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* GreaterScopeVillain: Kraang Prime was just another Utrom before he discovered the mutagen's potential. Using it on himself, he became a giant who enslaved most fo the other Utrom under his HiveMind. The Kraang would go on to wage with the Triceratons (who would go on to establish themselves as a galactic empire in Earth's dimension) and began invading Earth with the intent of expanding their territory, [[spoiler:leading to [[AbusivePrecursors the creation of mankind in their attempts at using the mutagen in Earth's dimension]]. In other words, Kraang Prime is responsible for literally ''everything'' that happens in the series.

* DecompositeCharacter: Kraang Prime and Kraang Sub-Prime both borrow certain aspects of Krang from the original '87 show ([[ExpyCoexistence crossover episodes not widthstanding]]). Kraang Prime acts as the first-half of the BigBadDuumvirate alongside Shredder (even in communication with each other before the Kraang start the occupation of New York) and his giant droid-body bares a few superficial resemblances to Krang's exo-suit.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Kraang Prime speaks without the aid of his exo-suit and does so in a much less redundant way than his minions. He even refers to himself in the singular, specifically naming himself 'Krang'. He does, however, occasionally slip into the redundant habit of his lessers. Unlike them, he isn't humorous.

* StupidEvil: The whole reason why he was banished to the 1987-dimension was because he was an idiot who caused more harm than good, him threatening to destory dimensions the Kraang have been trying to mutate and conquer being one big example.

* BigBadEnsemble: With The Shredder for the majority of the show until the Triceraton Empire kills both Kraag Prime and Kraag Sub-Prime in the third season finale.

* DecompositeCharacter: Kraang Prime, established to be the original Kraang, is portrayed as a somewhat more serious character in this version, but Sub-Prime has more personality aspects in common with the 1987 version of the character, such as his LargeHam personality and tendency to yell at his men.

* AllThereInTheManual: The UK TMNT comics call the Kraang disguises "Normans". There's a quick reference to this in "The Kraang Conspiracy" when a TCRI keycard is shown to have the name "Norman Kraangenhoffer" on it.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be genocidal, but he's not an OmnicidalManiac, unlike his cousin from the 1987 series who ''tried to destroy Turtle Prime and by extension every dimension the Turtles exist in''. When he learns of Krang's real plan he stops everything and beats the crap out of him for pulling something like that.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: In the majority of his appearances, he usually exits the episode in a blazing inferno, but he usually gets better with an UnexplainedRecovery every time. Though, he was finally KilledOffForReal in "Annihilation: Earth!" when the [[EvilVsEvil Triceratons blew him, Kraang Prime and the Technodrome into smithereens]], which was not undone in "Earth's Last Stand".

* AlienInvasion: [[spoiler: Which comes to a head in "Showdown". Though they fail, they succeed in taking New York in "The Invasion"".]]

** Shredder lampshades this in "Karai's Vendetta"

** And so does Kraang Sub-Prime in "Battle for New York"

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Standard for TMNT, they can never hit a damn thing. They do manage to hit Leatherhead and the Spy-Roach, but they prove [[ImmuneToBullets immune]]. In "Showdown", Raphael actually does get shot by one of the Krang, all it does is knock him down and scorch his shell a little bit, but it does piss him off

* WheresTheFunInThat: In "The Kraang Conspiracy," they have April restrained and plan to extract her DNA using a massive needle that will kill her; when April points out that they could just take DNA from a strand of her hair, the Kraang state that while that is true, it's not as entertaining.

* EvilIsPetty: When he holds the Utrom Queen hostage he just feels the need to bully her.

* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler: When Bishop calls him by his original title of "Knight," he retorts that the name means nothing to him.]]
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: In the majority of his appearances, he usually exits the episode in a blazing inferno, but he usually gets better with an UnexplainedRecovery every time. Though, he was finally KilledOffForReal in "Annihilation: Earth" when the [[EvilVsEvil Triceratons blew him, Kraang Prime and the Technodrome into smithereens]], which was not undone in "Earth's Last Stand".

* UnexplainedRecovery: He appeared to die in "The Invasion," when a giant chunk of rock dropped on him. He later returned in "Battle For New York," with no explanation for how he survived, and survives another apparent death and turns up in "Annihilation: Earth!". [[spoiler: Third time's a charm, though. He didn't survive the Triceraton attack.]]

* TruerToTheText: Unlike the rest of the Kraang, who are generally portrayed as more serious and less verbose than the original incarnation, Kraang Sub-Prime is more similar to the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 original]] incarnation of the character; loud, snarky, and constantly complaining about the intelligence of his co-workers.

* DecompositeCharacter: Kraang Prime, established to be the original Kraang, is portrayed as a somewhat more serious character in this version, but Sub-Prime has more personality aspects in common with the 1987 version of the character, such as his LargeHam personality and belittling of his men.

