Hypno-Potamus is a major antagonist in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voiced by Rhys Darby.
Biography[]
Hypno was originally a successful stage magician named Mezmer-Ron who performed alongside his pet hippo Doug. During on a performance he was mutated due to Baron Draxum's Qozeuitoes and because of his animal partner into a hippo renaming himself Hypno-Potamus. He had since turn into a villain. He first appeared in the episode "Newsworthy" alongside Warren Stone. The Turtles had Raph and Mikey disguise themselves as a female hippo to draw him out. He is then defeated by Warren Stone.
Hypno returns in the episode "Hypno! Part Deux" where he watched a teenager made a middle school disappear. An envious and enraged Hypno decides to make a high school disappear and said high-school was April's and he used his powers to brainwash the school so that he would make the school disappear. Eventually Leo and Raph show up to stop him and foiled his plans at the end.
Hypno later reappears in the episode "Stuck on You", where he breaks in the museum in order to use a tomb to resurrect his partner Doug who he still misses and had disappears. The Turtles manages to stop him.
In the "Evil League of Mutants", Hypno-Potamus joined forces with Baron Draxum, Meat Sweats, Repo Mantis, Warren Stone, and the Sando Brothers to destroy the Ninja Turtles after having coffee alone. After tricking the turtles to an abandoned warehouse, the league ambushed them and nearly defeated them, but they used their training to defeat the group.
Powers and Abilities[]
Hypno as a mutant gained the ability to use his voice to brainwash others and using cellphones as well. He is also capable of using other powers like his hat and other gadgets.
Trivia[]
- In "Newsworthy", after falling for a hippo, unaware that it's really Mikey in disguise, he calls "her", "future Mrs. Hypno-Potamus".
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