Dogpound (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Dogpound is a male character who features in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Biography

2012 Series

Chris Bradford was a martial arts master and a world-famous celebrity. A comment of his rival/partner Xever's ("rich boy") alludes that Bradford came from a wealthy background. Michelangelo attempts to make friends with him using social networking. Little does he know that Bradford is a member of the Foot Clan and is the Shredder's star pupil. He also served as the Foot's second-in-command. Bradford, in an attempt to win Mikey's trust, teaches him his secret technique, The Death Dragon. Michelangelo, in turn, teaches this to his brothers. Splinter notices this move as being a signature move of the Shredder, thus making them realize that Bradford is evil and their little brother is in trouble. Michelangelo returns and he is captured by Bradford. The other Turtles come to rescue Michelangelo, and then they let Bradford follow them into the Sewer, where they ambush Bradford and Xever. Using the death dragon, Michelangelo manages to pin them down which gave Leonardo and Donatello the chance to wash them down into the sewers. When they all return to the lair, Michelangelo ceremoniously unfriends Bradford from the website. (Episode: New Friend, Old Enemy)

After failing to catch the Turtles, the Shredder puts Xever in charge, much to Bradford's dismay. At the fortune cookie factory he holds off Donatello and Mikey in battle. When Xever kidnaps Mr. Murakami and threatens to throw him over a building, the Turtles kidnap Bradford and threaten to throw him over the building. Xever is unaffected, saying "he's not [his] friend" and seeming enthusiastic about it. When Bradford escapes, he asks Xever how he was so sure that they were bluffing, and he told him that he was not. He then teams up with Xever to take down the Turtles. While Xever shows off his success and mocks Bradford for being locked up, Fong gives Leonardo his sword back and allows him to destroy a nearby water tower, which flooded Xever, Bradford, and the Purple Dragons off the roof. The Shredder did not take the news of failure lightly and planned to take on the Turtles himself. (Episode: Never Say Xever)

Bradford and Xever go after the Turtles again. He stabbed open the container of the mutagen bomb to take the turtles down with him and Xever, but the turtles dodge his attack. Like Xever, Bradford ends up covered in the mutagen and mutates into a powerful canine creature (part of the mutation was contributed when he was bitten by the Shredder's pet Akita Hachiko earlier). Xever also mutates into a giant fish at this time, prompting his later name of 'Fishface'. (Episode: The Gauntlet)

The Turtles encounter the mutated Bradford during a spying mission. He overwhelms them, forcing them to retreat. Mikey named him 'Dogpound' after this, and all the Turtles call him that from then on. Later, Dogpound leads the Foot's scheme to steal a tanker of acid that reacts violently with water, planning to destroy the sewers with it. He grabs April O'Neil and proceeds with the plan. After a protracted battle, Michelangelo uses a water balloon to ignite the leaking acid, blasting Dogpound away. Dogpound reports this failure to the Shredder, who slices off one of his shoulder spikes as punishment and his next punishment will be deadly if he fails to destroy Splinter and the turtles again. (Episode: Panic in the Sewers) Dogpound finds his mutant form useful in extorting the Purple Dragons and taunts the mutant Xever about his useless fish body. The Shredder interrupts and warns Dogpound that their primary goal is to find information on Splinter and the Turtles, or that he will be killed. Later, Fong of the Purple Dragons comes to Dogpound in an old futon factory with a cell phone stolen from April. Dogpound wants to use the phone to find out where Splinter is, but Fong is unable to unlock the phone. However, when Tsoi and Sid bring Baxter Stockman to him, he forces the inventor to hack into the phone for him. Michelangelo and Donatello try to get the phone, but Dogpound stops them and holds them captive. Stockman almost succeeds but the Turtles interfere, bringing an army of M.O.U.S.E.R.S. with them. During the fight, Dogpound and Stockman are doused with a tracking chemical that makes them the Mousers' next target. Dogpound tries to escape with Stockman and the phone, but it is broken by one of the Turtles' throwing knives. He returns to the Shredder with Stockman in tow. The Foot leader is angry with Stockman for his interference, but lets him live because he could be of use. (Episode: Mousers Attack!)

