Exodus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2003)

"Exodus", Parts 1 and 2 is a Two-Part episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which originally aired on April 16 and 23, 2005. It had 5.06 million views for Part 1 while Part 2 had 5.12 million views on the 4Kids website as of 2008.

Part 1
The Shredder finally completed his starship. With this, he can finally conquer not only Earth, but also his hated Utrom Homeworld and the other planets. Meanwhile, Splinter becomes determined to stop his arch-nemesis so he can carry his beloved and late master Yoshi's legacy. Splinter then leads his sons and their allies on their mission to stop Shredder. Meanwhile, Agent Bishop teams up with Baxter Stockman, who told him everything about starship and Bishop wants to get the starship at all cost...

Part 2
The Turtles, Splinter and Honeycutt have aboard Ch'rell's starship and inside, they have to find the new plan to stop their arch-nemesis. The fates of the worlds will be decide. Will the turtles win or lose? As our heroes became injured, Utroms helped them and take Shredder as a prisoner where the trial on Ch'rell begins as the villain was sent to an eternal exile to the ice asteroid Mor Gal Tal. With this, turtles and Splinter are in triumph since not only they have successfully vanquished the threats of the Shredder, but also they have avenged Hamato Yoshi.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) This two-part season finale is an amazing way to end the Turtles and the Utrom Shredder's arc of their numerous battles that have occurred in Seasons 1-3 from their first fight on the roof to their last fight in this season. While there would be one more (known as the final battle) in Turtles Forever, this forever changed the show.
 * 2) The episode deserves props for giving more character to the Utrom Shredder as we get to see how much of a psychopath he is as an Utrom since he manages to commit genocide with killing over millions of innocent civillians from different worlds.
 * 3) It manages to have great build up before the battle between the Turtles and the Shredder (like their other fights) with loads of battles, prior to the most iconic and arguably the best, Turtles and Shredder fight in TMNT History.
 * 4) The scene where Hun finds out that Shredder is an Utrom is amazing and it sours the relationship between Hun and Shredder. As shown in Season 4, Hun despises the Shredder and no longer respects him at all.
 * 5) The battle between the Turtles and Ch'rell is fantastic and although Shredder beats the crap out of the Turtles and nearly kills them brings a load of suspense to if they would be killed or not.
 * 6) Great animation and voice acting as always.
 * 7) The Endingː Shredder finally gets his comeuppance for his actions as he is executed and sentenced to torture for the rest of his life. This is also a major turning point for the show in a great way.
 * 8) It ended Season 3 on a high note.



Reception
"Exodus" has gone on to receive critical acclaim as it received a 9.2/10 and was praised as a great way to end the Turtles and Utrom Shredder arc.

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