148-551: This is a list of characters from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . It is an American animated series based on the eponymous characters . It premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 28, 2012. It also premiered on YTV in Canada on September 29, 2012. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a team of anthropomorphic red-eared slider turtle mutants who have been hidden ever since their mutations within
296-589: A Lego theme of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles between 2012 and 2014. In July 2014, Build-A-Bear Workshop released a series of plush versions of the Turtles, as well as other TMNT themed apparel including an outfit of Shredder, along with items such as the Turtles' signature weapons. In April 2014, Diamond Select Toys unveiled the first series of Minimates mini-figures based on the Nickelodeon series. Two unpainted promotional figures were given away at
444-461: A "hero" like Michelangelo . Mikey tried to reassure Slash that he himself was not even a hero and that the two of them were both still just children, but Slash injected himself anyway. After a few minutes of agonizing pain, he suddenly began to think more clearly and speak more eloquently than before. With his new intelligence, he became the co-founder of Hob's new mutant army, the Mutanimals, and
592-509: A CGI-animated TV series for its Nickelodeon family of channels for broadcast in 2012. The release also confirmed a feature film to be produced for Paramount Pictures (also a division of Viacom), set for an August 2014 release. In a May 2011 issue of The Licensing Book , Nickelodeon published subject-to-change concept art of all four turtles, along with artwork from the studio's revamped Winx Club series. Both shows were developed simultaneously at Nickelodeon Animation Studio as part of
740-430: A Foot Soldier. In early 2013, Playmates released series 2 which consisted of the new "hero" character Metalhead as well as new villains Dogpound and Fishface. In April 2013, the third wave appeared which included the "hero" character Leatherhead as well as villains Snakeweed and Baxter Stockman. Wave four was released in early August and it featured the villains Rat King and Spyroach as well as new "Stealth Tech" versions of
888-527: A battle and was found by Raphael during the fight with Dr. Malignus. When Dr. Malignus was defeated, the security guard at the convention turned out to be Green Mantle's true identity of Al Gordon who reclaims the special cape and rejoins the Justice Force. The Justice Force are among those who attended April and Casey's wedding and helped to fight the Cyber-Shredder. Stainless Steel Steve is
1036-409: A bed, they tried to free him. Although he is told that he's being saved, Mutagen Man has a different idea of the term by forcing Old Hob's gun to his dome and urging him to fire. Hob refuses and they all escape the facility together. Later, Mutagen Man was given the name "Seymour Guts" by Mondo Gecko. In the 2012 animated series , Mutagen Man (voiced by Roger Craig Smith ) was introduced as Timothy ,
1184-499: A bizarre encounter with mutagen that exposes his internal organs and resides in a special robotic suit. In the 1987 animated series , Mutagen Man (voiced by Rob Paulsen ) was introduced as Seymour Gutz , a nerdy mailman who became dismembered after falling into a special vat of mutagen. In the IDW comics, Mutagen Man is a failed attempt at combining several different animal breeds into one mutant. When The Mutanimals found him strapped to
1332-608: A blonde male to hide from the Rock Soldiers. Honeycutt took a job with Baxter Stockman at StockGen calling himself Chet Allen. Stockman worked with Krang, so Honeycutt was hidden within plain sight. Krang referred to the professor's new form as a "fugitive android". Rather than involve more innocents in the fight, Honeycutt allied himself with the Foot Clan. Although Honeycutt knew the Foot Clan were evil, they were enemies of Krang and his forces as well. The Fugitoid appeared in
1480-496: A faction of the Triceraton Army led by General Zera (voiced by Kate Mulgrew ), coming to prehistoric Earth. Random House also released a book based on the special while Playmates released new dinosaur toys in the fall to coincide with the program. The special was seen by 1.41 million viewers. It was released on DVD, through Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Media Distribution , on March 15, 2016. A television film based on
1628-432: A futuristic New York City (circa 2090) inhabited both by humans and anthropormorphic animals, including a McGruff -like police chief. The four children each pilot colored turtle like mechs, and consist of the following: team leader Frida (voiced by America Young ) pilots the red, Raphael-like mech; the blue mech with cloaking abilities that resembles Leonardo is piloted by Frida's antagonistic teammate Jackson ( Eric Artel );
SECTION 10
#17327875638031776-526: A great adventure. He revealed that he was a normal scientist until his body was destroyed by the Triceratons for turning down their offer to make weapons for them. His brain survived and was placed in the body of his robotic assistant, and he set out to stop the Triceratons from causing any more harm. He also formed an alliance with the Utrom some time prior to becoming a cyborg, and later approached them with
1924-637: A hippie guru, "The Holy Chalupa") and finally Leonardo, who had lost his memory and sanity and mutated into the archvillain Maximus Kong, before Raphael is finally able to re-trigger Leonardo's consciousness, reuniting the four core characters for a bittersweet happy ending . On October 21, 2009, Viacom published a press release announcing that it had bought the complete rights of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise from Peter Laird for $ 60 million, and would be developing
2072-565: A hunch that something in this laboratory was not right. Some time later, the Turtles were traced by agents of the Foot Clan to the O'Neil Farm, while Elizabeth learned of the Turtles in a very dramatic way. After April and Splinter had declared her necessary, Elizabeth received from her daughter a vial of Ooze, which she used to heal her husband from the effects of his stroke. Then they returned to New York to be closer to their daughter, and opened their old antique shop again. They later invited Casey to live with and work for them there, which attracted
2220-610: A major character, the Fugitoid makes no video game appearances. Tang Shen appears in the Mirage comics as the lover of Splinter's owner Hamato Yoshi. Then Shen appears in the IDW comics as Hamato Yoshi's wife. In the 2003 animated series , Tang Shen debuted in flashbacks in the Season 4 episode "Tale of Master Yoshi", which was told by Leonardo to Splinter and the other Turtles. In this version, Tang Shen had been an orphan raised by
2368-431: A mindless monster injuring people and damaging their property, such as attacking Michelangelo's pizza-delivering friend Woody and leaving scratch marks on April's van. After ripping off the shirt of a thug the Turtles just apprehended, he followed them to an abandoned church and attacked them in the church basement. Though proven more powerful than the Turtles, Slash was accidentally impaled by Leonardo and left to fall into
2516-483: A pencil. Sometime later O'Neil tried again with an ink pen, the result did not disappear this time and grew into a young woman: April. Nearly thirty years later O'Neil died of a serious illness (probably cancer) and bequeathed his entire estate to his daughters, he gave April his old antique shop (but by then it was already destroyed by the Shredder and the Foot Clan when they had sought vengeance on April's new friends,
2664-768: A race of humanoid aliens that resemble newts and salamanders. For some unknown reason, the Salamandrians are the enemies of the Triceraton Empire. Besides K'Vathrak, among the known Salamandrians are: The Utroms are the peaceful counterparts of the Kraang who resisted Kraang Prime's mind control. The Utroms are ruled by the Utrom High Council who are named after chess pieces. Among the known Utroms are: The following alien creatures are listed in order of appearance: The following characters appear in
