Swordsmanship
Skills of a person versed in the art of the sword
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Jennika
Jennika is set to make a cameo in 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #12', representing the IDW Universe in a multiverse crossover event.
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| 2024 |
Blade
Snipes won the Guinness World Record for 'longest career as a live action Marvel character'.
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| 2024 |
Blade
Brooks joins a team in the Void including Elektra Natchios, Remy LeBeau, Johnny Storm, and Laura/X-23. Previous team members Frank Castle, Peter Maximoff, Matt Murdock, and Erik Lehnsherr have died fighting Cassandra Nova.
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| 2024 |
Blade
After saving his universe, Wade Wilson asks Hunter B-15 of the TVA to save the others in the Void, leaving Brooks' ultimate fate unknown.
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| 2024 |
Blade
Wesley Snipes returns to the role of Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Deadpool & Wolverine.
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| 2024 |
Blade
Wade Wilson / Deadpool and Logan / James Howlett arrive at the base, proposing a plan to force Nova to send them back to their home universes and avenge their universes.
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| 2024 |
Blade
Brooks and the team engage in a fight with Nova's forces, attempting to remove Juggernaut's helmet to neutralize Nova's powers.
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| 2024 |
Blade
The Time Variance Authority decides Brooks' universe is on the verge of death and sends him to the Void, a wasteland inhabited by Alioth and Cassandra Nova.
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| 2024 |
Blade
As Alioth approaches the base, Brooks watches Wilson and Logan jump through a portal to Earth-10005. Brooks' fate remains unknown after being about to be consumed by Alioth.
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| 2024 |
April O'Neil
April O'Neil appears in the 2D-animated series 'Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', a sequel to 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem', with Ayo Edebiri reprising her voice role from the previous film.
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| 2024 |
Leonardo
Leonardo appears in the 2D-animated series 'Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', a sequel to TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, with Nicolas Cantu returning to voice the character.
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| 2023 |
Kenshi
Recruited by Liu Kang for the Mortal Kombat tournament. Loses his eyes while rescuing Johnny Cage from Princess Mileena's rampage. Later receives the Sento sword from Cage and assists in saving Earthrealm and Outworld from Shang Tsung.
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| 2023 |
April O'Neil
In the film's post-credits scene, April attends prom with Leonardo, explicitly clarifying they are only attending as friends.
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| 2023 |
April O'Neil
Ayo Edebiri voices April O'Neil in the animated film Mutant Mayhem, continuing the bi-racial teenage portrayal.
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| 2023 |
Scorpion
In the Mortal Kombat 1 reboot, Kuai Liang becomes the new Scorpion, marking a significant shift in the character's narrative and representation.
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| December 2023 |
April O'Neil
An April O'Neil skin is added to the Fortnite cosmetic shop.
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| 2022 |
Kenshi
Kenshi is featured in the animated film Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind, further extending his character's narrative and visibility in the Mortal Kombat franchise.
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| 2022 |
April O'Neil
April O'Neil appears in the 2022 film, maintaining her bi-racial teenage representation, with Kat Graham voicing the character.
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| 2022 |
April O'Neil
In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, April begins studying journalism in college, maintaining her characteristic career aspiration from previous portrayals of the character.
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| 2022 |
Leonardo
Leonardo is saved from the prison dimension by Mikey's mystic powers and reconciles with Raphael at the end of the movie.
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| 2022 |
Leonardo
Leonardo is a main playable character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, again voiced by Cam Clarke.
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| 2022 |
Leonardo
In 'Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie', Leonardo accidentally causes an alien race called the Krang to invade and Raphael to be captured due to his ego.
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| 2022 |
Leonardo
Leonardo sacrifices himself by trapping both himself and the Krang in a prison dimension to save the world and his family, demonstrating growth in his leadership role.
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| 2022 | The U.S. National Institutes of Health published an analysis concluding that while evidence was low quality, tai chi appears to have a small positive effect on quality of life. |
| September 2022 |
April O'Neil
April is confirmed as a playable character in Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway, again using her likeness from the 1987 series.
