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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 [[Shredder (TMNT)]], though not always.

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==1984 Comics==
The Ninja Turtles fight the Purple Dragons 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 [[Shredder (TMNT)|the Shredder]].

==1987 Cartoon and Archie TMNT Adventures==
In the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 cartoon]] (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.

==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 [[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters|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 father when they couldn't pay protection money.

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