In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Señor Hueso is the owner–or at least the manager–of Run of the Mill Pizza.
Physical appearance[]
Señor Hueso is a skeleton Yōkai with a black mustache, dark grey eye sockets, and light grey bones. He wears a dark grey suit paired with a red dress shirt, a black tie, and grey and white spectator shoes. He also wears red socks and a dark grey fedora with a red ribbon.
Personality[]
Hueso is serious and responsible. This is shown in his devotion to his restaurant Run of the Mill Pizza, prioritizing its safety even over his own physical health in "You Got Served". He isn't the most altruistic person, especially if a situation threatens his serene lifestyle and it can result in stubbornness.
Hueso tends to panic relatively easily when faced with challenges and tries to mitigate risk in his decisions. He is reserved around most others, but despite Hueso's guarded nature, he has shown a desire to rely on and trust others deep down such as in "You Got Served" where he goes out on a limb to ask Leonardo and Michelangelo to help him with his business.
History[]
As a child, Hueso became involved in the piracy of his brother Capitán Piel, leading to him becoming a wanted fugitive in the Hidden City. He was formerly a resident of the Hidden City located beneath New York, but now lives and works secretly in the surface world, running a concealed Yōkai pizzeria called Run of the Mill Pizza.
Hueso debuted (timeline-wise) in "Minotaur Maze", wherein he served as the doorman of the Maze of Death. He informed Leo about the "World's Greatest Pizza", only obtained by solving the maze without the use of mystic powers, and allowed him and his brothers entry into the maze.
The Turtles arrived at Run of the Mill Pizza in "The Fast and the Furriest" looking for the culprit who stole the Turtle Tank. When they began questioning the restaurant's patrons about it, Hueso critiqued their disbelievably tough methods and threw them out the restaurant after realizing they were not part of a police force.
Hueso was approached by Leo in "Portal Jacked!", requesting Hueso's aid in searching for his brothers after a teleportation attempt went astray. Hueso was eventually persuaded to show Leo a doorway into the Hidden City where he could search for his brothers. To his dismay, Leo physically forced Hueso to travel to the Hidden City as well and he was quickly spotted by Hidden City Police officers. He fled from their pursuit by mounting a flying Yōkai, however, Hueso ended up traveling with Leo after he managed to grab onto the Yōkai and they arrived at the Hidden City docks. In an effort to free himself from Leo's company and return to New York, Hueso ran from Leo after distracting him, but was unable to escape him once he understood Hueso's intentions and drew him through his Mystic Ōdachi's portal. After bringing attention to Leo's now stolen ōdachi, Hueso refused to assist him, but once he appealed to Hueso's loss of his relationship with his own brother, he agreed to aid Leo in his quest reunite with his. The two of them reclaimed Leo's ōdachi from its thieves and donned pirate disguises to board the SS Queen Alexis, suspecting Leo's brothers were being held onboard. Hueso was confronted by Piel once onboard, captain of the SS Queen Alexis, and engaged in a sword fight with him. The skirmish came to end when Hueso forced Piel through a portal of Leo's and it teleported Leo's brothers onto the SS Queen Alexis. The entire confrontation was witnessed by Hidden City Police officers and it convinced them to expunge Hueso's Hidden City criminal record after hearing the truth of his crimes.
Hueso was appalled at the arrival of Yōkai mob rivals the Makers of Brutality and the Masters of Barbarianism at Run of the Mill Pizza on the same night in "You Got Served", afraid that they as rivals would damage his restaurant with their fighting. He recruited Mikey and Leo to substitute for his staff who abandoned their shifts in fear of the mobs. Throughout the night, Hueso tried to please the Makers of Brutality and the Masters of Barbarianism alongside Mikey and Leo, however, when he accidentally dropped a cake he intended to serve to the mobs, they attacked him. He was protected by Mikey and Leo during the skirmish between them and the two mobs, but Run of the Mill Pizza was damaged by the unicorns Mikey and Leo were given by the Makers of Brutality and the Masters of Barbarianism.
While Hueso was waiting on Leo at Run of the Mill Pizza in "The Hidden City Job", Piel appeared at the restaurant. Hueso tried to force Piel to leave the building and refused to offer his aid when he asked for help in completing a final heist before his complete abandonment of piracy. He agreed to help Piel after Leo insisted that he and Hueso do so, still wary of Piel's true intentions. Hueso, Piel, and Leo then traveled to the Hidden City on a mission to reclaim Hueso's pizza cutter, unbeknownst to him and Leo. When the already reluctant Hueso agreed to help Piel, Piel had not told Hueso that the pizza cutter was located in Big Mama's auction house as he knew Hueso would refuse to help if Big Mama was involved. After their ultimately successful heist, Hueso, Piel, and Leo escaped the auction house when Hueso and Piel fused into Don Suave, whose sheer dashing good looks and personal charm not only completely dissolved Big Mama's hostility, but also had the power to incapacitate the Yōkai guards who accompanied her. Hueso eventually separated from Piel and they, along with Leo, returned to Run of the Mill Pizza, giving him a free pizza in appreciation for his aid.
Abilities[]
- Sword fighting: Hueso has exhibited a moderate degree of skill at fencing against Piel in "Portal Jacked!".
