An up and coming street gang calling themselves the 'Turks' are starting to cause real problems in the neighborhood, so vigilante Nobody decides it's time to put a stop to them. Enlisting the help of the Turtles, he goes to work...
This episode provides examples of
- Arms Dealer: The Turks street gang get their weaponry from Hun.
- Artistic License – Law: It’s unlikely a real cop would’ve asked the witness for his address and contact information in public, especially a public in which a violent street gang has been roaming.
- Batman Cold Open: Which is rather fitting all things considered.
- Batman Gambit:
- Nobody stages a fight with his informant, X-Ray, just in case anyone was watching. Subverted in that Jencko wasn't fooled.
- The heroes fare better later. Nobody moves the couple to a safe location, while Don and Mikey pose as them and wait for the gang to show up. In the fight that follows, one of the gang members runs off as expected—allowing Leo, Raph, and Nobody to follow him all the way back to Jencko's location.
- Big "NO!": Jencko when Nobody snares his gun and leaves him helpless.
- Broken Pedestal: Since finding out his master was an Utrom, Hun has become disillusioned with the Shredder, and severed all ties to the Foot Clan. He also questions Karai's loyalty to the Shredder despite being aware of his true identity.
- Death Faked for You: Karai has announced to the world that Oroku Saki has died, to cover for his imprisonment in deep space.
- Disguised in Drag: Mikey once again dresses up as a female to bait some goons.
- Easily Forgiven: Hun and Karai have had a nasty history, but that didn't stop her from inviting him to the dedication or him accepting.
- The End... Or Is It?: The Turks plot is wrapped up tight, but the final scene is of Karai vowing to hunt down and kill the Turtles and Splinter for what they did to her father.
- Enemy Civil War: Karai and Hun's scene together shows this trope is being averted. Unlike in the "City at War" three-parter, the Foot and the Purple Dragons are staying out of each other's way and pursuing different goals.
- Eyes Never Lie: When talking to them about how following Jencko will bring them nothing but misery and death, Nobody says he can see in the gang's eyes that they know this is true.
- Fantastic Racism: Hun’s loyalty to the Shredder was severed when he learned he was an Utrom and questions how Karai could serve him.
- Guns Akimbo: Jencko does this at one point.
- Happily Adopted: Discussed. Hun questions how she could've knowingly served "an alien slug," but Karai says he was her father.
- Honor Before Reason: The old man witnesses Jencko attempting to murder a suspected informant. He fully intends to testify and won't be intimidated.
- The Infiltration: X-Ray.
- The Man Behind the Man: The ending reveals that Jencko's suppliers were the Purple Dragons.
- Not Quite Dead: Jencko thinks he took out Nobody with one of the guns, but he was just hiding in the shadows.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Seeing Jencko has been arrested, Hun tells one of his men to try to reacquire any of the weapons they sold him rather than just let it go to waste.
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: The Turks break into the apartment to beat up the old couple, but they get a surprise.Donny: Shall we, Granny?
Mikey: Why, of course, Grandpa. - Reasonable Authority Figure: Nobody makes a genuine appeal to Jencko's men that warns them of the dangers of the path they're taking. It's enough to get them to abandon Jencko.
- Rouge Angles of Satin: The sign on the "Oroku Saki Memorial Library" is misspelled as Oruko.
- Second-Person Attack: When Nobody punches out Jencko.
- Token Evil Teammate: Jencko is this in his own gang. Nobody knows some of the other members through his police work and believes they're not all bad, but he tells the Turtles that Jencko definitely is.
- Villain with Good Publicity: The Shredder receives a memorial library for his civilian identity, paid for by Karai.
- Wham Shot: Karai swears vengeance upon the Turtles as the camera shows she has rebuilt the old Foot tower that was overrun in Season 1.
- Who Are You?: After Nobody snares Jencko's gun and confronts him.Jencko: No! No way! Who are you?! Who are you, man?!
Nobody: [picks him up] I'm Nobody. [punches him out] - You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Nobody believes that most of the members of Jencko's gang aren't actually bad, but just kids that fell in with the wrong person. When Nobody speaks to the gang in the climax, he tells them that if they keep following Jencko they're just going to end up dead, but they can still have a batter future by just walking away. After a moment of consideration, the gang do just that, dropping their guns and taking off their gang jackets.
