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This Villain was Headlined on April, 2018.

Villain Overview

Anton Zeck and Ivan Steranko, better known, respectively as Bebop and Rocksteady are major antagonists in Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Although interpretations vary, they are almost always depicted as the dimwitted mutant henchmen of the Shredder, leader of the Foot Clan. Their names are both taken from genres of music: Bebop is a style of jazz, while Rocksteady is a Jamaican music style, a precursor to reggae.

Biography[]

1987 series[]

Prior to being mutated, Bebop and Rocksteady were in charge of a street gang in New York City that was employed by Shredder. Rocksteady, the gang's leader, was originally a short and stocky blond Caucasian man (who sported army camouflage pants that would be replaced with simple beige cargo pants later while also occasionally sporting a strong Army helmet on his head in his mutated form). Bebop, Rocksteady's second-in-command, was a taller African American man with a purple mohawk. With the other members of their gang, they were sent out to stop a Channel 6 reporter named April O'Neil from doing a report about crime in the city. April ran down into the sewers while being chased by the street gang and met the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who then defeated the gang in a fight.

After this humiliating setback, The Shredder developed a plan to defeat the Turtles by mutating members of the street gang, so that they would have abilities parallel to the Turtles'. Bebop and Rocksteady both volunteered to undergo the procedure (though neither was particularly aware of what it would entail) with the promise that it would allow them to exact revenge on the Turtles. Bebop was mutated into a humanoid warthog, and Rocksteady into a humanoid rhinoceros.

However, though the transformation did make them larger and stronger, they remained incompetent simpletons and were completely inept at stopping the Turtles or carrying out Shredder's plans. For example, in "Enter the Shredder" they charged at the Turtles, who jumped, and crashed they into each other. Donatello commented that their mutations didn't "up their IQ's any." The two of them would achieve success on very rare occasions. Examples would be capturing Michelangelo in "Cowabunga Shredhead" when he forgets his weapons and using a ray on all four turtles which fills them with fear in the episode "Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe."

For most of the series they were employed for the Foot Clan's purposes however, the Turtles certainly consider them to be formidable (despite their stupidity) in combat due to their great strength and endurance, and as such, often use their intelligence to outwit them rather than fighting them in a straightforward manner. In one episode of the series, Bebop was shown to have kept a pet turtle, which got mutated into the evil turtle Slash.

Bebop and Rocksteady's last appearance is in the season 8 finale Turtle Trek. In that episode, the Turtles destroy the Technodrome's engines, trapping it and its inhabitants in Dimension X for good.

They made a reappearance in the made-for-TV movie Turtles Forever. Their incompetence is still shown, although it ended up saving the 2003 Shredder when Rocksteady accidentally tripped over and unplugged a laser that was about to destroy him. However, Bebop ended up obliterating the 2003 Shredder anyway, when he re-plugged the same laser device, all the while thinking their Shredder would be pleased that they "fixed" his machine.

Archie Comics[]

Bebop and Rocksteady appear as recurring villains in the Archie Comics version of TMNT where they would work for the Shredder before going on their own.

IDW Comics[]

Bebop and Rocksteady appear in the IDW version of TMNT where they were more dangerous than their 1987 counterparts.

2012 series[]

In the 2012 Nickelodeon series, Bebop and Rocksteady were introduced as master thief Anton Zeck and Russian arms dealer Ivan Steranko. Before joining the Foot Clan, Steranko fought as a volunteer in the wars in Iraq, Yugoslavia and the DR Congo. These incarnations of Bebop and Rocksteady are more intelligent and competent than their other counterparts while maintaining their role as the comic relief.

Steranko first appeared in "Enemy of My Enemy", making a weapons deal with the Shredder, until he was accidentally defeated by the Turtles' failed attempt to take out Shredder.

Steranko and Zeck both appeared in "The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto", in which Steranko hired Zeck to steal Shredder's helmet (the titular object). Zeck managed to break into Shredder's lair and steal the helmet, only to be accidentally run over by the Ninja Turtles and have the helmet stolen from him. He later chased after Leonardo, who gave him the helmet so that Rahzar, Fishface, Tiger Claw and Stockman-Fly would pursue him instead. Zeck was then saved by Steranko, only to discover that Leo had switched the helmet with a bag of dirty diapers at the last minute.

