Foot Clan The
Foot Clan is an evil
ninja organization that is usually run by Shredder.
Shredder Shredder is the leader of the Foot Clan and arch-enemy of the Ninja Turtles.
Karai Oroku Karai is usually depicted as a high-ranking member of the Foot Clan and Shredder's second-in-command or adopted daughter. She shares a rivalry with Leonardo and is at times considered his
love interest. In the
IDW comics continuity, she is the granddaughter of Shredder, while in the
2012 series, she is
Hamato Miwa, the only child of
Hamato Yoshi / Splinter and Tang Shen. The 2012 version of Karai later became a mutant
horned viper, but is able to revert to her human form at will due to Baxter Stockman accidentally adding an extra ingredient to the mutagen. Karai also appears in at least three stand-alone stories in the non-
canon series
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as in the comic book adaptation of the
2007 animated film. According to
Complex, "since her comic book debut, Karai has become an extremely popular character, serving as the sometimes villain, sometimes uneasy ally of our fearsome foursome."
Foot Elites The Foot Elites are the elite squads of Shredder in the Mirage and IDW comics. The Foot Elite also appears in the
2003 animated series voiced by
Ted Lewis.
Foot Mystics The Foot Mystics are Foot Ninjas that mastered the art of magic. They first appeared in the
2003 animated series and later appeared in the Mirage series. In
the 2012 animated series, Karai's friend Shinigami (voiced by
Gwendoline Yeo) is a Foot Mystic.
Bebop and Rocksteady Bebop and Rocksteady are a mutant
warthog and
rhinoceros employed by Shredder and enemies of the Ninja Turtles.
Tatsu Tatsu is a Foot Clan Warrior and Shredder's second-in-command in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, and
the 2012 animated series. In the films, Tatsu (portrayed by Toshishiro Obata and voiced by
Michael McConnohie) is a skilled martial artist who oversees the training of Shredder's army. He rarely speaks except to Shredder or to give orders to the Foot Ninja or those training to join the ranks. He leads the attack on April O'Neil's home in the first film, and later fights with Casey Jones at the Foot lair. Though initially overpowering the vigilante, he is defeated after Casey finds a golf club among the various stolen items stockpiled by the Foot and uses it to subdue Tatsu. In the second film, he is shown to have escaped police custody and attempts to take leadership of the Foot until Shredder is revealed to be still alive. He leads the Foot Ninja who steal the mutagen from TGRI and helps oversee the rebuilding of the Foot army. However, he is easily defeated near the end of the film by the Turtles all slamming their back shells into him. In the 2012 animated series, Hattori Tatsu (voiced by Michael Hagiwara) is a blind swordsman, but still Shredder's loyal underling. Here, he was in charge of the Foot Clan in Japan whenever Shredder was absent, and also mentored Karai. After the death of the Super Shredder, Tatsu came to New York to seize control of the remainder of the Foot Clan from Tiger Claw only to face the Turtles and Karai and be opposed by Tiger Claw. His soul is drained from him by Kavaxas. Tatsu appears as a boss in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist.
Tokka and Rahzar Tokka and Rahzar are a mutant
alligator snapping turtle and
gray wolf employed by Shredder and enemies of the Ninja Turtles. Tokka and Rahzar first appear in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze with Tokka performed by
Rick Lyon (facial puppetry) and Kurt Bryant (suit), Rahzar performed by Gord Robertson (facial puppetry) and Mark Ginther (suit), and both voiced by Frank Welker. As a snapping turtle and gray wolf abducted from the
Bronx Zoo by the Foot Clan, Tokka and Rahzar were mutated into humanoid forms by kidnapped TCRI professor Jordan Perry under Shredder's orders, but during the process, Perry secretly altered the mutagen with the DNA of human infants. This eventually gave the duo childish personalities, thus humiliating Shredder by thinking the word "master" meant "mama". However, Perry had sympathy for them and showed Shredder their full obedience, thus convincing to keep them around. The duo even proved to be more than a match for the Ninja Turtles. After failing to stop them from rescuing Perry, Shredder had them cause destruction to an old neighborhood. The next day, Shredder had the Foot encounter April and have her deliver the Turtles a message telling them to meet the Foot Clan at a construction site near the docks or else Tokka and Rahzar will be sent out again. This time, they will be sent into
Central Park. The Turtles note that Tokka and Rahzar won't avoid any people there. Perry had prepared a retro-mutagen for the Turtles to use, which retro-mutated both Tokka and Rahzar after a brief battle during a
Vanilla Ice concert. The fate that followed the duo's retro-mutation remained unknown, but it's most likely that they could've been carted back to the zoo. In
the 1987 animated series, Tokka (voiced by
Rob Paulsen) and Rahzar (voiced by
Townsend Coleman) were out-of-control alligator snapping turtle and gray wolf zoo exhibits mutated into their current mutant forms when Shredder infected their habitats. Following their first encounter with the Ninja Turtles at the Crystal Palace Mall, Tokka was captured by a mutant hunter and taken to Dirk Savage, leaving Rahzar to report back to Shredder. Rahzar made a big deal with Tokka's capture and went to fight Dirk alone, yet it was unclear of whether or not the duo was reunited following the rescue mission. In the series finale of
the 2003 animated series titled "
