Rahzar
Rahzar is a male character who features in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Biography
Original
Rahzar
When The Shredder found out that the substance that mutated the Turtles had been created by T.G.R.I. (Techno Global Research Industries), he sent his Foot Ninja to steal the ooze and kidnap head TGRI scientist, professor Jordan Perry. Shredder instructs Perry to use the ooze to mutate an Alligator Snapping Turtle and a Gray Wolf, kidnapped from the Bronx Zoo thus creating Tokka and Rahzar. However, Jordan had secretly altered the mutagen, and as a result, the two mutants had the intelligence of human infants. Saki ordered the monsters to face him in battle, to teach them who their master was, the infantile mutants misinterpreted the word 'master', thinking it meant 'mamma' and hugged him instead. Angered, Shredder ordered them to be destroyed, but Perry had sympathy for them and showed Saki their total obedience to him and that, as they were 'playing' in the junkyard, lifting a large truck as if it were a toy, they had great strength. This prompted Shredder to keep them alive. Despite their low intelligence, the two mutants' incredible physical strength and intimidating demeanor made them more than a match for the Turtles. On their first encounter at Shredder and Tatsu's junkyard base, the Turtles were ill-prepared and barely managed to escape when trying to save their brother Raphael from capture and rescue Dr. Perry. Shredder unleashes Tokka and Rahzar on a neighborhood where they cause a lot of damage. The next day while the police were investigating the attack, April was confronted by some Foot Ninjas where Freddy has her give a message for the Turtles: If they didn't meet the Foot at a construction site near the docks, Shredder would set Tokka and Rahzar out again into Central Park. As many people would get hurt, The Turtles and Splinter agreed that there was no other choice but to face Shredder. But the professor had a plan; with the help of Donatello and Keno, Dr. Perry prepared an anti-mutagen to de-mutate Tokka and Rahzar, which had to be ingested.
During their second encounter at the construction site, amidst a distraction, Leonardo and Michelangelo trick Tokka and Rahzar into eating the antidote (they froze the concoction into ice cubes and then hid them in a box of donuts, which they then offered to the two mutants as the 'ritual of the traditional pre-fight donut'. Rahzar and Tokka devoured some of the donuts with continued coaxing from the Turtles. Surprisingly, Rahzar, regardless of his infant-like mentality, figured that something was wrong with the situation, and crushed one of the donuts in his claw, to discover the anti-mutagen cube. Enraged, Rahzar smashed Michaelangelo through a wall and Tokka smashed Raphael into the Dockshore Club interrupting a crowded dance concert by Vanilla Ice. As the final showdown commenced at the club; Leo and Raph were fending off Rahzar and Tokka's snapping attacks. Dr. Perry informed them that their repeated burping was slowing the anti-mutagen and that carbon dioxide was needed to speed up the demutation. The Turtles knocked their foes flat on their backs and shoved fire extinguishers into the creatures' mouths, which administered the needed carbon dioxide. Finally, the antidote took effect and the two mutants returned to their animal forms.
Archie
Rahzar first appeared as the mutated form of the street punk Akira, who was transformed into a monstrous wolf-like creature by the Shredder’s use of mutagen. In his earliest activities, Rahzar immediately demonstrated his ferocity and lack of restraint, attacking the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with bestial savagery. Unlike a disciplined martial artist, he fought with raw aggression, lunging with his claws and fangs in wild swipes that forced the Turtles on the defensive. Despite his apparent lack of refined technique, his strength and unpredictable movements made him a formidable opponent, and his loyalty to Shredder’s command ensured that he fought without hesitation or fear. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures v1 #7)
IDW
Old Hob had Rahzar and another mutant, Tokka, detained in a holding cell at Mutanimals Headquarters in Mutant Town. After Koya had previously failed to secure delivery of the three weasels Hob had originally promised to give the Foot Clan as new recruits, Oroku Karai visited Hob at Mutanimals HQ herself to negotiate an alternative arrangement. When Karai saw Rahzar and Tokka, she immediately wanted them as her new recruits. Both were placed in a wooden box and loaded onto a helicopter. However, both were too turbulent, the two mutants managed to break it and crash the vehicle into Mutant Town. Karai barely had time to get out of the helicopter with Koya's help. But his leg was trapped by Tokka and he also fell among the debris of the plane. However, instead of showing senseless ferocity when they were free, Rahzar and Tokka began to look for Karai, whom they both considered their 'Mom', without realizing it. that she was among the rubble. Lita from the future witnessed the accident when she arrived in New York and asked the turtles to help her save Karai. They had to reconcile with the young woman to avoid a chaotic future from which Lita came.
