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The '''Purple Dragons''' or '''Purple Dragon Gang''' is a fictional [[street gang]] in several of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] continuities. They appear in the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (comic book)|original comic books]] and the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 series)|2003 animated series]]. They did not appear in the movies, though the [[Foot Clan]] of the movies somewhat resembled a street gang. The Purple Dragon Gang is from the [[Lower East Side|East Side]] in [[New York City]].

In all continuities, the Purple Dragons are the toughest street gang on the East Side, and are, in fact, the only street gang that receives any attention. They often have some connection to [[the Shredder]], though not always.

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==1984 Comics==
The Ninja Turtles fight them in the first issue of the original comic. The [[1984]] TMNT comics is the only TMNT version where the Purple Dragons do not work for [[the Shredder]].

==1987 Cartoon and Archie TMNT Adventures==
In the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|1987 cartoon]] (and the Archie TMNT comics that followed), the Turtles save [[Channel 6 (TMNT)|Channel 6]] news reporter [[April O'Neil]] from a street gang that bears a remarkable resemblance to the Purple Dragons, though it is not named. This gang is in the employ of [[the Shredder]], though they are seen only in the first episode. It is from the members of this gang that the Shredder selects the humans that will later transform into [[Bebop and (contracted; show full)

His favorite weapons beside of his powerful, enormous fists are a metal-chain and a [[bazooka]]. In this continuity, it was Hun that first entered the home of [[Hamato Yoshi]] in order to kill him and received a scar from his rat [[Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Splinter]] before the rat escaped. In other continuities
 where Hamato Yoshi was killed, it was the Shredder himself who was so scarred (though such a twist would have made no sense, due to the nature of this version's Shredder).

Hun and [[Baxter Stockman]] have an uneasy friendship due to the fact they both served the Shredder but are now considered expendible failures to him, as both have lost to the Ninja Turtles so many times--although unlike Stockman, Hun is still loyal to the Shredder despite being regularly demoralized by his Master.

In the episode "Same as it Never Was," when [[Donatello (Ninja Turtle)|Donatello]] is transported to a post-apocalyptic future courtesy of an enemy, Ultimate Drago, the Turtle finds that Stockman's head is attached to Hun's body (due to an experiment of the Shredder's) and that they have joined the Turtles' rebellion army--although Hun is still loyal to the Shredder.


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