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List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters
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The following is a list of characters in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
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List indicatorsThis table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles throughout the franchise.
- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the series or film, or that the character's presence in the series or film has not yet been announced.
- A Y indicates an appearance as a younger version of a pre-existing character.
- A C indicates a performance in costume.
- A S indicates a singing role.
- A D indicates an appearance in deleted scenes only.
- A M indicates a motion-capture role.
- A MU indicates a character is mute.
- A U indicates an uncredited role.
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In most versions, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are created when four baby turtles are exposed to radioactive ooze, transforming them into humanoids.[1]
Leonardo
Leonardo, nicknamed Leo, is the leader of the ninja turtles, as well as the most disciplined and skilled. Naturally stoic and mature beyond his years, his main priority is to help his brothers to be the best ninjas they can. Because of his leadership, he is often challenged with the constant rebelliousness of Raphael. An expert swordsman, he wields two katanas and wears an ocean blue mask.[2]
Donatello
Donatello, nicknamed Donnie, is the smartest and gentlest of the Turtles. An intellectual, he often attempts to reach his goals through science and technology rather than through violence and so frequently invents gadgets and vehicles. He is typically the passive turtle and Leonardo's second-in-command, always one step ahead of his brothers and coming up with solutions to complex problems when they cannot.[1] Studying the art of Bojutsu, he wears a purple mask and wields an oak bō.[2]
Raphael
Raphael, nicknamed Raph, is the most aggressive and temperamental of the turtles. Rebellious, cynical, and quick witted, he is often driven by his strong emotions and is more prone to temper loss than his brothers. He possesses a strong desire for independence, often going rogue whenever opportunity calls for it and displaying disapproval of authority. His quick temper tends to get the better of him, but he openly loves his family, and is fiercely loyal to his allies.[1] He wears a red mask and wields a pair of sai.[2]
Michelangelo
Michelangelo, nicknamed Mikey, is the least disciplined and most fun-loving turtle. He is usually portrayed as the most agile and naturally gifted, contrasting his free spirit and inability to take training seriously.[1] The most stereotypical teenager of the team, he is an avid fan of pop-culture and often speaks with a surfer dialect. He yearns to live life to the fullest, resulting in a tendency to fool around whenever possible. He wears an orange mask and fights using nunchucks.[2]
Splinter
Splinter is the mutant rat sensei and adoptive father of the Ninja Turtles. Generally depicted as wise and powerful, he raised the four turtles and trained them in the art of Ninjutsu. He is very cautious and protective of them, constantly warning them of the dangers on the surface. In stark contrast to his coarse gnarly appearance, Splinter always speaks in a quiet gentle dignified voice.
April O'Neil
April O'Neil is a confident, courageous, benevolent, intelligent, and outgoing human companion of the Ninja Turtles. She met the Turtles when they saved her from a squadron of MOUSERS chasing her down the sewers. She embarked on many of the Turtles' adventures and aids them by doing the work in public while the Turtles cannot.
Casey Jones
Casey Jones is a hockey-masked vigilante, armed with an assortment of sporting goods that he carries in a golf bag. He is a close ally of the Ninja Turtles, whom he met after having a martial-arts skirmish with the temperish Raphael regarding Casey's own inflamed behavior when battling the bad guys.
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Hamato Yoshi
Hamato Yoshi is a ninjutsu master whose history is always intertwined with Splinter's. In most versions, Splinter is either his pet rat or a mutated form of Yoshi himself.
Mighty Mutanimals
Dreadmon
Jagwar
Leatherhead
Leatherhead is a mutant American alligator and hot-headed ally of the Ninja Turtles.
Mondo Gecko
Ray Fillet
Wingnut and Screwloose
Slash
Slash is a humanoid turtle who is either an enemy or ally of the Ninja Turtles depending on the version.
In the Archie comics continuity, he is a turtle-like alien from a tropical planet in Dimension X. Slash's home world was destroyed by alien invaders, leaving him the only survivor. He was later found by Krang, who made a deal with him to find his way back to Earth, and in return, Slash came under the former's leadership and kept the Ninja Turtles busy while Krang sought to possess Shredder's body, but to no avail. Slash's rampage caught the attention of the Mighty Mutanimals, who captured him and brought him to their island. With Leatherhead's help, Slash was able to control his violent spree and informed that he would be allowed to stay in a grove of palm trees. Grateful, he went on to become a member of the Mutanimals, ultimately sacrificing himself to save the Turtles.
In the 1987 animated series, Slash (voiced by Pat Fraley) was Bebop's pet turtle, mutated by Rocksteady to carry out an assignment for Shredder. When Bebop accidentally drops the plastic palm tree in his tank down an air duct, Slash goes berserk and steals Shredder's shaolin, chasing them around the Technodrome before going to Earth on Bebop's part. There, he encounters a corrupt businessman who sends him to smash the Freedom Bell, which would tarnish the Turtles' reputation. The Turtles eventually stop them and sent Slash into space aboard a rocket, which unknowingly contained a plastic palm tree. Slash later returns to Earth, having had his intelligence enhanced by an extraterrestrial machine, but is foiled and returned to space.
In the IDW comics, Slash was introduced as Specimen 6, a snapping turtle experiment at StockGen mutated with Old Hob's DNA assigned to hunt down the Ninja Turtles and Splinter. However, his mind became unstable and gave him a savage nature, so Specimen 6 was contained in a special tank guarded by the Rock Soldiers. He was later freed due to April O'Neil's diversion to retrieve the Turtle Tracker for the Ninja Turtles. After punching one of the Rock Soldiers, he escaped from the lab. Though proven more powerful than the Turtles, Slash is accidentally impaled by Leonardo and left to fall into the sewers. He survives and is found by Old Hob, who tells him that they should work together to hunt down anyone with a connection to StockGen. Slash is shown the error of his ways when Michelangelo gives him a candy bar that he instantly fell in love with. He agrees to help the Turtles escape from one of Shredder's traps. Slash later injects himself with a syringe containing Splinter's compound-infused blood, declaring that he wanted to be a "hero" like Michelangelo. He gains increased intelligence and becomes the co-founder of Hob's new mutant army, the Mutanimals.
In the 2012 animated series, Slash (voiced by Corey Feldman) was introduced as Spike, a young box turtle who was flushed into the sewers from his original owner's home and saved from drowning by Raphael, who took him in as his pet. He used to listen to his owner's angry ranting about his troubles with his family and learned ninjutsu by watching Raphael practice it in his room. Although no one knew at the time, Spike even developed a hatred for the Ninja Turtles, thanks to hearing Raphael's angry chants all his life. One night, he is mutated after drinking from a canister of mutagen that spilled in Raphael's room. Obtaining a mace, Slash joins the other Turtles on patrol but revealed his true intentions by beating Donatello and Michelangelo. Slash later allies with the Newtralizer, only to see the error of his actions and side with the Turtles and Casey Jones to stop him. He later becomes the leader of the Mighty Mutanimals as they work with the Turtles to take back the city from the Krang.
Slash appears as a boss in the video games Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project, the Super NES version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.
Mutagen Man
Mutagen Man is a character in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise that suffers a bizarre encounter with mutagen that exposes his internal organs and resides in a special robotic suit.
In the 1987 animated series, Mutagen Man (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is Seymour Gutz, a nerdy mailman who became dismembered after falling into a special vat of mutagen.
In the IDW comics, Mutagen Man is a failed attempt at combining several different animal breeds into one mutant. When the Mutanimals found him strapped to a bed, they tried to free him. Although he is told that he is being saved, Mutagen Man has a different idea of the term by forcing Old Hob's gun to his dome and urging him to fire. Hob refuses and they all escape the facility together. Later, Mutagen Man was given the name "Seymour Guts" by Mondo Gecko.
In the 2012 animated series, Mutagen Man (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is introduced as Timothy, a young ineffective ice cream vendor who, after witnessing the Turtles' first battle with Baxter Stockman from his apartment window, dedicated himself into fighting crime as a wannabe superhero in a turtle costume called the Pulverizer. After being exposed to mutagen, he transforms into a humanoid blob composed of mutagen with floating organs and a disintegrating touch. He is kept in a special mutagen container by Donatello, who promises to help him find a way to turn back to normal.
Ninjara
Ninjara's real name is Umeko, but for reasons that were never fully revealed she goes by the name "Ninjara". While Splinter first thought she was an "atomic child", she is actually part of an ancient race of humanoid foxes living on a hidden island off the coast of Japan. She ended up becoming a thief and assassin for the villainous dog-man Chien Kahn, but had a change of heart when she met the Turtles, and fell in love with Raphael. She helped out on many missions, from the Far and the Middle East to Dimension X. Her family life was explored more in detail when her younger brother managed to track her down and convince her to come back home.
Fugitoid
Professor Zayton Honeycutt (also spelled Honeycut) is a semi-retired scientist from the planet D'Hoonib whose mind was transferred into his working robot as both were struck by lightning. As he refused to build a transmat device (a means of teleportation) for General Blanque of the Federation military in their war against the Triceraton Republic, he was categoritzed as a "Fugitoid" (short for "fugitive android"). The character was introduced in a series of strips in the Gobbledygook comics that was later finished in a one-off self-titled comic book and then guest starred in the original TMNT issues 5 to 7, later became a recurring character in the main TMNT comic.
In the IDW comics, Honeycutt is a Neutrino scientist who used to work for Krang. Honeycutt's wife Marra worried about the influence of evil that was oppressing the Neutrinos, including their family. She convinced him that they should join the Neutrino resistance, and so they did. Three months later, Krang's armies found and attacked the resistance compound. Honeycutt used SAL to breach the flames and override the safety protocols, becoming trapped in SAL's body. He saved the compound's residents, only for them to be killed by army forces soon afterward. Not long after, Honeycutt escaped to Earth through a portal he had created after being attacked by Grantior. Now in New York City on Earth, Honeycutt masqueraded as a human to hide from the Rock Soldiers and took a job with Baxter Stockman at StockGen under the alias Chet Allen.
The Fugitoid appears in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), voiced by Oliver Wyman. His origin is identical to the Mirage continuity. Both the Triceratons and the Federation pursue him seeking to obtain his Teleportal device to gain the upper hand in their ongoing conflict, but Honeycutt found surprising allies in the Turtles. Honeycutt is eventually captured by the Federation, but sacrifices himself to infect their fleet with a computer virus that shuts them down. Honeycutt later returns, having uploaded a copy of his mind into Earth's satellite network prior to his destruction. Leatherhead builds him a new body using Earth technology.
