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+ | He was a boss in [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project]] and [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time]]. He is in both versions of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. In the original arcade version, he and Rahzar are the bosses of the pirate ship level, while in the Super NES version, they have been moved to the new [[Technodrome]] level. |
They are paired together as a double-boss. They can team up in their attacks; for example, one of their moves involves Tokka withdrawing into his shell and Rahzar hopping on top and riding around the screen chaotically like a skateboard. Their low intelligence from the movie is also included in the game: they will often accidentally hit each other instead of the player, and will take damage for it. In the Super Nintendo Version, Tokka is also able to use an ice breath attack. Just like in the movie, when the player defeats them in the game, they de-mutate to normal animals. Also, in the game, their names have the spelling of the movie, not the later spelling of the TV show. The Super NES version borrows a quote from the movie which Tokka and Rahzar said, right before the fight: "Master say have fun." "FUN!" In the movie, they say this when they're tearing up a backstreet to lure the Turtles into a confrontation. In Manhattan Project Tokka appears as the boss of the rooftop level and carries a shield for blocking jump kicks. Plus, there is an electric billboard in the background and Tokka would be able to uppercut you into it. Tokka returns to the role in the 2009 -Turtles in Time remake for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. For some reason, Tokka is more blue than green in Turtles in Time and has the power of ice breath, freezing any turtle in their tracks. |
They are paired together as a double-boss. They can team up in their attacks; for example, one of their moves involves Tokka withdrawing into his shell and Rahzar hopping on top and riding around the screen chaotically like a skateboard. Their low intelligence from the movie is also included in the game: they will often accidentally hit each other instead of the player, and will take damage for it. In the Super Nintendo Version, Tokka is also able to use an ice breath attack. Just like in the movie, when the player defeats them in the game, they de-mutate to normal animals. Also, in the game, their names have the spelling of the movie, not the later spelling of the TV show. The Super NES version borrows a quote from the movie which Tokka and Rahzar said, right before the fight: "Master say have fun." "FUN!" In the movie, they say this when they're tearing up a backstreet to lure the Turtles into a confrontation. In Manhattan Project Tokka appears as the boss of the rooftop level and carries a shield for blocking jump kicks. Plus, there is an electric billboard in the background and Tokka would be able to uppercut you into it. Tokka returns to the role in the 2009 -Turtles in Time remake for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. For some reason, Tokka is more blue than green in Turtles in Time and has the power of ice breath, freezing any turtle in their tracks. |
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Tokka is a mutant alligator snapping turtle from the second live action movie, the 1987 TV series, and the video games Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project. In most of his appearances, he is partnered with Rahzar. Tokka was played by Kurt Bryant. They were both voice-acted by Frank Welker. The design of Tokka in the movie was inspired by the drawings of comic book artist and writer Stephen R. Bissette. Bissette's noted works include Aliens: Tribes, Tyrant, Taboo, and his award winning run in Saga of the Swamp Thing, among numerous articles and books on comics and horror films.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
He, along with Rahzar was created by The Shredder due to the Foot Clan's failure to defeat the TMNT in the first movie.
The Shredder kidnapped and forced Professor Jordan Perry to use the same ooze that mutated the Turtles. He was slower, but considerably stronger and more durable than the TMNT, but was eventually demutated by them at the end of the movie.
1987 series
In the 1987 TV series, he and Rahzar were two of the mutants created after Shredder unleashed a mutagen at a zoo a while ago. They were first seen terrorizing a mall when the Turtles showed up. Michaelangelo used his grappling hook to contain Tokka, but he simply bit through it. Rahzar created a distraction and they escaped from the mall. The duo managed to find food, but it was a trap set up by Dirk Savage, who proceeded to capture Tokka, though Rahzar managed to escape. As Savage took Tokka to his headquarters, Tokka calls out to his friend for help. At the hideout, Tokka and the rest of the mutants were being controlled by A. J. Howard into completing his master plan. Luckily, he broke out of his control and he escaped. It is unknown if he reunites with Rahzar. Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter
Video Games
He was a boss in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. He is in both versions of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. In the original arcade version, he and Rahzar are the bosses of the pirate ship level, while in the Super NES version, they have been moved to the new Technodrome level.
They are paired together as a double-boss. They can team up in their attacks; for example, one of their moves involves Tokka withdrawing into his shell and Rahzar hopping on top and riding around the screen chaotically like a skateboard. Their low intelligence from the movie is also included in the game: they will often accidentally hit each other instead of the player, and will take damage for it. In the Super Nintendo Version, Tokka is also able to use an ice breath attack. Just like in the movie, when the player defeats them in the game, they de-mutate to normal animals. Also, in the game, their names have the spelling of the movie, not the later spelling of the TV show. The Super NES version borrows a quote from the movie which Tokka and Rahzar said, right before the fight: "Master say have fun." "FUN!" In the movie, they say this when they're tearing up a backstreet to lure the Turtles into a confrontation. In Manhattan Project Tokka appears as the boss of the rooftop level and carries a shield for blocking jump kicks. Plus, there is an electric billboard in the background and Tokka would be able to uppercut you into it. Tokka returns to the role in the 2009 -Turtles in Time remake for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. For some reason, Tokka is more blue than green in Turtles in Time and has the power of ice breath, freezing any turtle in their tracks.
Behind the scenes
"Terrorpin the Terrible", the initial TMNT toy concept that would inspire the character of Tokka.
* Tokka was based on a rejected toy design by legendary horror and comics creator S.R.Bissette. The character concept was of a bipedal alligator snapping turtle called Terrorpin the Terrible[1]. His sidekick ( this would have been a companion toy ) was a smaller snapper with wad of messy blond hair in a tomato soup can named "Snappy Warhol". The little guy was created by Steve Bissette. Coincidentally around the same time in the early 1990s, Ryan Brown was also designing a snapping turtle character for the TMNT Toy line. Bissette's design was picked up and adapted to development for the villain of the film. At that point Brown was instrumental in making sure Mr.Bissette received printed credit on subsequent products featuring Tokka as inspiring the creature's inception. Most Tokka action figure card-backs received this printed credit.
Terrorpin[1] himself would not go away. In the second volume of the Mirage TMNT comic, he would be utilized and featured as a major menace deep underground in the NYC Sewers. A monstrous antagonist to Leonardo. Over a decade later he would return in the second volume of Tales of the TMNT where it would be revealed that he was actually the companion of the fish-woman Rihana.
Turtles Forever
- Tokka and Rahzar appear in 4Kids' 25th anniversary direct-to-DVD special, Turtles Forever. A unique twist on the infamous pairing as they are depicted as Foot Ninja, underlings under Ch'rell the Utrom Shredder. Having overtaken then the Technodrome from the 1987 TMNT cartoon dimension he has also taken control over the utilization of the Mutagen in Krang's reserves. A vast amount of Ch'rell's army are turned into mutants for his disposal against the Turtles. Rahzar himself is among the first of the loyal Foot transformed onscreen. Tokka and Rahzar attack the TMNT teams in the Party Wagon but get pummeled and knocked out by the vehicles fire power.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ryan Brown's' blog post. Retrieved on Error: Invalid time..
Appearences
Movies
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
Tokka in the second movie.
Tokka in the original animated series.
Tokka's boss appearence in the NES game, TMNT III : The Manhattan Project.
Tokka's boss appearance in the SNES game, TMNT IV: Turtles In Time.Gallery
