| 1 | Characters as they appeared in, and characters exclusive to or making their debut in, the 1987 Fred Wolf-produced TMNT cartoon. For tropes relating to other incarnations of the characters featured in this cartoon, please visit the [[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles franchise character page]]. |
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| 5 | !!Heroes |
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| 7 | [[folder:The Turtles as a whole]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Although they were the protagonists of the comic, the Turtles were more morally grey in many areas. They were originally trained simply to kill the Shredder to avenge Splinter's Master Yoshi and most of their adventures afterwards were less about saving the day and more about a situation they were dealing with that affected them. In this, and all subsequent series, the Turtles are instead genuine do-gooders who use their skills to help people, not just people they know, regardless of whether or not the bad guy in question is a personal enemy of theirs. |
| 10 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Their relationship is much less familial here. The turtle are friends and refer to each other as such. And their relationship with Splinter is more like master-student than the other incarnations where he is also a father to the turtles and refers to them as his sons. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'', where 87 Leonardo is baffled when the 2003 Turtles refer to their Splinter as "father". |
| 11 | * BadassFamily: The turtles and Splinter, undeniably so. Beyond just being heroes in half-shells, they also go up against the Foot Clan, which consist of an army of robots all trained to be highly-effective ninjas. Then, they're led by one Oroko Saki, aka the Shredder, a master ninja and Splinter's oldest rival. And behind him is Krang, an alien brain from Dimension X who wants to TakeOverTheWorld. In spite of this, the Turtles consistently come out on top. |
| 12 | * CharlesAtlasSuperPower: Not as prominent given the standards of 80's cartoons, but it's clear that the Turtles are far stronger than their size suggests, thanks to their training. Episode three alone shows them pushing their newly acquired van up several flights of stairs into Baxter's lab, where Donatello almost casually tears the side panel off to begin converting it into the Turtle Van. |
| 13 | * ColorCodedCharacters: In the Mirage comics, the Turtles all wore red bandanas (not that it mattered much in a black-and-white comic), leaving their distinct weapons as usually the best way to tell them apart. This series didn't go that way - giving Leonardo blue, Donatello purple and Michelangelo orange, while Raphael kept red. All succeeding adaptations have maintained this approach. |
| 14 | * {{Color Motif}}s: In addition to being ColorCodedCharacters, the turtles' colors also reflect aspects of their personalities: |
| 15 | ** Leonardo wears blue: BlueIsCalm, BlueIsHeroic. |
| 16 | ** Raphael wears red: HairTriggerTemper, RedIsHeroic. |
| 17 | ** Michelangelo wears orange: GenkiGuy, VibrantOrange. |
| 18 | ** Donatello wears purple: GeniusBruiser, PurpleIsPowerful. |
| 19 | * {{Determinator}}s: No matter how much the odds were stacked against them, they never give up. |
| 20 | * DivergentCharacterEvolution: The Turtles were more or less identical in the original comics, but the 1987 series gave them different colored bandanas, the toys based on the series gave them different skin tones, and they all developed distinct personalities from one another -- Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines, Raphael is cool but rude, and Michelangelo is a party dude. All subsequent appearances of the Turtles have kept the different bandana colors and personality traits. |
| 21 | * {{Foil}}: All four of them as a group and in pairs. |
| 22 | ** StraightManAndWiseGuy: Leo & Raph |
| 23 | ** FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Mikey & Leo |
| 24 | ** BrainsAndBrawn: Donnie and Raph |
| 25 | ** GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Mikey & Raph |
| 26 | ** [[TheSmartGuy Academic Intelligence]] vs [[BookDumb Pop Culture Awareness]]: Donnie and Mike, sometimes played as academic intellect vs (pop) cultural awareness. |
| 27 | ** [[AgentMulder Babarian Hero]] vs [[AgentScully Science Hero]]: Leo and Donnie, but they're both level-headed enough to defer to the other's expertise so they usually don't have any real tension when they pair up together. Leo tends to focus on the big picture while Don obsesses over the details, so they cover each other's blind spots. |
| 28 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: To quote the theme song: Leonardo leads (phlegmatic); Donatello does machines (melancholic); Raphael is cool, but rude (choleric); Michelangelo is a party dude (sanguine). |
| 29 | * GuileHero: All of them can be seen as this, as they sometimes use trickery to overcome their foes. Even Michelangelo has his moments, despite him being the least intelligent of the Turtles. |
| 30 | * HappilyAdopted: The Turtles love and respect Splinter as if he were their real father. |
| 31 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: They constantly suffer this, courtesy of April's boss Burne Thompson. It gets even worse during the Red Sky seasons, where after Shredder blows up the Channel 6 building, Burne, blaming the Turtles for it, goes full [[ComicBook/SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]] on them and does everything possible to make them look bad, and when Dregg uses propaganda to turn the entire city against them. |
| 32 | * HeroicBuild: While the turtles were always muscular, they bulked up even more in the Red Sky seasons due to the ArtShift. |
| 33 | * HighlyVisibleNinja: They can frequently be seeing putting around on a blimp. With a giant "Turtles" on it. Not to mention the Turtle Van, which was customized with armored plates resembling turtle shells and laser turrets on the roof. |
| 34 | * LikesOlderWomen: A trait all four Turtles share. |
| 35 | * {{Metamorphosis}}: From turtles to humanoid turtles, thanks to a mutagen that fell into a sewer. Splinter underwent the same, but turned from a human into a humanoid rat. That wasn't the only flash of mutagen, either -- the series shows that such mutagen could be produced in mass quantities. |
| 36 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: They are all named after iconic artists from the [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Italian Renaissance]]. |
| 37 | * {{Ninja}}: Of the HighlyVisibleNinja variety. Granted, they don't have that much of a choice when they're six feet tall and turtle-human hybrids, but they're still very brightly colored and not at all subtle in their ways. |
| 38 | * SurpassedTheTeacher: After they defeat Lord Dregg once and for all in the final episode, Master Splinter regards them as his equals instead of his students. |
| 39 | * TotallyRadical: Justified with the turtles, since, in the first episode, Michelangelo tells April that they learned all about humans from watching TV. |
| 40 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Though pizza is the favorite food of all four turtles, Michelangelo eats it more obsessively than the other three. |
| 41 | * TrueCompanions: BadassFamily plus friends. |
| 42 | * UndyingLoyalty: To each other and to Splinter. |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[folder:Leonardo]] |
| 47 | -->Voiced by: Creator/CamClarke |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1987_leo_03.jpg]] |
| 50 | [[caption-width-right:340:Leads.]] |
| 51 | The oldest and most studious of the four brothers, Leo is the most likely to obey Splinter's orders, fight for the sake of justice, and be diligent about training to become a better ninja. Identifiable by his blue bandana and his twin swords. |
| 52 | ---- |
| 53 | * TheAce: Leo is the one most likely of the four brothers to stick to being a "good guy" and all that it entails. And while Leo is quite talented in this respect due to his training, he's also rather bland and straightforward. One episode of the show sees Leo's brothers explicitly telling him to "lighten up" after he berates them all for not training hard enough when they have a little bit of downtime. |
| 54 | * AmazonChaser: Leonardo is completely taken by Lotus Blossom after she defeats him in a duel. |
| 55 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Even though he's never officially stated to be the oldest, he’s protective of his brothers. In one episode, he conquered his fear of snakes to save them from a mad scientist who planned to take over New York. |
| 56 | * BlueIsCalm: He wears the color blue and is a very level-headed leader. |
| 57 | * BlueIsHeroic: He wears a blue mask, blue arm pads, blue knee pads, and is the leader of the heroic turtles. |
| 58 | * {{Bookworm}}: He seems to be this. In the "Leonardo is Missing" episode, he stays at the lair and reads while the other turtles go to an arcade. When April lends them a copy of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', he reads it voraciously. |
| 59 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "We've got to do something" about the current problem. This is due to Leo being the most straight-laced and openly heroic of his brothers. |
| 60 | * CulturedWarrior: If one of the turtles is going to be in touch with Japanese traditions, it's Leo. This is thanks to him studying ninja code and being the most devoted to obeying Splinter's teachings. |
| 61 | * DatingCatwoman: He and Lotus Blossom are constantly at odds, but Leo becomes smitten with her [[AmazonChaser after she defeats him in a duel]]. |
| 62 | * DependingOnTheWriter: He's always rather straightforward and the leader of the Turtles, but episodes change aspects of his personality quite a bit. In one episode, Leo will be willing to relax and engage in some fun with this brothers, especially over their love of pizza. In another, Leo will be admonishing the others for not being devoted to fighting against evil 24/7 and being told that he needs to lighten up. |
| 63 | * DistractedByTheSexy: When he's defeated by Lotus Blossom, he's literally too smitten to think straight until the other turtles mention that Splinter has been kidnapped which brings him back to his senses. |
| 64 | * DualWielding: He always wields two swords. If one is broken, he still fights with the other one. |
| 65 | * TheFace: Thanks to being the most level-headed and least snarky, Leo is frequently the one speaking with others like April and Casey about what the Turtles are up to. Without Leo, the snark of Raph or Mikey can sometimes cause more trouble for the Turtles. |
| 66 | * GeniusBruiser: He's not as smart as Donatello, but he's still highly intelligent and is the most skilled out of the turtles when it comes to combat. |
| 67 | * HeroesPreferSwords: As the leader of the group, Leo gets the shiny swords. |
| 68 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Obviously. Although Leonardo's swords are often much more closely modeled around the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninjato ninjato]]. |
| 69 | * LikesOlderWomen: He's immediately enamored by Lotus Blossom after she defeats him in a battle. |
| 70 | * MasterSwordsman: He uses his katana very skillfully, as he aims not to kill anyone. However, this is because he trains with them practically all the time. |
| 71 | * NiceGuy: As TheFace of the group, Leo is the most socially adept of the Turtles. His conversations with April, Casey Jones, and their allies are often very blunt, but they come from Leo trying to show as much respect as he can. |
| 72 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Whenever he's not acting like himself for whatever reason, the other turtles always get into much more trouble than usual with the episodes "The Four Muskaturtles" and "Leonardo Lightens Up" being prime examples of this. |
| 73 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: Consistently the most skilled Turtle, he falls into the leadership role by default. He's also the most dedicated to Splinter and fighting for justice, and also the most skilled ninja of the four. |
| 74 | * SternTeacher: He's basically this for his brothers, when Splinter isn't the one doing the training. Leo is the one most devoted to the cause of fighting evil, but this can go so far as admonishing his brothers for not training or devoted to the fight every minute of every day. This grates on the other three; it frequently leads to Leo and the more-chaotic Raph butting heads. |
| 75 | * StrongAndSkilled: He has the greatest combat skills of all the turtles, and is very proficient when it comes to learning new techniques. Justified in the fact that he's TheLeader and has to keep his skills sharp when leading the others on a mission. |
| 76 | * VocalEvolution: He had a deeper and more serious-sounding voice in season one, it got slightly higher in season two, and it goofed down even further by season three. |
| 77 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In a later season we learn that Leonardo [[CompressedVice is terrified of snakes]]. |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder:Donatello]] |
| 81 | -->Voiced by: Creator/BarryGordon, Creator/GregBerg (some episodes) |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/87_donnie_analyzing.png]] |
| 84 | [[caption-width-right:320:Does machines. (That's a fact, Jack!)]] |
| 85 | TheSmartGuy of the group, Donatello is the group's resident genius. He makes and maintains all of the Turtles' gear and weaponry, and is the one the brothers defer to when they need to come up with a plan or understand a gadget. Marked with a purple headband, and fights with a bo staff. |
| 86 | ---- |
| 87 | * AntiHero: The Dark Turtle, his one-episode SecretIdentity. |
| 88 | * BadassBookworm: He's just as capable in combat as his brothers, though he's also the most likely to stick his nose in a book. For all the times his bo staffs get broken, Donny always comes back with a new one just as quickly. He's also MrFixIt for the Turtles, and capable of understanding even alien technology with relative ease. |
| 89 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: When he becomes the Dark Turtle, his normally level-headed personality suddenly transforms into a rage-filled vigilante. |
| 90 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Donatello's catch phrase was "That was my favorite bo", as his staffs frequently end up broken or shattered. |
| 91 | * ChickMagnet: He received the most kisses on the cheek throughout the series from [[PrecociousCrush April]], [[ShipTease Irma]], and even [[InterspeciesRomance Kala]] (sorry Mikey) when he saves her pet Grybyx. |
| 92 | * GadgeteerGenius: Considering that he's self-taught, living in a sewer, and working mostly with scavenged junk, Don's inventing abilities are downright super-reptilian. |
| 93 | * GeniusBruiser: He may be a nerd, but he can kick butt. He's consistently shown defeating Foot soldiers or mousers with as much finesse as his brothers, albeit Donnie tends to use strategy and planning rather than brute force. |
| 94 | * GuileHero: Being the resident genius of the Turtles, he is known for using his intellect to save the day, and sometimes uses trickery to overcome his foes. One such example is when he tricks Slash into turning Burne and Vernon back into human beings in the episode "Donatello Trashes Slash" and fends off a Triceraton invasion of Earth by pretending to be the mightiest reptile in the universe and destroying their Star-Gate generator using Shredder's microblaster in the episode "Night of the Dark Turtle". |
| 95 | * TheKlutz: A trait that doesn't come up often-- but if/when it does, it's always in the middle of a fight or stealth mission. |
| 96 | * LikesOlderWomen: Donatello shows to have a little bit of a crush on April (like Michelangelo), despite only being a teenager while she's nearly thirty. |
| 97 | * LovableNerd: Irma seems to have a slight crush on Donny at times. He either doesn't notice, or brushes it off as having more important things to do. |
| 98 | * MrFixit: If something breaks, whatever it is, it's inevitably Donatello who will have to fix it. He once got fed up with his brothers constantly nagging him to fix things. |
| 99 | * NiceGuy: He's the most personable of the turtles. Leo is very hard-nosed and strict, Mikey is fun-loving and immature, and Raph is blunt and sarcastic. As a result, if the brothers ever have to explain something or get by on just their words, Donnie will be the one to take the lead. |
| 100 | * NumberTwo: If for any reason Leonardo wasn't leading a mission, it would usually be Don. Like Leo, Donatello is more serious and capable of keeping the other two goofballs in line. |
| 101 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: His time as the Dark Turtle intimidated both his brothers and the villiains alike. |
| 102 | * PurpleIsPowerful: He wears a purple mask, purple arm pads, purple knee pads, and is [[GeniusBruiser both strong physically and intellectually.]] |
| 103 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When he's the Dark Turtle, he has red eyes in the mask of his costume. |
| 104 | * RunningGag: He's often seen eating his pizza "wrong" like crust first, with a pair of copsticks, etc. |
| 105 | * SecondSuperIdentity: After an accident, Donatello becomes Dark Turtle. |
| 106 | * ShipTease: Donatello and Irma get some of this, though more from Irma than from Donatello. |
| 107 | * TeenGenius: He's MrFixit for his family, and an OmnidisciplinaryScientist. He not only knows all about how to create gadgets and vehicles, but he's the one who studies the likes of Dimension X and everything else out of this world that the Turtles encounter. |
| 108 | * TookALevelInBadass: When he becomes the Dark Turtle, who singlehandedly defeated Rocksteady, Bebop AND Shredder. |
| 109 | * WreckedWeapon: Donatello's bos were constantly getting broken. One wonders why he never upgraded to a steel pole or something a bit sturdier. |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Raphael]] |
