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Zayton Honeycutt was a scientist whose brain patterns were copied into his robot assistant SAL, and became the Fugitoid. Currently, he exists as a digital entity in the Rock Bottom computer systems.
History[]
Honeycutt created a device called the Mentawave Helmet that boosted brain activity and granted the user telekinetic and telepathic powers. One night while working, he saw his SAL unit tangled in some wires outside, during a severe thunderstorm. As he reached SAL and attempted to untangle him, lightning struck them both, charring Honeycutt's body to death, but transferring his brain patterns to SAL.
The government deemed Honeycutt a fugitive android or "Fugitoid", and sought to reclaim him to force into experimentation. While he did manage to elude the government, he was captured by someone much worse - Baxter Stockman, a deranged scientist. The Ninja Turtles encountered Stockman and fought him off, rescuing Honeycutt.
After Oroku Hiroto's takeover of New York City, Zayton joined the rebel faction Rock Bottom, particularly as a foil to Stockman, who was running Hiroto's tech enterprise. As Donatello and Splinter made their way to Japan in an effort to broker peace with Hiroto (which turned out to be a trap), Stockman attacked Rock Bottom and attempted to extract Fugitoid. Honeycutt told him that he'd rather self-destruct than let Stockman take him, and the mad scientist called his bluff. Honeycutt detonated, killing much of the present company, including Leonardo and Casey. Michelangelo was knocked out, and April lost an arm and a leg. Some of the surviving rebels recovered Fugitoid's head and brought it to April. Fight or Flight
Years later, Mike, April, Casey Marie, and a host of other Rock Bottom rebels infiltrated Baxter's compound and planted Honeycutt's head into his system. Stockman found and pulled Honeycutt's head out, but Honeycutt electrocuted him to death at the expense of the last remaining piece of his chassis. Now a nanobot swarm, Honeycutt infected Stockman's systems and shut down everything. Blood in Snow
Zayton survived as a digital engram in the Rock Bottom computer systems. Now sporting a more jaded attitude at having been dragged into these situations with the Turtles, Stockman, the Foot, and others, and his necessitated continuous sacrifices, he nevertheless helps April in between his complaints and analyzes Odyn's blood after he temporary exhibits a locked-in rock-like state. After Yi also begins emitting electricity during a mission, he also checks her blood, and comes to the hypothesis that since April used some of Michelangelo's blood to aid in the second generation of Turtles' mutation, the increased radiation in his blood from the years he spent in China may be causing them to undergo a secondary mutation upon puberty.
However, while still running the numbers on the samples, the Purple Dragons infiltrate his systems with malware, and they also begin overwhelming the Rock Bottom bases physically. April has no choice but to order Honeycutt to initiate the "Teddy Bear Protocol", which opens valves that flood the Rock Bottom bases. Playing God Day Dreams and Nightmares
Honeycutt was revealed to have escaped the malware-infected computer and transferred himself to Rock Bottom's backup headquarters on Roosevelt Island. He created himself a new robot body from the nanobots still existing there from Stockman's tenure. Secrets
See also[]
- Character gallery: Fugitoid
- Appearances of Fugitoid