Dogpound was seen laughing at Xever's misfortune, while Stockman tries to get Xever's robotic legs working. (Episode: The Alien Agenda) He later returned along with Fishface and the two abuse and threaten Stockman. He and Xever are bait for the Turtles into the Maze of Doom. Dogpound makes a temporary truce with the turtles in the labyrinth. He is stuck with Mikey, Don, and Leo. In the end, he and the company defeat Stockman and then go back to their base, because they were just too exhausted to fight once more and decided to try to destroy the Turtles next time they meet instead. (Episode: Baxter's Gambit) Dogpound was seen getting beaten up and abused by the Shredder due to his failure to find more Foot Clan Soldiers. However, the Shredder then suggests that him and Dogpound should use the Kraang's technology to upgrade the Foot Clan. Dogpound is seen fighting the turtles with Fishface and soldiers, and Fishface aided in Bradford's experiment with the Pulverizer, who mutated into a giant transparent blob monster in the end. (Episode: Pulverizer Returns) Dogpound and Fishface serve as the obstacle between Splinter and the Shredder. When questioned by Fishface, Dogpound explains that Splinter (also known as Hamato Yoshi) and the Shredder trained in the same ninja clan, but that Splinter 'betrayed' the Shredder, ending the two's friendship. He acknowledges that Splinter has as much skill as the Shredder, but disparagingly claims that he "doesn't have the guts to finish the fight." Splinter soon arrives and engages the two in battle, quickly demonstrating his superior skill to both. Defeated, Dogpound and Fishface depart, leaving the two rivals to their battle. (Episode: Showdown, Part 1)

Dogpound came to the depressing conclusion that his mutation only decreased his overall power in battle, and thus decides to go after Stockman, who could turn him human again. During a fight with Michelangelo and the Turtles at Stockman's lab, Dogpound falls into Stockman's mutagen tank and emerges as a monstrous version of himself. When Michelangelo called him Dogpound, Bradford got angry and demanded not to be called that, so Michelangelo instead called him "Rahzar", as the villain realized this new form was stronger and more agile and he felt like a ninja again. Michelangelo tricks Rahzar into attacking the electric system as the sprinklers go off electrifying Rahzar, Fishface, and Stockman. (Episode: Mikey Gets Shellacne)

Overview

Powers and abilities

In his human form, Chris Bradford was a fierce and skilled martial artist, occasionally able to defeat the Turtles on his own in several of their many encounters.

His increase in body size also led to an increase in body weight, resulting in Bradford losing his speed and agility as a result. In addition, his large size and asymmetrical arms caused him to be rather clumsy and cost him much of his former stealth as a ninja. As Dogpound, Bradford's body was covered in bony spikes, and his left arm was disproportionately large and muscular, with bony spikes protruding from both knuckles. His right hand was hard and armored with bony plating, able to block swords and other weapons without causing harm to him. His spikes seemed to grow back, because they were sliced off by both the Shredder's gauntlet and one of Baxter Stockman's lasers, yet they ultimately grew back in the next episode that he appeared in. As Rahzar, his bony spikes are more developed and have a rather grisly look. His ten claws are also detachable and can be flung at enemies whenever he pleases.

Notes

• Dogpound was voiced by actor Clancy Brown and featured in the setting of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• The character was an original creation for the 2012 animated television series.

In other media

Television

• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Chris Bradford made his debut in the 2012 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Clancy Brown.
• In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a different version of the character appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Furry Fists" where he was voiced by actor Peter Stormare. This version was named Kristoff Van Bradford who was an actor and martial arts fighter that ran the Komodo Dragon Karate Dojos. He was a noted rival of Lou Jitsu with Bradford teaching his students to be merciless and used a mystical komodo dragon yōkai to empower them with its venom to give them an edge in a fight. After Lou Jitsu's disappearance, Bradford expanded his dojo train until the Komodo Dragons took over all of Lou Jitsu's former schools except for one which lacked a sensei.

Appearances

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

External Links

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Wiki Entry

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