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Megan Hollingshead

**Megan Hollingshead** (born September 22, 1968 in New York, New York) is the American voice actress for "Sydney", the human counterpart of Quarry, Abigail Finn, and Moriah, who appeared in the episode The People's Choice, in the 2003 animated series. She is most famous for voicing Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny in the Pokémon anime until she moved to Los Angeles.

## Background

Best known for her anime dubbing work, Megan's most famous roles include Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny in the Pokémon anime series (Along with Cassidy from Team Rocket), and Mai Valentine (Mai Kujaku in the English manga and original Japanese versions) in Yu-Gi-Oh! (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters in the original Japanese). She also lent her voice to the Enix RPG Valkyrie Profile as the character Lenneth Valkyrie, and reprised that role for Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. Hollingshead is the only voice actress from the original game to return for both sequels. She can currently be heard as Hilda on Eureka Seven, Re-I Mayer from Ergo Proxy, Rangiku Matsumoto from Bleach, and Shizune on Naruto. Megan's theatre résumé is as extensive, if not more so, with roles in performances of The Duchess of Malfi, Baptizing Adam, Spacegrrrls, and Vinegar Tom, to name but a few.

Hollingshead studied acting at the William Esper Studio, and is a founding member of the Adirondack Theatre Festival. She serves as a yoga instructor in her spare time. Megan Hollingshead left 4Kids Entertainment during the start of Pokémon's seventh season.

She has also been credited under the names Karen Thompson and Kelli Kassidi.

## External Links

* Megan Hollingshead at Wikipedia
* Megan Hollingshead at the Internet Movie Database
Ia

**Ia** (as known **Fay Tian Chi**) is a warrioress from the dimension/world of Glibliax and an ally of the Ninja Turtles during the Triceraton invasion of Earth. This character was specially created for the 2003 animated series.

## History

### 2003 series

Ia originates from an unknown world named Glibliax. While nothing is known about this world, it appears to be highly advanced, since Ia is seen operating advanced technology (including Triceraton technology) with practiced ease.

Ia was one of the many hopeful warriors invited to enter the Battle Nexus Tournament and fight for the title of Battle Nexus Champion, the greatest warrior in the multiverse, at the same time that the Turtles first competed in the games as well. Though unseen during the preliminaries, she was witnessed defeating Krall in the first round and Dieskrad in the second. Ultimately, however, she lost to Michelangelo in the third round and was eliminated.

After participating she later together with her competitor Kluh joined Traximus' rebellion during the Triceraton's invasion and occupation of Earth to overthrow the tyranny of Zanramon. When the Triceraton fleet attacked the Earth in search of Professor Honeycutt, the Turtles were eventually compelled, to infiltrate the Triceraton homeworld themselves, to retrieve their trapped brother Donatello, La and Monza Ram supported the Turtles during their rescue operation and the subsequent escape from the homeworld.

Ia was last seen sparring against Dieskrad and Zat during a pre-fight exhibition at Michelangelo's grudge match with Kluh.

### Appearances

* The Big Brawl, Part 1
* The Big Brawl, Part 2
* The Big Brawl, Part 3
* The Big Brawl, Part 4
* Space Invaders, Part 3
* Grudge Match (cameo)

## Video Games

Ia appears in the game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus.

## Trivia and Notes

Although in the series called "Ia", on the 4Kids production blog, it is shown that she was originally given the name Fay Tian-Chi. However, the reason for this name change remains unknown.
Mob Boss

The **Mob Boss** (aka "**Big Boss**") is the leader of the New York Mafia in the 2003 animated series.

## 2003 Series

The Mob Boss is the leader of the New York Mafia and a very opportunistic individual who prefers acting from a position of strength. He only stepped into the spotlight when the Foot Clan, the most feared criminal organization in the city, threatened to lose its supremacy over the city after the Turtles defeated the Shredder. He then tried to seize dominion over the city in the resulting power vacuum among the gangs.

During his actions the mob boss, along with his deputy Weasel and his people, crossed paths several times with the Turtles, who were forced to act against his machinations. The situation only changed when Karai arrived from Japan in the name of her adoptive father and finally brought the leadership of the Foot Clan under control. The fate of the Mob Boss after the events of City at War remains unknown.

## Appearances

The Big Mob Boss first appeared in Season One of the 2003 TV Series in the episode called Lone Raph and Cub. He is the leader of the Mafia and a very good fighter. He took Raphael down pretty quickly until Tyler helped a blind Raphael defeat him in battle. After this he's not seen again until Season Two in the City at War episodes. He's seen working with Dr. Baxter Stockman and had him create several machines to help him take over the city. After that failed he's not seen anymore in the series. Its unknown what his real name is.

## Appearances

* Lone Raph and Cub
* City at War, Part 1
* City at War, Part 2
* City at War, Part 3
Mutant Shredder Clones

The **Mutant Shredder Clones** were a group of three entities that lived in Foot Clan Headquarters and are villains in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

## History

Though their exact origins are a mystery, it is obvious that they are hideously mutated ninja that wear armor similar to The Shredder. The Shredder Clones consist of a large, four-armed Shredder (known as Multi-Arm Shredder in toy form, and Shiva Shredder on 4Kids' website), one with large, monstrous crustacean-like claws (known as Claw Shredder in toy form, and Spike-Armed Shredder on 4Kids' website), and a diminutive Shredder with a single, long wrist blade on each arm (called Mini Shredder on 4Kids' website).