Steranko and Zeck next appeared in "Serpent Hunt", as two of the few humans left in New York after the Kraang invasion. Starved and desperate, the two tried to escape New York by capturing Karai (who was mutated into a snake and was missing) and giving her to Shredder in-exchange for being able to leave the city. The duo eventually capture Karai and bring her to the docks to make the deal with Shredder, only to be interrupted by the Turtles, resulting in them being captured by Shredder and his minions. Furious after they kidnapped Karai and learning Steranko was behind the theft of his helmet, Shredder and his minions threw the duo into a vat of Stockman's specially prepared mutagen and mutated them into a warthog and a rhinoceros.

In the next episode "The Pig and the Rhino", which takes place directly after the last one, Steranko and Zeck are furious after their mutation and try to attack Shredder, only to be easily defeated. After being forced to work for Shredder, Zeck and Steranko are sent to recapture Karai and bring her to him, only to neglect this duty to seek vengeance on the turtles for ruining their deal at the docks.

They soon systematically defeat Donatello, April, Raphael and Casey Jones, kidnap them and steal their T-phones in order to locate the remaining two. After tracking Michelangelo and Leonardo to Coney Island, the duo try to lure them out by threatening their friends, only for Leonardo to free them instead while Steranko and Zeck being distracted by Mikey's attempts to give the mutant names, eventually seeing an advertisement for a Bebop and Rocksteady concert, and giving them the names Bebop and Rocksteady (which Zeck takes a disliking to).

Realizing that they've been tricked, Bebop and Rocksteady try to use the turtle's retro-mutagen to cure themselves, only to be defeated by the Turtles, April, Casey and Snake-Karai. Afterwards, the two encounter Karai again and capture her, completing their original mission.

In the "Noxious Avenger", Bebop and Rocksteady battle the Turtles while collecting chemicals to create Shredder's brain worms and accidentally drop a canister of mutagen on local sewer worker, Garson Grunge, mutating him in to Muck-Man. Fed up with being bossed around by Shredder and his henchmen, the duo manipulate Garson int thinking the Turtles mutated him and use him to carry out their own nefarious deeds, until the truth is revealed and they are defeated.

In "Attack of the Mega Shredder!", after Leonardo and Michelangelo are captured by the Foot Clan, Bebop and Rocksteady watch them while Shredder and his minions are preparing to "double-mutate" them. Afterwards, the Turtles trick Bebop and Rocksteady into throwing the three Shredder mutants into the vat, planning to combine them with the turtles to create a giant super mutant, but instead create the titular Mega Shredder.

In "Annihilation: Earth! Part 2", Bebop captures April when she and Splinter try to infiltrate Shredder's lair and convince him to help them fight off the Triceraton Empire and he and Rocksteady join him and his other minions when they decide to team up. Along with everyone excluding the turtles, April and Casey Jones, Bebop and Rocksteady are both killed when Shredder (quite literally) back stabs everyone by killing Splinter, preventing him from stopping the Black Hole Generator. However, they are saved when the six survivors and the alien cyborg, the Fugitoid, time travel and prevent Shredder from killing Splinter and the Black Hole Generator from going off.

In "City at War", they are seen guarding the now sick and dying Shredder at the end of the episode.

In "Broken Foot", they accompany Tiger Claw and help him protect the Alumon Chemicals factory and the Foot-Bot assembly factory from Karai, Shinigami, Leonardo and the other Turtles.

In "The Super Shredder", Rocksteady burst in to Stockman's lab when he hears Shredder screaming, only to become horrified when he sees him mutated into his new Super Shredder form. He and Bebop, along with multiple Elite-Foot Bots, appear at the end of the episode and burst through the wall in front of the Undercity, encountering the Turtles, April and Karai.

In "Darkest Plight", which takes place directly after the last episode, they are seen fighting the Turtles, April and Karai. After bursting through the wall, they argue about weather they should squish or blast the Turtles and are then easily tricked by Michelangelo, who delays them long enough for Raphael and Donatello to sneak up and defeat them. After climbing out of the chasm in the Undercity, Super Shredder orders them to search the chasm for Splinter, believing that he may still be alive. Bebop and Rocksteady initially argue over who will go first, but they then decide to simply ambush the Turtles after they have found Splinter and Bebop uses his suit to make them invisible. However, one of Casey Jones' hockey pucks ends up hitting the invisible Bebop right in his snout, blowing their cover. The two mutants then engage Raphael and Casey in a fight and end up losing due to their incompetence.