When he woke up, Bludgeon, who was also saved from the rubble of helicopter, revealed the existence of these two to the turtles and asked them to find them as quickly as possible. However, Bebop and Rocksteady were also on their trail. Lita knew these mutants, much bigger and stronger than when they were babiesand in her future they were the turtles' most dangerous enemies. When they found them looking for Karai in the rubble, they approached and Michelangelo tried to convince them with a donut, but Rafael's abrupt reaction, by not letting the wolf remove the bandage that he had mistaken for Karai's scarf, made Razhar began to cry, which angered Tokka and, consequently, Razhar as well, who attacked them.
After chasing the Turtles, they both encountered Bebop and Rocksteady who attacked them while Razhar and Tokka thought it was a game but they gave him a peace that made more mutants cry, which made them more aggressive and violent. So in In an attempt to calm them down, the turtles used Donatello's phone, who through a video call asked Karai to calm them down. Karai managed to calm both mutants down and they went to see their mother who was in a bed in the Mutant Town infirmary, breaking a little the window to Leonardo's chagrin.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Rahzar was a hulking, bipedal lupine mutant who possessed a massive, wide-shouldered posture that exuded predatory menace. His entire muscular physique was covered in coarse, thick grey fur, though his most striking and disarming physical features were his expressive, innocent baby blue eyes. His large head featured a heavy snout filled with razor-sharp, interlocking canine teeth and long, pointed wolf ears that constantly twitched to track sound. His elongated arms ended in large, clawed hands that, despite their size, retained high tactile dexterity for swinging weapons or grabbing enemies. He completely eschewed traditional superhero outfits, high-tech tactical gear, or heavy chest armor, preferring to fight entirely bare-chested to maximize his primal mobility. Rahzar's ferocious, werewolf-like silhouette was rounded out by a heavy, fur-covered tail and digitized hind legs built for explosive leaping.
Rahzar embodied savagery and impulsiveness. While loyal to Shredder when directly commanded, he lacked the discipline of a trained warrior, preferring raw violence over calculated action. He enjoyed destruction for its own sake, taking pleasure in causing panic and pain. Despite his fearsome appearance, his behavior was often reckless and childlike in its simplicity, driven by instinct rather than reason. This combination of obedience and impulsive aggression made him both useful and unpredictable as a weapon under Shredder’s control.
Powers and abilities
Physiologically, Rahzar was a mutated wolf-human hybrid, granting him immense physical advantages. His musculature afforded him superhuman strength, capable of lifting and smashing objects with ease, while his claws and fangs gave him natural offensive weapons. His thick fur and hide provided durability against conventional attacks, and his enhanced senses of smell and hearing allowed him to track and anticipate his foes in ways normal humans could not. His physiology, however, came at the cost of his intelligence and discipline, as his feral instincts often overwhelmed his ability to fight strategically.
Rahzar possessed immense superhuman strength, enhanced physical speed, and highly acute predatory senses derived from his grey wolf DNA. His incredible physical power allowed him to easily tear through reinforced wooden crates, bend steel vehicle components, and overpower standard human or mutant opponents in direct physical clashes. He utilized his elongated, razor-sharp claws and powerful jaw alignment to slash and bite through heavy armor plating with lethal precision. Furthermore, his wolf-based biology granted him superhuman olfactory and auditory tracking capabilities, rendering him capable of hunting targets in absolute pitch darkness or across vast urban environments. Despite his massive bulk and childlike mentality, he displayed a high degree of natural acrobatic agility and predatory tracking instincts, which seamlessly translated into an unpredictable, highly dangerous style of primal hand-to-hand combat.
Notes
- Rahzar was created by Kevin Eastman and Stephen R. Bissette where he featured in the setting of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- The character was an original creation for the 1991 live-action film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.
In other media
Television
- In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Razar appeared in the 1987 animated television series he was voiced by actor Townsend Coleman. Rahzar and Tokka were two of the out-of-control mutants created after The Shredder unleashed mutagen at a zoo years earlier. They were first seen terrorizing Crystal Palace mall when the Turtles showed up.
- In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a variation of Rahzar appeared in the 2012 animated television series where he was voiced by Clancy Brown. This version was Chris Bradford who was a celebrity martial artist who was a servant of the Shredder. After displeasing his master, he turned into a mutation thus making him into Dogpound where over time he came to be exposed to even more mutagen which transformed him into a stronger wolf-like form with him taking the name Rahzar.
Films
- In Turtles Forever, a character resembling Tokka appeared in the setting of the 2009 animated television film that was a tie-in to the 2003 animated television series. He was shown as being one of the human followers of the Utrom Ch'rell who transformed him using 1987 animated series mutagen into a mutant soldier.
Video games
- In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Rahzar appeared in the 1991 Konami arcade game where he was voiced by actor Frank Welker.
Appearances
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