The Fugitoid appears in the 2012 animated series, voiced by David Tennant.[3] He first appears at the end of the third season aboard his vessel, the Ulixes, just in time to save the Turtles, April O'Neil, and Casey Jones from a black hole created by the Triceratons that destroys Earth. He turns back time six months, prior to Earth's destruction, and reveals that he was a scientist whose body was destroyed by the Triceratons after he rejected their offer to make weapons for them. His brain survived and was placed in the body of his robotic assistant, and he set out to stop the Triceratons from causing any more harm. It is later revealed that he created the black hole generator and sold it to the Krang without knowing their intentions. Despite the distrust this prompts in the Turtles, April, and Casey, Fugitoid manages to recover the generator and execute his plan: combining his power source and that of his ship to destroy the generator while wiping out the Triceraton fleet. A past version of the Fugitoid takes the temporal duplicates of April, Casey, and the Turtles on an adventure; meanwhile, in the wreckage of the Triceraton fleet, present-day Honeycutt's head is shown to be intact and partially functional.
Fugitoid appears as a playable character in the Wii version of the 2009 fighting game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up, voiced by Oliver Wyman.[4] He also appears as an NPC in the videogames Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus (2004) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (2005), as well as a cameo in the Dimension Shellshock DLC of the 2022 game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.[5]
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Tang Shen
Tang Shen appears in the Mirage comics as the lover of Splinter's owner Hamato Yoshi.
Then Shen appears in the IDW comics as Hamato Yoshi's wife.
In the 2003 animated series, Tang Shen debuted in flashbacks in the Season 4 episode "Tale of Master Yoshi", which was told by Leonardo to Splinter and the other Turtles. In this version, Tang Shen had been an orphan raised by the Ancient One, in Tokyo, Japan, who eventually took in the orphaned Hamato Yoshi and his friend Yukio Mashimi as his own sons. As the years passed, she fell in love with Hamato Yoshi, and took in a hungry, innocent rat as a pet. As her bond with Yoshi strengthened, an even greater rift occurred in Yoshi's longtime friendship with Mashimi. Blinded by jealously and hatred, Yukio had ruthlessly murdered Tang Shen in cold blood. Her premature demise is what prompted Yoshi to challenge his former best friend and adopted brother to a duel. It was Tang Shen's everlasting kindness, beauty and love that made him name the pet rat "Splinter". Her grave is located on a hill of flowers, where Yoshi was eventually laid to rest as well.
In the 2012 animated series, Tang Shen had been the loving wife of Hamato Yoshi (who eventually mutated into the mutant-rat Splinter), and had borne a daughter whom they named Miwa. Her decision in choosing Hamato Yoshi over his adopted brother, Oroku Saki, had caused intense hatred to fester between them. Further taken over by vengeance, jealously and rage, Oroku Saki had staged an attack on Yoshi, attempting to finish him once and for all. However, Tang Shen intervened to defend her husband; a fatal decision, as the final blow meant for Yoshi had struck her instead.
Mr. O'Neil
There have been different versions of April's father in the TMNT franchise.
In the Mirage Comics, he is named Robert O'Neil. Not much is known of O'Neil, only that he is an antique dealer who owned his own shop, "Second Time Around", and a proficient businessman. One day his daughter Robyn was born, but his wife could no longer bear any children. In his examination of a few things that he purchased, but had not yet sorted, he had found a strange crystal, O'Neil attached the crystal to a pencil and was miraculously able to bring his drawings to life. O'Neil decided to satisfy his wife's desire to have children, but all of his attempts to create babies broke into nothing, as he had drawn them with a pencil. Sometime later O'Neil tried again with an ink pen, the result did not disappear this time and grew into a young woman: April.
Nearly thirty years later, O'Neil died of a serious illness and bequeathed his entire estate to his daughters, he gave April his old antique shop. All his life he had the secret of her origin concealed from April, until she had to learn through a chain of dramatic circumstances that she was not a naturally-born creature, and only some time later with Renet's Help was she finally able to discover the truth. This realization gave April a severe emotional crisis, and she left her old life behind for a while to find a new meaning to her existence.
In the 2012 animated series, he is named Kirby O'Neil, voiced by Keith Silverstein. This version is a psychologist. He is mutated into a mutant bat in the second season and later cured in the third season.
In the IDW Comics, April's father is named John O'Neil. John experienced a stroke that left him wheelchair-bound and reliant on his wife Elizabeth. Their daughter April considered abandoning her studies to help look after him, but her parents argued against it. Up until his stroke, John was employed as chief assistant at StockGen, the genetics laboratory of Baxter Stockman, which is responsible for the transformation of Splinter and the Turtles into mutants. He also knew of the Ooze, the base material for Stockman's experiments. It was through his initiative that April was able to secure her internship, through which she later became acquainted with the Turtles, but he and his wife already had a hunch that something in this laboratory was not right.
Some time later, the Turtles were traced by agents of the Foot Clan to the O'Neil farm, while Elizabeth learned of the Turtles in a very dramatic way. After April and Splinter had declared her necessary, Elizabeth received from her daughter a vial of Ooze, which she used to heal her husband from the effects of his stroke. Then they returned to New York to be closer to their daughter, and reopened their antique shop.
In the 2014 film, April's father was referred to as Dr. O'Neil and was portrayed by Paul Fitzgerald. He was a scientist working at Sacks Groups Ltd as one of the creators of the TCRI mutagen. Splinter was the one who informed April that her father was killed by Eric Sacks and Shredder destroying their lab.
Mrs. O'Neil
There have been different versions of Mrs. O'Neil in the TMNT franchise.
In the Mirage Comics, she was named Bridget O'Neil.
In the 2012 animated series, Mrs. O'Neil (voiced by Renae Jacobs) was the loving wife of the psychologist Kirby O'Neil, and the late mother of sixteen-year-old April O'Neil. Many decades ago, when she was a child, her grandfather had discovered the Krang residing deep underneath the O'Neil's family farmhouse. After he unmistakably awakened the Krang, they performed experiments on him and his entire bloodline; including Mrs. O'Neil. In her adult years she had fall in love with and married an Irish scientist by the name of Kirby O'Neil. She was eventually captured and experimented on by the Krang while she was pregnant with April. As a result, her daughter was born a human/Krang hybrid mutant; possessing an array of psychic abilities. When April was six years old, her mother was captured by the Krang and "put into stasis". One decade later, the Krang create a clone of O'Neil who possesses her memories and is infused with Krang DNA. April is uncertain if her real mother is dead or still alive somewhere.
In the IDW Comics, April's mother was named Elizabeth O'Neil, who was a journalist (similar to April's status as a reporter from various TMNT media adaptations). Elizabeth was first introduced when April, the Turtles, Casey, and Splinter were forced to flee New York to their home in Northampton. While April and Casey worked on keeping the Turtles and Splinter a secret, Elizabeth showed having some knowledge of the mutagen due to her past career as a reporter. When the Foot Clan tracked them down and attacked Elizabeth along with her husband John found out about the existence of the Turtles and Splinter. After the group fled, Elizabeth used a part of the mutagen April left behind to help heal John from his stroke due to its healing properties. Afterwards, the two moved to New York and took up residence in the Second Time Around store, where they maintain a good relationship with their daughter and her other friends, where they also allowed Casey to stay with them due to issues he has with his father.
Justice Force
The Justice Force is a superhero team that was around during the Golden Age.
First appearing in the Mirage Comics issue "Dome Doom", the Turtles and Casey meet the older versions of the Justice Force in Northampton at the time when their former member Doctor Dome attacked them with his Domeoids. The fight ended when Battlin' Bernice's daughter named Ananda showed up to chastise Doctor Dome for ruining her mother's life. Stainless Steel Steve broke up the argument and offered Doctor Dome a redemption which he took. When Lilith swore vengeance on Shadow Jones for the death of Sloan, April and Casey asked Stainless Steel Steve and Metal Head to help Splinter watch over their stepdaughter.
In the 2003 TV series, the Justice Force first appears in the episode "Return of the Justice Force". The Turtles and Casey head to Northampton where they enter Steve's comic book store to look for a lost issue that would have helped Michelangelo know the fate of Battlin' Bernice. They meet the Justice Force when Doctor Dome started using his Domeoids to abduct them. It was soon discovered that Doctor Dome's secret daughter with Battlin' Bernice named Ananda was behind this where she wanted revenge on the Justice Force for letting her mother die. When Ananda was defeated, Doctor Dome reconciled with his daughter and also reconciled with Stainless Steve Steel. In later episodes, Ananda and Metal Head formed a second incarnation of the Justice Force that consisted of Silver Sentry, Chryalis, and Tsunami with Stainless Steel Steve in an advisor role and Zippy Lad training the new recruits. Their membership was later expanded with Nobody, Raptarr, and Nano in the episode "Membership Drive" while also gaining Michelangelo as the Turtle Titan. The Justice Force are among the allies of the Turtles who assist them in the fight against the Demon Shredder's forces. The episode "Super Power Struggle" revealed another former member called the Green Mantle who lost his powered cape in a battle and was found by Raphael during the fight with Dr. Malignus. When Dr. Malignus was defeated, the security guard at the convention turned out to be Green Mantle's true identity of Al Gordon who reclaims the special cape and rejoins the Justice Force.
Stainless Steel Steve
Stainless Steel Steve is the leader of the Justice Force who gets his name from the round metallic saucer on his head, which can smash through anything.
In Mirage Comics, Stainless Steel Steve and Doctor Dome competed for the love of Battlin' Bernice. In the present, Steve runs a comic book store with Metal Head as the stock boy when Doctor Dome began to target his old teammates. When Ananda came into view and broke up the fight, Steve offered Doctor Dome a chance at redemption.
Stainless Steel Steve appears in the 2003 animated series voiced by David Wills impersonating Adam West. During the Justice Force's fight with Doctor Dome, Michelangelo mentioned that Steve once saved Doctor Dome from the Living Volcano and Doctor Dome once cured Steve of the creeping alien rust. When Ananda was defeated and had reconciled with Doctor Dome, Steve thanked the Turtles and Casey Jones for their help and even made Michelangelo an honorary member of the Justice Force. In "Super Power Struggle", Steve appeared in an advisor role to the second incarnation of the Justice Force at the time when Raphael found the Green Mantle's powered cape. Following Dr. Malignus' defeat, Steve picked up Al Gordon from the hospital and reunited with the Justice Force while reclaiming his cape.