| 113 | -->Voiced by: Creator/RobPaulsen (most episodes), Creator/ThomPinto (1989 alternate), Creator/HalRayle (European Vacation), Creator/MichaelJGough (Season 10), Creator/VincentRopion (European French, first 18 episodes) |
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| 115 | [[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raphael_beats_mousers.jpg]] |
| 116 | [[caption-width-right:318:Is cool, but rude. (Gimme a break!)]] |
| 117 | Raph is the snarkiest of the four brothers and the most likely to talk back, insult baddies, or complain when things go wrong. He wears red and fights with a pair of sais. |
| 118 | %% Please don't add the violent personality traits that belong to other incarnations of Raphael without specific 1987 episode references to back them up. |
| 119 | ---- |
| 120 | * AdaptationalComicRelief: In the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles original Mirage comics]] (and most adaptations), Raph is the [[HairTriggerTemper angry]], [[BloodKnight violent]] WolverineWannabe. Here, he is the team [[DeadpanSnarker jokester]]. |
| 121 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: He goes from a brooding, angry loner in the comics to a sarcastic goofy jokester in the show. His attitude towards the sewer lair has also completely changed in this show. In the original Mirage comics, he hated life in the sewers and preferred being out in the open, whereas, as seen in the episode ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987S08E01GetShredder Get Shredder!]]'', he prefers being in the sewer. |
| 122 | -->'''Mirage Raph:''' Ah, the night air... I love it. I despise the damp, dank underground. My brothers don't seem to mind it... But this is where I belong. Such a feeling of freedom, so much room to move about!\ |
| 123 | '''87 Raph:''' Leonardo, explain to me again why we're creeping around in the dead of night instead of home in our nice damp lair? |
| 124 | * BagOfKidnapping: Raphael gets kidnapped and put in a sack in "Raphael Knocks 'em Dead." |
| 125 | * BigBrotherBully: Raphael and Michelangelo are usually paired together in this cartoon, and it often involves Raph teasing Mikey. |
| 126 | * CharacterDevelopment: This version of Raphael is a sarcastic wise guy rather than an angry, sullen JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Later seasons (after the movie aired and the more aggressive version of Raphael became popular) gave him a bit more of a temper, but he's still definitely on the fun-loving side compared to the more serious Leonardo and Donatello. |
| 127 | * DeadpanSnarker: To the point where he should be the picture for the trope. He even lampshades his snarking and jokes. At one point, after freeing a cache of stolen pets, Raph quipped "It's raining cats and dogs! Well, somebody had to say it." |
| 128 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Downplayed with his initial encounter with Mona Lisa. He's surprised by the kiss on the cheek that she gives him, but he still manages to instantly recover and follow her when he suspects she's trying to take over the ship they're on. |
| 129 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Raph commonly jokes how unfair it is that he and his brothers never receive public approval for all the good work that they do. |
| 130 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Raphael did show some aggression in the first season, to the point where he threatened to kill Baxter Stockman if he wouldn't tell the turtles where Shredder was. |
| 131 | * FourthWallObserver: More than anyone else, Raph was known to do an AsideGlance with some LampshadeHanging whenever he told a bad pun or engaged in some snark, glancing towards the screen to do it. |
| 132 | * TheGenericGuy: In this incarnation, yes he is; he's just much of a wise guy who jokes around, not much of a hothead, it was in the later seasons [[CharacterDevelopment when he was given a bit of a temper.]] |
| 133 | * HairTriggerTemper: Zigzagged. In the first season he was a lot more snarky and aggressive than in following seasons to the point where he has no problem threating Baxter Stockman with his sai near his face in the episode "A Thing About Rats", which was then toned down for following seasons. Then when the red sky seasons rolled around later on he reverted back to having more of temper to the point of actually physically challenging Leonardo in one instance during the episode "Turtle Trek", much like [[TheLancer his original comic book counterpart would.]] |
| 134 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A downplayed example as he's snarky and somewhat temperamental at times, but he's also genuinely heroic and has a good heart at the same time. |
| 135 | * LeeroyJenkins: He doesn't usually think of a strategy before heading into battle. This frequently puts him at odds with Leo and Don, who prefer to use their wits or tactics. |
| 136 | * LikesOlderWomen: Raphael for Mona Lisa, considering that he's still somewhere in his mid teens, and she's a college student who's probably in her late teens. |
| 137 | * MediumAwareness: He sometimes makes remarks that break the fourth wall. One episode saw the Turtles realizing that an EvilPlan was in effect, leading to this exchange: |
| 138 | -->'''Raphael:''' I'll bet Shredder is behind this!\ |
| 139 | '''Michelangelo:''' How do you know that, dude?\ |
| 140 | '''Raphael:''' Well, isn't he ''always''? |
| 141 | * MiddleChildSyndrome: Played with. Raphael isn't the middle turtle, but he feels as if no one understands him. |
| 142 | * MistakenForDying: In "Raphael Versus The Volcano". |
| 143 | * NiceGuy: Deconstructed in the episode "Mr. Nice Guy" where after he's accidentally hit with Donatello's mood altering ray gun he becomes so tame and docile that he's unable to fight crime until the effects are eventually reversed. This was even lampshaded by the villain of the episode who tells Raphael his master plan to conquer the city and has no fear of being stopped because Raphael is too nice to interfere which Raphael actually agrees with. |
| 144 | * PillowPistol: Multiple episodes show that Raphael sleeps with a sai in his hand. |
| 145 | * RedIsHeroic: He's a hero who wears a red mask, red arm pads, and red knee pads. |
| 146 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Raph throws his sai a lot. |
| 147 | * WouldHitAGirl: Raphael has absolutely no reservations about tackling Mona Lisa to the ground when he thinks she's trying to take over the ship they're sailing on. |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Michelangelo]] |
| 151 | -->Voiced by: Creator/TownsendColeman |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1987_mikey_01.jpg]] |
| 154 | [[caption-width-right:340:Is a party dude. (PARTAY!)]] |
| 155 | The youngest and most laid-back of the turtles. He lists pizza, comic books, and more pizza among his interests. While he's the least studious of the four brothers, he's also surprisingly adept when he puts his mind to it. Wears an orange bandana, and duels with nunchaku. |
| 156 | ---- |
| 157 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: His playful antics and immense appetite sometimes wore the other turtles' patience pretty thin at times. |
| 158 | * BadassAdorable: Silly, loves him some comic books, childish, always willing to crack a joke and and can kick tons of asses with his nunchucks. |
| 159 | * BigEater: He'd often annoy his brothers by eating all the pizza. |
| 160 | * BlitheSpirit: He's a fun loving guy who tries to inspire everyone around him to have a great time in most situations. |
| 161 | * BrilliantButLazy: He's usually portrayed as having great potential, but because of his more laid back personality, he'll focus on something more fun instead. This is enforced with his signature weapon (the chucks). The laziest of the turtles is the one wielding the most complex and difficult weapon. That's not something one can do without a gift for it. |
| 162 | * ButtMonkey: If any of the Turtles klutzes out or has something bad happen to them for comic effect, it's usually Michelangelo. |
| 163 | * CharacterCatchphrase: The most famous "Cowabunga!" |
| 164 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Generally the most whimsical of the turtles. |
| 165 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his lack of seriousness, he could kick shell just as well as anyone else when push came to shove. In one episode, where the brothers have been divided into teams, Michelangelo is relaxing and enjoying a pizza instead of taking the exercise seriously, until Donatello's trash cannon he built out of garbage lying around the dump ruins it. An enraged Michelangelo promptly avenges his pizza by single-handedly defeating both of the other team on his own in a berserker rage. |
| 166 | * FatalFlaw: Despite being an overall excellent ninja, he had a couple of these: |
| 167 | ** [[BigEater Gluttony]]: His appetite and cravings for pizza were such problems at times that even his enemies knew how to take advantage of this problem with disastrous results with the episode "Cowabunga Shredhead" as a prime example. |
| 168 | ** [[{{AttentionDeficitOohShiny}} His Inability to maintain his focus at times]] also led to him getting distracted and letting his guard down in the worse situations. |
| 169 | ** He also had a nasty habit of [[LeeroyJenkins running into action without thinking about the consequences of his actions.]] |
| 170 | * FriendToAllChildren: He gets along with kids very well including Zack "the fifth turtle", the Polarisoid kids, Kevin from "Michelangelo Toys Around", and Buffy Shellhammer from "Poor Little Rich Turtle". This is one of main reasons that [[KidAppealCharacter most kids in real life loved him so much.]] |
| 171 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: He has had several pets in the past, including his pigeon Pete and his parrot Ditto. |
| 172 | * FunPersonified: He's usually more focused on things like skateboarding, comic books, and video games. It's shown that he's also BrilliantButLazy, as Mikey is able to fight with nunchucks, a very awkward weapon. Even so, Mikey is the most light-hearted, upbeat, and easygoing of the four brothers. |
| 173 | * GenkiGuy: He's highly energectic and enthuastic about most things. |
| 174 | * GRatedDrug: Pizza, to the point where in one episode the other turtles see him eating his ''sixth pizza in a row'' and this exchange occurs: |
| 175 | -->'''Donatello:''' Michelangelo, have you ever considered calling Pizza Eaters Anonymous?\ |
| 176 | '''Michelangelo:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I don't know, do they deliver?]] |
| 177 | * TheHeart: Although he exasperates his three brothers on a constant level, when a serious rift between their bond takes place, he usually is the one to try and patch things up... usually via humor. |
| 178 | * TheHedonist: Most of the time he'd rather spend his time eating pizza and watching television than focusing on his responsibilities. |
| 179 | * {{Keet}} |
| 180 | * KidAppealCharacter: Indeed was the most loved by young viewers. |
| 181 | * KiddieKid: Maturity isn't his strong suit, as he's often more interested in toys, comic books, and video games than actually training or focusing on his other responsibilities. |
| 182 | * TheKlutz: The biggest one in the group. His clumsiness usually comes in at the worst times. |
| 183 | ** This is even lampshaded in the intro to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Game where all of the turtles jump from the roof of a building to the roof of April's apartment and he's the only turtle that doesn't land on his feet. |
| 184 | * KnightInShiningArmor: Despite his occasional instances of immaturity, he still is a perfect example of this as he is highly protective of [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl women]], [[FriendToAllChildren children]], [[NiceGuy and innocent people in general.]] |
| 185 | * LargeHam |
| 186 | * LeeroyJenkins: He prefers to leap before he looks in most situations, especially during battle. |
| 187 | * LikesOlderWomen: Michelangelo has been shown to have a little bit of a crush on April, despite only being a teenager and she's nearly thirty. |
| 188 | * NiceGuy: Easily the friendliest, most outgoing and most soft-hearted of the Turtles. |
| 189 | * ObsessedWithFood: Michelangelo's love of pizza transcended TrademarkFavoriteFood and became an obsession in some instances, to the point where you could have a drinking game for every time he eats pizza. |
| 190 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Being the one more obsessed with pizza than his brothers, there might be something wrong if he ever turns down a slice. |
| 191 | * PluckyComicRelief: He got this role in the show and held onto it throughout all other incarnations. |
| 192 | * SerialRomeo: He's quite prone to developing crushes on girls much more so than the other turtles, including [[LikesOlderWomen April]], [[EveryoneLovesBlondes Kala]], and [[BrainyBrunette Buffy Shellhammer]] in the episode "Poor Little Rich Turtle" even calling her his "main squeeze" in one instance. Justified in the fact that it's very common for most teenagers [[LoveAtFirstSight to develop crushes almost instantly when they see someone they think is attractive.]] |
| 193 | * TheSlacker: He usually preferred to have fun instead of focusing on his responsibilities most of the time. |
| 194 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: When he's briefly turned into a human, and goes, "Look out world, here comes Michael Angelo! Michael '''J.''' Angelo, that is!" |
| 195 | * SurferDude: He talks like a California surfer. |
| 196 | * VibrantOrange: He wears orange and is the most energetic member of the turtles. |
| 197 | * WolverinePublicity: Gets much more attention in the merchandise than the other Turtles. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Master Splinter]] |
| 201 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PeterRenaday, Creator/TownsendColeman ("Donatello's Badd Time," "Michelangelo Meets Bugman Again"), Creator/HoonLee (''VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl2'') |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/master_splinter_19871.jpg]] |
| 204 | [[caption-width-right:283:Taught them to be ninja teens (He's a radical rat!)]] |
| 205 | Formerly human Hamato Yoshi, mutated into a ratlike form from the same mutagen that transformed the Turtles. He serves as the turtles' mentor and father figure, raising them from when they were young. |
| 206 | ---- |
| 207 | * AbsurdPhobia: Splinter has a fear of cats. Maybe its an instinctual thing, otherwise a 5 ft. mutant-rat ninja wouldn't have anything to fear from an ordinary stray cat. |
| 208 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Mirage comics]], Master Splinter had trained the turtles for the express purpose of avenging his Master Yoshi, a big element in their arcs after their debut being them finding a new reason to live after fulfilling their mission. Here, he had trained the turtles purely for practical self-defense purposes and they wound up antagonizing the Foot Clan out of a mix of self-preservation and moral obligation. The fact that [[CompositeCharacter this version of Splinter is also Master Yoshi]] might have had something to do with it. |
| 209 | * CassandraTruth: While trapped inside Shredder's body, Splinter had a hard time convincing the Turtles about the whole situation. However, Splinter helped the Turtles realize that he was telling the truth through wise wisdom and the fact he was not willing to fight them. |
| 210 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: He's seen eating pizza in an early season two episode. The series later established that he [[DoesNotLikeSpam personally can't stand pizza]]. |
| 211 | * CompositeCharacter: In the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original comics]], Hamato Yoshi was murdered and his pet rat became mutated into Splinter. In this version, Yoshi himself is mutated into a rat-man. A rather poignant episode {{lampshade|Hanging}}d the fact that Splinter was pretty lonely because of this, since he couldn't interact with other humans anymore. He was mostly a quiet man after all. |
| 212 | * CoolOldGuy: Sometimes joins the Turtles in their pastimes, such as basketball. |
| 213 | * DeadpanSnarker: Fans tend to agree that he has some of the best lines in the show. |
| 214 | * DubNameChange: In the Japanese dub, his name is Yoshihama Takeshi, since "Hamato" isn't an actual Japanese surname. |
| 215 | * GoodParents: Slightly downplayed. Unlike future incarnations, Splinter does not call the turtles his sons but his wards or students, indicating their relationship is more teacher-student than father-son. However, for as stern as he can be about the study of ninjustsu and keeping up with training, Splinter absolutely loves the Turtles. He took care of them prior to their mutation, trained them to be ninja teens, and destroyed the Retro-Mutagen Ray to save the turtles from Shredder turning them back into ordinary turtles. Splinter did this knowing that the Ray was the only chance he would ever have to be human again. [[ActOfTrueLove Didn't matter.]] [[PapaWolf Splinter's sons were in danger; that's all there was to it]]. |
| 216 | * HeroicSacrifice: A non-fatal variety. Splinter destroys the Retro-Mutagen Ray to save the turtles from Shredder, which was the only way to return to being human again. |
| 217 | * HeroicWillpower: Splinter was shown to have strong willpower as he was able to control his brain waves, even trapped inside Shredder's body. |
| 218 | * {{Metamorphosis}}: Human to rat, courtesy of the same mutagen that turned the Turtles into two-legged mean green fighting machines. |
| 219 | * TheNapoleon: He's much shorter than his four sons are, and quite a bit shorter than Shredder. |
| 220 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Is usually exasperated by his sons' antics, but occasionally laughs them off or even joins in. He's also shown his skill as a "shredder" when he challenged Leonardo to a skateboarding contest in "Leonardo Lightens Up." |
| 221 | * OldMaster: He's much older than the Turtles, but is still a capable fighter when he needs to be. |
| 222 | * PapaWolf: He will not take kindly to anyone who harms his four students. |
