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| “ | No. Not K.O. Turbo K.O. T.K.O. for short. | „ |
| ~ T.K.O. introducing himself. |
| “ | You think you'll ever be a hero without me? Heh, heh. Face it K.O.. I'm stronger! Faster! And if we're being real, cooler than you! Fact is, you need me. Now get up and get back to your cage, faker! | „ |
| ~ T.K.O. fighting K.O. |
| “ | I didn't ask to be born, you know. AlI wanna do is to corner that jerk and ask him why do I exist. | „ |
| ~ -Turbo K.O. expressing his grudge against Shadowy Figure. |
Turbo K.O., or T.K.O. for short, is a major antagonist in OK K.O.! Let's be Heroes. He is K.O.'s anger and other negative feelings sealed within his subconscious. He serves as a major antagonist of season 1 a major character of season 2 and the secondary antagonist of season 3. In "Lets Fight to the End", K.O. accepts himself permanently becomes one ego within their brain.
Physical Appearance[]
When he first appeared as K.O.'s fear and before being released, T.K.O. had an identical appearance to his good half except for having a blank white pair of eyes and mouth as well as a rippling liquid consistency. In his physical form and after being released on K.O.'s mental plane of existence, T.K.O. once again took on a relatively similar appearance to K.O., however, there were a few key differences. He lacks K.O.'s notable red headband causing his hair to flow over his back and purple spiked wristbands take the place of his regular red wristbands. He also has two fangs and other sharp teeth which are almost always visible and a single snaggle-tooth when his mouth is closed. Additionally, he later had dark purple eyeshadow and started wearing Carol's eyeliner.
Biography[]
Turbo K.O. (T.K.O. for short) is a manifestation of K.O.'s negative emotions sealed within his subconscious. Originally antagonistic, he's come to tolerate his other half. By Season 2, he's come to see K.O. as a sort of brother and vice versa, but when K.O. locks him back in his subconscious, he's angered to the point of being willing to join the villains.
Abilities and Powers[]
The exact villain-or-hero power level of T.K.O. is unknown, but so far he is shown to be extremely powerful and was described as this by both himself and his normal side. He easily destroyed a fear version of Laserblast by flying into him, took down Mega Darrel with a brutal bisection, and sent Rad flying into orbit with a single punch. He was even able to break out of Rad's levitation beam and use it against him with relative ease. He is also able to float, teleport, fire energy blasts from his fists, and move with super-speed. His power is so great that he destroyed Lakewood Plaza Turbo with ease.
Trivia[]
- T.K.O. being the dark side of K.O. could be a reference to various video game heroes possessing evil counterparts/rivals such as Evil Ryu (Street Fighter), Dark Link (The Legend of Zelda), Dark Samus (Metroid), Dark Pit (Kid Icarus), Devil Jin (Tekken), Wario and Waluigi (Super Mario), Dark Sonic and Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog), etc.
- The relationship between K.O. and T.K.O. is a reference to the relationship between Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde, two separate individuals who share the same body but have different personalities with one being good and the other evil, the transformations between the two even resulting in physical as well as mental changes.
- K.O's anger being contained in a cage within himself could be a reference to Naruto, where the nine-tailed fox sealed within Naruto was also in a cage.
- T.K.O. can be a reference to all anger-based transformations that can be seen in media such as anime, TV shows and video games including Super Saiyan from Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996), Specifically the third Super Saiyan transformation, due to the spiky longer hair and purple electricity that constantly surrounds him.
- Similar to how K.O.'s name is a reference to the phrase "Knock Out", T.K.O.'s name is a reference to the similar phrase "Technical Knock Out".
- Their names, K.O. and T.K.O., could also be a reference to their personalities. Since a K.O. can be seen a way to end a fight without overly hurting the other person, while a T.K.O. is when a person injures the opponent to the point they can't fight back safely anymore. This is shown as T.K.O. is more violent than K.O.
- When K.O. was beaten by Big Darrell in "You're Level 100!", there was a brief glimpse that he was close to becoming T.K.O.
- That said, he might've been the reason for the Pow Card glitch. Because of this, it is possible that it was T.K.O who had the power level of 100.
- This is proven in "You're in Control", where T.K.O. destroys a Big Darrell as collateral damage while fighting Boxman Jr. in Boxmore.
- That said, he might've been the reason for the Pow Card glitch. Because of this, it is possible that it was T.K.O who had the power level of 100.
- The K.O. and T.K.O. storyline is inspired by Ian Jones-Quartey's childhood as a hyperactive kid, who had temper tantrums, and kids' "complicated inner life that adults don't always get."
- T.K.O. appears to share similarities with Dark Mousy from D.N.Angel; their theme color is purple in contrast to Daisuke and K.O.'s red, they both can interact with their other selves mentally, they are capable of taking control of their counterparts bodies and both have been causing trouble for the main protagonists in personal matters.
- According to Ian Jones-Quartey, T.K.O. doesn't seem like the singing type.
- It is possible that T.K.O's appearances and his powers were been inspired by Dark Gumball (a fan-made alternate universe version of Gumball, which is well portrayed to be a Gumball that was been possessed by a cursed and unknown item, and soon turned himself into an alignment of Chaotic Evil, and his goals were to take over and possibly destroy the world, which he was shown to be a person who is the opposite of Gumball, doesn't care for life nor anything related to friendship at all) which Dark Gumball is similar to T.K.O except that he's a non-canon character.
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External Links[]
- Turbo K.O. in Villains Wiki