Could Mortu be the King of the Utroms?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Since the Utrom council is named after chess pieces, I find it odd that King is missing. Kraang Subprime was originally Knight and its never suggested that Kraang Prime was originally named King, rather he was called just Kraang.

Knowing this, do you think its possible that Mortu is infact the King? He's the only Utrom I can think of to fill this role since he was also CEO of TCRI in the 2003 series.

In the upcoming Words Collide special, the Kraang are going to appear but I don't think it will be possible to introduce Mortu due to that special's focus on the Salamandrians as the main characters alongside the turtles. However, I do hope that the one unknown Arc will be an epic battle of the turtles, mortu and the utrom council, possibly a few good triceratons all defeating the Kraang once and for all. It could even be the show's season finale since the series began with the turtles fighting the Kraang.

[Utrommaniac]

Someone on here had said that the Utrom King had died (I would assume murdered by Knight). That being said, I doubt Mortu would be rehashed for this part.

All things considered, he really wouldn't have had a strong role in Utrom society - since he is a Captain afterall, which would probably be a Dime A Dozen role. He may have been a leader to the Utroms on Earth, but not to the whole of the civilization.

(And I still think Mortu is a dumb name)

Kraang Prime seems to have just been a scientist without any direct power over the council as well - but probably wanted over-arching power because of course he would.

[victory_angel]

I had asked Brandon Auman over Face Book if Kurtzman could be King. After all it would make some sense for him to be an utrom, because he is rather knowledgeable about the Kraang for someone who claims to have only discovered them the previous year. And while investigative reporters are thorough even they aren't that good.

However, Auman answered with "Nope, King died years ago." This statement was made August 02 2016.

It's not confirmed how he died, or if Sub Prime or Kraang Prime was behind it. But it is confirmed officially by one of the executive staff of the show that King is deceased.

[Utrommaniac]

I hope they'll cover how that happened before the series ends; there isn't really much left in it.

(I've also just realized that this is probably my 2000th post???)

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Well, I guess it makes sense to have King dead since it explains the Kraang uprising and King would've appeared alongside Queen in season 4 if he was alive.

It still doesn't negate the possibility that he's Mortu though. In the upcoming episodes, they could show him through flashbacks and maybe give him an episode through time travel to the past, where the turtles meet him, but unfortunately aren't able to save him and must continue on their final battle against the Kraang in the present.

[neatoman]

Mortu did not cross my mind, by all implication in the 2003 series, he wasn't anything other than a cop.

What did cross my mind was Ch'rell. Shredder is dead, the position of Foot Clan leader is in dispute, the original leader had impossible skills, his face was never shown like it had to be kept a secret, he somehow made a helmet that didn't fall apart in 1500 years, etc. Quite unusual for a human, no?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo

It could even be the show's season finale since the series began with the turtles fighting the Kraang.

I hope the last will give us some great some echo back to the first episode, just like how the empty Technodrome on Balaraphon in "Divid and Conquer" of the 1987-1996 series gives an echo back to the first season.

[Utrommaniac]

I think that Knight/SubPrime fills the Ch'rell role, so there's no need for that.

And yeah, Mortu is essentially just a cop; I never thought of it that way, but it's pretty accurate. Kurtzman would probably be closer to "Mortu" should he be an Utrom, acting as an undercover police detective for them.

King will probably be his own character, like Queen and Rook (for the most part).

[BubblyShell22]

It makes sense that King is dead and my guess is that Sub-Prime killed him.