![]() Having trouble pinpointing any particular canister, Donatello finally locates one outside a movie theater. ![]() The turtles are out on their mutagen hunt. Director Michael Chang channels the horror classics and references memorable scenes by having a Squirrelanoid lower down in to frame from the ceiling to attack the turtles and one of the monsters tethering itself to Mikey as he tries to flush them away (the sewer equivalent of opening the airlock).“Why is that dude afraid of a cute, tiny little squirrel?” The mutant has a similar elongated body with an extended cylindrical skull (although the squirrel version includes sections that are glowing neon green) and a long tongue with a squirrel head and mouth at the end. The turtles spend the episode trying to catch squirrels running loose in their lair and after they evolve in to Squirrelanoids, (named after Alienoids, the xenomoprh-like aliens in Michelangelo’s comic) they try to keep them from escaping to the surface.Īlong with the plot being inspired by Alien/ Aliens, the Squirrelanoids heavily resemble the H.R. The squirrels multiply inside host bodies and are ejected through projectile vomiting (which is a brilliant way to do the chest burst without having to kill any characters). ![]() This is one of the creepiest episodes the series has done it begins with a squirrel dislodging its jaw to reveal a tentacle-like tongue and forcefully climbing down a homeless man’s mouth. The episode is filled with references to that franchise, but the story is never derailed by it and Michelangelo’s meta-references to horror stories actually strengthen the plot. “Invasion of the Squirrelanoids” is the first Halloween episode of Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesand it successfully channels the horror of Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens. ![]()
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