2812-503: A temporary base in the abandoned Antonio's Pizza, and Donatello begins work on new samples of retro-mutagen as the search for Kirby and Karai continues. Meanwhile, Shredder sends his new minions Bebop and Rocksteady to find Karai. The duo succeed, and Shredder promises to cure her. The turtles, run into a new team the Mighty Mutanimals , with they manage to banish the Kraang back to Dimension X and free New York. The effect of
2960-466: A thousand years ago. As revealed in "The War for Dimension X", the Kraang are Utroms that are psychically controlled by Kraang Prime resulting in the Kraang Hive Mind. As they became extensions of Kraang Prime's will with trace remnants of individuality, they all address one another as "Kraang", and they have not mastered English and communicate in redundant speech; for example, "Kraang, destroy
3108-559: A total of 14 regular issues, one special issue guest-starring Carmelo Anthony , a three-issue miniseries titled Robotanimals , and the crossover miniseries Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures , in which the television series' incarnation of the Turtles meet the Batman of the DC Animated Universe . The series has also been released to home video , mainly DVD . Nickelodeon's typical Region 1 DVD release schedule
SECTION 20
#17327875638033256-465: A young ineffective ice cream vendor who, after witnessing the Turtles' first battle with Baxter Stockman from his apartment window, dedicated himself into fighting crime as a wannabe superhero in a turtle costume called The Pulverizer . When he was exposed to mutagen, he dissolved into a 6-foot (1.8 m). mutant blob of mutagen with floating organs and a disintegrating touch. He kept in a special mutagen container by Donatello, who keeps him in his room in
3404-481: Is a list of characters in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. This table shows the recurring characters and the actors who have appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles throughout the franchise. In most versions, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are created when four baby turtles are exposed to radioactive ooze, transforming them into humanoids . Leonardo , nicknamed Leo,
3552-495: Is a parody of Star Trek: The Animated Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation . Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (known as Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for in its fifth and final season) is an American animated television series developed by Ciro Nieli , Joshua Sternin , and Jennifer Ventimilia for Nickelodeon , based on
3700-541: Is also trained by Splinter to be a kunoichi , a female ninja. After learning of Splinter's and the turtles' presence in New York, Splinter's adoptive brother and long-time enemy the Shredder travels there from Japan and orders his birth clan, the Foot to track down Splinter and his sons, and put an end to their clan. Learning about the Kraang's presence through his adopted daughter Karai , Shredder enters an alliance with
3848-616: Is always intertwined with Splinter's. In most versions, Splinter is either his pet rat or a mutated form of Yoshi himself. Leatherhead is a mutant American alligator and hot-headed ally of the Ninja Turtles. Slash is a humanoid turtle who is either an enemy or ally of the Ninja Turtles depending on the version. In the Archie comics continuity , he is a turtle-like alien from a tropical planet in Dimension X. Slash's home world
3996-766: Is killed by the Shredder, stop the detonator of the Heart of Darkness, and defeat the Triceratons. The Fugitoid destroys the Black Hole Generator near the Triceraton spacefleet, causing to explode, presumably killing the Triceratons. In the aftermath of the fight against the Triceratons, the past versions of the Turtles, April, and Casey leave Earth with the past Fugitoid in the Ulixes while the present Fugitoid's head reactivates in Earth's orbit . Weeks later following
4144-570: Is known of O'Neil, only that he is an antique dealer who owned his own shop, "Second Time Around", and a proficient businessman. One day his daughter Robyn was born, but his wife could no longer bear any children. In his examination of a few things that he purchased, but had not yet sorted, he had found a strange crystal, O'Neil attached the crystal to a pencil and was miraculously able to bring his drawings to life. O'Neil decided to satisfy his wife's desire to have children, but all of his attempts to create babies broke into nothing, as he had drawn them with
4292-518: Is later sent through a portal to the 1987–1996 animated series reality , but later returns to the 2012 reality. During a battle with the turtles, Karai is informed of her true nature by Leonardo (who has developed a crush on her since season 1), but she is too reluctant to accept it. When she is taken to the lair, she finally realizes the truth and disowns Shredder, who responds by imprisoning her. Repeated attempts to free Karai ultimately succeed, but Shredder captures her again and uses her as bait to kill
4440-619: Is the leader of the Ninja turtles, as well as the most disciplined and skilled. His main priority is to help his brothers to be the best ninjas they can. Because of his leadership, he's often challenged with the constant rebelliousness of Raphael. An expert swordsman, he wields two katanas and wears an ocean blue mask. Donatello , nicknamed Donnie, is the smartest and gentlest of the Turtles. An intellectual, he often attempts to reach his goals through science and technology rather than through violence and so frequently invents gadgets and vehicles. He
4588-407: Is to release each season across three or four volumes, consisting of four DVDs total, with each disc containing about 6-7 sequential episodes. On December 6, 2022, Paramount Home Entertainment (Nickelodeon label) released Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Series on DVD. In 2013, Nickelodeon published and distributed Rooftop Run developed by Kung Fu Factory for iOS devices such as
List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) characters - Misplaced Pages Continue
4736-509: Is typically the passive turtle and Leonardo's second-in-command, always one step ahead of his brothers and coming up with solutions to complex problems when they cannot. Studying the art of Bojutsu , he wears a purple mask and wields an oak bō . Michelangelo , nicknamed Mikey, is the least disciplined and most fun-loving turtle. He is usually portrayed as the most agile and naturally gifted, contrasting his free spirit and inability to take training seriously. The most stereotypical teenager of
4884-408: Is what prompted Hamato Yoshi to challenge his former best friend and adopted brother to a duel. It was Tang Shen's everlasting kindness, beauty and love that made him name the pet rat "Splinter". Her grave is located on a hill of flowers, where Hamato Yoshi was eventually laid to rest as well. In the 2012 animated series , Tang Shen had been the loving wife of Hamato Yoshi (who eventually mutated into
5032-580: The 2014 film , April's father was referred to as Dr. O'Neil and was portrayed by Paul Fitzgerald. He was a scientist working at Sacks Groups Ltd as one of the creators of the TCRI mutagen. Splinter was the one who informed April that her father was killed by Eric Sacks and the Shredder destroying their lab. There have been different versions of Mrs. O'Neil in the TMNT franchise. In the Mirage Comics, she
5180-529: The IDW comics , Professor Honeycutt was a Neutrino scientist who used to work for Krang. Honeycutt's wife Marra worried about the influence of evil that was oppressing the Neutrino people, including their family. She convinced him that they should join the Neutrino resistance, and so they did. Three months later, Krang's armies had found where the resistance compound was and targeted it for attack. A fire broke out, and
5328-547: The characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird . The series begins with the Turtles emerging from their sewer home for the first time, using their ninjutsu training to fight enemies in present-day New York City . The series ran in the United States from September 28, 2012, to November 12, 2017. The series was first announced in October 2009, following the news that Nickelodeon's parent company Viacom had acquired