Turtles Forever", two Cyber Foot members are mutated into the 2003 incarnations of the characters and play a brief role as members of the Mutant Foot Soldiers. In
the 2012 animated series, Tokka (vocal effects provided by different sound effects) and Rahzar (voiced by
Clancy Brown) are given drastically different origins. As a result, they were never seen together in this series. ::Rahzar is introduced first as
Chris Bradford, a celebrity martial arts star who is a prized pupil of Shredder, owning chain of dojos across the country with their ninjutsu classes used for the purpose of recruiting Foot Ninjas. When Shredder learned of Splinter's presence in New York, he sent by Bradford to find and kill both him and the Ninja Turtles, first tricking Michelangelo into a faux friendship on a social media website. Bradford revealed his deception when he had Michelangelo captured, sparking a bitter hatred from him. However, after he failed to trick the Turtles into leading him and the Foot to Splinter and numerous repeated failures, Shredder became enraged at his incompetence. During a fight with the Turtles, Bradford and Xever were doused with mutagen, and as a result of being earlier bitten in the knuckles by Shredder's pet
akita, Hatchiko, Bradford mutated into a mutant akita dubbed
Dogpound. Bradford is later mutated into a near-skeletal
werewolf-like form after falling into a mutagen vat. Being given the new name
Rahzar by Michelangelo, he continues to serve Shredder until his death at the hands of Leatherhead towards the end of the fourth season. Rahzar was resurrected by the demon Kavaxas in the fifth season, only to be revealed to be serving as Kavaxas's puppet. Rahzar falls into the Netherworld during Kavaxas's attack on the mortal realm. :: Tokka, on the other hand, is introduced as
Tokka Picasso, a monstrous female turtle-like alien assigned by the Utroms to guard the final piece of the black hole generator. In her first appearance, she attempts to recover the black hole generator piece from when Lord Dregg was able to steal it. However, the piece was seemingly destroyed by the explosion of a dwarf star triggered by the Triceratons, though Tokka's son Chompy survived and remained with the Turtles. Tokka is revealed to have survived the ordeal and ventures to Earth to retrieve her son, but allows him to stay with Raphael after realizing he is in good hands with him. Tokka departed Earth, though Raphael conceded that Chompy would eventually have to return to his mother. She alludes more to Terrorpin, the basis of her character. In the
comic series published by
IDW, Tokka and Rahzar appear as two of Old Hob's mutant creations. He was to sell them as "recruits" to Karai and the Foot Clan. In
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tokka and Rahzar (voiced by
Peter Stormare and
Ralph Ineson) are a snapping turtle and a wolf who are the mass-produced creations of mad scientist Dr. Jordan Perry. Because of Perry's unstable mutagen, both of them (including
Scale Tail,
Antrax, and
Wyrm) revert into their original forms at a certain time, resulting in the scientist to clone them all and pass their personalities into the next batch. Perry seeks to steal the blood of both of the Turtles and the Mutanimals so he'll perfect his mutagen formula and would be given a cash reward.
Chrome Dome Chrome Dome is a robotic member of the Foot Clan. Chrome Dome first appeared in
the 1987 animated series voiced by
Peter Renaday. He first appears in the episode "Planet of the Turtleoids", in which he is built by
Shredder to supervise the Foot Soldiers in the construction of the Technodrome Mark-II. He is destroyed by the Turtles by disabling a main chip on his back. He returns in the episode "Night of the Rogues", only to be destroyed by
Casey Jones. A series of Chrome Dome robots appear in the 2012 series, voiced by
Nolan North. They are modeled after Chris Bradford's dark ninja outfit. Chrome Dome appears in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey, voiced by
Zach Woods. This version is a benevolent
A.I. Pizzaface Pizzaface (sometimes spelled
Pizza Face) is a villain associated with pizza. In the toyline associated with the 1980s TV series, Pizzaface is Shredder's personal pizza chef. When he used a retro-mutagen oven to enhance himself, the Ninja Turtles pulled him out of it. This gives Pizzaface the ability to manipulate anything pizza-related. In the 2012 TV series, Pizza Face started out as a pizza chef named Antonio (voiced by
John DiMaggio). When a canister of mutagen fell near his restaurant, he used it on his pizza assuming that it would be a good topping as he tasted it. This ended up mutating him into a mutant pizza that can manipulate pizzas.
Koya Koya is a mutant
brown falcon who only appears in the IDW comics. In the IDW comics, Koya was Shredder's pet and used for reconnaissance. Following the "City Fall" storyline in the IDW Comics, Koya mutated into a humanoid form. At first a fierce antagonist of the Turtles, she develops respect for them when, during a mission in New York, she and her team led by Karai are forced to crash-land in Mutant Town and are nursed back to health by the Turtles.
Bludgeon Bludgeon is a mutant
hammerhead shark who appeared in the
IDW comic "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" issue 37. He was created by Shredder and used alongside Koya as his personal mutant strike team. After Bludgeon is permanently blinded by Donatello/Metalhead during the Vengeance storyline, he finds enlightenment and turns from assassin to self taught mystic, even to the point of training Venus.
Shinigami Shinigami is a
witch who is a friend of Karai debuting in the 2012 series, portrayed by
Gwendoline Yeo. Shinigami later showed up in the comics published by IDW Publishing.
