Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series): Difference between revisions

** [[Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Donatello]] (voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]]<ref name=variety/>) - "Donnie" is in charge of the design and manufacture of all of the tools and weapons in the Turtles' arsenal, and he is also a gifted hacker.<ref name=don/> He wears a purple mask and fights with a [[bō|rokushakubo]] which converts to a [[naginata]].<ref name=don/> He has had a crush on April since the first time he saw her.<ref name=don>{{cite web|url=http://www.nick.com/shows/ninja-turtles/characters/donatello.html |title=Donatello - Ninja Turtles - TMNT Characters |publisher=Nick.com |date=2012-05-23 |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref>This incarnation of Donatello is also depicted with [[Diastema (dentistry)|a gap in his front two upper teeth]].

* [[Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Splinter]] (voiced by Hoon Lee<ref name=variety/>) - Splinter was born a human named [[Hamato Yoshi]] and resided in Japan where he became an expert of ninjutsu. When his friend Oroku Saki sought the affections of Splinter's wife Tang Shen, Oroku wished to discredit Hamato in front of her. Yoshi lost his temper and the altercation ended their friendship culminating in a battle that burned down Yoshi's home killing Tang Shen and their daughter Miwa. After moving to New York City, Yoshi had just purchased four pet turtles when he stumbled upon an exchange in an alley between two Kraang droids. Seeking to silence Yoshi before he could share what he had seen, a fight ensued and the canister the droids had been carrying smashed open splashing both Yoshi and his turtles with an alien chemical called mutagen. As the result, Hamato (having had contact with a [[rat]] upon entering an alley) changed into a humanoid rat. Realizing he could no longer live a normal life topside, Yoshi retreated to the New York sewers where he raised his pets as sons and taught them the ancient Japanese fighting art of ninjutsu.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

** [[Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Shredder]] (voiced by [[Kevin Michael Richardson]]<ref name=variety/>) - One of the primary antagonists of the series and leader of the [[Foot Clan]]. While once friends with [[Hamato Yoshi]] in Japan, Oroku Saki and Yoshi had a falling out after falling for the same woman, Tang Shen. A final battle at Yoshi's home resulted in not only a fire that disfigured the defeated Saki, but kills Tang Shen and Splinter's infant Miwa as well. Fifteen years later, Shredder learns that Splinter is alive and in New York after seeing Hamato Yoshi's family crest on a [[shuriken]] left behind by the Turtles. Seeking to finish his business with Yoshi, he and his Foot NinjaClan relocate to New York.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

** [[Karai]] (voiced by [[Kelly Hu]]<ref name=khu/>) - Member of the Foot Clan.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

** Dogpound (voiced by [[Clancy Brown]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clancybrown.com/filmography |title=Filmography &#124; The Official Clancy Brown Web Site |publisher=Clancybrown.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref>) - Chris Bradford is a famous martial artist who is secretly a member of the Foot Clan. He was sent to New York with Xever in order to find Splinter. After his first altercation with the Turtles, he befriends Michaelangelo on a social media website in an attempt to infiltrate and entrap them, even going so far as to teach Mikey his secret kata, "The Death Dragon." (which was one of Shredder's moves). Bradford later catches Mikey and baits the Turtles to come and rescue him and lead the Foot to Splinter. However, he and Xever's trap fails due to the Turtles' forethought (with Splinter recognizing the Death Dragon move during the Turtles' sparrting) and dispatches the Foot after leading them into the sewers until there is only Bradford and Xever alone to battle. Bradford is defeated by Mikey's use of the "Death Dragon" before he and Xever are flushed down the sewers. In "Never Say Xever," Chris Bradford was displeased that Shredder put Xever in charge of the next search for Splinter yet ends up agreeing to let Xever do under threat being disposed of. When the Ninja Turtles find the Purple Dragons' hideout in an abandoned Fortune Cookie factory, Chris Bradford assists Xever and the Purple Dragons into fighting the Ninja Turtles where Chris Bradford fought Raphael and Donatello. The Ninja Turtles retreated from Chris Bradford and Xever when the Foot Ninjas arrived. On their way to meet up with Xever, the Ninja Turtles use their speed and stealth to subdue Chris Bradford and trap him in a garbage can in order to negotiate a trade with Xever. During the fight, Chris Bradford broke free and joined the fight against the Ninja Turtles. When Chris Bradford and Xever double-team the Ninja Turtles and plan to dispose of them, a Purple Dragon member kicked Leonardo's sword to him as he cuts the water tower to flush away the bad guys. In later episodes, Chris will become the dog-like mutant Dogpound.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

