Honeycutt (Mirage)

Professor Honeycutt was a former semi-retired scientist on the planet D'Hoonib. Working in his lab, Honeycutt was pressured by General Blanque and the planet’s Human Federation military into making a Transmat Device (teleporation modules) prototype, as they wanted to use it as a weapon to turn the tide in the war with the Triceraton Republic. When he donned a mentawave helmet, used to boosting telepathic and telekinesis mental powers, an accident occurred. An electrical storm resulted in Honeycutt’s consciousness being transferred into the body of his android companion, Sal. Now in the body of a robot, he became classified as a "Fugitoid," and was henceforth persecuted by Blanque and the Human Federation. As the professor was about to be captured by Federation troopers, the Turtles appeared, accidentally beamed over trillions of light years to D’hoonib. Now believed to be working with Honeycutt, the Turtles were hunted along with him, forcing their alliance for the duration of their adventure on D’hoonib (TMNT Vol. 1, #5). Honeycutt later extended an invitation from the Utroms to the Turtles to visit the TCRI aliens’ homeworld, where they were reunited with their Utrom creators. Almost immediately after they arrived, Gavat-4 Station, an outpost that had a Transmat link directly to the Utrom homeworld, fell under heavy Triceraton attack. The Turtles agreed to help them, transporting themselves to the station and self-destructing it (TMNT: Guide to the Universe, Shell Shock).