Shredder Clones The
Shredder Clones are clones of Shredder. They consist of: •
Claw Shredder – A clone of Shredder with crustacean-like claws. •
Mini-Shredder – A small clone with a wrist blade on each arm. •
Shiva Shredder – A large brute with four arms. The Shredder Clones first appeared in the Mirage Comics. Shredder claims that they were created through a combination of ancient magic, modern science, and a Paramecia Coloniex (a species of colony worms created by the Foot Clan) where they turned the remains of someone into a replica of said person while claiming that the Paramecia Coloniex fed on Oroku Saki's charred remains The Shredder Clones appear in the
2003 animated series. They were referred to as
Mutant Shredder Clones and kept in liquid vats within the Foot Clan's headquarters. The Shredder Clones appear in the
2012 series, voiced by
Kevin Michael Richardson. They were referred to as
Shredder Mutants and were created by Baxter Stockman through a combination of Shredder's DNA and different crustaceans. They are first seen in "Return to New York", where they guard Stockman's laboratory. In "Attack of the Mega Shredder", Rocksteady and Bebop dump the Shredder Mutants into a mutagen vat, fusing them into a gigantic super-mutant dubbed
Mega-Shredder. The Turtles cut off Mega-Shredder's tongue, killing it.
Krang Krang is an alien
warlord that comes from Dimension X in several incarnations of the series. The
1987 animated series featured him as disembodied brain, others as a rogue Utrom, such as the TMNT comic strips and the IDW comics. In the
2012 series, Krang is referred to as Kraang Prime, and is the leader of a rogue hive mind faction of Utroms known as "the Kraang". In
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, a woman named Cynthia Utrom is in charge of TCRI. Her surname and connection with Shredder (which is implied in the post credits scene) suggest that she may be revealed to be Krang in the future sequel.
Rock Soldiers The
Rock Soldiers (sometimes called
Stone Warriors) are sentient humanoids that are made from rocks. In the
1987 series, the Rock Soldiers work for Krang and come from Dimension X. It was revealed in "Michelangelo's Birthday" that they were made when mutagen fell on some rocks. The Soldiers are voiced by
Rob Paulsen and
Peter Renaday. The
Archie Comics version of the Rock Soldiers are the same. It also features the exclusive Rock Soldier Morg. In the
IDW comics, the Rock Soldiers were created by General Krang. In the
2012 series, the Rock Soldiers work for the Kraang.
General Traag General Traag is the leader of
Krang's loyal Rock Soldiers from Dimension X. In the
1987 series, Traag (voiced by
Peter Renaday) came following the Neutrinos through the dimensional portal. After a small skirmish with the turtles, the Neutrinos teamed up with them and Michelangelo and Donatello sent both Traag and Granitor back through the portal and to their own dimension. Traag would make further appearances in the series until the eight season finale "Turtle Trek". He appeared in
Archie Comics, the
arcade game, and
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers. In the
IDW comics, he is called "Captain Tragg" and helped Krang in trying to conquer the home planet of the Neutrinos and completely escaped after the battle in which the END rocket from Professor Honeycutt put all of the weapons of Krang's forces out of action. In the
2012 series, Traag is a lava-spewing rock monster with regenerating abilities, who is in service to the Kraang. He first appeared in "TCRI," where he was brought by the Kraang through a portal that connected TCRI to Dimension X.
Sergeant Granitor Sergeant Granitor is General Traag's right-hand man and one of Krang's loyal Rock Soldiers from Dimension X. In the
1987 series, Granitor (voiced by
Pat Fraley) came to Earth following the Neutrinos through the dimensional portal, originally appearing inside the Technodrome. After a skirmish with the turtles, where the turtles destroyed the rock warrior's weather-making machine, the Neutrinos teamed up with them and Michelangelo and Donatello sent both Granitor and General Tragg back through the portal and to Dimension X. He appeared in the
arcade game as the 4th scene's (7th stage) boss, and
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers. In
the IDW comics, he is called "Sergeant Granitor" and commanded an assault on a Neutrino resistance bunker, to capture the Fugitoid and bring him back to Krang. Due to Granitor's command, the Neutrino bunker was destroyed and many innocent Neutrinos killed along with Fugitoid's family. Later on he and several other Rock Soldiers was searching the demolished base for Fugitoid. Granitor realized that the Fugitoid was Honeycutt and chased him through a portal to Earth. However, the Fugitoid disguises himself as a human and escapes from Granitor. In the
2012 series, Granitor is a blue fire-spewing rock monster with regenerating abilities, who resembles Traag (but is pale-pink in color) and is in service to the Kraang.
