Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) characters:
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Battle Nexus residents
The Ultimate Ninja
The Ultimate Ninja
Voiced by: Ted Lewis, Sam Riegel (child)
Ultimate Ninja: Beware warrior! I am comming.
A warrior who comes to Earth to challenge Leo to mortal combat.
- All There in the Script: Concept materials, as well as his action figure, call him "Ue-Sama" This, however, is likely to give the character something to distinguish him from his adult self in scripts, since Battle Nexus natives are consistently shown not to have names beyond their titles, and his story arc hinges on him not having a name beyond the one he makes for himself.
- Antagonistic Offspring: The son of the Daimyo.
- Artificial Limbs: Specifically, his left hand.
- Back for the Finale: After not appearing since Season 4, he and his father make a cameo at the end of the series finale watching Casey and April’s wedding.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: In his second appearance. He acts friendly to the Turtles and claims to be regretful of his actions toward them, but it's soon made clear he hasn't changed one bit; he's conspiring to murder his own father to steal his War Staff, and goes so far as to shoot Leo with a poison dart out of petty spite for losing to him.
- Befriending the Enemy: After his revival, the Ultimate Ninja still remembers Leonardo, albeit vaguely. As a result he becomes friends with him.
- Canon Foreigner: He has no Mirage counterpart and was created solely for the 2003 series.
- Combat Pragmatist: Best shown in his debut episode. The Ultimate Ninja is more than happy to comply with the rules of combat that benefit him, such as excluding Leo's family from the fight, but the minute he's losing, he's perfectly willing to cheat and do whatever it takes to win.
- Death by Adaptation: In Mutant Nightmare, the game simply ends upon Ultimate Drako’s defeat, without adapting his resurrection from Lord Simultaneous.
- Even Evil Can Be Loved: Despite his trying to murder his own father to gain power and the War Staff, the Daimyo still loves the Ultimate Ninja and deeply mourns his disappearance, falling into a depression.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: At the last minute, disagrees with Drako's plan to kill the Daimyo because some part of him does actually love his father.
- Evil Is Petty: Shooting Leo with a poison dart has nothing to do with his plan to obtain the War Staff and take over the Battle Nexus. He does it purely out of spite and wounded pride for Leo defeating him in their duel, a duel he challenged Leo to in the first place.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Like the various Battle Nexus natives, his role is his identity, in his case, "the Daimyo's son". His attempt to make a name for himself is not only figurative, but also literal—see Meaningful Rename below.
- Fusion Dance: With Drako during the third season.
- Heel–Face Reincarnation: The Ultimate Ninja was an adversary of the Turtles from his first appearance in Season 2. In the Season 3 two-parter episode "The Real World", the Ultimate Ninja is killed in battle alongside Drako. Lord Simultaneous uses his Time Scepter to resurrect the Ultimate Ninja as his child self, when he was more innocent. The Ultimate Ninja's next few apperances have him befriending the Turtles, and he even attends April and Casey's wedding.
- Meaningful Rename: “The Ultimate Ninja” is what he calls himself after he believe he's defeated Leonardo.
- Party Scattering: He and Drako as Ultimate Drako are the ones responsible for sending the Turtles and Splinter across time and space.
- Raise Him Right This Time: After he is killed Lord Simultaneous revives him as a child. It's implied the Daimyo will do this.
- Redemption Earns Life: His disagreement with Drako gets him killed as it causes him to lose the War Staff and the Time Scepter, and the Time Scepter turns him to dust. But since there was some potential for good in him, Lord Simultaneous brought him back as a child.
- Small Name, Big Ego: While he's a skilled fighter, his arrogance far outstrips his ability to back it up.
- Sore Loser: Attempts to kill Leonardo after being officially defeated.
- Taken for Granite / Literally Shattered Lives: This is how he initially dies after "Same As It Never Was" and "The Real World", but he's brought back to life as a child; Drako stays dead.
- To Be a Master: In his first appearance, as a way of obtaining his own identity as something other than the Daimyo's son.
- True Final Boss: For Mutant Nightmare. The adaptation of the Ultimate Drako arc is set after the adaptation of “Exodus”, which was the campaign’s final story arc.
- The Unfavorite: In a sense. He's very pissed off that his father shows others more respect than him.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: When revived as a child, we see he was a much nicer person in his youth.
- Walking Armory: Swords, Wolverine Claws, chain and sickle, shuriken, blinding dust—the works.
The Daimyo
The Daimyo
Voiced by: Marc Thompson
Daymio: To use such dark arts in defeat, not only would disgrace yourself, but you also would disgrace me, your own father, with your lack of honor.
Ruler of the Battle Nexus and The Ultimate Ninja's father.- Authority Equals Asskicking: Even without his War Staff, he cut a dragon conjured by his son in half.
- Back for the Finale: He and his son make their first appearance since Season 4 in the series finale watching Casey and April’s wedding.
- Benevolent Mage Ruler: Via the War Staff, he is for practical purposes all powerful, and he rules a nexus with a strong sense of honor and fair play.
- Canon Foreigner: Like his son, he was created for the show and doesn't have any counterpart in the source material.
- Cool Mask: Spends most of his time wearing a gold one.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": His true name is never identified.
- Gentle Giant: Sometimes, given his size.
- The Good King: He is well-regarded across the multiverse.
- Large and in Charge: The rule of the Battle Nexus, and is a very big guy.
- Long-Lived: We don't know how old he is but he's made out to be ancient, probably the oldest character in the series next to Lord Simultaneous.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He's the fair and noble ruler of the Battle Nexus. That goes out the window come Season 3, due to bitterness over the loss of his son; when Leo approaches him for help getting back home, the Daimyo instead blames him and his family for his son's disappearance and tries to have him imprisoned forever. Fortunately, he recovers from this when his son returns and goes back to his more reasonable self.
- Sanity Slippage: In the third season, it is clear he has not taken the loss of his son very well.
- Squishy Wizard: Zigzagged. On one hand, he's shown to be powerful enough to slice apart a giant dragon even without the War Staff. On the other hand, it's shown that he can also be taken down when the War Staff is out of his possession by relatively mundane attacks by assassins.
- Story-Breaker Power: With the War Staff, he is effectively an all powerful sorcerer. Hence episodes that feature him have to involve some kind of Drama-Preserving Handicap, like him getting injured, not being well mentally over the loss of his son, or his son being held prisoner.
The Gyoji
The Gyoji
Voiced by: Pete Zarustica
Gyoji: If the warrior named Leonardo refuses the match, then your lives are forfeit.
The referee of the Battle Nexus Tournament and a loyal servant of Daimyo.- Canon Immigrant: He would later appear in the Mirage Comics.
- Meaningful Name: A gyōji (行司) is a traditional referee of the art of sumo.
- Out-of-Character Moment: His entire appearence in "The Real Wolrd" part 2. In all his previous ones, he's generally emotionless and apathetic to the situation, only caring when the rules of the Battle Nexus Tournament are broken by a contestant. In "The Real World" part 2, he genuinely shows emotions and cares about Daimyo, though that was probably on purpose, since it's later revealed that he is infact Ultimate Drako.
- The Reveal: See Unexplained Recovery below.
- The Stoic: He rarely, if ever, shows any emotions.
- Unexplained Recovery:
- In "The Battle Nexus" part 4, he gets sucked into a vortex and presumably dies. In "The Real World" part 2, he returns without an explanation though it's revealed that he is in fact Ultimate Drako in-disguise.
- Even if we put aside this one, he still reappears in "Grudge Match" from season 4 without an explanation.
- The Un-Smile: When it's revealed that Ultimae Drako is masquerading as him, he smiles.
- Voice of the Legion: A heroic example.
Dark Ninja Assassins
Dark Ninja Assassins
- Chain Pain: Some of them use chains as weapons.
- Combat Pragmatist: They're skilled fighters, but don't pass up on a chance to try and take out an unconscious opponent or shoot Leonardo In the Back with a crossbow.
- Cool Sword: One of them has an impressive jagged sword.
- Dark Is Evil: They're clad in black from head to toe and work as assassins.
- Deadly Disc: One of them throws spiked discs at Leonardo.
- Elite Mooks: They're decently skilled fighters, and while Usagi and the Turtles can take them down eventually, the Dark Ninja Assassins generally manage to match them blow for longer than the average Foot Ninja would. When Usagi slices the chain one of them is using in half, the ninja adapts by lashing out with both halves of the chain (one in each hand) and is temporarily able to constrict Usagi this way.
- Frame-Up: They try to kill the Daimyo with Leonardo's swords to frame him for the crime.
- Insectoid Aliens: It's never shown what's under their costumes, but they're implied to be humanoid insects, given the spikes on their arms and legs and how they make sounds like cockroaches when they enter or leave a room.
- Karma Houdini: After their Sickbed Slaying of the Daimyo is foiled, they retreat and are never seen again.
- No Name Given: They're never called anything except "assassins."
- Oh, Crap!: They're visibly frightened when apologizing to the Ultimate Ninja for their failure to kill Leonardo.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: They're skilled assassins with glowing red eyes under their masks.
- Siblings in Crime: There are about twenty of the assassins, and a line from The Ultimate Ninja reveals that at least some of them are brothers.
- Spikes of Villainy: They're remorseless assassins, and each of them has three spikes sticking out of each arm and leg.
- Wall Run: The Dark Ninja Assassins can run straight up walls with no signs of difficulty.
Tournament contestants
Drako
Drako
Voiced by: Marc Thompson
Drako: My patience, young lord, is at an end.
A Battle Nexus Championship contestant who was defeated by Splinter years ago.- Arc Villain: For the Battle Nexus arc.
- Canon Foreigner: As a villain, he was created solely for the show and has no basis in any previous TMNT character.
- A Dog Named "Dog": He's a red dragon named Drako.
- Evil Sounds Deep: His deep voice is only rivalled by Daimyo's.
- Fusion Dance: Merges with the Daimyo's son in Season 3.
- Genius Bruiser: Turns out while both he and the Ultimate Ninja intended to steal the War Staff, only Drako actually studied how to use it.
- Hate Sink: Blatantly cheats, resorts to murder upon losing, betrays his partner in crime, and is generally antagonistic toward everyone. Lord Simultaneous doesn't even restore him to life after bringing the Ultimate Ninja back.
- Killed Off for Real: Petrified and destroyed once the clan reunites and defeated him and the Ultimate Ninja. Though Lord Simultaneous revives his partner, Drako is not so lucky and never returns.
- Our Dragons Are Different: Resembles an Asian dragon, though he doesn't fly or have any form of Breath Weapon.
- Party Scattering: He and the Ultimate Ninja as Ultimate Drako are the ones responsible for introducing Michelangelo to the Super Turtles, putting Raphael in the world of fellow Mirage series Planet Racers, sending Donatello to the infamous "Same As It Never Was" universe with the Shredder ruling all, and getting Splinter imprisoned in the Battle Nexus by the Daimyo, while Leo winds up with Miyamoto Usagi.
- Sore Loser: Attempts to have Splinter killed after having lost the Battle Nexus Tournament.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In the video games. While the Shredder remains the final main campaign boss of Mutant Nightmare since it adapts the season 3 finale “Exodus” as the endgame, the Party Scattering arc still takes place in the “Nightmare” episode that is explicitly set after the events of “Exodus” in the game’s timeline; in the adaptation of “Same As It Never Was”, Donnie says the future Shredder is a different person than the one they defeated in the “Exodus” adaptation. Therefore, Drako doesn’t die until technically later in the timeline than his show counterpart did.
- Taken for Granite / Literally Shattered Lives: This is how Drako finally meets his end after he scatters the Hamato Clan (one of whom, Donatello, gets to witness what will happen should main Big Bad Ch'rell/The Shredder prevail) and is confronted for it. The Ultimate Ninja is brought back to life, but Drako isn't.
- True Final Boss: The main campaign of the Battle Nexus game ends with the Shredder as the final boss in an adaptation of “Rogue in the House”. However, the Battle Nexus tournament is portrayed as another story set after the campaign, in which Drako serves as the final opponent. It happens again in Mutant Nightmare, where as Ultimate Drako he is the final boss of the “Nightmare” episode set after the main campaign.
Kluh
Kluh
Voiced by: Ted Lewis
Kluh: I am going to crush you, turtle boy.
A Battle Nexus Championship contestant with an animus towards Michelangelo.- Arch-Enemy: To Michelangelo. As the latter had accidentally managed to get on his bad side before the next round of the tournament and insulted him, Kluh developed a grudge towards Mikey. It only got worse at the end of the tournament when the two faced off against each other but due Drako and The Ultimate Ninja‘s interference due their fighting over the War Staff, which caused Kluh injuries that eventually caused Mikey to accidentally knock him out, humiliating Kluh. His hate for the Ninja Turtle is so great, Kluh was willing to go so far as to cheat in their rematch by with the help from his father, who had his wizard remove the safety spells of the Battle Nexus, so he can be able to kill Mikey, despite the fact he would have won.
- Ambiguously Evil: While he eventually tries to kill Michelangelo for purely selfish reasons, he also formed part of Traximus' rebel army, which makes it rather hard to get a sense of him.
- Canon Foreigner: Kluh and his people were made exclusively for the 2003 series.
- HULK MASH!-Up: He's a seemingly perpetually angry guy with a smaller, puny form that can instantly transform into a large, hulking warrior and even has a Sdrawkcab Name that's "Hulk" spelled backwards. However, in Kluh's case, his smaller form and larger form are both of one mind and he has a rivalry with Michelangelo, someone who's more of a Badass Normal than a Flying Brick.
- Lightning Bruiser: Like Hun, he is massive, but also very fast.
- Sdrawkcab Name: The character is meant to be a homage to the Hulk.
- Sore Loser: Although he has a point about only losing on a technicality, it eventually becomes clear that he doesn't really give a damn about the Battle Nexus Championship or its rules.
- Strong and Skilled: He's a large, hulking warrior with a huge amount of strength and an equal level of skill in both weapons and martial arts, as evidenced by how far he made it in the Battle Nexus.
- Super Mode: Inverted, more or less, as he spends way more time in his hulked-out form than he does in his smaller state.
- Took A Level In Jerk Ass: He was a surly, violent fighter who wanted to teach Michelangelo a lesson during the Battle Nexus but wasn't an outright villain. And he would also join Traximus and his resistance for a good cause not long after. But by the time of the fourth season, he would become outright villainous, conspiring with his father to lure Michelangelo into a Battle Nexus rematch where he would get the chance to kill Mikey.
D'Jinn
D'Jinn
D'Jinn: You four should be honored to have such as Splinter as your sensei. He's something of a legend here.
A Battle Nexus Tournament contestant, who's an old friend of Splinter.- Advertised Extra: He appears on the cover of the home release of the “Big Brawl” four-parter alongside Leo, Traximus and Usagi, but as mentioned below he is only around for a bit in the first episode of the arc.
- Canon Foreigner: He was created for this series.
- Gentle Giant: When the Turtles see him for the first time, he towers over Splinter, but he's really nice.
- Good All Along: When the Turtles first see him, he is in a battle with Splinter, so they rush to defend their sensei. He later reveals that all of this is a part of the Tournament and that he's good friends with Splinter.
- Mr. Exposition: Downplayed, but he explains to the Turtles how Splinter became a legend in the Battle Nexus.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has four arms, but he isn't evil.
- Nice Guy: After his battle with Splinter, he's shown to be friendly and respectful.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After his brief appearence in "Battle Nexus" part 1, he's never seen again.
- Worthy Opponent: After Splinter defeats him, he shows his respects to the Turtles' sensei.
Other Notable Contestants
Dieskrad
- Absurdly Sharp Claws: His main form of attack.
- Ambiguous Situation: Is he supposed to be the same monster from Kirby's world or a completely different character?
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: He relentlessly attacks his opponents, which comes to bite him, when he fights Ia.
- Darkseid Duplicate: His name is Darkseid spelled backwards and he comes from a world called Ebrik that created by an expy of Darkseid's creator, Jack Kirby.
- Humanoid Alien: Aside from his humanoid appearence, he has nothing in common with humans.
- Reused Character Design: Whether he's the same character or not, he resembles one of the monsters Kirby drew.
- Sdrawkcab Name: Dieskrad / Darkseid (however, this is more of a Shout-Out, as they have nothing in common).
- Sore Loser: Dieskrad wails angrily and repeatedly punches the ground after being eliminated from the tournament.
- Victory Pose: Dieskrad lifts his arms in a triumphant pose after being the first competitor to eliminate his opponent.
Ia
Ia in a battle against Dieskard
A Battle Nexus contestant, who faced Mikey.- Action Girl: She may be the only female competitor, but la makes it to the final four, defeating some pretty skilled opponents in combat.
- Ascended Extra: Very downplayed, but she gets highlighted as one of Traximus’s recruits in the Mutant Nightmare game and is even playable for a level (albeit in a vehicle level where playing as her is no different from the others in terms of mechanics).
- La Résistance: In "Space Invaders" part 3, it's revealed that she has joined Traximus' rebellion alongside Kluh.
- Noodle People: She has exaggerated long and thin limbs.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: la's victory during the first round isn't shown but by default, she was likely up against one of Kirby's fantasy warriors, a Gom-Tai, or a very tough-looking humanoid tiger creature, none of whom are seen fighting anyone onscreen and don't make it to round two.
- Smurfette Principle: Seems to be the only female contestant of the Battle Nexus Tournament.
- The Voiceless: She never speaks in her appearances.
Rings
- Barbarian Long Hair: He has long hair.
- Deadly Disc: He uses them for both slicing and throwing.
- Expy: With his long blue hair, buff physique, and nearly featureless face, he looks quite a bit like a masked Casey, fitting as he’s paired up with Raph.
- Eyeless Face: Inverted. The only thing his face has are his eyes.
- Meaningful Name: He's called "Rings" and has rings for weapons
- The Voiceless: He never speaks.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: He only wears pants.
Zat
- An Arm and a Leg: He appears to be missing his left arm.
- Handicapped Badass: Despite being one-handed, he's still capable in a fight, reaching the semifinals..until he's defeated by Kluh.
- Oh, Crap!: His reaction after Mikey switched their lots and he realized that he's facing Kluh.
- The Worf Effect: In "Battle Nexus" part 3, he gets quickly defeated by Kluh, which shows how powerful Kluh is.
Staff
- Blood Knight: He has an eager smile when he fights Donatello.
- Long Neck: His neck is about the size of his upper arm.
- Noodle People: He's even thinner than Ia.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He's eliminated fairly quickly and with little fanfare, but not before he knocks Donatello out of the tournament, which results in Donatello being available to protect Leonardo and the Daimyo from assassins.
Krall
A burly contestant who is eliminated by la in the second round and also competes in the exhibition matches for Michaelangelo and Kluh's rematch.- Bald Head of Toughness: He is a hulking bald competitor who eliminates his first opponent by giving him a bear hug for a few seconds.
- Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: He is an enormous man with a Pelts Of Barbarian wardrobe and can swing a war hammer bigger than his forearm faster than some people can swing a fly swatter, although he is a formidable opponent even unarmed.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: His mouth and jaw are covered by a metal plate but seem to stick out prominently in a way befitting a powerful warrior.
- Pelts of the Barbarian: Exaggerated, as he seems to have an animal skin sewn into the left half of his torso, while his Loincloth and warhammer give an additional barbarian vibe.
- Victory Pose: He lifts up his arms after making it to the second round.
Fly
A contestant with the classical appearance (although, as far as the viewers know, not the backstory) of The Igor, who narrowly advances past the first round but is quickly eliminated in the second.- Blade on a Rope: He fights with a four-pronged blade attached to a chain. It is prone to being caught in midair and used to drag him forward, and to being cut off from the chain.
- Handicapped Badass: He is hunchbacked and still qualifies for the legendary Battle Nexus warrior competition.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He is one of the shortest fighters, but defeats a much bigger opponent offscreen even after his weapon is neutralized.
- Phlegmings: He is a respected warrior who slobbers during combat.
Sickle
Usagi's menacing opponent in the first round.- Dirty Coward: He attacks Usagi while he is giving a respectful bow at the beginning of their fight and (unlike several other competitors) panics the second he loses his own weapon.
- Double Weapon: He uses a double-bladed sickle.
- Starfish Aliens: He has four legs, a gaping mouth on his torso, spikes on his shoulders, and a head that is just a giant eye.
Albert
A competitor who faces Dieskrad in the first round.- Fragile Speedster: He makes a series of quick and impressive flips but the second Dieskrad throws him to the ground, he is too badly hurt to get back up in time to avoid another blow.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: He seems like a competent warrior, but being the first competitor eliminated in the Battle Nexus means that you aren't going to be seen as very impressive next to your fellow competitors.
- Spider Limbs: He has furry arms and legs and a pair of clawed spider limbs sticking out of his back.
- Third Eye: He always wears a straw hat/helmet that covers his eyes, and there are three pieces of glass on the front of it that seem to act as eyeholes, all lined up next to each other, with one being circular while two are rectangular and none are the same size.
Lajatang
An amphibian contestant who is eliminated by Krall in the first round of the Battle Nexus and the exhibition matches for Michaelangelo and Kluh's rematch.
- Butt-Monkey: Krall defeats him with the same bear hug early in their fight both times he appears (due to archive footage being used in his second appearance).
- Double Weapon: He fights with a staff that has a crescent-moon-shaped blade on each end.
- Fish People: He resembles the Y'Lyntian merpeople, only his fins are longer, and his skin is a darker shade of blue. Unlike most humanoid fish creatures, he doesn't seem to breathe water and is hurt by being deprived of oxygen rather than being taken out of the water into the air.
- Graceful Loser: He is one of the calmer competitors after being eliminated, politely indicating that he's fine when the medics check to see how badly hurt he is.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He apparently disarms Krall before being defeated, given how Krall's warhammer is nowhere in sight before he eliminates Lajatang with a bear hug.
Levrams
Ammag
Ammag
Voiced by: Brian Maillard
Ammag: Kluh! Tear him apart!
Kluh's father, who's furious at his son's defeat at the hands of Michelangelo. Due to this, he arranged a rematch between Kluh and Mikey, which will determine the real winner of the Battle Nexus Tournament.- Backwards Name: Ammag / Gamma. Runs in the family, as he's the father of Kluh / Hulk
- Be Careful What You Wish For: He wanted to turn the rematch between Kluh and Michelangelo into a Duel to the Death. He never anticipated the consequences Kluh would lose.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being a barbaric warlord, Ammag truly does love his son. Not only did he arrange a rematch with Michelangelo to make up for Kluh's humiliation and was willing to help his cheat in the match, but after Mikey took control of the match and Kluh was at his mercy, Ammag was worried when Daimyo would allow to Mikey to kill Kluh or not. Fortunately, for both of them, he chooses grant mercy.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Ammag saw to it that the laws of the Battle Nexus were magically altered so that Kluh could kill Mikey in the ring. In the end, though, the tables are turned.Daimyo: Gaze what you have done, Ammag. Now, your son's life hangs in the balance. I will let Michelangelo decide your fate and the fate of your son.
- Laser-Guided Karma: He turns Mikey's match with Kluh into a Duel to the Death, and kidnaps the Daimyo's son to keep him from restoring the safety spells. Leonardo saves the boy and Mikey turns the tables on Kluh, and Daiymo leaves up to Mikey as to whether or not Kluh and Ammag will die for their transgression. Luckily for them, Mikey decides against killing them.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: If Ammag hadn't tampered with the battle, Kluh would have won, but by forcing Michelangelo to fight for his life, Kluh gave him the time and the incentive to pull out a win—and not by a technicality this time.
- Not Helping Your Case: He says that the Daimyo considers Levrams to be barbarians. Whatever the Daiymo's reasons were, the Levrams likely reinforced them by turning a Battle Nexus Tournament match into a Duel to the Death.
- No One Could Survive That!: Ammag says this when Leonardo reappears, appearing to have defeated the multiple Levram warriors, who were sent to take him out:Ammag: No one could defeat three Levram warriors! Impossible!
The Battle Nexus: Video Game-Only Characters
Slashuur
Slashuur
Voiced by: Jason Griffith
A scythe-wielding samurai-esque mercenary whose name is known throughout the universe.
- Canon Foreigner: One of the most significant additions to Battle Nexus.
- 11th-Hour Ranger: In the campaign, he comes to the aid of the Turtles, Splinter, and Zog in the final mission. Gameplay-wise, the player has likely already had him unlocked as a playable character for quite some time.
- Good Counterpart: Of the Shredder. Both are armored figures known and feared throughout the universe and are both Utroms in armored suits associated with bladed weapons, but while Shredder is a cruel Evil Overlord, Slashuur is at worst a Noble Demon. While Shredder seeks to conquer and destroy, Slashuur simply seeks a Worthy Opponent to fight and genuinely despises unnecessary conflict.
- Heel–Face Turn: After serving as an adversary most of the game, he becomes an ally towards the end of the game once the Turtles help him remember his past.
- High-Altitude Battle: The second battle against him takes place on a glowing platform suspended in mid-air. Incidentally, this level is also titled 'Air'.
- Hyperspace Arsenal: His scythe Gengetsu disappears when not in use, and he can summon it to his hands at will.
- Immune to Bullets: And lasers, and shuriken, and seemingly any other projectile. The cutscene before his first battle establishes this by having a squad of Federation soldiers open fire on him to absolutely no effect.
- Infinity +1 Sword: Slashuur is the last unlockable character in Battle Nexus, and is appropriately the most powerful. His attacks deal several times more damage than any other character, taking down most enemies in one or two hits.
- Meaningful Name: A pretty obvious one. A guy wielding a scythe whose name sounds like the word 'slasher'.
- Noble Demon: He’s a ruthless mercenary when on the clock, but he still has a sense of honor and eventually joins the good guys.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He initially shows up as an enemy because the Triceratons hired him to capture the Fugitoid. Once the turtles best him in battle, he's content to leave them with their lives, recognizing Hamato Yoshi's style and looking forward to their next encounter.
- Recurring Boss: Slashuur is fought twice in the story of Battle Nexus, and can optionally be fought a third time in Tournament Mode.
- Redemption Demotion: While he's still very strong as a playable character, he lacks the fancier attacks he had as a boss (obviously), and no longer possesses lifesteal on his attacks or projectile immunity.
- Rush Boss: Slashuur has much lower health than most bosses; however, he more than compensates with his teleporting, immunity to projectile attacks, and most dangerously, Life Drain on his attacks that can make him several times tougher than his health bar might suggest if the player isn't careful.
- The Reveal: He is actually an Utrom wearing Powered Armor, much like The Shredder/Ch'rell.
- Secret Character: You can unlock him as a Playable Character.
- Sinister Scythe: His weapon is a huge scythe named Gengetsu.
- World's Strongest Man: Known as the greatest mercenary in the universe. While Mikey quips that he doesn't quite live up to the hype after beating him the first time, it's implied that Slashuur was holding back (which is made abundantly clear by his second fight) and he appears to be barely winded once he gets up.