| 223 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Splinter is sometimes depicted wearing a purple kimono and is one of the best fighters in the series. |
| 224 | * RealMenWearPink: Splinter's kimono looks like pink, or is it [[PurpleIsPowerful some light purple?]] DependingOnTheArtist. |
| 225 | * RedBaron: While his real name is Hamato Yoshi, he earned the name "Splinter" because he can karate-chop wooden planks into literal splinters. |
| 226 | * SoProudOfYou: His reaction in the final episode after the turtles defeat Lord Dregg once and for all. |
| 227 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original comics Hamato Yoshi was murdered. |
| 228 | * SternTeacher: At times, he could be seen as this. |
| 229 | %% TeamDad |
| 230 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Unlike his pizza-loving sons, Splinter has a preference to sushi. |
| 231 | * VagueAge: Splinter sounds and acts like a very old man, but in his human form he can't be above early forties. |
| 232 | [[/folder]] |
| 233 | |
| 234 | !! Friends and Allies |
| 235 | [[folder:April O'Neil]] |
| 236 | -->Voiced by: Creator/RenaeJacobs |
| 237 | |
| 238 | [[quoteright:247:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/april_oneil_87.png]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | The most-iconic version of the Turtles' sidekick and evangelist. April Harriet O'Neil is a television reporter for Channel 6 News and one of the turtles' first human friends and allies. Easily-spotted by her red helmet of hair and [[AdventurerOutfit yellow jumpsuit]]. |
| 241 | ---- |
| 242 | |
| 243 | * AdaptationalJobChange: In the original comics, she was Baxter's assistant and owner of an antique store. Here, she's a news reporter. |
| 244 | * {{Animorphism}}: April underwent multiple brief mutations over the course of the series, though each of these mutations was reversed by the episode's conclusion. |
| 245 | * BagOfKidnapping: Happens to her in the episode "Turtles on the Orient Express". |
| 246 | * BoundAndGagged: She always ended up being bound and gagged by the bad guys, especially during the earlier seasons, to the point that the turtles can even recognize her mumbles. |
| 247 | * CatGirl: In the episode "The Catwoman From Channel Six" she is turned into a mutant cat woman. |
| 248 | * CoolBigSis: April was somewhat like this to the turtles considering she is older than them at 28. |
| 249 | * CursedWithAwesome: April is turned into a fish mutant in one episode. She's understandably upset about it, but it saves her life when the villain's base is flooded and she's able to breathe underwater like the Turtles. |
| 250 | * CuteBruiser: Sometimes. |
| 251 | * CuteMonsterGirl: She's been temporarily transformed into half animal mutants multiple times throughout the series. |
| 252 | * DamselInDistress: April is frequently kidnapped by Shredder, quite often as bait in order to lure the Turtles out of hiding in order to unleash his latest attempt at destruction upon them. ''Turtles Forever'' exploited this plot device to comic effect when the 2003 Turtles arrived in the "1987" Turtles' dimension, with 1987 Donatello commenting that they saved April at least once a day to the extent that watches could be set by it. |
| 253 | * DamselOutOfDistress: DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 254 | * DemotedToExtra: After Carter showed up, April was relegated to sitting in her apartment and researching stuff on the Internet for all of Season 9 and the first few episodes of Season 10. Fortunately, she started taking a more active role in the final few episodes once Carter was [[PutOnABus written out]]. |
| 255 | * FaintInShock: Occurs after she first sees the turtles (like many incarnations). |
| 256 | -->'''Michelangelo:''' She ain't no fun, she fainted. |
| 257 | * GoingForTheBigScoop: She seems to prefer the stories that could endanger her life. |
| 258 | * TheHeart: Might not be as hands-on as the turtles, but certainly helps the group stay together. |
| 259 | * {{Hot God}}dess: [[spoiler: April wearing a magical amulet]] in the episode "The Lost Queen of Atlantis". |
| 260 | * IconicOutfit: Her yellow jumpsuit. |
| 261 | * IdiotBall: She occasionally becomes so reckless in trying to get a good story that she doesn't consider the potentially fatal outcomes some of her attempts may lead to. |
| 262 | * IntrepidReporter: She was employed by Burne Thompson, though due to her headstrong nature and passion for her work. |
| 263 | * MarriedToTheJob |
| 264 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She is 28 years old, considering that she looks like she just hit her twenties, but is almost thirty. |
| 265 | * PluckyGirl: She can't be both an IntrepidReporter and the best friend of four warrior turtles without impressive determination. |
| 266 | * [[RedheadedHero Redheaded Heroine]]: In a twist, she sometimes ends up saving the turtles at times. |
| 267 | * SheCleansUpNicely: In the episode "April's Fool". Of course, April is ''always'' hot no matter what. It was just nice to see her in something other than a yellow jumpsuit for a change. Same for her Mardi Gras costume in "The Four Musketurtles". |
| 268 | * StatuesqueStunner: Beautiful, buxom, and according to ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'', quite tall, 5'8'' (173 cm). |
| 269 | * UnfazedEveryman: After her initial scream and/or faint upon meeting the Turtles she becomes this. |
| 270 | [[/folder]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | [[folder:Irma]] |
| 273 | -->Voiced by: Creator/JenniferDarling |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TMNT_Irma_9476.jpg]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | April O'Neil's boy-crazy best friend. She has a crush on Donatello, though shows interest in several male characters throughout the series. |
| 278 | ---- |
| 279 | Tropes associated with Irma: |
| 280 | * [[AccidentalHero Accidental Heroine]]: She inadvertently defeats The Rat King and Leatherhead by stepping on The Rat King's foot when he refused to take her hostage instead of April. This causes The Rat King and Leatherhead to collide into each other and save April and the turtles at the same time. |
| 281 | * AllWomenAreLustful: Irma's boy-craziness is one of her most defining traits. She is forever pining after a dream boyfriend, and always interested in the possibility of scoring a date. Species is no object, either. |
| 282 | * ApologizesALot: In "The Turtle Terminator", she repeatedly apologizes whenever she accidentally hurts Shredder. |
| 283 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In "Attack of the 50 Foot Irma" she is accidentally enlarged by an enlarging ray powered by Exaporon, by Krang (who meant to fire the beam at Shredder). Upon being giant, Irma's clumsiness gets the better of her. Eventually, the Turtles manage to shrink her back to her normal size. |
| 284 | * BespectacledCutie: She's a CuteClumsyGirl. Her large, square, red-framed glasses emphasize this trait. Not surprising, considering she's a WholeCostumeReference to Jeanette from ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''. |
| 285 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She was able to defeat the Rat King after he paid more attention to April than her. Heck, Irma ''easily'' dropped four {{Zerg Rush}}ing Foot Soldiers (on board the freaking '''Technodrome''', no less) in "Super Irma." When properly motivated, she [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]]. |
| 286 | * BigEater: Not to the level of Michelangelo, but she had quite the appetite throughout the series. |
| 287 | * BrainyBrunette: Brown-haired nerd type. |
| 288 | * CanonForeigner: She was created for the 1987 animated series. |
| 289 | * CharacterDevelopment: She went from a generic boy-crazy ditz to a GenkiGirl with a HiddenBadass side. |
| 290 | * CuteBruiser: At times. |
| 291 | * CuteClumsyGirl: Cute is a matter of opinion, but she's certainly clumsy. |
| 292 | * CuteGiant: In the episode "Attack Of The 50 Foot Irma" she is accidentally enlarged to giant size until the turtles reverse her to her normal size. |
| 293 | * DamselInDistress: Many times like April. |
| 294 | * DamselOutOfDistress: DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 295 | * DeadpanSnarker: Tends to react with a lot of dry sarcasm to all the craziness she gets involved in. |
| 296 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection |
| 297 | * GeniusDitz: She's boy-crazy and kind of silly, but also very smart. |
| 298 | * TheKlutz: She is really a klutz tending to step on people's feet and often addressed as this by others including Bebop and Rocksteady. |
| 299 | * LovableNerd: It comes naturally with her being a NiceGirl after all. |
| 300 | * LovableSexManiac: She's so desperate for a boyfriend that she'll flirt with (or just fantasize about being with) almost anyone as long as they're male. In one episode she ends up falling for a robotic policeman. |
| 301 | -->'''April:''' Forget it, Irma. He's not human. |
| 302 | * MarsNeedsWomen: Inverted. Her obsession with finding a romantic partner eventually reduces her to craving for monsters, mutants, and even the Turtles themselves at one point. She bonded the most with Donatello during the course of the series. |
| 303 | * NiceGirl: She's very friendly with April, the turtles, and even villains at times. |
| 304 | * NoFullNameGiven: Her last name is never mentioned at any point in the series. At some point, "Langenstein" appeared as a last name in online discourse related to her, which led to it being used in [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW the IDW comic series]]. The only media tangentally related to this incarnation to use Langenstein was the 2020 children's book ''Totally Turtles!'', which uses the show's character designs. |
| 305 | * NotGoodWithRejection: She absolutely hates being rejected or ignored by a potential love interest. This trait is so ingrained in her character that in the episode "Leatherhead Meets The Rat King" she even attacks the Rat King because he was more interested in taking April hostage instead of her which inadvertently lead to his and Leatherhead's defeat. |
| 306 | * PinkMeansFeminine: She wore pink glasses, and is very feminine. |
| 307 | * ProneToTears: She cries pretty frequently due to her sensative nature. |
| 308 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Her "Super Irma" costume has a pair of purple armbands and purple leggings. |
| 309 | * PutOnABus: Halfway through the 8th season, she stopped appearing on the show. |
| 310 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: In the episode "Leatherhead Meets The Rat King", she doesn't attack the Rat King because she was trying to save April, but because he chose April to take hostage instead of her. |
| 311 | * SheCleansUpNicely: Not to the level of April, but she still looks very nice in the times she wears a dress. |
| 312 | * ShipTease: With Donatello. |
| 313 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Irma's biggest goal in life seems to be find a boyfriend to have a good relationship with. |
| 314 | * SweetTooth: She seemed to love junk food, especially sweet candy and desserts. |
| 315 | * TokenGoodTeammate: She's the only major co-worker of April that is not a JerkAss, and unlike Burne and Vernon, she gets along with the Turtles well. |
| 316 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 317 | ** In "Super Irma", Irma gets hit by a beam from a magnet, which made her think she had gained super powers. She then changes into a leotard, cape, and knee-high boots in an outfit in design similar to Franchise/WonderWoman. |
| 318 | ** In "Shredder Triumphant!" once she gets ahold of a blaster, she destroys the back of Krang's android body and disarms Shredder with a few key blasts, enabling Donatello to send the Technodrome back to Dimension X without the villains on board. |
| 319 | * TrueBlueFemininity: She wears a blue sweater and is very feminine with keeping up with her appearance and also trying to find a perfect date. |
| 320 | * VagueAge: Irma looks and acts like a young teenager but is apparently old enough to own an apartment and have a steady job. |
| 321 | * WeightWoe: Her constant SweetTooth led to her having several instances where she was fretting about her weight gains and going on a diet with varying degrees of success. |
| 322 | * WholeCostumeReference: She dresses (and looks, with her hairstyle, coloration and glasses) like Jeanette from ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''. |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder:Vernon Fenwick]] |
| 326 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PatFraley (Season 1), Creator/PeterRenaday (Season 2 onward), Creator/TownsendColeman ("Michelangelo Meets Bugman Again") |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Vernon_Fenwick_6875.jpg]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | April's cameraman, who is constantly trying to climb the corporate ladder and steal April's job. |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | Tropes associated with Vernon: |
| 333 | * AssholeVictim: He often suffers humiliating misfortunes, but a lot of times he has it coming. |
| 334 | * CampStraight: He's very effeminate and such, but he's sometimes implied to be attracted to Irma. |
| 335 | * CanonForeigner: He was created for the cartoon. |
| 336 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: In season 1 he was friendlier with April, and helped her get the scoop on Krang's attack in New York even though she was in trouble with Burne at the time. |
| 337 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Vernon can either be an ally to the Turtles or siding with Burne that they are a menace to society. |
| 338 | * DirtyCoward: Often flees at the first sign of danger, leaving April on her own. |
| 339 | * FaceHeelTurn: 8th season. Shortly before the entire Channel 6 staff was PutOnABus, Vernon Fenwick ends up siding with Burne Thompson, and agreeing that the Turtles are a menace to society, and all because they didn't save the Channel 6 building from Shredder's explosive device in time. |
| 340 | * HateSink: Starting in Season 2, where he becomes more cowardly and selfish as well as antagonistic to both April and the Turtles, likely to justify his ButtMonkey status. |
| 341 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Will knock others for showing any cowardice despite being a huge one himself, such as in "The Case of the Killer Pizzas". |
| 342 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's mean to April and the Turtles, often for no good reason. |
| 343 | * TheLoad |
| 344 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's often portrayed as analogous to Creator/GeraldoRivera. |
| 345 | * PutOnABus: Halfway through the 8th season, he stopped making appearances. |
| 346 | * RealMenWearPink: He literally has a pink shirt. But given his DirtyCoward traits, the "real man" part is highly questionable. |
| 347 | * TheRival: Sometimes he tried to take April's place as a news reporter. |
| 348 | * SitcomArchNemesis: In general, he plays the role of a smaller antagonists for the Turtles. Vernon and Burne Thompson often blamed the Turtles for crimes they are seeking to prevent. |
| 349 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He thinks he's the best there is in the news business. |
| 350 | * SmugSnake: As the series go on, he will often make snide remarks evoking a sense of superiority over April, confident that he could replace her as Channel 6's star-reporter with ease. Never mind the fact that he's a DirtyCoward who would quit at the first sign of hardship. |
| 351 | * TookALevelInJerkass: He goes from someone who's April's friend for the most part as well as part of her main newscrew in season 1 to a rival reporter constantly trying to steal all her jobs. |
| 352 | * UngratefulBastard: Like Burne, he strongly believed that the Turtles were a menace to society and often actively participated in Burne's anti-mutant campaigns, even though the Turtles had saved his life on many occasions. He still displays this even in ''Shredder's Revenge'', where he [[spoiler:credits the Punk Frogs for saving the day]]. |
| 353 | * YesMan: To Mr. Thompson, his boss. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Burne Thompson]] |
| 357 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PatFraley, Creator/TownsendColeman (some episodes of Season 3) |
| 358 | |
| 359 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/burne_kitbash_cartoon.jpg]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | The boss of Channel 6 news. He's very bossy and dislikes the Ninja Turtles, though he allows April's reports to paint them in a positive light. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | * CanonForeigner: He was created for the cartoon. |
| 364 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first four episodes, he had a more tough-but-fair attitude. But starting with the fifth episode, he becomes the JerkAss boss we're all familiar with. |
| 365 | * TheChewToy: Not as much as Vernon, but he usually does wind up on the receiving end of some negative karma, especially depending on just how much of a Jerkass he is within the episode. |
| 366 | * DaEditor: He gets on April's case for reporting positive stories about the Turtles. |
| 367 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Burne never likes Turtles personally, but sometimes he's aggressively against them, and other times Burne only gets angry with them if they mess with the Channel six building or his reporters. Burne is at his nicest in mid season 3 to 4, due to the Turtles rescuing him in [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987S03E07BurnesBlues Burne's Blues]], conversely he is at his nastiest in season 8 starting from [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987S08E01GetShredder Get Shredder]]. |
| 368 | * {{Expy}}: He's basically the show's equivalent of J. Jonah Jameson from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', being a hot-tempered, loud mouthed media mogul who is constantly on his employees' asses for the most minor things and having a vitriolic hatred of the heroes. Bonus points for both of them being New Yorkers. |
