Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24902462-20160613003357

When I first saw Anton Zeck on the 2012 series, I thought he was just another typical villain for the Turtles to face. Before he was a mutant, he was pretty worried about not being attractive anymore ("I don't want to be a mutant! I'm too handsome! The ladies love me!"), which left me kind of skeptical that he considers himself a ladies' man. Another issue is that he has problems with being called Bebop, which he calls the "dumbest name ever", as seen in the episode "The Pig and the Rhino", leaving him to almost have a breakdown ("Stop calling me that name fool! I hate that name! I hate that name!"), which he cries for a bit and then laughs, though he was getting used to his new nickname in the Half Shell Heroes special. As the series progressed, it left me having mixed feelings about Anton whether to feel sorry for him/skeptical of his actions, because I think deep down there's someone fragile and vulnerable inside him that just wants to be liked for who he truly is or was. Besides, I think Bebop's a pretty cool name, and that Anton's not really a freak to me. Plus, in Half Shell Heroes, I did think it was kind of cool he helped the Turtles fight back against the Triceratons, along with Rocksteady. It makes think that these two know a lot more about teamwork than they led on. My point is, despite Bebop feeling like a freak, he'll never feel better if he keeps judging himself. I do hope he doesn't forget that. 