5476-525: The iPhone , iPad , and iPod Touch . On August 28, 2013, Activision released Out of the Shadows , a downloadable 3D beat 'em up game, for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows . On April 15, 2014, a version was released for the PlayStation 3 . The game features an online multiplayer co-op for up to four players. Activision also released a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game based on
5624-497: The 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series voiced by Oliver Wyman . Here his mind was transferred into the robotic body of his helper robot SAL after the pair were struck by lightning while Honeycutt was wearing a psychic amplifier device. Both the Triceratons and the Federation pursued him seeking to obtain his Teleportal device to gain the upper hand in their ongoing conflict, but Honeycutt found surprising allies in
5772-456: The 2003 TV series, the Justice Force first appears in the episode "Return of the Justice Force". The Turtles and Casey head to Northampton where they enter Steve's comic book store to look for a lost issue that would've helped Michelangelo know the fate of Battlin' Bernice. They meet the Justice Force when Doctor Dome started using his Domeoids to abduct them. It was soon discovered that Doctor Dome's secret daughter with Battlin' Bernice named Ananda
5920-644: The 2012 animated series , he is named Kirby O'Neil , voiced by Keith Silverstein . In this show, Dr. Kirby is a psychologist, but was mutated into a mutant bat in the season 2 premiere "The Mutation Situation" and coined " Kirby Bat " until he was cured in season 3's "Battle for New York". In the IDW Comics, April's father is named John O'Neil . John experienced a stroke that left him wheelchair-bound and reliant on his wife Elizabeth. Their daughter April considered abandoning her studies to help look after him, but her parents argued against it. Up until his stroke, John
6068-409: The 2014 San Diego Comic-Con , and Series 1 was released in fall 2014 as blind bags at Kmart and comic shops, and in 2-packs at Toys "R" Us . Each location had one or two exclusive characters in addition to their shared characters. Series 2 was released in comic shops in early-2015 and at Toys "R" Us in mid-2015, again with both shared and exclusive figures. Series 3 is scheduled for both locations for
List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) characters - Misplaced Pages Continue
6216-647: The Aeons as well. When April had restored the world to its former state and splendor by placing the mystical Sol Star in its rightful place, the grateful Aeons gladly gave her a small fragment of it, assuring her that it would grant her luck and great power. However, they may not have been aware of how the Sol Star fragment was gradually corrupting April to the point of insanity, in addition to further developing and magnifying most of her psionic abilities to tremendous levels as well as awakening an evil Aeon named Za-Naron. Among
6364-619: The Ancient One, in Tokyo, Japan, who eventually took in the orphaned Hamato Yoshi and his friend Yukio Mashimi as his own sons. As the years passed, she fell in love with Hamato Yoshi, and took in a hungry, innocent rat as a pet. As her bond with Yoshi strengthened, an even greater rift occurred in Yoshi's longtime friendship with Mashimi. Blinded by jealously and hatred, Yukio had ruthlessly murdered Tang Shen in cold blood. Her premature demise
6512-602: The Dimension X creatures are: The Purple Dragons are a Chinese-American street gang that has been extorting shop owners for protection money in the Lower East Side and Chinatown . They are often in league with the Foot Clan. The Triceraton Empire is an empire that is inhabited by Triceratons, a race of Triceratops -like aliens. Triceratons breathe nitrogen and the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere can lead to delusions. The Triceraton Empire has been at war with
6660-455: The Earth and choose to become heroes in order to save the planet. The three-part epilogue series finale , released as a made-for-TV film titled Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse , features a flash-forward to several decades into a post-apocalyptic future, following a major catastrophe as Raphael traverses a wasteland Earth, along with Donatello (whose consciousness is transferred into a robot). They eventually encounter Michaelangelo (who has become
6808-534: The Federation military in their war against the Triceraton Republic, he was categorized as a "Fugitoid" (short for "fugitive android"). The character was introduced in a series of strips in the Gobbledygook comics that was later finished in a one-off self-titled comic book and then guest starred in the original TMNT issues 5 to 7, later became a recurring character in the main TMNT comic . In
6956-436: The Foot Clan, and developed a strong antipathy towards Hun, whom he knew as the "Dragon Man". At the mission's conclusion, he was given a new black mask by Leonardo, as well as a bladed gauntlet. Slash's life changed forever when Hob began producing new mutants, but discovered that Lindsey Baker's psychotropic compound was crucial to the process. He took a syringe of Splinter's compound-infused blood, declaring that he wanted to be
7104-541: The Foot Clan. Once a stable formula is made, Super-Shredder attacks the Turtles, the Mighty Mutanimals, Karai, and Shinigami which ends with Splinter falling in battle against Super-Shredder and is buried at the O'Neil family's summer home in North Hampton. This leads up to the final battle at Super-Shredder's hidden mansion where Leonardo manages to slay Super-Shredder and throw his mutated Kuro Kabuto to
7252-537: The Foot while the Shredder is away in Japan. Along with April came her new friend Casey Jones , who helps repel an assault on the turtles' lair. Kirby is eventually restored to his human form when Donatello manages to concoct another Kraang chemical called retro-mutagen , which causes organic beings to reverse their major physical transformations. Meanwhile, Shredder returns from Japan with the mutated Japanese bounty hunter Tiger Claw as his new second-in-command. Tiger Claw
7400-569: The Footbot army by creating the Elite Footbots. Furthermore, some other crime organizations have been plotting to take over the Foot Clan's territory and a crystal shard of unimaginable power which April received from the alien Aeons during their space adventure is beginning to exert a baleful influence on her. Using a special mutagen formula made by Stockman-Fly, Oroku Saki recuperates and becomes Super-Shredder in order to take back control of
7548-566: The Hamato Clan. However, Karai ends up transforming into an albino horned viper, much to everyone's horror. In response to this, Shredder has the Foot Clan help the Kraang, who have just perfected the previously unstable mutagen, launch a second invasion of New York, starting by destroying the turtles' lair courtesy of April's friend Irma, who was really an elite Kraang spy named Kraang Subprime, and forcing them to abandon it. The Kraang begin mutating New York's populace, including Kirby, despite
SECTION 50
#17327875638037696-472: The IDW Comics, April's mother was named Elizabeth O'Neil , who was a journalist (similar to April's status as a reporter from various TMNT media adaptations). Elizabeth was first introduced when April, the Turtles, Casey, and Splinter were forced to flee New York to their home in Northampton. While April and Casey worked on keeping the Turtles and Splinter a secret, Elizabeth showed having some knowledge of
7844-431: The Kraang for millennia, a conflict that has resulted in the destruction of the Triceraton home world through the Heart of Darkness (a black hole generator) and thus left the Triceratons obsessed with annihilating their enemies by any means necessary, such as destroying any planet that the Kraang want to take over. They are also enemies with the Salamandrians. In the first half of the fourth season, having appeared to wipe out
7992-506: The Kraang in the season three final, the Triceratons replaced the Foot Clan as one of the main villains in the series. Except for Captain Mozar, all the Triceratons introduced so far have names that start with Z. Among the known Triceratons are: In addition to the Kraang, there are many other alien species throughout the show that are listed in alphabetical order: The Aeons is an ancient alien race of benevolent, ethereal beings that hail from
