Zog (2012 TV series)

Zog is a Triceraton character set to appear in the 2012 TV series.

History
In the 2012 animated series, Zog landed on Earth a few months ago to seek out proof that the Kraang were infesting the planet. Unfortunately, Zog lost his state of mind due to a lack of nitrogen and a prolonged exposure to Earth's oxygen.

Rumors of a 'Dino Man' began to spread quickly through out New York, giving Kurtsman and the Mighty Mutanimals a reason to investigate. But when Dr. Rockwell and Slash found him, Zog attacked, leaving them terrified and bruised.

Raphael took offense to this reckless attack on his friends and headed out to get payback on the Dino Man, and soon encountered him in the sewer. Zog proved to be more than a match for the ninja turtle, but Zog's berserk and naive nature gave Raph an edge and coerced the mindless soldier into beleiving he was "Commander Zoraph", his superior officer. Zog was successfully fooled and began obeying Raphael's commands.

Zog reported that the Kraang were in New York, which Raph found unusual, given the fact that he and his brothers defeated the Kraang by sealing them in Dimension X. Raph called Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo and asked them to meet him somewhere in the sewers. As they came, Raph introduced them to Zog, who's imposing figure shocked the turtles at first. Zog than lead Raphael and the other Ninja Turtles in an assault on the Kraang, who were indeed still in New York (to Leo's surprise).

After the skirmish, Zog and the turtles entered a portal that took them to the Statue of Liberty, where the Kraang had made their base of operation. The group entered and defeated the Kraang before they could activate another portal to Dimension X, bringing their armies back to Earth, but when Zog went into their storage room and regained his equipment and weapons, he also regained his senses from a Nitrogenic Air supply on his old air-supplying gadget. As he sighed in relief of getting his ability to breathe back, he turned on "Commander Zoraph" and shot him down!

Raph and the turtles followed Zog, where the now sentient Triceraton soldier shows he had no hard feelings towards Raph for lying to him, but rather, he anticipated Earthlings to resort to dishonorable methods. He speaks of how the Triceraton Empire values loyalty and honor, and Raphael had NONE of those qualities, thus he will activate a Triceraton Beacon, alerting the Triceraton Armada of the Kraang's infestation of Earth, and giving them the signal to begin their attack and destroy Earth. Zog's terrifying plan forces the turtles to attack, but to no avail. As Zog climbed up to the torch, he is opposed by Raphael, who tries to talk some sense into him because he sees Zog as a friend. Zog did not take Raph's words to heart and attacked. Zog however fell out of the Torch, and was clinging onto the edge. Raph begged Zog to give him his hand so he could save him, but Zog looked at Raph and instead said the following...

"Long live the Triceraton Empire."

The soldier then let go, and fell to his death.

Friends

 * Captain Mozar
 * Raphael (former)

Enemies

 * The Kraang
 * The Mighty Mutanimals
 * The Ninja Turtles
 * Earth

Quotes
"Long live the Triceraton Empire."

Gallery
Zog (2012 TV series)/Gallery

Trivia

 * At the 2015 San Diego Comic Con, for the first time several sneak peeks were revealed of TMNT characters, which would subsequently appear in the series, including Zog.