Was there any reason why Bebop was black as a human?

*CyberCubed* · 11-22-2009, 04:29 PM

It was stated the reason Baxter Stockman was changed into a white guy in the old toon was to avoid making the only black character in TMNT into a villain. Apparently this would have been viewed as racist back in the late 80's.

Yet at the same time, Bebop was black. Granted we only see human Bebop for two episodes, (aside from later Season 3 eps where we see human Bebop/Rocksteady in "Shredderville" and in their hologram disguises in Season 4's opener).

So why change the race of one character (Baxter), yet make another villain black?

11-22-2009, 04:29 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,871	Was there any reason why Bebop was black as a human? It was stated the reason Baxter Stockman was changed into a white guy in the old toon was to avoid making the only black character in TMNT into a villain. Apparently this would have been viewed as racist back in the late 80's. Yet at the same time, Bebop was black. Granted we only see human Bebop for two episodes, (aside from later Season 3 eps where we see human Bebop/Rocksteady in "Shredderville" and in their hologram disguises in Season 4's opener). So why change the race of one character (Baxter), yet make another villain black?