| 369 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Despite his dislike of the Turtles, even Burne thought A.J. Howard's anti mutant campaign was going too far. |
| 370 | * FaceHeelTurn: After the Channel 6 building is destroyed, Burne went from a grouchy neutral figure to an antagonist who started broadcasting news stories to paint the Turtles as criminals. |
| 371 | * FatBastard: He's overweight and not very nice to April or the Turtles. |
| 372 | * FatSlob: His action figured portrayed him with his shirt unbuttoned and stained, chewing with his mouth open, and with paper stuck to his shoe. |
| 373 | * HateSink: Like Vernon, his main role in the series is to constantly blame the Turtles no matter what they do all for the fans to hate him. |
| 374 | * IgnoredEpiphany: Subverted; after personally witnessing their actions, he retracts all the vitriol he had towards the turtles since Channel 6 building was destroyed and heartfully thanks them, only to learn their heroics [[HereWeGoAgain destroyed]] his transmitter. While [[UnderStatement less than thrilled]], he no longer broadcasts any negative stories about them, and does acknowledge them as heroes, but major pains in his wallet. |
| 375 | * IrrationalHatred: |
| 376 | ** His hatred of the Turtles seems to be partly motivated by the fact his girlfriend Tiffany hated all Turtles due to a childhood incident. When April makes does a story that makes the Turtles look good to the public, Tiffany breaks up with Burne because she sees him as a turtle lover and Burne becomes a thorn in the Turtles' side from that moment on. |
| 377 | ** In the Red Sky episodes, Burne blames the Turtles for the destruction of the Channel 6 Building. |
| 378 | * {{Jerkass}}: Never gives any respect towards April and is very unrelenting to the Turtles. |
| 379 | * MayDecemberRomance: Has a younger, [[BrainlessBeauty airheaded]] girlfriend called Tiffany, who is implied to be the reason he hates the turtles. Notably when she asked how old he was, Burne said he was thirty something, while his employees were celebrating his fiftieth birthday. |
| 380 | * MeanBoss: He tends to yell at his employees, particularly Vernon. |
| 381 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Probably his one redeeming trait is even though he's a huge jerk and has some major biases, he's (mostly) a fair newsman. This is best displayed in "Return of the Shredder" where despite his hatred of the turtles he still runs April's report that clears their names after the Shredder framed them, even though doing so causes his equally turtle-hating girlfriend Tiffany to temporarily dump him. |
| 382 | * UngratefulBastard: |
| 383 | ** Downplayed in the earlier seasons, as while Burne would continually personally dislike the turtles, he'd also allow April to publish positive stories on the Ninja Turtles. He was also less aggressive to the Turtles after they saved him in season 3. |
| 384 | ** Played straight in the Red Sky seasons; despite it being clear that the Turtles had tried to stop Shredder from blowing up the Channel 6 building, Burne still blamed them and resolved to turn the public against them. |
| 385 | [[/folder]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder:Mona Lisa]] |
| 388 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PatMusick |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[quoteright:215:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TMNT_Mona_Lisa_8783.jpg]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | A human college student who was mutated into a lizard and fell in love with Raphael. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | Tropes associated with Mona: |
| 395 | |
| 396 | * AbortedArc: Although Mona Lisa appeared in just one episode, it was implied her storyline was just beginning. |
| 397 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: She doesn't wear shoes after her mutation. |
| 398 | * BecomingTheMask: She initially flirts with Raphael and pretends to be his date so she can gain access to the ship that Captain Filch is on, but later as she gets to know Raphael she ends up falling in love with him for real. |
| 399 | * BrainyBrunette: She has brownish hair and is an intelligent college student. |
| 400 | * TheBusCameBack: Downplayed; she appears in ''Shredder's Revenge'' as a background character in the ''Dimension Shellshock'' DLC. |
| 401 | * CuteBruiser: She's able to face off against Raphael initially, as well fight against Captain Filch and his army of {{Giant Mook}}s without an issue. |
| 402 | * CuteMonsterGirl: She's very pretty for a lizard mutant. |
| 403 | * GirlOfTheWeek: It seemed that she was being set up as Raphael's {{Love Interest|s}}, but she only appeared once. |
| 404 | * [[GuileHero Guile Heroine]]: At first, she uses her feminine wiles to get Raphael to help her with foiling Captain Filch's scheme. |
| 405 | * IronicName: Her name is Mona Lisa, which was the subject of one of Creator/LeonardoDaVinci's paintings, but she meets up and falls in love with Raphael instead. |
| 406 | * KiddieKid: She isn't above childishly taunting her enemies, but otherwise acts her age. |
| 407 | * LizardFolk: Although her action figure combines this with [[FishPeople Fish Person]], making her a [[MixAndMatchCritters Mix-and-Match Critter]]. Perhaps she's a newt. |
| 408 | * LovableLizard: She's a lizard-like mutant and an ally to the Turtles, especially Raphael. |
| 409 | * {{Metamorphosis}}: From human to lizard. |
| 410 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: She's named after the original Mona Lisa, who was the subject of one of the most famous paintings in the world. |
| 411 | * NonMammalMammaries: She's a lizard woman with breasts. Justified because she was human before her mutation. |
| 412 | * NonMammalianHair: She still has hair after her mutation. |
| 413 | * PinkIsFeminine: She wears a pink scarf and hair elastic. Also, she used to wear a pink dress as a human. |
| 414 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: She's a little shorter than Raphael and can hold her own in physical battle against Captain Filch's {{Giant Mook}}s without too much trouble. |
| 415 | * ThemeNaming: It's only fitting that a character named after the subject of painting falls in love with a character that's named after a renaissance painter. |
| 416 | * WaifFu: She's smaller than Raphael and can stand up to Captain Filch's {{Giant Mook}}s with ease. |
| 417 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Even though she survived and is even seen at the lair at the end of the episode, she never appears again. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | [[folder:Carter Dawson]] |
| 421 | -->Voiced by: Creator/BumperRobinson |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carter_7.png]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | A college student who seeks out Splinter in order to gain some ninja training. Becomes an ally of the turtles in their fight against Dregg. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | Tropes associated with Carter: |
| 428 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: He has brownish skin, but it's unclear whether he's African American or just has a tan, his hairstyle indicates the latter though. |
| 429 | * CursedWithAwesome: In his debut appearance, he gains a Hulk-like mutation power that sporadically causes him to turn into a huge, muscular yellow-skinned mutant with a metal arm and spikes. |
| 430 | * MagicPants: Averted the first time he transforms, but played straight on all subsequent occasions where his clothes transforms with him. |
| 431 | * OnlyOneName: Carter's surname is never given in the show. That said, [[AllThereInTheManual publicity and the old CBS website for the show]] say Carter's surname is Dawson. |
| 432 | * ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: We never actually see Carter at college. Either his attendance rates are lousy, or his college has one heck of a long summer break. Eventually the former is confirmed when Carter says one of the reasons he wants his mutation cured is so he can finally return to college. |
| 433 | * PutOnABus: Halfway through the final season, he's taken away to the future to get his mutation cured. We never see or hear from him again, so whether or not the cure was successful, we'll never know. |
| 434 | ** TheBusCameBack: He later appears as a background character in the ''Dimension Shellshock'' DLC for Shredder's Revenge, though while he never transforms, due to the game and the mode [[ExcusePlot not having much of a story]], it's still unclear if he was cured or if he simply had his mutation under control at that moment. |
| 435 | * SixthRanger: He sticks around with the Turtles, at least until he leaves in mid-season 10. |
| 436 | * ThereIsNoCure: His mutation is considered incurable in the present day. Seemingly {{subverted|Trope}} in his last appearance when he accepts an offer to go to the future so their technology can cure him. |
| 437 | * TokenMinority: Carter is the only main human character to be African American. |
| 438 | [[/folder]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | [[folder:Punk Frogs]] |
| 441 | -->Voiced by: Creator/TownsendColeman (Attila the Frog), [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]] (Genghis Frog), Creator/PatFraley (Napoleon Bonafrog), Creator/NicholasOmana (Rasputin the Mad Frog) |
| 442 | |
| 443 | Four ex-pet frogs who mutated into humanoid forms after being released into a region of the Okefenokee Swamp in Florida that had been contaminated by some lost mutagen. Shredder tracked them down and tried to train them as his own elite mutant warriors to take down the Turtles. Unfortunately for Shredder, they were naturally docile, and defected from his side to become allies of the Turtles. |
| 444 | |
| 445 | * TheDividual: Unlike the more individualized turtles, they all have the same mellow personality. |
| 446 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: They can't stand pizza. |
| 447 | * HulkingOut: The episode "Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps" had Napoleon turn into a muscular behemoth when enraged after exposure to a ray invented by Krang. |
| 448 | * TheLeader: Attila is the leader of the Punk Frogs. |
| 449 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: They initially meet the Turtles in combat, but quickly realise they'd rather befriend the Turtles than serve Shredder. |
| 450 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Just like the turtles, they're all named after real-life historic figures, specifically Shredder's personal heroes. |
| 451 | * NiceGuy: All four of them. |
| 452 | * NonIndicativeName: There's absolutely nothing "punk" about them, as they look more like surfer dudes. Also, Rasputin's full name is "Rasputin the Mad Frog". He's as nice and level-headed as his buddies. |
| 453 | * OddNameOut: Rasputin's name is a bit off. The others are named after tyrannical rulers and conquerors, while he's named after a crazy faith healer. |
| 454 | * PaletteSwap: Attila and Napoleon have the same outfits with swapped colors. Same for Genghis and Rasputin. |
| 455 | * ThePsychoRangers: Invoked and subverted. They were intended to be evil counterparts to the Ninja Turtles, but turned out to be too good-natured to stay evil. |
| 456 | * ThemeNaming: Like the Turtles, they were named by their human mentor's favorite historical figures/personal heroes. Of course, since that mentor was Shredder, he named them after tyrants and lunatics: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Rapustin. |
| 457 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: Attila and Rasputin never had toys, which is presumably why they got phased out. |
| 458 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: They like eating Chinese food and flies. |
| 459 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: Napoleon Bonafrog's action figure looks more bumpy and mean-looking, compared to Genghis' more show-accurate figure. |
| 460 | [[/folder]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[folder:Zack]] |
| 463 | -->Voiced by: Creator/RobPaulsen |
| 464 | |
| 465 | A young boy who considers himself the "Fifth Turtle". |
| 466 | |
| 467 | * BadassAdorable: He's literally brave enough to go inside a giant godzilla-like robot to save April, without even being fazed even once. He's also willing to face off against multiple villains to help save the turtles in "Night Of The Rogues" despite his young age. |
| 468 | * KidAppealCharacter: He's much younger than the Turtles and his immaturity is rather blatant. |
| 469 | * KidHero: He's managed to save April's life when she was trapped in a mechanical godzilla-like robot, and also helped save the turtles when they were captured in "Night Of The Rogues". |
| 470 | * OlderThanTheyLook. He claims to be "almost fourteen". He doesn't look it, or act like it. Maybe he was lying? |
| 471 | * OneSteveLimit: Both averted and played with at the same time. '''Zack''' is name of the kid who calls himself the fifth turtle, while '''Zak''' is the name of the neutrino from Dimension X who debuted earlier in the show. |
| 472 | * PutOnABus: In season 7, he was phased from the show. |
| 473 | ** TheBusCameBack: He appears as a background character in the ''Dimension Shellshock'' DLC for ''Shredder's Revenge''. |
| 474 | * SixthRanger: He's trying his ''hardest'' to be one. |
| 475 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Official sources can't decide on the last letter of his name being a "k" or an "h". |
| 476 | * TagalongKid: Whenever he appears, he tries to join the Turtles on their missions. |
| 477 | * TheTeamWannabe: He's a regular human child who considers himself the "Fifth Turtle." |
| 478 | [[/folder]] |
| 479 | |
| 480 | [[folder:Neutrinos]] |
| 481 | -->Voiced by: Creator/ThomPinto (Dask), Creator/PatFraley (Zak), Creator/TressMacNeille (Kala) |
| 482 | |
| 483 | A group of elf-like aliens from Dimension X who act like beatnik hotrodders. Their dislike of authority and war made them fugitives in their home dimension. Kala, the female of the group, develops a crush on Michelangelo. |
| 484 | |
| 485 | * ActualPacifist: Their defining trait is that they hate war and want to play instead, which is illegal in Dimension X. |
| 486 | ** TechnicalPacifist: Although they do use weapons to defend themselves. Subverted when Dask reveals in the episode "Hot Rodding Teenagers" that the weapons on their automobiles are required by law. |
| 487 | * AnimeHair: To insane degrees. |
| 488 | * {{Beatnik}}: Their whole gimmick revolves around being alien beatniks, complete with the lingo. "Cool? Daddy-o, we are frozen!" |
| 489 | * BreakTheCutie: Life in Dimension X is pretty hard on them, especially towards Kala. |
| 490 | -->'''Kala:''' You don't know what it's like, living in a place where everybody wants to do you in just for the crime of being young. |
| 491 | * HumanAliens: They're aliens from Dimension X, but aside from the insane anime-pompadours and elfin ears, they look perfectly human. |
| 492 | * InterspeciesRomance: Kala with Michelangelo. |
| 493 | * KindheartedCatLover: Kala's pet grybyx is similar enough to being an alien cat from Dimension X. |
| 494 | * PointyEars: Part of their "anime elf beatnik hotrodder" motif. |
| 495 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: Zak and Dask are the two guys with Kala being the girl. |
| 496 | [[/folder]] |
| 497 | |
| 498 | [[folder:Casey Jones]] |
| 499 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PatFraley (1987 series), Darren Worts (''Shredder's Revenge'') |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bogexndljztatodhkni00njnmlthmnjgtnmixzgezmwq4oty5l2ltywdll2ltywdlxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvynjk4ndizmdc_v1_2.jpg]] |
| 502 | |
| 503 | A crazed vigilante who goes after all sorts of crime, from armed robbery to littering: apparently adopting a "Filthy Harry" like persona. |
| 504 | |
| 505 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the '87 series, he's still an ally to the Turtles but isn't the close friend he is with them in the source material and many subsequent incarnations. And there's no romance between him and April. |
| 506 | * AscendedExtra: Became a playable character in the NES and Genesis/Mega Drive versions of ''Tournament Fighters'', and is unlockable in the base game for ''Shredder's Revenge''. |
| 507 | * AllCrimesAreEqual: He has this mindset. No matter how minor an offense is, the perpetrator is still a "lawbreaker". |
| 508 | * AloofAlly: The Turtles are lucky to try and get him on his good side when asking for his help. |
| 509 | * BlueIsHeroic: Played with. He's a good guy who wears a blue shirt and ''thinks'' he's a hero, but his [[VigilanteMan vigilante nature]] puts him closer to AntiHero territory most of the time. |
| 510 | * CharlesAtlasSuperPower: He is not a mutant, but he can lift a vending machine over his head and throw it, as well as break through concrete or metal with his sporting equipment. |
| 511 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's not the most sane individual. |
| 512 | * DemotedToExtra: In most incarnations, Casey is the SixthRanger to the Turtles as well as April's love interest. Here, he's only a minor character who only appears in 5 episodes and he and April barely interact at all. |
| 513 | * TheFaceless: It should be noted that you never see his face in the series, since he never takes off his mask, even when once going undercover in a business suit. |
| 514 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He has made it his mission to punish everyone he finds breaking the law. Problem is that vigilantism is also against the law, but he never sees the inherent contradiction. |
| 515 | * IKnowMaddenKombat: Casey Jones attacked villains with various sports equipment like baseball bats and hockey sticks. [[spoiler: In season eight, he gets a sword and faces off against Shredder, [[FridgeBrilliance which could be a fencing reference.]]]] |
| 516 | * NinetiesAntiHero: His crazy behavior sets him up as a parody of one, although amusingly his first appearance was in 1989, shortly before the concept's heyday. |