8140-487: The Kraang's counterparts. They plan to conquer the Earths of both the 1987 and 2012 realities with a fully powered Technodrome after their Bebop and Rocksteady were accidentally left behind. While the Turtles and their allies fight off a horde of Foot Soldiers from the 1987–1996 series reality and the 2012 Rock Soldiers led by Traag and Granitor , Bebop and Rocksteady discover Shredder and Krang's treacherous scheme to destroy
8288-469: The Kraang, the Earth, and everyone on it. But just as it comes to the worst for the Turtles, April, and Casey, they are rescued by a friendly robot by the name of Professor Honeycutt (also known as the Fugitoid) who uses his spacecraft to take the Turtles, April and Casey to a journey into space. After the Turtles, April, and Casey are saved from the destruction of Earth, the Fugitoid uses his spacecraft
8436-471: The Ninja Turtles and Splinter. However, his mind became unstable and gave him a savage nature, so Specimen 6 was contained in a special tank guarded by the Rock Soldiers. He was later freed due to April O'Neil's diversion to retrieve the Turtle Tracker for the Ninja Turtles. After punching one of the Rock Soldiers, he escaped from the lab into the night. From then, Slash began lurking around the city as
8584-552: The Second Time Around store, where they maintain a good relationship with their daughter and her other friends, where they also allowed Casey to stay with them due to issues he has with his father. The Justice Force is a superhero team that was around during the Golden Age. First appearing in the Mirage Comics issue "Dome Doom", the Turtles and Casey meet the older versions of the Justice Force in Northampton at
8732-481: The Shredder had torn off to further make his fabrications more real) kept by her teenage daughter Miwa, who had been abducted by Oroku Saki as an infant and renamed Karai . She is even seen in memories of Splinter's. She makes her first and only live appearance in "Tale of the Yokai" when the Turtles travel back sixteen years previously via Renet's time specter. She had expressed her dislike at her husband wanting to save
8880-467: The Shredder. Upon demonstrating the revival ability on Rahzar who fell in an underwater battle against Leatherhead, Kavaxas states that he will need the Kuro Kabuto that contains Shredder's mental energies. Upon Rahzar and Tiger Claw reclaiming the Kuro Kabuto after Kavaxas drained the soul out of Shredder's former right-hand man Hattori Tatsu, Kavaxas states that they will need the Shredder's heart for
9028-539: The TV shows that are watched by the Turtles in each season: Space Heroes is a fictional animated science fiction TV series that is Leonardo's favorite show in Season 1. It is a parody of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Animated Series . Super Robo Mecha Force Five is a 1980s anime show that was discovered by Michelangelo in Season 2. It is also called "SRMFF!" for short. It is a parody of shows like Voltron: Defender of
SECTION 60
#17327875638039176-470: The Triceraton Invasion being thwarted and the Foot Clan's disappearance, April is promoted to kunoichi at the time when the witch Shinigami arrives and is revealed that she is Karai's friend as they plot to rebuild the Hamato Clan and dispose of Shredder who is still recuperating from his last fight with Splinter. While Karai and Shinigami got some ninjas on their side, the Foot Clan strengthens
9324-514: The Turtle's reputation and give them a bad name. The Turtles eventually stopped them and sent Slash into space aboard a trash rocket, which unknowingly contained a plastic palm tree that he was so content with. After having a run-in with a race of super-intelligent aliens who hooked him up to a machine to grant him their intelligence, Slash returned to Earth with fancy weaponry and equipment of his design and planned to turn everyone into turtles to become
9472-399: The Turtles in an effort to learn the whereabouts of the black hole generator fragments. The reason for Fugitoid's involvement was later revealed in "Earth's Last Stand": he had created the black hole generator and then sold it to the krang, only learning later the ghastly use to which it would be put. Despite the distrust this prompts in the Turtles, April, and Casey, Fugitoid manages to recover
9620-476: The Turtles). All his life he had the secret of her origin concealed from April, until she had to learn through a chain of dramatic circumstances that she was not a naturally-born creature, and only some time later with Renet's Help was she finally able to discover the truth. This realization gave April a severe emotional crisis, and she left her old life behind for a while to find a new meaning to her existence. In
9768-557: The Turtles. They wound up back on Earth courtesy of the Utroms' transmat, which later transported Honeycutt and the Utroms to their homeworld. However, upon learning that the Triceratons had pursued him to Earth, Honeycutt returned there after erasing the Teleportal blueprints from his mind. He was eventually captured by the Federation, but managed to infect their fleet with a computer virus that shut them down, with his body being fried in
9916-465: The UK. IGN has given the show positive reviews, with many episodes reviewed being given the "Editor's Choice" title. The season 2 finale "The Invasion" has received the highest rating of 10/10. The series premiered in the U.S. to 3.9 million viewers. Variety has praised the show, saying "...handsomely produced effort, with a strong vocal cast, considerable humor and scads of high-spirited action. If
10064-433: The Ulixes in Season 4. It is a parody of Karate Kommandos , Mister T , Rambo: The Force of Freedom and The A-Team . Space Heroes: The Next Generation is the sequel to Space Heroes whose tapes were found by Michelangelo in season 5. This becomes Leonardo's latest favorite show. It is stated by Donatello that most of the tapes for this show were used as landfill because it was deemed "too disturbing". The series
10212-485: The Ulixes to travel six months back in time in order for him and the Turtles to prevent the Triceraton Empire led by Emperor Zanmoran from again assembling the three components of the Heart of Darkness that are scattered throughout the universe before everything on Earth is lost. Besides fighting the Triceratons, the Turtles also face new enemies in outer space like Lord Vringath Dregg of the planet Sectoid and
10360-682: The Universe , Tranzor Z , and Voltes V . Crognard the Barbarian is Michelangelo's new favorite show since they moved to April's old farm in Season 3. It is a parody of shows like Thundarr the Barbarian and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe while the name is derivative of Conan the Barbarian . Chris Bradford's 2 Ruff Krew is a fictional 1980s cartoon starring a metafictional version of Rahzar in his former human form of Chris Bradford where its broadcast signals are picked up by
10508-411: The aliens to destroy their mutual enemies in the Hamato Clan. The turtles later discover that the Kraang came to Earth from Dimension X and built their headquarters with a company called TCRI and are plotting to use the mutagen and a set of Kraang-like powers that April was born with to convert Earth into a planet suitable for their race. After the turtles rescue Kirby, the Kraang invade New York, but
10656-456: The arcade game published by GameMill Entertainment titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants , it was released for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S , PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 , Nintendo Switch , Microsoft Windows and Steam on April 23 2024. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael appear as playable characters in the racing video game Nickelodeon Kart Racers ,
10804-450: The armored police officer Sgt. Swat), and several other silent members. In April 2022, Yuki Matsuzaki was announced that he would be reprising his role as Miyamoto Usagi from the fifth season of the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series (titled Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ) in a new animated series, titled Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles . Airing on Netflix from April 28, 2022 to September 1, 2022,
