Best incarnation of Slash in the TMNT universe?

[CyberCubed]

Fred Wolf:

http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_fred_wolf_slash_vs_le onardo.jpg

Archie:

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/15317/1143489-slash.jpg

IDW:

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/67602/2766021-tmnt_16_thegroup_014.jpg

Nick:

http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130726171835/tmnt2012series/images/b/b0/Slash_2k13.png


Bonus videogame designs:

http://www.game-art-hq.com/wp-content/uploads/TMNT-Turtles-in-Time-vs-Slash.jpg



This isn't just about best design, but also best version of the character.


I say I loved Nick Slash, who currently ties with Archie Slash as my favorite.

[NinjaPug]

May just be because it's the freshest in my mind but I voted Nick. I thought it was a perfect version of Slash. Loved his backstory with Raph, his Hulk-like design in action, and above all else Corey Feldman's voice. Can't say enough about Feldman's work as Slash.

[Chaotix12345]

Giving the vote to Nick. They do a good job of making him into this psychotic, indestructible force while also giving him a personal connection to the Turtles, thus opening up a lot of story and development possibilities. He's basically a "Best Of" Slash without the weaker parts of previous incarnations. Corey Feldman also completely ROCKED that sinister voice of his. Second favorite would be Archie for providing a more serious and layered Slash around the same time that the OT were doing...whatever they thought they were doing with him. :P

[CyberCubed]

You know I just realized Nick Slash doesn't have the palm tree obsession like the others. I guess this Slash won't be missing his "Pinkie" like the others.

[Chaotix12345]

Raph still has his leaf, though, which might eventually persuade him to remember the good old days.

[Coola Yagami]

Archie Slash. The only one that got whole idea down without any drastic changes from the action figure's original design. Well... minus the fact he was an alien instead of a mutant Shredder made. But the overall look and character of Slash was really captured, without making him kid-friendly, someone's pet Turtle or a brute that can barely talk.

[Andrew NDB]

Archie Slash.

[CyberCubed]

Archie Slash was indeed great. I love how he felt like an ambiguous hero at times. His death when the spaceship he was on crashed into the sun was also touching.

[BabyTurtles]

seeing as I never really knew about the others....I'm picking Nick Slash

I always thought the character Slash wasn't very intelligent

but Nick's Slash has a brain(can argue)...and he is brutal....that's a dangerous combo.

[Tazi]

Archie Slash was the most fleshed out, but I'm starting to like IDW Slash too. His "complete" outlook in #28 is awesome. :)

Btw, there's also a Mirage Slash.

[Powder]

The Turtles In Time/Playmates version for design. He's essentially Archie Slash, but he's a little eviler looking, has different armor, and he's got teal skin instead of olive. Voted Archie since it's close enough. I quite like Nick Slash's origin & personality, though. He's one sick mother.

[turtletoons81]

1.archie slash
2.nick slash
3.idw slash

[Mzx10484]

Archie Slash is the best !!

[TurtleTitan97]

Nick version, hands down. Just about everything about him is awesome. And the way he took the Turtles' bandanas like trophies.... like a boss!:tcool:

[Garfield]

I like 90's toy Slash
I like the write up of Slash that they had in 1990's Toy how he was from dimension X and was called the Anti-Turtle, it seemed like every thing the turtles were about, he hated. He was opposite of them. He was the Bizzarro to their Superman. I like that he looked like a twisted version of a ninja turtle..but I guess most versions of Slash do, . I like that his weapons are more deadly versions of the Turtles Weapons.

He comes of like a throw back to those silver age comic book evil doppelganger type characters, and I like that.

[Dirty Blond]

Archie crew checking in.

[The Fifth Turtle]

Nick.......strong fast and violent.

[Shark_Blade]

I always seem to confuse Slash with Tokka...they might as well be the same thing. I think Tokka is a villain and Slash is..um villain too? I haven't seen the new episode either.

So I'm judging from design only: Archie, Nick and video game.


