Attack on TCRI

The **Attack on TCRI** (also known as the **Attack on the Techno Cosmic Research Institute**) was a big attack-like battle from *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. It deals with the Shredder and the Foot Clan attacking TCRI which is the secret hiding location of the Shredders enemies, the Utroms. The battle takes place in the three-part Season 2 special, "Secret Origins."

## History

### Background

It all started after the Turtles' last fight with the Shredder at the Foot Clan headquarters during the Attack on the Shredder which ended with Leonardo defeating him by cutting off his head. However after the fight, the Turtles rat master, Splinter had mysteriously disappeared while unknown to the Turtles, Shredder somehow survived his apparent decapitation. After searching for Splinter for some time, the Turtles discovered that he was taken by some mysterious warriors who had helped them fight against the Shredder called the Guardians. After talking to one of the Guardians about Splinter's whereabouts at the ruins of the Foot Clan headquarters which he denied, the Turtles secretly placed a tracer on his sword which led them to an office building called the Techno Cosmic Research Institute or for short TCRI which the Turtles recognized as the same initials that was on the canister of ooze that mutated them. The Turtles were able to sneak into the place with help from their human allies, April O'Neil and Casey Jones then after sneaking around the place the Turtles discovered that the place was made of organic-like technology and that people working at TCRI are actually brain-like squid aliens called Utroms in disguise. However, both the Utroms and the Guardians found out about the Turtles infiltrating TCRI and tried to capture them so the Turtles fought them off. Eventually, the Turtles found Splinter in stasis but during a scuffle with the Utroms they were accidently transported into space by the the Utroms' Transmat where they meet Professor Honeycutt and got involved with the Triceraton-Federation War. But were all soon teleported back to Earth by the Utroms along with Honeycutt and some Triceraton and Federations soldiers which the Utroms quickly sent back except for a Triceraton soldier named Zog who escaped into the sewers of New York City. Afterwards, Splinter explained to the Turtles that the Utroms were not their enemies and that the Guardians merely brought Splinter to TCRI so the Utroms could heal him up after he was injured from the Turtles last fight with the Shredder. Splinter then introduce the Turtles to the Utroms and their leader, Mortu and also explain how the ooze that originally mutated them came from the Utroms' Transmat. Later, Mortu took Splinter, the Turtles, and Honeycutt to show them the Utroms' origins.

### The Battle

However, because of the Utroms' use of the Transmat, it gave away their position to the public especially the military who surround the place to find out what was going one. Not only that, it also gave away their position to the Shredder who sent in Baxter Stockman as a cybernetic head on a robot spider body to secretly sabotage TCRI's security, destroy the Turtles and Splinter, and help the Foot Clan infiltrate TCRI so they can attack the place and destroy the Utroms. Meanwhile, Mortu places the Turtles and Splinter in an Oracle Pod Chamber to show them the Utroms' story of how they came to Earth. Where a thousand years ago, Mortu, his Utrom crew, and the Utrom leaders known as the Council of Three were trying to escort a captured Utrom criminal named Ch'rell back to their home world but Ch'rell escaped, sabotaged Mortu's ship, and caused the Utroms to crash land and become stranded on Earth in Feudal Japan. Due to the Earth's primitive culture, the Utroms couldn't build a ship to get back home so they used the remains of their crashed ship to build themselves robotic exoskeletons to blend in with the planet but Ch'rell also survived the crash and stole one of the exoskeletons from the Utroms. Later, the Utroms came under the threat of the Foot Clan and the Feudal era Shredder who wanted to destroy the Utroms. However, while the Turtles and Splinter where in the chamber, Stockman is able to sneak into TCRI, arrives at the Oracle Pod Chamber room, and sabotages it so that the Turtles and Splinter are actually part of the Utroms' memory without their weapons which puts them in danger of being hurt and killed within it by the Feudal Shredder and Foot Clan. While Mortu and Hoenycutt try to save the Turtles and Splinter, the military still tries to get into TCRI but the Utroms lock the place down so they can't get in then the Utroms plan to escape back to their home world using the Transmat. However, the Turtles are able to get help from the past Utroms and Guardians to escape the memory using a virtual reset device before the Feudal Shredder and Foot Clan could get them and before past Mortu could reveal to them about the Shredder's secret. But back in the real world, Stockman sabotages the Utroms' security and goes to let the Shredder and Foot Clan into TCRI through an underground tunnel while Mortu, the Council of Three, and the rest of the Utroms prepare to evacuate the area. After the Turtles and Splinter get out of the Oracle Pod Chamber and meet up with Mortu and Honeycutt, the Shredder, Hun, Stockman, and the Foot Clan arrive and attack them.