* AbusivePrecursors: [[spoiler: In the second season finale, Kraang Prime reveals that the Kraang mutated a species of ape millions of years ago, mutating them into early humans.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: Basically an evil inversion of the Utroms from Mirage comics and the 2003 cartoon. While those Utrom accidentally created the mutagen as part of a plan to return home, the Kraang accidentally created it as part of a plan to invade Earth.

* AlienInvasion: [[spoiler: Which comes to a head in the season 1 finale. Though they fail, they succeed in taking New York in the second season finale.]]

* AlwaysChaoticEvil[=/=]AliensAreBastards: Just about every single Kraang shown so far is an enemy of the Turtles. [[spoiler:Season 3 however reveals this is because they share a HiveMind, and there is a separate tribe of Kraang, the Utroms, who are good guys.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: In the season two finale, they have [[spoiler: successfully taken over New York, destroyed the Turtles' lair, and begun their plans to mutate the earth, forcing the Turtles, April, and Casey to flee the city and plan their next move]].

** DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: The season 3 finale reveals the Utroms still exist in this adaptation as a separate, non-evil tribe of Kraang.]] This is taken even further when [[spoiler: it's revealed that all of the Kraang are actually regular Utroms that were brainwashed by Kraang Prime, who is the ''true'' Kraang.]]

* EliteMooks: Their Biotroid exo-suits, debuting in Season 2. Unlike the spindly Kraangdroids, the Biotroids are bulky, ape-like bio-mechanical beasts with chainsaw nipples and butt cannons.

* EvilKnockoff: Most of the Kraang's technology - the Kraangdroid exo-suits, the Norman disguises, [[spoiler:Irma]] and Mrs. Campbell - are revealed to have been copied from Utrom designs in Season 4.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Standard for TMNT, they can never hit a damn thing. They do manage to hit Leatherhead and the Spy-Roach, but they prove [[ImmuneToBullets immune]]. In the first season finale Raphael actually does get shot by one of the Krang, all it does is knock him down and scorch his shell a little bit, but it does piss him off

* KillerGorilla: The season 2 finale reveals they have a specialized heavy combat/labor exosuit that is basically a blue-furred cyborg alien gorilla with no head. [[AssKicksYou And twin heavy-laser cannons concealed inside its prominent metallic buttcheeks.]]

* VillainTeamUp: They join up with the Foot Clan in the final episodes of the first season, an alliance that proves mutually beneficial. The Shredder is smart enough to not fully trust them, refusing to allow Karai to deal with them behind his back, and acknowledges that they will eventually turn on him. However, in the second season finale, he notes that they have been very straightforward thus far, providing much and asking little in return. They promise to [[spoiler: restore Karai's humanity]] in exchange for his aid in conquering the world.

* ZergRush: It seldom helps them though, until the second season finale.

* AlienInvasion: Leads a full-fledged Kraang invasion in the season one finale.

* ManBehindTheMan: Kraang Prime was behind everything that the Kraang did throughout the series, but wasn't directly mentioned or didn't actually appear until the finale. He takes a much more direct role in the second season finale.

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Appears in the RoguesGallery section of the new season 2 opening.

* BackForTheFinale: She is seen reinforcing Kraang Droids guarding TCRI in the season one finale.

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Appears in the RoguesGallery section of the new season 2 opening.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Leonardo blasts all of his limbs off in the season 1 finale, but he's able to call them back to him.]]

* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: The Kraang bring him back for the season one finale.]]

A scarred Kraang spy. He makes himself known in the season two finale, when [[spoiler:Irma]] is revealed to be him in disguise.

-> ''"The turtles must be eliminated from all places."''

* DirtyCoward: He refuses to help Mona Lisa and Sal Commander fight the Triceratons because they're too tough, and when Mona Lisa calls him a coward, he casually admits as much. As soon Mona Lisa slips out the fact the the turtles are their allies, he's quick to attack them and lock them in his dungeon.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: He ''always'' underestimates the turtles.

* AbusivePrecursors: [[spoiler: In the second season finale, Kraang Prime reveals that the Kraang mutated a species of ape millions of years ago, mutating them into early humans.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: In the second season finale, they have [[spoiler: successfully taken over New York, destroyed the Turtles' lair, and begun their plans to mutate the earth, forcing the Turtles, April, and Casey to flee the city and plan their next move]].

** In "Buried Secrets", [[spoiler:they did genetic experiments to produce a creature to infiltrate the O' Neil family using Kraang and human DNA. [[GoneHorriblyWrong The final result]] ended up being put in cold stasis due to being impossible to work with]].

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Since the members of his species that are not subjected to his HiveMind (Kraang Subprime, 1987 Kraang and the Utrom) do not have his [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment redundant speech pattern]], the rest of the Kraang probably only talk this way because Kraang Prime does. Whether or not this was the result of his mutation or if he always did this out of an AmbiguousDisorder is up in the air.

* HotScientist: Well she is supposed to be a scientist at least.

A scarred Kraang spy. Makes himself known in the season two finale, when [[spoiler:Irma]] is revealed to be him in disguise.