Ah, I remember now. This is the only Slash I have ever seen in motion:

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And I have the toy from the anniversary release too eventhough I know next to nothing about his character except that he attacked the turtles. :P
http://i.imgur.com/q0MSctX.jpg

[Lord Nightwalker]

Archie Slash, IDW Slash, Odyssey Slash and then Nick Slash. But they all have a lot in common. Except Nick Slash being pudgy. But Daaayuummm! He's quick!

I like the character in general, to be honest. And I can't wait to see what IDW has in the works for their Slash.

[Cipher]

Probably Archie Slash or Nick Slash. I like the personalities they have, although to be honest I prefer Slash stay a villain.

IDW Slash badly needs both 1) more characterization and 2) a more iconic design (I know he got another black mask, but I'd like to see him suit up a bit more). He's just too bland in terms of both personality and appearance right now. It doesn't help that he's also been a walking tool for the last arc.

[CyberCubed]

OT Slash needs more love. He has the worst design but as a character he was as insane as the others, or as far as the OT universe would allow.

[Cipher]

OT Slash needs more love. He has the worst design but as a character he was as insane as the others, or as far as the OT universe would allow.
I think I'd view the Fred Wolf version more fondly had he had a few more appearances to be a real villain.

In his first episode he's just used by a number of other villains. In his second, he's intentionally out of character. In his third and final appearance he's barely a cameo.

[Coola Yagami]

I always seem to confuse Slash with Tokka...they might as well be the same thing. I think Tokka is a villain and Slash is..um villain too? I haven't seen the new episode either.

So I'm judging from design only: Archie, Nick and video game.


Ah, I remember now. This is the only Slash I have ever seen in motion:

ZUswSLnu51w

And I have the toy from the anniversary release too eventhough I know next to nothing about his character except that he attacked the turtles. :P
http://i.imgur.com/q0MSctX.jpg

Just realized, the original Slash figure did come with a mace...

[CyberCubed]

It's too bad Slash was never in 4kids, although Dark Leo from Fast Forward did feel like that shows incarnation of him.

[Cipher]

It's too bad Slash was never in 4kids, although Dark Leo from Fast Forward did feel like that shows incarnation of him.
If rumors are to be believed, Hun a la Turtles Forever was actually intended to be the 4Kids Slash, at least during the design phase.

[Slimer Joel]

Nick Slash.

Never cared about the Archie comics and I hate the OT Slash.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Nick Slash.

Never cared about the Archie comics and I hate the OT Slash.

Why do you hate the OT Slash?

[Cipher]

One last comment to add:

Can I say I'm not huge on the trend of making Slash into a huge brute two or three times larger than the Turtles?

I've seen several posts on the Nick board about how glad people were that that version ended up larger than the Turtles because "that's how he should be."

But, uh ... since when? Part of the historic appeal of Slash, I think, is that he was properly a "fifth" Turtle. The closer he is in size and appearance to the Turtles, the better. Otherwise he loses a lot of that Bizarro-esque gimmick.

[CyberCubed]

But, uh ... since when? Part of the historic appeal of Slash, I think, is that he was properly a "fifth" Turtle. The closer he is in size and appearance to the Turtles, the better. Otherwise he loses a lot of that Bizarro-esque gimmick.

I think its because a lot of these writers are trying to combine Slash and Tokka into the same character, and Tokka was larger than the Turtles in the second movie.

Outside of the original toon, it just doesn't make sense for Slash and Tokka to exist in the same universe, so they combine the two of them together. Look at how many people say IDW's Slash looks more like Tokka.

[BabyTurtles]

One last comment to add:

Can I say I'm not huge on the trend of making Slash into a huge brute two or three times larger than the Turtles?

I've seen several posts on the Nick board about how glad people were that that version ended up larger than the Turtles because "that's how he should be."

