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View Poll Results: Which Bebop & Rocksteady do you love the most?
Bebop & Rocksteady (Archie) 2 6.25%
Bebop & Rocksteady (1987) 8 25.00%
Bebop (Anton Zeck) & Rocksteady (Ivan Steranko) (2012) 4 12.50%
Bebop & Rocksteady (2014) 1 3.13%
Bebop & Rocksteady (IDW) 17 53.13%
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Old 09-05-2016, 01:08 PM   #1
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The best Bebop & Rocksteady?

Seeing Bebop & Rocksteady in 2012, they seem better than their previous incarnations.

Which is your most favorite?
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Old 09-05-2016, 01:15 PM   #2
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after the Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy the world, i gotta say, I like those two a lot. I think it was the best representation of their friendship.
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Old 09-05-2016, 01:27 PM   #3
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IDW is the only viable option.
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Old 09-05-2016, 01:31 PM   #4
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IDW, nothing else comes close

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Old 09-05-2016, 02:10 PM   #5
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Clearly IDW. Tom Waltz, Dustin Weaver and Ben Bates are the only people who nailed the "moronic yet powerful" angle which Wise, Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, most of the FW writers and (sadly) Steve Murphy kept screwing up.
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Old 09-05-2016, 02:13 PM   #6
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No doubt the FW versions to me. Id reckon theyre the most entertaining and iconic versions that not only were tue first versions of the characters, but made them a major part of the Ninja Turtles franchise.

Thats not to say I don't like the other versions, I think they all were very well done and I there's not a single incarnation which I think is not good.
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Old 09-05-2016, 02:16 PM   #7
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Clearly IDW. Tom Waltz, Dustion Weaver and Ben Bates are the only people who nailed the "moronic yet powerful" angle which Wise, Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, most of the FW writers and (sadly) Steve Murphy kept screwing up.
^This. They prove Bebop and Rocksteady's full potential. This is what I have been suggesting to the Mirage Group for years. I am glad Tom and company did it.Only I enjoy incompetent goofball Bebop and Rocksteady on occasion to lighten the mood.
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Old 09-05-2016, 02:31 PM   #8
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IDW. Monsters with hearts of gold. Which they stole, obviously, and beat the former owners into bloody pulp.
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Old 09-05-2016, 02:34 PM   #9
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80's versions: Typical slapstick comedy relief villains. But they have a lot of fun moments in the series that makes up for their incompetence.

Archie versions: Some sort of pseudo-intellectual animal rights versions because of Murphy's political agenda's.

IDW versions: Competent street punks but also still humorous

Nick versions: The most black version of Bebop ever saying things like, "Dawg," "Homie," "Oh Snap," along with Russian comie Rocksteady saying things like, "Da!" and "It's good, yes?"

Bay movie versions: They were pretty decent as well, probably the only good part of the new movie.
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Old 09-05-2016, 03:04 PM   #10
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All of them, Bebop and Rocksteady rule!
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Old 09-05-2016, 03:26 PM   #11
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Soft spot for the originals, naturally, but IDW's are my favorite.
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Old 09-05-2016, 08:00 PM   #12
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@ Powder- on this, we agree! As much as I love the originals, there is just so much awesome about the IDW version.
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Old 09-05-2016, 08:34 PM   #13
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The Fred Wolf and Out of the Shadows versions are pretty similar in there characterizations.

The Archie version they were animals before being mutants, and cared more about nature and running around in the nude.

I think the Nickeloeon version got them wrong, they are normally super loyal to the Shredder, but in this version, they were just a Thief and an Arms Dealer who got mixed up with the Shredder, and turned into mutants against there will and forced to work for him.

The IDW version, its like a combination of Fred Wolf and Out Of The Shadows, If they were 10x more violent and destructive, this version did some serious damage to the Turtles, when Donnie got mortally wounded.
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Still my favorite version, even if it is fan art.

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Old 09-05-2016, 08:59 PM   #15
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The IDW ones followed closely by the the 80's original during those first 5 episodes "say yer prayers toitles" and the Nick version. They're very different but I do like Steranko and Anton's style. They're kinda dumb, but in a different way from being outright stupid and incompetent.
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Old 09-05-2016, 09:39 PM   #16
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I think the Nickeloeon version got them wrong
They're not "wrong", you just don't care much for them (I assume). They're practically blank slate characters, plenty of room for interpretation.
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They're not "wrong", you just don't care much for them (I assume). They're practically blank slate characters, plenty of room for interpretation.
I think Bebop and Rocksteady are supposed to be super loyal and do whatever the Shredder tells them, and not 2nd guess him.

and that's the problem right there, the fact they are blank slate characters, which is why I give IDW and OOTS a high regard for there interpretations.
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I think Bebop and Rocksteady are supposed to be super loyal and do whatever the Shredder tells them, and not 2nd guess him.

and that's the problem right there, the fact they are blank slate characters, which is why I give IDW and OOTS a high regard for there interpretations.

Did other versions of Bebop and Rocksteady betray Shredder? Because the OT Bebop and Rocksteady betrayed Shredder several times. One when Shredder was turned into a fly, the other time, where Bebop and Rocksteady used the anxitron ray and made them afraid and one where Bebop was crowned King of Atlantis and enslaved Shredder, until Shredder threatened to burn everything in his room.
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Old 09-05-2016, 11:03 PM   #19
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True but the 80's Shredder kinda tricked them though he did promise them the strength to defeat the Turtles.

In the Nick show they were mutated as punishment for crossing him. Then threatened to work for him.... or else. They have reason to not want to work for the guy. In the 80's version they were already working for him before mutation.
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Guess no love for the Out of the Shadows Bebop & Rocksteady.
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