Nasty Space Pirates are a pair of space pirates in the TMNT comic strip The Voyage Home. One wears an eye patch and the other has a hook for a hand.
History[]
The Voyage Home[]
After the Pilot Dude's spaceship runs out of power due to Michaelangelo using a super high powered hair dryer, they realize that their oxygen supply will run out in sixty minutes. Pilot Dude sends out a distress beacon and it's almost immediately answered, but the ship that's moored to them aims a Megaturboid Deathblaster at their ship. Soon the door to Pilot Dude's spaceship is kicked in and two armed men enter, but find the bridge is not occupied. They kick in another door and locate the Turtles and Pilot Dude. The duo announces themselves as the official Nasty Space Pirates and say they are taking over the ship. Mikey drops the keys into the space pirate captain’s hand and says “see ya”.
The Space Pirates are upset that there is no sword fight or plank walking and no bloodshed. While they are thinking that space pirating isn't what it used to be, the Turtles and Pilot Dude take off in the Space Pirate's ship. The Turtles feel bad about abandoning the pirates in the powerless ship because they'll suffocate when the air supply runs out. Pilot Dude assures them that he's notified the proper authorities. Back on the Pilot Dude's ship, the Space Pirate's mother has arrived and grounds them for a millennium.