Stephen is a character appearing in the Tales of the TMNT. He is an excavator operator.
History[]
Loud sounds of jackhammering send Raphael, Scumbug and Ray Fillet far underground in search of the source in order to shut it off. They discover a man inside an excavator jackhammering the wall of a large cavern and Raph has to throw a rock at the cabin of the machine to gain the man's attention. The man yells that he's going as fast as he can and then recognizes Raph, thinking he's working with "them". Raph tells the man that his machine is making too much noise and then shuts it off because the man curls into a ball, frightened. He says that he'll go faster, but that the excavator isn't made to do that. Raph has no idea what he's talking about and asks the man's name, which is Stephen. He is digging a hole up to the surface, which was what he was told to do.
Stephen thinks that Raph is part of a gang of mutants who terrorized him and ordered him to dig. The Anenemies used forceful coercion to keep him digging, but also offered him four million dollars in overtime, though Stephen is sure they don't know how money works. After a battle with the Anenemies, Raph is able to get Stephen out of his situation, and in the process learns that it was the East River Three who initially gave Stephen his instructions. He didn't know why they wanted him to dig, but Stephen hands Raph a pamphlet from the Natural History Museum, which he says he got from the mutants. Raph vs. Water
See also[]
- Character gallery: Stephen
- Appearances of Stephen