| 517 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: This version of Casey seems to be based on Creator/ClintEastwood, especially with the "[[WritingAroundTrademarks Filthy]] [[Film/DirtyHarry Harry]]" references. |
| 518 | * PutOnABus: Until the eighth season. |
| 519 | * VigilanteMan: He's an AffectionateParody of the trope. |
| 520 | [[/folder]] |
| 521 | |
| 522 | [[folder:Mondo Gecko]] |
| 523 | -->Voiced by: Creator/JohnMariano |
| 524 | |
| 525 | A skateboarding mutant gecko who is friends with Michelangelo. |
| 526 | |
| 527 | * CoolBoard: He uses his own signature rocket-powered board. |
| 528 | * EvilCounterpart: To Michelangelo initially, being a hip skater mutated by the same mutagen that mutated the Turtles. |
| 529 | * HeelFaceTurn: Mondo Gecko was a member of a gang who worked for "Mr. X". Michelangelo convinced Mondo Gecko to turn on Mr. X. Together they fought Mr. X. After this, Mondo Gecko ends his career as a criminal and moves to the sewers and becomes "neighbors" with the TMNT and Splinter. |
| 530 | * {{Metamorphosis}}: From gecko to anthro gecko. |
| 531 | * NonMammalianHair: He has long black hair even though he wasn't human before his mutation. |
| 532 | * ShadowArchetype: Initially before his HeelFaceTurn, he represents what Michelangelo and the other turtles could have turned into if they had accepted Shredder's original offer to join him and turn to the side of evil. |
| 533 | [[/folder]] |
| 534 | |
| 535 | [[folder:Muck Man and Joe Eyeball]] |
| 536 | -->Voiced by: Creator/TownsendColeman (Muck Man), Creator/RobPaulsen (Joe Eyeball) |
| 537 | |
| 538 | A pair of garbage men who were turned into junk and detritus-themed mutants, after Bebop and Rocksteady accidentally dumped a mutagen called Compound-X on them. |
| 539 | |
| 540 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Joe Eyeball became smitten with Irma when he first saw her, but she's understandably repulsed by his mutated appearance to his disappointment ([[ThrowTheDogABone although she did compliment his eyes]]). |
| 541 | * AbnormalAmmo: They fight by throwing slimy garbage balls. |
| 542 | * AbortedArc: At the end of their single episode appearance, Donatello promised that he'd try to find a cure for their mutation someday, but they told him to take his time as they genuinely liked being mutant superheroes. |
| 543 | * AlliterativeName: Besides the obvious, both of the garbage men had one prior to their mutation: Muck Man was Garson Grunge, and Joe Eyeball was Joe Junkee. |
| 544 | * CartoonCreature: Joe Eyeball's action figure description claims that he's a parasite, but it's hard to tell what he is, exactly. |
| 545 | * {{Expy}}: Muck Man is similar to the ''Film/ToxicAvenger'', with Joe Eyeball as an approximate equivalent to [[WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders Blobby]]. |
| 546 | * HeelFaceTurn: Shredder initially tricked them into believing that the Turtles were responsible for their mutations and actually villains that are a menace to the city. Fortunately, some video evidence retrieved by April from Tropotron Labs convinced them of the contrary, and they helped the Turtles fight Shredder. |
| 547 | * ManOfKryptonite: They were these to the Turtles themselves, due to the Compound-X mutagen they were altered with, which would cause the Turtles to weaken and eventually have their mutations reversed, until Donatello developed an antidote. |
| 548 | * MuckMonster: Muck Man is a slimy mutant made entirely of garbage. |
| 549 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: They're based on Creator/JackieGleason and Creator/ArtCarney. |
| 550 | * PowerGlows: When their retro-mutagen side effects kick in, they give off a sickly green glow. |
| 551 | -->'''Joe Eyeball''': When you gotta glow, you gotta go! |
| 552 | * SmartJerkAndNiceMoron: Judging from their early interactions, at least, since Garson Grunge/Muck Man is smart enough to tell the difference between broccoli and cauliflower, unlike Joe Junkee/Joe Eyeball. The former is ruder and surly, but the latter is friendlier. Also, it's reflected in how they come up with their mutant names (Garson thought of his immediately, Joe apparently [[LineOfSightAlias looked at his own eye stalks]]). |
| 553 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While they were seemingly set up for recurring appearances, they didn't show up again. |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:Usagi Yojimbo]] |
| 557 | -->Voiced by: Creator/TownsendColeman (1987 series), Yuki Matsuzaki (''Shredder's Revenge'') |
| 558 | |
| 559 | A rabbit samurai from an alternate universe. |
| 560 | |
| 561 | * AdaptationNameChange: In the 1987 animated series, he is named Usagi Yojimbo - Yojimbo (bodyguard) is his ''job'', not his name. His actual name in the original comic series (which is titled ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'') is Miyamoto Usagi. |
| 562 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: He's more emotional in the show than he is in his comics, where he was more in control of his emotions. |
| 563 | * BlueIsCalm: He wears a blue kimono and is usually pretty calm for most part. |
| 564 | * BlueIsHeroic: He wears a blue kimono and is an ally to the turtles. |
| 565 | * IGaveMyWord: Deconstructed when he was defeated by Shredder in a duel and manipulated by him into attacking the turtles as a result for his loss. |
| 566 | * TruerToTheText: His playable appearance in the ''Dimension Shellshock'' DLC for ''Shredder's Revenge'' brings his design and personality far closer to his comic counterpart. His ending even refers to him as Miyamoto Usagi like the comics, rather than Usagi Yojimbo like in the cartoon. |
| 567 | * WhenHeSmiles: On the rare times he shows a smile it's genuinely heartwarming. |
| 568 | * WhiteBunny: Just like his comic book design. |
| 569 | |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | !! The Foot Clan |
| 573 | [[folder:The Shredder]] |
| 574 | -->Voiced by: Creator/JamesAvery (Seasons 1-6 and first half of Season 7), Creator/DorianHarewood (some episodes of Season 3), [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]] (In "Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps" and most of the "Vacation in Europe" arc), Townsend Coleman (later half of Season 7), William E. Martin (Seasons 8-10), Creator/DanielRusso (European French) |
| 575 | |
| 576 | [[quoteright:323:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmnt1987_shredder.png]] |
| 577 | |
| 578 | Oroku Saki (also known as The Shredder) was the leader of the Foot Clan. He is the main villain of the show. Shredder was frequently assisted by his Mutant henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, and was bossed around by Krang, until season 10, where he was replaced by Lord Dregg. |
| 579 | |
| 580 | * AdaptationalComicRelief: In the original Mirage comics, he was a serious villain. In the cartoon, he is depicted as IneffectualSympatheticVillain with a much goofier personality. (At least until the "Red Sky" episodes.) |
| 581 | * AdaptationalJerkass: In the original Mirage comics, his vendetta against Hamato Yoshi was to avenge his brother when Yoshi killed him over their mutual love for Tang Shen. Here, he's a CardCarryingVillain and a BigBrotherBully. |
| 582 | * AdaptationNameChange: While his name is the same, "Saki" is his family name in this adaptation, as evidenced by his brother, Kazuo Saki. |
| 583 | * AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: DependingOnTheWriter. Sometimes he's legimately capable of treating others with respect, and sometimes not. |
| 584 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter[=/=]AlwaysSecondBest: To Splinter, also DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 585 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: DependingOnTheArtist. His skin is sometimes darker. |
| 586 | * AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Averted in "Krangenstein Lives"; when Shredder loses his memory, he's still the same wicked, ill-tempered, power-hungry jerk, just a little more confused than usual. |
| 587 | * ArchEnemy: To Splinter and the turtles. |
| 588 | * AscendedExtra: The Shredder was killed in the ''first issue'' of the original comic. (Although he came back a few times, including in the form of a [[ThreateningShark giant, mutant shark]].) Here, he collaborates with Krang as the longtime BigBad of the series. |
| 589 | * BadBoss: He frequently insults and belittles Bebop and Rocksteady and sometimes punishes them physically or uses them to test his last device or weapon. He also wasn't very nice towards Baxter Stockman when he was his lackey, sending him to Dimension X against his will and isn't particularly torn up when Krang announces his intention to disintegrate Stockman. In "Enter Mutagen Man", the titular Mutagen Man returns to Shredder having done the promised task in exchange for a cure for his mutation; Shredder responds by cutting the tube Mutagen Man needed to stay alive and revealed he [[ILied never intended]] to turn Mutagen Man back into normal. |
| 590 | * BigBad: He and Krang are the main villains for the first eight seasons. |
| 591 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Shredder and Krang are the main villains of the show and almost always work together in their plans. |
| 592 | * BigBadWannabe: In ''Turtles Forever''. He thinks himself on par with his Utrom counterpart, but the latter sees him as worthless and takes control of the Technodrome and becomes the film's proper BigBad. |
| 593 | * BigBrotherBully: Shredder belittles and mocks his little brother Kazuo Saki. |
| 594 | * BondVillainStupidity: |
| 595 | ** The Shredder proves himself more than a match for the turtles in armed combat, yet on many occasions when confronted he ''escapes'', often with the words "[[WeWillMeetAgain another time turtles]]!" Why another time? Why not now!? |
| 596 | ** When Shredder does manage to capture one of the turtles, he never bothers to kill them right away when he has the chance. Sometimes one of his plans has actually managed to capture all four of them, but again, he never finishes them off as soon as he can. |
| 597 | * TheBrute: While Shredder shows some level of stratagem and tech-savviness ([[DependingOnTheWriter this varying between episodes]]), he mainly relies on Krang to provide tech, mutagen and other resources while the Shredder performs tasks out in the field. |
| 598 | * ButtMonkey: Shredder became one by the third season, as his defeats became more and more humiliating, such as being reduced to a child, trapped in block of cement, or turned into a tiny fly, among others. By the end of the seventh season he gets out of this territory. (Interestingly all three of those examples are ones where Dorian Harewood fills in as his voice.) |
| 599 | * CainAndAbel: He has a younger brother named Kazuo Saki who works in law enforcement and is ashamed to be related to a criminal. |
| 600 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Shredder and Krang are defeated again at the end of "Turtles to the Second Power", they simply stop appearing in the show. Even in the show's final episode, when the Turtles explore the Technodrome's ruins, Shredder and Krang are nowhere to be found. |
| 601 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Briefly as chairman of Octopus Inc. He seemed to be quite competent and had some success. |
| 602 | * CreateYourOwnHero: He ends up creating the Turtles. He poured a caustic chemical down the sewer where Hamato Yoshi was living in an attempt to kill him. The chemical turned out to be a powerful mutagen which made the Turtles anthropomorphic and transformed Yoshi into Splinter. Shredder tried to use this information to convince the Turtles to join his side, but they declined. |
| 603 | * DarkerAndEdgier: The "Red Sky" episodes were more serious in tone and had Shredder become a more competent and dangerous villain. |
| 604 | * DeadpanSnarker: He sometimes makes remarks about Bebop and Rocksteady's incompetence and Krang's insistence on giving orders instead of doing things himself. |
| 605 | * DemotedToExtra: In the ninth and tenth seasons, he was no longer the main focus and only appeared in a three-part episode before disappearing again. |
| 606 | * DependingOnTheWriter: He got hit with this pretty bad considering his level of competence and maturity shifted with practically every writer. This made it so he either [[CurbStompBattle completely overpowered the turtles without breaking a sweat]] ("The Incredible Shrinking Turtles") or was on the opposite side of the spectrum [[HumiliationConga and was completely defeated without even putting up a decent fight.]] ("The Case Of The Killer Pizzas") |
| 607 | * DragonInChief: He sometimes falls into this starting in season 2, though the relationship between him and Krang is basically a BigBadDuumvirate since the plan seems to be for both of them to rule the world. |
| 608 | * DubNameChange: The Japanese dub renames him Sawaki Oroku, due to "Saki" being a feminine given name. |
| 609 | * EnfantTerrible: As shown in the clips of his life from "Shredderville". He is seen angrily breaking toys as a baby and picking fights with other kids when he was a child. |
| 610 | * EnragedByIdiocy: Bebop and Rocksteady's incompetence and stupidity is an endless source of annoyance and frustration for him, although he keeps using them. |
| 611 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The episode "Shredder's Mom" proves that even Shredder himself is not immune to this trope. |
| 612 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He's completely shocked at the insanity and evil of his 4Kids counterpart in ''Turtles Forever'', and teams up with the Turtles to stop him upon discovering that said counterpart intends to destroy the entire multiverse. |
| 613 | * EvilCounterpart: To Splinter. |
| 614 | * EvilIsHammy: His hamminess is often as blatant as his villainy, especially in the episodes where Dorian Harewood voices him. |
| 615 | * EvilIsNotAToy: He falls prey to this in ''Turtles Forever'', where he frees the 2K3 Shredder from his imprisonment in the hopes of forming a VillainTeamUp with him. The 2K3 Shredder is ''far'' more dangerous and competent than the 1987 Shredder ever was, and quickly usurps the former's plans and operations. |
| 616 | * EvilIsPetty: There is almost nothing he wouldn't do to ''hurt'' the turtles. |
| 617 | * EvilLaugh: He quite often laughs evilly. |
| 618 | * EvilMeScaresMe: He is terrified of the 4Kids version when he meets him in ''Turtles Forever''. |
| 619 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Thanks to James Avery, Dorian Harewood and Bill Martin. |
| 620 | * FinalBoss: With rare exceptions, he's always the final enemy in the video games. |
| 621 | * ForcedTransformation: The "Mutazoo" ray gun Baxter acquires in one episode turns him into a regular housefly giving Bebop and Rocksteady the chance to boss him around while Michelangelo is transformed into a gerbil. |
| 622 | * FriendshipMoment: Much as he and Krang bicker when Dregg drains Krang's life energy in "A Turtle in Time", the wounded alien tells Shredder [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown to escape without him]], Shredder not only [[PetTheDog rescues Krang]] but uses some futuristic tech to give Krang a "life energy transplant." |
| 623 | * GeniusBruiser: IneffectualSympatheticVillain portrayal aside, Shredder is still a skilled fighter, and repeatedly curb-stomps all four Turtles at once. As for the "genius" part, he's noted on at least one occasion to have an IQ of 300, having personally designed Krang's robot body. |
| 624 | * HairTriggerTemper: It was pretty easy for the turtles, Splinter, Bebop, Rocksteady, and even Krang to make him lose his temper. |
| 625 | * TheHeavy: Among the show's BigBadDuumvirate, he's clearly the more proactive one. Besides being responsible for Splinter's present predicament, he tends to go out on the field pretty often (willingly or otherwise) to acquire anything that furthers his and Krang's goals, and possibly eliminate the Turtles. |
| 626 | * HiddenDepths: Shredder is surprisingly good as teacher in martial arts. At the start of season two his tutelage helps a group of punks become relatively good ninjas, though not good enough to defeat the Turtles. Later in the season he trains a group of frogs to match the skills of the Turtles. |
| 627 | * HighlyVisibleNinja: Even Shredder, a proclaimed "ninja master", wore outlandish Samurai armor and would often broadcast threats with as much pomposity as Dr. Doom. He even has a habit of wearing his mask whenever he tries to disguise himself. |
| 628 | * {{Hunk}}: He is a {{bishonen}} and is built like a bodybuilder. |
| 629 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Shredder is many times this, particularly in later crossovers after the initial story arc of the first season. This is the only version of him that qualifies. |
| 630 | * {{Jerkass}}: Not quite to the extent of Krang, but he still frequently abuses his henchmutants Bebop and Rocksteady on a consistent basis, and he was unnecessarily cruel to Baxter Stockman during the first few episodes of Season 2. |
| 631 | * LargeHam: He is especially hammy in episodes where he is voiced by Dorian Harewood. |
| 632 | * LaughablyEvil: He often provides some of the show's humor thanks to being highly conceited and having to put up with the idiocy of Rocksteady and Bebop. |
| 633 | * LeeroyJenkins: Much to Krang's dismay, he doesn't always think before he acts. |
| 634 | * MeanBoss: The Shredder constantly abuses and insults Bebop and Rocksteady, though in his defense, he always does ensure they escape with him. |
| 635 | * MeaninglessVillainVictory: In "April Fool", Shredder manages to get away with a rare isotope. Unfortunately for the bad guys, the isotope is unstable under high atmospheric pressures (especially those deep within the Earth), and the sample explodes after the Shredder returns to the Technodrome parked many miles beneath the Earth's surface. |
| 636 | * MrFanservice: He is built like a bodybuilder and his almost skintight pants and [[SleevesAreForWimps sleeveless top]] leave very little to the imagination. |