But, uh ... since when? Part of the historic appeal of Slash, I think, is that he was properly a "fifth" Turtle. The closer he is in size and appearance to the Turtles, the better. Otherwise he loses a lot of that Bizarro-esque gimmick.

well in Nick it kinda makes sense....

mutagen is all about the DNA right? and what you touch before you come into contact with the mutagen determines what you will become

well Spike touched Raph alot...and Raph was already mutated

so Spike's DNA combined with an already mutated turtle
unlike Raph who just touched a human

so that explains that I think XD but I can understand wanting to have Slash more like the turtles.

[The Big Bad]

While this is a valid interpretation, it's worth noting that there's at least one previous occasion where touching a mutant turtle had no effect on someone's transformation--Bradford and Xever turned into a dog and a fish respectively despite having touched the turtles just before coming into contact with the mutagen--so if we were being perfectly consistent, Raph couldn't have been the genetic basis for Slash. Still, given that Mutagen does whatever the writers want it to do, who knows?

[Foot Soldier Clang]

OT Slash needs more love. He has the worst design but as a character he was as insane as the others, or as far as the OT universe would allow.

I always loved OT Slash, design and all. He might be my favorite incarnation of the character.

[Foot Soldier Clang]

well in Nick it kinda makes sense....

mutagen is all about the DNA right? and what you touch before you come into contact with the mutagen determines what you will become

well Spike touched Raph alot...and Raph was already mutated

so Spike's DNA combined with an already mutated turtle
unlike Raph who just touched a human

so that explains that I think XD but I can understand wanting to have Slash more like the turtles.

Yeah I had the same thought. Slash mutated into a "mutant ninja turtle" because that was his last interaction. It's a stretch, but I concede to it.

[Metalwolf]

Nick Slash.

Never cared about the Archie comics and I hate the OT Slash.Yeah, I didn't like the OT Slash either. Nick Slash looks the most interesting, with IDW following in the looks department. Plus I don't care for the Archie comics, so that's a given. ;)

[Jester]

I voted, but never commented.

Archie Slash all day long. He was a great anti-hero who gave the ultimate sacrifice. He will always have a special place in my heart. Nick Slash was effective creepy, but seemed too vindictive for really no reason. Why exactly was he so thrilled to wipe out the other Turtles? Because he took Raph's "They don't understand me!" to the extreme?

[Slimer Joel]

Why do you hate the OT Slash?

I think it's mostly his design and the whole "Binkie" ordeal.

[Luke795]

I chose OT Slash.

[CyberCubed]

I think it's mostly his design and the whole "Binkie" ordeal.

Slash had the palm tree obsession in Archie too.

[ToTheNines]

I voted Archie and Videogame. Me and my cousins flipped sh*t when we saw an evil turtle jump out of the back of Bebop's truck our first time playing TMNT III.

Nick Slash was effective creepy, but seemed too vindictive for really no reason. Why exactly was he so thrilled to wipe out the other Turtles? Because he took Raph's "They don't understand me!" to the extreme?

Yeah, I'm surprised he's running away with the vote. I mean, he was cool and I know they want him to be a baddie, but their only explanation was that the mutagen messed his mind up.

Over time he might become a fully realized character, but right now his story was a little rushed. However, I understand they were just trying to tell a Slash story in one episode and not make him take the spotlight of the whole season. Feldman killed it with his voice, he was perfect.

[The Sewer Lord]

Archie Slash. He was simply the best. I think he received the best development out of all of them - he began as a peaceful neutral palm-tree lover who enjoyed the nature on his planet. And then, invaders come and destroy his come. Desperate, he strikes a deal with the evil brain-like creature Krang, who promises that he will create a palm-filled pocket dimension or something like that if he manages to kill the turtles with the help of the alien Bellybomb. (Well, I'm not kinda sure on the Krang part. I can't remember what their deal was actually about. :D) After his defeat, he determines to have his revenge against the turtles. But after his defeat at the hands of the Mutanimals, Slash does receive what he mostly desires - a new home. Soon, to pay his debt with the Mutanimals, he becomes a hero, and saves the entire planet Earth by killing Null and Maligna by crashing Maligna's ship into the Sun... and by that killing himself. I think that Slash's transition from a neutral tree-hugger to a manipulated victim, to a an anti-hero, to a crazy psychotic villain and then into a tragic hero made Archie Slash superior to all the others.

