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GREAT TURTLE, THE "The father of all turtles." Once a giant, intelligent turtle from prehistoric times, one whose eggs were eaten by the emerging mammalian rats. The rats were the children of the Adversary, who would feed off the Great Turtle’s subsequent sorrow, even beyond the grave. When Donatello explored the wilderness of Northampton, the Great Turtle briefly met him, leading Donatello to convince his brothers to return with him to it. Their journey into the woods beginning as a merely free spirited journey, soon Donatello began to hear the voice of the Great Turtle, telling him to stand against the Adversary, the enemy of all reptiles. Donatello declared himself the "Shaman" to oppose the Adversary, though upon being badly beaten in combat by him, realized the Shaman was Leonardo. Leonardo climbed to the place where he waged his final battle with the Adversary and, guided by the Great Turtle, emerged triumphant. The fossil Mesozoic eggs scattered across the world broke apart as fetal reptile souls, the Great Turtle’s included, were freed by the death of the Adversary (Turtle Soup #1, TMNT Vol. 1, #37).

GO-KOMODO, WARLORD (AKA "Warlord Komodo," AKA "The Dragonlord") Owner of Komodo Industries, an organization run in upstate New York. Komodo comes from a long line of Japanese rulers and is the last surviving member of the House of Komodo, a house thought exterminated during World War I. His true descent lies in the dragon, a birthright he attempted to embrace by having mercenary cyborgs and Pimiko’s kunoichi capture Splinter. Using a synthetic mutagen distilled from Splinter’s blood, Komodo intended to use it to mutate himself into a sentient, true dragon before Pimiko’s treachery resulted in the self-destruction of his headquarters when the Turtles invaded, seeking their lost master. Go-Komodo disappeared during the fighting, leaving his half-brother accidentally injected with the synthetic mutagen, King Komodo, to do the fighting (TMNT Vol. 3, #1 - 5). Following the destruction of his headquarters in upstate New York, Komodo moved himself and his business to Taiwan (TMNT Vol. 3, #7).

GOSEI HATTORI The only living descendant of the ancient Gosei Samurai Clan, a clan whose members founded the Japanese Foot Clan in the fourteenth century. In the Turtles’ pre-teenage years, Gosei Hatsumi, dying on his bed, telepathically contacted Splinter. He explained that his son, Kenji, had rejected the Gosei Clan’s legacy, but that there was still hope for his grandchild, Hattori. Honoring the dying Hatsumi’s request, Splinter sent the Turtles to seek out Hattori and convince him to accept his heritage. When they arrived at Hattori’s residence, however, hired ninja assassins strike, killing Kenji and forced Hattori to defend himself, using skills he didn’t know he had after Splinter convinced him (TMNT Vol. 1, #9). Several years later, a mysteriously ill Gosei Hattori sought out Splinter and the Turtles. Upon probing Hattori’s mind, Splinter discovered that something in the past had changed the course of history, and with that, altered the future. With Renet’s help, the Turtles went back in time to stop Savanti Romero, who had emerged from cryogenic stasis after their last pre-historic battle. Upon the Turtles return to the present, Gosei Hattori immediately recovered (TMNT Vol. 1, #46 & 47).

HAMATO YOSHI Member of the Japanese Foot Clan. Witnessing the beating of his lover, Tang Shen, by Oroku Nagi, a fellow member of the Foot, he acted and killed Nagi. Exiled to New York for his actions, he took Shen and his pet rat with him. He soon married Shen and lived a peaceful life for many years until the younger brother of Nagi, Oroku Saki, sought vengeance for the death of his brother and killed them both. Yoshi’s pet rat disappeared into the sewers (TMNT Vol. 1, #1). Yoshi, in addition to serving the Foot during his days in Japan, was apparently also the sensei of Galahad/White Knight’s master (Big Bang Comics #10).

