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Prowler 03-09-2026 01:45 PM

What's the worst villain in the entire property?
 
I haven't seen/read everything, so it's possible the worst villain is from, let's say, Rise, IDW or The Next Mutation. I wouldn't know.

So my first thought... the family of hillbillies that fool Donatello and steal the Turtle Van from him in a season 5 or so episode in the Fred Wolf series. I mean, really? At least mad scientists make sense for villains, even if the characters themselves or the execution was not the best. But a family of hillbillies? :lol:

neatoman 03-09-2026 02:44 PM

Jammerhead and Triple Threat really pissed me off with how annoying they were, there isn't much good to say about Flashforward in general though but those in particular annoyed me. The Street Phantoms in general were revised into somewhat more tolerable villains in IDW (even if they're forgotten), but I don't see anyone make anything of Triple Threat.

When it comes to the live-action movies, Sacks sucks pretty hard but when you remember that he's really just a character of his own because of reshoots, I can almost forgive it. Walker in TMNT III is really weak too, who had the brilliant idea of making some english tradesman the main villain of a TMNT movie?

The TNM villains are all terrible but I think Dr. Quease might be the worst.

I have made it no secret in the past that I really hate Tiger Claw but I have to admit that he can't actually be the single worst villain in the 2012 show, I still really think he sucks because you're clearly meant to think he's cool but for really shallow reasons and he's almost completely lacking in any real depth or consistency, it's very hard to care about him in the way that's intended and he may very well be the worst of the major characters. If I have to pick someone else who appears less, then Newtralizer, Snake-Weed and Sir Malachi are likely better candidates.

As for FW... Dear god... That's almost like trying to find the most rotten thing in a compost pile... Uh...
J. Gordon Hungerdunger?
Lafayette Le Drone?
Mung?
Polidorius?
Globfather?
Flying Turtlenecker Brothers?
Mister X?

ToTheNines 03-09-2026 02:45 PM

Oh you mean lamest? The one true answer is Eric Sachs, but I’ll do one for each version.

Mirage: Dr. Dome

Fred Wolf: uhh… FW Slash is certainly disappointing. All the stupid ones are kind of in the “so bad, they’re good” category.

Archie: May East lol.

Next Mutation: I guess I’d day Bonesteel.

4kids: not really a villain, but I ****ing hated Gyoji. Touch and Go are annoying, but I did like that episode.

IDW: Hakk-R

2012: Tigerclaw no contest.

Rise: Hypnopotatmus was pretty lame.

MMverse: Bishop, just for what a horrible adaptation of the character that was.

Andrew NDB 03-09-2026 02:51 PM

Probably Gary Richardson.

FredWolfLeonardo 03-09-2026 03:07 PM

The Hillibillies were funny, I liked them.

My least favourite was the Weasel Toy guy.

xChri5x 03-09-2026 08:01 PM

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/...2172722312.jpg

TheLabRat 03-10-2026 03:34 AM

2003 Karai: Many of 2003 Leo's insufferable and foolish actions in this show was because of this character.

IDW Bishop: A poor imitation of the 2003 Bishop and 2012 Bishop. I don't understand why they would make him kill his own father? Just because of he is a madman and villain, doesn't mean he has to be a complete jerk.

The Last Ronin Hiroto: Similar issues to the IDW Bishop.

Mad Dog McMutt 03-10-2026 08:50 PM

I have to go with Tattoo from the FW cartoon. He was a mutated hamster that didn't have one single hamster attribute. He just ended up being a random sumo wrestler with tattoos. I am also not a big fan of Pizza-face from the 2012 series. He is just a pizza that is a face. I can't even remember if there was an explanation of how he ended up that way. What a wasted opportunity when they could have used a villain that resembled the awesome Playmates action figure of Pizza-face like they did for Wyrm.

Prowler 03-12-2026 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neatoman (Post 2025505)
Jammerhead and Triple Threat really pissed me off with how annoying they were, there isn't much good to say about Flashforward in general though but those in particular annoyed me. The Street Phantoms in general were revised into somewhat more tolerable villains in IDW (even if they're forgotten), but I don't see anyone make anything of Triple Threat.