In the 2003 TV series they are introduced at the end of Episode 21, "Return to New York, Part 1", the Shredder Clones are seen in liquid-filled vats deep within Foot Headquarters. The Shredder Elite are released when an alarm goes off shortly after the Turtles and Splinter arrive. In the following episode, The Turtles and Splinter battle them. Their appearance has changed slightly to more closely resemble this universe's version of The Shredder, and the "Spike-Armed Shredder"'s claws are less crustacean-like in appearance. Spike-Armed Shredder was last seen coming out of a pile of rubble. Shiva and Mini Shredder were last seen on top of an elevator as it was falling. None of their fates are known.

The trio's origins in this series are more obscure; Donatello and Michelangelo refer to them as clones, this however could not be true, as The Shredder is later revealed to be the Utrom Ch'rell (the episode synopsis on ninjaturtles.com confirms they are not clones). Though the action figures and 4Kids blog refer to them as clones. There maybe a possibility that they were forged from the original human Oroku Saki that Ch'rell had somehow taken DNA samples from a long time ago and used them later on in the present to create the Shredder Clones.

## Action Figures

2003 saw the release of figures of both Claw Shredder and Multi-Arm Shredder, designed after the versions of the characters seen in the 2003 series. A Mini-Mutant version of Multi-Arm Shredder was released in 2008, packaged with Extreme Sports Raphael. This version's body and armor are different shades of gray and silver, and is referred to as just "Shredder" on the packaging.
Kon-Shisho

**Kon-Shisho** is a member of the Ninja Tribunal. He appeared in the 2003 animated series. He contains the power of the spirits and was the first to reveal his true form to the Turtles and their Acolyte friends.

He prominently appears during the fifth season of the 2003 series he also appeared in the Fast Forward episode *The Journal* and the season finale of Back to the Sewer with the rest of the Tribunal as a guest at the wedding of Casey Jones and April O'Neil.

## Personality

Like most other members of the Tribunal, Kon's belief in the greater good along with his immortality has resulted in him seeing mortal beings as merely pawns in a greater game. Because of this Master Splinter considers him heartless and no better than the Shredder or his heralds. Kon also shows considerable arrogance, never considering that his judgement could be wrong and this arrogance also causes him to underestimate the Shredder's powerful heralds. However he does show shock upon discovering that Leonardo's spirit avatar is a Dragon saying it is "inconceivable for one so young."

## Powers and Abilities

As one of the Masters of the Ninja Tribunal, Kon has the power of flight and chi manipulation. As the Ninjutsu Master of Spirit, he has the power of precognition and possesses control over wind. Like his fellow masters, Kon can transform himself into his avatar, the dragon. His weapons of choice are two katana that spin in a buzzsaw fashion similar to Banrai.
Pizza

**Pizza** is a type of flatbread that originated in the city of Naples, Italy. It has since become popular in many parts of the world, especially the United States. Pizza was made the Ninja Turtles' favorite food as Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird often ate it while working on the original comics.

## 2003 TV Series

Pizza occasionally appeared in the 2003 TV series. Though not as much as they are also seen eating things such a Chinese food.

Apparently, the Turtles liked pizza as kids (Attack of the Mousers and The Lesson).

* "Darkness on the Edge of Town" - Michelangelo ate pizza off-screen

* "The Way of Invisibility" - Casey Jones eats pizza.

* "Nano" - Leonardo was seen sleeping with a slice of pizza in his hand

* "The Shredder Strikes, Part 1" - Michelangelo talks about pizza.

* "The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 1" - You can see open pizza boxes when the turtles are sleeping.

* "Prodigal Son" - We see Angel delivering a pizza to April's antique shop as the Foot spy on them. Angel winks at April O'Neil and pretends to deliver a pizza - but inside the cardboard box is a note from Leonardo asking O'Neil if she's heard from the others. April loudly proclaims that the pizza order is wrong and then writes a note to the "boss" to complain. Angel takes the note and leaves. Angel drops the box into a phone booth and Leonardo recovers it from a rooftop by dropping his katana onto it and reeling it in on an attached rope. Leonardo reads April's note, which explains that Karai said she got them all.

Michelangelo talked about wanting pizza in Enter the Dragons, Part 2.

* "SuperQuest" - The Admin Wizard's player can be seen sleeping with a pizza box next to him.
Marlin

**Mr. Marlin** is a fanatical big game hunter and though this obsession tried to kill the Ninja Turtles and Leatherhead for sport.

## Personality

In his 2003 incarnation Marlin is shown to be a very stubborn and tenacious hunter, who never allows himself to be diverted from his prey. He is after only "exotic", challenging prey and cares not a whit about how his victims must feel or whether they are capable of feelings at all (eg Leatherhead).

Marlin also does not seem to be very sociable; except for his robot helper which he affectionately names "Amelia" and his hunting rifle "Betsy".

## Cartoon Series (2003)

In the 2003 animated series Marlin appears in the episode "Hunted". In this version he uses a helper robot named "Amelia", and his "Betsy" is a high-powered laser gun in this case. Marlin is presumably killed in the climax of this episode by the explosion from his damaged rifle; his real current status remains unknown.

## Trivia

* His obsession with trying to find the next big hunt, makes him similar to the Spider-Man villain "Kraven the Hunter". However unlike Kraven he has no problem useing guns.
* His robot Amelia is parody of R2-D2 from the Star Wars universe.

