Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

The Shredder's physical appearance remains fairly consistent in all incarnations of the character. Saki is a muscular Japanese man, most frequently seen in the Shredder persona, wearing a suit of armor vaguely based on that of a samurai, sometimes with a cape. The armor consists of blade-covered metal plaques on his shoulders, forearms, hands (sometimes just his left hand, because he is left-handed), and shins; he wears a purple, gray, blue, or red robe that variously appears to be simple fabric or a form of chain mail. He also wears a metal helmet with a trident-shaped ornament on top, and a metal mask that covers his face, leaving only his eyes visible. In later incarnations he sometimes wears a metal silver (Utrom Shredder), black (Cyber Shredder/Demon Shredder), red (Tengu) or blue (/2003/2007 action figure/Tengu) suit of armor.

Kevin Eastman got the idea for Shredder's armor from large trapezoidal cheese graters which he envisioned on a villainous character's (originally named "The Grater" or "Grate Man") arms. He then said, "Could you imagine a character with weapons on his arms like this?"

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Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Arnold Bernid "Casey" Jones is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. Like the turtles, Casey Jones is a vigilante, and was created as a parody of vigilante characters that were in comics. Casey wears a hockey mask and cut-off biking gloves and carries his weapons in a golf bag over his shoulder. His weapons include baseball bats, golf clubs, cricket bats, and hockey sticks. He is a master of stealth, as he has never been caught by the NYPD despite his bizarre appearance. In later installments, he becomes a love interest of April O'Neil.

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April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

April O'Neil is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. In each of the many TMNT continuities, she is a good friend of the Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo.

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Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

In the 1987 TMNT cartoon, Splinter is Yoshi. He was a martial art instructor for the Foot Clan, based in Japan, and also had a passion for Renaissance art. But he didn't talk very much though, for he was very quiet. One day he was framed by his rival, Oroku Saki (who would eventually turn into his future arch-enemy, the Shredder), for trying to murder their common dojo master. Being unable to prove his innocence, he moved away to New York City, where he lived as a hermit in its sewers and befriended the rats. One day, he came across four baby turtles which were accidentally dropped by a boy through a grate of the sewers. He kept them as pets and treated them like his children. But later, he found the turtles venturing near broken barrels that were oozing glowing pink chemical liquid. As he tried to recover them from danger and attempted to clean them with his bare hands, they were all affected by the chemical which was a mutagen. This mutagen transformed any living being into amutant whose body became mixed with the DNA of any other living being it was most in contact with. The turtles, being in a pet store with people touching them and all around them, turned into young anthropomorphic humanoid turtles. Hamato himself, having been in contact more with sewer rats, became a humanoid rat.

Since then, Yoshi raised the turtles by himself, and gave them the names of his favorite Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michaelangelo, who were to be distinguished by personality and headband color. He also taught them the art of ninjutsu in order to protect themselves better, since people above ground would not accept them. And like many real life ninja masters He also has a strong sense of honor and follows very strict rules of honor. In which all four of his students take after and strongly follow.

Hamato was given the nickname "Splinter" by his students, due to his proficiency at breaking wooden boards. On one occasion Donatello was able to use the remnants of the ooze that transformed them to restore Yoshi's human self, but the process was only temporary and soon wore off; however, Splinter, having seen how humans could treat each other at times, concluded that he preferred his new state, particularly due to the relationship he had with his students. Master Splinter doesn't hold a father/son relationship with the turtles, as the Mirage Studios, Movie, and 2k3 stories suggested, but more of a teacher/student bond. This version of Splinter never calls the turtles "my sons" and the turtles never call him father. In fact in Turtles Forever the old toon turtles are surprised when the 4kids turtles call Splinter father. However, in an episode called The Old Switcheroo, Splinter showed a glimpse of fatherly concern for Leonardo when he's slightly injured by one of Donatello's contraptions. Splinter also mentions in the series (episode; Snakes Alive!) that Leonardo is his most gifted student. Master Splinter even gets the chance to be human once more in an episode Splinter No More, but realizes he much more prefers being with the turtles. Master Splinter is always there for the turtles to give a wise/ungrasping quote or speech to try to ease the turtles' troubles. He'll also show a little ninja action just in the knick of time when it seems the turtles are in for impending doom that is inescapable. In this series, Splinter is voiced by Peter Renaday.

