Tokka

Tokka
Biographical information
Aliases	Toka, Snapper
Nicknames	Tokky, Tokk, Pin-cushion, Macrochelys temminckii
Weapon of choice	Snappin' Scimitar Choppin' Chuks, Sicko Sai, Big Bad Stick, Belly Bustin' Belt, Razor sharp and lighting fast Bo bustin' and Bitin' beak, Sinister Spear-sharp Spikes, Turtle Torn and Tearing Pterodactyl Talons
Affiliation	Foot Clan
Physical description
Species	Mutant Turtle
Gender	Male
Height	8" 99'
Eye color	Yellow, Red
Out of universe information
Era(s)	Secret of the Ooze, 1987 TV series,
First appearance	Secret of the Ooze
Created by	S.R. Bissette
Voiced by	Frank Welker (2nd movie) Rob Paulsen (1987 series)

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. When The Shredder found out that the substance that mutated the Turtles had been created by TGRI (Techno-Global Research Industries), he sent his Foot Soldiers to steal the ooze and kidnap head TGRI scientist, Professor Jordan Perry. Shredder instructs Perry to use the ooze to mutate an Alligator Snapping Turtle and a Gray Wolf, kidnapped from the Bronx Zoo, thus creating Tokka and Rahzar. However, Jordan had secretly altered the mutagen, and as a result, the two mutants had the intelligence of human infants. Saki ordered the monsters to face him in battle, to teach them who their master was, the infantile mutants misinterpreted the word "master", thinking it meant "mamma" and hugged him instead. Angered, Shredder ordered them to be destroyed, but Perry had sympathy for them and showed Saki their total obedience to him and that, as they were "playing" in the junkyard, lifting a large truck as if it were a toy, they had great strength. This prompted Shredder to keep them alive.

Despite their low intelligence and speed, the two mutants' incredible physical strength and durability made them more than a match for the Turtles. On their first encounter at Shredder and Tatsu's junkyard base, the Turtles were ill-prepared and barely managed to escape when trying to save their brother Raphael from capture and rescue Dr. Perry. During the escape they trapped Tokka in a manhole from the waist down. Michaelangelo teased Tokka and tickled the bottom of the snapper's clawed feet. April O'Neil was confronted by the Foot with a message for the Turtles: If they didn't meet the Foot at a construction site near the docks, Shredder would set Tokka and Rahzar out again into Central Park. As many people would get hurt, The Turtles and Splinter agreed that there was no other choice but to face Shredder. But the professor had a plan; with the help of Donatello and Keno, Dr. Perry prepared an anti-mutagen to de-mutate Tokka and Rahzar, which had to be ingested.

During their second encounter at the construction site, amidst a distraction, Leonardo and Michaelangelo trick Tokka and Rahzar into eating the antidote (they froze the concoction into ice cubes and then hid them in a box of donuts, which they then offered to the two mutants as the "ritual of the traditional pre-fight donut"). Rahzar and Tokka devoured some of the donuts with continued coaxing from the Turtles. Rahzar, regardless of his infant-like mentality, figured that something was wrong with the situation, and crushed one of the donuts in his claw, to discover the anti-mutagen cube. Enraged, Tokka and Rahzar smashed Michaelangelo through a wall and into the Dockshore Club interrupting a crowded dance concert by Vanilla Ice.

As the final showdown commenced at the club; Leo and Raph were fending off Rahzar and Tokka's snapping attacks. Dr. Perry informed them that their repeated burping was slowing the anti-mutagen and that carbon dioxide was needed to speed up the demutation. The Turtles knocked their foes flat on their backs and shoved fire extinguishers into the creatures' mouths, which administered the needed carbon dioxide. Finally, the antidote took effect and the two mutants returned to their animal forms. What happened to them after this is unknown.

1987 series

Toka and Razar only appeared once in the seventh season of the 1987 cartoon series. In 1993, they were featured in the season 7 episode Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter. In the 1987 TV series, he and Razar were two of the out-of-control mutants created after Shredder unleashed a mutagen at a zoo a while ago (whether this refers to when he created Bebop and Rocksteady or Groundchuck and Dirtbag, is not made clear). They were first seen terrorizing Crystal Palace mall when the Turtles showed up. The animated versions were more intelligent and more eloquent. Michaelangelo used his grappling hook to contain Toka, but he simply bit through it. Razar created a distraction and they escaped from the mall. Toka has a very uncontrolled appetite, the duo managed to find food, but it was a trap set up by Dirk Savage, who proceeded to capture Toka after he devours the smorgasbord, though Razar managed to escape. As Savage took Toka to his headquarters, Tokka calls out to his friend for help. At the hideout, Toka 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 Razar. Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter Their look in the cartoon was very much like that of their action figures, made two years prior to their toon appearance.

In this episode, his name was spelled Toka .

Toka was voiced by Rob Paulsen.

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. I, 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 in the Super Nintendo Version, 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. 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 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.

                        

Appearences     

Movies      

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze       
• Turtles Forever             

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)         

• Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter