Beyond The Known Universe

"Beyond The Known Universe" is The First episode of The Season 4 and the 78th episode overall of the Series. It aired on October 25th 2015.

Official Description
The team meets a strange alien robot called the Fugitoid.

Characters

 * Leonardo
 * Donatello
 * Raphael
 * Michelangelo
 * April O' Neil
 * Casey Jones
 * Fugitoid
 * Lord Dregg
 * The Vreen
 * Valaxina
 * Chupo
 * Robot Vendor
 * Alien Merchant 1
 * Alien Merchant 2

Trivia

 * First appearance of Lord Dregg and The Vreen.
 * First and only appearance of Valaxina and Chupo
 * The Fugitoid brings the turtles 6 months back in time and is voiced by David Tennant, better known for his role as the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who.
 * The time travelling effect also resembles some of the Doctor Who opening sequences.
 * When Leo did his space log voice over, this is a reference to Star Trek, where they did the voice over space log when the tv episodes or movie starts.
 * This episode marks the sixth new opening sequence of the series:
 * The Channel 6 building is seen during the new opening sequence.
 * A Triceraton Flying Harness can also be seen in the opening being blown up by Fugitoid's ship.
 * This new opening also marks the first on screen appearence of Armaggon and Lord Dregg.
 * Oddly, at the end of the opening sequence the turtles feature their regular weapons, instead of the new scape ones.
 * When Casey mentioned Vanilla Ice, he is the rapper who sung 'Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go' In TMNT 2.
 * The Space port on the planet Varanon is inspired on the Mos Eiley space port in the planet Tattooine from the Star Wars franchise.
 * Both space ports are known for being filled with all kinds of criminals.
 * When April is seen wearing a yellow space suit with white boots and belts, It is a reference to 80s April, who wore the yellow jumpsuit in the 80s cartoon.
 * April is also seen standing in the exact same pose 1987 April is doing in one of her character renders at the beginning of the episode.
 * The episode is dedicated to McKaylee Belle Grampp, the 3-year-old daughter of Eddie Grampp (a computer animator at Nickelodeon), who died in a car accident on August 12, 2015.