Recommended music: AFI – I Wanna Get A Mohawk (But Mom Won’t Let Me Get One)
On this #TurtleTuesday post from the archives, we’re taking a look at the NECA Toys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Grunt!
This figure is based on Grunt’s look from the very first episode of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, “Turtle Tracks.” It came in a 2-pack with another punk character and really captures the animated gang member who caused trouble in the city and chased April O’Neil into the sewers at the start of the series.
In the episode, Grunt is ultimately defeated by a shadowed ninja, clearly identified as Raphael, as seen below. NECA also provided an alternate mutant torso and head for the Mohawk punk figure, reflecting the storyline in which the entire gang underwent the same mutation process as Bebop and Rocksteady. However, the remaining gang members rarely appeared in subsequent episodes.
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