| 637 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Sometimes his plans involve destroying bakeries to get his hands on Cheese Danishes. Then there are times he goes as far as to blow up the Channel 6 building, with people still inside, to prove he's a threat. |
| 638 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Shredder's attitude towards Splinter and the Turtles, so much so that they taunt him with it over the interstellar radio from a slave camp on Dimension X. His twisted code of ninja ethics forces him to bring them back to Earth...where they proceed to defeat Krang's bid for global domination. |
| 639 | * PetTheDog: |
| 640 | ** In "Turtle Trek" he mutates an alien named Gargon and promises to return him to normal if he lures the turtles into a trap. Shredder kept up his end of the deal before attempting to kill the turtles, even though he had no obligation to. |
| 641 | ** "A Turtle In Time" saw him rescue Krang from Dregg and even gives Krang some of his own life force to keep him from dying. |
| 642 | ** And as noted above, he never leaves Bebop and Rocksteady behind when retreating, no matter how badly they've screwed up in that episode. |
| 643 | * PrettyBoy: Surprisingly, Oroku Saki looks rather feminine and handsome without his helmet on. |
| 644 | * PsychopathicManchild: He has a tendency to throw childish tantrums when things don't go his way (which is often). |
| 645 | --> '''The Shredder:''' But I don't wanna conquer this place! I wanna conquer Earth! |
| 646 | * PurpleIsPowerful: He has a purple cape and is the turtles' greatest enemy. |
| 647 | * PutOnABus: Like all the Technodrome villains and the Channel 6 crew (except April), once the retool occurred. |
| 648 | ** TheBusCameBack: Though he and Krang would return for a three episode special in the tenth and last season. He also returned in ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'' and ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesShreddersRevenge''. |
| 649 | * RealMenWearPink: Surprisingly in one episode. |
| 650 | * ShouldersOfDoom: He has bladed armor over his shoulders. |
| 651 | * SiblingYinYang: The villainous Shredder's younger brother Kazuo Saki is actually a cop fighting for justice. |
| 652 | * ASinisterClue: His signature weapon is always on his left hand if he doesn't have two sets. |
| 653 | * SpikesOfVillainy: By way of wearing armor that's covered in blades. |
| 654 | * SurroundedByIdiots: He laments this quite frequently. |
| 655 | * TakeOverTheWorld: His goal is to take over the world. |
| 656 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between himself and Krang. They constantly bicker over their tactics and rejoice in each other's failings, and sometimes intentionally sabotage each other. |
| 657 | * TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Without his mask, and especially without his armor, Oroku Saki looks jarringly normal. |
| 658 | * TriggerPhrase: Shredder in one episode thought he was Michelangelo when he was hit by his own holographic synthesizer accidentally. However, Shredder was hypnotized by Splinter into going between his and Michelangelo personalties whenever he would hear one of their names. Although, after being hit by the holographic synthesizer once again while acting as Michelangelo, Shredder reverted to his old self, which canceled out the hypnosis. |
| 659 | * VagueAge: He's implied to be younger than Splinter, but exactly how much isn't made clear. |
| 660 | * VictoryIsBoring: In the episode "Shredderville," we're shown a reality where the Turtles never existed and Shredder has successfully conquered the world... but is so burdened by the task of ruling everything that he's suffered a nervous breakdown. |
| 661 | * VillainousCrush: Strangely enough, Shredder sometimes seems blatantly attracted to April in some episodes. [[DependingOnTheWriter It really depends on the writer, though.]] |
| 662 | * VillainousFriendship: He and Krang have this. |
| 663 | * VillainsOutShopping: As revealed in "Mr. Ogg Goes to Town," he collects antique ceramics as a hobby. |
| 664 | %%* WeUsedToBeFriends |
| 665 | * WouldHitAGirl: Shredder has no problem physically threatening April and Irma in multiple episodes. |
| 666 | [[/folder]] |
| 667 | |
| 668 | [[folder:Krang]] |
| 669 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PatFraley, Townsend Coleman (some episodes of Season 3) |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[quoteright:317:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ice5.png]] |
| 672 | |
| 673 | An alien general fighting a losing war, and who turns to Earth for assistance. A small, brain-like creature, he often uses a robotic exoskeleton to move around. |
| 674 | |
| 675 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Krang was based on the Utroms, a race of benevolent cephalopod aliens from the original comic who were stranded on Earth and seeking a way to return home and how like them, created the mutagen responsible for the Turtles' mutation. |
| 676 | * AdaptationalUgliness: Krang's android body is fat and somewhat {{Gonk}} with a disproportionally small head and arms that stick out at an angle. In contrast, the Utrom's android walkers were more balanced in proportion and also had synthetic skin to help them blend in with humans. |
| 677 | * BadBoss: He often insults Shredder and never hesitates to make his life miserable if he think he can get away with it. In the first episode of season 2 he sends Shredder to Earth without any supplies or soldiers, and in a later episode made him wait for supplies on a garbage barge just to annoy him. Also like Shredder he doesn't hesitate to abuse Bebop and Rocksteady verbally and physically and tried to kill Baxter Stockman because he didn't see any use for him in Dimension X, accidentally turning him into a fly mutant. |
| 678 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Along with the Shredder, he is the main threat for most of the series. |
| 679 | * BizarreAlienBiology: His brain, having been scooped out of its original skull, can survive perfectly well on its own in the open air and has primitive arms (tentacles), eyes and a fang-filled mouth in its own right. |
| 680 | * BreakoutVillain: He started out as a CanonForeigner with an Utrom-like body who became such a popular and iconic villain that nowadays, Krang is considered integral to the franchise, having appeared in multiple cartoons, movies, and comic books since the '87 series. |
| 681 | * CanonImmigrant: Began as a creation of the Fred Wolf cartoon, where he merely looked like the Utroms, but has since been used in other series. |
| 682 | * DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Krang's android body is a variation. He doesn't need it to survive, he just needs it to survive as anything but a barely mobile brain-like creature. |
| 683 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: In the Red Sky Seasons, Krang tells Dregg [[YoureInsane he is insane]] after the villain reveals his plan to teleport parts of the Earth [[HurlItIntoTheSun into the Sun]]. |
| 684 | * TheExile: Part of his backstory is that he's an exiled warlord from Dimension X. |
| 685 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 686 | ** His appearance of a tentacled brain-like creature operating a humanoid robot from its stomach is based on the more benign Utroms of the original Mirage comics, while his desire for interplanetary conquest and destruction appears to be borrowed from the Triceratons. [[spoiler:Though considering he is a cousin to Kraang Sub-Prime in the Nickelodeon series, this could mean he ''is'' an Utrom. Although, that may be a {{retcon}} as seen under ReptilesAreAbhorrent.]] |
| 687 | ** An alien criminal reduced to a talking brain, he somewhat evokes ''Series/DoctorWho'''s [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainofMorbius Morbius]]. As a tentacled giant brain who uses a machine to get around, he also recalls Creator/HGWells's [[Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds Martians]]. |
| 688 | * FatBastard: His android body gives him the appearance of one due to resembling an overweight wrestler, [[DownplayedTrope that said]], the suit itself has no morality and has been used by the turtles. |
| 689 | * FriendshipMoment: In the three parter during the final season, Krang, having been drained of his life energy, tells Shredder to [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown escape by himself]], but Shredder insists on rescuing Krang. |
| 690 | * GeniusBruiser: With his robot body, he's a super genius who is physically stronger than Bebop and Rocksteady. |
| 691 | * GeniusCripple: Sure, he's a genius. (His IQ is in the ''900s'') But as a brain, there's not much he can do on his own. Without his biosuit, he's pretty much helpless. |
| 692 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Repeatedly insults Shredder, dismissing him as useless, and keeps relying on him to carry out his plans anyways. Often Krang relies on Shredder for his plans without even bothering to personally lend a hand himself. At the start of the second season, Krang sends Shredder back to Earth due to his past failure against the turtles, even though Krang also failed to kill the turtles and told Shredder he '''needed''' his help when facing them. |
| 693 | * HypocriticalHumor: In "The Big Rip-Off" he refers to Bebop and Rocksteady as Shredder's idiotic mutants, to which Shredder complains "Why is it whenever they screw up, they are ''my'' idiotic mutants?" But when they actually succeed on a job, Krang refers to them as "my mutants." Apparently Krang only considers them Shredder's mutants when they fail. |
| 694 | * InsufferableGenius: Krang is brilliant, but not easy to work with. |
| 695 | * {{Jerkass}}: He insults and belittles Shredder all the time, and goes out of his way to make things difficult for his allies when he thinks he can get away with it. For example, in "Return of the Shredder" while he allows Shredder to return to New York, but denies him any tech or help, forcing Shredder to work on his own. Then there's his reasons for preventing Bebop and Rocksteady to return as well; |
| 696 | -->"Because, I enjoy watching people and animals suffer! And you, my friends, are both!" |
| 697 | * LaughablyEvil: He sometimes childishly mocks Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady for their incompetence. |
| 698 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Has one and a remixed version of it plays in the video games where he's fought as a boss. |
| 699 | * LostInImitation: The Fred Wolf Krang actually did ''not'' look so Utrom-like naturally; his body was destroyed, leaving him a disembodied brain, before he was exiled to Earth. His true form was... well, see ReptilesAreAbhorrent. |
| 700 | * MarkOfShame: He was reduced to his brain-like state by the people who exiled him, and he is quite embarrassed about it. |
| 701 | * MobileSuitHuman: He had Shredder build him a human-sized robot body to walk around in. |
| 702 | * MultipleChoicePast: |
| 703 | ** "Invasion Of The Krangazoids" shows he was originally LizardFolk and was reduced to a brain as a punishment. |
| 704 | ** "The Three Musketurtles" suggested that he was naturally brain-like. |
| 705 | ** The 2012 cartoon had a crossover that revealed Krang to be an Utrom from that universe. |
| 706 | * NeverMyFault: He has a tendency to blame Shredder whenever something on his end goes wrong, not matter how tortured that train of logic would be. |
| 707 | * NonActionBigBad: Krang very rarely engages in battle with the Turtles directly, he's content to let anyone else do the fighting for him. |
| 708 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: Krang is far less active than Shredder. This was justified in the first two seasons. Season 1, Krang didn't have his robot body until Shredder built it in the finale, and once it was finished he did face the turtles himself. During Season 2, Krang is trapped in Dimension X and isn't interested in the Earth until the finale. For the rest of the series however, Krang would frequently come up with a plan but didn't bother leaving the Technodrome, instead relying on Shredder. There were episodes where Krang would get involved but more often than not he didn't bother to dirty his hands. |
| 709 | * PreFinalBoss: If he's in the game, he's usually fought immediately before Shredder. |
| 710 | * PutOnABus: Like all the Technodrome villains and the Channel 6 crew (except April), once the retool occurred. |
| 711 | ** TheBusCameBack: Though the and Shredder would [[TheBusCameBack return]] for a three episode special in the tenth and last season. He also returned in ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever''. |
| 712 | * RealMenWearPink: He is once shown watching a culebrón and being driven to tears by it. |
| 713 | * ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The episode "Invasion of the Krangazoids" shows us what Krang originally looked like -- essentially a vaguely anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus Rex with [[MyBrainIsBig an overlarge cranium]]. |
| 714 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: How powerful Krang's robot body is depends on the episode. Sometimes it can take on all four turtles, "Krangenstein Lives" going as far as presenting it as TheJuggernaut, while other times it can't handle them one on one. |
| 715 | * SurroundedByIdiots: Krang actually says a variation of this in "The Dimension X Story". "Morons! I'm surrounded by morons!" |
| 716 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between himself and Shredder. They constantly bicker over their tactics and rejoice in each other's failings, and sometimes intentionally sabotage each other. |
| 717 | * VillainousFriendship: Despite being a BadBoss to Shredder, he does show some concern for him. |
| 718 | [[/folder]] |
| 719 | |
| 720 | [[folder:Bebop and Rocksteady]] |
| 721 | --> Voiced by: Barry Gordon, Greg Berg (Some episodes) (Bebop); Cam Clarke (Rocksteady) |
| 722 | |
| 723 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rocksteady_bebop_cartoon_laser_pistols.jpg]] |
| 724 | |
| 725 | Human gang members who were mutated into a warthog and rhino respectively, and serve as henchmen to the Shredder. Neither of them are particularly bright. |
| 726 | |
| 727 | * AdaptationalBadass: They're usually more formidable in the video games than the cartoons would have you believe, even when they're usually among the first bosses faced. |
| 728 | * {{Animorphism}}: Were transformed from humans to humanoid animals by the mutagen. In the Archie comics, this eventually starts influencing their mind. |
| 729 | * BaldOfEvil: Rocksteady had blonde hair in his human form, but he inexplicably went bald after he mutated into a rhino. |
| 730 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Initially. They're still DumbMuscle, but they're ''also'' pretty tough and significantly stronger than the turtles, to the point that they could seriously threaten the turtles -- they had to be out-thought rather than simply beaten up. |
| 731 | * [[BreakoutVillain Breakout Villains]]: They're not from the source material but they turned into very popular bad guys due to the '87 series that they came to be considered iconic and even integral to the ''TMNT'' franchise. Many subsequent cartoons, movies, and comic books came to utilize the pair in new incarnations. And even some cartoons like WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 that didn't use them had some sort of MythologyGag to reference them, like in the episode "Samurai Tourist" where Usagi's rhino friend Gennosuke appeared and put on clothes that made him resemble Rocksteady while an evil boar, Kojima, antagonized the Turtles, making him reminiscent of Bebop. |
| 732 | * BumblingHenchmenDuo: The two are a pair of muscle-bound, but dim-witted and cowardly minions of Shredder. |
| 733 | * {{Canon Foreigner}}s: Created for the franchise as part of the Fred Wolf cartoons. |
| 734 | * CoolShades: Bebop constantly wears these. |
| 735 | * TheDividual: They are two villains who are almost never seen apart and don't have any traits to distinguish them. [[DumbassHasAPoint They actually lampshade this]] after hearing about how Shredder and Splinter's switched bodies that it's a good thing it didn't happen to the two of them instead. |
| 736 | * DualBoss: In a few of their video game appearances (namely the arcade games), they're fought as a pair. |
| 737 | * DumbMuscle: Justified; they were always dimwitted punks and toughs, and Shredder simply tried to upgrade their physical prowess. |
| 738 | * ExpressiveMask: Bebop's sunglasses were sometimes depicted in this manner. |
| 739 | * GoofyPrintUnderwear: Rocksteady is wearing heart-print boxers when Leonardo cuts through his belt. |
| 740 | * HarmlessVillain: At least from the second season on. They were always idiots, but after the first season, their stupidity grew to the point they were completely ineffectual. They also became a lot more laid back and put-upon as well. They regained their prior intellect in the Red Sky Seasons. |
| 741 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:In the finale of the 2012 series, once the 1987 Turtles tell them they don't have to work for the Shredder and Krang and can do what they want, Rocksteady reveals he actually wants to be a personal injury lawyer and Bebop wants to be a dancer]]. |
| 742 | * HypocriticalHumor: One of Shredder's plans involved using dinosaurs to destroy the Turtles, and he has Bebop and Rocksteady try to train them, with predictable results. When Shredder browbeats them as to why they can't get this task done, Rocksteady replies "It's not easy to get dinosaurs to obey", with Bebop chiming in "Yeah, they're all muscle and no brain." Shredder, hit by the inherent irony of this statement, pauses, [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns to the camera and deadpans]], "I won't say it- it's too easy." |
| 743 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Once when they note they are eager to go up to the surface to beat up the turtles, Shredder notes that they are more likely to get beat up by the turtles. Rocksteady states it doesn't matter as long as somebody gets beat up. |