Baxter Stockman Baxter Stockman is a
mad scientist and human enemy of the Ninja Turtles, becoming employed by Shredder in most incarnations. In the
Mirage era, after creating the MOUSERS, with April O'Neil as his computer programmer, Stockman used them to commit strange bank robberies by allowing them to dig small tunnels leading into the vaults. April found out and tried to escape through the MOUSER factory elevator, but Stockman sent the elevator (with her still in it) down to the sewer level, where a squadron of MOUSERS were waiting to capture her. The Ninja Turtles saved her and successfully infiltrated the factory, stopping Stockman and leaving him in police custody. However, he escaped some time later and began using technology from
DARPA to build a robot body for him to install his own brain into, making him a
cyborg. Stockman tried getting revenge on the Turtles, but his new body was electrocuted and seemingly destroyed. In the
1987 animated series, Stockman (voiced by
Pat Fraley) is a misguided
Caucasian (it is believed to be a scrapped Ally character to the turtles re-purposed into Stockman) inventor who tried building his MOUSERS for the Ajax Pest Control company, but was told that it would only run them out of business and was kicked out of the building. Watching the whole scene through security cameras, Shredder approached him, offering an even better job, which Stockman accepted. Shredder had Stockman create a master control device for the MOUSERS so that the Foot Clan could use them to destroy the Ninja Turtles. However, the Turtles destroyed these MOUSERS and found Stockman's name on one of them, thus leading them to confront him and escape in his van. Though he was defeated and committed to an asylum, Stockman was later freed by Shredder when Krang withdrew Bebop and Rocksteady to Dimension X. Following a series of defeats, Krang attempts to kill Stockman by tossing him into a mutagen-powered disintegration chamber. Instead, Stockman survives and becomes a mutant
housefly due to letting a housefly land on his clothes and get tossed into the unit with him. In the
2003 animated series, Stockman runs a wealthy corporation on behalf of Shredder, but when he begins failing his master due to the intervention of the Turtles, Stockman begins suffering brutal mutilation and torture at the hands of Hun as punishment. At the end of season 1, Stockman makes a play to kill Shredder and the Turtles, but is defeated when his enemies team up. Stockman is forced to rejoin Shredder only to turn on him again early into Season 2. Stockman joins the New York mafia during the power vacuum after Shredder's apparent death, but is conscripted once again and is tortured so severely that he is reduced to a brain and an eye contained in a jar. In Season 4, Stockman attempts to create a clone body for himself, but the body deteriorates and he subsequently dies after an encounter with the Turtles. However, Bishop resurrects him, much to his dismay. Stockman remains with Bishop until decades after the end of Season 7, in which he is presumably killed in a lab accident. Stockman survives until the year 2105 when he tries to take revenge on Bishop, who is now the president of Earth. However, he is convinced by the reformed Bishop as well as the Turtles, who had been transported into the future, to stand down and make peace. Bishop promises to help Stockman finally regain a human body. In the
IDW comics, Stockman is the head of the StockGen company that created the Turtles and Splinter, who was tasked by Krang to experiment on mutagen. He would later become the Mayor of New York City. In the
2012 animated series, Stockman (voiced by
Phil LaMarr) was a
child prodigy who was constantly bullied growing up. After several encounters with the Turtles, Stockman finds himself forcibly conscripted into the Foot Clan. Despite managing to flee on his own for a time, he is brought back in by Dogpound and threatened with being mutated should he step out of line. Shredder later goes through with mutating him into a fly after deeming his work unsatisfactory, and the mutation destroys much of Stockman's sanity. Stockman has no choice but to swear loyalty to the Foot Clan. Stockman begins receiving more civil treatment from Shredder as he begins serving full-time as his chief scientist, engineer, and medical officer. In the fourth season, Michelangelo returns Stockman to his human form using retro-mutagen on him. Stockman is furious, insisting he was stronger as a mutant. In the
2014 film, Baxter Stockman (portrayed by
K. Todd Freeman) appears briefly in a scene as one of Eric Sacks' scientists at TCRI. The role was later recast to
Tyler Perry in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. Although a prominent industrialist and a genius who graduated
MIT at 15, he is soon revealed to be working with the Foot Clan, using salvaged alien technology to rescue Shredder from jail by teleporting him away during a prison transport. Upon Shredder testing the purple mutagen on Bebop and Rocksteady, he notes that it taps into dormant animal DNA in their system from a point before life on Earth began to evolve in different routes causing them to mutate into a humanoid common warthog and black rhinoceros. When Shredder learns that the component Stockman has is one of three parts to a teleporter that would allow the alien warlord Krang to dispatch his ultimate war machine to Earth, he arranges for Stockman to assemble the other pieces. Once the portal device is complete, Shredder dismisses Stockman's efforts and has him taken away to the Foot Clan's facility in Tokyo. In the 2018 series
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he is depicted as a young boy named
Baxter Stockboy who works at his family's grocery store. He attempts to gain popularity online through the use of his inventions. Baxter Stockman appears in
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voiced by
Keith Ferguson. Baxter is shown to be a mutant housefly. While he works for the Foot, he often expresses uncertainty about whether he is an employee or a hostage, considering that he has never been paid for his efforts. Stockman appears in the 2023 animated film
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, voiced by