HATTORI ( See Gosei Hattori )

HILL, SARA (Codenamed "Horridus") Spike-covered female mutant and member of Freak Force. Her mother, Meggan Tully, was abducted by aliens, impregnated, and then returned to her car. Currently having relations with George Hill, she thought her pregnancy was a result of him, and soon the two were wed. After Sara’s birth, her parents, thinking their mutant child to be a result of their pre-marital sex, chained and locked her in their basement, then killed themselves (TSD series #1). Officer Dragon was called to the scene when the decaying bodies of Sara’s parents were reported to police. Dehydrated and starved from her months-long basement banishment, she was taken by Dragon to a hospital. After some time, it was suggested by Chicago PD Captain Stewart that Sara join Freak Force, a special operations police team organized and put together by Dragon and Stewart to directly confront Chicago’s overwhelming "super-freak" problem (TSD series #3 & 4). She eventually moved into Sharona "Rapture" Jackson’s apartment (a fellow Freak Force member and the girlfriend of Dragon). After the cloned Complete Carnage’s rampage brought the Turtles to Chicago, she had a brief run-in with them when they showed up at her apartment’s doorstep with Dragon (TSD series #22). Finally, when reports of vampiric-like murders in Chicago aroused the Turtles’ attention in their search for their bat-mutated sensei, Splinter, they ventured to the city a second time to investigate. When the other Turtles went their separate ways, Michaelangelo brought a rose and went to see Sara, who invited him inside to "watch cartoons." Sara and Michaelangelo shared a kiss before Rapture came home and chased Mike out (TMNT Vol. 3, #10 & 11). She later mailed Michaelangelo a portrait of her (TMNT Vol. 3, #15). She identified Donatello when he was apprehended by government officials at the Turtles' mausoleum lair, then was given a ride in the Turtles' aircar home. She soon became caught up in a new invasion by the Triceraton Empire, one of them teleporting aboard the Triceraton aircar Donatello was using to take her home. The Triceraton recognized her as a member of the Sauran Race, the "Master Race," and notes he had "met others with spikes" like hers. Before she can learn more the Triceraton is dropped from the aircar to his death. She is nearly killed by another Triceraton in the ensuing struggle, but in the end is reunited with her boyfriend, Michaelangelo. They later have another TV-watching date, making out once more (TMNT Vol. 3, #19 - 21).

HONEYCUTT, PROFESSOR A former semi-retired scientist on the planet D’hoonib. Working in his lab, Professor Honeycutt was pressured by General Blanque and the planet’s Human Federation military into making a Transmat Device (teleporation modules) prototype, as they wanted to use it as a weapon to turn the tide in the war with the Triceraton Republic. When he donned a mentawave helmet, used to boosting telepathic and telekinesis mental powers, an accident occurred. An electrical storm resulted in Honeycutt’s consciousness being transferred into the body of his android companion, Sal. Now in the body of a robot, he became classified as a "Fugitoid," and was henceforth persecuted by Blanque and the Human Federation. As the professor was about to be captured by Federation troopers, the Turtles appeared, accidentally beamed over trillions of light years to D’hoonib. Now believed to be working with Honeycutt, the Turtles were hunted along with him, forcing their alliance for the duration of their adventure on D’hoonib (TMNT Vol. 1, #5). Honeycutt later extended an invitation from the Utroms to the Turtles to visit the TCRI aliens’ homeworld, where they were reunited with their Utrom creators. Almost immediately after they arrived, Gavat-4 Station, an outpost that had a Transmat link directly to the Utrom homeworld, fell under heavy Triceraton attack. The Turtles agreed to help them, transporting themselves to the station and self-destructing it (TMNT: Guide to the Universe, Shell Shock).

HORRIDUS (See Hill, Sara)

JHANNA A female warrior elected by an alien people to partake in a duel with Moriah, their wicked ruler who Jhanna swore to defeat during election time. The winner would gain/retain rulership, and the loser would die. Upon traveling to the place at which the battle would take place, Jhanna’s vessel was blasted into Earth’s atmosphere, where it crashed in Northampton. Meeting and teaming with the Turtles, she soon found herself confronted by Moriah and her enchanted henchmen. After defeating Moriah, Jhanna spared her life and marked her with a reminder of her defeat. She left Donatello her warrior’s braid and departed in the morning following the battle and winning of the election (TMNT Vol. 1, #13).

