Although native to north America, it is thought many were bought for children in Britain obsessed with theTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TV series in the 1980s and 90s.
But he was eventually talent-spotted by Lord Browne, and became one of his Turtles (a name Browne gave to his inner circle of high fliers) - a reference to the fearsome cartoon warriors, theTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles.
The character was originally played by Judith Hoag in the original 1990 TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles movie, before a different actress, Paige Turco, took over for two sequels.