Giancarlo Esposito. He is a former TCRI scientist who created the mutagen and housed a select few animals, including a housefly. Baxter is killed during a raid, but his mutations escape thanks to the fly, who acts as a separate character named
Superfly (voiced by
Ice Cube), who plans to construct a superweapon so that he can build a mutant army and enslave humanity for treating him and his family as outcast. He would later mutate into "SuperDuperFly" after being exposed to mutagen that merges him with a giant whale and other animals from the Brooklyn Zoo, where he uses his new form to destroy New York, eventually the Turtles and his turned family, along with humans, manage to defeat Superfly by using anti-mutagen and reduces him to a normal fly, where he is taken custody by Cynthia Utrom. In the
original TMNT arcade game, the Turtles face the human version of Stockman on the third level (The Sewer). He flies around the screen in a flying contraption throwing Mousers to attack the Turtles. When the game was released on the
NES, the rematch with Rocksteady and Bebop on the parking garage level was replaced with a second battle with Baxter Stockman in his mutated fly form. In
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan for the
Game Boy, Stockman's fly form is fought on the third level (The Highway). He swoops back and forth across the screen and shoots fireballs. In
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers for
Game Boy, Stockman is the mid-boss in Stage 5. In
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Manhattan Missions, Stockman can be seen in his lab during the fight with Usub Gerstalk. In
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Stockman once again returns in fly form on the first level (the construction site). He first appears on screen and says, "Terminate the turtles!" He attacks from the air and walks around and shoots at the player character with an
Uzi. First he attacks with his Uzi, but after being damaged enough to lose the Uzi, he pulls out a weapon which fires 'solid energy' fists and feet to strike at the turtles, snickering whenever he lands a hit with it. In
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist for the
Mega Drive/Genesis, Stockman appears in human form as the fourth boss. He flies around in a machine while dropping Mousers on the player (much like the first arcade game). The fly version of Stockman appears in the background of "Scrapyard" stage in the
SNES version of
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters. In addition to cutscenes, he was a boss in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which was based on the 2003 animated series. He appeared as a boss in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus for the Game Boy Advance as the penultimate boss bout. He appeared as a boss in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Arcade Attack. Although not a boss, Stockman is the prime antagonist for the 2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film video game adaptation for the
Nintendo 3DS. In the 2022 beat-'em-up ''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge'', Baxter Stockman is a mutated fly who assembles and activates Krang to fight against the turtles. He is given the parts of the Krang body by
Bebop and Rocksteady and Tempestra, then gains the final piece when the destruction of Metalhead activated its appearance. He is chased down by the Turtles, April, Splinter, and Casey Jones, who fight him and knock him unconscious, though he activates Krang before he can be defeated.
Lord Dregg Lord Dregg is an alien warlord from Dimension X who replaced Shredder as the main antagonist in the last two seasons of the
1987 series, voiced by
Tony Jay. In his first appearances, he attempted to take over the world, but his plans were constantly foiled by the Turtles. Eventually, he started a
smear campaign against them, which turned the citizens of New York against them and in favor of him. This all came to an end in the episode "Doomquest". He is unable to fight the titular villain, and when the Turtles do so, he flees in fear, and the populace finally discover that the Turtles were heroes and Dregg was the villain (after April showed them a tape of his true motives). His last attempt involved using a robotic suit to absorb the powers of several other aliens, and kill the Turtles. His plan failed after Donatello and Michelangelo used
Krang's android body to shrink him down and banish him to Dimension X. A new version of Dregg named
Vrinigath appeared in the fourth season of the 2012 series, voiced by
Peter Stormare. This version is an insectoid crime lord originating from the Planet Sectoid 1.
Purple Dragons The
Purple Dragons are a street gang that is documented to have connections with the Foot Clan in few incarnations and have clashed with the Ninja Turtles in several series. They first appeared in the Mirage comics as the toughest gang from the
Lower East Side in New York City. They often are led by Hun and have a connection to the
Foot Clan, though not always. The leader of the "Black Dragons", apparently cut a deal with Officer Miller, which resulted in Hun being locked up and allowed him to gain control of the Purple Dragons. He then helped the Purple Dragons' one-time-rival Shredder wipe out the group, turning them into the Black Dragons: a gang subservient to the Foot Clan. In their first fight against the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Purple Dragons found that their guns and knives are useless against their martial arts. The turtles managed to kill most of the members before the police arrive. The Purple Dragons appear again 25 years later in 2009. Decades ago, the gang's leader Hunter Mason (the true identity of
Hun) delivered a brutal beating to a teen-aged
Casey Jones, one of the Purple Dragons' bitterest enemies, prior to being thrown in jail. After being released from jail, Hun wiped out the Black Dragons, declaring his intentions to rebuild his criminal empire. In the 1987 series, Bebop and Rocksteady are part of a street gang that works for Shredder. This gang is possibly based on the Purple Dragons. In the 2003
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, the Purple Dragons are led by Hun and have connections with the Foot Clan. Its known members include Bam-Bam, Blade, Blondie, Claw (voiced by