Metal Head
Metal Head is a synthetic and dwarfish member of the Justice Force who can harden his hair to be used for weapons and change the physiology of his form. When Stainless Steel Steve opened his comic book store, Metal Head worked as the stock boy.
Metal Head appears in the 2003 animated series, voiced by Wayne Grayson.
Joey Lastic
Joey Lastic is an elastic member of the Justice Force.
Joey Lastic appears in the 2003 animated series, voiced by Oliver Wyman. In his old age, he has been shown to have trouble retracting his limbs and neck.
Zippy Lad
Zippy Lad is a member of the Justice Force who possesses superhuman speed. In his old age, he can still move fast in his electronic wheelchair.
Zippy Lad appears in the 2003 animated series, voiced by Andrew Rannells in his first two appearances and by Sean Schemmel in his third appearance.
Doctor Dome
Doctor Dome is a dome-headed member of the Justice Force with genius-level intellect who can control his robots called Domeoids.
In Mirage Comics, he and Stainless Steel Steve competed for the love of Battlin' Bernice. When the Justice Force disbanded, Doctor Dome had a falling out with them. Years later, Doctor Dome started targeting the Justice Foce members to draw out Battlin' Bernice which also brought him into conflict with the Turtles and Casey Jones. When Battlin' Bernice's daughter Ananda shows up to break up the fight, she chasitizes him. Steve offered Doctor Dome a chance at redemption which he accepted.
Doctor Dome appears in the 2003 animated series, voiced by Stuart Zagnit.
Ananda
Ananda is the daughter of Battlin' Bernice who inherited her mother's superhuman strength.
In Mirage Comics, Ananda shows up to interrupt the fight between Doctor Dome, the Justice Force, the Turtles, and Casey Jones where she chasitizes Doctor Dome.
Ananda appears in the 2003 animated series, voiced by Amy Birnbaum in most appearances and by Veronica Taylor in "The Journal". This version is the daughter of Battlin' Bernice and Doctor Dome, inheriting the latter's powers. In later episodes, Ananda and Metal Head formed a second incarnation of the Justice Force.
Pantheon
Aka
Aka is the oldest sibling of the Pantheon in the IDW comics.
Gothano
Gothano is a member of the Pantheon and is more quite than his siblings and is the keeper of knowledge.
Toad Baron
Toad Baron is a member of the Pantheon who wants to make parties for both mortals and immortals to enjoy.
Al'Falqa
Al'Falqa is a mutant falcon from an unnamed city in Saudi Arabia who is exclusive to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comics. Al'Falqa encounters the Turtles when they were traveling in Saudi Arabia. They helped Al'Falqa protect the mysterious Black Stone, which was about to be stolen by Shredder and Verminator-X.
Punk Frogs
The Punk Frogs are a group of mutant frogs who are the counterparts of the Ninja Turtles.
In the 1987 series, the Punk Frogs are created by Shredder when mutagen landed in their swamp. Shredder convinced them that he was a good guy and to be his warriors, naming them after would-be conquerors and dictators. Shredder trained them to fight the Turtles, whom he had convinced the frogs into believing were evil. Each of the frogs were named after Shredder's own "heroes". After the Turtles saved them from being captured by Captain Hoffman, they realized that the Turtles were good guys and that Shredder was a bad guy and broke ties with him. Afterward, the frogs became friends with the Turtles, with Attila emerging as the group's leader.
In Ninja Turtles: Superman Legend the Punk Frogs (except Napoleon Bonafrog) make a cameo.
In the 2012 series, the Punk Frogs were created by mutagen poured into their pond near the O'Neil family farmhouse by Mrs. O'Neil's Krang clone. Besides Attila, Genghis, Napoleon, and Rasputin, there are a substantial number of Frog Soldiers working for them. Evidently remembering the actions of humans in destroying their swamps to make room for cities, they swore revenge upon them, and briefly considered the Turtles brothers in need of liberation until learning that they were friends with April and Casey. Afterwards, the Punk Frogs.
In the comic series published by IDW, the Punk Frogs are a faction in Mutant Town. Besides Atilla, Genghis, Napoleon, and Rasputin, there are other members of the group consisting of Bloody Mary, Bonnie, Clyde, and Zetian.
The Punk Frogs appear as cameos in the 2022 beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.
Attila the Frog
Atilla the Frog is a member of the Punk Frogs. He is named after Attila the Hun. He is armed with a spike ball and chain.
In Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend, Attila makes a cameo.
In the 2012 animated series, Attila the Frog (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is the leader of the group. Much of his behavior was inspired after actor Marlon Brando, and inspired by his characters in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now.
In the IDW comics, Attila is the tall leader of the Punk Frogs, wields a morningstar, and is very protective of the group.
Genghis Frog
Genghis Frog is a member of the Punk Frogs. He is named after Genghis Khan.
In the 1987 animated series, Genghis Frog (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a Punk Frog that is armed with an axe.
In Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend, Genghis makes a cameo.
In the 2012 animated series, Genghis Frog (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) served as the General of the Frog Soldiers.
In the IDW comics, Genghis Frog is a tall member of the Punk Frogs with a fierce personality and wields an axe.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Genghis Frog is voiced by Hannibal Buress. He is a member of Superfly's gang. Genghis Frog eventually joins the other gang members in switching to the Turtle's side and becoming part of their extended family.
Napoleon Bonafrog
Napoleon Bonafrog is a member of the Punk Frogs. He is named after Napoleon Bonaparte.
In the 1987 animated series, Napoleon Bonafrog (voiced by Pat Fraley in most appearances, Townsend Coleman in "Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps") is a Punk Frog who wields a whip. Though normally the Turtles ally, he was once transformed into a hulking slave of Krang and Shredder.
In the 2012 animated series, Napoleon Bonafrog (voiced by Jon Heder) is depicted as a clumsy frog disliked by his brethren, which leads to his befriending Michelangelo. Much of his behavior was a nod to Heder's character in Napoleon Dynamite.
In the IDW comics, Napoleon is a tall and well-built member of the Punk Frogs and wields a whip.
Rasputin the Mad Frog
Rasputin the Mad Frog is a member of the Punk Frogs. He is named after Grigori Rasputin.
In the 1987 animated series, Rasputin (voiced by Nicholas Omana) is a Punk Frog who wields a bow and arrow.
In Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend, Rasputin makes a brief cameo.
In the 2012 animated series, Rasputin (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is the adviser to Attila the Frog.
In the IDW comics, Rasputin is a bulky member of the Punk Frogs with a reasonable personality and wields a crossbow.
Renet Tilley
Renet Tilley is a rather reluctant, spoiled, and impulsive teenager whose parents, also denizens of the 79th Level, hoped that apprenticing her to Lord Simultaneous would help her develop some kind of common sense. Curious and impatient as she was, she did not care very much for studying. Renet first met the Turtles fooling around, when one day out of boredom she snatched her master's Time Scepter and was caught by him. She replied immediately and time-traveled off with Lord Simultaneous' Sceptre of the Sands of Time to Earth – more specifically to 1986 New York City. Renet and the Turtles became friends, but Simultaneous appeared and sent Renet into a panic. Fleeing Simultaneous further, she and the Turtles went to 1406 A.D., straight into a castle siege. The castle belonged to the dark mage Savanti Romero, a former, but exiled student of Simultaneous, and the besiegers were the soldiers of Cerebus, who was after some scrolls, that Romero had stolen. Romero also managed to grab the Time Scepter, and the Turtles and Renet had to contend with Cerebus' help to attack the castle and get the Sceptre back from Savanti Romero. The force was no match for Romero's magic. Before it came to the worst, Simultaneous appeared. Romero attacked Lord Simultaneous who took the Time Scepter again and cast Savanti into prehistoric times. He handed the scrolls to Cerebus, sent the Turtles back again to their time, and sent Renet to wipe dust in his huge library. Later, she assists the Turtles in defeating Savanti Romero in prehistory when Romero plans to alter the Earths orbit and prevent the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, meaning humanity, and mutant Turtles, will never exist. After defeating Romero, the group is stranded in prehistory for several months after the Scepter is lost in the ocean, but it is eventually recovered. Renet makes a third appearance saving the Turtles from Romero's demonic bride, Juliet Romero. This time she appears as a deity-like woman with full control over her time manipulating powers.
In the 2003 animated series, Renet (voiced by Liza Jacqueline) undergone some minor changes in her backstory, where she is shown to be quite a scatterbrained person who came to her friends with good intentions, but with little practical skill she caused some problems across space and time. This leads to her transporting herself and the Turtles back to the medieval age to which Savanti Romero was banished, which resulted in the loss of the Time Scepter to Ultimate Drako, the fused form of the Ultimate Ninja and Drako. It would later be recovered and entrusted to Renet again, leading to another encounter with Romero in the Cretaceous Period. She would later appear at April and Casey's wedding, watching from a distance.
In the IDW comics, Renet has her debut in a special story, where she "invites" the Turtles to the interdimensional Battle Nexus tournament. In this version she is Lord Simultaneous' pupil in magic, dimension travel, and apparently his successor in the Dimensional Council.
In the 2012 animated series, Renet (voiced by Ashley Johnson) is a young immature timestress from the future who, like Michelangelo, makes rash decisions that sometimes gets her and others into trouble. She is also becomes the object of Michelangelo's affections
Tattoo
Tattoo is a sumo wrestler whose tattoos can be used as weapons.
In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode "Planet of the Turtleloids", Tattoo (voiced by Rob Paulsen) was a hamster mutated by Shredder into human form. The Ninja Turtles encounter him vandalizing a pet shop. After a scuffle in which a confused angered Tattoo wraps himself up in electrical wire, he is electrocuted and reverted to his normal form.
In the Archie Comics he asked Splinter for a favor and requested that the TMNT rescue his chihuahua dog "Inky" from a group of Yakuza who wanted him to throw his next fight for gambling purposes. Tattoo states that he can't lose the match as it will ruin his career. The TMNT vow to help him get his pooch back without having to throw the match. While Tattoo is engaged in his Sumo match, the TMNT, Ninjara and the Warrior Dragon infiltrate the mob headquarters and rescue the feisty pup. Tattoo wins his match and the Turtles return Inky to his beloved master. The wrestler awards Leonardo a katana as thanks for saving his dog.