## See Also

* Simon Bonesteel
* The Finger
Mrs. O'Neil

Mrs. O'Neil **is the mother of April O'Neil in the TMNT franchise.**

## History

In the 2003 animated series Mrs. O'Neil can be seen in the family portrait, April has hanging in the antique shop. Otherwise neither O'Neil nor her husband appear in person in the series, and their current status (whether they are alive or dead) is not known.

### Appearances

* "April's Artifact"
* "Trouble with Augie"
Leonardo (Same As It Never Was)

When the "Ultimate Drako" attacks the lair, he sends each of the turtles to another world or an alternate universe (Splinter is sent to the Battle Nexus, and Casey is just left in the lair, wondering where everyone has gone).

We see where Donatello was sent in Same As It Never Was. He is sent to a dystopian version of his universe, 30 years in the future. In this universe, the Shredder rules the entire world with an iron fist (literally), and the Ninja Turtles have gone their separate ways.

Leonardo argues with Raphael saying they shouldn't have gone back for Splinter, as it would only have killed them too. By this point, Leo had lost all tolerance towards Raphael, and had left the team. Raphael did likewise. So Michelangelo was left on his own. At some point, Casey died, Raphael lost one eye, and Michelangelo lost his left arm. Leonardo is the only one of the dystopian turtles not to keep his mask, though that may be because he wears sunglasses.

Due to constantly wearing sunglasses, it was assumed by many that dystopian Leonardo was blind. However, TMNT4Kids (the 4Kids Entertainment-to-fans liaison) said that the script never mentioned him with any kind of vision impairment, only "scarred".

Eventually, after Donatello gets the turtles back together, a heavily scarred Leonardo fights with them in a last ditch attempt to kill the Shredder. In this universe, Leo fights with only one katana. He fought Karai, and beat her. However, just as he was to deliver the finishing blow, a Karai Bot distracted him, causing him to turn and destroy it, allowing Karai to wound him with her sword, killing him. Dystopian Raphael later crawls to the dead Leonardo, fatally wounded himself, calling Leo's name and trying to apologize for the years he spent hating Leonardo.
Justice Force

The **Justice Force** is a group of superheroes that fight for justice. It resembles DC Comics' Justice League and Marvel Comics' Avengers; in the 2003 animated series, the first Justice Force resembles the Justice Society.

## History

### The First Justice Force

The original Justice Force was made up of Stainless Steel Steve, Zippy Lad, Joey Lastic, Metal Head, Battling Bernice, and Dr. Dome. Battling Bernice loved both Dr. Dome and Stainless Steel Steve. When she was pregnant, she left the group for a year to have her daughter Ananda. Shortly after rejoining the group, Battling Bernice died in battle and the team was disbanded. Their adventures soon became comics books with Steve and Metal Head owning their own comic store in Northampton.

Many years later, Domeoids started attacking members of the former Justice Force. Steve assumed that Dr. Dome was behind it. With the help of the Turtles and Casey Jones, he was able to track them to discover that Ananda was behind it. She blamed the Justice Force for the death of her mother. They were able to stop her and bring her to the side of good. Except for Metal Head, the old members returned to retirement. The Turtle Titan became an honorary member of the team, making Issue 337.

## Members

### Active

* Silver Sentry
* Metal Head
* Ananda
* Chrysalis
* Tsunami
* Nobody
* Raptarr
* Nano
* Turtle Titan
* Green Mantle

### Retired

* Stainless Steel Steve
* Joey Lastic
* Zippy Lad
* Metal Head (Rejoined)
* Dr. Dome
* Battling Bernice (Deceased)

### Membership Applicants

The following were being interviewed and criticized by Zippy Lad in "Membership Drive". Whether they ever earned membership or at least a training course in the Justice Force following the attack by Nano remains unknown.

* Bowmaster
* Moleculo
* Gauntlet
Nobody

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**Nobody** was a superhero that later joined the Justice Force. His primary vocation was that of a police officer, but at night, he went after an arms dealer named Ruffington outside of the boundaries of the laws he'd have to follow as an officer.

## History

Nobody debuted in the episode Nobody's Fool. Michelangelo and Leonardo ran into him, and decided to help him take down Ruffington.

The reason why Nobody was after Ruffington was because he got Nobody fired from his job as a Police detective. Nobody was once a New York City police officer, who was on the verge of exposing Ruffington as an arms dealer to the black market. Ruffington issued a complained that he was harassing him. This results in the Police Commissioner reassigning him to archive duty. Angered at the loss of his life, reputation, and honor, the police officer became Nobody and strove to expose Ruffington.

In the aftermath of the Triceraton invasion, Nobody was on to Ruffington. While chasing one of Ruffington's trucks, he saved Leonardo and Michelangelo from being run over. Subsequently, they worked together to investigate Ruffington, who was in league with the "Purple Dragons" and Hun (and thus indirectly the Shredder), by modifying Triceraton cannons and dealing them to the Foot Clan. Nobody fought Ruffington and managed to get him handcuffed, just as the police arrived. Once he succeeded, Ruffington asked who we was and he said "somebody".

With the help of the Turtles in "Still Nobody", Nobody broke up the street gang "The Turks" led by Jencko.

## Trivia

* Nobody is a parody of the DC Comics superhero Batman.
Ninjutsu

**Ninjutsu** (忍術), lit. "the art of endurance", is an overarching system of martial arts and tactics used by ninja. It is the ancient art of warriors and sometimes even heroes.