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Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Raphael (or Raph), a fictional character and one of the four main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media.^[1]

In the Mirage/Image comics all four turtles wear red bandanas over their eyes, but unlike his brothers in other versions, he is the only one who keeps the red bandana. Raphael wields twin sai as his primary weapon, although historically, sai were never used by ninja as the sai is a Kobudo weapon originating inOkinawa. (In the Next Mutation series, his sai stick together to make a staff-like weapon.) He is generally the most likely to experience extremes of emotion, and is usually depicted as being aggressive, sullen and rebellious.^[2] According to his creators he is the second oldest of the four. The origin of Raphael's anger is not always fully explored, but in some incarnations appears to stem partly from the realization that they are the only creatures of their kind and ultimately alone. He also has a somewhat turbulent relationship with his older brother Leonardo because he is the group leader. He is named after the 16th century Italian painter Raphael

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Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Donatello (Don or Donnie) is a fictional character and one of the four main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media.[1][2] He is co-creator Peter Laird's favorite Turtle. In the Mirage/Image comics all four turtles wear red bandanas but in other versions he sports a purple bandana. His signature weapon is the bō staff. In all media he is depicted as the most knowledgeable of the four turtles, often speaking in technobabble with a natural aptitude for science and technology. He is named after the sculptor Donatello

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Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Michelangelo (Mike or Mikey) is a fictional character and one of the four main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media.^[1]His mask is typically portrayed as orange outside of the Mirage/Image/IDW comic series and his weapons are dual nunchaku, though he has also been portrayed using other weapons, such as a grappling hook, tonfa, and a three section staff (in some action figures).

More fun-loving than his brothers, Michelangelo was given a much bigger role in the 1987 cartoon series, directed at a younger audience, than in the more serious original comic books^[2] which was aimed at an older audience. He came to epitomize the late 1980s and early 1990s popular culture incarnation of the TMNT, coining most of their catchphrases. Like all of the brothers, he is named after a famous Renaissance artist; in this case, he is semi-obviously named after Michelangelo, a 16th century influential Tuscan sculptor, painter and architect who is best known for sculpting David, several Pietàs and painting part of the Sistine Chapel. The spelling of the character's name varies from source to source, and he has been alternately shown as both Michelangelo and Michaelangelo.^[3]

Because Kevin Eastman's original "ninja turtle" concept drawing (1983) portrayed an unnamed turtle with nunchaku strapped to its arms, some consider Michelangelo to be the first Ninja Turtle created. Although the first toys released (pre-Playmates) had Michelangelo using katanas and Leonardo using nunchaku.

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Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Leonardo (or Leo) (born: 1 May, 1984) is a fictional character and one of the four main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media.In the Mirage comics all four turtles wear red bandanas, but in other versions, he wears a blue bandana. His signature weapons are two ninjaken(literally "ninja sword"), which are universally referred to as katana. Throughout the various media he is depicted as the leader of the four turtles and the most disciplined. He is named after Leonardo da Vinci.

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Steve Urkel - Family Matters

Jaleel White was best known for his role as Steve Urkel on Family Matters. Urkel was a stereotypical geek/nerd, with large, thick eyeglasses, "high-water or flooding" pants held up by suspenders, multi-colored cardigan sweaters, and a high-pitched voice. Urkel was originally a one-shot character on Family Matters, but, because of audience and ratings reactions, he became a main draw to the show. He owns a 1960's BMW Isetta, (a car given to him by one of his relatives in exchange for not visiting him).

His main interactions on the show were his love for Laura Winslow, his close friendship with Eddie and his perpetual annoyance of her father, Carl and her baby sister, Judy. Amongst the rest of the family, Harriette, Richie, Rachel, and Estelle "Mother" Winslow were more accepting and caring of Urkel. Estelle was always delighted whenever Steve comes over and calls her "Estelle, my Belle". She also considers him as her surrogate grandson and was the only one who knew how much his parents hated him. Richie has considered Urkel like an uncle to him. Harriette treats him as a surrogate son to their family and was always appreciative of him for helping out their family when they needed him.

Steve intended to go to college at MIT, but after one semester he returned to Chicago and attended (fictional) Illinois Occidental University (IOU) with Laura.

Steve's parents, Dr.and Mrs.Roberta Urkel(never made an actual appearance on the show) has never loved him in a day of his life and they went through great lengths to avoid him at all costs. Dr.Urkel was a brain surgeon and both ended up disowning him when he decided to live with the Winslows instead of going to Russia with them. The closest thing that they came to loving him, was when he was Stefan Urquelle(his alter ego) and they introduced him to his grandparents. Most of his relatives also refused to have any involvement with him and paid him a great deal of money to not visit them.