The Warrior Dragon
The Warrior Dragon debuted in the Fall 1990 issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine. He later returned in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comics series published by Archie Comics in 1991 as a New York City fireman named Chu Hsi. He was created by Mirage Studios artist Ryan Brown.
In 1992 Playmates Toys released an action figure of the Warrior Dragon named Hothead and cast in red plastic. Using the Hothead name, the character appeared in the NES version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Angel
Angel is supporting character in the 2003 animated series and later appearing in the IDW comics under the name Angel Bridge in the latter. Additionally in the IDW Comics, Angel served as the vigilante Nobody, using an exo-suit created by the Turtle's ally Harold Lillja. In the Mirage Comics volume 3 by Image comics there is a female ninja named Angel who is one of Pimiko's minions.
Utroms
Utroms are a race of brain-like aliens in the franchise. They first appeared in the Mirage comics and later in the IDW comics. They also appear in the 2003 television series as allies for the Turtles to stop a rogue Utrom named Ch'rell, the modern Shredder led by one named Mortu (voiced by Dan Green)[clarification needed]. Appointed by the Utrom Council, Mortu was the captain of an Utrom ship that crashed on Earth a thousand years ago in Japan. After the crash, he remained the field-leader of the marooned Utroms, and worked as their liaison to the Humans. In the modern day, this makes him CEO of the front company TCRI. His name is "Utrom" backwards.
In the 2012 series, the Utroms hail from Dimension X and the notable members are Bishop, Pawn, Rook and Queen.
In the series Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one rogue member was revealed to be the creator of the armor worn by Shredder, which many believed to be an Oni.
Alopex
Alopex is a mutant arctic fox who debuted in the IDW comics. Originally a normal arctic fox in Alaska, she was captured by scientists and taken away from her family to be experimented on with mutagen, granting her human-like intelligence and altering her body. She was rescued from the laboratory by Shredder and recruited into the Foot Clan, whom she loyally served for years. In her first appearance in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series, she attempts to trick Raphael into bringing her to their lair, but he manages to catch onto her scheme.[6]
Shredder later tested her commitment to the Foot by burning down the forest she grew up in. While she continued serving him, she vowed to kill him one day. She ultimately defects to the Turtles' side when they fought Shredder to reclaim a brainwashed Leonardo from him. While their relationship with her is tense at first after she follows them to April's parents' farm, she ultimately gains their trust thanks to Leonardo vouching for her and bonds with Raphael. After Splinter kills Shredder and takes over the Foot Clan, she helps train the new recruits and forms a close friendship with Angel aka Nobody.
However, she is brainwashed by Kitsune into an assassination attempt on Splinter. Though it is successfully prevented, she runs back to Alaska to fight of Kitsune's influence, and with help from Raphael and Angel, she's able to rid herself of it completely. She returns home and begins dating Raphael while helping the Turtles monitor Mutant Town as part of the Splinter Clan (even getting her own green mask in the process), but she later separates from them when they decide to work together with Shredder to prepare for the Rat King's Armageddon Game[7] and adopts Old Hob's mutated weasels to form the Claw Clan.
Alopex appears in the 2012 series voiced by Minae Noji. This version is a mutant red fox who possesses superhuman speed and the sister of recurring series villain Tiger Claw. When she and her brother were children in Japan, they wandered into a portal on a playground and ended up getting captured by the Kraang, who mutated and experimented on them for months. When they eventually escaped, they ran away from home knowing the rest of their village would see them as monsters, joining a circus and later becoming top-level assassins. Alopex developed a vendetta against her brother for forcing her into a life of crime and murdering their parents and rebelled against him, cutting off his tail in the process. In "Tale of Tiger Claw", she comes to New York to finish her brother off and steals the Cursed Blades of Vengeance to do so, accidentally cursing Casey Jones in the process. With the help of the Turtles, she is able to defeat her brother, but refrains from killing him after listening to Leonardo's warnings of how vengeance could impact her life. When Tiger Claw attempts to shoot her as she begins to walk away, she cuts off his arm in retaliation before disappearing.
Old Hob
Old Hob, or just Hob, is a male mutant alley cat in the IDW comics. He was mutated right after the Turtles and Splinter, still animals at that time, had been stolen by Foot ninjas from the StockGen laboratories. He tried to abduct Raphael as his dinner, only to have his right eye clawed out by Splinter.[8] Transformed by mutagen residue sticking to the Turtles and Splinter, he at first worked as Stockman's henchman until the latter betrayed him. Embittered by his experiences with humans, he became a terrorist for mutantkind and formed his own version of the Mutanimals, later going so far as to transform a large portion of New Yorkers into mutants using a mutagen bomb.[9] At first antagonistic towards the Turtles, he gradually develops a mutual understanding with them and lends them his assistance when asked.
In the Saturday Morning Adventures spinoff series, Hob also appears as the leader of The Pantheon.
Lita
Lita is a pre-adolescent female mutant albino turtle featured in the IDW comics. Originally a human albino child, she fell victim to Hob's mutagen bomb with which he turned a huge number of New York citizens into mutants, and was subsequently abandoned by her parents. She lived on the streets in the newly formed ghetto of Mutant Town until she was taken in by the Turtles.[10] She and her new family also encounter a future version of herself, named Big Lita, an apprentice to Time Mistress Renet.[11] In the course of events in which Donatello tries to avert the menace posed by the time-travelling devourer Armaggon, she is turned back into her human form by Bob, Leonardo's student-turned-villain from the future.[12]
Metalhead
Metalhead is a robotic Turtle that usually has some link with Donatello, either having been designed by him, or reprogrammed by him.
Klunk
Klunk is a stray ally cat Michaelango adopted. He has appeared in the Mirage comics, the 2003 animated series, and the IDW comics.
Cudley the Transdimensional Cowlick
Cudly the Transdimensional Cowlick is a giant cowhead with the ability to teleport and is an ally of the turtles. Cudly appeared in the Archies comics and later the IDW comics.
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Foot Clan
The Foot Clan is an evil ninja organization that is usually run by Shredder.
Shredder
Shredder is the leader of the Foot Clan and arch-enemy of the Ninja Turtles.
Karai
Karai is a high-ranking member of the Foot Clan employed as Shredder's second-in-command and both an ally and enemy of the Ninja Turtles.
Bebop and Rocksteady
Bebop and Rocksteady are a mutant warthog and rhinoceros employed by Shredder and enemies of the Ninja Turtles.
Tatsu
Tatsu is a Foot Clan Warrior and Shredder's second-in-command in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, and the 2012 animated series.
In the films, Tatsu (portrayed by Toshishiro Obata and voiced by Michael McConnohie) is a skilled martial artist who oversees the training of Shredder's army. He rarely speaks except to Shredder or to give orders to the Foot Ninja or those training to join the ranks. He leads the attack on April O'Neil's home in the first film, and later fights with Casey Jones at the Foot lair. Though initially overpowering the vigilante, he is defeated after Casey finds a golf club among the various stolen items stockpiled by the Foot and uses it to subdue Tatsu. In the second film, he is shown to have escaped police custody and attempts to take leadership of the Foot until Shredder is revealed to be still alive. He leads the Foot Ninja who steal the mutagen from TGRI and helps oversee the rebuilding of the Foot army. However, he is easily defeated near the end of the film by the Turtles all slamming their back shells into him.
In the 2012 animated series, Hattori Tatsu (voiced by Michael Hagiwara) is a blind swordsman, but still Shredder's loyal underling. Here, he was in charge of the Foot Clan in Japan whenever Shredder was absent, and also mentored Karai. After the death of the Super Shredder, Tatsu came to New York to seize control of the remainder of the Foot Clan from Tiger Claw only to face the Turtles and Karai and be opposed by Tiger Claw. His soul is drained from him by Kavaxas.
Tatsu appears as a boss in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist.
Tokka and Rahzar
Tokka and Rahzar are a mutant alligator snapping turtle and gray wolf employed by Shredder and enemies of the Ninja Turtles.
Tokka and Rahzar first appear in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze with Tokka face-performed by Rick Lyon, in-suit performed by Kurt Bryant, and voiced by Frank Welker while Rahzar is face-performed by Gord Robertson, in-suit performed by Mark Ginther, and also voiced by Frank Welker. As a snapping turtle and gray wolf abducted from the Bronx Zoo by the Foot Clan, Tokka and Rahzar were mutated into humanoid forms by kidnapped TCRI professor Jordan Perry under Shredder's orders, but during the process, Perry secretly altered the mutagen with the DNA of human infants. This eventually gave the duo childish personalities, thus humiliating Shredder by thinking the word "master" meant "mama". However, Perry had sympathy for them and showed Shredder their full obedience, thus convincing to keep them around. The duo even proved to be more than a match for the Ninja Turtles. After failing to stop them from rescuing Perry, Shredder had them cause destruction to an old neighborhood. The next day, Shredder had the Foot encounter April and have her deliver the Turtles a message telling them to meet the Foot Clan at a construction site near the docks or else Tokka and Rahzar will be sent out again. This time, they will be sent into Central Park. The Turtles note that Tokka and Rahzar won't avoid any people there. Perry had prepared a retro-mutagen for the Turtles to use, which retro-mutated both Tokka and Rahzar after a brief battle during a Vanilla Ice concert. The fate that followed the duo's retro-mutation remained unknown, but it's most likely that they could've been carted back to the zoo.
In the 1987 animated series, Tokka (voiced by Rob Paulsen) and Rahzar (voiced by Townsend Coleman) were out-of-control alligator snapping turtle and gray wolf zoo exhibits mutated into their current mutant forms when Shredder infected their habitats. Following their first encounter with the Ninja Turtles at the Crystal Palace Mall, Tokka was captured by a mutant hunter and taken to Dirk Savage, leaving Rahzar to report back to Shredder. Rahzar made a big deal with Tokka's capture and went to fight Dirk alone, yet it was unclear of whether or not the duo was reunited following the rescue mission.
In the series finale of the 2003 animated series titled "Turtles Forever", two Cyber Foot members are mutated into the 2003 incarnations of the characters and play a brief role as members of the Mutant Foot Soldiers.
In the 2012 animated series, Tokka (vocal effects provided by different sound effects) and Rahzar (voiced by Clancy Brown) are given drastically different origins. As a result, they were never seen together in this series.