* CainAndAbel: Is this to Bishop.
* CanonForeigner: he was created for the series.
* ChessMotifs: [[spoiler:Was once a member of the Utrom Council named "Knight" before he turned traitor.]]

* {{Expy}}: His different speech-pattern and outright hamminess makes him much more similar to Krang from the 1987 series. Subverted, when it turns out the ''real'' Krang exists. In "Trans-Dimensional Turtles" he proves to be far more competent and smarter than 198 Krang.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Basically an evil inversion of the Utroms from Mirage comics and the '03 cartoon. While those Utrom accidentally created the mutagen as part of a plan to return home, the Kraang accidentally created it as part of a plan to invade Earth.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: More obvious than most Kraang since her mouth is much bigger.

* JokerImmunity: Has survived two supposed deaths and just keeps coming back.

* MadeOfIron: Somehow he manages to escape death every time without a scratch.

* ManBehindTheMan: Kraang Prime was behind everything that the Kraang did throughout the series, but wasn't directly mentioned or didn't actually appear until the finale. She takes a much more direct role in the second season finale.

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* CompositeCharacter: The Kraang combine the name of Krang from the 1987 series with elements of the 1984 comic/2003 series' Utroms, such as their robotic human disguises.
** DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: The season 3 finale reveals the Utroms still exist in this universe as a separate, non-evil tribe of Kraang.]] This is taken even further when [[spoiler: it's revealed that all of the Kraang are actually regular Utroms that were brainwashed by Kraang Prime, who is the ''true'' Kraang.]]

* SlaveRace: [[spoiler: ''The War for Dimension X'' reveals that an Utrom named Kraang discovered mutagen and mutated himself but also gained psychic powers which he used to brainwash most the Utroms into his Kraang soldiers.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Unlike the Utrom, Kraang Sub-Prime and [[spoiler:'87 Krang]], Kraang Prime and his HiveMind speak in a highly repetitive manner. Whether he has always had it or if he gained it post-mutation is unclear
* AmbiguousGender: Not only do Kraang not really have defining gender characteristics, it's VoiceOfTheLegion seems to contain both a male AND female voice.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: ''Much'' larger than a standard Kraang. This goes double for its robotic body.
* CombatTentacles: Its MobileSuitHuman has these.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Kraang Prime speaks without the aid of his exo-suit and does so in a much less redundant way than his minions. He even refers to himself in the singular, specifically naming himself 'Krang'. He does, however, occasionally slip into the redundant habit of his lessers. Unlike them, it isn't humorous.

* ExoticEyeDesigns: It's retinas are vaguely star-shaped.

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Both he and Kraang Subprime were killed in "Annihilation Earth!" when the Triceratons blasted the Technodrome. If the episode "Earth's Last Stand" (which reversed almost all of the bad stuff that happened in "AE") is any indication, they were still killed by the Triceratons offscreen. Their deaths and Mozar becoming a victim of the BHG rather than Earth leaves the Shredder as the only remaining BigBad from the first 4 seasons still operating for the second half of Season 4.]]

* OneWingedAngel: Appears to be stationary and stuck in a hole in the wall, but after the Turtles foil its initial plans, it rips its way out to reveal its towering robotic body.

* BackForTheFinale: Seen reinforcing Kraang Droids guarding TCRI in the season 1 finale.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be genocidal, but he's not an OmnicidalManiac, unlike his cousin from the '87 series who ''tried to destroy Turtle Prime and by extension every dimension the Turtles exist in''. When he learns of Krang's real plan he stops everything and beats the crap out of him for pulling something like that.

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Since the members of his species that are not subjected to his HiveMind (Kraang Subprime, 80’s Kraang and the Utrom) do not have his [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment redundant speech pattern]], the rest of the Kraang probably only talk this way because Kraang Prime does. Whether or not this was the result of his mutation or if he always did this out of an AmbiguousDisorder is up in the air.

* DecompositeCharacter: Kraang Prime, established to be the original Kraang, is portrayed as a somewhat more serious character in this incarnation, but Sub-Prime has more personality aspects in common with the 80s incarnation of the character, such as his LargeHam personality and belittling of his men.

* {{Expy}}: His different speech-pattern and outright hamminess makes him much more similar to Krang from the 1987 series. Subverted, when it turns out the ''real'' Krang exists. In "Trans-Dimensional Turtles" he proves to be far more competent and smarter than 80s Krang.

* CompositeCharacter: The Kraang combine the name of Krang from the original cartoon with elements of the 1984 comic/2003 cartoon's Utroms, such as their robotic human disguises.

* AdaptationalBadass: Traag in the 80s cartoon was little more than a rock soldier with a name. Traag here is 20 ft. tall, spews out lava, and can pull himself together after being blown up.

* {{Expy}}: His different speech-pattern and outright hamminess makes him much more similar to Krang from the 80s cartoon. Subverted, when it turns out the ''real'' Krang exists. In "Trans-Dimensional Turtles" he proves to be far more competent and smarter than 80s Krang.