He later chased after Leonardo, who gave him the helmet so that Rahzar, Fishface, Tiger Claw and StockmanFly would pursue him instead. Zeck managed to break into Shredder's lair and steal the helmet, only to be accidentally run over by the Ninja Turtles and have the helmet stolen from him. Steranko and Zeck both appeared in "The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto", in which Steranko hired Zeck to steal Shredder's helmet (the titular object). Steranko first appeared in "Enemy of My Enemy", making a weapons deal with the Shredder, until he was accidentally defeated by the Turtles' failed attempt to take out Shredder. These incarnations of Bebop and Rocksteady are more intelligent and competent than their other counterparts while maintaining their role as the comic relief. Before joining the Foot Clan, Steranko fought as a volunteer in the wars in Iraq, Yugoslavia and the DR Congo. In the 2012 Nickelodeon series, Bebop and Rocksteady were introduced as master thief Anton Zeck and Russian arms dealer Ivan Steranko. However, Bebop ended up obliterating the 2003 Shredder anyway, when he re-plugged the same laser device, all the while thinking their Shredder would be pleased that they "fixed" his machine.īebop and Rocksteady appears as recurring villains in the archie comcis version of tmnt where they would work for the Shredder before going on their own.īebop and Rocksteady appear in the IDW version of TMNT where they were more dangerous than their 1987 counterparts.
Their incompetence is still shown, although it ended up saving the 2003 Shredder when Rocksteady accidentally tripped over and unplugged a laser that was about to destroy him.
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They made a reappearance in the made-for-TV movie Turtles Forever. Bebop and Rocksteady are presumed to still be somewhere in Dimension X. Bebop and Rocksteady are never seen again after that episode, but Krang and Shredder return during the 10th and last season. In that episode, the Turtles destroy the Technodrome's engines, trapping it and its inhabitants in Dimension X for good.
In one episode of the series, Bebop was shown to have kept a pet turtle, which got mutated into the evil turtle Slash.īebop and Rocksteady's last appearance is in the season 8 finale Turtle Trek.
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Donatello commented that their mutations didn't "up their IQ's any."įor most of the series they were employed for the Foot Clan's purposes however, the Turtles certainly consider them to be formidable (despite their stupidity) in combat due to their great strength and endurance, and as such, often use their intelligence to outwit them rather than fighting them in a straightforward manner. For example, in "Enter the Shredder" they charged at the Turtles, who jumped, and crashed they into each other. However, though the transformation did make them larger and stronger, they remained incompetent simpletons and were completely inept at stopping the Turtles or carrying out Shredder's plans. Bebop was mutated into a humanoid warthog, and Rocksteady into a humanoid rhinoceros.
Bebop and Rocksteady both volunteered to undergo the procedure (though neither was particularly aware of what it would entail) with the promise that it would allow them to exact revenge on the Turtles. April ran down into the sewers while being chased by the street gang and met the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who then defeated the gang in a fight.Īfter this humiliating setback, The Shredder developed a plan to defeat the Turtles by mutating members of the street gang, so that they would have abilities parallel to the Turtles'. With the other members of their gang, they were sent out to stop a Channel 6 reporter named April O'Neil from doing a report about crime in the city. Bebop was a taller African American man with a purple mohawk. Rocksteady was originally a short and stocky blond Caucasian man (who sported army camouflage pants that would be replaced with simple beige cargo pants later while also occasionally sporting a strong Army helmet on his head in his mutated form). Prior to being mutated, Bebop and Rocksteady were part of a street gang in New York City that was employed by Shredder.