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| 2021 |
Jennika
In issue #117, Jennika is revealed to be bisexual and begins a romantic relationship with Sheena, a pig mutant from Mutant Town, bonding over their shared love of music.
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| 2021 |
April O'Neil
A figure featuring the likeness of Judith Hoag from the 1990 feature film is released.
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| 2021 |
April O'Neil
April O'Neil appears as a playable character in the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl fighting game, voiced by Abby Trott and utilizing her design from the 1987 animated series.
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| 2021 |
Leonardo
Leonardo appears in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, with Cam Clarke reprising his voice role.
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| 2021 |
Scorpion
Hiroyuki Sanada portrays Scorpion in the Mortal Kombat film, where Hasashi is killed by Bi-Han but later returns as a vengeful specter to aid his descendant Cole Young in defeating Bi-Han.
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| October 2021 |
Blade
Marvel Comics released 'The Darkhold: Blade #1', a one-shot comic book following an alternate version of Snipes' Blade where he fails to stop Deacon Frost from using La Magra to dominate Earth.
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| October 2021 |
Tanjiro Kamado
Shueisha failed its appeal to trademark the clothing patterns for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, including Tanjiro's design.
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| 2020 |
Jennika
A six-issue sequel miniseries, 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika II', was published.
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| 2020 |
Karai
In the series finale, Karai is discovered by the Turtles and Splinter, reunites with her father after his release from dark magical forces, and then ascends to the Heavens with Saki's essence.
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| 2020 | A review of 13 studies found tai chi had positive effects on quality of life and depressive symptoms for older adults with chronic conditions living in community settings. |
| December 2020 | Tai chi was officially included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the 15th regular session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. |
| November 2020 |
Tanjiro Kamado
Hong Kong police created an anti-fraud mascot resembling Tanjiro, which drew commentary from pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow.
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| February 2020 |
Tanjiro Kamado
Tanjiro won the 'Best Boy' category at the 4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, and his fight scene with Nezuko against Rui won the 'Best Fight Scene' category.
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| 2019 |
Kenshi
Carlos Vasquez, a blind Evolution Championship Series player inspired by Kenshi, created 'The Sento Showdown', an annual Mortal Kombat tournament exclusively for vision-impaired players.
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| 2019 |
Jennika
Jennika was transformed from a human character into a mutant turtle in issue #95 of the IDW series.
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| 2019 |
Jennika
Jennika starred in her own three-issue miniseries titled 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika', written and illustrated by Brahm Revel.
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| 2019 |
Inuyasha
Voted the favorite character from all of Rumiko Takahashi's works in an NHK poll of 210,061 people.
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| 2019 |
Scorpion
In Mortal Kombat 11, Kronika brings a past version of Scorpion to the present and recruits him. Scorpion ultimately joins Earthrealm's defenders after his older self (Hasashi) convinces him to defect, though Hasashi is killed by D'Vorah.
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| July 2019 |
Blade
At San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios announced a Blade MCU reboot, with Mahershala Ali cast as the title character after personally pitching the film to Kevin Feige.
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| 2018 |
Karai
Karai debuts in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, voiced by Gwendoline Yeo, as Splinter's maternal great-great-great-great grandmother.
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| 2018 |
April O'Neil
April O'Neil is portrayed as a bi-racial teenager in the 2018 animated series, with Kat Graham voicing the character.
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| 2018 |
Leonardo
In the series finale of the first season, Splinter appoints Leonardo as the new leader of the turtles, surprising Leo and his brothers.
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| 2018 |
Leonardo
Leonardo appears in the animated series 'Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', portrayed as a self-professed 'coolest' brother with an irreverent charm and rebel heart, differing from previous incarnations by not being the initial leader of the turtles.
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| 2018 |
Grimlock
In Transformers: Power of the Primes and Earth Wars video game, the Dinobots combine into Volcanicus for the first and only time to battle against the Predacons' Predaking.
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| 2017 |
Leonardo
Leonardo is featured as a playable character in DLC for Injustice 2, voiced by Corey Krueger, with a storyline involving Krang, Brainiac, and the Insurgency/Regime conflict.
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