The Turtles and Splinter fight them off with help from Mortu, the Utroms, and the Guardians. During which, the Turtles and Spinter find out that the Shredder they are fighting is the same Shredder from Feudal Japan. Afterwards, Shredder sends Stockman to sabotage the Transmat so Mortu, Honeycutt, the Utroms, and the Guardians go to stop him while the Turtles and Splinter deal with Shredder and the rest of the Foot Clan. But they escape and head for the Transmat too, leaving the Turtles and Splinter to drown in organic puss until Donatello helps them all get out. Back outside, the military is able to get into TCRI and fights off some Utrom Security drones. As Mortu, the Utroms, and the Guardians fight off Shredder and the Foot Clan to protect the Transmat, Shredder plans on using to destroy the Utrom by sending them to the most dangerous places in space then use the Transmat to conquer the Utrom home world. But soon the Turtles and Splinter arrive and fight off Shredder and the Foot Clan while Shredder orders Stockman to prepare the Transmat. When the Turtles realize that Shredder is controlling Stockman through a voice command control chip, they have Honeycutt mimic Shredder's voice and free Stockman from Shredder's control which makes him attack Shredder and escape. This forces Hun and the Foot Clan to escape with an unconscious Shredder but not before Shredder places an techno-organic time bomb to implode TCRI in ten minutes. As the military gets through the Utrom security drones, the Utroms and the Guardians escape through the transmat while the Turtles have April and Casey get the military soldiers out of the TCRI. After most of the Utrom and Guardians evacuate, the Council of Three arrives to be evacuated as well and Mortu invites Honeycutt to come along with them to grant him asylum from both the Triceratons and the Federation which he accepts. Everyone then says their goodbyes and Mortu gives Splinter an orb containing Hamato Yoshi's memories which they got from his time as a Guardian. But before they could all leave, the Shredder and the Foot Clan come back and try to stop them but the Turtles and Splinter are able to hold off the Shredder alone while he sends Hun and the rest of the Foot Clan to track down Stockman. Then Donatello is able to use the Transmat to send Mortu, Honeycutt, the remaining Guardians, and the Council of Three back to the Utrom home world. The Turtles and Splinter then continue to fight off Shredder who plans to keep them all inside TCRI when it implodes. However, the Turtles are able to beat down the Shredder and damage his armor using their weapons and an electrical shock but soon discover that Shredder is actually the Utrom criminal, Ch'rell who had been seeking to destroy Mortu and the other Utroms as revenge for his imprisonment. The Turtles and Splinter fight him off and are able to escape TCRI through the Transmat but Ch'rell gets left behind as the bomb goes off and implodes the place.

### Aftermath

The Turtles and Splinter then reunite with April and Casey then they all go to heal up from the battle. However during the Utrom evacuation, a mutant Alligator named Leatherhead was left behind who was one of their best minds. Leatherhead then went to the sewers and set up a lab within the Turtles old lair but was manipulated by Stockman using an Utrom exoskeleton to building a robot to destroy the Turtles but the Turtles helped Leatherhead learn the truth about Stockman. But Stockman escapes and destroys the old lair but Leatherhead stays behind to help the Turtles which made the Turtles believe he was dead. However, he survived and was captured by an alien hunting government agent named Bishop who experimented on him. Shredder also survived the implosion of TCRI and was being nursed back to health by his adopted daughter, Karai. However, his absence caused a criminal gang war n the city which both Karai and the Turtles stopped. Then after he was fully recovered, the Shredder tried to make an army of Robot Foot soldiers using Utroms chips that the Foot Clan stole from TCRI before it imploded but the Turtles stopped him with help from the Triceraton solider, Zog which the Turtles made to believe that they were his fellow Triceraton soldiers and that Shredder and the Foot Clan were the Federation. But soon both the Triceratons and Federation traced the Utrom's Transmat to Earth and believed Honeycutt was still on the planet which lead to the Triceraton Invasion of 2003 where both Honeycutt and Leatherhead would be seen again and would later help the Turtles out against the Shredder in the Final Shredder Battle.

## Belligerents

### Turtles

* Leonardo
* Raphael
* Donatello
* Michelangelo
* Master Splinter
* Professor Honeycutt/The Fugitoid
* Mortu
* Council of Three
* Guardians
* Utroms

### Foot Clan

* Utrom Shredder/Ch'rell
* Hun
* Baxter Stockman
* Foot Elite
* Foot Ninjas

### Other

* April
* Casey
* Leatherhead
* Military General
* Military Soldiers
* People of New York

## Videos

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 25 - The Search for Splinter (Part 1) -FULL HD-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 26 - The Search for Splinter (Part 2) -FULL HD-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 6 - Secret Origins (Part 1) -FULL HD-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 7 - Secret Origins(Part 2) -FULL HD-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 8 - Secret Origins (Part 3) -FULL HD-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 12 - What a Croc -FULL HD-
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