Return To New York

"Return to New York" is the 9th episode of season 3 and 61st overall. It aired on January 25th 2015.

Official Description
When the Turtles return to the city to search for Splinter, they discover that the city has been overrun with Kraang.

Characters

 * Leonardo
 * Donatello
 * Raphael
 * Michelangelo
 * April O' Neil
 * Casey Jones


 * Dr. Cluckingsworth M.D.
 * Ice Cream Kitty
 * Splinter
 * Kirby O' Neil
 * Shredder
 * Tiger Claw
 * Stockman Fly
 * Shredder Mutants
 * The Foot Bots
 * The Kraang
 * The EPF

Trivia

 * Last appearance of Dr. Cluckingsworth M.D. and The EPF.
 * First appearance of the Shredder Mutants.
 * The episode's title is the same title as the original Mirage Comic's "Return to New York" story arc.
 * It is also the same name as a 3-part episode of the 2003 TMNT TV series.
 * Much like other episodes, the events in the cartoon the turtles were watching, in this case Crognard The Barbarian, foreshadow the events of the actual episode.
 * The villain that appears in the Crognard cartoon is based on Man-E-Faces, one of the many characters from The He-man series.
 * The synthesizer-laden soundtrack of the episode, especially when the turtles were approaching the city, was a reference to the 1980s cult classic Escape From New York.
 * Incidentally that movie starred Kurt Russell, whose portrayal of Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China was the inspiration for Casey Jones.
 * Raphael painted a green woman with a red mask with the name "Venus" next to her on the left side of the Party Wagon, possibly a reference to Mei Pieh Chi from live action The Next Mutation series by Saban.
 * The turtles paint a big number 2 on the top of the Party Wagon, not only because it's there second "van" in the series, but also because it's the second incarnation of the Party Wagon in the cartoons.
 * The bomb the turtles thrown from the Party Wagon is reminiscent from the original Turtle Party Wagon Toy.
 * On the stink bomb it's read "foot stinks", the same words on the 1980's party wagon.
 * The brand of breath mints Donnie puts in the soda cannons are "Chillos" a parody of the real life brand Mentos.
 * Although the original Shredder Elite from the Mirage comics were just mutant clones of Shredder, each of these new Shredder Elite members were created from a different crustacean.
 * Mini Shredder is a shrimp, Claw Shredder a lobster and Shiva Shredder a crab.
 * There were crabs on Stockman's desk, indicating the Shredder Mutants were recent experiments.
 * When the turtles explain they need a new hide out, one of Donnie's ideas was an old subway station. This is a reference to the 1991 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret Of The Ooze.