- Rahzar is introduced first as Chris Bradford, a celebrity martial arts star who is a prized pupil of Shredder, owning chain of dojos across the country with their ninjutsu classes used for the purpose of recruiting Foot Ninjas. When Shredder learned of Splinter's presence in New York, he sent by Bradford to find and kill both him and the Ninja Turtles, first tricking Michelangelo into a faux friendship on a social media website. Bradford revealed his deception when he had Michelangelo captured, sparking a bitter hatred from him. However, after he failed to trick the Turtles into leading him and the Foot to Splinter and numerous repeated failures, Shredder became enraged at his incompetence. During a fight with the Turtles, Bradford and Xever were doused with mutagen, and as a result of being earlier bitten in the knuckles by Shredder's pet akita, Hatchiko, Bradford mutated into an anthropomorphic akita dubbed Dogpound. Bradford is later mutated into a near-skeletal werewolf-like form after falling into a mutagen vat. Being given the new name Rahzar by Michelangelo, he continues to serve Shredder until his death at the hands of Leatherhead towards the end of the fourth season. Rahzar was resurrected by the demon Kavaxas in the fifth season, only to be revealed to be serving as Kavaxas's puppet. Rahzar falls into the Netherworld during Kavaxas's attack on the mortal realm.
- Tokka, on the other hand, is introduced as Tokka Picasso, a monstrous female turtle-like alien assigned by the Utroms to guard the final piece of the black hole generator. In her first appearance, she attempts to recover the black hole generator piece from when Lord Dregg was able to steal it. However, the piece was seemingly destroyed by the explosion of a dwarf star triggered by the Triceratons, though Tokka's son Chompy survived and remained with the Turtles. Tokka is revealed to have survived the ordeal and ventures to Earth to retrieve her son, but allows him to stay with Raphael after realizing he is in good hands with him. Tokka departed Earth, though Raphael conceded that Chompy would eventually have to return to his mother.
In the comic series published by IDW, Tokka and Rahzar appear as two of Old Hob's mutant creations. He was to sell them as "recruits" to Karai and the Foot Clan.[13]
Chrome Dome
Chrome Dome is a robotic member of the Foot Clan.
Chrome Dome first appeared in the 1987 animated series voiced by Peter Renaday. He first appears in the episode "Planet of the Turtleoids", in which he is built by Shredder to supervise the Foot Soldiers in the construction of the Technodrome Mark-II. He is destroyed by the Turtles by disabling a main chip on his back. He returns in the episode "Night of the Rogues", only to be destroyed by Casey Jones.
A series of Chrome Dome robots appear in the 2012 series, voiced by Nolan North. They are modeled after Chris Bradford's dark ninja outfit.
Foot Elites
The Foot Elites are the elite squads of Shredder in the Mirage and IDW comics. The Foot Elite also appears in the 2003 animated series.
Foot Mystics
The Foot Mystics are Foot Ninjas that mastered the art of magic. They first appeared in the 2003 animated series and later in the Mirage series. In the 2012 animated series, Karai's friend Shinigami is a Foot Mystic.
Koya
Koya is a mutant brown falcon who only appears in the IDW comics.
In the IDW comics, Koya was Shredder's pet and used for reconnaissance. Following the "City Fall" storyline in the IDW Comics, Koya mutated into a humanoid form. At first a fierce antagonist of the Turtles, she develops respect for them when, during a mission in New York, she and her team led by Karai are forced to crash-land in Mutant Town and are nursed back to health by the Turtles.
Bludgeon
Bludgeon is a mutant hammerhead shark who appeared in the IDW comic "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" issue 37. He was created by Shredder and used alongside Koya as his personal mutant strike team. After Bludgeon is permanently blinded by Donatello/Metalhead during the Vengeance storyline, he finds enlightenment and turns from assassin to self taught mystic, even to the point of training Venus.
Shredder Clones
The Shredder Clones are clones of Shredder. They consist of:
- Claw Shredder – A clone of Shredder with crustacean-like claws.
- Mini-Shredder – A small clone with a wrist blade on each arm.
- Shiva Shredder – A large brute with four arms.
The Shredder Clones first appeared in the Mirage Comics. Shredder claims that they were created through a combination of ancient magic, modern science, and a Paramecia Coloniex (a species of colony worms created by the Foot Clan) where they turned the remains of someone into a replica of said person while claiming that the Paramecia Coloniex fed on Oroku Saki's charred remains
The Shredder Clones appear in the 2003 animated series. They were referred to as Mutant Shredder Clones and kept in liquid vats within the Foot Clan's headquarters.
The Shredder Clones appear in the 2012 series, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. They were referred to as Shredder Mutants and were created by Baxter Stockman through a combination of Shredder's DNA and different crustaceans. They are first seen in "Return to New York", where they guard Stockman's laboratory. In "Attack of the Mega Shredder", Rocksteady and Bebop dump the Shredder Mutants into a mutagen vat, fusing them into a gigantic super-mutant dubbed Mega-Shredder. The Turtles cut off Mega-Shredder's tongue, killing it.
Krang
Krang is an alien warlord that comes from Dimension X in several incarnations of the series. The 1987 animated series featured him as disembodied brain, others as a rogue Utrom, such as the TMNT comic strips and the IDW comics.
In the 2012 series, Krang is referred to as Kraang Prime, and is the leader of a rogue hive mind faction of Utroms known as "the Kraang".
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, a woman named Cynthia Utrom is in charge of TCRI. Her surname and connection with Shredder (which is implied in the post credits scene) suggest that she may be revealed to be Krang in the future sequel.
Rock Soldiers
The Rock Soldiers (sometimes called Stone Warriors) are sentient humanoids that are made from rocks.
In the 1987 series, the Rock Soldiers work for Krang and come from Dimension X. It was revealed in "Michelangelo's Birthday" that they were made when mutagen fell on some rocks. The Soldiers are voiced by Rob Paulsen and Peter Renaday.
The Archie Comics version of the Rock Soldiers are the same. It also features the exclusive Rock Soldier Morg.
In the IDW comics, the Rock Soldiers were created by General Krang.
In the 2012 series, the Rock Soldiers work for the Kraang.
General Traag
General Traag is the leader of Krang's loyal Rock Soldiers from Dimension X.
In the 1987 series, Traag (voiced by Peter Renaday) came following the Neutrinos through the dimensional portal. After a small skirmish with the turtles, the Neutrinos teamed up with them and Michelangelo and Donatello sent both Traag and Granitor back through the portal and to their own dimension. Traag would make further appearances in the series until the eight season finale "Turtle Trek".
He appeared in Archie Comics, the arcade game, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers.
In the IDW comics, he is called "Captain Tragg" and helped Krang in trying to conquer the home planet of the Neutrinos and completely escaped after the battle in which the END rocket from Professor Honeycutt put all of the weapons of Krang's forces out of action.
In the 2012 series, Traag is a lava-spewing rock monster with regenerating abilities, who is in service to the Kraang. He first appeared in "TCRI," where he was brought by the Kraang through a portal that connected TCRI to Dimension X.
Sergeant Granitor
Sergeant Granitor is General Traag's right-hand man and one of Krang's loyal Rock Soldiers from Dimension X.
In the 1987 series, Granitor (voiced by Pat Fraley) came to Earth following the Neutrinos through the dimensional portal, originally appearing inside the Technodrome. After a skirmish with the turtles, where the turtles destroyed the rock warrior's weather-making machine, the Neutrinos teamed up with them and Michelangelo and Donatello sent both Granitor and General Tragg back through the portal and to Dimension X.
He appeared in the arcade game as the 4th scene's (7th stage) boss, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers.
In the IDW comics, he is called "Sergeant Granitor" and commanded an assault on a Neutrino resistance bunker, to capture the Fugitoid and bring him back to Krang. Due to Granitor's command, the Neutrino bunker was destroyed and many innocent Neutrinos killed along with Fugitoid's family. Later on he and several other Rock Soldiers was searching the demolished base for Fugitoid. Granitor realized that the Fugitoid was Honeycutt and chased him through a portal to Earth. However, the Fugitoid disguises himself as a human and escapes from Granitor.
In the 2012 series, Granitor is a blue fire-spewing rock monster with regenerating abilities, who resembles Traag (but is pale-pink in color) and is in service to the Kraang.
Baxter Stockman
Baxter Stockman is a mad scientist and human enemy of the Ninja Turtles, becoming employed by Shredder in most incarnations.
In the Mirage era, after creating the MOUSERS, with April O'Neil as his computer programmer, Stockman used them to commit strange bank robberies by allowing them to dig small tunnels leading into the vaults. April found out and tried to escape through the MOUSER factory elevator, but Stockman sent the elevator (with her still in it) down to the sewer level, where a squadron of MOUSERS were waiting to capture her. The Ninja Turtles saved her and successfully infiltrated the factory, stopping Stockman and leaving him in police custody. However, he escaped some time later and began using technology from DARPA to build a robot body for him to install his own brain into, making him a cyborg. Stockman tried getting revenge on the Turtles, but his new body was electrocuted and seemingly destroyed.
In the 1987 animated series, Stockman (voiced by Pat Fraley) is a misguided Caucasian inventor who tried building his MOUSERS for the Ajax Pest Control company, but was told that it would only run them out of business and was kicked out of the building. Watching the whole scene through security cameras, Shredder approached him, offering an even better job, which Stockman accepted. Shredder had Stockman create a master control device for the MOUSERS so that the Foot Clan could use them to destroy the Ninja Turtles. However, the Turtles destroyed these MOUSERS and found Stockman's name on one of them, thus leading them to confront him and escape in his van. Though he was defeated and committed to an asylum, Stockman was later freed by Shredder when Krang withdrew Bebop and Rocksteady to Dimension X. Following a series of defeats, Krang attempts to kill Stockman by tossing him into a mutagen-powered disintegration chamber. Instead, Stockman survives and mutates into an anthropomorphic housefly due to letting a housefly land on his clothes and get tossed into the unit with him.
