The Turtles and April are transported to an unknown dimension when they find a puzzle cube that once belonged to April's long-lost uncle, Augie.
This episode provides examples of
- Berserk Button: Raph really hates bugs. He even gets pushed too far after recovering from the paralysis given to him by one of the hornets, declaring in a Punctuated! For! Emphasis! fashion that bugs must pay.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: The giant hornets.
- Bittersweet Ending: The turtles and April escape the world of giant hornets, and find her long-lost uncle’s compass and notebook, but they don't find Uncle Augie...
- Clothing Damage: Occurs to April as an unexpected trip to the jungle ruins her outfit.
- Hard-Work Montage: April and the turtles get one as they build their improvised weapons and sailboards, complete with music.
- Improvised Weapon: The Turtles and April must make themselves some weapons to survive in this new dimension
- Letting Her Hair Down: Inversion: If April's hair isn't in her trademark bun the situation generally isn't good.
- Mythology Gag: April having to tear down her pants turning them into short shorts may be a reference to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, where April tore her kimono and turned it into a miniskirt. Both the movie and this episode has the turtles and April stuck in an unknown place (due to time travel in TMNT III, interdimensional travel here).
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Mikey accidentally perforates one of the pupa sacs, resulting in dozens of oversized hornets hatching at once. The others are not impressed.Leo: Nice going, Mikey.
- Not So Above It All: April has moments where she sinks down to the Turtle's level of silliness. Most notably in this episode where she gets waaay into the Jungle Princess role.
- Shout-Out:
- When Raph and Don are being carried away by the giant hornets Raph remarks "Bugs! Why did it have to be Bugs?!"
- When the Turtles are down, April attacks an insect queen while saying "Get away from them, you witch!"
- Mikey gives one to Queen Latifah when the hornet queen makes her appearance.
- Take That!: Mikey is reluctant to give up his nunchucks because the Girl Scouts might come around.
- Techno Babble: Played for Laughs when April and Don's conversation is so full of technical jargon that it prompts Michelangelo to ask:Michelangelo: Do you guys come with subtitles?
- Tempting Fate: April confiscates the Turtles' weapons since they kept bumping into her more breakable possessions. They're reluctant to do so in case something happens, and she says they can survive without wearing their weapons for one night. Then they get transported to another dimension completely unarmed.
- This Is Unforgivable!: As mentioned before, Raph doesn't take too well to having been paralyzed by one of the hornets...Raphael: Bugs... must... PAY!
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Well, bugs, but otherwise quoted word-for-word by Raph, probably as a Shout-Out to the Trope Namer.
- With Catlike Tread: For extremely graceful and acrobatic ninjas, the four of them managed to bump into and break a lot of April's more fragile inventory.
- Year Inside, Hour Outside: April and the Turtles Spent a little over a day in the artifact's dimension. Once they return back to the real world, it was revealed they had been gone for just two seconds.