Sean Schemmel), Dagger (voiced by Sean Schemmel), Demon Eyes,
Dragon Face, Dude, Eyepatch, Fang (voiced by Sean Schemmel), Gambler, John (voiced by
Eric Stuart), Mask, Mohawk, Ponytail, Purple Lady, Ruffington (voiced by
Marc Diraison), Spike #1 (voiced by Eric Stuart), Spike #2, Sunny, Thorns, Thug, Two Ton (voiced by
Ted Lewis), Waxer, and Wrestler. A young girl named
Angel was an initiate of the Purple Dragons until Casey Jones convinced her to leave the group. Following Shredder's exile from Earth by the Utroms and the discovery that Shredder was an Utrom named Ch'rell, Hun began to strengthen the Purple Dragons, developing them from just a street gang to a country-wide
organized crime syndicate. They began to steal illegal goods (particularly high tech Triceratons and Federation weaponry from the government), but accidentally brought a mutant called Finn. Hun also broke his previous connection with the Foot Clan to spread their influence in the city. The episode "Cousin Sid" revealed that there is a Northampton branch of the Purple Dragons that is led by Spuds (voiced by Brian Maillard) and consisted of Max and several unnamed members. The Purple Dragons assist the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in battling the Tengu Shredder's forces. In the
IDW comics, the Purple Dragons are led by Angel Bridge and consisting of Chun, Link, and Malo. Unlike the other incarnations, the Purple Dragons are a "community watch" who do not like mutants or ninjas from the Foot Clan causing trouble on their turf. Angel's father Brooklyn S. Bridge and Arnold Jones (who is the identity of Hun in this continuity) had formerly used the Purple Dragons where their activities made the streets of Brooklyn unsafe. The leadership of the Purple Dragons was wrested from Angel by force by a resurrected Hun. As a result, the Purple Dragons reverted to their former existence as a violent street gang. In the 2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, the Purple Dragons are a
Chinese American gang who have connections with the Foot Clan. Besides Hun, they consist of Fong (voiced by
Andrew Kishino), Sid (voiced by Andrew Kishino), and Tsoi (voiced by
James Sie). In the 2018
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, the Purple Dragons are a trio of snobby, tech club students named Kendra (voiced by
Tania Gunadi), Jason (voiced by
Eugene Byrd), and Jeremy (portrayed by
Kyle Massey) at April's high school who use their skills for criminal acts. They are rivals with the Turtles, especially Donatello from how they both use technology. The Purple Dragons appear in
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They are led by Kitsune (voiced by Tomoko Karina) and consist of Angel, Baseball Bat, Boomerang (voiced by
Robbie Daymond), Cane (voiced by
Kimberly Brooks), Chainsaw (voiced by
Max Mittelman), Hun, Mini Golf (voiced by Robbie Daymond), Pipe (voiced by
Kate Higgins), and Spuds (voiced by
Craig Robinson).
Hun Hunter "Hun" Mason is the leader of the Purple Dragons featured in the
2003 animated series. Hun (voiced by
Greg Carey) was an exceptionally large, muscular Caucasian with blonde hair that he wore in a ponytail and Purple Dragon and Foot tattoos on his arms. An
IDW version of John Bishop exists, as the son of Wayne Bishop, founder of the EPF. Wayne infused his infant son, a sickly preemie, with alien DNA obtained from the
Roswell incident to save him from an early death, but thereby turned him into a disfigured mutant who requires a robotic exobody to appear human. A reimagined, female incarnation of Bishop named
Dr. Josefina Bishop appears in
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She is an inventor who is later recruited into the Earth Protection Force who receives Rod Underwood Jr. as a benefactor.
Go Komodo Go Komodo appears in volume 3 of the original comics, published by Image Comics. He is a powerful Japanese businessman with properties in New York who surrounds himself with the trappings of a feudal Japanese
daimyo. He secretly has a curse that causes him to transform into a large
Komodo dragon, and seeks the Turtles and Splinter to learn the secrets of the mutagen in their blood to gain control of the condition. To that end he hires cyborgs to assault the TMNT, setting into motion the events of the series.
King Komodo King Komodo is a mutant
Komodo dragon who was part of Go Komodo's menagerie before being accidentally mutated. He winds up biting off Leonardo's hand (which later grew back). He winds up turning on Go Komodo, killing him and taking his identity when he realizes he can transform into an identical appearance. He leaves to take over Go Komodo's Japanese operations on friendly terms with the Turtles.
Groundchuck and Dirtbag Groundchuck and Dirtbag are a mutant cattle and a mutant mole. Groundchuck and Dirtbag first appear in the 1987 series episode "Planet of the Turtleloids", voiced by
Robert Ridgely and
Pat Fraley. Shredder and Krang originally planned to mutate a lion and a gorilla at a zoo to be their latest henchmen. Due to the Turtleloid Kerma leading the two animals away while Shredder and Krang were getting the Mutagen dispenser prepared, a cattle and a mole were accidentally released by Bebop and Rocksteady and were mutated instead. Groundchuck was given high-tech armor and a crossbow while Dirtbag received road worker clothes and a high tech shovel as a weapon. In the IDW Publishing series, two characters loosely based on Groundchuck and Dirtbag named Chuck and D.B appear. These versions are humans who were mutated by Old Hob's mutagen bomb. Chuck is a mutant cattle with a missing eye and a metallic right horn while D.B. is a mutant
naked mole rat with bolts on his back and a skin graft on his right leg and right foot.
Antrax Antrax is an ant villain. In the 1987 TV series, Antrax appears in the episode "Night of the Rogues", voiced by
Pat Fraley. He is among the villains who Shredder assembled to attack the Turtles. His toyline bio states that Antrax is Krang's executioner from Dimension X. In the 2012 TV series, Antrax is a mutant ant created by Baxter Stockman. Its abdomen can produce clones of itself. In
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Antrax (voiced by
Peter Stormare) is among the mass-produced creations of Dr. Jordan Perry.