10952-405: The battle between Yoshi and Saki inside the burning Hamato Clan dojo, Shen is accidentally killed by Saki, who meant to kill Yoshi instead. Saki leaves the dojo after his hair burns off from the fire and kidnaps Yoshi and Shen's baby daughter Miwa, vowing to raise her as Karai and leaving Yoshi to die. After his escape, the turtles save Yoshi, as they were "always destined to" before traveling back to
11100-667: The battle happy Kusama ( Tania Gunadi ) pilots the Michelangelo-like orange mech; and the purple mech, which is heavily armored and wields a bo staff that can transform into a hammer, is piloted by the nerdy and somewhat anxious Basque ( Khary Payton ). The short features the Mecha Turtles subduing a group of anthropomorphic thieves resembling Hyenas and other canines, consisting of wolf-like leader Grimm, spotted hyena-like members Jester Joe (both voiced by Eric Bauza ) and Jester Jim (voiced by David Kaye , who also voices
11248-401: The better of him, but he openly loves his brothers, father, and allies. He wears a red mask and uses a pair of sai . Splinter is the mutant rat sensei and adoptive father of the Ninja Turtles. Generally depicted as wise and powerful, he raised the four turtles and trained them in the art of Ninjutsu . He is very cautious and protective of them, constantly warning them of the dangers on
11396-449: The bounty hunter Armaggon, and even have an adventure with their interdimensional 1987 counterparts and their enemy Krang who is an exiled relative of Kraang Subprime (this is not canon to the 1987 series, though). Despite the efforts of the Turtles, the Triceratons are still able to collect all three pieces of the Black Hole Generator, only for the Turtles to return to Earth and join forces with their past selves to warn Splinter before he
11544-540: The brawler game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up for the Wii . The Fugitoid appears in the 2012 animated series , voiced by David Tennant . He first appears at the conclusion of season 3 aboard his vessel, the Ulixes , just in time to save the Turtles, April O'Neil, and Casey Jones from a black hole created by the Triceratons. After they escape, he introduces himself and promises them that they are about to embark upon
11692-542: The company's strategy to reboot two established brands for new viewers. TMNT was geared to a core target demographic of boys aged 6 to 11, while Winx Club was intended to reach a similar age group of girls. For their version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Nickelodeon also took note of a secondary audience in teens and adults. In June, it was revealed that the show's creative team would be led by designer Ciro Nieli and writers J. R. Ventimilia and Joshua Sternin . The three crew members held an interview
11840-518: The efforts of Earth's military and the turtles. Leonardo is gravely wounded when he is ambushed by the entire Foot, and Splinter is seemingly killed during a battle with Shredder. The turtles, April, and Casey are forced to flee to the O'Neil family's summer home in Upstate New York as the Kraang successfully conquers Manhattan. The group takes refuge at the O'Neil family's summer home in North Hampton in order to recuperate from their loss at
11988-481: The fall of 2015. A Series 4 has been confirmed. IDW Publishing released a spin-off comic series titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures featuring original adventures set between episodes of the TV series starting July 2013. After 24 issues, the series was relaunched as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures in August 2015. Amazing Adventures was published until September 2017, with
12136-492: The fall off the roof top and fled into the night. However, the incident left Raphael with a lasting regret. Slash was captured a few times by the Krang during several run-ins with them. In the last of these run-ins, he was freed by Newtralizer and allied with him to start a violent but effective crusade against the krang. Despite having a dislike for the Turtles, he still shares the same beliefs they were taught regarding protection of
12284-420: The fifth and final season was rebranded as Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and did not fully air on Nickelodeon, as episodes 115–121 premiered on its sister channel Nicktoons . Ninjutsu master Hamato Yoshi ( Splinter ) is carrying his four pet turtles through the streets of Manhattan when he encounters members of an alien race called the Kraang. During an altercation with these aliens, Yoshi and
12432-523: The final blow meant for Yoshi had struck her instead. Fifteen years after her tragic demise, Hamato Yoshi had moved to New York City (which had been her own desire), where he had purchased four baby turtles , encountered a krangdroid, and mutated into the rat-mutant Splinter via their mutagen. To keep her memory alive, several photographs of her remain with her husband in the Dojo, and a torn color picture (with her shoulder held by her husband Hamato Yoshi , who
12580-408: The first Nickelodeon crossover console game to feature Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters. These same characters, along with Shredder, appear as playable characters in the sequel video game Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix . [REDACTED] Quotations related to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) at Wikiquote Neutrinos (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) The following
12728-484: The fleeing families killing them all. Honeycutt could do nothing but watch them die on the security monitor. Not long after, Honeycutt had made it back to the lab, and Granitor and some Rock Soldiers found him. Honeycutt restrained himself from tearing apart the man who gave orders to kill his family and instead escaped through the portal he had been working on. Now in New York City on Earth, Honeycutt masqueraded as
12876-564: The following month; they mentioned that the turtles would be differentiated physically, but that their personalities would not be changed. Nieli stated that he had been influenced by the 1984 comics, while Ventimilia and Sternin were fans of the 1987 series and 1990s films in college. At the American International Toy Fair in February 2012, the first line of tie-in figures was displayed. As previously announced,
13024-439: The four turtles. Wave 5 was released in October with a 7 pack of Mousers as well as four baby versions of the Turtles. October saw the final release of 2013 with wave six which included two new villains: Spider Bytez and a newly sculpted Shredder figure featuring a removable helmet and cape. Wave seven first appeared in February 2014 with figures for Kirby Bat, Squirrelanoid, Casey Jones, and Mutagen Man. The Lego Group released
13172-462: The generator and execute his plan: combining his power source and that of his ship to destroy the generator while wiping out the Triceraton fleet in the process. A past version of the Fugitoid then arrives and takes the now duplicate versions of April, Casey, and the Turtles on an adventure; meanwhile, in the wreckage of the Triceraton fleet, present-day Honeycutt's head is shown to be intact and apparently partially functional. Despite being something of
13320-481: The goal was to introduce the Turtles to a new generation — amphibious mission accomplished." Playmates Toys created a new line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles consumer products to go along with the show. In mid-2012, Playmates Toys released their first wave of basic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures which consisted of "hero figures" Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, Splinter and April O'Neil as well as "villain characters" Shredder, Kraang, and
13468-399: The hands of the Kraang and the Foot Clan. Leonardo takes an extended amount of time to recover, but guided by an apparition of Splinter, is able to overcome his physical and mental wounds. They eventually return to New York City with the goal of finding Splinter, Karai, Kirby, and their other missing allies and liberate the city from the Kraang. They are successful in finding Splinter and set up
13616-429: The innocent. So, when the amoral Newtralizer to destroy all humans and krang, Slash realized the position he put Raphael in and sided with the Turtles and Casey Jones to stop him. He then made amends with them and declines the offer to rejoin their team before departing, saying that he was better operating solo. As soon as the Krang's invasion started, Raphael began hoping that Slash survived. He eventually did, however, and
