#tmnp lore

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BIG MAMA???

GIVE HER TO ME NOW

FUNNY YOURE ASKING ABOUT HER NOW BC GUESS WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON HER DESIGN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

Ngl big mama has given me a lot of trouble. I was torn over four different designs with like four different pokemon. And each species would mean something different for her lore. BUT I FINALLY COMMITTED. I'm gonna keep her design a secret for now since I'm still working on fine tuning it. But Pokemon fans MIGHT be able to guess which pokemon she's inspired by with the trivia I've given. Here's some big mama lore!

Similarities to canon: runs her battle nexus, has a lot of power in tmnp’s equivalent to the hidden city, has a history with splinter and utilized him in her battle nexus.

The battle nexus deserves its own post. Pokemon battles are normalized in this world, therefore the battle nexus itself wouldnt be controversial. But Ive found ways to MAKE it controversial (EVIL LAUGH) that would have the pokemon league¹ shutting it down if they knew about it

Now for TMNP exclusive big mama facts!

- Master illusionist. This gives her the ability to naturally transform into her human form

- She feeds on fear. Literally. It is rumored that if you listen closely to her necklace, you can hear the screams of champions in her battle nexus.

- Is one of the few yokai to use poke balls and specializes in ghost type pokemon. Supposedly these Pokemon are the lost souls of her nexus champions that died in her arena

- Her staff consists of Alpha Pokemon² (Fox as Thievul, Owl as Noctowl, Otter as Floatzel, Lion as Pyroar)

- Gus the shiny alpha granbul is her favorite and is treated more like a pet

- She regularly interacts with the surface world to scout out powerful pokemon to have in her nexus. This is how she found lou jitzu “the human who fights like a pokemon”

- Regularly hires bounty hunters to steal powerful pokemon from their trainers

- She has worked with Hunter J³

- Can create shadow pokemon⁴

And bonus info: Here's her color palette (might tweak the specific shades but the color is there)

1 Pokemon League: This is like the government branch that regulates anything pokemon related in the surface world. Hosts the yearly pokemon league, oversees the gyms, responsible for granting or revoking trainer licenses.

2 Alpha Pokemon: Pokemon from hisui (hokkaido Japan from ~500 years ago) that are significantly larger then normal. They are usually more powerful and more aggressive

3 Hunter J: A pokemon anime exclusive character that will be making an appearance in this au. I had to, she is arguably one of Pokemon's best villains

4 Shadow Pokemon: A pokemon who's heart has been closed off artificially. They lack empathy, cannot be reasoned with, and are highly aggressive. They are controlled by the will of the one who created them

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Sigh. Here's all the TMNP art I've been holding out on. I have a huge problem with not sharing anything unless its fully rendered. Most of these are character design explorations since nearly every character has a pokemon version of themselves (mayhem, draxum, repo mantis etc). But Im almost at the point where I've figured out enough of this that I'll start sharing. Bc omg I want to talk about TMNP on main. My mind has been taken over by my own au

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For your tmnp au:

do the turtles/april listen to music? If so, what would their favorite songs/music genres be?

Sorry for the kinda weird question, it was the only thing I could think of :]

Oh wait, actually, do you have lore about the other side characters, like draxum, repo mantis, mayhem, etc? Is mayhem going to be April's Pokemon partner?

Hope you have a great day/night!! :}

Ohoho music is actually kinda relevant to this au. I've made all the turtles/april musically talented so you can bet they'd enjoy listening to music! Funnily enough I haven't quite thought of what they'd listen to outside of Donnie until now, but here we go!

Raph has two modes. Hard rock and Japanese city pop and he prefers one over the other depending on what he's currently doing

Leo loves rock/pop and specifically from the early 2000s. Think cascada, lady Gaga, Britney Spears etc. He can and will sing the entirety of Bad romance

Donnie likes all the 80s hits. But he also loves anything with a strong beat like techno, eurobeat, disco. He and Mikey have "their song" and it's deja vu by initial d

Mikey won't say he has a favorite genre but his most listened to songs are EDM and hip hop. He likes listening to lofi when he draws.

April goes through genre phases so it's hard to pinpoint her fav. She shared a similar taste in music with Leo when she first met the turtles. Right now she's going through an indie rock phase

AAAAAND to answer the lore question. Yes I have lore for pretty much every side character now minus the crabs. I try to stay as close to canon as possible but make it pokemon. So draxum still creates the turtles but as "the ultimate Pokemon" through morally questionable means in order to get rid of the human threat that will "destroy [redacted] kind". He kinda goes full Dr. Fuji/Mewtwo. He's responsible for mutating a lot of characters into pokemon mutants. Draxum himself is not a mutant. He is a pokemon...sorta. I'll get into that in a different post cuz this is getting long but I go full headcanon/pokemon fan game mode with this one. Uhhh but his goyles, huginn and muninn are actual pokemon (that can speak) and they're both sableye!

Repo Mantis is pretty close to canon. He has a Meowth and gets mutated into either a Scyther or Scizor mutant. I haven't settled on which one but I've designed both options.

And mayhem. I am gonna do my best to give justice to mayhem. Yes, Mayhem will be April's partner pokemon! But mayhem considers April "his pet human". He can't speak but he has human intelligence. I'm gonna hold back on his pokemon species for now since I'm still trying to decide some things with him, but just know this pokemon is incredibly smart. Like rottmnt, he works as an agent for tmnp's version of the hidden city.