Krang

The **Krang** are a squid-like alien race, who brought the Empyrean to Earth and mutated the yōkai of what is now the Hidden City. They were also responsible for giving Oroku Saki his armor, the Kuroi Yōroi. The skeletal remains of one of them rests inside the Crying Titan in the Hidden City. The Krang also once operated a techno-organic spaceship known as the Technodrome before it was destroyed in their second attempt at conquering Earth. They are the main antagonists of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie.

## Appearance

They are pink, bulbous creatures with six tentacles (three on each side of their bodies). Two are shown in different sizes: One much larger than a person, and one roughly the size of a traditional Utrom from other series. Their skull have nostrils and sharp teeth.

## History

They came to the Earth about a thousand years ago and gave Oroku Saki the Kuroi Yōroi. Centuries later, the Shredder came to one of the deceased Krang's corpse inside a giant statue called The Crying Titan and took a sample of the surrounding fountain of Empyrean, with which he later attempted to extract Hamato Yoshi's life force.

The Krang were worshiped by the Foot Clan with them arriving to enslave Earth like they did to other planets. Four mystic warriors were able to create a weapon that when used, would lock the Krang into a Prison Dimension beyond this realm. Over many centuries, the key was hidden to ensure that the Krang could never return.

In modern day, the Foot Clan hired Hypno-Potamus and Warren Stone to retrieve the Mystic Key in order to release the Krang out of their Prison Dimension. The two are interrupted by the Mad Dogs, but eventually, Foot Lieutenant was able to secure the keystone and bring it back to the Foot Clan base. As the Foot Clan begins the ritual to open the portal, they are again interrupted by the Mad Dogs, who were warned by someone from the future named Casey Jones of the upcoming Krang invasion. However, they ultimately fail as the portal is already opened, with the three remaining Krang stepping out, Krang One, Krang Two, and Krang Three, and stripping the Hamato's of their mystic powers before attacking them. Just as they retreat, Leonardo manages to take away the key but at the cost of Raphael giving away his escape pod to him, leaving himself behind with the Krang. The Krang then goes to New York City to retrieve the key, which they eventually succeed in doing. They later meet up again with the Mad Dogs by using Raph as a trap and revealing to them that he is now "improved". They open a portal atop the tallest building in the city, Metro Tower, where they call in the Technodrome and finally continue their invasion.

The Turtles their way inside the Technodrome, while April, Caseyand Splinter battle Krang Two back on the Earth surface. Leo heads to attempt to free Raph from the Krang, facing his brother as well as Krang One, and Michelangelo and Donatello sever Krang Three's connection to the Technodrome, allowing Donnie to meld with the organic controls and briefly take over the ship before Krang One detaches him from the controls.

With the three Turtles captured by Krang One and beginning to become assimilated, Leo manages to reach Raph's true self and he shrugs off the transformation. Each of the other Turtles push through their assimilation and they all regain their mystic powers. The four Turtles brawl against Krang One on the surface of the Technodrome, and although they all form together to attack with a giant mystic aura combination, Krang One defeats it with a single flick of his Titan's finger. Krang One smashes Donnie, knocking him into Mikey, and sending the two flying off of the Technodrome. Leo uses a portal to send Raph after him, as they land on Staten Island.

Leo continues to fight Krang One alone, as Casey finally makes it to the keystone. Leo instructs him to pull it out once he and Krang One are both on the other side, as it's the only way he can keep him from coming back before the portal is closed. Leo throws one of his katana into the portal and stabs Krang One's Titan with it, teleporting them both into the Prison Dimension. Casey tearfully does as instructed, trapping them both inside and destroying the Technodrome.

Krang One loses his composure and begins mercilessly beating on Leo, with Leo resigned to his fate as punching bag so long as his family is safe back on Earth. Out of desperation, Mikey tries to use his mystic powers to generate a rip in time and space, as he did in the future to send Casey back, and with Raph and Donnie taking the brunt of the power, he manages to rescue Leo and close the portal before Krang One can make it through.

Once the portal is closed and Krang One is trapped in the Prison Dimension once again, the Earth Protection Force capture Krang Two in a block of ice for scientific studies.

## Known Members

* Krang One (Leader)
* Krang Two
* Krang Three
* Krang (Future)
* The Crying Titan Krang

## Abilities

* **Mutation**: Krang and his siblings are able to mutate without their mutagen living and non living things into Krang hybrids, also known as Krang Zombies, which they control.
	+ **Mind reading**: The Krang are able to literally reach through the minds of other organisms, as Krang One demonstrated to Raph when trying to locate the Mystic Key
* **Power nullification**: Krang is able to strip away mystic powers from enemies via a scream.
* **Titan:** The Krang "Titans" allow for extreme mobility and stronger attacks against enemies, powerful enough for them to jump exceptional lengths and tear through buildings. However, they seem to vary in strength since Krang Three's Titan was much less destructive than Krang Two and especially Krang One's.

## Trivia

* The screaming sound effect of the Kraang from the previous television series was reused for the Krang cameos.
* The vehicle that takes Krang Two away at the end of the film appears to bear the logo of the Earth Protection Force from the 2003 series. Additionally, a man with an extremely heavy resemblance to Agent Bishop appears to be explaining something to a woman, potentially teasing his involvement in a future season.
* This is the first incarnation of the Krang that is shown to be able to fight off the turtles without an Exo Suit.
* This is by far the most deadliest if not, strongest incarnation of the Krang as they succeeded in destroying all of humanity and mutant kind in the future, (and managing to succeed in bringing in the Technodrome within hours), able to fight foes without mech-suits, and managed to disarm their foes at their powerful states (as shown when Krang One sent the Turtles combined Mystic Attack with just a flick of his Exo Suit.)
* According to Krang-One, most of the Krang didn't survive the Prison Dimension, indicating that they may have die out.

## Source

* Rise of the TMNT Wiki
* TMNTPedia