In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stanley, usually referred to as Bullhop post-mutation, is a bellhop employed at the Grand Nexus Hotel who was mutated into a bull. He is an ally of the Mad Dogs .
Appearance[]
Human[]
As a human, Stanley was a white man with short straight black hair, a cleft chin, black eyes, light skin, and a thin figure. He wore a red bellhop uniform with purple and yellow pant stripes, purple shoulder pads with yellow trim, and white gloves. He also wore pink socks, dark brown loafers, and a red bell-boy hat with a purple and yellow stripe.
Mutant[]
Bullhop is a mutant bull with short straight black hair, short dark brown fur, a dark pink nose, white horns, red eyes, and a large, muscular figure. He has dark brown spots near his mouth and dark brown markings on his ears and nose bridge. He wears his usual bellhop uniform now torn and pink socks with white stripes.
Personality[]
Bullhop is fussy and anxious, moving frantically to save objects in his place of employment from being damaged in "Bug Busters". Upon being mutated into a bull, he became clumsy and uncoordinated, which resulted in him accidentally damaging much of what he was trying to protect.
Bullhop can get carried away in activities though he is well-meaning and sensitive, hurt when Michelangelo attempts to revoke his welcome at the lair. He tries to rectify his inconsiderate treatment of the lair by freeing the Turtles of the trouble of completing a mission, doing it himself in their place in "Bullhop".
History[]
Stanley debuted in "Bug Busters" while working in the Grand Nexus Hotel's Oozesquito-infested lobby, wherein he met the Mad Dogs. While the Turtles attempted to neutralize the Oozesquitoes, Stanley prevented several items of the hotel property from being destroyed during the scuffle. After an argument transpired between Raphael and Leonardo, the two of them were captured in Donatello's Oozesquito trap alongside Mikey and Donnie. Stanley was then stung by an Oozesquito and turned into a mutant bull and in a panic, fled from the hotel.
Bullhop reappeared in "Bullhop". Now living on the streets of New York, he tried to quietly traverse the city, only to disturb dozens of people with his unintentional noise. He was cornered by the Turtles in an alley and taken to their lair after he accidentally knocked himself unconscious. Bullhop awoke inside Donnie's laboratory and was informed by his brothers that they intended to allow Bullhop to live as a guest at their home to atone for his accidental mutation. However, his consistent messy and overly self-indulgent behavior caused the Turtles to feels increasingly frustrated and less hospitable towards him as time passed. Bullhop was later told that the Turtles had to leave the lair to complete a mission to trespass into the Grand Nexus Hotel to steal Big Mama's silk to allow them to capture more Oozesquitoes. Bullhop's offer to help was initially declined by Mikey and Leo, but he was able to prompt Leo to reconsider his accompaniment. Despite this, Bullhop stole the Turtles' mission disguises and secretly began the mission himself, hoping it would make up for the trouble he caused them. He was followed by the Turtles to the Grand Nexus Hotel and was able to locate the vault storing the silk, but was interrupted by an invite to dance from Big Mama. After dancing with her, he attempted to obtain the silk, but his cover was blown by the Turtles crashing into the hotel from one of its windows. He managed to steal a single pitcher of Big Mama's silk and successfully fled the hotel with the Turtles. Bullhop then declined Raph's offer to extend his welcome at his family's home in favor of pursuing ballet.
Bullhop was recruited by April O'Neil in "End Game" to assist her and Splinter in rescuing the Turtles from the Foot Clan. However, he, along with the rest of The B-Team, were immediately captured by a trap placed at the entrance of the Shredder's shrine.
Biography[]
As a human, Bullhop took his job as bellboy at Big Mama's hotel very seriously. In fact, he was doing his best to keep the lobby spick and span when he was accidentally mutated into a hulking but clumsy bull. He became the Turtles' friend, and tries to help out on missions, but he tends to do more harm than good.
Abilities[]
- Enhanced strength: Bullhop is remarkably strong, able to tear clothing he wears by merely flexing his muscles.
- Dancing: Due to practice on the Turtles' arcade game, Pants Pants Revolution, Bullhop acquired proficiency in dancing, able to make well-known dancer Big Mama herself swoon in response to his skills. Bullhop is also versed in ballet as shown in "Bullhop".
Relationships[]
Friends and allies[]
- The Mad Dogs: Bullhop lived with the Turtles for weeks in "Bullhop" and cares about them, trying to make up for his poor behavior as a guest by completing a mission for them. When the Turtles were captured in "End Game", Bullhop rose to free them, though wasn't actually able to in the end.
- Michelangelo: Mikey laid out him and his brothers' true feelings of irritation to Bullhop and he was quite saddened by the notion of being expelled from the lair.
- Donatello: Bullhop wore one of Donnie's battle shells in "Bullhop" and flew around his laboratory with it.
- April O'Neil: Bullhop was called upon by April to save the Turtles from their abductors in "End Game".
- Leonardo: Bullhop garnered the most sympathy from Leo due to his persistent guilt surrounding his mutation.
- Raphael: Raph offered Bullhop to continue to stay with him and his family due to encouragement from Leo though Bullhop turned it down, recognizing he needs to learn how to live with his mutation.
- Hamato Yoshi / Lou Jitsu / Splinter: Bullhop accompanied Splinter on his and April's mission to rescue the captured Turtles in "End Game".
Enemies[]
- Big Mama: Bullhop used to be a member of Big Mama's hotel staff as a bellhop before his mutation as shown in "Bug Busters". He later became the target of her affection in "Bullhop" and danced with her in the Grand Nexus Hotel, but didn't seem to return her interest and fled from her after acquiring her silk.
- The Foot Clan: Bullhop embarked on a mission to free the Turtles from the Foot's possession in "End Game", but was unable to carry out Splinter's plan.
Trivia[]
- According to Rise of the TMNT staff writer Russ Carney, Bullhop was mutated into a bull due to his frequent consumption of beef jerky.[1]
- Stanley was credited as "Bellhop" in "Bug Busters".
- Bullhop's real name, Stanley, is seen on his Employee of the Month portrait in "Bullhop".[2]
- Like his voice actor, Dave Foley, Bullhop is from Canada.
- He is the second character in the series to make continuous running gags about their voice actor's home country; the first being Hypno-Potamus about his native New Zealand.
- His name might be a reference to the Stanley cup, hockey's, Canada's national sport, most famous trophee.
- According to his description on the packaging of his action figure, Bullhop dislikes weapons.[3]
Gallery[]
- Stanley (Rise of the TMNT)/Gallery
- Stanley (Rise of the TMNT)/Animations
- Stanley (Rise of the TMNT)/Appearances