## History

Spying in Japan dates as far back as Prince Shōtoku, although the origins of the Ninja era date much earlier. Ninjutsu was developed by various groups of people mainly from the Iga and Koka regions of Japan. Throughout history the *shinobi* have been seen as assassins, scouts and spies. They are mainly noted for their use of stealth and deception. Throughout history many different schools Katana have taught their unique versions of ninjutsu. An example of these is the Togakure-ryū. .  This ryū was developed after a defeated samurai warrior called Daisuke Togakure escaped to the region of Iga. Later he came in contact with the warrior-monk Kain Doshi who taught him a new way of viewing life and the means of survival (ninjutsu).

Ninjutsu was developed as a collection of fundamental survivalist techniques in the warring state of feudal Japan. The ninja used their art to ensure their survival in a time of violent political turmoil. Ninjutsu included methods of gathering information, and techniques of non-detection, avoidance, and misdirection. Ninjutsu can also involve training in free running, disguise, escape, concealment, archery, medicine, and so on.

Skills relating to espionage and assassination were highly useful to warring factions in feudal Japan. These persons were literally called "non-humans" (非人, *hinin*?). At some point the skills of espionage became known collectively as ninjutsu, and the people who specialized in these tasks were called *shinobi no mono*.

## 18 Disciplines/Skills

* *Seishinteki kyōyō* – spiritual refinement
* *Taijutsu* – unarmed combat
* *Kenjutsu* – Swords sword techniques
* *Bōjutsu* – stick and staff   techniques
* *Sōjutsu* – spear techniques
* *Naginatajutsu* – *naginata* techniques
* *Kusarigamajutsu* – *kusarigama* techniques
* *Shurikenjutsu* – throwing weapons techniques
* *Kayakujutsu* – pyrotechnics
* *Hensōjutsu* – disguise and impersonation
* Shinobi-iri   – stealth and entering methods
* *Bajutsu* – horsemanship
* *Sui-ren* – water training
* *Bōryaku* – tactics
* *Chōhō* – espionage
* *Intonjutsu* – escaping and concealment
* *Tenmon* – meteorology
* *Chi-mon* – geography

## Trivia

* The six pillars of ninjistu are: spirit, weapons, wisdom, strength, power, and stealth.
* Sun Tzu praised the importance of spies and ninjas in his work "The Art of War".
* Ninjutsu is often rendered as **ninjitsu** within TMNT media, due to an outdated romanization of the word from its original Japanese language.

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Roland Gonzalez

**Roland Gonzalez** is a Brooklyn born writer known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (2011), and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (2014). He is a happily married father to 0 children. His interests include comedy, parapsychology, and volunteering. He is an only child. Those who know him best choose to describe him using highly colorful language and vintage Hanna-Barbera sound effects.
Humans Against The Extraterrestrials

*For the episode "H.A.T.E." see H.A.T.E. (2003 episode).*

**H.A.T.E. (Humans Against The Extraterrestrials)** is a terrorist organization that works to rid the world of Aliens. H.A.T.E. has appeared in the 2003 TV series episode "*H.A.T.E.*"

## History

H.A.T.E. was founded in the wake of the Triceraton and Federation  invasion of Earth. The organization, which was established in the woods near the Jones Farm in Northampton, was composed of paranoid or xenophobic militants, under the leadership of their ruthless and relentless leader Skonk.

The group was quite unpopular with the authorities, because of it's illegal hoarding and ruthless use of military weapons - miniguns, rocket launchers and light machine guns. Added to this was also H.A.T.E.S. rigorous pursuit of its objectives: To eliminate the "alien threat", its members were not even afraid, using a homemade nuclear explosive deviceto wipe out an entire city (because of multiple sightings of the Turtles in New York City, the H.A.T.E. leader sees the city as "alien central" and decides to do something about it: by blowing up a thermonuclear bomb in the middle of New York City). H.A.T.E. had no consideration of mercy and knew neither if they were enemy nor friend or innocent; Dropouts or doubters were persecuted and executed with immediate effect by the other members.

When the Turtles by accident found out the insane plans of H.A.T.E., Donatello and Raphael, rigged one of thier ATVs up with explosives letting a good part of their arsenal go up in smoke, and made the nuclear explosive device planned for New York and Skonk ​​harmless and left them for authorities. The current status of H.A.T.E. is unknown

## Members

* Skonk
* Michael Murphy
* Pewk
* Chet
* Bubba
* Spuds

## Trivia

* H.A.T.E. and their mission are based on the organization C.R.A.P. (Committee to Rebuild American Patriotism) from Mirage Studios TMNT Volume 1, Issue 12: Survivalists. The latter follows a twisted form of patriotism and anti-communist viewpoints.
Metal Klawz

**Metal Klawz** is a name commonly given to a mole mutant conjured up by the demonically possessed April in the episode "The Engagement Ring".

The name Metal Klawz comes from an unreleased action figure that was depicted on the back of action figure packages for Playmates Toys's "Sub-Sewer" line. As detailed on Steve Murphy's now-defunct blog, the character's name was initially "Metalliclaw".

## References

1. ↑ The 5th Turtle. Retrieved on May 15, 2008.
Kusarigama

The **kusarigama** is the weapon. It has a blade on the end unlike the old nunchucks. Instead of having an​other blade at the back like the nunchucks it has a handle as well as the handle attached to the blade itself. The nunchucks are one of the weapons to get an upgrade (the other being the bo staff)

Karai uses one in the 2003 TV series episode Scion of the Shredder.

In the 2003 TV series episode "Samurai Tourist" Kojima uses one.

