Granitor question

[serpentnight]

Does anyone know how Granitor got his name? He wasn't named in the one episode he appeared in and didn't have an action figure in the Playmates line. The only reference I found of his name in the 90s was in the NES manual for -The Arcade Game and I don't think I heard it again until the character was reimagined for the IDW and Nickelodeon series'. So how exactly did he become known as Granitor; who gets the credit?

[neatoman]

If there really isn't any better evidence for it, we might as well say someone at Konami named him.

[serpentnight]

Originally Posted by neatoman

If there really isn't any better evidence for it, we might as well say someone at Konami named him.

From what I understand, at the time the manuals for Western releases of Japanese games were handled by third party companies. Maybe the name was included in the outline given to whatever company or I suppose someone could have just come up with it on the fly.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

His Archie counterpart was called Moog.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

His Archie counterpart was called Moog.

I thought it was Morg. I just remember the one line from the cassette tape narrator saying 'Traag and Morg were furious' but the book itself never named him. And the book was also lazy cause it made him look like Traag.

[serpentnight]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I thought it was Morg. I just remember the one line from the cassette tape narrator saying 'Traag and Morg were furious' but the book itself never named him. And the book was also lazy cause it made him look like Traag.

The thing I remember most from that cassette is that bizarre rap song at the end.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

His Archie counterpart was called Moog.

[Ninjinister]

A Japanese character encyclopedia, Mutant Turtles Himitsu ?hyakka, calls him ??? ("M?gu")

[Antoniocafe]

Ironically, General Tragg is just "Stone Warrior" in the TMNT II The Arcade Game manual.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by serpentnight

The thing I remember most from that cassette is that bizarre rap song at the end.

Gawd that was awesome in all its cheesiness.

[Ninjinister]

Here's the scan for reference

[Coola Yagami]

The Konami games named a lot of things. Other than Granitor, we also got Roadkill Rodneys and Tubular Transports. That second one though, lmao like what the hell are they transporting?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I thought it was Morg. I just remember the one line from the cassette tape narrator saying 'Traag and Morg were furious' but the book itself never named him. And the book was also lazy cause it made him look like Traag.

Me too, until I noticed the Turtlepedia article being moved.