In the 2003 animated series, Stockman runs a wealthy corporation on behalf of Shredder, but when he begins failing his master due to the intervention of the Turtles, Stockman begins suffering brutal mutilation and torture at the hands of Hun as punishment. At the end of season 1, Stockman makes a play to kill Shredder and the Turtles, but is defeated when his enemies team up. Stockman is forced to rejoin Shredder only to turn on him again early into Season 2. Stockman joins the New York mafia during the power vacuum after Shredder's apparent death, but is conscripted once again and is tortured so severely that he is reduced to a brain and an eye contained in a jar. In Season 4, Stockman attempts to create a clone body for himself, but the body deteriorates and he subsequently dies after an encounter with the Turtles. However, Bishop resurrects him, much to his dismay. Stockman remains with Bishop until decades after the end of Season 7, in which he is presumably killed in a lab accident. Stockman survives until the year 2105 when he tries to take revenge on Bishop, who is now the president of Earth. However, he is convinced by the reformed Bishop as well as the Turtles, who had been transported into the future, to stand down and make peace. Bishop promises to help Stockman finally regain a human body.
In the IDW comics, Stockman is the head of the StockGen company that created the Turtles and Splinter, who was tasked by Krang to experiment on mutagen. He would later become the Mayor of New York City.
In the 2012 animated series, Stockman (voiced by Phil LaMarr) was a child prodigy who was constantly bullied growing up. After several encounters with the Turtles, Stockman finds himself forcibly conscripted into the Foot Clan. Despite managing to flee on his own for a time, he is brought back in by Dogpound and threatened with being mutated should he step out of line. Shredder later goes through with mutating him into a fly after deeming his work unsatisfactory, and the mutation destroys much of Stockman's sanity. Stockman has no choice but to swear loyalty to the Foot Clan. Stockman begins receiving more civil treatment from Shredder as he begins serving full-time as his chief scientist, engineer, and medical officer. In the fourth season, Michelangelo returns Stockman to his human form using retro-mutagen on him. Stockman is furious, insisting he was stronger as a mutant.
In the 2014 film, Baxter Stockman (portrayed by K. Todd Freeman) appears briefly in a scene as one of Eric Sacks' scientists at TCRI. The role was later recast to Tyler Perry in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.[14] Although a prominent industrialist and a genius who graduated MIT at 15, he is soon revealed to be working with the Foot Clan, using salvaged alien technology to rescue Shredder from jail by teleporting him away during a prison transport. Upon Shredder testing the purple mutagen on Bebop and Rocksteady, he notes that it taps into dormant animal DNA in their system from a point before life on Earth began to evolve in different routes causing them to mutate into a humanoid common warthog and black rhinoceros. When Shredder learns that the component Stockman has is one of three parts to a teleporter that would allow the alien warlord Krang to dispatch his ultimate war machine to Earth, he arranges for Stockman to assemble the other pieces. Once the portal device is complete, Shredder dismisses Stockman's efforts and has him taken away to the Foot Clan's facility in Tokyo.
In the 2018 series Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he is depicted as a young boy named Baxter Stockboy who works at his family's grocery store. He attempts to gain popularity online through the use of his inventions.
Baxter Stockman appears in Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voiced by Keith Ferguson. Baxter is shown to be a mutant housefly. While he works for the Foot, he often expresses uncertainty about whether he is an employee or a hostage, considering that he has never been paid for his efforts.
Stockman appears in the 2023 animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, voiced by Giancarlo Esposito.[15] He is a former TCRI scientist who created the mutagen and housed a select few animals, including a housefly. Baxter is killed during a raid, but his mutations escape thanks to the fly, who acts as a separate character named Superfly (voiced by Ice Cube), who plans to construct a superweapon so that he can build a mutant army and enslave humanity for treating him and his family as outcast. He would later mutate into "SuperDuperFly" after being exposed to mutagen that merges him with a giant whale and other animals from the Brooklyn Zoo, where he uses his new form to destroy New York, eventually the Turtles and his turned family, along with humans, manage to defeat Superfly by using anti-mutagen and reduces him to a normal fly, where he is taken custody by Cynthia Utrom.
In the original TMNT arcade game, the Turtles face the human version of Stockman on the third level (The Sewer). He flies around the screen in a flying contraption throwing Mousers to attack the Turtles. When the game was released on the NES, the rematch with Rocksteady and Bebop on the parking garage level was replaced with a second battle with Baxter Stockman in his mutated fly form.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan for the Game Boy, Stockman's fly form is fought on the third level (The Highway). He swoops back and forth across the screen and shoots fireballs.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers for Game Boy, Stockman is the mid-boss in Stage 5.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Manhattan Missions, human Stockman can be seen in his lab while you fight Usub Gerstalk.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Stockman once again returns in fly form on the first level (the construction site). He first appears on screen and says, "Terminate the turtles!" He attacks from the air and walks around and shoots at the player character with an Uzi. First he attacks with his Uzi, but after being damaged enough to lose the Uzi, he pulls out a weapon which fires 'solid energy' fists and feet to strike at the turtles, snickering whenever he lands a hit with it.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Stockman appears in human form as the fourth boss. He flies around in a machine while dropping Mousers on the player (much like the first arcade game).
The fly version of Stockman appears in the background of "Scrapyard" stage in the SNES version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters.
In addition to cutscenes, he was a boss in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which was based on the 2003 animated series.
He appeared as a boss in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus for the Game Boy Advance as the penultimate boss bout.
He appeared as a boss in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Arcade Attack.
Although not a boss, Stockman is the prime antagonist for the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film video game adaptation for the Nintendo 3DS.
In the 2022 beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Baxter Stockman is a mutated fly-human-hybrid mad scientist who assembles and activates Krang to fight against the turtles. He is given the parts of the Krang body by Bebop and Rocksteady and Tempestra, then gains the final piece when the destruction of Metalhead activated its appearance. He is chased down by the Turtles, April, Splinter, and Casey Jones, who fight him and knock him unconscious, though he activates Krang before he can be defeated.
Lord Dregg
Lord Dregg is an alien warlord from Dimension X who replaced Shredder as the main antagonist in the last two seasons of the 1987 series, voiced by Tony Jay. In his first appearances, he attempted to take over the world, but his plans were constantly foiled by the Turtles. Eventually, he started a smear campaign against them, which turned the citizens of New York against them and in favor of him. This all came to an end in the episode "Doomquest". He is unable to fight the titular villain, and when the Turtles do so, he flees in fear, and the populace finally discover that the Turtles were heroes and Dregg was the villain (after April showed them a tape of his true motives). His last attempt involved using a robotic suit to absorb the powers of several other aliens, and kill the Turtles. His plan failed after Donatello and Michelangelo used Krang's android body to shrink him down and banish him to Dimension X.
A new version of Dregg named Vrinigath appeared in the fourth season of the 2012 series, voiced by Peter Stormare. This version is an insectoid crime lord originating from the Planet Sectoid 1.
Purple Dragons
The Purple Dragons are a street gang that is documented to have connections with the Foot Clan in few incarnations and have clashed with the Ninja Turtles in several series.
They first appeared in the Mirage comics as the toughest gang from the Lower East Side in New York City. They often are led by Hun and have a connection to the Foot Clan, though not always. The leader of the "Black Dragons", apparently cut a deal with Officer Miller, which resulted in Hun being locked up and allowed him to gain control of the Purple Dragons. He then helped the Purple Dragons' one-time-rival Shredder wipe out the group, turning them into the Black Dragons: a gang subservient to the Foot Clan. In their first fight against the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Purple Dragons found that their guns and knives are useless against their martial arts. The turtles managed to kill most of the members before the police arrive.[16] The Purple Dragons appear again 25 years later in 2009. Decades ago, the gang's leader Hunter Mason (the true identity of Hun) delivered a brutal beating to a teen-aged Casey Jones, one of the Purple Dragons' bitterest enemies, prior to being thrown in jail. After being released from jail, Hun wiped out the Black Dragons, declaring his intentions to rebuild his criminal empire.[17]
In the 1987 series, Bebop and Rocksteady are part of a street gang that works for Shredder. This gang is possibly based on the Purple Dragons.
In the IDW comics, the Purple Dragons are led by Angel Bridge. Unlike the other incarnations, the Purple Dragons are a "community watch"[18] who do not like mutants or ninjas from the Foot Clan causing trouble on their turf. Angel's father Brooklyn S. Bridge and Arnold Jones (who is the identity of Hun in this continuity) had formerly used the Purple Dragons where their activities made the streets of Brooklyn unsafe. The leadership of the Purple Dragons was wrested from Angel by force by a resurrected Hun. As a result, the Purple Dragons reverted to their former existence as a violent street gang.
In the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, the Purple Dragons are led by Hun and have connections with the Foot Clan. Following Shredder's exile from Earth by the Utroms and the discovery that Shredder was an Utrom named Ch'rell, Hun began to strengthen the Purple Dragons, developing them from just a street gang to a country-wide organized crime syndicate. They began to steal illegal goods (particularly high tech Triceratons and Federation weaponry from the government), but accidentally brought a mutant called Finn. Hun also broke his previous connection with the Foot Clan to spread their influence in the city. The Purple Dragons were among those who helped the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fight the Tengu Shredder's forces.
In the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, the Purple Dragons are a Chinese American gang who have connections with the Foot Clan.
In the 2018 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, the Purple Dragons are a trio of snobby, tech club students at April's high school who use their skills for criminal acts. They are rivals with the Turtles, especially Donatello from how they both use technology.
Hun
Hunter "Hun" Mason is the leader of the Purple Dragons featured in the 2003 animated series.[19]
Hun (voiced by Greg Carey) was an exceptionally large, muscular Caucasian with blonde hair that he wore in a ponytail and Purple Dragon and Foot tattoos on his arms.[19] Having served as a lieutenant to Shredder and the leader of the Purple Dragons for years, he served as a recurring foe of the Turtles and a personal nemesis for Casey Jones, having set fire to a store owned by Casey's father and killing him. In the show's finale, Turtles Forever, he is turned into a hulking turtle mutant after being exposed to mutagen imported by the dimension-stranded 1987-Turtles.
Hun was subsequently included into the Mirage comic line, where he is also portrayed as a rising crime boss and the murderer of Casey's father.
In the IDW comics, Hun is the former alias of Casey's father, Arnold Jones, who in his youth was a member of the Purple Dragons, until a girl he met brought him back to an honest life. However, following her death, and lured by the lust of power, he reverts and joins Shredder's syndicate, but still cares for Casey. In the end, Hun sacrifices his life for Casey to save him from Agent Bishop.