Despite that, Steve has three relatives who cares about him and his well being. His uncle Ernie, who owns a horse trailer. His cousin Myrtle, who has a love for Eddie and she was close to him like a sister and his aunt Oona(portrayed by Donna Summer) from Altoona, who was his favorite aunt and she was close to him like a mother figure. He had an uncle called Big Daddy Urkel, that had a big disagreement with Eddie. He also had problems with his other cousin in Detroit, Cornelius Eugene Urkel because he kept going by his nickname, Original Gangsta Dawg and he always asked him for money(which he refused to give him, despite knowing his problems with Fresh Squeeze and told him he can't even be in the Winslow house while he here and away). The latter was ignored when he entered the house against Steve's wishes.

Urkel also created an alter ego, named Stefan Urquelle to impress Laura. While Urkel is clumsy and unpopular with the people around him, Urquelle is popular and suave, especially with women. Steve originally made the "transformation" to Stefan to woo her, She and the other women encountered are enamored by him. He created a formula called "Cool Juice" to transform into Stefan. Even his parents was so impressed by the new him that they brought his grandparents to meet him. Originally, the effects of the transformation were only temporary; Stefan would change back into Steve after a certain amount of time (originally a week). In his first appearance, however, he was very narcissistic, cold-hearted, and shallow, which quickly turned Laura off. She decided she wanted the real Steve back because he, unlike Stefan, cared about others. He agreed and ate a tablet that reverted him back to Urkel, which made her happy.

Steve later improved the formula to limit the effects it had on his personality, and re-dubbed the formula "Boss Sauce". He also invented a "transformation chamber", which allowed him to turn into Stefan for extended periods of time. However, this time, Urquelle was more likeable and caring towards others, but still cool. As the show went on, Steve enhanced the "Boss Sauce" even further, completely removing the change-over from Stefan back into Steve. Stefan could only change back into Steve by drinking an antidote. He was also able to alter the nature of his "Boss Sauce" to induce other personalities, such as morphing himself into a martial arts master using hair samples from legendary martial artist Bruce Lee (he referred to this altered "Boss Sauce" as "Bruce Juice" It was used in season 6, Episode 14: The Substitue Son, Season 7, Episode 15: Random Acts of Science and Season 8, Episode 8: Karate Kids). Eventually, his transformations to Stefan became limited, when he started dating, his girlfriend, Myra Monkhouse. Whereas, Laura and everyone else finds Stefan very cool and popular. Myra sees him as a joke to her and thinks that her "Steviekins" was perfect the way he is.

At the end of the seventh season, Steve creates a cloning machine, which he uses on himself, briefly duplicating himself. However, the two Urkels began fighting over Myra and a fed up, Laura, quickly difuses the situation by grabbing both their ears. She tells them how she truly feels about what happened and how he created a monster. Urkel is disheartened that there's no possible solution to the problem. She comes up with a real good solution and tells him to send the clone into the transformation chamber to be a permanent Stefan. That way they can meet each other in real life, which would help them out. Her solution to the problem made Myra real happy that she gets to keep Steve. The chamber does it's trick and the clone comes out as Stefan. He then became Laura's boyfriend, while Urkel remains loyal to his girlfriend.

In one episode, the Winslows go to Paris. Stefan decides to stay there to work as a fashion model, and the two begin a strained long distance relationship. A few episodes after, Stefan couldn't resist the fact of missing Laura, and decides to move back to Chicago, where he sees her from the stage at a New Edition concert. The two are together again until one of Laura's former boyfriends, Curtis, returns to the show. Eddie tells him thatshe still loves him as a prank to get back at her. Curtis tries to get her to come back to him, but when he realizes Stefan is her boyfriend, he gives him a warning that if he ever breaks Laura's heart, he'll get what he deserves. He, unfortunately, believes that will never happen. Near the series finale, Stefan proposes to Laura, but at the same time, so does Steve. Carl had wanted Urkel and Myra to get back together and favored Stefan over him. In the end, Laura chooses Steve over Stefan, finally ending their long-distance relationship (that went on until Stefan was finally a real person). To that, Stefan leaves, and the rest of the series goes on without him.

He had been around Susie as a one time girlfriend (in Season 2). However the relationship quickly ended when he decided he wants Laura for himself.

