Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets is the third episode of Season 3 and the 55th episode overall. This episode aired on October 17th 2014.

Official Description
When the guys discover a Kraang ship buried under April's house, they also uncover April's lost mother.

Characters

 * Leonardo
 * Donatello
 * Raphael
 * Michelangelo
 * April O' Neil
 * Casey Jones
 * Ice Cream Kitty
 * Mom Thing

Trivia

 * First and only appearance of Mom Thing.
 * Renae Jacobs, who voiced Mrs. O'Neil, had originally portrayed April O'Neil in the original 1987 series.
 * The episode is inspired by John Carpenter’s The Thing as April’s mom turns out to be more than what she seems.
 * Raphael calls the creature "Mom Thing" as a nod to the movie title itself.
 * The scene where her monster head splits in half was taken directly from the film.
 * The turtles faces being revealed coming out of it's body resembles the last scene we see the Thing and it reveals a dog coming out of it's guts.
 * This episode makes several references to the internet horror game "Slender".
 * The creatures Donnie and Leo turn into is similar to the game's main antagonist "Slender Man".
 * The episode takes place in the woods in an abandoned farmhouse. In the game "Slender: The Arrival", the first 2 chapters take place in the woods in an abandoned wooden home trying to find some information.
 * The Flashing Jack-o-lantern Raphael's watching on TV is a reference to the Silver Shamrock commercial and jingle from the cult classic Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
 * The brand of whipped cream Michelangelo was using on Ice Cream kitty was "Realli Whip" a reference to the real life brand Reddi Whip.
 * When Leo is washing the window he keeps repeating "Window cleaner on, window cleaner off." as a nod to The Karate Kid's "Wax on, wax off.".
 * This is the second episode in the series to be based on one of John Carpenter's films, the first being A Chinatown Ghost Story based on Big Trouble in Little China.
 * Her monster face bears a resemblance to the alien's from They Live!, another of John Carpenter's films.
 * "Mrs. O'Neil" acted similarly to Ross Rose from the 1980 horror film Mother's Day.
 * The quote "You made Mother very angry." is taken directly from Mother's Day.
 * The "One of us" chant used when Mrs. O'neil's clone was trying to convince April to join them, was taken fromFreaks, a 1932 horror film, where the characters chanted "Gooba-gobble, gooba-gobble. We accept her. One of us, one of us.".
 * Mikey shouting "Evil Clown" when Leo muses as to 'what's down there' in the basement of the farmhouse is a reference to Stephen King's "It"
 * The Stephen King film being Seth Green's first appearance in media as he played the younger version of Richie Tozier.