Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game/Enemies

Enemies in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game have their own set amount of health (number of hits they can take; hit points/HP), unique attacks, and behavior. The following enemies are listed by type and in order of appearance.

Note that turtle attacks do the following amount of damage:
 * Normal attack: 2 damage.
 * Jump kick: 3 damage.
 * Special attack: 4 damage.

Foot soldiers
The foot soldiers are Shredder's most numerous ninja warriors. They are robotic fighters created with the help of Krang, and explode upon death.

Purple
The basic Foot soldier, the purple foot soldier uses punches, flying kicks, grabs, and shurikens to attack the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Blue
Very similar to the purple Foot soldier, blue foot soldiers use knives

White
Sword (possibly a katana) bearing enemies, these have slightly longer range, so distance yourself before trying a special attack.

Red
Red Foot soldiers carry machine guns and will fire them diagonally at their target's feet if they get close enough. Their attacks are preceded by a slight delay.

Yellow
Yellow Foot soldiers wield boomerangs.

Dark purple
Hammer wielding Foot soldiers.

Light blue
Snowball throwing foot soldiers.

Bomb
Bomb throwing foot soldiers.

Motorcycle
Motorcycle driving foot soldiers.

Tire
Tire throwing foot soldiers.

Spear
Spear wielding foot soldiers.

Mouser
Mousers were originally created by Baxter Stockman for hunting rats, but were later massively produced by Shredder and Krang in the Technodrome to hunt Splinter and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Roadkill Rodney
Roadkill Rodneys are unicycle-like robots created by Krang and Shredder that drive around in circles around their enemies. They have a laser gun and an electric whip.

Scorpion
The easiest way to defeat these guys is to stand at the bottom of the screen and rapidly press. If you don't move, the scorpions will eventually walk into you over and over until they die. At the bottom of the screen there is little chance that they will shoot at you.

Freeze turret
Can be destroyed with one hit from any attack. Appears in scene 7. If you get hit by its projectile spray, it takes away one rest.

Rolling balls
Invincible black rolling balls. They appear in the first scene and roll down stairways and into the fire where they disappear.

Missiles
Missiles that fly out of the water and into the air. They appear in scene 2, and can be destroyed by any attack.

Snow plow
Invincible snow plows. Appear in scene 3.

Falling ice
Invincible falling snow. Appear in scene 3.

Flammable barrels
Can be destroyed with one hit from any attack. Appear at the end of scene 3.

Civilian vehicle
New Yorkers drive around quickly, so avoid them at all costs. Appear in scene 4.

Laser projector
Has 12 HP. Appears in scene 5.

Blade
Has 8 HP. Appears in scene 6.

Bamboo
Invincible. Appears in scene 6.