** Fishface (voiced by Christian Lanz<ref name="thetechnodrome1">{{cite web|author=11:30 AM |url=http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1011696 |title=Official Nick TMNT Voice Actor listing - The Technodrome Forums |publisher=Forums.thetechnodrome.com |date=2012-10-16 |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref>{{better|date=October 2012}}) - Xever is a street thug who works for the Foot Clan ever since he was taken in while he was still a street urchin. He knows his ways around the underworlds of each city. Shredder assigned Xever to assist Chris Bradford into looking for Splinter. Chris Bradford and Xever fought the Ninja Turtles where their fight led into the sewers. The Ninja Turtles were able to defeat Chris Bradford and Xever and then flushed them down the sewers. In "Never Say Xever," Xever tells Shredder that he has put a word out on the street to look for the Ninja Turtles and to report back when they have been sighted. When the Ninja Turtles find the Purple Dragons's hideout at the abandoned Fortune Cookie factory, they end up fighting the Purple Dragons, Xever, and Chris Bradford where Xever fought Leonardo and Michelangelo. The Ninja Turtles retreated from Chris Bradford and Xever when the Foot Ninjas arrived. Xever then attacks the Purple Dragon member for leading the Ninja Turtles into their hideout. Xever later captures Mr. Murakami and leaves a note for the Ninja Turtles to meet him on the roof of the Fortune Cookie factory. After the Ninja Turtles subdued Chris Bradford, the Ninja Turtles meet up with Xever, the Foot Ninjas, and the Purple Dragons with a trade to get back Mr. Murakami. This results in a fight between the Ninja Turtles, the Foot Clan and the Purple Dragons leading up to the fight with Xever. When Chris Bradford and Xever double-team the Ninja Turtles and plan to dispose of them, a Purple Dragon member kicked Leonardo's sword to him as he cuts the water tower to flush away the bad guys. In later episodes, Xever will become the fish-like mutant Fishface.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

* [[Baxter Stockman]] (voiced by [[Phil LaMarr]]<ref name=live/>) - Baxter Stockman is an inventor who plotted revenge against TCRI (short for Techno Global Research Industries) after he was fired for an incident involving spilled copier toner. The Turtles first encounter Stockman in his rudimentary battle armor, while he attempts to break into a building. The Turtles quickly defeat him, but Stockman obtains Donatello's T-Pod, which contains a military-grade artificial intelligence chip, and incorporates it into his battle armor. The next time the Turtles run into Stockman, his battle armor has upgraded itself. Eventually, the Stockman battle armor and the T-Pod merge into a destructive robotic being, which Mikey dubs "The StockmanPod." The StockmanPod makes quick work of the Turtles, causing them to flee. Using wisdom from Splinter about "fighting the person inside the armor," the Ninja Turtles engage the StockmanPod again, and make use of a simple beehive, to cause the StockmanPod to fall off a building. The Ninja Turtles deactivate the T-Pod and throw Baxter Stockman in the dumpster.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

* Snakeweed (voiced by [[Danny Jacobs (actor)|Danny Jacobs]]<ref name="thetechnodrome1"/>{{better|date=October 2012}}) - Snake was a street thug working for the Kraang, when he is exposed to mutagen and turns into a plant monster that Michelangelo dubs Snakeweed. When the Turtles were trying to rescue April O'Neil and her father from the Kraang, they are attacked by Snakeweed. Leonardo lures him into the vicinity of a power core where Snakeweed is electrocuted and exploded. After the Ninja Turtles left, Snakeweed's heart started beating again.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

* Spider Bytez (voiced by [[Lewis Black]]<ref name="thetechnodrome1"/>{{better|date=October 2012}}) - Vic was a crabby middle-aged New Yorker who videotaped the Turtles on his cellphone during a rooftop battle with the Kraang. When Vic attempts to sell his video to the Kraang, they kidnap him. During the Turtles attempt to rescue Vic, he is splashed with mutagen as a spider climbs on his cellphone. He is transformed into a giant spider-like monster who Michelangelo dubs Spider Bytez and blames the Ninja Turtles for his mutation. Besides using web attacks, Spider Bytez can also shoot a yellow acid-like substance from his mouth. After a fight with them in which they broke his cellphone, Spider Bytez vowed revenge and fled.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

* Dr. Victor Falco (voiced by [[Jeffrey Combs]]) - Dr. Victor Falco is a scientist who was working for the Kraang on an experiment involving mutagen and monkey DNA. Believing that he was close to developing a neurochemical that could make him psychic, Falco tested the chemical on his colleague Dr. Rockwell, transforming him into a monkey monster who could read emotions. After the Turtles figured out that Dr. Falco was lying about Rockwell's involvement in the research, they confronted him. Dr. Falco injected himself with the chemical, making himself psychic and able to predict the Turtles' every move. Donatello figured out how to close off his mind from Falco to defeat him. Dr. Falco escaped before the Ninja Turtles could interrogate him about the Kraang's plot.

* Kirby O'Neil (voiced by [[Keith Silverstein]]<ref name="thetechnodrome1"/>{{better|date=October 2012}}) - A scientist who is the father of April O'Neil.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

* Carlos Chiang O'Brien Gambe (voiced by [[Jim Meskimen]]{{cn|date=October 2012}}) - A local [[Journalist|TV newsman]].{{cn|date=October 2012}}