Slash (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

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

Biography

Archie

Slash was an alien anthropomorphic snapping turtle. Originally, he lived in solitude on a world filled with lush palm trees called Palmadise. Slash's paradise would be shattered when workers from the planet Vertmorte came and stripped the world of all of his his precious trees to build a mansion for the President. In sheer rage, Slash killed the lumberjacks and unable to find the Palm trees he craved, went on a violent rampage against authority figures across the galaxy, eventually leading to his imprisonment and sentence to permanent exile on Morbus.

He lived on a tropical planet that was destroyed by alien invaders. Slash soon met Krang and made a deal with him to help him back to Earth. Under Krang's leadership, Slash fought the turtles while Krang sought a new body: Shredder's body.

He met the Mighty Mutanimals in the last issue of their regular series, and eventually befriended them. After they were killed by the cyborg Gang of Four on behalf of Null, the demonic archenemy of the Mutanimals, Slash accompanied the Turtles and their time-travelling future counterparts to avenge their deaths, and ultimately sacrificed himself to save the Turtles when Maligna, Nulls partner and queen of the murderous Malignoid insect race, intended to destroy the Earth, by plunging Maligna's hive-ship into the sun.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Slash was a male anthropomorphic turtle of massive proportions who stood significantly taller and broader than the standard Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His skin was a dark, olive-green hue, and his shell was covered in jagged, black protrusions and sharp spikes that extended from the central scutes. He wore a tattered, black eye mask that featured a single, small eyehole on the left side, while his right eye remained exposed, revealing a yellow iris with a slitted pupil. His mouth was filled with uneven, razor-sharp teeth, including two prominent fangs that protruded from his lower jaw. He possessed thick, muscular limbs ending in three-fingered hands and two-toed feet, each tipped with long, black talons. For armament, he wore metal bands around his biceps and wrists, and he carried a jagged, metallic kris-style blade along with a wooden mace studded with metal spikes. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Archie v1 #14)

Slash was a creature who exhibited an intense and singular obsession with a specific environment, specifically a small palm tree located within a plastic water tank. He demonstrated an extreme level of territorial aggression, reacting with immediate physical violence toward anyone who disturbed his living space or touched his possessions. His temperament was characterised by a volatile and erratic nature, often transitioning from a quiet, fixated state to a state of destructive rage without warning. He showed no capacity for social cooperation or empathy, focusing entirely on the preservation of his "palm tree paradise" to the exclusion of all other concerns. His actions were driven by a primitive and possessive instinct, as he prioritised the safety of his plant over his own well-being or the objectives of those around him. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures v1 #14)

He was shown as being a creature who exhibited a profound lack of moral discernment and a total absence of concern for the ethical implications of his actions. He demonstrated a willingness to engage in indiscriminate destruction and physical assault against any individual he encountered, regardless of their intent or affiliation. This lack of restraint was shown through his mechanical obedience to simple commands when they aligned with his own violent impulses, as he did not question the motives of those who directed his aggression. He functioned with a singular, narrow focus on his immediate surroundings, displaying no long-term planning or complex reasoning beyond the satisfaction of his current urges. His interactions were defined by a fundamental inability to process social cues or recognize the suffering of others, operating instead with a blunt and unrelenting force. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures v1 #14)

Notes

• Slash was created by Kevin Eastman where he made his first appearance in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures v1 #23 (August, 1991).

In other media

Television

• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Slash appeared in the 1987 animated television series starting from the episode "Slash: The Evil Turtle from Dimension X" where he was voiced by actor Pat Fraley. This version was Bebop's ordinary pet turtle that was mutated by Rocksteady to do chores that Shredder had assigned them that they didn't want to do. In this incarnation, his obsession with palm trees was in particularly focused on the plastic tree in his bowl before the mutation which he called his 'Binky'. When Bebop accidentally dropped it down an airduct he went berserk, stealing Shredder's Shaolin swords and chasing them though the Technodrome before going to Earth due to some quick thinking on Bebop's part. There, Slash ran into corrupt resourceful business man Fenton Q. Hackenbush that wanted to build condos in the sewers, and after being thwarted by the TMNT, he decided to tarnish the Turtles' reputations. He met Slash and decided to send him to smash the Freedom Bell, a patriotic landmark in the city, which would give the Turtles a bad name in exchange for giving him palm trees. The Turtles eventually found Slash, and the evil turtle was able to take on all four of them himself. However, Hackenbush's plan backfired, as he refused to give Slash his reward, because he had come to him while he was live on Channel 6 News, and in response, Slash stole his trash rocket.
• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Slash appeared in the 2012 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Corey Feldman. This version was introduced as Raphael's pet tortoise named Spike who used to listen to his owner's angry ranting about his troubles with his family for the majority of his life and also learned ninjutsu by watching Raphael practice in his room. Although no one knew at the time, Spike developed a hatred for the other Turtles, especially Leonardo, with who Raphael was at odds with the most, thanks to hearing only Raphael's angry, one-sided rants all his life. Raphael loved Spike and protected him with his life, often being most concerned about him when danger is about. In Slash and Destroy, Spike drinks from a jar of mutagen, mutating into a towering, hulking mutant turtle. When Raphael discovers him, Spike offers to become his new partner, so they can take on the Kraang on their own terms, which worked out very well. Spike also renames himself Slash, and comes to wield a giant mace in battle. To Raphael's horror, however, Slash ferociously beats down Donatello and Michelangelo, believing Raphael doesn't need them. Slash's murderous spree nearly claims Mikey's life, until Raphael finally confronts him, calling him a "freak". Hurt and angered, Slash engages his former owner but is defeated and falls off of a rooftop. He survives and retreats into the night, though the incident leaves Raphael with a lasting regret.

Video games

• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, Slash appeared as a boss level antagonist in the 2016 video game set in the IDW continuity where he was voiced by actor Fred Tatasciore.

Appearances

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures v1: (1991)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

External Links

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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