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If you could make your own "Mutanimals" team

So the Mutanimals have had different team members in each series, if you could make your own group of Mutanimals what would it include? You can include mutants from any series. For me:

Leader: Old Hob. I really like how in IDW their leader is morally wrong and could lead them down the dark path. In Archie Man Ray was the leader and in Nick its Slash, but I feel Old Hob does it best

Members:

- Slash (second in command)
- Leatherhead
- Mondo Gecko
- Man Ray
- Napoleon Bonafrog (just him alone, he breaks off from the other frogs)
- Wingnut and Screwloose
- Pigeon Pete
- Mutagen Man
- Muckman and Joe eyeball (in the original toon they wanted to be superheroes)
- Merdude (he seemed like he was going to join the Mutanimals toward the end of Archie)
- Dr. Rockwell
- Ninjara or Alopex (obviously can't have both because they're practically the same character. :lol: )

I don't particularly care for Jaguar or Dreadmon much, probably because they never had toys so I never got attached to them.

Leader: Old Hob
Heavy Muscle: Slash
Sciences: Leatherhead
Sciences: Mona Lisa
Stealth: Mondo Gecko
Aquatics: Man Ray
Artillery: Herman
Liaison: Michelangelo
Comic Relief: Pigeon Pete

I'd also (stop me if you've heard it before) LOVE to see Old Hob and Raphael forced to work together for a mini-series.

I know my list is pretty much exclusively IDW, but I never got into Archie and still have no interest in it. I did like the OT episode with Mona Lisa, though, and liked that Raph was the only Turtle to not have a crush on a human female character...

Leatherhead
Hob
Slash
Mutagen Man
Quarry
Zog

Yeah I know Zog is an alien but so is Wingnut.

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Originally Posted by neatoman (Post 1437373)

Leatherhead
Hob
Slash
Mutagen Man
Quarry
Zog

Yeah I know Zog is an alien but so is Wingnut.

Zog's a mutant in IDW.

I'll have to think it over but certainly Fishface makes my list

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister (Post 1437394)

Zog's a mutant in IDW.

And half the Archie Mutanimals weren't mutants either....

Hmm, I like this. Let's see, I'd have:

Hob (leader, or maybe co-leader with Slash)
Slash- Nick's version
Alopex
Mondo Gecko- IDW version
Mona Lisa
Leatherhead
Jagwar
Dr. Rockwell

Had it been done in the original cartoon (like they almost did) I would use the same team from the Archie comics, introducing a Fred Wolf version of Jagwar and Dreadmon (though their backstories would be changed a bit) but I would also have the Punk Frogs join the group, as well as Mona Lisa.

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Originally Posted by Jester (Post 1437611)

And half the Archie Mutanimals weren't mutants either....

Forsooth! How did I forget this despite constantly saying it?

Slash
Leatherhead
Old Hob
Sanji from One Piece (Go With It)
Pizza Face
CyberCubed
Kevin Eastman
Peter Laird
Hulk
Spoodermen
Skeletor
Panthro
Lego Minifigure
All the characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Vector the Crocodile

Slash and Leatherhead would be on my villain team. As for a number of the TMNT's allies grouped together for a team...

Mondo Gecko
Ace Duck
Man Ray
Mona Lisa
Mutagen Man
Merdude
Usagi

Allied with the Punk Frogs.

All are mutants with Usagi as the exeception. The Ace Duck I have in mind is General Yougre.

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Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87 (Post 1438470)

Hell yes to Ace Duck!

Kraang sub prime (boss)
Slash (leader)
Venus
Mondo Gecko
Leatherhead
Armaggon
Ricardo
Man Ray (perfect flyer)
Alopex

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After the Mighty Mutanimals sacrificed their lives in the fight against Evil, the world began to face greater and more challenging threats to it's very existence. Now, a new team of mutants and misfits have come together under the watchful eye of extraterrestrial benefactors for the purpose of defending the world from the shadows against enemies it can neither see nor comprehend. In honor of fallen heroes, meet... The New Mutanimals!

NINJARA - Formerly the greatest thief in all of Asia, she turned her life around when she met the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, operating as part of their team for an extended period. With them she developed a compassion to match her sense of honour, and she now acts as field leader for the New Mutanimals.

BEBOP and ROCKSTEADY - Street-thugs turned mutant brutes for the purposes of The Foot, an unexpected side-effect of their mutation lead to a spiritual balance between their human and animal halves that has carried over into a belief of living in balance with one's world. They are still simple-minded, walking engines of destruction, however, and act as Ninjara's enforcers to keep the rest of the team in line.

ACE DUCK - A vain, arrogant (yet perfectly chiselled) extra-terrestrial mallard, Ace was distrought to learn of the death of his Intergalactic Wresting co-star Leatherhead, and began to wonder if there may be more life than fame and fortune. He joined the team to honour his fallen friend, bringing with him his great strength and wrestling skills, as well as (much to everyone's surprise) his talents in mechanical engineering and piloting.

MERDUDE - A former ally of the original Mutanimals, the European Merdude is ever ready and willing to help the new team out in any way he can. While he is limited in what he has to offer outside of his natural ocean realm, for any missions that involve aquatic environments he is indispensable.

