Baxter Stockman (2012 TV series)

Baxter Stockman appears in the 2012 TV series voiced by Phil LaMarr. Like the Mirage and 2003 incarnations, Baxter is an African American. He debuted in the episode I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman.

History
Baxter Stockman used to work at a TCRI office complex in Brooklyn, but was fired over an incident with a broken copier machine. To get revenge, he built his own powered battle armor and tried to break into the building. Along the way, he ran into the turtles, who defeated him very easily by throwing him in a dumpster, but during the fight Mikey loses the T-pod and Baxter finds it, upgrading this armor.

With his new rudimentary armor, Stockman attacked the office he was fired from. The attack was reported on the news, revealing his identity to the Turtles, as well as showing them he had the T-pod. They tracked Stockman down to his hideout to get the T-pod back, but this time Stockman was too powerful for them. Then Stockman's armor upgraded itself again, and the Turtles had no choice but to escape back to the lair. Later, Stockman faced the Turtles a third time, but they had a better strategy. While Leo, Raph, and Donnie distracted Stockman, Mikey retrieved a beehive from a greenhouse and threw it into the suit's only opening. The swarm of bees stung Stockman from inside the suit, allowing Leo to break the T-pod. The powerless Stockman was defeated and thrown in the trash for the last time.

In "Mousers Attack!", Stockman has more success as a self-proclaimed villain thanks to his robotic M.O.U.S.E.R.S. The robots steal loot from the Purple Dragons, which leads Leo and Raph to his hideout. Stockman is ready for them this time, however. He has a seemingly endless supply of robots at his disposal, and sprays the two Turtles with a tracking mist so the robots can chase them all over town. However, Stockman is captured by Purple Dragons Tsoi and Sid and taken to Dogpound for stealing their loot. Dogpound spares Stockman when he finds they have a mutual hatred for the Turtles, plus Stockman has the electronic skills to hack into April's stolen cell phone. Stockman does not have time to do the deed, when the turtles bring the Mousers into the building with them. Dogpound takes Stockman to Shredder. Shredder is angry with Stockman for his interference, but has need of his skills and lets him live.

In "The Alien Agenda," Stockman creates a water-breathing rig and a pair of prototype mechanical legs for the mutated Xever. The breathing rig seems to work well, but Stockman has difficulty getting the legs to work. When Karai returns to Shredder's hideout with a broken Kraang-droid, Stockman finds it has the exact technology he needs to perfect Xever's new legs.

Later in "The Pulverizer", Stockman completes Xever's legs with more Kraang technology that the Purple Dragons steal for him. Thanks to a tip from The Pulverizer, the Turtles track them down to Stockman's hideout. Mikey quickly dubs Xever "Fishface", and the Turtles fight him but are quickly outmatched. When Donnie and The Pulverizer crash into the building in the Shellraiser, Stockman retreats along with Fishface and the Purple Dragons.

In "Baxter's Gambit", Baxter appears as the main villain. Baxter Stockman tells Shredder of his full-proof plan. This plan secretly has him planning revenge on the Turtles as well as having his revenge on Dogpound and Fishface (who have been abusing and threatening him), where he traps them in the Maze of Doom. During this time, it was revealed that Baxter Stockman was once expelled from school after he made a volcano project that contained real lava which burned down the whole gym. Baxter Stockman unleashes the Monster of Doom (a modified Stockman Pod). After the Robot of Doom is destroyed, Baxter Stockman uses his helicopter hat to get away from the Turtles, Dogpound, and Fishface, vowing to return.

Personality
Baxter's timid and dorky appearance belies a vicious and vengeful heart. He harbors deep rooted resentment at a world he feels has constantly wronged him. In Baxter's Gambit, he admitted he was "full on mega crazy". Baxter is looked down upon by other people as a weak pathetic person, which only adds fuel to his resentment. The main thing that makes Baxter incredibly dangerous is his skills in weapon making and robotics.

Gallery
See: Baxter Stockman (2012 TV series) / Gallery

Trivia

 * One of the running gags in the show is the turtles get his name wrong, so far the only episodes that the turtles got his name right is I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman and The Pulverizer.
 * Baxter used to work at TCRI shown in I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman.
 * Baxter Stockman is included in Nick.com's "Mutation Station" gallery, which has the following description of him: "This neighborhood tinkerer was powerless until his robot suit paired up with Donnie's mp3 player and a drip of ooze!" This is incorrect. When Stockman's armor is upgraded in his debut episode, there is no ooze involved in the upgrade. The drip of ooze may possibly refer to his later fly mutation.
 * His appearance resembles his voice actor Phil LaMarr (except LaMarr doesn't have an afro).
 * Baxter is shown to be insane. In Baxter's Gambit, he tells how as a young child he was sensitive and as he grew up in his life he would hurt people that made fun of him, going to extremes to flood his school with lava and try killing his employers at his job.
 * Another running gag is sometimes the turtles would throw him in the dumpster as shown in I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman.
 * He will turn into the Baxter fly, which is a nod to the 1987 TMNT series.