- Bone manipulation: Hueso is capable of transforming his ribs into large appendages that can crush those caught in them.
- Anatomical liberation: Hueso can detach his body parts and control them, allowing him to use them as weapons and easily reattach them.
- Fusion: Hueso can combine with Piel by inhabiting his body as his skeleton and together they form Don Suave.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Señor Hueso's parent(s)
- Father: Hueso seems to think fondly of his father and was gifted his beloved jeweled pizza cutter by him. However, their relationship beyond that is currently unknown.
- Hueso, Jr.: Hueso Jr. is Hueso's son. Hueso keeps a framed picture of Hueso Jr. and him in his office at Run of the Mill Pizza. However, their relationship beyond that is currently unknown.
- Capitán Piel: Piel is Hueso's brother. Hueso was close with Piel when they were children, but deeply disapproved of his piracy as it caused Piel to partake in criminal activities and asked him to give up his life as a pirate multiple times. Eventually, their relationship was severed, neither of them willing to relent their lifestyles for the other. As a child, Hueso was tricked into joining him on a piracy mission, resulting in Hueso becoming a wanted criminal in the Hidden City. Hueso can find it difficult to fully trust Piel due to their hurtful past, but he still deeply loves him and wanted to mend their relationship despite it all. After Hueso's suspicions of Piel were subverted by him in "The Hidden City Job" by rightfully returning his pizza cutter to him and remaining loyal to him and Leo, he has been able to embrace Piel as his brother once more.
Friends and allies[]
- The Mad Dogs: Hueso finds the Mad Dogs annoying, but usually tolerates them, at least in part because they are some of his pizzeria's most frequent customers as revealed in "Portal Jacked!". Their cooperation has increased over time like in "You Got Served" where he sought Mikey and Leo's assistance, but Hueso also regards the Mad Dogs as an unreliable wild card who are prone to creating as much trouble as they can solve.
- Leonardo: Leo was the first Mad Dog Hueso met and he judged him as being far from a champion. However, he has come to realize Leo's skill and bravery, even if he still finds Leo to be irritating at times. Hueso has been wrangled to go on missions by him multiple times. The first time, in "Portal Jacked!", Leo came to Hueso, who was one of the Mad Dogs' few regular Yōkai contacts, for information and help after Leo's brothers disappeared during one of their portal trips using Leo's Mystic Ōdachi. Hueso explained portal jacking to Leo and showed him a nearby portal to the Hidden City, but Leo impulsively dragged Hueso along, not knowing Hueso was actually a wanted fugitive there. Hueso's unplanned outing and search for clues brought him and Leo into contact with Hueso's estranged brother Piel, and ultimately not only reunited Leo with his missing brothers, but also proved Hueso's innocence of the crime he was wanted for. The second time, in "The Hidden City Job", Piel came to visit Hueso at Run of the Mill Pizza while Leo was trying to order a pizza for Donnie, and Piel asked Hueso for help in an ostensibly ethically-justifiable heist in the Hidden City. Hueso was distrustful of his brother and did not want to get involved, but Leo talked Hueso into helping and also tagged along. In the course of events, Leo was instrumental in helping Hueso reconcile with Piel. Also, when Hueso and Piel temporarily fused into the extremely handsome Don Suave, Leo (along with Big Mama) was intensely physically attracted to him.
- Michelangelo: Hueso considers Mikey to be his friend and called upon him, along with Leo, to fill in as a temporary cook and waiter in "You Got Served".
- Todd Capybara: Hueso considers Todd to be his favorite customer as expressed in "Portal Jacked!". However, their exact relationship is currently unknown.
Enemies[]
- The Makers of Brutality: Hueso is familiar with the Makers of Brutality and he obeys their whims out of fear.
- The Masters of Barbarianism: Hueso is familiar with the Masters of Barbarianism and he obeys their whims out of fear.
- Big Mama: Big Mama and Hueso are not established enemies per se, but Hueso does not want anything to do with Big Mama due to her power and is deeply afraid of her. Despite this, he helped steal his pizza cutter that was sold at one of her auctions in "The Hidden City Job".
Quotes[]
- "It is like all they heard was, 'Make them fight.'" ("You Got Served")
- "There are many doorways, but this one fits you best." ("Portal Jacked!")
- "Well, you need not be concerned with Laberinto de Muerte, or as you would call it, the Maze of Death." ("Minotaur Maze")
Trivia[]
- The name "Señor Hueso" is of Spanish origin and translates to "Mister Bone" in English.
- In the series, Hueso's name is normally pronounced /ˈhwe.so/ (HWAY-soh) with a non-silent 'H'. But in the Spanish language, the word "hueso" is normally pronounced /ˈwe.so/ with a silent 'H'. As such, the series pronounces Hueso's name as if its Spanish spelling were "jueso."
- Hueso sometimes detaches his own left arm and uses it as a cane.
- Hueso's nickname for the Turtles, "pepino", means "cucumber" in Spanish.
- Although Hueso appears first in "The Fast and the Furriest" and the Turtles are already familiar with him, they actually don't meet him until "Minotaur Maze". This suggests that the episodes were aired out of order.
- Hueso's voice actor Eric Bauza voices Hueso while doing an impersonation of Spanish actor Antonio Banderas.