Dr. Chaplin is a fictional character appearing in the 2003 TV series.
Character biography[]
Introduced in the third season's episode, "New Blood", the young engineer was made the head of the Foot Clan's Science Division following the numerous failures and subsequent demotion of his predecessor and idol Baxter Stockman, much to Stockman's chagrin. A lot of Chaplin's work is based on that of Stockman, but much improved and perfected.
Upon his introduction, Chaplin was in charge of retrieving Triceraton technology for use by the Foot. He also designed more effective robotic drones than the ones Stockman had created, in appearance based on Karai (on whom he had a crush). Although these new robots failed to defeat the Trutles, Chaplin was promoted to Stockman's old position as the chief of the Foot's Science division by the Utrom Shredder.
Chaplin considered Stockman to be a role model and would build Stockman a new robot body that would project a hologram image of his head. Not one for gratitude, Stockman was always trying to get rid of the younger man due to threats by Shredder about making Chaplin a permanent replacement as the new head engineer of the Foot.
Hun was equally resentful of Karai taking over as Shredder's right-hand and he and Stockman would join forces to get rid of their rivals. Their attempts always backfired, however, and only boosted Karai and Chaplin's worth in Shredder's eyes.
Chaplin was the captain of the Utrom Shredder's space vessel as it departed Earth's atmosphere to the Utrom homeworld. He expressed his enthusiasm for the job, not even bothered by Shredder's true Utrom identity. He continued to place faith in Dr. Stockman, who designed the ship's defenses. However, Stockman had betrayed them and sided with Agent Bishop, and shut down the defenses. He would be sent back to Earth with Karai by the Utroms where they placed both of them in a prison.
The Lost Episodes[]
In the Ninja Tribunal story arc, Dr. Chaplin was still the head scientist of the Foot under Karai after both of them got out of prison. He first appeared in an attempt to help Karai fight off the resurrected Tengu Shredder, who had come to destroy her. His subsequent appearances saw him helping the Turtles, Bishop, Karai, and their other allies in their campaign to defeat the Tengu. In this campaign, Chaplin became prominent for designing special Mystic Tech weapons, magic-powered weapons, which were mainly made up of blasters, with a sword version made for Karai's use to fight the forces of the Tengu Shredder after Karai learned of the threat against her after the Foot Mystics' betrayal.
Upon The Shredder and the Foot Mystic defeat at the hands of the Turtles, Chaplin is last seen talking with Karai, who admitted that she wished to only think about the immediate future and walked from the battlefield holding Chaplin's hand, finally returning his affections for her.
Back to the Sewer[]
Dr. Chaplin appeared in Wedding Bells and Bytes as a guest at Casey Jones and April O'Neil's wedding alongside Karai, and subsequently aided the Turtles and the other guests when the Cyber Shredder and the Foot Clan attempted to crash the wedding.
Appearances[]
- New Blood
- Mission of Gravity
- Hun on the Run
- Exodus, Part 1
- Exodus, Part 2
- New World Order, Part 1
- New World Order, Part 2
- Past and Present
- Enter the Dragons, Part 1
- Enter the Dragons, Part 2
- Wedding Bells and Bytes
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (Cutscenes)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- He apparently has romantic feelings towards Karai.
- He somewhat resembles the human form of Baxter Stockman from the 1987 TV series.