Anton Zeck (2012 TV series)

"I am not gonna be called Bebop got me? That is the dumbest name ever!"

Anton Zeck is a master thief who steals the Shredder's helmet the Kuro Kabuto for Ivan Steranko. He is the 2012 series incarnation of Bebop.

As Human
Anton Zeck is thin, but athletic. He wears a Tron-like suit that has a purple visor and an energy mohawk. Although his first appearance had him with glasses under his visor, he did not have his glasses in the second appearance.

As Mutant
Bebop is a thin humanoid mutant warthog with a short left tusk, long right tusk and the high-tech parts of his suit fused to his body. The top half of his high-tech suit became a vest.

Personality
Zeck normally talks in rap and funky body movements. He also tends to show how slick he is when he steals and enters areas where he is supposed to steal something.

History
At some point in his acquaintance with Ivan Steranko, Anton Zeck shot the Russian crime boss in the eye - supposedly by accident - resulting in Steranko adopting his trademark diamond eye.

In "The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto," Steranko later offered Zeck a chance to make up for his error in the past by stealing the Kuro Kabuto, helmet of the Shredder, so that Steranko could add it to his collection of artifacts. Zeck successfully broke into the Shredder's lair and stole the helmet despite running afoul of Rahzar and several Foot-Bots, but while invisible was hit by the Shellraiser. The Turtles got Zeck's bag and the helmet, but Zeck managed to plant a tracker on the Shellraiser and later knocked it over with a bomb. Zeck avoided getting involved in the fight between the Turtles and Shredder's mutants, but in attempting to retrieve the helmet from Leonardo, was soundly defeated. Leo returned his bag, but damage from the night's adventures left Zeck unable to cloak himself. He was rescued by Steranko, but then discovered that Leo had taken from the helmet from his bag and replaced it with dirty diapers taken from a city dumpster. Steranko vowed to hurt Zeck for this.

In "Serpent Hunt," after the Kraang took over the city, Steranko and Zeck have been stuck in Steranko's hideout for months with nothing left to eat but cockroaches and ketchup. They came up with a plan to get out of the city, they would find the Shredder's daughter and trade her with him for a safe way out of the city, as the last thing they wanted was to be mutated by the Kraang, like the other humans in the city. But the plan did not work as intended, as the turtles released Karai, and Steranko and Zeck were punished by being turned into two hideous mutants. Zeck was mutated first for his attempted theft of the Kuro Kabuto and is pushed into the mutagen vat by Fishface. After Steranko was mutated, Zeck stated that the Foot Clan turned them into "freaks" as they both bellow in pain, anger, and confusion.

In "The Pig and The Rhino," after being mutated Zeck and Steranko attempt to confront Shredder in anger they stopped by Rahzar and Tiger Claw. After their attempt revenge failed they are then tasked by Shredder with the capture and return of Karai in exchange their lives. Zeck and Steranko searched the city for Karai, but change their goal to finding and destroying the turtles as they blame them for causing to experience their current fate. The two separated in order to cover more ground.Zeck senses April and Donnie not too far and uses his cloaking ability to creep up on them. Over at the dry cleaners Donnie and April discovered that Karai is not there. Zeck, still being invisible, manages to catch Donnie off guard, but April managed to score a hit on him effectively turning it off, however, Zeck manages to trap April and stun Donnie. He then finds the Retro Mutagen and Donnie's T-phone, and discovers where the others are. Zeck tells Steranko to check out the movie theater while he heads to Coney Island with Donnie and April in a towtruck. At the movie theater, Raph and Casey were bumbed out cause there's no sign of Karai. But Steranko, who was waiting outside, jumps out and surprised them. Both Raph and Casey tried to fend him off but Steranko's tough skin was resistant to their hits. Steranko knocked out Raph, and when Casey tried to wake him up the Rhino creeped behind him before the scene turned to black.

At Coney Island Leo and Mikey managaed to find Karai, while Leo managed to convince Karai to calm down, she complies until Zeck and Steranko arrive where she is scared off. Zeck managed to spot them. He and Steranko threaten to kill the others if they don't comply. Leo tells Mikey to stall them so he can pick the lock. Mikey suggest giving them Mutant names and after three tries, he finally comes up with "Bebop and Rocksteady". Steranko liked the name “Rocksteady” while Zeck did not like the name “Bebop.” Zeck then caught Leo when he tried to pick the lock but Mikey intercepts him. Steranko then declared that no-one can stand against Bebop and Rocksteady, which angered Zeck. Mikey blurts out about the retro mutagen that Bebop was holding and he then aimed it at Mikey, preparing to unmutate him.

However he is stopped by Rocksteady who tells him they can uses it to go back to normal, but then they start fighting on who gets to use it. Leo suggests they need a distraction and Karai comes to their aid, but makes Rocksteady crush the vial. They split up and fight the mutants. Rocksteady managed to hold his own while Bebop used his cloaking device to cloak himself. Bebop is defeated when Donnie throws a smoke bomb at him, revealing himself and allowing Donnie and Casey to score a hit. Rocksteady is defeated when a roller coaster hits him, sending him in the air and landing on Bebop. In the end despite being defeated by the turtles Bebop and Rocksteady managed to capture Karai and return her to the Shredder.