One of the Amazonian Blade Bots uses one in the 2003 TV series episode New Blood, and the video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare.
Carter Cathcart

**James Carter Cathcart**, often credited as just **Carter Cathcart** or **Jimmy Zoppi**, is an American voice actor. His best known work is in the Pokémon anime, where he plays multiple roles, including Gary Oak, as well as taking over the roles of Professor Oak, James, and Meowth following the anime's production company change.

Cathcart voiced Sleeg in both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) and TMNT: Mutant Melee, as well as Raz Charkov.
Reservoir Station

The **Reservoir Station** was an old abandoned water pumping station in New York's Central park. It served as the Turtle's third lair in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series.

## History

When The Turtle's second lair was destroyed by Karai and the Foot Clan in an act to avenge the Utrom Shredder's exile. Leonardo was currently at Japan with the Ancient One and his brothers Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael along with Master Splinter were almost killed while trying to escape from the Foot.

When Leonardo returned and found Master Splinter and Donatello he had to find them a new home and soon came across the Reservoir pumping station and made it their new lair. After finding Raphael and Michelangelo the Turtles and Master Splinter try to settle into their new home.

Trying to settle in proved to be hard for the Turtles, especially for Donatello who had lost all his computer equipment, research, notes and the work he and April O'Neil completed. Eventually the Turtles and Master Splinter have their new lair properly equipped with everything they need from computers to t

   elevision.

In the episode Future Shellshock! the Turtles and Master Splinter are accidentally sent into the future in the year 2105 by Cody Jones who is the great grandson of April O'Neil and Casey Jones. When the Turtles eventually do return, Donatello with his knowledge of technology in the future upgrades his current equipment to become more advanced.
Paz

**Paz** is an alien gladiator who fought in the Tri-Sports Arena “games”.

In the 2003 TV series episode *Turtles in Space, Part 4: The Arena* with Traximus, Fists, Monkey Face, and the Twins, Paz was ordered by Gruell to fight the turtles in the slave pen but was ultimately defeated by Raphael. Later in the arena, he was ordered by Zanramon to fight the turtles to the death, but refused.

Paz also appears as an enemy in the game *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus*.
Mr. O'Neil

Template:Infobox character**Mr. O'Neil** is the father of April O'Neil in the TMNT franchise.

## History

In the 2003 animated series Mr. O'Neil can be seen in the family portrait, April has hanging in the antique shop. Otherwise, neither O'Neil nor his wife appear in person in the show, and their current status (whether they are alive or deceased) is not known.

## Appearances

* "April's Artifact"
* "Trouble with Augie"
Karate Schooled

**Episodes:**
1. Tempus Fugit
2. **Karate Schooled**
3. Something Wicked
4. The Engagement Ring
5. Hacking Stockman
6. Incredible Shrinking Serling
7. Identity Crisis
8. Web Wranglers
9. SuperQuest
10. Virtual Reality Check
11. City Under Siege
12. Super Power Struggle
13. Wedding Bells and Bytes
14. Mayhem From Mutant Island

Season 1 – Season 2 – Season 3 – Season 4 – Ninja Tribunal – Fast Forward - ***Back to the Sewer***

**"Karate Schooled"** is the 145th episode of the animated series *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2003), and the second episode of TMNT: Back to the Sewer, which originally aired on September 20, 2008.

## Information

### Major Characters

* Donatello (Sam Regal)
* Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
* Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
* Raphael (Frank Frankson)
* Casey Jones (Marc Thompson)

### Secondary Characters

* Serling (Marc Thompson)
* April O'Neil (Veronica Taylor)
* Cyber Shredder (Scottie Ray)
* Master Khan (Sean Schemmel)
* Master Splinter (Darren Dunstan)
* Viral (Image only)

### Main Locations

* Turtle Lair
* Khan's Dojo

## Episode

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### *Voice-over introduction*

There's no voice-over production. Open in the New York City, where the teen has been chased around by an unknown shadow. The youth begs him for mercy, only to be knocked out cold.

### *Plot Synopsis*

In the lair, Turtles and Serling are trying to figure out what's happening to Splinter now. While they're having fun for returning to the lair, they've been attacked by a man! We learn that the man is actually Casey Jones! He and April arrive and are overjoyed of seeing their friends, and meet Serling. They also find out The Turtles were in the future by a year (this also explains why the turtles have a pupil in their eyes) and Splinter is gone.

Casey knows the karate and goes to karate school. Casey goes to another lessons, which April asks the turtles to look after him, because she is suspicious about karate school.

The turtles (except Donnie) go to the karate school, and realize it's normal karate school. They also found out that that Casey's teacher is Khan. We learn that Khan is the same man who was seen in the future in the last episode. Khan hypnotizes his students (including Casey) to destroy the turtles. After defeating the students, turtles defeat Khan and save Casey and the others, even destroying the dojo.

After returning to the lair, everybody find out what happened to Splinter now.

Back in the dojo, Khan comes out from the rubble and survives. By the time he recovers, he is shocked to learn that his master's here....Cyber Shredder!

## Trivia

* April stated that the turtles were gone for a whole year, meaning that it is possible that everyone is a year older now, making the Turtles nineteen years of age and the events of the previous episode before the turtles and Serling went home was set in 2106. They turn twenty during the BTTS season.

## External Links

* "Karate Schooled" at The Official TMNT Web Site
Ruffington

## History

Ruffington in the 2003 animated series developed as a character. He first appeared in the episode adaptation of the comic. Ruffington in this incarnation was pursued by a detective of the New York City Police Department, because he had been involved in illegal arms deals. Before the detective could secure tangible evidence, Ruffington used his influence to have his adversary reassigned to the archives, and have his reputation destroyed. This bittered the detective so much that he turned to vigilantism and as the masked crime fighter Nobody continued to hunt Ruffington.

