Turtles' lair.
- Always Someone Better: Krang hires Lotus to replace the Shredder for his constant screwups. When the Shredder tries defending his position through combat, she's quick to humiliate him.
- Calling Card: Befitting her name, Lotus tends to leave lotus blossoms wherever she goes.
- Enemy Mine: Shredder decides to help the Turtles find Lotus so that they could take her out for him.Rocksteady: Ain't nothin' sacred no more?
- I Surrender, Suckers: Lotus defeats Leonardo by surrendering, only to knock him out with a trick sword.
- Tar and Feathers: What happens to Shredder when he tries to fight Lotus to keep his position in the Big Bad Duumvirate.
- We Can Rule Together: Lotus Blossom tries to convince Leonardo to join her as a mercenary ninja, but he refuses to betray his team or his master.