13764-404: The invasion eventually earns Shredder cemented control of the city's criminal underworld for his efforts to create a mind-control serum meant for the turtles, Mutanimals and Karai. The turtles are later offered by future time sorceress Renet to time travel to the past, where they meet up with a younger Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki, as well as Yoshi's late wife and Karai's mother, Teng Shen. During
13912-399: The ire of Hun. Fortunately, their neighbors on the same street came out to assist the O'Neils, and peace was restored. During the Triceraton invasion, John and Elizabeth remained in the Second Time Around store for some days, anxious about April's safety. Eventually April and Baxter Stockman brought them to the T.C.R.I. building, where John and Elizabeth were reunited with their daughter. In
14060-458: The known Aeons are: The Daagon is a race of aquatic fish-like aliens that reside in the cosmic ocean of Varuna, a liquid nebula over which they rule. They are one of the few aliens that served as the guardians of the Heart of Darkness fragments. Among the known Daagon are: In this show, the Neutrinos are a race of microscopic aliens. Among the known Neutrinos are: The Salamandrians are
14208-400: The lair and promises to help him find a way to turn back to normal. Ninjara's real name is Umeko , but for reasons that were never fully revealed she goes by the name "Ninjara". While Splinter first thought she was an " atomic child ", she was actually once part of an ancient race of humanoid foxes living on a hidden island off the coast of Japan. She ended up becoming a thief and assassin for
14356-466: The last of the Hamato clan, as she believed ninjas had no place in the modern world, not wanting her only child to follow in the path of her father. She was later approached by Oroku Saki, now clad in Foot Clan attire, and said that she had made her choice. She was asked to take little Miwa and leave as the two adopted brothers faced off in a death-duel. In the prequel episode "Lone Rat and Cub" Tang Shen
14504-414: The leader of the Justice Force who gets his name from the round metallic saucer on his head which can smash through anything. In Mirage Comics, Stainless Steel Steve and Doctor Dome competed for the love of Battlin' Bernice. In the present, Stainless Steel Steve runs a comic book store with Metal Head as the stock boy when Doctor Dome began to target his old teammates. When Ananda came into view and broke up
14652-464: The line was produced by longtime TMNT licensee Playmates Toys . In March 2012, final artwork from the series was leaked on the Nickelodeon website before it was taken down. The images showed the designs of all four turtles, Shredder, Splinter, a teenage April O'Neil and the Kraang, an alien race that combines elements of both Krang and the Utroms. A trailer for the series was released on June 21, 2012, on Nickelodeon USA . In July, Playmates released
14800-460: The living quarters were locked down due to safety protocols. Rather than let Marra, their son Ely, and the rest of the families burn to death, Honeycutt used SAL to breach the flames and override the safety protocols. By doing so, he sacrificed his own body where he became trapped within SAL in the process. Honeycutt saved the families, but his victory was short-lived. Sergeant Granitor ordered an attack on
14948-400: The months leading to its premiere, Nickelodeon and Playmates Toys released lines of merchandise featuring the new character designs. The two-part premiere took place on September 28 and September 29, 2012, reaching 3.9 million viewers. The debut ratings were the highest for a Nickelodeon animated series since 2009, leading to a second season pickup in October 2012. Three more seasons followed;
15096-401: The mutagen due to her past career as a reporter. When the Foot Clan tracked them down and attacked Elizabeth along with her husband John found out about the existence of the Turtles and Splinter. After the group fled, Elizabeth used a part of the mutagen April left behind to help heal John from his stroke due to its healing properties. Afterwards, the two moved to New York and took up residence in
15244-410: The mutant-rat Splinter), and had borne a daughter whom they named Miwa. Her decision in choosing Hamato Yoshi over his adopted brother, Oroku Saki, had caused intense hatred to fester between them. Further taken over by vengeance, jealously and rage, Oroku Saki had staged an attack on Yoshi, attempting to finish him once and for all. However, Tang Shen intervened to defend her husband; a fatal decision, as
15392-405: The name of Kirby O'Neil. She was eventually captured and experimented on by the Krang while she was pregnant with April. As a result, her daughter was born a human/Krang hybrid mutant; possessing an array of exceptionally powerful psychic abilities , as a result of her Krang DNA. When April was six years old, the Krang came for her. While her husband was able to escape to New York City, Mrs. O'Neil
15540-596: The new recruits. Their membership was later expanded with Nobody, Raptarr, and Nano in the episode "Membership Drive" while also gaining Michelangelo as the Turtle Titan. The Justice Force are among the allies of the Turtles who assist them in the fight against the Demon Shredder's forces. The episode "Super Power Struggle" revealed another former member called the Green Mantle who lost his powered cape in
15688-402: The number 1 supreme turtle. This was foiled when Donatello tricked him into thinking that he turned the Turtles into humans to lure Slash into a rooftop fight. Thus, Slash was reverted to his low-level intelligence and launched into space once again. In the IDW comics , Slash was introduced as Specimen 6 , a snapping turtle experiment at StockGen mutated with Old Hob's DNA assigned to hunt down
15836-492: The ones who call themselves 'the turtles' when that which is the signal is the signal that I give". The Kraang also have enemies in the form of the Utroms whom Kraang Prime could not place under mind control, and the Triceraton Empire for destroying their homeworld. The Kraang appeared to have mostly been destroyed during the events of "Annihilation: Earth!" Among the known Kraang are: The Kraang have used various creatures that come from Dimension X to help them in their plots. Among
15984-692: The other Turtles in victory. Following the death of the Super-Shredder, Tiger Claw has led the unspecified Foot Cultists into obtaining the Scroll of the Demodragon and a special control amulet called the "Seal of the Ancients" that would enable him to summon the demodragon Kavaxas. When Kavaxas is summoned from the Netherworld, Tiger Claw plans to use Kavaxas' wish-granting abilities to revive
16132-430: The planet Zalvadal, a world of vast, beautiful gardens and tranquility that contains all of the sacred knowledge in the cosmos. They were the very first extraterrestrials to evolve into higher beings of mighty power. The very source of all their strength is a mighty crystallized artifact called the Sol Star, containing the very essence of power and life itself. Once hidden away, the entire world turned pure evil and corrupted
16280-531: The plastic palm tree he loved in his tank was accidentally dropped down an air duct by Bebop, Slash went berserk and stole Shredder's shaolin, chasing them around the Technodrome before going to Earth on Bebop's part. There, he ran into a corrupt businessman building condos in the sewers until the Ninja Turtles foiled it. As payback, the businessman sent Slash to smash the Freedom Bell, which would tarnish
16428-486: The present with Renet. When the Kraang return to Earth, the Turtles discover that the Kraang have another enemy from Dimension X in the form of the Triceraton Empire. Despite their best efforts and Shredder violating the Foot Clan's temporary truce with the Turtles by stabbing Splinter during the fight, the ruthless Triceratons activate the Heart of Darkness, a black hole-creating machine which annihilates both
16576-414: The process. Honeycutt's sacrifice touched both sides, and a peace soon resulted between the two. Honeycutt later returned, having uploaded a copy of his mind into Earth's satellite network prior to his demise. Leatherhead later built him a new body using Earth technology, and he would continue to provide aid to the Turtles, eventually officiating at April and Casey's wedding. He is also a playable character in
