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Beyond the Known Universe
Season 4, Episode 1
HDSeason4
Airdate October 25, 2015
Writter Brandon Auman
Director Alan Wan
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"Beyond the Known Universe" is the first episode of season 4 and the 79th Of The Series overall.

"4,3,2,1 GO Astronauts!"

Official Description[]

"The team meets a strange alien robot called the Fugitoid. "

Plot[]

The episode starts with Leo looking at the space surrounding him while recalling what happened to the Earth right up till the point where he, his brothers, April and Casey were rescued by the Fugitoid. That's when they decided to get some answers and find out why did the Fugitoid saved them. But before he could answer, he activate the ship, sending it back by six months according to Donnie's observation of the position the Earth is in from the sun. The Fugitoid said that this is their only chance to stop the destruction of Earth from happening and that they couldn't go back in time to try again.

It was right at that moment the ship sustain damage. Fugitoid asks for the Turtles, April and Casey to help him, and offers spacesuits for them to wear.  

Unfortunately, their joy in floating through space is brought to an abrupt end when they find themselves besieged by asteroids, forcing them all back into the ship and having to find a spaceport to set down for repairs and refueling.

They soon find one on the nearby planet of Varanon (which is not in the jurisdiction of the Federation), and while the Fugitoid stays behind to repair and refuel the Ulixes, the others head out into the spaceport to explore. It is not long before the Turtles, April, and Casey get on the bad side of several alien merchants and locals, who chase after them until they run into the dreaded Lord Vringath Dregg, who's well-known reputation sends the aliens that were chasing the gang running for their lives to avoid Dregg's wrath. When Dregg attempts to eat Casey, April and the Turtles' rescue of him causes Dregg's latest purchase to be destroyed, much to his fury and in retaliation, sicks his Vreen bodyguards on the gang. After the Vreen are defeated, Dregg shows that the Turtles are greatly outmatched as he easily overpowers them personally before capturing April, curious as to if she was of the human race, or Terrans, as he put it. When April reveals that on Earth, her kind squash bugs, furious at April killing what he considers family, Dregg tries to eat her, only for April to blast him in the mouth with her blaster, freeing her, after which the gang flee back to the Ulixes.

They make it back aboard and leave before Dregg can catch them, but Dregg summons his own starship, Hornitron, to chase after them. Once in range, he sends several more of his Vreen drones to attack the Ulixes. The gang are able to fight off all of them but one, which makes it inside, before the Turtles, April, and Casey work together to destroy it, allowing the Fugitoid to activate the warp drive and transport them away from Dregg, who swears vengeance and vows to hunt them down until he terminates their lives.

When the Ulixes emerges from warp, the Turtles, April, and Casey celebrate their victory, but it is quickly cut short when the Fugitoid reveals that they've run smack into the Triceraton armada, and the Ulixes is surrounded by Triceraton fighters.

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Trivia[]

  • April is seen wearing a yellow jumpsuit with white boots and belts, a reference to her 80's counterpart as it was her normal attire.
    • 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.
  • This episode aired on Kevin Michael Richardson's birthday. Kevin is the voice of Shredder.
  • The Fugitold took the turtles, April and Casey back in time by six months in the beginning of the episode. His voice actor, David Tennant, is well-known for playing the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, an alien who travels through time and space.
  • The space port the turtles visit is heavily based on the Mos Eisley Space Port based on Tattooine as seen in the Star Wars movies.

Quotes[]

  • "Dudes, I think we just hit a level 9 Booyakasha!" - Mikey
  • "This is like a full-on geek explosion!" - Donnie
  • *Gasp* "Spacesuits?" - Mikey
  • "This is my stern face. (Point to face with no observable change of expression.) See it?" -Fugitold
  • "I'm Captain Ryan, hero of the galaxy!" - Leo
  • "Mr. Crankshaw, set phasers to destruction!" - Leo
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