Mondo Gecko is an animal-born mutant gecko who is one of the "brothers" of Superfly's gang.
Physical appearance[]
Personality[]
Mondo Gecko, a free-spirited and fun-loving individual with a passion for skateboarding, shares a strong bond with Mikey due to their similar carefree nature. Initially, as a member of Superfly's family, he harbors a deep-seated hatred for humans, stemming from past experiences. However, when the TMNT thwart their plans during a car chase, Mondo's anger boils over. Ultimately, after listening to the Turtles' persuasive arguments, he undergoes a change of heart, recognizing the error of his ways and joining his siblings in defecting against Superfly to stop the harmful mutation and protect humans.
History[]
Mondo Gecko is one of the many mutant experiments rescued by Superfly. With nobody else to guide Mondo and the others through life, Superfly raised the mutants on his own, becoming a father figure and elder brother to them. After Superfly and his found family attempted to make contact with humans and were treated like monsters, Superfly was convinced - and convinced his family - that humans were the real monsters, piling on the slaying of his father as additional evidence.
So Superfly and his crew of mutants went to build a machine that would mutate all of the world's animals and allow them to overpower and eliminate humanity. Superfly preferred to work under the radar most of the time and hire human thugs to steal things for him, but when that wouldn't suffice, his family would use their talents. Bebop would often be paired with his "brother" Rocksteady as the gang's muscle.
When the Ninja Turtles decide to investigate and take down Superfly, they track him down and end up meeting him and his crew. Initially calling them their "cousins", the crew gets along well with the Turtles at first, with However, once Superfly reveals his plan to the Turtles, they had to quickly fake getting on with his plan to save their necks. Superfly sent the Turtles with Rocksteady, Wingnut, and Mondo to deliver the final piece of his assimilator to their hideout at the boat graveyard at Staten Island. The rest of Superfly's crew followed in other vehicles - Mondo clings on to Bebop's truck.
As the chase goes on Mondo jumps on to the van and told them that launching out of the van's front is not cool, Mikey apologies that they had to, which Mondo denies, Raph says he's not sorry either and kicks the door sending Mondo flying out and sticking on. Superfly then speeds up, frightening Mondo and causing him to climb onto the roof Mondo tells them to hand over the device
After the Turtles regroup and are joined by their Master Splinter, they head to the boat graveyard and battle Superfly and his crew. They convince the other mutants that killing people and mutating the animal population is not the best way to go, and they reluctantly turn on Superfly. Not wanting to hurt their brother, they instead turn their focus to the assimilator. Superfly, however, keeps trying to swat them away and hit the ignition button. They smash him into the machine and he is stuck to it while it shocks him. He ends up pressing the button, but Bebop and Rocksteady knock the machine - and Superfly - off the boat and into the water. When Superfly fails to resurface, Donatello wonders if he's gone, but Bebop says he doubts it as he's tough enough to survive that. Superfly then erupts from the Hudson River, mutated with various sealife, and begins to pick up additional mutations as he traverses through a zoo. During the final battle Mikey sees Mondo's tail sticking out of the rubble and tries to pull him out, only to rip off his tail. Mikey assumed Mondo is dead but Mondo from a far told him he's ok and says it grows back, growing a new tail. Mondo and the others of the former gang assist the Turtles in taking down this new "Superduperfly", regressing him to a common housefly.
Superfly's former crew then goes to stay with the Turtles and Splinter.
Trivia[]
- This incarnation of Mondo Gecko shares a hairstyle that is similar to Paul Rudd's character, Chuck/Kunu from the 2008 comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
- As a callback to his original 1990 action figure, he sports a small skateboard attached to his tail. This was done on producer/co-writer Seth Rogen's behalf due to his and director Jeff Rowe's admiration of the original 1988 toy line.