The teenager version of Hun known as Young Hun appeared in two episodes which were Meet Casey Jones and Dragons Rising, both in flashbacks of Casey Jones when he was just a kid. He also appeared in TMNT Mutant Melee as a hidden character.
In the 2012 animated series, Hun (voiced by Eric Bauza) is the new Chinese leader of the often-defeated Purple Dragons bearing a resemblance to Bruce Lee and possessing considerable martial arts skill.[19]
Rat King
The Rat King is a more enigmatic enemy of the Ninja Turtles, with an apparent telepathic influence over rats. He is one of the only villains from the Mirage comics to reappear in the 1987 series, and he later appears in the 2003 and 2012 series.
The Pantheon
The Pantheon is a group of demigods from the Mirage comics who first introduced in the Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue Vol.2 #35. They are beings dedicated to the welfare of Earth's animals. The Rat King was counted among their number, but was later expelled after he abused his power to bring Splinter under his control. The unnamed members of the Pantheon planned to bring Splinter in as Rat King's replacement.
The Pantheon also appears in the IDW comics, this time as a group of immortals who have interfered with humanity's development in the ancient past. Some of them, scheming as ever, even try to do so again in the present, bringing them into conflict with the Turtles.
Members of this incarnation include:
- The Dragon - A dragon god who is the child of Brahma. Splinter and Shredder succeed in killing The Dragon in the "City at War" storyline.
- The Dreamer - The child of Brahma.
- Kitsune - The youngest of the Pantheon who wishes to bring The Dragon back to Earth, but abandons the plan after she falls in love with Shredder.
- Aka - The oldest and wisest of the Pantheon with prehensile bird-like wings and the most benevolent of her siblings.
- Manmoth - A mammoth god with a broken left tusk and the master of survival. This character originally appeared in the Archie Comics as a caveman who was preserved in ice. He is later exposed to Shredder's mutagen and mutated into a mutant woolly mammoth due to his outfit being made from mammoth hide.
- Gothano - A Lovecraft-esque ocean dweller and keeper of knowledge whose body is covered in a mass of hair and has octopus-like tentacles for legs.
- Chi-You - The template for the Chinese war god of the same name.
- Rat King
- Toad Baron - A hedonist toad deity and passionate party host who resides in a pocket dimension called the Den of Delights.
- Jagwar - A female version of the character from the Archie Comics' Mighty Mutanimals.
The Pantheon also makes an appearance in IDW's Saturday Morning Adventures spinoff as an intergalactic crime syndicate. Its membership consists of:
- Old Hob
- Aka and Manmoth
- Golgotha - An alternative version of Gothano (see above)
- Drako - A dragon who originally appeared in the 2003 series.
- The Rat Queen
- Scratch - He was originally a character from the 1987 action figure toyline
Agent Bishop
Agent John Bishop was introduced in the 2003 series, leader of the Earth Protection Force, a group dedicated to protecting Earth from extraterrestrial attack, in the 2003 animated series, voiced by David Zen Mansley.
Originally a soldier in the Civil War, he was abducted by aliens, which embittered him towards extraterrestrials and led him to start the Earth Protection Force (EPF). Through unknown means-possibly the use of clones of himself created using alien technology-Bishop survived into modern times, and first came into conflict with the turtles when the D'Hoonib Federation and the Triceraton Republic brought their war to Earth. Having forged an alliance with the Federation, Bishop helped them secure the Fugitoid in exchange for having the Turtles to examine. Bishop had previously captured and experimented upon the Turtles' friend Leatherhead, who had previously been thought deceased, and in examining him and the Turtles found their genetic mutations to hold great promise for his never-ending war with aliens. The Turtles and Leatherhead managed to escape his clutches and fought him, but Bishop's abilities proved impressive enough to enable his escape as well. Bishop would clash with the Turtles several times, notably kidnapping Shredder's adopted daughter Karai and Splinter, whose mutated rodent DNA proved to be the missing piece Bishop needed to finish his Slayer Project. The Slayers, genetically enhanced clones of Bishop himself, were intended to infiltrate the human populace and weed out aliens in disguise, with little regard for any innocents who might be innocently claimed. However, the Turtles managed to destroy the Slayer project, with the only remaining specimen going renegade and reemerging as the Rat King, with Bishop being impaled by a hook used by Splinter. The Turtles would engage a returning Bishop on a number of future occasions, notably as a result of a faked alien invasion leading to him saving the President and the resulting genetic mutations that swept across New York. Eventually, Bishop would recruit Baxter Stockman to aid him and became a begrudging ally to the Turtles against the new Tengu Shredder.
- A future version known as President Bishop appears in TMNT: Fast Forward. As head of the Pan-Galactic Alliance, he maintains as a friendly pro-alien liaison to the Turtles in the future after flashbacks reveal an alien prisoner saved his life 50 years in the past.
Agent John Bishop was introduced as simply John a character in Mirage Comics who appears in Tales of TMNT Vol 2 #61 as a cameo connected to Razorback.
An alternate version of Bishop, an Utrom, was introduced in the 2012 television series; this one appears as an ally rather than an enemy of the Turtles and battled the Kraang. He was voiced by Nolan North.[20]
An IDW version of John Bishop exists, as the son of Wayne Bishop, founder of the EPF.[21] Wayne infused his infant son, a sickly preemie, with alien DNA obtained from the Roswell incident to save him from an early death, but thereby turned him into a disfigured mutant who requires a robotic exobody to appear human.[22]
A reimagined, female incarnation of Bishop named Dr. Josefina Bishop appears in Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She is an inventor who is later recruited into the Earth Protection Force.
Go Komodo
Go Komodo appears in volume 3 of the original comics, published by Image Comics. He is a powerful Japanese businessman with properties in New York who surrounds himself with the trappings of a feudal Japanese daimyo. He secretly has a curse that causes him to transform into a large Komodo dragon, and seeks the Turtles and Splinter to learn the secrets of the mutagen in their blood to gain control of the condition. To that end he hires cyborgs to assault the TMNT, setting into motion the events of the series.
King Komodo
King Komodo is a mutant Komodo dragon who was part of Go Komodo's menagerie before being accidentally mutated. He winds up biting off Leonardo's hand (which later grew back). He winds up turning on Go Komodo, killing him and taking his identity when he realizes he can transform into an identical appearance. He leaves to take over Go Komodo's Japanese operations on friendly terms with the Turtles.
Groundchuck and Dirtbag
Groundchuck and Dirtbag are a mutant cattle and a mutant mole.
Groundchuck and Dirtbag first appear in the 1987 series episode "Planet of the Turtleloids", voiced by Robert Ridgely and Pat Fraley. Shredder and Krang originally planned to mutate a lion and a gorilla at a zoo to be their latest henchmen. Due to the Turtleloid Kerma leading the two animals away while Shredder and Krang were getting the Mutagen dispenser prepared, a cattle and a mole were accidentally released by Bebop and Rocksteady and were mutated instead. Groundchuck was given high-tech armor and a crossbow while Dirtbag received road worker clothes and a high tech shovel as a weapon.
In the IDW Publishing series, two characters loosely based on Groundchuck and Dirtbag named Chuck and D.B appear. These versions are humans who were mutated by Old Hob's mutagen bomb. Chuck is a mutant cattle with a missing eye and a metallic right horn while D.B. is a mutant naked mole rat with bolts on his back and a skin graft on his right leg and right foot.
Antrax
Antrax is an ant villain.
In the 1987 TV series, Antrax appears in the episode "Night of the Rogues", voiced by Pat Fraley. He is among the villains that Shredder assembled to attack the Turtles. His toyline bio states that Antrax is Krang's executioner from Dimension X.
In the 2012 TV series, Antrax is a mutant ant created by Baxter Stockman. Its abdomen can produce clones of itself.
Scumbug
Scumbug is an insect villain.
In the 1987 series, Scumbug appears in the episode "Night of the Rogues", voiced by Barry Gordon. He is among the villains that Shredder assembled to attack the Turtles. His Toyline bio states that Scumbug is a former exterminator who was hired by Shredder and Krang and was mutated into an anthropomorphic cockroach after coming into contact with some mutagen and one of the cockroaches.
In the 2012 series, Scumbug is voiced by Ted Biaselli. He is an unnamed stuck-up businessman who Baxter Stockman kidnapped and mutated into a stag beetle/spider mutant.
A female version of Scumbug in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, with her vocal effects provided by a blend of Alex Hirsch and some uncredited voice actors. Despite the advertisements identifying the character as "himself", the film, as well as the filmmakers, clearly identify her as female.[23] Scumbug is depicted as a mutant cockroach and the only one who does not speak. She can only speak in "vermin" that Splinter can understand. By the end of the film, the two of them become a couple much to the Turtles' disgust.
Savanti Romero
Savanti Romero is a former servant of Lord Simultaneous and an enemy of Renet. He appears in the Mirage and IDW Comics.
In the 2003 animated series, Romero is voiced by David Zen Mansley. He retains his Mirage backstory of being a transformed treacherous apprentice of Lord Simultaneous, and is first shown trying to capture the Time Scepter in Earth's Middle Ages. When foiled by the Turtles and Renet, Lord Simultaneous banished him further back in time to Earth's Cretaceous Period. Romero would serve as the main antagonist of the "Return of Savanti" two-parter in which he tries to avert the asteroid impact that would wipe out the dinosaurs, seeking to rule the Earth in a world where humanity never evolves. The Turtles and Renet once again defeated him, and this time Romero perished for good.
In the 2012 series, Romero is voiced by Graham McTavish and is much more comedic than his 2003 counterpart. As with his previous incarnations, he is defeated by the Turtles and Renet in Earth's Middle Ages and banished to the Cretaceous Period. However, he makes his way back to the present and begins traveling through time to build an army of monsters, bringing in the likes of Count Dracula, the mummy of an unnamed Pharaoh, a werewolf named Vulko, and Frankenstein's monster. Romero enters a power struggle with Dracula who commands most of their forces, and agrees to an equal partnership with him. However, Dracula is killed during the final battle with the Turtles and Romero is returned to the Cretaceous Period, this time being killed by a dinosaur for good.
Null
Null is a male human/demon who appears as an antagonist in the Archie Comics.
In the IDW comics, Null is female and a denizen of Dimension Z.
Maligna
Maligna is the mother and queen of the Malignoids. She appears as one of the antagonists of the Archie comics and later appears in the IDW comics.