Ruffington then one night made a deal to sell modified Triceraton cannons to Hun (and thus indirectly the Shredder) but had a run in with Nobody. With the help of Leonardo and Michelangelo, Nobody caught him and got him shipped off to prison.

Ruffington was put into jail but somehow managed to get out and in "Dragons Rising" he informs Hun that Neo-Tech will be delivering a new shipment of goods that night and demands his standard cut. He makes weapons which makes him dangerous!

### The Lost Episodes

He appeared in The Lost Episodes, as the Tengu Shredder began to annex New York City, helping the Purple Dragons. He participated in the battle against the hordes of the Tengu Shredder. He was last seen running away screaming from two Kappa Tengu. His current whereabouts are unknown.

## Appearances

* Nobody's Fool (2003 episode)
* Dragons Rising
* Enter the Dragons, Part 1
* Enter the Dragons, Part 2
Metal Head

**Metal Head** is a super-hero capable of manipulating his fluid "metal" hair, a member of the Justice Force and friend of the Turtles.

## History

### 2003 Series

Metalheads nature as a synthetic being in the 2003 TV series is not discussed, but the rest of his origin story is broadly in line with the original Mirage comics. In the 2003 TV series, he was a member of the original Justice Force and remains a member of the current Justice Force along with the 2003 incarnation of Ananda under the leadership of the Silver Sentry, making him the only member to serve in both incarnations of the team. Neither incarnation seems to have aged in the intervening decades; in the case of the first incarnation, it was stated that this was due to his artificial nature.

#### The Lost Episodes

Metal Head was part of the final attack on the Tengu Shredder.

#### Fast Forward

Metal Head appears in the episode *The Journal*.

#### Back to the Sewer

Metal Head has been confirmed to be in TMNT: Back to the Sewer. He shows up in the episodes Super Power Struggle and Wedding Bells and Bytes.

#### Appearances

* "The Unconvincing Turtle Titan
* "The Christmas Aliens"
* "Space Invaders, Part 2"
* "Touch and Go"(Cameo)
* "Membership Drive"
* "Enter the Dragons, Part 1" and Part 2
* "The Journal"(Cameo)
* "Clash of the Turtle Titans"(Cameo)
* "Super Power Struggle"
* "Wedding Bells and Bytes"

## References

1. ↑ http://www.4kids.tv/show/tmnt/blog | 4Kids' TMNT blog Week 33
Jencko

**Jencko** is the African-American leader of the Turks who is a heartless gangster. He first appeared in TMNT 2003 season 4 episode 11, "Still Nobody", where he was beating a former member with a pipe until he spotted an old man and prepares to chase him. Luckily, a police car is in the area and the thug disappears into the shadows. An ambulance arrives and takes the seriously injured youth to the hospital — fortunately the old man interrupted in time to save the kid's life. As the elderly gentleman gives his statement to the police, Jencko is seen listening in from a hiding spot.

X-Ray, Nobody's informant is making his way along the sidewalks of the city when a car full of gigantic Turks members pull up next to him in a car. The thugs tell X-Ray that Jencko wants to talk to him. At the abandoned club that the Turks use as their headquarters, Jencko was threatening X-Ray for the gang leader knows that it's X-Ray that's been feeding info to Nobody — and thus X-Ray is in big trouble. Before Jencko can beat X-Ray with his pipe Leo drives the Battle Shell through the front doors and into the club, with Raph zooming in on his bike. The heroes attack the gangsters as they open fire with their laser weapons. Jencko takes X-Ray hostage. Leo and Raph defeat various thugs while Nobody tracks Jencko. The costumed hero manages to use his grappling apparatus to pull X-Ray to safety.

With his ally out of danger, Nobody focuses his efforts on stopping Jencko and knocks the hoodlum to the ground with a solid punch to the ribs. The other Turks mill around, but they don't seem to want to fight. They're afraid of Jencko and don't know what to do. Nobody tells them that they can walk away from this life of violence and have a shot at a better life (rather than doing time in jail or worse). This speech works and the gang members drop their Turks jackets, but Jencko suddenly pulls out a grenade launcher and starts firing. Raph and Leo get the other kids out as Jencko fires grenades in all directions. Nobody knocks him out, but the place is about to go up in flames from the explosions. Nobody grabs Jencko and bails just in time. The fire department and police department arrive. The flames are doused and Jencko is arrested.

Later at the end of the episode it was discovered that Hun has been the one selling the weapons to Jencko but was now scratched off of his list of possible recruits and they can salvage the weapons they have been providing to him.
Mephos

**Mephos** is an Avian who desires to conquer the surface world.

## History

When the Avians freed themselves from Y'Lyntian rule, they lived peacefully in the sky. But many believed that they should rule over the surface world, not hide from it. Mephos was the main instigator of the ideals and led a rebellion to control the city. He ultimately lost and was banished to the surface world, stripped of his wings. His former friend, Raptarr, kept an eye on him to make sure he didn't do any harm and prevent him from returning to the city.