| 744 | * LaughablyEvil: Unavoidable, since they're pretty dumb and often end up screwing up their bosses' plans in hilarious ways. |
| 745 | * LightningBruiser: They both possess incredible strength, power, toughness, as well as great speed. |
| 746 | * {{Metamorphosis}}: Changed from human thugs into a warthog and a rhinoceros. |
| 747 | * TheMillstone: On many occasions Shredder may well have won if not for their bumbling. [[StatusQuoIsGod Of course then there would be no more show.]] [[spoiler: They even end up costing Utrom Shredder an otherwise clear-cut victory in ''Turtles Forever''.]] |
| 748 | * MusicalThemeNaming: Bebop's name is derived from a form of jazz, while Rocksteady's comes from a precursor to reggae. |
| 749 | * PigMan: Bebop, being a humanoid warthog. |
| 750 | * PsychopathicManchild: Bebop and Rocksteady were shown to spend a lot of their downtime playing video games, reading comic books, and watching cartoons. Bebop even was shown to still believe in the Tooth Fairy when [[SarcasmBlind he heard Shredder sarcastically say "No, it's the Tooth Fairy"]] in response to Rocksteady asking him [[CaptainObvious if he was The Shredder]]. |
| 751 | * PutOnABus: Like all the Technodrome villains and the Channel 6 crew (except April), once the retool occurred. When Dregg retrieves Shredder and Krang in ''The Power of Three'', he doesn't bring along them. |
| 752 | ** TheBusCameBack: They return in ''Turtles Forever''. |
| 753 | * TheQuincyPunk: Bebop has a purple mohawk and a nose ring. |
| 754 | * RhinoRampage: Rocksteady is a mutant rhinoceros. |
| 755 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: When Shredder locks the two up in "Night of the Rogues" they assume that being locked up for so long means that Shredder was in trouble and didn't come to release them. Shredder had no intention of letting the duo out and instead planned to rely on the assembled villains to defeat the turtles. But when the turtles blew up the {{Space Pirate|s}} ship with the treasure that Shredder was going to pay the rogues with, they turned on him and Bebop and Rocksteady arrive just in time to save him. |
| 756 | * SimpletonVoice: Both of them speak in voices that make their idiocy apparent. |
| 757 | * SuperStrength: Bebop alone can singlehandedly pick up a car and throw it at the turtles. Rocksteady is implied to be even stronger. This is why it's so important that the Turtles can out-think them, as they're actually pretty dangerous if they can get a grip on you. |
| 758 | * TokenMinority: Technically Bebop counts considering he was African-American before his transformation. |
| 759 | * VillainDecay: While they weren't exactly geniuses in the first season, they were still extreme physical threats to the turtles, especially in their second appearance after being mutated. From that point on, they became more or less ineffectual against them, and even some humans. That said there was still some StrongAsTheyNeedToBe at play. They regained their thread in the more serious eighth season. |
| 760 | * VillainousFriendship: They get along very well, better than the turtles even. |
| 761 | * VillainsOutShopping: The two often play video games, read comics, and watch cartoons when not carrying out Shredder's plans. |
| 762 | * VocalEvolution: They had gruffer, more snarly sounding voices early on, but their voices got higher and more oafish sounding as time went on to make them less intimidating and more kid-friendly. |
| 763 | [[/folder]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | [[folder:Foot Soldiers]] |
| 766 | |
| 767 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: Ridiculously prone to this. The Turtles plow through them with ease even when the Foot Soldiers outnumber them. |
| 768 | * FacelessGoons: The rank and file ninjas have virtually no defining characteristics. |
| 769 | * MechaMooks: They're mindless robots, which gets around the moral dilemma of the Turtles mowing down human soldiers. Shredder and Krang once tried to create a Foot Soldier that could think for itself, but the result, Alpha One, ended up [[AIIsACrapshoot rebelling against them]]. |
| 770 | * {{Ninja}}: They are ninjas -- robot ninjas, specifically. |
| 771 | * TheVoiceless: Due to not having sapience, they never speak, except for Alpha-One. |
| 772 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The reason they were changed from humans to unintelligent robots in this show was so that they could be destroyed in mass numbers without any real consequences. |
| 773 | [[/folder]] |
| 774 | |
| 775 | !! The Dreggnaught |
| 776 | |
| 777 | [[folder:Lord Dregg]] |
| 778 | -->Voiced by: Creator/TonyJay |
| 779 | |
| 780 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TMNT_Dregg_8277.jpg]] |
| 781 | |
| 782 | An alien warlord from Dimension X with aspirations to take over Earth. Stop us if this sounds familiar... |
| 783 | ---- |
| 784 | Tropes associated with Lord Dregg: |
| 785 | * BadBoss: He ejects Hi-Tech into space in the season 10 premiere, leaves Mung to be swarmed by Nanobots, and absorbs the mercenaries he hired to gain their powers. |
| 786 | * BigBad: He is the main villain for the last two seasons of the Fred Wolf cartoon, replacing Krang and Shredder. |
| 787 | * EngineeredPublicConfession: At the end of Season 9, April manages to out Dregg as a villain by presenting a videotape of Dregg gloating to the Turtles about how the Earth will finally surrender to him and there's nothing they can do to stop him. |
| 788 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Like most characters played by his voice actor, he has a deep and menacing voice. |
| 789 | * FinalBoss: The last villain the Turtles face in the 1987 series. After the FinalBattle, Splinter even admits the Turtles they have finally surpassed him. |
| 790 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dregg is apparently killed when Krang's suit, which had gripped onto him, self-destructs after being thrown into Dimension X]]. |
| 791 | * KnightOfCerebus: An appropriate villain for the darker "Red Sky" seasons. |
| 792 | * HurlItIntoTheSun: One of his final plans involved teleporting cities of Earth into the Sun. |
| 793 | * ManipulativeBastard: After trying to defeat the Turtles by force fails, he tries using propaganda against them. |
| 794 | * MotiveDecay: Deconstructed in Season 10. His actions in Season 9 were part of his larger goal of conquering the universe. However, he keeps losing to the Turtles and becomes obsessed with destroying them. Mung even points this out in the last episode. |
| 795 | * MyBrainIsBig: His brain is giant, and throbbing. When he absorbs Krang's mind, somehow an image of Krang even appears out of it! |
| 796 | * ObviouslyEvil: He's a giant alien with a huge brain, glowering [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], and large [[FangsAreEvil fangs]]. Somehow he still managed to convince the citizens of Earth he was a good guy. |
| 797 | * RevengeBeforeReason: His vendetta against the Turtles in Season 10 costs him everything, even his life. |
| 798 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: As with other characters introduced in the Red Sky seasons, Dregg never had any merchandise, presumably because of the show losing popularity and the toys at the time simply being variants of the Ninja Turtles. |
| 799 | * VillainousBreakdown: Goes from being calm, and collected to entirely focused on killing the Turtles. |
| 800 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: He initially uses propaganda to turn the citizens against the Turtles and trick them into thinking he's a peace-loving alien who wants to help them. This lasts until the season nine finale thanks to his being unable to fight off the MonsterOfTheWeek Doomquest, and April presenting taped evidence of his evil. |
| 801 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: One of the powers he absorbs from the mercenaries is the ability to morph his body. |
| 802 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Dregg is a ''lot'' more willing to punish failed subordinates than Krang or Shredder ever were, to the point of giving his right-hand man a FateWorseThanDeath in the Season 10 premiere. |
| 803 | [[/folder]] |
| 804 | |
| 805 | [[folder:The Hi-Tech]] |
| 806 | -->Voiced by: Creator/RobPaulsen (Season 9), Creator/CamClarke (Season 10) |
| 807 | |
| 808 | Dregg's minion. |
| 809 | * TheDragon: He is Dregg's right-hand until the premier of Season 10, where Dregg shoots him into space as punishment for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him one time too many]]. |
| 810 | * InsectoidAliens: He appears to be a slightly cybernetic insectoid. |
| 811 | * SatelliteCharacter: He mainly acts as a competent minion to Dregg without any other notable characterstics. |
| 812 | * ThrownOutTheAirlock: His chair is shot out of an airlock once Dregg has no more use for him. |
| 813 | [[/folder]] |
| 814 | |
| 815 | [[folder:Mung]] |
| 816 | -->Voiced by: Creator/CamClarke |
| 817 | |
| 818 | Hi Tech's replacement in Season 10. |
| 819 | * TheDragon: Dregg named him his new second in command, then [[YouHaveFailedMe launched Hi-Tech into space]]. |
| 820 | * FatBastard: It's only natural considering he's also a VillainousGlutton as well. |
| 821 | * VillainousGlutton: As shown in "The Power of Three", where he is seen eating a lot of slimy food. Dregg exasperatedly points out that he'd get things done faster if he didn't spend as much time eating. |
| 822 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In the [[GrandFinale final episode of the series]], "Divide and Conquer", Lord Dregg leaves Mung for dead after gaining the power needed to defeat the Turtles. |
| 823 | [[/folder]] |
| 824 | |
| 825 | !! Other Major Villains |
| 826 | |
| 827 | [[folder:Baxter Stockman]] |
| 828 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PatFraley |
| 829 | |
| 830 | [[quoteright:213:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baxter.jpg]] |
| 831 | |
| 832 | A mad scientist and creator of the mouser robots. |
| 833 | |
| 834 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed. While his comic counterpart was a one-dimensional monster to the end, 1987 Baxter was a well-meaning, yet misguided scientist before he crossed paths with the Shredder and became affiliated with him. |
| 835 | * {{Animorphism}}: Eventually gets turned into a fly. |
| 836 | * AntiVillain: He started out as somewhat sympathetic and only wanting to use his Mousers to benefit humanity, but he went crazy after siding with the Shredder. It got worse when he became a fly. |
| 837 | * ArtEvolution: His design between the first two seasons changed a bit, with his hair becoming longer and messier, and his stature becoming shorter than it originally was. |
| 838 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: In his later episodes he would sometimes suffer from this due to having the mind and attention span of a fly. |
| 839 | * BeastMaster: In "Landlord of the Flies", he gains the ability to command other flies. |
| 840 | * BodyHorror: His fly-man form isn't exactly pretty. |
| 841 | * ButtMonkey: Prior to his transformation into a fly mutant, he often got pushed around and subjected to slapstick. |
| 842 | * CommutingOnABus: At the end of his mutation episode, he ended up accidentally getting shifted out of range with the world. Afterwards, he would reappear off and on in several more episodes, only for each appearance to end with him getting banished to another dimension again, to the point he was chagrined [[OhNoNotAgain every time it happened]]. |
| 843 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: Baxter starts out trying to sell his Mousers to exterminators, but no one was willing to invest. Ironically, it wasn't because they thought the Mousers wouldn't work, but that they would work ''way too well'' and put the exterminators out of business. |
| 844 | * TheDragon: He was briefly the Shredder's right-hand man prior to his transformation. |
| 845 | * EvilGenius: Baxter works for Shredder as his science and technology expert. |
| 846 | * EvilIsHammy: He's often prone to giddy gloating even when nobody is listening. |
| 847 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses and is a bad guy. |
| 848 | * GoneHorriblyRight: The reason his Mousers were rejected by exterminators was because they were ''too'' efficient at tracking down mice to the point where the other exterminators would be put out of business. |
| 849 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He agrees to help Shredder even though he approaches him on the streets in his full villainous garb and it gets worse from there. Even when Baxter turns into a fly as a result of Shredder sending him to Dimension X, all it takes for Baxter to change from wanting revenge on Shredder to wanting revenge on the turtles is Shredder telling him that it was the turtles' fault. |
| 850 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: His motivation after becoming a fly is to find a way to return to his normal self. |
| 851 | %%* JokerImmunity: After transforming into a fly, most of his appearances see him meet, but he |
| 852 | * {{Metamorphosis}}: From human to giant fly. |
| 853 | * TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Downplayed. While he doesn't entirely become a creature driven by instinct after he is turned into a fly, he loses most of his intelligence and his memory becomes extremely muddled and limited. It's so bad, he doesn't even remember that Krang and the Shredder are the ones responsible for his mutation; all he remembers is that he ''really'' wants to get revenge on someone, and he's chosen the Turtles as his target simply because Shredder pointed the finger at them. |
| 854 | -->'''Baxter:''' Turtles, you will pay for WHAT YOU DID TO ME! \ |
| 855 | '''Leonardo:''' Um, Baxter, just what ''did'' we do to you?\ |
| 856 | '''Baxter:''' You know... I can't remember. BUT YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT ANYWAY! |
| 857 | * MisplacedRetribution: Shredder is able to convince Baxter that his mutated condition is the Turtles' fault. His later appearances have him antagonizing both Shredder and the Turtles, and his final appearance has him declaring war on the entire world for his life falling apart. This is justified by his mutation causing his mind to deteriorate. |
| 858 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: In "Curse of the Evil Eye" when he took the Eye of Sarnath for himself he nearly defeated both Shredder and the Turtles, with only his lack of knowledge about the Eye's weakness (it cannot affect anything made of gold) becoming his downfall. |
| 859 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: His primary field is usually robotics, evidenced by his famous Mousers, but he'll show expertise in everything from genetics to archaeology as suits the plot. |
| 860 | * OnlyFriend: The only genuine friend he has is Z, a sentient spaceship computer whom he meets while hiding underground. |
| 861 | * RaceLift: From African American to Caucasian (and vaguely European), because the writers didn't think that having the only black person in the cast be a villain would sit too well with audiences. Another reason in Baxter's case is that the writers feared that Shredder constantly abusing his black assistant would be seen as racist (conveniently forgetting that Bebop is black, which is more obvious before his mutation). |
| 862 | * SanitySlippage: He grows more and more unstable after his transformation. |
| 863 | * ShoutOut: Baxter's transformation into a fly monster is a reference to the ''Film/{{The Fly|1958}}'', right down to being caused by a teleportation accident. Most of the episodes that feature him in his mutated form are references to typical B-horror movie titles ("Return of the Fly", "Son of Return of the Fly"). |
| 864 | * TheStarscream: He also had shades of this, using the powers of the Eye of Sarnath for himself in "Curse of the Evil Eye" to get back at Shredder for bullying and abusing him, and later turning on him completely after turning into a fly mutant in "Enter the Fly". |
| 865 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: Following his first appearance in which he was kicked out of the Ajax Pest Control company due to his proposed Mousers doing their job too well and driving exterminators out of business, he sided with Shredder. |
| 866 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Baxter looks like a middle-aged man but is implied to be younger than Shredder. |
| 867 | [[/folder]] |
| 868 | |
| 869 | [[folder:The Rat King]] |
| 870 | -->Voiced by: Townsend Coleman |
| 871 | |
| 872 | A man dressed up in rags and bandages who shares a rapport with rats. |
| 873 | |
| 874 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: While he may look human, no explanation is given for his power over rats and he takes offense when Scumbug calls him a human in "Night of the Rogues". |
| 875 | * BadassLongcoat: He dons a trenchcoat in his final appearance. |
| 876 | * BandagedFace: His face is covered by bandages. |
| 877 | * TheBeastmaster: He controls rats. |
| 878 | * KarmaHoudini: He often isn't punished for his evil plans, though subverted in "Leatherhead Meets the Rat King" when he ends up trapped in a cave-in, as well as in his last appearance where he is finally captured by the Turtles, and also episodes where he plays a neutral role, since he isn't really doing anything wrong then. |
| 879 | * MagicMusic: He used a flute to control rats. |
| 880 | * MindControl: His power over rats also affects Splinter. |
| 881 | * MysteriousPast: We know ''absolutely nothing'' about the Rat King's backstory. |
| 882 | * SpannerInTheWorks: He has a tendency to unintentionally foil the plans of other villains when they encounter him. He has ruined the plans of Don Turtelli, Leatherhead, and the Shredder during the episodes where they've shared screen time together. |
| 883 | * VillainExitStageLeft: He would often escape after the Turtles defeated him, and it was not uncommon for him to bail out in episodes where he teamed up with other villains. Averted in "Leatherhead Meets the Rat King" (where he ends up trapped in a cave-in) and "Wrath of the Rat King" (where the Turtles finally capture him). |
| 884 | [[/folder]] |
| 885 | |
| 886 | [[folder:Leatherhead]] |
| 887 | -->Voiced by: [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]], Peter Renaday ("Night of the Rogues") |
| 888 | |
| 889 | Once a particularly large and savage alligator from the Okefenokee Swamp in Florida, he was evolved into a humanoid version of himself after swimming through swamp water that had been contaminated by a lost canister of Krang's mutagen. He came into conflict with the Turtles when he tried to enslave their friends the Punk Frogs to become his servants, and afterwards would return repeatedly to seek revenge. |
| 890 | |
| 891 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Leatherhead is a recurring villain in this version, when he's an ally in other continuities (though it was common for him to start off as having a misunderstanding with the Turtles). |
| 892 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "[[RaginCajun I guh-rantee!]]". |
| 893 | * GeniusBruiser: Leatherhead is a hulking thug with a Southern redneck speech pattern, but he also shows a good amount of cunning and ingenuity. This is best shown in his second appearance, where he escapes from the Rat King's dungeon and then fashions a working bazooka out of some discarded scrap iron and chemicals. |
| 894 | * LivingWeapon: He had several crayfish/lobsters strapped to his belt and would often wield them or throw them at opponents to pinch and distract/immobilize them. |
| 895 | * RaginCajun: He's a Cajun in this version. |
| 896 | * ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The main turtles, having sufficient Turtle Power, are depicted with minimal reptilian features. He and Slash, instead have more pronounced reptilian traits (scales, spikes, claws). |
| 897 | [[/folder]] |
| 898 | |
| 899 | [[folder:Don Turtelli]] |
| 900 | -->Voiced by: Peter Renaday |
| 901 | |
| 902 | The head of a major crime syndicate in New York. He is the grandson of Tony "The Tickler" Turtelli. Turtelli went down in infamy for his torture methods, which he inherited from his grandfather. He specializes in the interrogation of people he captures through tickle torturing the soles of his victims' feet with a feather to make them talk Including April, Vernon, Zach and his friend Caitlyn. |
| 903 | |
| 904 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He's never seen or heard from again after the third season. Most jarringly, when Shredder unites the other prominent gangster villains on the show such as Pinky [=McFingers=] and Big Louie in "Adventures in Turtle-Sitting", Turtelli is conspicuously unmentioned. |
| 905 | * DirtyOldMan: His addressing to Caitlyn with the question "Where do you want it, Blondie; under your arm or the soles of your feet?" confirms this. |
| 906 | * TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: He's a gangster who has a distinctly child-friendly way of operating, such as interrogating people with TickleTorture. |
| 907 | * OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: Says this after the Turtles defeat him in the episode "The Great Boldini". |
| 908 | * TickleTorture: His foot tickling interrogation technique. |
| 909 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: He has no toys. |
| 910 | [[/folder]] |
| 911 | |
| 912 | [[folder:Big Louie]] |
| 913 | -->Voiced by: Peter Renaday |
| 914 | |
| 915 | Another gangster antagonist who first shows up in the fourth season. |
| 916 | |
| 917 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: He doesn't have any figures |
| 918 | * VillainTeamUp: He often joins forces with the Shredder. |
| 919 | [[/folder]] |
| 920 | |
| 921 | [[folder:Pinky [=McFingers=]]] |
| 922 | -->Voiced by: Peter Renaday (most appearances), Creator/CamClarke ("Donatello's Duplicate") |
| 923 | |
| 924 | [=McFingers=] is another recurring gangster antagonist on the show, who like Big Louie first appears in Season 4. |
| 925 | |
| 926 | * ToylessToylineCharacter: Like Turtelli and Louie, he doesn't have a figure in the toyline. |
| 927 | [[/folder]] |
| 928 | |
| 929 | [[folder:Titanus]] |
| 930 | -->Voiced by: Ron Feinberg |
| 931 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/titanus_tmnt.png]] |
| 932 | |
| 933 | The leader of the organization H.A.V.O.C., he's a mutant who traveled to the present day from the future to take it over while humanity was much more vulnerable. |
| 934 | |
| 935 | * ArcVillain: He shows up for three episodes in the middle of season 8, then after he's defeated Shredder returns and serves as the main villain again for the rest of the season. |
| 936 | * FatBastard: He's extremely corpulent and not a pleasant person at all. |
| 937 | * NonActionBigBad: He leaves the fighting to the mutants he creates. |
| 938 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He and his organization claim to protect mutants shunned by humans; Donatello and Raphael, sick of being [[HeroWithBadPublicity Heroes With Bad Publicity]] and [[UngratefulTownsfolk dealing with the ingratitude of humans]], decide to join them… until they discover H.A.V.O.C. mutating a captive man and realize their real goal is to mutate people to dominate humanity completely. |
| 939 | * WeWillMeetAgain: Swears to get even with the Turtles at the end of his last appearance even though he's now stranded in the time of the dinosaurs. |
| 940 | [[/folder]] |
| 941 | |
| 942 | !! Minor Villains |
| 943 | |
| 944 | [[folder:Lotus Blossom]] |
| 945 | -->Voiced by: Renae Jacobs |
| 946 | |
| 947 | A mercenary hired by Krang |
| 948 | |
| 949 | * TheAce: Anyone able to hold their own against both [[TheAce Leonardo]] and [[BigBad Shredder]] without any issues easily qualifies for this. |
| 950 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She easily beats [[TheAce Leonardo]] in a duel during their first encounter. |
| 951 | * BeautyIsBad: Initially downplayed until her HeelFaceTurn, as Lotus is very beautiful and starts off as an antagonist but she [[PunchClockVillain isn't inherently evil]] and only assists Krang because [[OnlyInItForTheMoney she wanted her payment.]] When Krang learns that she developed feelings for Leonardo, he takes away her pay leading to her helping the turtles and Splinter stop the villains and cementing her role as an ally to the turtles. |
| 952 | * BrokenAce: She becomes this in her second appearance, as she realizes with all of her ninja skills and abilities, she really doesn't fit in modern society. |
| 953 | * ChildProdigy: She was able to beat her adult trainers in combat when she was [[PintSizedPowerhouse ten years old.]] |
| 954 | * DatingCatwoman: With Leonardo. It's surprisingly cute. |
| 955 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Her second appearance has her wondering what she will do with her ninja skills and abilities in the modern age. |
| 956 | * {{Expy}}: Averted. Lotus Blossom feels a lot like Karai (who never appears in the 1987 cartoon), but was introduced four years before her. |
| 957 | * HeelFaceTurn: She became benevolent after her debut episode. |
| 958 | * ISurrenderSuckers: She fakes Leonardo out by pretending to surrender at the end of their duel, only to knock him into the wall afterwards. |
| 959 | * {{Ninja}}: She has the ninja outfit and the skills to match. |
| 960 | * PunchClockVillain: She was initially hired by Krang, and really only cared about receiving her payment than aiding Krang's ambitions. |
| 961 | * TheVamp |
| 962 | [[/folder]] |
| 963 | |
| 964 | [[folder:Slash]] |
| 965 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PatFraley |
| 966 | |
| 967 | A dimwitted but extremely powerful humanoid turtle with a fondness for palm trees. In this continuity, he was originally Bebop's pet turtle, but they mutated him into a humanoid form in order to create a flunky they could pass their chores onto. |
| 968 | |
| 969 | * DualWielding: Like Leonardo, he makes use of two katanas. |
| 970 | * DumbMuscle: He's extremely strong and not very bright. |
| 971 | * EvilBrit: After gaining super-intelligence, he speaks with a British accent. |
| 972 | * EvilKnockoff: An evil mutant turtle. |
| 973 | * GeniusBruiser: After he temporarily gains super intelligence, he becomes this. |
| 974 | * InstantExpert: Not long after his mutating, Slash already knows how to fight with two katanas. |
| 975 | * ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The main turtles, having sufficient Turtle Power, are depicted with minimal reptilian features. He and Leatherhead, instead have more pronounced reptilian traits (scales, spikes, claws). |
| 976 | * TookALevelInDumbass: He had average intelligence at best during his debut episode, but when his increased intelligence was undone in his second appearance, he became a bumbling nitwit who was easily coaxed by the Turtles into leaving Earth in a rocket. |
| 977 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: His appearance in the cartoon differs greatly from the toyline, video games, and comics; he wears a metal bandana and armor instead of a black mask, and has buck teeth instead of sharp fangs. |
| 978 | [[/folder]] |
| 979 | |
| 980 | [[folder:Dirtbag and Groundchuck]] |
| 981 | -->Voiced by: Creator/PatFraley (Dirtbag), Creator/RobertRidgely (Groundchuck) |
| 982 | |
| 983 | A mole and bull who were accidentally mutated by Bebop and Rocksteady in "Planet of the Turtleoids". |
| 984 | |
| 985 | * TheBerserker: They are aggressive and short-tempered brutes who won't hesitate to attack anyone who bothers them. |
| 986 | * CoDragons: Their final appearance had them become minions of a {{Space Pirate|s}} named Captain Dredd. |
| 987 | * ForTheEvulz: When Shredder orders Groundchuck and Dirtbag to help steal a ruby after they are mutated, Groundchuck replies that he'd rather just tear stuff apart, and Dirtbag agrees. The two then pummel Shredder, Rocksteady, and Bebop and depart. |
| 988 | * InformedSpecies: Dirtbag looks more like a rat than any kind of mole. |
| 989 | * MoleMiner: Dirtbag is a mutant mole and dresses like a miner. He's even armed with a pickaxe. |
| 990 | * OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Groundchuck is a mutant bull, looking like a bull-headed humanoid similar to the mythical Minotaur. |
| 991 | * RevelingInTheNewForm: Groundchuck is pretty hyped to be a mutant and even says that he "feels like a new bull." Dirtbag, on the other hand, is a bit angsty about the whole thing--he was happier being safe and sound in the zoo. |
| 992 | * TunnelKing: Dirtbag prides himself on his ability to dig tunnels and navigate through sewer spaces. |
| 993 | [[/folder]] |
| 994 | |
| 995 | [[folder:Tokka and Rahzar]] |
| 996 | -->Voiced by: Creator/RobPaulsen (Tokka), Creator/TownsendColeman (Rahzar) |
| 997 | |
| 998 | Tokka and Rahzar were two of the out-of-control mutants created after Shredder unleashed a mutagen at a zoo a while ago (whether this refers to when he created Bebop and Rocksteady or Groundchuck and Dirtbag, is not made clear). They were first seen terrorizing Crystal Palace Mall when the Turtles showed up. Like in [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze the movie]], Tokka is an alligator snapping Turtle and Rahzar is a wolf. |
| 999 | |
| 1000 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: They are much more intelligent and more eloquent than their [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze movie version]]. |
| 1001 | * CanonImmigrant: They were originally created for [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze the second live action movie]] (because the creators didn't want Bebop and Rocksteady to be in the movie and they were created as replacement) and eventually they made an appearance in this series. |
| 1002 | * TheDividual: Since they were originally created as a replacement for Bebop and Rocksteady, they also always work as a team. That is until Tokka is captured by Dirk Savage, while Rahzar avoided that fate. He promised to rescue his friend, though. |
| 1003 | * ExpyCoexistence: They were originally [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Bebop and Rocksteady, created for [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze the second live action movie]] and eventually found their way to the animated series, where Bebop and Rocksteady already existed. |
| 1004 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Rahzar at one point tells Tokka ''"You're my only friend".'' |
| 1005 | * LoneWolfBoss: They were mutated during Shredder's attack at the zoo, but other than that they have no relation to the Foot Clan and focus on self-preservation. |
| 1006 | * OnlyFriend: Rahzar openly refers to Tokka as this for him. |
| 1007 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Their names here are spelled as ''Toka and Razar''. |
| 1008 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Tokka has a [[StuddedShell spiky shell]] and spiky shoulder pads on. |
| 1009 | * StuddedShell: Tokka's shell is like this. |
| 1010 | * SuperStrength: They both managed to defeat the turtles very easily when they faced off each other. |
| 1011 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: They look less like their movie counterparts and more like the action figures that came out two years before their debut in the series. |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | [[/folder]] |
| 1014 | |
| 1015 | [[folder:Z]] |
| 1016 | -->Voiced by: Townsend Coleman |
| 1017 | |
| 1018 | The sentient computer of a spaceship that was stranded underground on Earth for years. Yearning for a friend after years of loneliness, he ends up befriending the mutated Baxter Stockman, in hiding after his previous defeat. He joins forces with the mutated scientist to help him exact revenge on both the Turtles and Shredder. |
| 1019 | |
| 1020 | * AffablyEvil: He's pretty polite even to his enemies, with most of his villainous behavior coming from the fact that he's eternally loyal to a MadScientist who isn't exactly the perfect picture of mental health. |
| 1021 | * TheDragon: To Baxter Stockman. |
| 1022 | * UndyingLoyalty: He's extremely loyal to Baxter due to Baxter ending his loneliness. |
| 1023 | * UnexplainedRecovery: He was destroyed at the end of his first appearance, yet a small chunk of him somehow survived in later episodes. His destruction in his and Baxter's final appearance seems to stick though. |
| 1024 | [[/folder]] |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | !! One-Shot Villains |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | [[folder:Chronos]] |
| 1029 | -->Voiced by: Creator/MauriceLaMarche |
| 1030 | |
| 1031 | He used to be a man named Winston Fripp. He robbed a bank only to be captured by the Turtles and left tied up in a clock tower for the police. It was hours before the police found him, and by then he was driven insane by the ticking of the clock and the ringing of the bell. He returned years later as the supervillain Chronos to help Dregg defeat the Turtles. |
| 1032 | |
| 1033 | * AxCrazy: He's clearly not mentally stable. |
| 1034 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He was originally just a petty thief, but now tries to best the Turtles in a game of wits. |
| 1035 | * LargeHam: He's very expressive and melodramatic. |
| 1036 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: He only appeared in one episode. |
| 1037 | [[/folder]] |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 | [[folder:Glob Father]] |
| 1040 | A mobster from Dimension X, who Dregg hires to steal a new protein computer. |
| 1041 | %%* BadBoss |
| 1042 | %%* DecapitatedArmy: His remaining cronies split once he gets sucked into a vacuum. |
| 1043 | %%* MonsterOfTheWeek |
| 1044 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Reduces a crony to a puddle of slime on screen for failing to steal the Protein Computer, telling said crony that nobody fails him (The Glob Father) twice. He then says that anyone else who fails him will suffer the same fate. |
| 1045 | [[/folder]] |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | [[folder:Triceratons]] |
| 1048 | |
| 1049 | A group of hostile aliens who are mainly represented through three soldiers: Zorax, Zork, and a third unnamed one. |
| 1050 | ---- |
| 1051 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: When Zorax loses his gun, he makes swords appear from his wrist gauntlet. He matches Leonardo blow for blow, then cuts one of Leonardo's swords (a katana) in half. |
| 1052 | * CanonForeigner: Not the Triceraton race but the three individual Triceratons in this episode, Zorax, Zork, and their companion were made specifically for the '87 series. |
| 1053 | * DemotedToExtra: Unlike in the comics and other shows, they only appear in one episode. |
| 1054 | * TheEmpire: They refer to their own race as such. Also doubles as AdaptationNameChange, as it was a republic in the comics. |
| 1055 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: They've conquered half the galaxy, but flee Earth when they think that a conqueror with PsychicPowers is already there. |
| 1056 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: They don't have many comical traits, give the Turtles a CurbStompBattle, and have the means and the drive to conquer Earth. |
| 1057 | * PlanetLooters: They've planned to transport Earth to their homeworld, so that can strip-mine the planet of its natural resources. |
| 1058 | * UseYourHead: Zork charges Raphael headfirst, like a bull. |
| 1059 | [[/folder]] |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 | [[folder:Wingnut and Screwloose]] |
| 1062 | A pair of alien invaders in human guise, appearing in "Zach and the Alien Invaders". |
| 1063 | |
| 1064 | They have taken over a military TwoTeacherSchool in order to brainwash the students. |
| 1065 | ---- |
| 1066 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the toyline and comic books they were heroes and allies of the Turtles, but in their one appearance in the cartoon they're villains instead. |
| 1067 | * BrainsAndBrawn: Wingnut is large and physically imposing but also [[DumbMuscle an idiot]], while Screwloose is clearly the brains of the operation but physically lacking. |
| 1068 | [[/folder]] |
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