Claiden's Minions

This article is about the minions of Claiden, you must be looking for the Goon Squad.
Claiden's minions, also known as The Goon Minions or The Big Bad Minions, are one of the three main antagonistic factions, alongside The Goon Squad and The Villain Empire, of the Kaiden and Friends franchise. They are henchmen of Claiden Goon that serve as a villain army and the archenemies and evil counterparts of The Toons.
== Appearance ==
They consist of a variety of colors: Red, Blue, Indigo, Green, Purple, Turquoise, Crimson, and Cyan and come in different sizes such as tall and short.
=== Tall and Short Goons ===
The tall male goons have black and brown hair, while the short goons don't.
=== Female Goons ===
The female goons, Pûrpura and Turquesa, are purple and turquoise. Púrpura is an orchid color with long black hair, a blue and dark blue shoes, and dark gray pants. As for Turquesa, she is turquoise with brown hair with pigtails, a dark blue shirt, light blue pants, and black shoes.
=== Pirate Goons ===
Salamander, Freebie, and Welt, however, resemble an axolotl, penguin, and kobold, except Spunk who has gray straps around his shirt. They are the evil counterparts of the Sooga Pirates, Captain, Bogo, Punch, and Monk. In other words, Welt has a pet parrot named Tweety Parakeet, not to be confused with Tweety Bird, who often stands alone and occasionally sits on his owner's head.
=== Goon Monsters ===
Lastly, the Goon Monsters, Cian and Carmesí, are slightly large in size, with Cian being Cyan colored, having one eye, and having three horns on his head, and Carmesí being a crimson colored devil-like creature with two horns.
Their vocal sound effects are provided by Rob Paulsen, Kevin Michael Richardson, Terry McGurrin, and Frank Welker, while they are voiced by Frank Welker, Kirk Thornton, and Dane Boedigheimer, including Rob Paulsen and Kevin Michael Richardson.
== Voice Actors ==
Commander Salamander is voice by Frank Welker, Lieutenant Freebie the Penguin is voiced by Rob Paulsen alongside the tall and short goons who are also voiced by Dane Boedigheimer, Welt the Kobold is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, Spunk is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker (with his scream being similar to Kilowatt from Space Chimps), and the Goon Monsters are voiced by Kirk Thornton. For the female goons, their voices are Stephanie Sheh and Ashleigh Ball, while their voice and vocal sound effects are provided by Tabitha St. Germain and Karen Strassman.
== Claiden's Pirates ==
Claiden's Pirates, also known as Big Bad Pirates, The Goon Pirates, and The Pirate Goons, are part of Claiden's minions and the main antagonistic quartet of Kaiden and Friends. As tertiary antagonists, they are the main henchmen of Claiden.
Claiden's Goon Pirate Crew consists of four goons, five if you count the bird.
=== Salamander the Axolotl ===
Salamander is the leader of Claiden's pirate group. He is considered to be the most cunning compared to the pirate group. Although his crew occasionally gets on his master's nerves, he does apparently value them. He's also revealed to have a look for treasure, like in Hader and Gabriel's Mistake, he and his crew, along with the Butcher Gang and Eagan, including Pûrpura and Turquesa, steal a bag of money from Kaiden, only to be stopped by the police and heroes. Salamander has black hair with black fins and an eyepatch over his left eye.
=== Freebie the Penguin ===
Freebie is something between second-in-command or an occasional dumb lackey of the crew. He often has a bad memory. Whenever he gets scared, shocked or surprised, his eyes change to black ring-shaped pupils. Freebie has a gray bandana on his head and a black pirate shirt.
=== Welt the Kobold ===
Welt is the brawn of the group, using mallets when he fights against the heroes. He's shown to have a mustache and has a pet parrot named Tweety Parakeet that occasionally resides on his head, like Ching, Punch, and Jing's.
=== Spunk ===
Spunk is the fourth and the occasional absent one from the group. He's an occasional scaredy cat and easily scared. Spunk has blonde hair and wears a hat like Monk.
=== Tartarus's Minions ===
In the webisode special, Tartarus's Vengeance, the three pirates, Commander Salamander the Axolotl, Lieutenant Freebie the Penguin, and Welt the Kobold, are the tertiary antagonists. They originally worked with Tartarus and Count Valafar, but after his death and their unknown fate, they started to work with Claiden and the Villain Empire.
== Claiden's Minions' Names ==
=== Short Goon Minions ===
* Rojo
* Azul
* Indigo
* Verde
=== Tall Goon Minions ===
* Rouge
* Bleu
* Indogo
* Vert
=== Goon Monsters ===
* Cian
* Carmesí
=== Female Goons (henchwomen) ===
* Turquesa
* Púrpura
=== Pirate Minions (main henchmen) ===
* Salamander the Axolotl
* Freebie the Penguin
* Welt the Kobold
* Spunk
== Gallery ==
File:Short Goons.jpg|Short Goon Minions and a cyan one-eyed goon monster.
File:Tall Goons.jpg|Tall Goon Minions with black and brown hair.
File:Female Goons and a brick red devil-like goon.jpg|2 female goon minions (one turquoise and one orchid colored) and a crimson colored devil-like monster.
File:PIXECT-20240813205320.jpg|Salamander the Axolotl, Freebie the Penguin, and Welt the Kobold
File:PIXECT-20240817191146.jpg|Spunk
File:PIXECT-20240824135411.jpg|Tweety Parakeet (Welt's pet parrot)
== Trivia ==
* There is not just one villain, but the entire species of the same type.
* Their personalities and behaviors are similar to the Koopas and Goombas the Super Mario Bros franchise and minions from the Despicable Me franchise.
* Claiden's pirate minions, Salamander, Freebie, and Welt, resemble the Sooga Pirates, Captain, Bogo, Punch, and Monk.
** Salamander the Axolotl resembles Captain.
** Freebie the Penguin resembles Bogo.
** Welt the Kobold resembles Punch.
** Spunk resembles Monk.
* The fourth member of Claiden's pirate group, Spunk, is absent from three webisodes.
** The first being Tartarus's Vengeance.
** The second being The Mutant Toons.
** And the third and last being Finding Bon.
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