JONES, CASEY / ARNOLD BERNID High school dropout, former bouncer of the "Torchy’s" bar, a handyman at his old and new apartment, a part time New York hockey mask-wearing vigilante, boyfriend of April O’Neil, and stepfather of Shadow Jones. After conditioning himself and becoming psyched from watching action television shows, one night Casey Jones decided to fight crime his way—no mercy. When Raphael confronted him after witnessing his near-killing of muggers, the two became friends (Raphael special). At some point later, he and Raphael were drawn into a violent plot crafted by an assassin, Johnny Woo Woo, as they fought alongside the man’s sister, Midnight (Body Count #1-4). Sometime later, as a lobster heist he foiled led to his capture by Neptunian malacostra men, Casey became involved with Gabrielle Lau in a scheme to capture a royal lobster that held the key to the malacostra lobster men’s curse. Unfortunately, after thoughtlessly eating the lobster in question, Gabrielle Lau revealed her true identity—that of a lobster—and attacked him, forcing him to use a cleaver and kill her. He recounted this tale to the Turtles (Casey Jones: North by Downeast #1 & 2). Casey later showed up at April O’Neil’s Second Time Around store when it became besieged by the resurrected Shredder and a contingent of his Foot Clan, then taking the Turtles & April with him to stay at his deceased grandmother’s house in Northampton, Massachusetts when the store burnt down (TMNT Vol. 1, #10 & 11). Casey came to a crossroads in his life as a vigilante when he killed a kid when assaulted by a gang. He was knocked into a river by Donatello when he was in a drunken stupor. He was nearly brought to trial for his actions by Nobody, but it was determined that he acted in self-defense (TMNT Vol. 1, #48 & 49). After many years of tense friendship, Casey left his home in Northampton after frustrations with April O’Neil. Going on an aimless road trip, his travels took him to Goat Head, Colorado, where he stopped at a café. There he met Gabrielle (who later became Gabrielle Jones), who invited him to stay in her trailer home after a scuffle with two men who stole his car ended with him getting beat up (TMNT Vol. 1, #50 & 51). Over time he and Gabrielle became more than friends. When it was discovered that Gabrielle was pregnant with another man’s baby, Casey stayed with her nonetheless and, after a few months, got married. During this time Casey got a job at a local supermarket as a bagger, but his irritability got the best of him and he was fired by his employer, a Mr. Talbott (TMNT Vol. 1, #52 - 56). Tragedy struck when Gabrielle died in pregnancy. Given the custody of her daughter whom he named Shadow, Casey’s travels soon brought him to stay in his mother’s apartment building in New York. When his mother put the apartment complex up for sale, he became reunited with April O’Neil when she came to buy it from her. April and Casey got together then, living together with Shadow in her newly purchased apartment complex (TMNT Vol. 1, #60 - 62). Casey, in addition to working as a handyman in April’s complex, got a new job at another supermarket, this one in New York, where he became promoted to assistant produce manager. He jumped Donatello, thinking him to be one of the cyborgs he heard that earlier assaulted Donatello. He was nearly killed by Donatello when the Turtle’s Artificial Intelligence temporarily kicked in. When his daughter was kidnapped by Foot (under the employ of mob boss Antoine Puzorelli—her grandfather) he got drunk, then picked a fight with hoodlums and got shot. Taken to the hospital, he was soon greeted by Michaelangelo, who had rescued Shadow from the mob (TMNT Vol. 3, #6 - 8). Antoine Puzorelli then had his thugs put his apartment on surveillance in an attempt to locate his granddaughter. When April caught on to this and told Casey, Casey, April, and Shadow went into hiding in the Turtles’ current hideout in the mausoleum of Westwood Cemetery. Casey accidentally clubbed Raphael when he returned to the hideout, thinking him an intruder. He, April, and Shadow met back up with Leonardo and Michaelangelo when they brought brought Donatello to their mausoleum hideout, where he was then revived (TMNT Vol. 3, #11, 12 & 15). Casey was fired from his job at the supermarket when he called in sick and helped Michaelangelo and Leonardo kill the three Komodo Dragons and subdue King Komodo, appearing in a news broadcast his employer saw. He quickly received a ten thousand dollar reward for his efforts and a ticker tape parade ceremony in honor of him. When he later went to cash his check, however, it bounced (TMNT Vol. 3, #19 - 23).