As a close second comes Nick Slash who is simply a mentally-ill, psychotic, Raph-obsessed mutant. Corey Feldman really nailed his voice in "Slash and Destroy". I thought that was Gary Oldman doing the voice there. :o With the beautiful script and Feldman's potrayal, Nick Slash come off as a TMNT equivalent of Hannibal Lecter - calm and steady, and yet violent and crazy.

[fryguy81]

Nick Turtles has the neatest concept of the character, adding that real emotional connection between the big turtle and Raph. But for character himself, the Archie series fleshed him out the best. That's not to say that Nick won't and I surely hope we see some real character progression with Slash similar to what the Archie comics did.
I love the idea of Slash going from villain to anti-hero and to see Feldman take the voice and development in the direction would shoot NIck to the top and make me change my vote.

However, it's early days for the Nick version and thus I can't give it to him yet.

For now, It's Archie with an eye on the Nick turtles to see what may come.

[pannoni1]

Due to the Spike backstory present over a season along with the compelling and often rapid attack moves (look how quickly Slash grabbed Donnie and turned against Raph to battle), I'll have to go with Nick for this one.

[Andrew NDB]

Until we see a lot more of the Nick Slash I don't see how there can be any balanced, reasonable argument for any version other than the Archie Slash at this point.

* Archie Slash's backstory is sound. He is a resident of Dimension X, from Palmadise. His whole world was wiped out, pretty much, and he fell into poor company (Krang).
* His story arc is sound. He begins a tragic bad guy, but soon becomes an ally of the Turtles/Mutanimals.
* Heroic sacrifice. He goes out in a blaze of glory, sending Maligna's mothership and all of its inhabitants into the sun to save the Earth (subsequently saving... billions of lives).

Nick Slash... what? Kind of cool, I guess, that he is Raphael's pet come "to life," it's cool that Corey Feldman is doing the voice... but until we see a lot more of him and where Ciro and company are taking him long-term it is wayyy too early to pass judgement on him either way, particularly when compared next to the Archie Slash, who literally has years of comics behind him.

[CyberCubed]

particularly when compared next to the Archie Slash, who literally has years of comics behind him.

I agree, but Archie Slash was only in what...maybe 9 or 10 comics at the most? He was in that initial 3-parter, then he disappears for a while, then he comes back for the big story arc and he's in Mutanimals #9.

[Krang100]

I prefer Slash's Archie Comics. I think this version was the base to create many of Slash version, such as FW's version, video game's versions and others.

I like to read about Slash in Archie comics.

[Lou 500]

Nick Slash. I dislike his mentally handicapped incarnations.

[Nameless]

hmmm guess i already voted on this one... but not sure why i choose the OT over the Video game version though. cause i think turtles in time Slash was the best

[Leo656]

I guess I'll say the one from Turtles In Time. Slash as a character is always interesting, but the story surrounding him, and his backstory, have always been pretty lame. I always liked the character on his own, but I never really liked any of the ways they've told his story. At least in the game you can just kind of "project" your own backstory, even though it's ostensibly the cartoon universe. The games and cartoons sometimes ran contrary to each other, so it's not mandatory to believe it's the exact same universe.

Otherwise, Archie's version.

[RaphAndDonnie]

I'm only familiar with Archie, Nick and OT Slash but out of those three I picked Archie.

[kolaida]

Gonna have to go with Nick's Slash. Loved when he had the bandannas on his arms, like wow! That's some serious business right there.

[SlashMaster]

Archie without a doubt. He was edgy yet there was a touch of Fred Wolf. Although we'll see what happens with the IDW version!