Bonehead is a character appearing in the comic strip Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A living skeleton, Bonehead wears a sash with the numbers "1991" across its chest. Though Bonehead never speaks, it uses gestures to indicate its intentions. Bonehead acts as a sort of ferryman in Lower Earth.
History[]
The Last Gaea Tree[]
While searching for their Master Splinter, who has been missing for two weeks, the Turtles wind up in Lower Earth, far, far beneath the sewer tunnels. After a fight with alligators, the Turtles slide down a long pipe and fall into the warm, salty water of an ocean. They can't see the shore anywhere, but they do see an approaching boat, piloted by a skeleton, who they later call "Bonehead".
Holding out the paddle, Bonehead indicates they should climb into the boat. They are reluctant, but do so since they haven't another option. Bonehead paddles across the ocean, passing through a lightning storm, before bringing the Turtles to a shoreline. When the Turtles disembark, Bonehead points inland, indicating they should start walking. Each time they mention Splinter, Bonehead lifts its arm to point. The Turtles guess that it's telling them where to find their master. However, when they start to leave, Bonehead blocks their path. It wants the baby alligator that hitched a ride with Michaelangelo. The Turtles refuse to turn over the alligator, believing that Bonehead wants the baby in payment. They try to fight, but the skeleton proves to be tough, fast, and strong.
Finally, they all jump Bonehead at the same time and drive it to the ground. The fight is stopped when Splinter arrives and figures out that Bonehead merely wants to take the alligator back to its home. By this time, the alligator has gotten cozy with Bonehead, and curls in its arms as it takes the baby back to the boat. Bonehead then paddles away, leaving Splinter and the Turtles on what turns out to be an island. At the end of their adventure in the land called Tresmundo, the Turtles and Splinter arrive on the shore opposite from where they were dropped off. Just as they get there, they see Bonehead paddling towards them.
Splinter's Quest, part 2[]
The Turtles and Splinter enter Bonehead's boat and it paddles away from the island. After a while, a Pterosaur flies over them, and then Plesiosaurs rise up out of the water. Bonehead drops them off on the shore of jungle and then paddles away.