Triceraton Invasion of 2003

The **Triceraton Invasion of 2003** (also known as the **Triceraton Invasion**) was a big invasion battle from *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. It deals with The Triceraton Republic invading the Earth in search of Professor Honeycutt the Fugitoid who they believe is on the planet. The battle takes place in the two three-part Season 3 premiere episodes, "Space Invaders" and "Worlds Collide."

## History

### Background

It all started during the events of the Triceraton-Federation War after the Turtles and Professor Honeycutt were transported back to Earth by the Utroms with their Transmat. In the process they also transported some Triceraton and Federation soldiers to Earth as well but were immediately teleported back. However, one of the Triceraton soldiers escaped into the sewers. Later, Honeycutt left with the Utroms back to their home planet during the Attack on TCRI. Sometime after that, the Turtles found the Triceraton soldier who was becoming delusional by Earth's Oxygen since Triceratons only breath a combination of Nitrogen and Sulfur. They were able to stabilize his breathing helmet but the Triceraton was still delusional. He started to think that the Turtles were fellow Triceraton soldiers and revealed that his name was Zog. He became a big help for the Turtles especially during a mission to foil a plan by the Shredder and the Foot Clan to make robot Foot soldiers using stolen Utrom chips who Zog believed to be the Federation. Zog was able to stop their plans but at the cost of his own life which the Turtles honored. But shortly after the Battle of the Battle Nexus, the Triceraton Republic traced the Transmat's teleportation right to Earth on their home world. So the Prime Leader of the Triceratons, Zanramon ordered a full scale invasion on the planet to try and capture Honeycutt for the Teleportal plans. However, the Triceratons were completely unaware that Honeycutt wasn't on the Earth anymore.

### The Battle

The Triceratons use their tri-base ships from the home world to trap the Earth in an electric pyramid shaped cage then the Triceratons start attacking the Earth with their normal ships by destroying its military bases and lots of Triceraton soldiers march down the planet attacking places and capturing people. When the Turtles find out about it they try to fight off against the Triceratons and save the people they captured but soon learn that the Triceratons are only capturing a specific group of people. Zanaramon then projects himself on every screen around the world demanding that the Earth hand over Honeycutt or be destroyed which makes the Turtles realize that the people the Triceratons were capturing contained transonic particle energy signatures from the Utrom's Transmat which the Triceratons believe was from the Honeycutt's Teleportal. Suddenly, they get a call from April telling them that both she and Casey got captured by the Triceratons and are being escorted to Central Park with other people they have captured where the Triceratons trap them electric prison cells so the Turtles go to rescue them. The Triceratons start herding the captured humans onto their ships until the Turtles arrive and save them all, but in the process Donatello gets captured. The Triceratons then try to capture Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo but they fight them off and beat them. Then they go to rescue Donatello and let April and Casey protect the people from the remaining Triceratons using some Triceraton blasters. But then Zanramon has his soldiers cut out a piece of the Earth with the city of Beijing on it using one of the tri-bases and brings it up into space then threatens the Earth to bring them Honeycutt or he'll destroy the planet piece by piece. Meanwhile, the Turtles fight off some Triceratons and get one of them to fly a Triceraton ship to the Triceraton home world to find Donatello who has been brought to Zanramon in his throne room. Zanramon demands Donatello to tell him where Honeycutt is but Donatello tells Zanramon that Honeycutt is not on Earth anymore, but Zanramon doesn't believe him. The Turtles head for the home world but then are attacked by some Triceraton ships after the the Triceraton they captured sends out a distress call but the Turtles manage to beat them. Soon the Justice Force goes into space to fight off against the Triceratons but they all lose so the militaries of the world send out nuclear missiles to stop the Triceratons but they fail as well. However, the Turtles manage to make it to the home world and sneak aboard it by hiding their ship on a Triceraton freighter ship. They then sneak through the sewers of the home world but are then confronted by some Triceratons. However, these Triceratons are actually Traximus' Triceraton Rebellion group which also includes some warriors from the Battle Nexus Tournament, Monza Ram, and the Triceraton All-Star team who have all taken up residence in the sewers of the home world. Meanwhile, Zanramon and Commander Mozar try to probe Donatello's mind for the whereabouts of Honeycutt but he resists it with spiritual help from Master Splinter. So Zanaramon tries to get Donatello to talk by cutting out New York City with one of the tri-bases which could kill his brothers in the process, unaware that they are actually on the home world. The Turtles then go to free Donatello with help from Monza Ram and Ia by sneaking through the sewers. After making their way to the computer room and fighting off the Triceratons working there, they locate Donatello in the throne room then fight off more Triceraton guards. Just as New York City is about to lifted into space, Donatello convinces Zanaramon and Mozar to scan for Honeycutt's positronic energy signature since Earth isn't as advance as the Triceratons. Just then the Turtles are then captured and brought into the throne room but just as Zanramon is about to destroy them with a Triceraton blaster the Triceraton guard who brought them suggests that they place the Turtles in the private torture chamber which Zanramon agrees on. However, after they all leave the thorne room, the Triceraton guard reveals himself to be Monza Ram and that the whole thing was just a trick for the Turtles to rescue Donatello then they get to an escape ship. Back in the throne room, Zanramon and Mozar get a report from one of the soldiers telling them of the Turtles escape but the Turtles manage to escape by stealing Zanramon's personal cruiser again. Then the Turtles get back to Earth after evading some tri-bases then destroy the tri-base over New York which saves it from being pulled into space. Back on the home world, Mozar reports to Zanramon about the completed positronic energy signature scan which shows that the Fugitoid isn't on Earth. This infuriates Zanramon as he realizes the whole invasion was nothing but a waste of time and resources but then Mozar reports that he detected another transonic particle signature trail leading away from Earth to the Utrom home world, so Zanaramon orders the whole Triceraton fleet to leave Earth and head for the Utrom home world to get Honeycutt. But unaware to both the Turtles and the Triceratons, Honeycutt had now teleported back to Earth from the Utrom home world at the area where TCRI ounce stood using the Utroms' Transmat.

Honeycutt then calls the Turtles and tells them that he's now back on Earth, so the Turtles go to get him. When the Turtles arrive at Honeycutt's location, he tells them that he is here to give himself up to the Triceratons and has broadcasted a message to Zanramon. When Zanaramon gets the message he sends out his soldiers to go back to Earth and find him. Honeycutt also reveals to the Turtles that he wiped his memory clean of the Teleportal plans and has planned a surprise for the Triceratons. When the Triceratons arrive, the Turtles try to protect Honeycutt from them but he insists to be given up. After they hide out in the sewers, Donatello reveals to the other Turtles about how he told the Triceratons to track Honeycutt's positronic energy signature. Then when the Triceratons start searching the sewers so the Turtles decide to hide Honeycutt's positronic energy signature so the Triceratons can't find him by separating him and taking a piece of Honeycutt's robot body with them. With Donatello taking his head, Leonardo taking his arm, Michelangelo taking his other arm and body, and Raphael taking his legs. After the Turtles evade the Triceratons, Honeycutt is able to create an invertive sign wave to nullify his positronic energy signature and make him invisible to tracking. Donatello then takes Honeycutt's head to a satellite transmitter and uses it broadcast the signal which masks the Honeycutt's positronic energy signature. The Turtles later regroup and put the Honeycutt back together and try to think of an alternative plan, but then they are ambushed and captured by the Earth Protection Force. A military group of people dedicated to protecting the Earth from extraterrestrial threats led by a man named Agent Bishop. Meanwhile, Casey and April go to Master Splinter to find the Turtles but they aren't there, so April decides to find them by using their shell cell signals while they sneak through the city to avoid the Triceratons. The Turtles and Honeycutt are taken to a secret Earth Protection Force base where Bishop reveals himself to the Turtles. He also reveals that he has been watching them for a while now and that he made a deal with General Blanque and the Federation to help them capture Honeycutt and in return they would give him the Turtles to experiment on. General Blanque then orders his hidden fleet to attack the Tricerations and in response Zanramon orders his fleet to fight back against them while also berating Mozar for not giving him good results. Meanwhile, Splinter, April, and Casey manage to find where the Turtles are being held and go to save them. Meanwhile, Bishop prepares to experiment and dissect the Turtles so he can use their DNA to make an army of super soldiers while also revealing that he doesn't care if either the Federation or the Triceratons get destroyed, in the end they get to leave the Earth alone. He also reveals that he managed to find and capture their friend Leatherhead who the Turtles thought was dead from their first encounter with him. Just then Splinter, April, and Casey sneak into the base through the underwater tunnel and fight off all the Federation soldiers until they reach the lab where the Turtles are. They fight off Bishop, his men, and the Federation soldiers and rescue both the Turtles and Leatherhead but Bishop escapes with DNA samples he got from the Turtles then everyone else goes to rescue Honeycutt in the lab where General Blanque is. When General Blanque tries to hack into Honeycutt for the Teleportal plans he finds that they are gone because Honeycutt had deleted them. Then Honeycutt uses his access to the Federation mainframe to broadcast a message to the Federation, the Triceratons, and the people of Earth about his story and how the plans for the Teleportal are now gone. He then uploads a virus into the Federation computer systems to overload them which Blanque manages to power down but the Turtles and their allies arrive, fight off his men, and reactivate the power to the Federation systems to continue the virus. The virus soon reaches all the way to the Federation ships in their fleet, then it starts to spread to the Triceration fleet as well. During which Zanramon orders Mozar to attack the Federation fleet and cut off all contact with their own fleet before the virus completely hits the Triceraton home world. However, Mozar didn't want to dishonorably attack a defenseless opponent or leave his fellow Triceratons behind but Zanramon didn't care about any of it and forces Mozar to comply. After Mozar cuts off contact with their fleet, Traximus and his rebels arrive and order Zanramon to surrender so Zanaramon orders his soldiers to attack them. But Mozar, finally fed up with Zanramon and both his dishonorable actions and disrespect to his fellow Triceratons orders the soldiers to stand down. Afterwards, Zanramon is overthrown and taken prisoner by Traximus. Back on Earth, the Turtles defeat Blanque and his men but spreading the virus causes Honeycutt to deactivate.