Monsterex
Monsterex is a monster in Archie Comics. It first appears in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Special #2 story titled "The Night of Monsterex", where it is created after Krang strikes the Turtles' television with a mutagen ray while they are watching a horror film containing a variety of monsters. Monsterex is a two-headed hybrid monster whose parts consist of the left head of Frankenstein's monster, the fangs, left torso, and cape of a vampire, the right head, right torso, left hand, and right leg of a werewolf, the head fins, right hand, and left foot of a Gill-man, and bandages. With help from Bookwurm's knowledge, the Turtles track down Monsterex to a theme park's castle and hold it off until the Sun comes up causing it to retreat.
In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Special story "The Return of Monsterex", the Turtles, Splinter, and Ninjara come across Monsterex frozen in mud in a carnival attraction. Donatello accidentally frees Monsterex, who is chased by the Turtles, Splinter, and Ninjara. This lasts until dawn with Monsterex melting in the sunlight when the Turtles break the skylight to the funhouse.
Monsterex later had a HeroClix figure made of him.
Adversary
Adversary was a demon from the Mirage Comics.
Armaggon
Armaggon is a great white shark-like adversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
In the Archie Comics, Armaggon is a mutant great white shark who originates from the future.
In the IDW Comics, Armaggon is a Megalodon who was accidentally mutated by Donatello when the Turtle travelled through time in an attempt to prevent the same menace Armaggon would pose. In constant pain from his forced transformation and seeking to prevent it, Armaggon travels through time to destroy the Turtles at their genesis.
In the 2012 TV series, Armaggon is voiced by Ron Perlman. This version is a shark-like alien bounty hunter and an assassin who is wanted in 87 star systems.
Bellybomb
Bellybomb is an alien outlaw with one eyestalk and a mouth on his stomach.
In the Archie Comics, Bellybomb was sentenced to 17 life sentences on the toxic waste dump Morbus for extortion, armed robbery, man eating, brain poaching, soul thievery, and impersonating a deity named Bob. After Slash kills the guards on Morbus, Krang and Bellybomb escape with him. After the ship lands on an Eden World where Rocksteady and Bebop were on, the two of them accompanied the villains back to Earth. Once on Earth, Bellybomb grafts Krang to Shredder's body while the Turtles were busy fighting Rocksteady, Bebop, and Slash. After the Turtles freed Shredder from Krang's control, Bellybomb and Krang were sent back to Morbus while Slash escapes.
In the 2012 series, Vrax Belebome (voiced by Charlie Murphy) is a shady information dealer who the Fugitoid and the Ninja Turtles visit at Zayford's Cantina to get intel on the Triceraton mothership. Michelangelo intimidates Belebome into giving him the plans for the Triceraton mothership.
Scale Tail
Scale Tail is a cobra-like alien bounty hunter with snake-headed hands who first appeared in the 1993 video game Radical Rescue.
In the 1992 toyline, Scale Tale is mentioned to be an ally of Krang.
Darius Dun
Darius Dun is one of the main villains of Fast Forward in the 2003 animated series and later a minor villain in the IDW comics.
In the "Fast Forward" series, Darius Dunn is the uncle, legal guardian, and only relative of Cody Jones who works as the CEO of O'Neil Tech following the death of his parents. He also contracted the Kanabo warlord Sh'Okanabo to create for him the Dark Turtles who are made from the DNA of the Ninja Turtles and the Kanabo.
In the IDW comics, Darius Dun is the financier and benefactor of the Street Phantoms.
Street Phantoms
The Street Phantoms are a hi-tech group of criminals who appear in the Fast Forward series and later in the IDW comics.
In the IDW comics, the Street Phantoms work as the enforcers of Darius Dun.
Jammerhead
Jammerhead is the leader of the Street Phantoms in the 2003 animated series and as Jammer in the IDW comics.
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Irma Langenstein
April O'Neil's friend and ally to the Ninja Turtles and introduced in the 1987 series as April's Channel Six co-worker, voiced by Jennifer Darling. She also appears in the archive[clarify] and IDW comics.
In the 2012 animated series, Irma is an android utilized by Kraang Subprime to gain April's trust and infiltrate the Turtles' lair; the body was also used by a member of the Utrom High Council, Rook, who reveals that Subprime had stolen her creation. This version of Irma was voiced by Kate Micucci.[24]
Venus de Milo
Venus de Milo was introduced as the first female Ninja Turtle in Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation and was created specifically for that iteration. Unlike the four original Turtles, she utilises ancient shamanistic magic rather than ninjitsu. Within the continuity of the series when Splinter rescued the Turtles, he accidentally left Venus behind. She made her way to Chinatown and was found and raised as a daughter by a Shinobi magician who named her Mei Pieh Chi.[25]
A new version of Venus was released in the IDW Comics continuity with Issue #127 on March 30, 2022.[26] This incarnation is a Frankenstein-like creature with telepathic abilities created by the mad mutant surgeon Doctor Jasper Barlow from the remains of a female Punk Frog named Bonnie.
Jennika
Jennika (nicknamed Jenny) is the second female turtle introduced in the franchise after Venus de Milo. She was created for the IDW Comics series. She wears a yellow mask and her weapon of choice are tekko kagi claws. She was initially a human foot clan member. After being defeated in an assassination attempt on Splinter, she was put under the tutelage of Leonardo and began to warm up to her new family. After being stabbed by Karai, Jennika was given an emergency blood transfusion from Leonardo. The mutagen and turtle DNA in Leo's blood bonded with Jennika and mutated her into a mutant turtle.[27] Despite her loyalty to the team, due to her near-death experience, Jennika still has unresolved anger issues towards Karai.
Baron Draxum
Baron Draxum (nicknamed Barry) is from Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (voiced by John Cena in season one,[28][29] Roger Craig Smith in season two). As the self-proclaimed protector of all Yōkai, Draxum seeks to mutate humanity to avert a prophecy predicting their destruction.[30]
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Neutrinos
The Neutrinos are extra-dimensional beings from Dimension X. They first appeared in the 1987 animated series as a group of elf like aliens, a trait which is carried over to the Archie and IDW comics. The notable members were Dask, Kala, Zak, Princess Trib, King Zenter and Queen Gizzla.
A group of Neutrinos appear in the 2012 series but re-worked as microscopic antagonists and with a different more bulky, intimidating design.
The Neutrinos appear as cameo characters in the 2022 beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.
Triceratons
The Triceratons are a race of Triceratops-like aliens governing a wide empire/Triceraton Republic. They are enemies of the Turtles and the Fugitoid. They are featured in the 1987, 2003 and 2012 animated shows.They are also appear in the Mirage, Archie, and IDW comics.
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Dimension X
Dimension X is a parallel dimension that has various adaptions in each media appearance:
In the 1987 series, Dimension X is the home of several characters, most notably Krang, one of the series' main antagonists. Krang typically uses the Dimensional Portal located inside the Technodrome for transportation between Dimension X and Earth, although other portals and means of travel are occasionally seen. It is depicted as a hostile, war-torn galaxy with foreboding landscapes and many fierce monsters. Although it is also home to many peaceful species such as the Neutrinos. Its known locations are Balarophon, Dimension X Penitentiary, the Neutrino Homeworld, and Serot.
In the Archie Comics, Dimension X is a spiral galaxy in which numerous inhabited (or habitable) worlds are located. It was originally governed by theocrats, banishing all warlords.[31] Later, there is a conflict between the Imperial Aerwyl Fleet and the Nova Squadron.[32] Its known location are the Eden Worlds, Hirobyl, Huanu, Morbus, Palmadise, and Stump Asteroid.
In the IDW Comics, Dimension X is depicted as a warzone controlled by Krang where the Utroms, the Triceratons, and the Neutrinos are fighting for their planets.[33] Its known locations are Aerwyl, the Astraea Asteroid Belt, Balaraphon, Morbus, Neutrino, Totus, and Utrominom.
In the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, Dimension X is the home dimension of the Kraang and the Utrom. The water of Dimension X contains hydrocarbon that can melt anything from Earth. Time moves faster in Dimension X, with Leatherhead spending decades there within the period of a year passing on Earth. Dimension X is also home to the Triceratons and has served as the battleground for a war between them and the Kraang.
Dimension X was featured, unnamed, in the 2016 sequel film to the 2014 film. The filmmakers first expressed interest in featuring the Dimension X in the sequel in 2014.[34] In the film, Shredder is transported from a police convoy to the Technodrome in Dimension X in which he agrees to help Krang conquer Earth. The Technodrome is later transported to Earth in the film's climax, though the Turtles manage to return it to Dimension X. The film never shows Dimension X's exterior as the only scene taking place there is inside the Technodrome, while it appears off-screen in the climax.
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Several characters from other comic book series have crossed-over into the TMNT universes. Notable appearances are listed below:
Batman
Cerebus the Aardvark
Flaming Carrot
Gizmo
Knight Watchman
Power Rangers
Sarah Hill/Horridus
Savage Dragon
Miyamoto Usagi
Miyamoto Usagi is a samurai rabbit and master swordsman from an alternative universe's 16th century Edo period in Japan, where animals are the dominant species, not humans. He appeared in two episodes of the 1987 series. Usagi Yojimbo is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai starring the rōnin hero rabbit, Miyamoto Usagi, which had several crossovers with the TMNT comics; however, the TV show writers did not understand the distinction and misnamed the character after the comic book.
The character returned for the 2003 animated series with his actual name Miyamoto Usagi, and became a friend and close ally of the turtles, especially developing a strong friendship with Leonardo, since both are swordsmen, and during Season 4 he is summoned by Splinter to talk with Leonardo about Leo's new harsher attitude (as a result of the Turtles and Splinter nearly sacrificing themselves against Utrom Shredder at the end of the third season). Leonardo also ended up in Usagi's dimension when Ultimate Draco scattered the five mutants to different parts of the multiverse. In the series finale, he is invited to April and Casey's wedding.
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Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
The Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa are a trio of anthropomorphic cattle that work as cowboys, defending their home of Cowtown from various criminals. The group consists of Marshal Moo Montana, Dakota Dude, and Cowlorado Kid.
In issue #21 of Tales of the TMNT, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aided the C.O.W.-Boys into stopping the Masked Bull (the criminal alias of Sheriff Terrorbull) from stealing a magic crystal shard.
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See also
- List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) characters
- List of Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation characters
- List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) characters
- List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) characters
- List of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018 TV series) characters
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