Objectively speaking, 4 mutant turtles named after seminal Renaissance artists who were taught ninjutsu by a rat-sensei, love pizza, live in a sewer and come up with ridiculous lingo all the time shouldn’t have worked as well as it did. But such is the impact of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that Cowabunga is a part of some of our daily vocabularies now. Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello have shaped the childhood of 2 generations of children worldwide, but their legacy isn’t confined to their own bizarre existence. As the adage goes, a hero is only as good as their villain; and these 4 turtle brothers have had those in abundant supply. From the evil leader of the Foot Clan – Shredder – to the intergalactic warlord Krang, none have been able to withstand the brothers’ exceptional ninjutsu skills and raw Turtle Power; except for this guy. Traag isn’t the smartest of TMNT villains, nor is he the most ambitious. What he is, is a walking wall of lava and death that has been, at times, the only thing that the Turtles haven’t been able to take down. Who is this behemoth? Where did he come from? Why does he hate the Turtles and Leatherhead? We’re here to answer all those questions; this is Traag’s origins – Explored.
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0:00 Intro
1:48 General Traag Origins
2:22 TMNT 1987
7:57 TMNT 2003
8:55 TMNT 2012
13:24 Captain Traag from IDW Comics
15:31 What Makes Him So Powerful?
18:01 Marvelous Verdict