### Aftermath

The Turtles and their allies all go to the Triceraton home world where Commander Mozar gives Traximus his blaster. Traximus declares that none shall sit upon the throne of the Triceratons and uses his blaster to destroy it as a sign to that. He declares that the Senate shall be reinstated and the Triceraton Republic shall begin a new era of peace with the Federation by letting them onto the home world and returning them home as their first gesture. He also has both Blanque and Zanramon imprisoned for their crimes while Honeycutt is given a hero's funeral as his robot body is sent into space. With that, the years long war between the Triceratons and the Federation had finally come to an end. However, Honeycutt actually survived back when Donatello connected his head to the satellite transmitter. Honeycutt was able to create a backup version of his mind which was downloaded into Donatello's PDA and with his help the Turtles were able to recover the piece of land that Beijing was on that the Triceratons sent up into space but it was placed backwards. Leatherhead then went to live with the Turtles for a while but because of the torture he experienced from Bishop he developed an uncontrollable rage. But the Turtles were able to help him and settle down in a new area that was close by their lair. But even though both the Triceratons and the Federation were gone from Earth, some of their weapons and technology were left behind during the invasion. This tech eventually wound up in the hands of criminals who would use it to commit dangerous crimes. There was even a lot of ships parts from the Triceraton ships left over across New York City which was being collected by the Shredder while he used his civilian identity, Oroku Saki to help fix the damages caused by the invasion using his own money thus causing him to be seen as a hero by the city. As for Bishop, he would use DNA samples from both the Turtles and eventually Splinter to create a new form of cybernetic clone warriors of himself called Slayers but was stopped by the Turtles, Leatherhead, and Honeycutt in a new robot body. He would also try to get all the alien tech Shredder had been collecting. Eventually, all these events would lead up to the Final Shredder Battle.

## Belligerents

### Turtles

* Leonardo
* Raphael
* Donatello
* Michelangelo
* Master Splinter
* April
* Casey
* Professor Honeycutt/The Fugitoid
* Leatherhead
* Triceration Rebellion
	+ Traximus
	+ Monza Ram
	+ Triceraton All-Star Team
	+ Ia
	+ Kluh
	+ Triceraton Rebels

### Triceraton Republic

* Zanramon
* Commander Mozar
* Triceraton Soldiers

### Other

* Justice Force
	+ Silver Sentry
	+ Metal Head
	+ Ananda
	+ Tsunami
	+ Chrysalis
	+ Domebots

* Earth Protection Force
	+ Agent Bishop
	+ Bishop's Men

* Federation
	+ General Blanque
	+ Federation Soldiers
	+ Federation Robots

## Videos

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Season 3 Episode 1 - Space Invaders, Part 1Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Season 3 Episode 2 - Space Invaders, Part 2Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Season 3 Episode 3 - Space Invaders, Part 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Season 3 Episode 4 - Worlds Collide, Part 1Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Season 3 Episode 5 - Worlds Collide, Part 2Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Season 3 Episode 6 - Worlds Collide, Part 3Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Season 3 Episode 15 - Mission of Gravity
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