Anton Zeck is a master thief who steals Shredder's helmet the Kuro Kabuto for Ivan Steranko. He is the 2012 series incarnation of Bebop.
History
- The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto - At some point in his acquaintance with Ivan Steranko, Zeck shot the Russian crime boss in the eye - supposedly by accident - resulting in Steranko adopting his trademark diamond eye. Steranko later offered Zeck a chance to make up for this error 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.
- Serpent Hunt - - Months after the Kraang took over the city Steranko and Zeck are stuck in Steranko's hideout with nothing to eat but cockroaches and ketchup. They came up with a plan to get out of the city, they would find 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 didn't work as intended, the turtles released Karai, and Steranko and Zeck were punished, being turned into two hideous mutants.
Appearance
As Human
He's tall and thin, but athletic, wears a Tron-like suit, has a purple visor and a mohawk.
As Mutant
He is a tall and thin humanoid mutant warthog with a short left tusk, long right tusk and the energy lines from what's left of the chest, sleeves, and hood of his high-tech suit fused to his body and the top half of his high-tech suit became a vest.
Personality
He 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.
Gadgets
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 invisibility suit is charged by 2 double A batteries.
Gallery
Anton Zeck/Gallery
Trivia
- 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.
- The European official Nickelodeon TMNT websites erroneously give Steranko Zeck's image [1].
- Some of Bebop's moves are based on a few of Michael Jackson's dance moves.
Quotes
- "Wow to the wow." - The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto