The Turtles have escaped Bishop's lab, but now they must find and rescue Professor Honeycutt, before it is too late...
This episode provides examples of
- Batman Gambit: Professor Honeycutt tricks the Federation into scanning his brain for the weapons plans he's erased, only to find that he's erased those plans. What is inside his memory banks is a virus that lets him broadcast a worldwide message condemning the two opposing sides and apologizing to the people of Earth for placing them in danger before he starts disabling every warship in broadcasting range.Honeycutt: You've opened your entire mainframe to me, I'm inside the system. I am the system.
- Bittersweet Ending: The war between the Federation and the Triceratons is over, but it (seemingly) cost Professor Honeycutt his life.
- Burial in Space: Professor Honeycutt
- Damsel out of Distress: Mikey frees himself from Bishop.
- Narrator: Bishop, for the first time.
- Heel–Face Turn: Mozar and his men drop their weapons and allow the rebels to arrest Zanramon, refusing to gun down their own kind.
- Hoist by Their Own Petard: Blanque is defeated after Honeycutt turns his own tech against him. After all, Honeycutt is responsible for designing most of the technology.
- Made of Iron: While freeing Leatherhead, Mikey expresses his relief that he's alive, seeing as how the Turtles' old lair collapsed on him. Leatherhead chalks it up to having an impressive hide.
- One-Man Army: Discussed.Splinter: You are outnumbered!Bishop: Perhaps, but never outclassed.Honeycutt: You've opened your entire mainframe to me, I'm inside the system. I am the system.
- The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified: Traximus and his men march into their dictator's command center as he prepares to slaughter his defenseless enemies. They place the groveling tyrant under arrest as his own soldiers offer no resistance. Traximus then destroys Zanramon's throne to symbolize the Triceratons' return to republicanism. Zanramon: How did these traitors get in here?Traximus: We walked! Now throw down your weapons.
- We Will Meet Again: Bishop says this before leaving the lab.Bishop: Until we meet again, and we will. Count on it.
- Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Bishop's exit. The Turtles decide to let him go as they have more important things to do.