16724-405: The pug Kintaro from the evil gray wolf Jei, an adventure featuring an alternate future ruled by mutant animals, and another adventure involving the return of Savanti Romero where he collaborates with Count Dracula to make Earth more habitable for monsters. The Turtles later reunite with their 1987 counterparts when they face the return of Bebop and Rocksteady, who are recruited by the Shredder and
16872-588: The revival to occur. The Foot Clan obtains the Shredder's heart that was in the possession of Don Vizioso. Upon Shredder's heart being placed on his corpse, Kavaxas begins to work on reviving Shredder as the Zombie Shredder. This goes against what Tiger Claw eventually planned when Undead Shredder destroys the Seal of the Ancients which enables Kavaxas to raise the spirits of the Netherworld in order to rule both worlds. While Splinter's ghost helps those fighting on
17020-470: The rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The show was created to reach a core audience of boys aged 6 to 11; it was one half of Nickelodeon's strategy to reboot two established brands for new viewers, coinciding with Nickelodeon Animation Studio 's development of new Winx Club episodes for girls. It was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and LowBar Productions. Bardel Entertainment handled layout and CG animation services. During
17168-481: The role of Baxter Stockman and Nolan North would be playing a race of aliens known as the Kraang , while Roseanne Barr is confirmed to voice their leader, Kraang Prime. Actress Kelly Hu confirmed her role as Karai in May 2012. Corey Feldman , who previously voiced Donatello in the first and third TMNT films, was confirmed to play the role of Slash . Recurring TMNT character Casey Jones began appearing in
17316-735: The second season, and is voiced by former Nickelodeon star Josh Peck . In June 2014, it was announced that Seth Green would replace Jason Biggs and Dominic Catrambone as the voice of Leonardo in season 3. On November 22, 2015, Nickelodeon aired an animated special, Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past . In the special, the Ninja Turtles are accidentally transported back to the Cretaceous period by an ancient meteorite and must work together with Rocksteady and Bebop (along with some newly befriended dinosaur allies) to get back to their own time, while simultaneously fending off would-be predators and
17464-411: The secret of Miwa from them. The turtles struggle to contain an outbreak of mutations that occurs thanks to the leftover mutagen from the thwarted Kraang invasion. Kirby is among the victims of the outbreak, and a misunderstanding leads April to break off her friendship with the turtles. However, the turtles are able to earn her forgiveness when they save her from Karai, who has taken temporary command of
17612-544: The series for Wii , Xbox 360, and Nintendo 3DS on October 22, 2013. It was developed by Magic Pockets. On September 4, 2014, Activision announced there being a second game based on the show called Danger of the Ooze . The game was released on October 28, 2014, for Nintendo 3DS, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The game was developed by WayForward . Another video game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan ,
17760-405: The series was developed to serve as the series finale ; alternately aired in three parts as the episodes "The Wasteland Warrior, "The Impossible Desert", and "Carmageddon!", Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse was released on September 22, 2017. Ahead of the film's release, executive producer Ciro Nieli stated that he intended for the film to serve as the series finale in order to prevent any alteration of
17908-676: The series would star Darren Barnet in the lead role as Usagi's descendant "Yuichi Usagi", an original creation for the series. The series premiered on Canadian channel YTV on September 29, 2012. It also premiered on Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 1, 2012. It premiered on Nickelodeon in Australia and New Zealand on October 8, 2012. It premiered on Nickelodeon Canada on September 2, 2013. In India, it premiered in 2013 on Nickelodeon and Sonic and currently airs on Nick HD+ . It also airs on Channel 5 in
18056-531: The sewers of New York City and usually go up to the surface only in the night time. The Foot Clan is a ninja criminal organization that was founded 1,500 years ago in Japan by a ninja named Koga Takuza when he forged an alloy stronger than steel from the stolen sacred totems of his defeated adversaries to fashion a helmet known as the Kuro Kabuto. The Kraang are a race of brain-shaped aliens from Dimension X , piloting robotic bodies called Kraangdroids that are responsible for bringing some mutagen to Earth
18204-431: The sewers. He eventually survived the wound and was washed ashore to be woken up by Old Hob, who told him that they should work together to hunt down anyone with a connection to StockGen. Slash was shown the error of his ways when Michelangelo gave him a candy bar that he instantly fell in love with. He agreed to help the Turtles escape from one of Shredder's traps. He was an integral part of a mission to reclaim Leonardo from
18352-400: The show's merchandise ahead of its television debut. Jason Biggs originally voiced Leonardo and Rob Paulsen voices Donatello . In June 2011, it was confirmed that Sean Astin is playing Raphael and Greg Cipes is Michelangelo. In August 2011, it was revealed that Mae Whitman would be the voice for April O'Neil . In April 2012, it was announced that Phil LaMarr would be playing
18500-440: The surface for the first time and learn that the Kraang are using the mutagen as part of their plan to take over New York City. They befriend the teenage April O'Neil after she and her psychologist father Kirby are abducted by the Kraang. Donatello, who has developed a crush on April, is able to rescue her. While Kirby remains a prisoner of the Kraang, April becomes an ally of the turtles, who try to help her locate her father. April
18648-435: The surface, Michelangelo managed to use gum to stick the Seal of the Ancients back together enabling him to have Kavaxas undo his damages and open the portal to the Netherworld as the Zombie Shredder drags Kavaxas back to the Netherworld. Afterwards, the Turtles face different challenges like the return of Lord Dregg when he collaborates with Newtralizer, being transported to Miyamoto Usagi 's reality where they help to protect
18796-409: The surface. In stark contrast to his coarse gnarly appearance, Splinter always speaks in a quiet gentle dignified voice. April O'Neil is a confident, courageous, benevolent, intelligent, and outgoing human companion of the Ninja Turtles. She met the Turtles when they saved her from a squadron of MOUSERS chasing her down the sewers. She embarked on many of the Turtles' adventures and aids them by doing
18944-420: The suspicions of the sharp and intuitive Michelangelo , who planned to expose her true motives by any means. She was later revealed to be a clone of the real Mrs. O'Neil as an infiltration experiment infused with the human DNA of the real Mrs. O'Neil and Krang DNA; thus having only her memories. April expressed her sadness at losing her family all over again, even if it truly was not her mother, and wondered if she
19092-528: The team, he often speaks with a Southern Californian dialect and expresses his love of pizza whenever brought up. He wears an orange mask and fights using nunchucks . Raphael , nicknamed Raph, is the most aggressive and temperamental of the turtles. Rebellious, cynical, and quick witted, he is often driven by his strong emotions. He possesses a strong desire for independence, and often displays animosity towards his brother Leonardo over his leadership and their conflicting methods. His quick temper tends to get
19240-481: The time when their former member Doctor Dome attacked them with his Domeoids. The fight ended when Battlin' Bernice's daughter named Ananda showed up to chastise Doctor Dome for ruining her mother's life. Stainless Steel Steve broke up the argument and offered Doctor Dome a redemption which he took. When Lilith swore vengeance on Shadow Jones for the death of Sloan, April and Casey asked Stainless Steel Steve and Metal Head to help Splinter watch over their stepdaughter. In