The 1987 versions of Bebop and Rocksteady make a cameo appearance at the start of "Wanted: Bebop and Rocksteady" when Shredder and Krang invade the 2012 dimension in the Technodrome while leaving them behind. On the side of Steranko and Zeck, the two mutants are now unemployed since the ultimate disappearance of Shredder and are hired by the 1987 Shredder and Krang to find work. Although far more proficient than their counterparts, especially being able to defeat the 1987 Turtles with ease, Bebop and Rocksteady are constantly belittled and insulted by Shredder and Krang.

In "The Foot Walks Again", When Shredder and Krang maniacally disparage the captured turtles, Bebop notes that their two 1987 villains are even more dumber than them, which Rocksteady agrees to. After the two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles managed to escape the Technodrome, Bebop and Rocksteady are insulted again by Shredder for letting the turtles flee, only this time the rhino and the warthog have more than enough of his insults and demand more respect. Bebop and Rocksteady then invade an Earth Protection Force base to successfully recover a microchip despite the intervention of the turtles and their allies.

In "The Big Blow-Out!", forced to mop the floor by the two ungrateful bosses, Bebop and Rocksteady complain about their conditions only for Shredder and Krang to put them down even more. Sent on another recovery mission, Bebop and Rocksteady begin to doubt their ways due to never being treated as equals by Shredder and Krang. They clash with Slash and Leatherhead but still manage to collect the Kraang Crystals. This time, Shredder and Krang congratulate the two mutants and finally declare them as partners. At first delighted, Bebop and Rocksteady foil when they learn that Shredder and Krang are planning to destroy all dimensions. Finally realizing that their new partners are completely nuts, Bebop and Rocksteady join the turtles, defeat Shredder and Krang, destroy the Technodrome and decide to leave the life of villains behind them to become super heroes.

Leonardo 1987: You know, we learned something earlier from another Bebop and Rocksteady. You two don't have to be punching bags.
Donatello 1987: Yeah, you can do whatever you want. It's your life.
Rocksteady 1987: I've I've always wanted to be a personal injury lawyer. You know, like on TV.
Bebop 1987: And I I just wanna dance!
~ The possible redemption of Bebop and Rocksteady 1987.

Bebop and Rocksteady 1987 are seen again at the end after the Turtles and the Shredders and Krangs from their dimension return. Expecting to get their butt kicked again by the turtles, Bebop and Rocksteady are rather encouraged to give up their bad ways and do with their lives as they please. Rocksteady admits while he always wanted to be a personal injury lawyer while Bebop wants to become a dancer.

Live-action films[]

Main article: Bebop and Rocksteady (Out of the Shadows)

Bebop and Rocksteady made their debut in a live-action Teenage Mutant Turtles film in Out of the Shadows.

Trivia[]

  • Bebop and Rocksteady are never seen again after the eighth season, but Krang and Shredder return during the 10th and last season. Bebop and Rocksteady are presumed to still be somewhere in Dimension X.
  • Bebop and Rocksteady were originally supposed to appear in Teenage Mutant Turtles: Secret of the Ooze, however, due to copyright problems, they were replaced by the two new mutants, Tokka and Rahzar.
  • In the 2003 series, while on the Turtle's earth, the Usagi Yojimbo character/anthropomorphic rhinoceros, Gen, dressed up like Rocksteady.
  • In the SNES version of Teenage Mutant Turtles: Turtles in Time, Bebop and Rocksteady appear on the Pirate stage instead of Tokka and Rahzar, who previously appeared in the SNES only Technodrome stage. For some reason, Bebop and Rocksteady were never in the original arcade game.
  • Although their fate remained unknown at the end of the 1987 series, the reappearance of Bebop and Rocksteady in Turtles Forever and the 2012 series implies that Shredder and Krang have returned to save them.
  • Bebop and Rocksteady were hinted at and referenced before hand in the 2012 series, most notably when Baxter Stockman said he wanted to create mutant pigs and rhinos, which he actually got to do.
  • In the 2012 series, Bebop and Rocksteady, along with Mondo Gecko, appeared in the new intro for Season 3, several episodes before their first appearance.
  • In "The Noxious Avenger", Bebop says the line "I'm outie 5000". This is supposedly a reference/shout out to YouTuber Andre "Black Nerd" Meadows, who is a huge fan of the Ninja Turtles, and has hosted panels for the series, and frequently recaps/reviews episodes, including this one, where he stated that someone who worked on the show previously told him that he might like a certain phrase said in the episode.
    • Bebop again uses the line in the episode "Owari", and Meadows noted that he knew the episode's writer, Brian Almond, which may have been the cause of the particular incident.
    • It was later confirmed by the writers that Bebop's constant use of said line is a direct reference to Andre Meadows.

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