01WHO IS DON TURTELLI?
Don Turtelli, Mob boss, in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.
In his first appearance, in “Burne’s Blues” Tortelli crashed into the hiding place of spies who were torturing Vernon Fenwick and his boss Burne Thompson, by tickling them with a feather. When the spies ran away Tortelli asked Vernon and Burne about the Ninja Turtles, and when they said they didn’t know anything, Tortelli pulled out a feather to “make them talk.”
04HISTORY
BACKGROUND
In his first appearance, in "Burne's Blues" Tortelli crashed into the hiding place of spies who were torturing Vernon Fenwick and his boss Burne Thompson, by tickling them with a feather. When the spies ran away Tortelli asked Vernon and Burne about the Ninja Turtles, and when they said they didn't know anything, Tortelli pulled out a feather to "make them talk."
IN THE SERIES
In the second episode, "Case of the Hot Kimono", Tortelli (now in a different animation style and appearance), wants to find out where is the kimono that contents a map to hidden treasure, so he sends his henchmen to steal all kimonos in town. April O'Neil reported on TV about the theft of kimonos, so Turtelli sent his henchmen to capture her and Vernon.
05EPISODE APPEARANCES
Key appearances. Browse the full run on the episode archive.
| S03E07 | Burne's Blues · First appearance |
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