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Warning ! This clause curb spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles # 143A number ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfans were introduced to it through the classic ‘ 90s Saturday Morning Cartoon , where they did n’t just meet the heroic Turtles themselves , but also the bats characters they ’d happen with every adventure . Among them were fun , toyetic variation like Bebop , Rocksteady , and Leatherhead , but there were also more obscure mutants who the Turtles had to face - off with - mutants like Groundchuck and Dirtbag . Now , Groundchuck and Dirtbag have been adapted into the current continuity ofTMNTcomics , and these once beloved animated characters have become virginal incubus fuel .
The officialTMNTcanon under IDW Publishing has done an amazing caper at add classical characters into the freshly established continuity in progressively interesting ways . While characters like the aforementioned Bebop and Rocksteady have essentially the same origin they did in the original cartoon , other characters like Armaggon have seen drastic changes - most of which are absolutely incredible .
Given that theTMNTcomics are and have always been a snatch more mature than the movies and display , it only piddle sense that the characters who ’ve been include from the classic cartoon would be amped - up a minute in that direction . For instance , Armaggon was originally a fun mutant shark from the future . Now , he ’s much the embodiment of multiversal chaos , biting through timelines and threatening all reality . Therefore , it ’s no surprise that characters like Groundchuck and Dirtbag - who originated as funmutant unfit Guy working for Shredder- are now perfectly atrocious .
TMNT’s Groundchuck & Dirtbag Became An Amalgamated Mutant Horrorshow
InTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#143 by Sofie Campbell , Kevin Eastman , and Gavin Smith , the Ninja Turtles have finally learned who ’s been abduct sport across Mutant Town : Dr. Barlow . Barlow was once a human surgeon who has since become a mad - mutant scientist hellbent on returning himself to his human form . In the process , Barlow has conducted some terrible experimentation with his unwilling mutant captive , include Groundchuck and Dirtbag .
The classic mutanimal pig and mole have been reduce to an amalgamated two - headed wight puppeted by their vicious creator . Fueled by the dark magic of a Dragon Scale ( leave over from the fiendish intrusion show inTMNT#100 ) , Groundchuck and Dirtbag became one horrifying brute who did more than scare the Ninja Turtles . Their combine mutant strength made them a logical threat , and in the ending , that threat had to be neutralize . Leonardo killed Groundchuck and Dirtbag in this issue , bringing a tragic end to their cursed life .
Groundchuck & Dirtbag Is The Perfect Meta-Evolution In TMNT
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshas always typify the type of mutants made renowned in the ‘ 90s that grownups hated and kids loved . The mutant in the show and comic strip were weird , gross , and slimy - with the heroic Turtles themselves literally dwell in the sewers . The series was n’t glamorous or attractive , it was ugly and gritty , with element that totally break the clay sculpture from the more milled child show and comics . That ’s why so many multitude immediately lovedTMNT , and why it ’s still go strong to this day . That ’s also why this reimagining of Groundchuck and Dirtbag is so perfect . This character is horrible to search at , with component that are even scarey , but they ’re also awful in a totally sick kind of agency . They ’re mutants , they ’re unnatural by nature , so to see them brought to the extremum like this is so much fun , especially for devotee who first saw them in the classicTMNTcartoon .
While Groundchuck and Dirtbag ’s clock time in the currentTMNTcanon was suddenly - lived , and finally tragic , what they brought to the series was unparalleled . They stand for the very matter that made TMNT great from the start : cool , stark mutants . So , whileTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesdid unquestionably flex two beloved vivify theatrical role into thoroughgoing incubus fuel , it also reminded buff why they come down in passion with the serial to begin with .
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles # 143by IDW Publishing is uncommitted now .