He had dated Myra Monkhouse(from seasons 4-9). However, there were some things about her that really disgusted him, (despite the fact she accepted him for who he was with complete honesty and never cared what others though about her). First of all, she was overly too possesive of him and he knew that wasn't cool of her to do that, when he wanted to hang out with his friend, Laura. Second, she was jealous and quick to falsely accuse her of scheming to take her "Stevie-kins" away from her, when she in real life never wanted him. Third, she demanded his full loyalty of her, which he tried to do despite his love for her. Fourth, she hated his alter ego, Stefan and the fact that Laura always got whatever she wanted, that she decisively damaged the transformation chamber as revenge against her for her misery. Unfortunately, her plans backfired when she found out Carl was in there, not Stefan. She finally realizes what she did wrong when Carl Urkel came out and explained herself to them for tampering the chamber. Lastly, Urkel wanted to change himself and she was quick to refuse it because she didn't want him to turn his back on her. She tried to tell him he's terrific the way he is and he ignores her by going through with it, much to chagrin. In Season 9, Episode 13: Breaking up is Hard to Do, Myra pretends to break up with Steve by telling him she never wants to see him again, as an attempt to make him reconsider leaving her. However, Steve ended their relationship for good and is free to be with his true love, Laura. This was until a week later, Myra returned to the Winslow house telling him she changed her mind. However, she was upset to watch them eloping in front of her. After that, she gave in to her insanity and swored to destroy their relationship until Urkel realizes that he should've stuck with her. She teamed up with Stefan to break them apart and she installed a spy cam on his new glasses. Urkel learns that Myra has violated his privacy by spying on him with a camera attached to his new glasses and breaks them. Then, he tells her to renounce her love for him immediately because there's no way he'll ever take her back. She refuses and dressed up as her rival as an attempt to get him to take her back. She manages to fool Laura into believing she wants to forgive her. However, he was no fool and tells her off that she violated his privacy by stalking him. He tells her to leave him alone forever because he told her flat out he doesn't love her anymore and she needs to get a life. She eventually does leave him alone, after her last attempt to win him back failed in Lost in Space.

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The Gromble Aaahh Real Monsters

 The Gromble, also known as Gromble, is the intimidating and strict headmaster of the monster academy, who demonstrates his tough love by belittling his students for poor scares. Gromble has been seen eating one of his students in one bite (although he spits him out after chewing him up). Gromble calls his shoes "snuggle bears" and loves relaxing in his bed. He is sometimes referred to as "The Gromble", "Gromble Sir" or "Mr. Gromble". Gromble is teacher of almost every monster child shown in the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters television series. He is very kind to Oblina, who is believed to be his best student. Gromble treats Ickis horribly, considering Ickis' terrible behavior at the Monster Academy. The Gromble is known for getting ticked off with Ickis several times.

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Krumm Aaahh Real Monsters

Krumm is a short and hairy monster. He lives with Oblina and Ickis. His teacher, the Gromble, often yells at him. Krumm holds his eyes in his hands since the are detached. He is treated very nicely by Oblina, his only female friend.

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Oblina Aaahh Real Monsters

Oblina is a female monster. She often fights with Ickis, one of her two room mates. Oblina goes to the Monster Academy for an education. She is the brains of the group and is very well behaved, unlike Ickis and Krumm. Oblina treats Krumm very well, so much that once Krumm thought that she had a "squish" on him. She is thought to be Gromble's best student.

Oblina comes from a wealthy monster family. She is shaped like a black and white, upside down candy cane. Oblina is believed to be Gromble's best current student. One of her favorite methods of scaring humans is reaching within herself and pulling out her internal organs, and she has considerable talent for shapeshifting into various terrifying forms. She also has a talent for inducing nightmares in humans, by sticking her finger in their ear and tickling their brains while they sleep. Oblina is interested in reading and is very well-behaved and obedient

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Ickis From Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

                                                 

Ickis is the main protagonist of the series. His method of scaring humans is the ability to grow bigger. However, due to Ickis' large ears, he is often confused with a bunny rabbit. Ickis also tends to be on the nervous side and often has a lack of self-confidence, partly from trying to live up to the legacy of his father, Slickis, who was the academy's most renowned student. Ickis is room-mates with Oblina and Krumm, and he is also best friends with them. He goes to the Monster Academy along with many other monsters.

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Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube

Who doesn't like trying to solve a Rubiks Cube!

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