Savanti Romero

Savanti Romero is a sorcerer and Satyr-like demon and is also a recurring adversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Mirage Comics

A former apprentice of the master of time, Lord Simultaneous, Savanti was a greedy and arrogant individual who believed he should be master of time. After a failed attempt at usurping Simultaneous, Savanti was changed into a demon-like being and banished back in time.

After an encounter with the apprentice Timestress Renet, the Turtles find themselves transported to 1406 A.D. when they end up crashing into the camp of Cerebus the Aardvark. Savanti, who had been banished to this time, upon seeing the Time Portal torn opened by the arrival of the Turtles and Renet, sent his army out to attack Cerebus' camp, knowing that if there is a Time Portal, the Time Scepter must be nearby.

Savanti's attack on Cerebus' camp is a success. After defeating the Turtles, Renet, Cerebus and his troops, Savanti and his own men return to Savanti's fortress.

The next day Savanti finds his castle under attack by an army of mercenaries hired by Cerebus to take down Savanti. Easily dispatching the army of hitmen with an army of the undead, Savanti realises too late that the entire attack was a set-up; while Cerebus's men attacked, the Turtles, Renet and Cerebus himself managed to sneak into Savanti's throne room. Before the group could attack though, Savanti manages to bind them with magic. Contemplating how to kill the group, Savanti found his thoughts interrupted by the appearance of Lord Simultaneous, who easily banishes Savanti to the Cretaceous Era with his "Digital Cosmic Quartz", a time-warping wrist watch. With Savanti banished, Simultaneous managed to send the Turtles back to they're own time.

Months later, while , Raphael and Donatello are attending the dinosaur fossil exhibit at a museum the bones of a nearby Tyrannosaurus Rex begin to float and swirl around and form together to create the image of Savanti Romero. Taunting the group, Savanti reveals that he is communicating with the gang through his magic. After revealing this, Savanti offers a challenge to the Turtles, meet him in the "Ring of Fire" in the Cretaceous Era and face him in combat.

Through the aid of Renet, the Turtles manage to travel back in time to face Savanti; upon exiting a Time Portal into the Cretaceous Era The group of the Turtles and Renet are attacked by a Tyrannosaurous Rex riding Savanti Romero.

After managing to kill Savanti's "steed" with a Triceratops, the Turtles can only watch as Savanti escapes they're grasp by riding away on a Pterodactyl, which has Renet in its clutches.
Managing to track Savanti to a large structure made of bone, the Turtles learn the mad demons plan; Savanti plans on altering history by channeling cosmic energy through his bone structure he will cause all the volcanoes in the Ring of Fire to erupt, slowing the Earth's rotation around the sun just enough for it to be missed by the meteorite which wiped out the dinosaurs.

Engaging a bone armored Savanti in battle, the Turtles manage to defeat the insane sorcerer by tricking him into stepping into the center of his structure right when a cosmic energy bolt strikes. The fried Savanti ends-up plummeting into the river below.

Unfortunately for the Turtles and Renet, Savanti survived this encounter. After crashing into the murky depths of the river, Savanti, using what was left of his strength, manages to put himself in suspended animation. Exiting his suspended animation in Feudal Japan, Savanti set about trying to alter history, knowing that his alterations would attract Renet and the Turtles.

Travelling back in time the Turtles, along with Renet, manage find and engage in battle with Savanti and the demon's dinosaur servant, Chote. Eventually Savanti is, once again, defeated when Renet manages to banish him back to the time of dinosaurs.

In Tales of the TMNT number thirty-two Savanti battles the Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa while attempting to obtain control of a mystical cosmic eye.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003-Present Cartoon

Savanti has also appeared in in adaptations of his first two comic book appearances. He was last seen struck by a bolt of lightning and seemingly drowning; however, given his history in the comic books, it is unknown whether that is truly his final fate.

Savanti Romero is voiced by David Zen Mansley. He has so far appeared in the following episodes:

1. Time Travails

2. Return of Savanti, parts 1 and 2

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