Most Obscure TMNT Character Ever?

[miru]

What TMNT character is the most obscure?


My picks:

* Lobster Surprise (TMNT Magazine, 1990)
* Tony Raptor (TMNT 2k3 shorts, 2005)
* Monster (TMNT Mutant Melee, 2005)
* Buzzrok, Multiflex, Dumpjumper, and Thrashmor (CGI Movie Toyline, 2008 )
* Deinotor and Soak-Orr (Unreleased Mutanimals show, 1993)

[CyberCubed]

Probably some random Archie character that was only in one issue and not an important character at that.

[Commenter 42]

Al'Falqua? Maybe it's my lack of TMNT Archie comics knowledge, but I only stumbled across this guy the other day.
Lobster Surprise looks really cool, and should be brought back. Soak-Orr on the otherhand...meh.

[sdp]

This thread should probably include what incarnation/issue/episode/time they appear and who they are, if not we could include random guy walking in any comic/show..

[Cipher]

There's steep competition here. Even some of the most "important" characters in the TMNT franchise outside of the main seven or eight are only found in one version.

And how niche can we get here? Like, "TMNT and Other Strangeness" guidebook niche?

Hell, there are so many one-off characters scattered through the Fred-Wolf cartoon and Mirage alone, I wouldn't even know where to start.

[CyberCubed]

Do one-off human characters really count though? There's always going to be generic mobsters/mad scientists/criminals in every series.

[Commenter 42]

Originally Posted by Cipher

There's steep competition here. Even some of the most "important" characters in the TMNT franchise outside of the main seven or eight are only found in one version.

And how niche can we get here? Like, "TMNT and Other Strangeness" guidebook niche?

Hell, there are so many one-off characters scattered through the Fred-Wolf cartoon and Mirage alone, I wouldn't even know where to start.

Is the "TMNT and Other Strangeness" guidebook really niche? It's pretty great, and was hugely popular back in the day!

And Al'faqua is gotta be one of the best/worst/possibly racist names of Any TMNT character.

[Leo656]

Man, that's tough, I'd argue MOST characters outside the TMNT/Splinter/April/Irma/Casey/Shredder/Krang/Bebop/Rocksteady/Stockman are rather obscure. The franchise has a whole ton of "one and done" characters.

How about the "other" Don Turtelli? Did we ever find out why there were two different guys in the OT with that name, by the way?

I might say "The Uncanny Trio" from the Archie book, or maybe Stump and Sling, but that's the area I'm most familiar with so there's probably way more obscure ones. Like most of the supporting cast from the Image series is probably even less well-known, but I haven't even read those in a very long time, so I'm drawing a blank.

[Candy Kappa]

Fred Hamster, from TMNT & Other Strangeness?

[miru]

Originally Posted by Cipher

There's steep competition here. Even some of the most "important" characters in the TMNT franchise outside of the main seven or eight are only found in one version.

And how niche can we get here? Like, "TMNT and Other Strangeness" guidebook niche?

Hell, there are so many one-off characters scattered through the Fred-Wolf cartoon and Mirage alone, I wouldn't even know where to start.

You can definitely go to "Other Strangeness" level niche here. Or even foreign comics. Or stuff that never materialized.

[sdp]

Yeah the thread needs to be more specific, and I think finding the most obscure character is dumb, how about relevant obscure character, either because he's interesting or something and yet is forgotten. It also depends if we're talking ovscure in the fandom or obscure in general. No one will know who the hell Aska is except in the fandom where Aska has a fairly big popularity counting she was only in one video game.

Characters from TMNT and other strangeness are interesting, I know next to nothing about that RPG game and I bet it has plenty of main characters that the fandom has never heard about, so I think this thread can be modified and become rather popular if we explain obscure characters in TMNT and why they're interesting, no? for example:

Andre: From The Next Mutation this was an old blind black man that was friends with Splinter, he was a very minor recurring character that appeared in maybe 4 episodes only for a few seconds but did have one episode where he played a bigger role. The idea that because he's blind Splinter has been able to be friends with him and share wisdom together, it's nice to see Splinter have a friend and someone to talk to, it brings something not normally seen. He actually actually acknowledges in one episode that he knows Splinter is not human. Would love to see this obscure character make a comeback.

[Ninjinister]

Picasso?

Ahnold?

Buttercup?

Brain Drain?

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by sdp

Andre: From The Next Mutation this was an old blind black man that was friends with Splinter, he was a very minor recurring character that appeared in maybe 4 episodes only for a few seconds but did have one episode where he played a bigger role. The idea that because he's blind Splinter has been able to be friends with him and share wisdom together, it's nice to see Splinter have a friend and someone to talk to, it brings something not normally seen. He actually actually acknowledges in one episode that he knows Splinter is not human. Would love to see this obscure character make a comeback.

Now that I think about it, Andre was actually a weirdly good inclusion for Next Mutation. That was a solid angle for a human friend and one that could really work in a number of incarnations.

The Terror Bears are still probably the best bit from "Other Strangeness," aside from how good "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangness" is as a title. I'd love to see both those elements resurrected for a project down the line.

[miru]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Picasso?

Ahnold?

Buttercup?

Brain Drain?

Out of all of them, probably Ahnold.

[Commenter 42]

Originally Posted by Cipher

Now that I think about it, Andre was actually a weirdly good inclusion for Next Mutation. That was a solid angle for a human friend and one that could really work in a number of incarnations.

The Terror Bears are still probably the best bit from "Other Strangeness," aside from how good "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangness" is as a title. I'd love to see both those elements resurrected for a project down the line.

If they ever translated that title into a video game...
They can have my first born.

[Xav]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

And Al'faqua is gotta be one of the best/worst/possibly racist names of Any TMNT character.

How is that racist because he has an Arab name? That would be like saying the Turtles are racist because they have Italian names.

[CyberCubed]

Chein Khan is obscure. People don't even know TMNT had a dog mutant before Dogpound, other than Hotspot.

[Commenter 42]

Originally Posted by Xav

How is that racist because he has an Arab name? That would be like saying the Turtles are racist because they have Italian names.

I don't know, seeing as most character names have been puns of sorts, and of all the Arab names available, they chose that one?

[Cryomancer]

Kris Mu / Dark Mu, or the ninja guys from the second OVA even more so.

[Coola Yagami]

I would say characters like Bloodsucker, Complete Carnage and Radical that have never been in another media besides the comics. Even Old Hob would be considered obscure because if you never read the IDW comics, you never would have heard of him.