In "The Noxious Avenger," Bebop and Rocksteady snuck into a nearby building that housed the Kraang's lab. While in the lab Bebop acquired both Mutagen and Reagent-X, while doing so he complained about the two having to run Baxter Stockman's errands. The turtles arrive soon after, while being spotted by a nearby engineer.

During the fight, Bebop throws the mutagen at Michelangelo's head. Mikey ducks and the mutagen breaks open in the engineer's face, sending him falling into the dumpster as he begins to mutate. Bebop and Rocksteady escape with some chemicals. Grunge wakes up, finding himself completely mutated into a pile of garbage and holding the turtles responsible.

After hearing Rocksteady complained about doing another chemical run while Bebop suggests they need a "sucker" when they catch Muckman on the news. Rocksteady suggests that they use him to get the next ingredient. Bebop and Rocksteady look for Muckman, who attacked them until they tell him that they are his side. Muckman is led to believe that they were mutated by the turtles and agrees to help them get the chemical they needed, thinking that it is a cure. The turtles arrive and Muckman attacks them with Rocksteady and Bebop. Joe continues urging Muckman to do the right thing, the turtles agreeing with him. Bebop hits everyone with a flash bang grenade and Rocksteady throws Muckman into the Kraang lab.

Muckman finds the chemical and takes it before being hit by the Kraang security system, Rocksteady takes the chemical from him as the turtles rush in. Muckman retaliates against Bebop and Rocksteady by puking on them, which in turn destroys the chemical. As Bebop and Rocksteady retreat, Joe urges Muckman to do what is right so he apologizes to the turtles for accusing them of any wrong doings. The gang spot Joan and her cameraman searching the warehouse and Muckman distracts her while the turtles escape.

In "Attack of the Mega Shredder!", Bebop and Rocksteady are assigned to guard Karai in Baxter Stockman's lab and if they fail are threatened to be punished if they fail. Later when the turtles attempted to break into Stockman's lab through the catacombs Bebop, Rocksteady, Tiger Claw, and the Shredder Elite attempted to stop the turtles only for them to escape. After the turtles escaped Bebop and Rocksteady are berated by Tiger Claw for their failure only to be met by Shredder. When Leo and Mikey attempted to return to the lab they are cornered and captured met Bebop and Rocksteady. After capturing the two turtles they attempted to mutate them only to be tricked into adding the Shredder Elite into the mutagen with the turtles. However the two mutants managed fail to mutate the turtles and cause the creation of Mega Shredder. After Bebop and Rocksteady failed at capturing turtles lead to both the theft of a brainworm and the destruction of the Shredder Elite, Tiger Claw was instructed to teach them a "lesson in pain." Which is followed by the two mutants fleeing in terror as Tiger Claw prepared pounce them.

In "The Fourfold Trap," Bebop was present along side Shredder's other henchmen when Karai captured the turtles as apart of her revenge. While demonstrating each of the traps each of the turtles are in she revealed that Bebop and Rocksteady were the creative minds behind the trap for Mikey called the "Flushomatic". Bebop and Rocksteady later participate in the fight with Splinter when he arrived to save the turtles.

In "Annihilation Earth!, Part 2," When Splinter and April break into Shredder's lair Bebop and Tiger Claw confront the two attempt to interrogate them as to why they would break in. Bebop is also takes part in temporary alliance between the Foot Clan and the turtles allies to rescue the turtle's allies and to stop the Triceratons from activating the Heart of Darkness and destroying the Earth in a black hole. During the battle he is seen distracting a Triceraton soldier with his dance moves while Rocksteady tackles the amused Triceraton. After Shredder killed Splinter and allowed the Heart of Darkness to destroy the planet Bebop and Rocksteady are last seen huddling in fear of the planet's destruction and their eventual death. They are eventually devoured by the black hole along with the rest of the planet.

Gadgets
Anton Zeck is equipped with a range of high-tech gizmos such as a cloaking device, an energy Mohawk and a backpack that can allow him to slide up or down a wall. His high-tech suit is charged by 2 double-A batteries.

Quotes

 * (To Rahzar) "Just a little glue, no hard feelings zombie wolf (throws bomb at window), I'm just doing my job."-The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto
 * "I'm starving, all our food is gone and we're down to moldy ketchup and dead cockroaches!" - Serpent Hunt
 * "I don't wanna be a mutant, I'm too handsome! The ladies love me!" - Serpent Hunt
 * "Being a pig has limited employment options. The bacon's in." - The Pig and The Rhino

Gallery
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Trivia

 * Anton Zeck's tech-track suit has illuminated lines along it, which are popularly known as "Tron lines" due to the 1982 Disney film Tron.
 * Zeck's Head-Blade ability that his suit generates resembles that of the Japanese Toku Hero, Ultra Seven.
 * Unlike his appearances in the TV series, Bebop's action figure is shown with sleeves on its arms and tusks at an even length.
 * The European official Nickelodeon TMNT websites erroneously give Steranko Zeck's image.
 * Zeck's personality, mannerisms and human appearance (but not his clothes) strongly resemble the equally-flamboyant character Hollywood Montrose from the 1987 film . They both also wear flashy shades that are an indispensable part of their personal fashion.
 * Many of Zeck's moves are based on a few of Michael Jackson's dance moves.
 * Much like his partner in crime, Zeck shares his last name with Mike Zeck, a famous comic book artist.