Mephos eventually managed to build himself metallic wings that enable him to cause pain to his enemies and form a diamond drill. He fights against Raptarr and steals his crystal diadem, which would enable him to locate the city. There, he met up with his followers who had managed to secure the Council chamber. He intended to use the remnant crystal sun fragments as a weapon to destroy anything on the surface. He test tried on a mountain and was about to target Seattle when Raptarr and the Turtles, equipped with flight tech packs, stopped him. They tricked him into catching the control crystal too close to the main core, electrocuting him. Once again, he was defeated, stripped of his wings again and then imprisoned in jail.
Mrs. Jones

**Mrs. Jones** is the mother of Casey Jones, aunt of Sid Jones, and the later mother-in-law of April O'Neil.

## History

The mother of Casey appears in the episode H.A.T.E. in season 3 of the 2003 TV series as well as the Back To The Sewer episode Wedding Bells and Bytes.The woman is a stubborn and angry lady who seems to dislike April.

Casey's mother in the 2003 cartoon series appears to be a much more resolute and brisker person than in the Mirage comics. After the death of her husband by the Purple Dragons she was very careful not to let her son fall into the wrong hands. When April first met her, she made her son's 'fiancee' undergo a series of rigorous tests, through clenched teeth April passed them with the help of Leonardo and Splinter. Casey's mom was pleased that April passed all her test and told her she could now call her "Mom".

But on this occasion Mrs. Jones discovered the two secret helpers and asked Casey to tell her the story about them someday, later she told her wayward nephew Sid of the Turtles and Splinter, when Casey's and April's wedding was imminent - on the condition he not tell a soul about Casey's special friends or she'll "bust his kneecaps".
Hovershell

The **Hovershell** is the Turtles' main vehicle in the Fast Forward season.

## History

Wanting to visit O'Neil Tech for parts to the time window, Cody showed them to the hanger where he kept the Hovershell and they set off. However, the Inuwashi Gunjin sabotaged the Hovershell, forcing Cody to detach from the shell and activate its tread form in midair. They continued on and recovered the shell after these events (Obsolete).

## Trivia

* As seen in The Freaks Come Out at Night, it holds a mini-fridge near the rear seat behind the passenger's seat.

## See Also

* Battle Shell
* New Battle Shell
Noriyuki

**Lord Noriyuki** is a young panda who is the head of the Geishu Clan in feudal Japan in the world of *Usagi Yojimbo*. He appeared in "The Treaty" (in the Mirage comics) and "The Real World, Part 1" (in the 2003 series).

## 2003 series

Lord Noriyuki was targeted for assassination by Lord Hebi. With half of his clan gone, he sought help from the Shogun. He tried to defeat Hebi with Tomoe Ame, Miyamoto Usagi, and Gennosuke.

## External Links

* Lord Noriyuki's profile at the Usagi Yojimbo DojoWiki
Nightmares Recycled

**"Nightmares Recycled"** is the sixth episode of the "Lost Season" of the animated series *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*

This episode was never completed. The script was finished and some animation had begun when 4Kids pulled the plug because it was deemed too controversial and violent for a children's program (apparently Hun and the Garbageman were conjoined twins that were surgically separated at birth by a back-alley surgeon with the Garbageman being discarded as 'garbage'). Apparently, that was just too much for Fox to allow. Since there was no chance of it airing, it was shelved in the early stages of production. It was criticized for being too dark by Peter Laird on his blog, as said that Garbageman was apparently going to die by falling in a vat of acid.

## Information

### Major Characters

* Donatello (Sam Regal)
* Leonardo (Michael Sinterniklaas)
* Michelangelo (Wayne Grayson)
* Raphael (John Campbell)
* Splinter (Darren Dunstan)
* Ancient One (David Chen)
* Ninja Tribunal/5 Dragons
	+ Kon-Shisho (David Zen Mansley)
	+ Juto-Shisho (Marc Thompson)
	+ Chikara-Shisho (Lenore Zann)
	+ Hisomi-Shisho
* Oroku Saki/Tengu Shredder (Scottie Ray)
* Shredder Tengu (Marc Thompson)
* Foot Mystics
	+ Metal Mystic (Sean Schemmel)
	+ Earth Mystic (Sean Schemmel)
	+ Fire Mystic (Sean Schemmel)
	+ Wind Mystic (Brian Maillard)
	+ Water Mystic (Brian Maillard)

## Episode

### *Plot Synopsis*

Raphael, Donatello, Casey Jones, and April O'Neil’s evening salvage operation lands them a one-way ticket to Recycle World – the Garbageman’s deadly realm of refuse! As if fighting for their lives in a world of lethal compactors and shredders wasn’t bad enough, they’ve got to do it all with Hun – who’s not thrilled to reveal that he and Garbageman have something in common – DNA!

## Quotes

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**HUN-**
After I take care of my brother, I am so going to take care of you guys.

**HUN**
Goodbye … brother

## Trivia

* Although the episode was not completed, the script was kept and small bits of it were criticized by one of TMNT's creators, Peter Laird, and released on his blog.

