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 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 Rocksteady]].
==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, [[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 protection money.
===Hun===
Hun is a large, hulking bully, powerful but skilled in martial arts. He is the leader of the Purple Dragons street gang and the main henchman of [[the Shredder]]. Hun also has some power in the [[Foot Clan]], though not enough to unite the clan during the Shredder's absence. When Hun and the Purple Dragons were younger, they burned down Casey's father's store and Casey's father died. This caused Casey to develop a personal vendetta against Hun and the Purple Dragons.
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 (TMNT)|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 (TMNT)|Donatello]] is transported to a post-apocalyptic future courtesy of an enemy, Ultimate Drako, 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.
Every major battle, Hun falls off or down something and yells crud. and is shown again.
Hun later finds out that the Shredder, Oroku Saki, in actuality is an [[Utrom]] and was shocked. He is left on Earth when Shredder leaves for space, after falling down a shaft with [[Leatherhead (TMNT)|Leatherhead]] and surviving. Hun presumably becomes the leader of the Purple Dragons 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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