KAT MANDU - A four-armed feline warrior devoted to the protection of the Charlie Llama, he has been temporarily relieved of his duties while the newly-born incarnation is raised from infancy in secret. He provides a spiritual backbone to the team which is both comforting and annoying. Ace Duck really wants him to meet Cryin' Houn'.

SCUMBUG - Originally driven insane by the accident which mutated him from a pest-exterminator into a terminator-pest, the most recent explosion he got himself caught in returned to him some sense of sanity. Still obsessed with the eradication of bugs and vermin, he no longer sees every other living being as part of that category. He brings a sense of paranoia to the team, not fully trusted, and is often at odds with them due to his firm belief in technological progress. Skilled chemist.

TRAP - Extra-terrestrial liaison between the New Mutanimals and the Stump Intergalactic Wrestling Federation, who have agreed to act as financiers for the team in return for exclusive broadcasting rights to each of their adventures. He's a man of a shadowy past and obvious military experience which he never chooses to divulge the full extent of. Advises the team by remote.

OYUKI MISHIMI - A young Japanese orphan girl who met the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when they saved her from becoming a ritualistic sacrifice, she returned with them to New York where she is now sponsored by April O'Neil and works as an intern at the Channel 6 news building. Oyuki is the team's invaluable link to the human world.

CUDLEY THE COWLICK - Not a part of the team in so many words, this interdimensional entity is often summoned to help the team get where they need to go in the fastest (or most convenient) way possible. He's friendly enough, though being taken for granted has started to bother him.

CHU HSI - An Asian-American fire-fighter, who is romantically involved with April O'Neil. He has taken on the role of surrogate older brother to Oyuki. While his day job is important enough that he cannot commit to the team full-time, he is their Ace In The Hole for the direst of events. For at those times he can summon the ancient spirit of the colossal and powerful WARRIOR DRAGON!

Yeah, it's Archie-specific. Sue me.

TMNT Entity put up a pretty nice write up of the Mutanimals.

I always thought a "fifth" turtle storyline would've been neat in a continuity that had all these characters fighting who the "fifth" turtle was and eventually forming a team of 4 "Ninja turtles" to save the real TMNT when they got in trouble.

Zack
Slash
Venus
Metal Head

Tokka excluded since he's always been a bad guy.

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed (Post 1441071)

TMNT Entity put up a pretty nice write up of the Mutanimals.

That was a really great article, wasn't it?

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed (Post 1441071)

TMNT Entity put up a pretty nice write up of the Mutanimals.

Would you or someone post a link to it, please? I would like to see it.

I am also curious of Ryan Brown's thoughts of the Mutanimals name being revived appearing again in comics and on tv the same month.

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Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87 (Post 1441175)

I am also curious of Ryan Brown's thoughts of the Mutanimals name being revived appearing again in comics and on tv the same month.

Anybody know how to contact him?

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Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87 (Post 1441175)

http://www.tmntentity.blogspot.com/

Thanks,Cubed.

This thread inspires an evil counterpart.

My Team:

* Ray Fillet (And Fish Stix and Scar Fish)
* Slash
* Needlenose
* Mondo Gecko
* Leatherhead
* Wingnut (and Screwloose)
* Metalhead
* Ninjara
* Alopex
* Jagwar (leader, usually a non-combatnant like Splinter or Krang)
* Merdude
* Punk Frogs
* Mona Lisa

And on backup:
* Muckman
* Ace Duck
* Aska
* Walkabout
* Dreadmon
* Quarry
* Sisyphus
* Tyler "Monkey Brains" Rockwell
* Pigeon Pete
* Wyrm
* Sgt. Bannanas (and Larry the Lemur)
* Perri Grey
* Nano
* Usagi
* Panda Khan
* Sonic
* Sash Lilac
* Kitty Kattswell

Man-Ray: Leader, very optimistic bordering on naive, wanting so badly to be a hero.

Zog: Lancer, a Triceraton trapped on Earth, he's seen war, knows the world isn't black and white and he's the one willing to dive into the grey.

Mona Lisa: Brainy one, forget her as simply a Raphael love interest, she was a physics student, so play that up, use her brains, have her be their Oracle type.

Leatherhead: Big guy, their ace in the hole, I'm saying embrace his savage side, more like the Nick version than the 4Kids version, I'm tempted to say bring back a bit of the Cajun Gator as well.

Mondo Gecko: The chick, well at least in playing that role, the peacekeeper, the supportive one, the less than serious one at times. Sometimes the comic relief.*

Ninjara: Sixth ranger, the wildcard, the one who remained in the shadows for the longest. A thief, an assassin, a spy...whatever role she needs to fill.

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Originally Posted by miru (Post 1443114)

That's not a team, that's a freaking census! :tlol:

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy (Post 1443160)

That's not a team, that's a freaking census! :tlol:

Hence why I've split some into an additional team:

Alpha Wing:

* Ace Duck
* Sgt. Bannanas
* Walkabout
* Perri Grey

Good team: Ray Fillet, Mondo Gecko, Jaguar (gender swap, to replace the lion lady from IDW), Ace Duck (Expy for idw's pidgeon Pete), Alopex (Ninjara expie), and Dreadmon as the Team's mentor.

Evil team counterpart: Scratch (old Hob expie), Scumbug (herman expie), Mutagen Man, Slash, and Wingnut (Air power)