Daniel Pennington (Movie adaptation)

Daniel B. "Danny" Pennington is an important side-character in the comic adaptation of the first TMNT film.

The son of studio head, Danny often got in a lot of trouble, ranging from general mischief to theft and shoplifting. Danny was inducted as an initiate of the, and upon learning of the , who were staying with Charles' employee , he offered this information to the Foot's leader,.

Shredder used this intel to send his to attack the Turtles at April's apartment, rendering  unconscious and ending witth the building on fire. Upon seeing the fire, Danny began to regret his actions.

Next, he sought audience with the Turtles' Master, who the Foot had captured. The old rat's words served to further humble the young Pennington, and as a result, when he later learned of Shredder's plan to kill Splinter, he assisted in rescuing him.

After the defeat of Shredder, April and Danny went to Mega Comics to pitch a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book - which Jim Prindle, their pitch target, found farfetched.

Trivia

 * The t-shirt that Danny wears throughout the comic reads "Rawhead Rex", which was a horror short story and film by Clive Barker.