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

** [[Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Raphael]] (voiced by [[Sean Astin]]<ref name=variety/>) - "Raph" often lets his impulsiveness get in the way of rational thinking.<ref name=raph/> While hot-headed, Raphael has a soft side, as demonstrated by his interactions with his pet turtle, Spike.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} He wears a red mask and fights with two [[Sai (weapon)|sai]].<ref name=raph>{{cite web|url=http://www.nick.com/shows/ninja-turtles/characters/raphael.html |title=Raphael - Ninja Turtles - TMNT Characters |publisher=Nick.com |date=2012-05-23 |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref>

** [[Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Michelangelo]] (voiced by [[Greg Cipes]]<ref name=variety/>) - "Mikey" loves video games, skateboarding, pranks and pizza.<ref name=mikey/> Though he possesses a child-like innocence, Mikey always brings his best game to a fight. He wears an orange mask and fights with two [[nunchaku]], which convert into [[kusarigama]].<ref name=mikey>{{cite web|url=http://www.nick.com/shows/ninja-turtles/characters/michelangelo.html |title=Michelangelo - Ninja Turtles - TMNT Characters |publisher=Nick.com |date=2012-05-23 |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref>

* [[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) mutated 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}}

* [[April O'Neil]] (voiced by [[Mae Whitman]]<ref name=variety/>) - The 16 year-old daughter of Dr. Kirby O'Neil. April befriends the Ninja Turtles after the Kraang kidnap her father.{{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. He knows his ways around the underworlds of each city. In later episodes, Xever will mutate into Fishface.{{cn|date=October 2012}}

** Foot Ninjas - The basic foot soldiers of the Foot Clan.

* The [[Krang|Kraang]] (voiced by [[Nolan North]]<ref name=north/>) - A race of brain-shaped aliens that pilot robotic bodies who are one of the main antagonists of the series. The Kraang have not mastered English and communicate in redundant speech. It was the Kraang who attacked Splinter while he was holding his pet turtles, causing them to fall into the alien chemical that transformed the turtles into their turtle/human hybrid state. They are similar in appearance, alien origin and technological advancement to the Utroms from the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)|original ''TMNT'' comics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miragelicensing.com/comics/mirage/volume01/03/03.html|title=The Great Chase|date=March 1985|publisher=Mirage Studios|accessdate=3 May 2012}}</ref> and share a homophonous link to the villain [[Krang]] from the 1987 cartoon series.

* Purple Dragons - An organized street gang.{{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}}

 

===Allies===

* 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}}

 

==Episodes==

{{main|List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) episodes}}

 

==Production==