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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB
Sure, but there was at least some big kernel within him that made that worthwhile. He's a scary dude with sunglasses and a big gun going around f***ing freezing people. Later on they added the sympathetic backstory from TAS, sure, but he was worth the investment.
Now, Bebop, Rocksteady? Um... I guess they're, uh, strong? Good at holding Krang blasters and missing a lot? Drawing a blank here on anything unique or endearing about them beyond their look to warrant any investment.
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Yeah, Bebop and Rocksteady do suck pretty hard, I'm not really finding much to disagree with here. They were pointless in the Fred Wolf cartoon, they were pointless in the Archie series, they are pointless in the Nickelodeon cartoon and being largely annoying in all those versions isn't exactly helping them.
The most compelling they have ever been is the micro and mini IDW published, but in the main series they're just an excuse for Hulk-style brawls. They could easily be replaced by other characters and it wouldn't make a difference, after the mini they seem to have been put on hold for now.