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Biographical information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n| Home<\/td>\n | Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Ethnicity<\/td>\n | Caucasian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Date of death<\/td>\n | 2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Weapon(s) of choice<\/td>\n | Staff, Gun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Occupation<\/td>\n | Purple Dragon\u00a0leader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Affiliation<\/td>\n | Purple Dragons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Physical description<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n | Species<\/td>\n | Human<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Gender<\/td>\n | Male<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Hair color<\/td>\n | Blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Eye color<\/td>\n | Black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Out of universe information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n | Era(s)<\/td>\n | 2003 series,\u00a0Dreamwave comics,Video games<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Publisher<\/td>\n | Mirage Studios,\u00a0Dreamwave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | First appearance<\/td>\n | Things Change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Voiced by<\/td>\n | Eric Stuart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | John<\/strong>\u00a0was the temporary leader of The\u00a0Purple Dragons\u00a0while\u00a0Hunwas away serving the\u00a0Utrom Shredder.<\/p>\n His name is never given in\u00a0the 2003 cartoon; rather, it is the from the first issue of the\u00a0Dreamwave\u00a0comic, where a little more background on his character is explored.<\/p>\n John gives the famous taunt in the cold open of\u00a0first episode, mirroring that of the Purple Dragon’s words in the\u00a0first comic:<\/p>\n You’re goin’ down, freaks! Nobody messes with the Purple Dragons! Especially wearin’\u00a0stupid<\/strong>\u00a0turtle\u00a0costumes!<\/em><\/p>\n After\u00a0Leonardo’s inner monologue quip correcting him, the\u00a0Turtlesproceed to attack the Purple Dragons.<\/p>\n In the actual episode content itself, John leads the Purple Dragons in stealing an armored car and a large amount of money.\u00a0Raphaelinadvertently gets trapped in the vehicle, prompting the Turtles to chase after them.<\/p>\n After catching up to them, the events of the cold open proceed (sans narration), and the Purple Dragons are soundly defeated. Despite pleading for his life (and incorrectly referring to the Turtles as “karate frog creatures”, despite initially identifying their species correctly), he is apparently killed by an irate\u00a0Oroku Saki.<\/p>\n The first issue of\u00a0Dreamwave\u00a0Comics’ brief run of\u00a0TMNT comics, also titled Things Change, shows John and the police officer modeled afterKevin Eastman\u00a0(here named ‘Frank’), as childhood friends. They were present at the accident that lodged the four baby Turtles and\u00a0ooze canister\u00a0into the sewer; John, sporting spiky hair as opposed to his flattop and mullet seen in the present, attempts to reach for the falling Turtles, but misses. He ironically mutters that they’d probably get eaten by a\u00a0sewer rat. Following this, a Purple Dragon approaches the boys, inviting John to look up the Purple Dragons when he gets a bit older.<\/p>\n The rest of the issue proceeds much like the episode version, although John and Frank catch sight of one another and lament the career choices one another has made.<\/p>\n During the fight with the Turtles, John pulls a gun out, but is knocked unconscious by\u00a0Michelangelo’s\u00a0nunchaku. He drops a scrap upon hitting the ground.<\/p>\n At the issue’s conclusion, following John’s death, Frank spots the item John had dropped in the alley – a photo of the two of them as children.<\/p>\n John appears in the game\u00a0Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle for the City, as a regular enemy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Biographical information Home Earth Ethnicity Caucasian Date of death 2000 Weapon(s) of choice Staff, Gun Occupation Purple Dragon\u00a0leader Affiliation Purple Dragons Physical description Species Human Gender Male Hair color Blue Eye color Black Out of universe information Era(s) 2003… Continue Reading |