Within The Woods

Within The Woods is the 1st episode of Season 3 and the 53rd episode of the series overall. It aired on October 3rd, 2014.

Official Description
The team tries to deal with the possibility that Leo will not get better; a new mutant captures Raphael.

Characters

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

Trivia

 * First appearance of The Creep.
 * This is the first episode to have April as a narrator, and the second episode where this series actually had a narrator (the first time being Casey).
 * Leo was in a coma for 3 months.
 * This is the 5th time Leo has battle damage
 * Leo suffers damage to his throat and to his leg from his battle in The Invasion.
 * This is the first time Leo has no mask on.
 * It is also the first time Leo has no gear on.
 * Seth Green replaces Dominic Catrambone as Leo's new voice actor.It is explained in-show as being the result of damage to his larynx during the final battle against the Foot forces in The Invasion.
 * The beginning of this episode is based on the TMNT 1990 film as:
 * April opens the episode by drawing the turtles, writing about how they arrived to HER family farm house and describing the situation.
 * Leo is put inside a tub as Raph watches him, though the situation is reverse in the movie.
 * Mikey does chores around the house. (not in the movie) Though they both did hum the "Old Macdonald" song while being outside of the house.
 * Donatello and Jones appear working inside the barn, but this time only Casey is working on the old truck as Donnie is making a mutagenic medicine for Leo
 * The next scene shows the turtles training.
 * The Creep is a reference to Jason Voorhees, from Friday the 13th.
 * The Creep's overall brand reads "Vorhees", much like "Voorhees" the last name of Friday the 13th's killer.
 * This episode features piano-type music throughout.
 * The Creep wears a hockey mask just like Jason Voorhees from the movie.
 * Jason wore a sack over his head once.
 * When Mikey gets tangled in vines and Creep shows up with a bag on his head, if you listen very carefully, a sample of the theme song from Friday the 13th is played.
 * Near the end, Raph doesn't have his mask on, but April puts it back on before the screen switch to focus on him due to Mikey complaining on how Raph looks like without his mask
 * When Leo was unconscious, Raph was the one who constantly kept a vigil over him. In return, Leo was the one who never left Raph's side when Donnie was trying to save Raph later on.