Somehow Mikey's made it to the finals of the Battle Nexus Tournament. But as he fights for the title his family are fighting for their lives...
This episode provides examples of
- Big Damn Heroes: Leonardo recovers enough to save the life of a trapped Usagi.
- Cliffhanger: After the Turtles and Splinter return home, we see that the Triceratons are closing in on Earth...
- Dark Horse Victory: Michaelangelo winning the tournament counts as this, even he was surprised how he accidentally KOed Kluh. Previously, Gen mentioned that Michaelangelo was the longshot with odds of winning being 200-1.
- Didn't Think This Through: When their alliance falls apart, the Ultimate Ninja gets ahold of the War Staff and tries to blast Drako with it, but proves to be unable to control it. Drako promptly takes it from him, taunting the Ultimate Ninja for not spending more time learning to use the War Staff like he did.
- Magical Land: The Battle Nexus
- Plague of Good Fortune: This is how Michelangelo became the Battle Nexus champion.
- Oh, Crap!: Mikey loudly gulps when he realizes his final opponent is Kluh.Michelangelo: You've gotta be kidding me. I have to fight the big, ugly purple guy?!
- Sdrawkcab Name/ Shout-Out Theme Naming: Kluh from the planet Levram.
- Sore Loser: Raphael is still sore about Michaelangelo winning, saying it was all on a technicality.
- The Smurfette Principle: Ia is the only obviously female competitor in the Battle Nexus Tournament. However, she is shown to reach the semi-finals, proving her to be a better fighter than many of the males competing.
- Tournament Arc
- 2D Visuals, 3D Effects: The Triceraton warships at the end are quite conspicuously CGI.
- Unsportsmanlike Gloating: Michelangelo's preferred method of handling victory.