## External links

* Nightmares Recycled (dead link)
* Blast from the Past #299: More notes from the development of the 2K3 TMNT series (Story notes on this episode from Peter Laird's Blog) (dead link)
Large Foot Ninja

The **large Foot Ninja** is much stronger than the standard Foot Ninja and has his arms and neck uncovered. In The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 2, he almost shredded Michelangelo with his sword after tossing the turtle on the floor quite violently. Luckily Splinter arrived just in time. He had to use some force to knock the large ninja out, which proves he is quite strong. He got up and tried to sneak up on Splinter, however he wasn't fooled and used his senses to punch the ninja without looking at him.
Professor

The **Professor** is a friend of the Turtles. His first appearance was in the 2003 TV series episode *Garbageman*. He is a homeless elderly man who lives in a shantytown, and due to his moniker, may have once been a college or university teacher, or may simply just be well-learned. The Turtles give the Professor useful clothing and in return the Professor gives the friendly mutants things like old computer parts and comic books. During these exchanges, the Turtles noticed that there seemed to be a few less homeless folks around those days. The Professor tells them that people have been disappearing and the rumor is that somebody named the Garbageman is responsible. The TMNT think he is joking, but Donatello tells him to keep them posted on any further disappearances and then they ride off in the Battle Shell. However, the Professor won’t get any chances to pass any information to his turtle friends, because later that night a garbage truck invaded the shantytown and grabs the remaining homeless there, including the Professor! The Professor was captured by the Garbageman and is taken to be a slave on his Island Landfill. Fortunately, he and the other homeless people are freed by the Turtles soon afterwards.

After the Garbageman was defeated the Professor and other homeless people voted to stay on the island. In the episode "Worlds Collide, Part 1" Don meets the Professor, who has been keeping the Shredder’s helicopter hidden for the Turtles. He would later attend the wedding of April O'Neil and Casey Jones in Back to the Sewer where he played the piano.

## Notes & Trivia

* In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Way of the Ninja trading card game, Professor is erroneously called Professor Honeycutt. This is fixed in the third release of cards.

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Pete Capella

**Pete Capella** (born June 3, 1977; 46 years old) is an American voice actor for the 2003 series. He is best known for his voice role as Silver the Hedgehog in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series.

## Biography

A Middletown Township, New Jersey, Capella has been acting his whole life.[2] He graduated college with a BA in Theater and Communications. At age 16, he became a performer in Improvision Jam Comedy Labs. He is co-owner and artistic director of the troupe, performing every weekend in Eatontown, New Jersey.

Capella has been featured in an array of commercials (for cough medicine and toys such as Dance N Sing Pablo from the Backyardigans). As of today, Capella will be pursuing acting full-time. He also teaches acting and improvisation, as he previously resided in New York City. He has moved to California, since there were business venues offered to him by an agent of a voiceover agency, who they thought he would make a great narrator for some commercials and for upcoming anime series. Furthermore, he has a cat named Dylan (named for Bob).

## Voices

* News Anchor Dwight ("Secret Origins, Part 1")

## External Links

* Pete Capella at Wikipedia
* Pete Capella at the Internet Movie Database
J. Finn

**J. Finn** also known as **T9581**, was a naval officer turned into a Mutant. He was a former friend of John Bishop.

## Biography

It is shown that Bishop was at his wedding, and that he had a son. After he was turned into a monster, the Purple Dragons steal weapons from Bishop, including T9581. At the Purple Dragons' lair, T9581 attacks Hun, and then Leonardo and Casey Jones. He then tries to retrieve the woman he married, but Bishop and his men find him and attempt to get him under control. An explosion occurred during the struggle, presumably killing the monster. T9581 is then seen swimming in the sea, and remembering his wedding.
New York City

**New York City** is a city in New York on the planet Earth, where many things take place in the *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* Universe. Every incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles takes place here.

## Non-Fictional Locations

* Manhattan
* Brooklyn
* World Trade Center
* Sewers

### 2003 TV series

* Turtle Lair
* Reservoir Station
* The Home Of Leatherhead
* O'Neil Tech Building
Inuwashi Gunjin

The **Inuwashi Gunjin** (Japanese for Golden Eagle Soldiers) are a group of four winged warriors in *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward*. They are involuntary antagonists of the Ninja Turtles from the year 2105. They were specifically designed for the 2003 animated series.

## Members

* **Leader**
* **Hothead**
* **Sage**
* **Joker**

## Description

The four Inuwashi Gunjin in the series are the last of their people, a culture of winged warriors who held honor and pride very highly similarly to the Japanese samurai.

Under some circumstances these four Gunjin were enslaved by Darius Dun, who laid them in shackles and kept them in freezer capsules until they were needed, and used as assassins. Despite this humiliation the Gunjin kept their free will and their sense of honor. As the Turtles in one of their missions protected Cody against the Gunjin even at the risk of their own lives, the Gunjin finally rebelled against Dun and helped the Turtles to bring Cody to safety. When their bands were destroyed, they finally gained their freedom. The Gunjin take charge of the program and ensure the Turtles that they will make sure everyone is taken back to their homeworld. The TMNT are worried that the task is too daunting, but the Inuwashi explain that Aramzedo will help them in return for his own freedom.

## Appearances

* "Obsolete"
* "Fly Me to the Moon"
* "The Cosmic Completist"

## Behind the Scenes

The kanji that makes up Inuwashi (犬鷲) literally mean "Dog" and "Eagle", respectively. Inuwashi refers to the Golden Eagle. Gunjin's kanji (軍人) comes from "Army" and "Person", taken together, meaning soldier.

According to Playmates Toys' website back when Fast Forward was first introduced, each of the Gunjin had names. These names seemed to be one-to-one counterparts with each of the Ninja Turtles: Leader, Hothead, Sage, and Joker. Though other than Leader it was not revealed which Gunjin had which name. An action figure of the "Leader" Gunjin (simply named by the group's title) was to be released, and was even advertised on the back of the cards of other Fast Forward figures. However, he was never released.
Leader was voiced by Brian Maillard while Joker, Hothead, and Sage were voiced by Sean Schemmel and Marc Thompson.