What is Rocksteady's nationality in the original cartoon? - Page 2

*Prowler* · 06-20-2016, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Maybe Rocksteady and Bebop were their real names in the original cartoon.

As much as Oroku Saki's real name was Shredder. It is not uncommon fro gang members to go by aliases/nicknames. Their gang leader is not called by his real name either.

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Originally Posted by neatoman

I would like to meet their cousins in that case, Grunge and Hip-Hop. After that their uncles, Techno and Dubstep.

Good one.

*Jephael* · 06-20-2016, 04:59 PM

There was a funny scene in season 2 where Shredder car-jacked a cab driver who looked and sounded a heck of a lot like human Rocksteady. Perhaps he had a twin brother just like Baxter Stockman did.

*CyberCubed* · 06-20-2016, 11:38 PM

There was nothing in the original cartoon history indicating Bebop and Rocksteady weren't their real names. All of a sudden all the later TMNT writers like the IDW and Nick crew realized those names sound like gang names and tried to give them new names.

*neatoman* · 06-21-2016, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

There was nothing in the original cartoon history indicating Bebop and Rocksteady weren't their real names. All of a sudden all the later TMNT writers like the IDW and Nick crew realized those names sound like gang names and tried to give them new names.

Just because isn't any indication Bebop and Rockstead weren't their real names doesn't mean you can take those as being their real names, this isn't a Toriyama production where most characters have joke names like Trunks.

In a world where characters typically have normal names like April, Irma, Vernon, Carter, Zach, etc, having two guys just named after music styles is just weird.

*FredWolfLeonardo* · 06-21-2016, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by neatoman

Just because isn't any indication Bebop and Rockstead weren't their real names doesn't mean you can take those as being their real names, this isn't a Toriyama production where most characters have joke names like Trunks.

In a world where characters typically have normal names like April, Irma, Vernon, Carter, Zach, etc, having two guys just named after music styles is just weird.

Its not that farfetched in a world with giant talking, pizza eating, silly joking, Ninja crime fighting mutated turtles trained by a Japanese rat in order to fight a ninja clan run by a crossover between darth vader and a cheese grater, as well as an alien brain from an alternate dimension who operates from a giant fortress with an eyeball on top, commanding entire armies of stone warriors and fighting alien hippies who take anime hairstyles to the extreme.

*neatoman* · 06-21-2016, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

Its not that farfetched in a world with giant talking, pizza eating, silly joking, Ninja crime fighting mutated turtles trained by a Japanese rat in order to fight a ninja clan run by a crossover between darth vader and a cheese grater, as well as an alien brain from an alternate dimension who operates from a giant fortress with an eyeball on top, commanding entire armies of stone warriors and fighting alien hippies who take anime hairstyles to the extreme.

Rick & Morty is that kind of show and it had a joke about how someone seemed out of place in a crowd where the people were named Rick, Morty, Jerry, Beth, Summer and Mr Poopybutthole.

Even a weird show has norms.

*ssjup81* · 06-21-2016, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

I'd imagine his nationality is American.

This was going to be my answer. lol

WolvDragon · 06-26-2016, 02:04 AM

The original Bebop and Rocksteady never had a proper background other then being street thugs and being part of a gang. One can safely assume Rocksteady is just an American with the American accent he has.

This is why I like their 2012 counterparts more, because they do have some background (Plus Rocksteady as a Russian is pretty sweet to me).

~~Etsyturtle2~~ · 06-26-2016, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Powder

I guess I shouldn't be surprised how many people don't understand the difference between a joke & an actual statement.

I'm paraphrasing but "I'm Finnish, 'cause when I start something, I always finish it!" ...he said with an Irish accent.

I know it was a joke. I was correcting CyberCubed when he said that Rocksteady said he was Irish.

*ToTheNines* · 06-26-2016, 10:51 AM

Except Rocksheamus is Irish as f**k. So you're dumb.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 06-27-2016, 05:25 PM

He may be Irish in RL but in the movie he SAYS he's "Finnish". But yes, it WAS a joke. He was probably of Irish descent with THAT carrot-top. In the OT, he was probably your standard White-American average New Yorker. Even had what could be a Brooklyn accent. I'm more interested in the history of that gang they were in. Did they have a name? Home turf? Who was leader? (I'm guessing it was the guy from Gangs All Here who initiated April. I think his name was High-Five.)

~~Etsyturtle2~~ · 06-27-2016, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Except Rocksheamus is Irish as f**k. So you're dumb.

No I was telling cubed what he said, I know it was a joke, I'm not dumb.

~~Commenter 42~~ · 06-28-2016, 12:17 AM

I think Rocksteady would be Estonian.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 06-28-2016, 07:10 AM

Nah- probably more like Swedish or Norweigan.

*ToTheNines* · 06-28-2016, 07:14 AM

White Rhinos are from Africa.

*Shiro Kame* · 06-30-2016, 08:25 PM

I'm pretty sure that Rocksteady was just a Caucasian New Yorker. There didn't seem to be much thought to him than being a run of the mill street thug who got his ass kicked by ninjas.

06-20-2016, 04:59 PM	#22
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	There was a funny scene in season 2 where Shredder car-jacked a cab driver who looked and sounded a heck of a lot like human Rocksteady. Perhaps he had a twin brother just like Baxter Stockman did. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

06-27-2016, 05:25 PM	#31
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	He may be Irish in RL but in the movie he SAYS he's "Finnish". But yes, it WAS a joke. He was probably of Irish descent with THAT carrot-top. In the OT, he was probably your standard White-American average New Yorker. Even had what could be a Brooklyn accent. I'm more interested in the history of that gang they were in. Did they have a name? Home turf? Who was leader? (I'm guessing it was the guy from Gangs All Here who initiated April. I think his name was High-Five.) __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

06-28-2016, 07:10 AM	#34
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Nah- probably more like Swedish or Norweigan. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

06-28-2016, 07:14 AM	#35
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,345	White Rhinos are from Africa. Last edited by ToTheNines; 06-30-2016 at 09:27 PM.

06-20-2016, 11:38 PM	#23
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,871	There was nothing in the original cartoon history indicating Bebop and Rocksteady weren't their real names. All of a sudden all the later TMNT writers like the IDW and Nick crew realized those names sound like gang names and tried to give them new names.

06-26-2016, 02:04 AM	#28
WolvDragon Mouser Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 8	The original Bebop and Rocksteady never had a proper background other then being street thugs and being part of a gang. One can safely assume Rocksteady is just an American with the American accent he has. This is why I like their 2012 counterparts more, because they do have some background (Plus Rocksteady as a Russian is pretty sweet to me).

06-26-2016, 10:51 AM	#30
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,345	Except Rocksheamus is Irish as f**k. So you're dumb.

06-28-2016, 12:17 AM	#33
~~Commenter 42~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 3,954	I think Rocksteady would be Estonian.

06-30-2016, 08:25 PM	#36
Shiro Kame Foot Elite Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 3,332	I'm pretty sure that Rocksteady was just a Caucasian New Yorker. There didn't seem to be much thought to him than being a run of the mill street thug who got his ass kicked by ninjas.