Scumbug Scumbug is an insect villain. In the 1987 series, Scumbug appears in the episode "Night of the Rogues", voiced by
Barry Gordon. He is among the villains who Shredder assembled to attack the Turtles. His toyline bio states that Scumbug is a former exterminator who was hired by Shredder and Krang and became a mutant cockroach after coming into contact with some mutagen and one of the cockroaches. In the Archie Comics continuity, Scumbug was hired by Shredder disguised as a businessman to do some pest control at his latest hideout Saki Inc. He is later mutated after slipping on some spilled mutagen while chasing a cockroach. In the 2012 series, Scumbug is voiced by
Ted Biaselli. He is an unnamed stuck-up businessman who Baxter Stockman kidnapped and mutated into a
stag beetle/
spider mutant. A female version of Scumbug in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, with her vocal effects provided by a blend of
Alex Hirsch and several uncredited voice actors. Despite the advertisements identifying the character as "himself", the film, as well as the filmmakers, clearly identify her as female. Scumbug is depicted as a mutant cockroach who speaks in "vermin", which Splinter can understand. By the end of the film, the two of them become a couple much to the Turtles' disgust. Scumbug appeared in
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voiced again by Alex Hirsch.
Scratch Scratch is a mutant cat. In the toyline associated with the 1980s TV series, Scratch is a mutant cat in prison attire and a master of trickery who is allied with Shredder. He also has a sidekick named Jail Bird. In
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Scratch is a mutant cat in prisoner attire who is one of Shredder's mutant allies. In
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue, Scratch appears as the first boss. In the ongoing IDW Publishing comic series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures which is in the same continuity as the 80s series, Scratch is a mutant cat who is a majordomo for the Pantheon. Scratch appears in the
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series, voiced by
Fred Armisen. This version has a backstory similar to Old Hob. In addition, the fleas that were on him at the time of his mutation were mutated into the Fleasome Four.
Savanti Romero Savanti Romero is a former servant of Lord Simultaneous and an enemy of Renet. He appears in the Mirage and IDW Comics. In the
2003 animated series, Romero is voiced by
David Zen Mansley. He retains his Mirage backstory of being a transformed treacherous apprentice of Lord Simultaneous, and is first shown trying to capture the Time Scepter in Earth's Middle Ages. When foiled by the Turtles and Renet, Lord Simultaneous banished him further back in time to Earth's
Cretaceous Period. Romero would serve as the main antagonist of the "Return of Savanti" two-parter in which he tries to avert the asteroid impact that would wipe out the dinosaurs, seeking to rule the Earth in a world where humanity never evolves. The Turtles and Renet once again defeated him, and this time Romero perished for good. In the
2012 series, Romero is voiced by
Graham McTavish and is much more comedic than his 2003 counterpart. As with his previous incarnations, he is defeated by the Turtles and Renet in Earth's Middle Ages and banished to the Cretaceous Period. However, he makes his way back to the present and begins traveling through time to build an army of monsters, bringing in the likes of
Count Dracula, the
mummy of an unnamed
Pharaoh, a
werewolf named Vulko, and
Frankenstein's monster. Romero enters a power struggle with Dracula who commands most of their forces, and agrees to an equal partnership with him. However, Dracula is killed during the final battle with the Turtles and Romero is returned to the Cretaceous Period, this time being killed by a dinosaur for good.
Null Null is a male human/demon who appears as an antagonist in the Archie Comics. He is a businessman whose cyborg servants were responsible for killing several of the Mighty Mutanimals. Null is also shown to be associated with the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. In the IDW comics,
Madame Null is a female denizen of Dimension Z and the CEO of Null Group. In
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Null Group name was used for the company that is run by Rod Underwood Sr.'s daughter Maude.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are shown to be associated with Null in the Archie Comics.
War War is a spiky demon and a member of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. War appeared in the video game
TMNT Tournament Fighters.
Famine Famine is a thin demon and a member of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Pestilence Pestilence is a demon made up of a thousand black insects and member of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Death Death is a hooded robed skeleton with a scythe and leader of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who resembles the
Grim Reaper.
Gang of Four The
Gang of Four are a gang of mercenaries in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In the Archie Comics, the Gang of Four are Thanasoids associated with Null and are corpses that were resurrected and enhanced with cybernetics. In the comics made by IDW Publishing, the Gang of Four are mercenaries whose cybernetic enhancements allow them to shift between their human and mutant forms.
Fist Fist is the leader of the Gang of Four. In the Archie Comics, Fist is a human mercenary who was brought back to life as a Thanasoid and possesses detachable fists. He took part in the death of the Mighty Mutanimals. Raphael later avenges the Mighty Mutanimals' deaths by killing Fist. In the comics made by IDW Publishing, Fist is a cybernetic mercenary. His cybernetics enables him to transform into a mutant wolf. Fist later transforms into a mutant turtle using Donatello's salvaged blood.
Dead-Eye Deadeye is a member of the Gang of Four. In the Archie Comics, Dead-Eye is a Thanasoid with a single cybernetic eye for a head whose torso comes out of the seat part of a motorcycle. He was killed by Ninjara. In the comics made by IDW Publishing, a character based on Dead-Eye named Deadaim is a cybernetic mercenary. His cybernetics enable him to transform into a mutant wolf.
Lynch Lynch is a member of the Gang of Four. In the Archie Comics, Lynch was a Thanasoid with expert marksmanship who took part in the death of the Mighty Mutanimals. After being interrogated by Raphael on who hired him, Lynch was killed by Raphael. In the comics made by IDW Publishing, Lynch is a cybernetic mercenary. His cybernetics enable him to transform into a mutant wolf.
