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Purple Dragons
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 fr(contracted; show full)and the Archie [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures]] 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 [[Shredder (TMNT)|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 Rocksteady]].


The Turtles occassionally fight several street thugs that may or may not be members from Bebop and Rocksteady's former gang.⏎
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==2003 Cartoon==
In the [[2003]] TMNT cartoon, the Purple Dragons are, along with the Foot Clan and the Mafia, one of three powerful factions in New York that serve Oroku Saki, [[Shredder (TMNT)|the Shredder]]. The gang leader of the Purple Dragons is Hun, Shredder's right-hand-man. For much of the first season, the Purple Dragons were the most obvious enemies of the turtles. They were also the hated enemies of [[Casey Jones (TMNT)|Casey Jones]], having killed his family when they couldn't pay pro(contracted; show full)

Hun becomes the leader of the Purple Dragons, now an organized crime syndicate, and begins big time operations. Hun now doesn't seem to like Shredder after learning that he is an Utrom and even asks Karai how could she serve the Shredder knowing that he was an Utrom.

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