19388-651: The time, Spike even developed a hatred for the Ninja Turtles, thanks to hearing Raphael's angry chants all his life. One night, he drank from a canister of mutagen that spilled in Raphael's room, mutating himself into a mutant box turtle with a spiked shell, long fingernails for makeshift weapons, heightened smell and superhuman agility. Obtaining a mace, Slash joined the other Turtles on patrol but revealed his true intentions by beating Donatello and Michelangelo, to Raphael's horror. The following murderous spree nearly took Leonardo's life. After engaging his former owner, he survived
19536-465: The timeline that he and the rest of the crew had built. A series of short films were released during the course of the series, including: Turtles in Time , Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles , and TMNT Team Up: The Short Series . Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles focuses on the eponymous group, four human teen mecha pilots trained by an aged Michelangelo (with Greg Cipes reprising his role from the series) set in
19684-460: The turtles and April emerge triumphant when they send the Technodrome , the Kraang leader Kraang Prime's ship, crashing into the sea. Meanwhile, Splinter battles Shredder and learns that Karai is his own daughter, Hamato Miwa, who was kidnapped by Shredder and who believes that Splinter killed her mother. The season ends with the turtles celebrating their victory over the Kraang as Splinter hides
19832-526: The turtles are exposed to the Kraang's chemical, called mutagen , which causes organic beings to undergo major physical transformations. Yoshi takes on characteristics of a brown rat and the turtles take on human characteristics. Yoshi retreats to the New York City sewers where he raises the four turtles as his sons and imparts to them his knowledge of ninjutsu. Now teenagers, the turtles ( Leonardo , Raphael , Donatello and Michelangelo ) venture to
19980-586: The villainous dog-man Chien Kahn, but then had a change of heart when she met the Turtles, and fell in love with Raphael. She helped out on many missions, from the Far and the Middle East to Dimension X . Her family life was explored more in detail when her younger brother managed to track her down and convince her to come back home. The Turtles discovered the island was hidden by fog banks, but despite this, it had been discovered by an opportunistic, greedy hunter. She
20128-405: The work in public while the Turtles cannot. Casey Jones is a hockey-masked vigilante , armed with an assortment of sporting goods that he carries in a golf bag. He is a close ally of the Ninja Turtles, whom he met after having a martial-arts skirmish with the temperish Raphael regarding Casey's own inflamed behavior when battling the bad guys. Hamato Yoshi is a ninjutsu master whose history
20276-471: Was a powerful member of the team from issue #29 until issue #70 from the TMNT Adventures from Archie comics. Professor Zayton Honeycutt , also known as Dr. Zayton Honeycut , is a semi-retired scientist from the planet D'Hoonib whose mind was transferred into his working robot as both were struck by lightning. As he refused to build a transmat device (a means of teleportation) for General Blanque of
20424-427: Was able to control his violent spree and informed that he would be allowed to stay in a grove of lush palm trees he so loved. Grateful, he went on to become a member of the Mutanimals, ultimately sacrificing himself later to save the Turtles. In the 1987 animated series , Slash (voiced by Pat Fraley ) was Bebop's pet turtle, mutated by Rocksteady to carry out an assignment that Shredder wanted them to do. However, when
20572-418: Was behind this where she wanted revenge on the Justice Force for letting her mother die. When Ananda was defeated, Doctor Dome reconciled with his daughter and also reconciled with Stainless Steve Steel. In later episodes, Ananda and Metal Head formed a second incarnation of the Justice Force that consisted of Silver Sentry, Chryalis, and Tsunami with Stainless Steel Steve in an advisor role and Zippy Lad training
20720-416: Was employed as chief assistant at StockGen, the genetics laboratory of Baxter Stockman , which is responsible for the transformation of Splinter and the Turtles into mutants. He also knew of the Ooze, the base material for Stockman's experiments. It was through his initiative that April was able to secure her internship, through which she later became acquainted with the Turtles, but he and his wife already had
20868-476: Was eventually destroyed by alien invaders, leaving him the only homeless survivor of his kind. He was later found by Krang, who made a deal with him to find his way back to Earth, and in return, Slash came under the former's leadership and kept the Ninja Turtles busy while Krang sought to possess Shredder's body, but to no avail. Slash's rampage caught the attention of the Mighty Mutanimals, who captured him and brought him to their island. With Leatherhead's help, Slash
21016-425: Was indeed gone forever or was still alive somewhere. A family photograph of her, alongside her husband and infant daughter, was shown in "The Krang Conspiracy" which had been kept by Jack Kurtzman. She was first referenced by April in "Karai's Vendetta". April mentioning the tragic loss of her mother as a child, caused Karai to feel sympathy for April, as she, too had lost and never knew her own mother, Tang Shen. In
21164-522: Was involved in Hob and Splinter's attack on the Foot Clan. In the 2012 animated series , Slash (voiced by Corey Feldman ) was introduced as Spike , a young box turtle who was flushed into the sewers from his original owner's home and saved from drowning by Raphael, who took him in as his pet. He used to listen to his owner's angry ranting about his troubles with his family and learned ninjutsu by watching Raphael practice it in his room. Although no one knew at
21312-512: Was later recruited as leader of the Mighty Mutanimals as they worked with the Turtles to take back the city from the Krang. Slash appears as a boss in the video games Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project , the Super NES version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge . Mutagen Man is a character in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise that suffers
21460-611: Was named Bridget O'Neil . In the 2012 animated series , Mrs. O'Neil (voiced by Renae Jacobs ) was the loving wife of the psychologist Kirby O'Neil, and the late mother of sixteen-year-old April O'Neil . Many decades ago, when she herself was a child, her grandfather had discovered the Krang residing deep underneath the O'Neil's family farmhouse. After unmistakably awakening the Krang, the brain-like extraterrestrial creatures paid him back by performing experiments on him and his entire bloodline; including Mrs. O'Neil. In her adult years she had fall in love with and married an Irish scientist by
21608-547: Was recaptured and "put into stasis." One decade later (in Episode 55 " Buried Secrets "), she was discovered by the Turtles, Casey Jones, and her teenage daughter. She explained how her whole family's difficulties with the Krang raged on for many years, and seemed happy to be reunited with her daughter. She wondered of Kirby's whereabouts, to which the Turtles assured her that he was "on a safari in Puerto Rico ." She attracted
21756-411: Was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360, Xbox One , and Microsoft Windows in 2016. It was developed by PlatinumGames . In 2017, Raw Thrills developed a beat 'em up arcade game based on the show of the same name, where players can play the turtles and fight villains and boss levels all at once. On February 27 2024, Raw Thrills and Cradle Games had developed the home console version of
21904-423: Was seen in the black-and-white picture of her next to her husband, holding their baby daughter between them. She was last seen in a vision of Splinter's when he debated whether he had the discipline to be a proper father, for either Miwa (were she alive) or the baby mutant Turtles. There have been different versions of April's father in the TMNT franchise. In the Mirage Comics, he is named Robert O'Neil . Not much
#802197