Cloak and Swaggart

**"Cloak and Swaggart"** is the forty-third episode (Episode 24A) of *Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. It first aired on November 9, 2019.

## Characters

* April O'Neil (Kat Graham)
* Meat Sweats (John Lydon)
* Sunita (Kody Kavitha)
* DIGG
	+ Groundhog
	+ Honey Badger
	+ Prairie Dog (Elizabeth Daily)
* Donatello (Josh Brener)
* Guy Flambé
* Leonardo (Ben Schwartz)
* Loose Lips Malinowski (Russ Carney)
* Michelangelo (Brandon Mychal Smith)
* Mrs. Cuddles
* Raphael (Omar Benson Miller)
* S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.
* Splinter (Eric Bauza)

## Plot

The episode started with the turtles ready for their camping trip.  Splinter asked them if they’re ready for their survival training, much to the turtle's confusion. April and Sunita are here so they can take care of the lair .Donnie tells them to charge Shelldon  cooling protocol three times and a pet between his ears. Splinter shoved his sons in the tank and the two girls started to leave the lair for a girl’s night.

Inside the tank, Raph finds a shiny button and touches it. This caused the tank to shut and strapped while his family glared at him. He said he can’t stand big buttons.

In the living room, Sunita is watching the bbq channel while April looks at her phone. She saw an ad that DIGG is performing downtown. She tells her friend and they decide to go there and have some fun.

At the concert, April and Sunita are enjoying the show until an unknown figure suddenly takes Sunita’s brooch. April panics and she covers Sunita in her jacket and retreats to the alley. Sunita is downhearted saying that her brooch belonged to her granddad.. April decided that they should hunt the figure down before Sunita said that her turtle friends are off in the woods [besides they are still in the tank.] April assured the young slime yokai that they don’t need him.

The two girls began to head to the blackmarket where April asked a man named Loose Lips Malinowski about a special kind of brooch. The man explained that the brooch was stolen by a big guy with an upturned nose who is on his way to Channel 6.

April and Sunita started to head to the studios where they learned that someone  took a chef Guy Flambe’s place. They looked at the screen and saw that the cloaking brooch is taken by a familiar foe, Meat Sweats!

The audience is confused why he turned into a pig as Meat Sweats fibbed that it was a Hollywood magic trick. Sunita suggested that they should leave but April told her that she would get the brooch back for her. Having an idea, April disguised herself as a chef and started to make the meal spicy so Meat Sweats could taste. With him distracted by the heat, April snatched the brooch, causing the pig’s disguise to be exposed.

With the brooch back, the girls  blocked the storage door and apologized to Sunita for dragging her here. Sunita however explained that she enjoyed it, besides, her brooch had been taken, convinced to go to the concert, and unleashed Meat Sweats. April then had the idea to lure Meat Sweats away from them. They started to head through various studios until they came to stop where Meat Sweats caught them.

Then, the lights came on as the bb1 people started to surround the pig. April and Sunita leave the studio by shouting “Best girl’s night ever!”

After they return home, the turtles and Splinter are released after 24 hours of lockdown. April wondered what this button does on the wall and caused the garage to close, trapping the turtles and Splinter once more. Then the girls started to have another girl’s night, ending the episode.

## Trivia

* The episode's title is a reference to the phrase "cloak-and-dagger".
* Among the several hot sauces April holds up is a bottle of hot sauce branded as "Fire Ants", which has a picture of the series co-creator Ant Ward on the label.
	+ She also holds up a bottle labeled "Super Suriano", which is also a nod to co-creator Andy Suriano.
* The cooking show and painting show hosts highly resemble Julia Child and Bob Ross respectively.
* The late night talk show host and his guest bear a resemblance to the human forms of the Sando Brothers, though it is not yet confirmed if they are actually them.
	+ However, it should be noted that the Sando Brothers' logo can be seen on the mug on the talk show host’s desk.

## Transcript

* Cloak and Swaggart Transcript

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