Zayton Honeycutt (IDW)

Professor Honeycutt was a Neutrino scientist, who worked for Krang due to the fact that the professor though that he was helping Krang defend his race. It wasn't long before he realized that Krang's goal was actually mass genocide, but by then, he realized he was in too deep.

Honeycutt had develiped the Simulated Anthropomorphic Life form ("SAL"), an android controlled via the mind that had the ability to take on other outward forms, and was extremely durable to boot.

Honeycutt's wife, Marra, worried about the influence of evil that was oppressing the Neutrino people, including their family. She convinced him to have them join the Neutrino resistance. Three months later, Krang's armies had found where the resistance compound was and targeted it for attack. A fire broke out, and the living quarters were locked down due to safety protocols. Rather than let Marra, their son Ely, and the rest of the families burn to death, Honeycutt used SAL to breach the flames and override the safety protocols. By doing so, he sacrificed his own body, becoming trapped within SAL.

Honeycutt saved the families, but his victory was short-lived. Sergeant Granitor, one of Krang's high-ranking men, ordered an attack on the fleeing families, killing them all. Honeycutt could do nothing but watch them die on the security monitor.

Not long after, Honeycutt had made it back to the lab, and Granitor and some Rock Soldiers found him. Honeycutt restrained himself from tearing apart the man who gave orders to kill his family, and instead escaped through the portal he had been working on.

Now in New York City on Earth, Honeycutt masqueraded as a blonde male to hide from the Rock Soldiers.

Honeycutt took a job with Baxter Stockman, calling himself Chet Allen. Stockman worked with Krang, so Honeycutt was hidden within plain sight. Rather than involve more innocents in the fight, Honeycutt allied himself with the Foot Clan, who although Honeycutt knew were evil, they were enemies of Krang's.