Waster Waster is a member of the Gang of Four. In the Archie Comics, Waster was a Thanasoid with a human-like mask and a whip-like "tongue" who wielded an enery rifle. He took part in the death of the Mighty Mutanimals. Waster was later killed by the Ninja Turtles and Slash. In the comics made by IDW Publishing, Waster is a cybernetic mercenary. His cybernetics enable him to transform into a mutant wolf.
Maligna Maligna is the mother and queen of the Malignoids. She appears as one of the antagonists of the Archie comics and later appears in the IDW comics.
Monsterex Monsterex is a monster in Archie Comics. It first appears in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Special #2 story titled "The Night of Monsterex" where it is created after Krang strikes the Turtles' television with a mutagen ray while they are watching a horror film containing a variety of monsters trying to save the
Bride of Frankenstein from an unnamed mad scientist. This destroyed the television and caused Monsterex to manifest out of thin air. Monsterex is a two-headed hybrid monster whose parts consist of the left head of
Frankenstein's monster, the fangs, left torso, and cape of a
vampire, the right head, right torso, left hand, pants, and right leg of a
werewolf, the head fins, right hand, and left foot of a
Gill-man, and bandages. With help from Bookwurm's knowledge, the Turtles track down Monsterex to a theme park's castle and hold it off until the Sun comes up causing it to retreat into the river. Krang vows to get control of it someday. In the
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Special story "The Return of Monsterex", the Turtles, Splinter, and Ninjara come across Monsterex frozen in mud in a carnival attraction. Donatello accidentally frees Monsterex who is chased by the Turtles, Splinter, and Ninjara. This lasts until dawn with Monsterex melting in the sunlight when the Turtles break the skylight to the funhouse. Monsterex later had a
HeroClix figure made of him.
Adversary Adversary was a demon from the Mirage Comics.
Armaggon Armaggon is a
great white shark-like adversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In the
Archie Comics, Armaggon is a mutant great white shark who originates from the future. In the
IDW Comics, Armaggon is a
Megalodon who was accidentally mutated by Donatello when the Turtle travelled through time in an attempt to prevent the same menace Armaggon would pose. In constant pain from his forced transformation and seeking to prevent it, Armaggon travels through time to destroy the Turtles at their genesis. In the 2012 TV series, Armaggon is voiced by
Ron Perlman. This version is a shark-like alien bounty hunter and an assassin who is wanted in 87 star systems.
Bellybomb Bellybomb is an alien outlaw with one eyestalk and a mouth on his stomach. In the Archie Comics, Bellybomb was sentenced to 17 life sentences on the toxic waste dump Morbus for extortion, armed robbery, man eating, brain poaching, soul thievery, and impersonating a deity named Bob. After Slash kills the guards on Morbus, Krang and Bellybomb escape with him. After the ship lands on an Eden World where Rocksteady and Bebop were on, the two of them accompanied the villains back to Earth. Once on Earth, Bellybomb grafts Krang to Shredder's body while the Turtles were busy fighting Rocksteady, Bebop, and Slash. After the Turtles freed Shredder from Krang's control, Bellybomb and Krang were sent back to Morbus while Slash escapes. In
the 2012 series, Vrax Belebome (voiced by
Charlie Murphy) is a shady information dealer who the Fugitoid and the Ninja Turtles visit at Zayford's Cantina to get intel on the Triceraton mothership.
Scale Tail Scale Tail is a
cobra-like alien bounty hunter with snake-headed hands who first appeared in the 1993 video game
Radical Rescue. In the 1992 toyline, Scale Tale is mentioned to be an ally of Krang. In
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Scale Tail is among the mass-produced creations of Dr. Jordan Perry. Originally, Scale Tail was going to be a member of Superfly's gang in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, but he was eventually scrapped.
Wyrm Wyrm is a mutant
worm. In the Archie Comics, Wyrm is a
flatworm who was exposed to mutagen that was spilled by Bebop and Rocksteady. He ended up fighting
Scumbug during his fight with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Wyrm the
2012 TV series, voiced by
Dwight Schultz. This version is a worm-like creature, one of the three known reality-bending creature, and a Creator of Chaos who was put into a fifth-dimensional prison years ago. When granting wishes, he has three rules: a wish has to be shared, cannot be used to gain more wishes, and cannot be used to harm Wyrm. In the IDW continuity, Wyrm was the result of a bunch of flatworms being mutated into one mutant. Wyrm appears in
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voiced by
Fred Tatasciore. This version is an
earthworm who is among the mass-produced creations of Dr. Jordan Perry.
Darius Dun Darius Dun is one of the main villains of Fast Forward in the
2003 animated series and later a minor villain in the IDW comics. In the "Fast Forward" series, Darius Dunn is the uncle, legal guardian, and only relative of Cody Jones who works as the CEO of O'Neil Tech following the death of his parents. He also contracted the Kanabo warlord Sh'Okanabo to create for him the Dark Turtles who are made from the DNA of the Ninja Turtles and the Kanabo. In the IDW comics, Darius Dun is the financier and benefactor of the Street Phantoms.
Street Phantoms The
Street Phantoms are a hi-tech group of criminals who appear in the Fast Forward series and later in the IDW comics. In the IDW comics, the Street Phantoms work as the enforcers of Darius Dun.
Jammerhead Jammerhead is the leader of the Street Phantoms in the
2003 animated series and as Jammer in the IDW comics. ==Other major characters==