"I will not rest until I can put my turtle skin boots up on my turtle shell coffee table and drink my morning java out of a mug made out of one of those big, dumb animals!"
— Bonesteel
Simon Bonesteel is a quirky big game hunter whose specialty is hunting endangered animals. He appears in the Live Action TV-series Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation.
Besides Dragon Lord, Bonesteel is one of the Turtles' most recurring enemies in the series. He is referred to as Bonehead by the Turtles due to his stupidity and cruelty to animals.
Simon Bonesteel, is a passionate hunter. He has a collection of weapons that he is very fond of and has given female names to, like "Susanna" the whip and "MaryLou" the crossbow.
As Bonesteel tried, on one occasion, to sell a rare turtle to interested parties, he comes in conflict with the Turtles for the first time. The Turtles are of course endangered as well (being that there's only five of them), so Bonesteel is always trying to catch them. He hopes to either sell one of the Turtles to get a lot of money, or use their shells as a coffee table. No matter what, he doesn't have very good plans for them. The Turtles usually don't have a hard time defeating him, as he is very stupid and completely incompetent. Despite this, he's shown to be fairly skilled at tracking them, making him a frequently occurring nuisance. After his defeat, he swears to make the Turtles his greatest prey, so as to make himself a big name in the hunter world. All in the Family
An example of his tracking ability is when he learns that the Turtles break into an indoor skateboard park on a particular day every week. He sets up traps for them and manages to capture all five; Leonardo and Raphael in cages, Michaelangelo and Venus in a net, and Donatello in a snare trap. Unfortunately, he doesn't account for Raph's strength or Don's remote-controlled motorized Turtlefied Skateboard. Don sends the skateboard to roll under Bonesteel's feet, sending him on a wild ride and causing him to shoot an arrow. The arrow hits the rope holding Don, which frees him to keep Bonesteel occupied. Raph then breaks out of his cage and he helps Leo escape his. Leo in turn deals with the net holding Mike and Venus. The Turtles then manage to trap Bonesteel in his own cage.
The next evening, Bonesteel tries again by setting up a laser perimeter in Central Park, where he knows the Turtles will be because there is a full moon. Unfortunately, after he activates the perimeter and traps the Turtles, the vampires arrive. Bonesteel accidentally shoots himself with a tranquilizer dart and the Turtles escape once again. Unchain My Heart, Part 1
He's also shown to be a competent vampire hunter, capturing Vam-Mi and her two helpers, Bing and Chi-Chu. As Vam-Mi was after her stolen heart, he forces the vampire, along with her servants Bing and Chu-Chi, to cooperate in his hunt for the Turtles. However, this forced alliance did not lead to the desired outcome.
"I am Simon Bonesteel! The greatest big game hunter on the face of this here big blue marble!"
"There will be retribution! Glorious retribution!"
"As Kubi Kahn did declare: Welcome to the Slaughter Dome!"
"I have hunted you bloodsuckers from Transylvania to Burbank! All the zombies capitals!"
"(Caught by the Turtles) "Tell me this isn't my own net!"
"(Leonardo shows off his skills) "Woohoo! Zorro with a shell. Now I heard of kids flushing their baby crocodiles down here, but who in Sam hill would give their turtle fencing lessons!?"
"Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades. I knew I shoulda brought those grenades."
Trivia[]
According to the four-part episode "Unchain My Heart", Bonesteel isn't just limited to hunting animals; he also hunts supernatural creatures as well.
Bonesteel was played by veteran voice actor Scott McNeil.
Simon Bonesteel could be a parody of the fanatical big-game hunter Jack Marlin from the Mirage comics, because he also tends to give his favorite weapons female names.
Anytime Bonesteel is talking to his weapons and makes goofy movements, odd sounds are heard, perhaps to show how crazy he is.
Leonardo learned about hunting to counteract him during the "Unchain My Heart" four-parter.
