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| “ | Now, wretched reptiles, you will face... the wrath of Krang! | „ |
| ~ Krang about to fight the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. |
| “ | What do you think I am?! I'm Krang! Indisputable ruler of Dimension X! | „ |
| ~ Krang boasting of his might, and his most famous quote. |
| “ | And what's worse, they encourage people to have fun! | „ |
| ~ Krang whining about the Neutrinos, and his second-most famous line. |
| “ | Are you out of your SKULL?! | „ |
| ~ Krang. |
Krang is one of the two main antagonists (alongside the Shredder) of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series, a major antagonist in the 2009 animated television film Turtles Forever and a supporting antagonist of the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series.
He is an alien warlord from Dimension X who seeks to both conquer Earth and his home dimension. He is also the partner of Shredder, whom he often argues and fights with. Truly he is from the dimension of the 2012 show where he was banished by his cousin, Kraang Subprime, for his stupidity and because of his insane methods of conquering realms.
He was voiced by Pat Fraley in the 1987 series and the crossovers with the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, and Bradford Cameron in Turtles Forever.
Appearance[]
Krang was likely based on the Utroms, who unlike Krang, were a benevolent race of natural brain looking aliens. However, Krang is not an Utrom. In the episode "Invasion of the Krangezoids", Krang cloned himself and while they appear to be brain like creatures at first, the cloning process allowed the cloned Krangs to "re-grow" their bodies as "Some lizards can re-grow their tails" it was here when the first (and only) time we get to see Krang's natural form, which were 10 to 12 foot tall hunched back lizard-like humanoids with Krang's "brain" as their head.
However, when Krang was stripped from this form, he appears as large pink brain around the size of a basketball with large eyes and a wide mouth with sharp pointed teeth two long slimy tentacles, and a ridged forehead, to move around he designed a tall, powerful, bulky human-like android with many built in weapons including a chip where Krang and his body can grow to giant proportions, Krang himself would rest in the stomach controlling his body. When his body isn't in use, he uses a much smaller bipedal machine known as a "bubble walker" which is equipped with several weapons.
It is unknown why after Krang was stripped from his natural form, that he never tried to find a way to re-gain it, especially after he found out his clones were able to re-grow their bodies.
Whenever Krang speaks, he sometimes croaks like that of a lizard, possibly due to his reptile heritage.
Personality[]
Krang is known for being a brilliant scientist, having designed countless weapons, including his well known android body. He is a cold, cunning, manipulative and somewhat a sadist, as he claims that he enjoys watching "people and animals suffer". That said, Krang does appear to have some degree of friendship with Shredder as shown in various episodes.
Despite his frail appearance, many other villains fear Krang, including Shredder, who denies this, Bebop, Rocksteady, and Baxter Stockman (before he crossed mutated into a humanoid fly) Krang is known to have several enemies other then the TMNT and Splinter, this includes Shreeka, a Dimension X criminal who is wanted in thirteen galaxies and was Krang's old partner in crime (and possibly an old girlfriend), Maligna the Malignoid queen, and Lord Dregg, an evil alien warlord and villain of the last two seasons of the series. Despite Shredder's obsession with the Turtles and Splinter, Krang doesn't see them as mortal enemies, but as minor setbacks who need to be destroyed. However, he still hates them for foiling his schemes meaning he is simply better at not letting his temper get the best of him.
While many of his later incarnations are much more dangerous, Krang is fairly comedic during his debut during the 1987 series. While very sadistic, he is also arrogant which is part of the reason the Turtles foiled so many of his schemes. He is also less of a threat outside of his suit.
Biography[]
1987 series[]
Before the series started, Krang was once a feared, powerful warlord from Dimension X, a place of continuous war. He controlled an army of Rock Soldiers, under the leadership of his right hand man, General Tragg. One day he was captured and was stripped of his body reducing him to a living brain. Krang (or what was left of him) was then banished from Dimension X, along with his mobile fortress, the Technodrome, to Earth, in hopes he would never return. However, during his stay on Earth, General Tragg continued the war against Dimension X natives, The Neutrinos.
Sometime before the Turtles and Splinter were mutated, Krang met the leader of the Foot Clan, Oroku Saki aka The Shredder, the two began an uneasy alliance. Krang allowed Shredder to access his advance technology in exchange for a new body, in which Krang himself designed. Despite this, Shredder did not live up to this deal as he was afraid that Krang would try to overthrow him. It wasn't until Shredder's countless failed attempts to kill Splinter and the Ninja Turtles that new had to create Krang's new body. When Krang's body was complete, he almost was successful in killing the Turtles and bringing his troops to Earth, but the Turtles foiled his plans and sent Krang, Shredder, and the Technodrome back to Dimension X, and from that point forward, Shredder had no choice but to follow Krang's orders.
Turtles Forever[]
Krang was one of the main antagonists in the crossover special Turtles Forever, appearing with much of the cast of the 1987 show, crossing over with the 2003 Ninja Turtle series. He is portrayed as ineffectual and easily defeated, though the 2003 Shredder makes use of his Technodrome to try to destroy the Ninja Turtle multiverse. Krang uses his enlargement powers to try to fight 2003 Shredder and save the multiverse, but is quickly defeated.
2012 series[]
In the episode "Trans-Dimensional Turtles" of the 2012 Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, he is the secondary antagonist (Shredder does not appear because his voice actor, James Avery, died several years prior). In the special crossover, the 80s turtles summoned the modern turtles to their dimension to help them stop Krang, who had planted a bomb in the city.
After a brief fight in the 80s dimension, all the turtles and Krang go to the modern dimension and Krang plants another dimensionizer bomb on the channel 6 building. The turtles and Krang fight again, this time the 80's turtles use their weapons and Krang temporarily grows to giant size. After he is repeatedly kicked in the face by all the turtles (after he fell over), he escapes to the Technodrome in Dimension X, while the turtles discover that the bombs he's been planting were powerful enough to destroy their entire dimension and that they had a short amount of time to shut them all off.
Unfortunately, Kraang Subprime hacks their dimension transporter and sends them to the Technodrome, much to Krang's displeasure. It is then revealed that Krang is actually Subprime's cousin and that he was banished to the 80's dimension because Subprime thought he was an idiot. After helping Subprime fight the turtles, Krang is then beaten and re-banished by Subprime after the turtles state that the dimensionizers were meant to destroy the dimensions that the Kraang were planning on mutating, angering Subprime beyond belief.
He returns alongside Shredder in Wanted: Bebop and Rocksteady arc in Season 5, hiring Bebop and Rocksteady to kidnap the Trutles. He later plans on destroying the 2012 world.
Trivia[]
- Krang's origins seems to have change multiple times.
- In the original series, it was stated that Krang was a warlord and used to have a body until he was stripped of it, reducing him to a brain-like form and banished from Dimension X.
- Although in the 1987 series episode "Four Musketurtles", there's a flashback scene which shows Krang's species looking just like him.
- However, in the episode "Invasion of the Krangazoids" Krang cloned himself, and the clones grew reptile-like bodies, hinting that may have been what Krang used to look like.
- In the 2012 series episode "Wanted: Bebop and Rocksteady," Krang states to the 2012 versions of Bebop and Rocksteady that he and Shredder are the counterparts to their world's Shredder and Kraang, indicating that Krang's origin has changed yet again. This, of course, may just be a grandiose claim to make Krang and Shredder appear more impressive. It could also very well be a reference to the various inconsistents of Krang's origin.
- There's an Utrom named after him in the 2003 series. It's unknown why he was unable to find him in Turtles Forever.
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