JONES, GABRIELLE (No last name known pre-Casey marriage) Café employee who became the wife of Casey Jones. At least a year before taking her job in the Goat Head, Colorado café "Graham’s Goodtime Grill" she was involved with Albert Puzorelli, an Italian man with strong connections to the New York mob under mobster Antoine Puzorelli. Becoming pregnant with Albert’s child, she was dumped by him some time before he died (it is not known how, but his death is likely mob-related). It was after frustrations with April O’Neil that Casey wandered to meet her in her café. After a scuffle with car thieves in the café’s parking lot in which he got beat up, Gabrielle let Casey stay with her in her trailer home (TMNT Vol. 1, #51). Over time they became lovers, then married (TMNT Vol. 1, #52 - 56). She died giving birth to her daughter, Shadow Jones (TMNT Vol. 1, #58).

JONES, SHADOW (Baptised name: Maria Isabella Puzorelli) Daughter of Gabrielle (who would later become Gabrielle Jones) and Albert Puzorelli. When Albert dumped her, Gabrielle, after meeting and marrying Casey Jones a couple months prior, died giving birth to her (TMNT Vol. 1, #58). Casey, Shadow’s legal guardian, was given custody and named Shadow, who then moved in with April O’Neil (who would quickly become Shadow’s surrogate mother). Developing a relationship with Michaelangelo, who was living with them in the apartment complex at that time, she became fond of video games (TMNT Vol. 2, #13). She once told April she wanted a baby brother. One night when being baby-sat by Michaelangelo, Shadow heard a knock on the door and answered it. Captured by the Foot Clan, she was taken to her paternal grandfather, Antoine Puzorelli. When Raphael learned of Shadow’s abduction he sough council with the Foot, confirming their involvement. He then agreed to kill Antoine Puzorelli for them in exchange for Shadow, a mission he couldn’t complete. Michaelangelo stepped in, disguising himself as a priest in the cathedral where Shadow was to be baptised by Antoine. Only moments after being baptised, (making Antoine her godfather) Michaelangelo dropped his disguise and rescued her, taking her to the top of the cathedral and using his shell to make himself appear as part of the gargoyles statues. Shadow was then returned to Casey and April (TMNT Vol. 3, #6 - 8). Antoine Puzorelli then had his thugs put his apartment on surveillance in an attempt to locate Shadow. When April caught on to this and told Casey, Casey, April, and Shadow went into hiding in the Turtles’ current hideout in the mausoleum of Westwood Cemetery. While Shadow watched, Casey accidentally clubbed Raphael when he returned to the hideout, thinking him an intruder. Shadow, Casey, and April met back up with Leonardo and Michaelangelo when they brought brought Donatello to their mausoleum hideout, where he was then revived (TMNT Vol. 3, #11, 12 & 15). When Leonardo chooses to give up his artificial, removable hand, Shadow asks if she can keep it. Leonardo gives her permission (TMNT Vol. 3, #23).

JONES, SID Cousin of Casey Jones who showed up one winter with his friends to scare Casey, April O’Neil, and the Turtles out of their Northampton house, wanting the residence for themselves and seeking the money they believed Casey’s grandparents to have stashed there (Tales of the TMNT #1).