When it comes to the live-action movies, Sacks sucks pretty hard but when you remember that he's really just a character of his own because of reshoots, I can almost forgive it. Walker in TMNT III is really weak too, who had the brilliant idea of making some english tradesman the main villain of a TMNT movie?

The TNM villains are all terrible but I think Dr. Quease might be the worst.

I have made it no secret in the past that I really hate Tiger Claw but I have to admit that he can't actually be the single worst villain in the 2012 show, I still really think he sucks because you're clearly meant to think he's cool but for really shallow reasons and he's almost completely lacking in any real depth or consistency, it's very hard to care about him in the way that's intended and he may very well be the worst of the major characters. If I have to pick someone else who appears less, then Newtralizer, Snake-Weed and Sir Malachi are likely better candidates.

As for FW... Dear god... That's almost like trying to find the most rotten thing in a compost pile... Uh...
J. Gordon Hungerdunger?
Lafayette Le Drone?
Mung?
Polidorius?
Globfather?
Flying Turtlenecker Brothers?
Mister X?

I understand the others, but Mung? Why? He was better than Hi-Tech, imo.

Andrew NDB 03-12-2026 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Prowler (Post 2025590)
I understand the others, but Mung?

Look him up on Urbandictionary.

ToTheNines 03-12-2026 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB (Post 2025591)
Look him up on Urbandictionary.

Do Purple Herman next lol

Jephael 03-12-2026 09:36 PM

Not a straight out villian, but definitly an antagonist: Burne Thompson in the 8th season of the original cartoon!!! In the previous season it looked like he was finally coming around and accepting the Turtles as heroes, especially after the indicent with Baxter Stockman! Then Shredder blew up Channel 6 and Burne went all the way back to square one, hating the Turtles just for exisiting!

Prowler 03-15-2026 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB (Post 2025591)
Look him up on Urbandictionary.

I'm pretty sure you've told me that before already. This sounds like deja vu.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jephael (Post 2025615)
Not a straight out villian, but definitly an antagonist: Burne Thompson in the 8th season of the original cartoon!!! In the previous season it looked like he was finally coming around and accepting the Turtles as heroes, especially after the indicent with Baxter Stockman! Then Shredder blew up Channel 6 and Burne went all the way back to square one, hating the Turtles just for exisiting!

Yeah, Burne and Vernon were complete dicks to the Turtles. They saved their sorry asses many many times and yet they think the Turtles are the bad guys?

jignat 03-15-2026 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prowler (Post 2025502)
I haven't seen/read everything, so it's possible the worst villain is from, let's say, Rise, IDW or The Next Mutation. I wouldn't know.

So my first thought... the family of hillbillies that fool Donatello and steal the Turtle Van from him in a season 5 or so episode in the Fred Wolf series. I mean, really? At least mad scientists make sense for villains, even if the characters themselves or the execution was not the best. But a family of hillbillies? :lol:

Ding Ding We have the winner!

Give this man/woman a cigar lol

TylerD 03-22-2026 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xChri5x (Post 2025514)

Nice hair though lmao

Anarchistguy 03-30-2026 01:59 PM

- Barney Stockman; the definition of creatively bankrupt.
- The Hillbillies who stole the Turtle Van.

Andrew NDB 03-30-2026 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prowler (Post 2025729)
I'm pretty sure you've told me that before already. This sounds like deja vu.

A little mung can go a long way.

ToTheNines 03-30-2026 03:51 PM

Nobody has mentioned Oily Bird, Abigail Finn or Galactose.

Andrew NDB 03-30-2026 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToTheNines (Post 2026381)
Nobody has mentioned Oily Bird, Abigail Finn or Galactose.

I don't know if anything is inherently wrong with Galactose beyond the name. If I was writing an ongoing TMNT series I'd love to try and make Galactose really, really cool. And fearsome.

ToTheNines 03-30-2026 04:55 PM

Yeah, I actually really love that issue. That name is just so ****ing stupid lol.


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