Rafael, the angry and dangerous one; Donatello the clever and cool one; Michaelangelo, the crazy and funny one (COWABUNGA!!); and of course, Leonardo, the leader, the backbone, the one with the awesome samurai swords.
Early 90's toys rock!!
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Donatello was my favorite, but I think Leo got the best weapon.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Donatello or Michaelangelo. One's smart, the other's funny. So they both rock. Weapon-wise though, Leonardo wins, followed closely by Raphael. Donatello and Michaelangelo sort of got shafted there. Oh well.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Donatello. I was (am) a nerd. And...Donatello...Shafted. That's just funny.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
I would have to say Leonardo or Michaelangelo. Michaelangelo was just so funny, and as a little kid, comedy is everything.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Donatello. Always was, always will be my favorite. Then again, that could be because the bo is so kick ass. Rafael and his sais would stand a chance if he ever actually used them the way they're supposed to be used in the show.
In the manga, on the other hand, he was pretty awesome. And Usagi Yojimbo > all the turtles.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Raphael for the character depth and the brooding loner vibe, Donatello for the brains.
Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
<Sings> Michaelangelo was a party dude....PARTYYYYYYY!
You gotta love Mikie. Though in the NES game I always picked Donatello b/c his bo staff rocked.
Posted by Humean316 (Member # 8175) on :
quote: You gotta love Mikie. Though in the NES game I always picked Donatello b/c his bo staff rocked.
Thats so weird because that is totally me. I always liked Michaelangelo but I chose Donatello in the game.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Long live Lord Krang and the Technodrome!
I think Don or Raf were my favorites.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Ninjas are against my religion as they are the natural enemies of Pirates.
Y'arrrrrrr
Pix
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
I'm even more of a nerd than all of you! I have to pick Donatello because Corey Feldman was his voice...ahhh, Corey.
edit to fix typo.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I loved Rafael, but I was a teenager. I loved him for the same reason Tom Felton gets the adoring fanmail.
Posted by JLM (Member # 7800) on :
I always liked Michaelangelo best, but thought Leonardo was a dweeb.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
I was tied between Michaelangelo and Donatello. I still have all the action figures.
Posted by RoyHobbs (Member # 7594) on :
There is a Turtle for every mood!
Rafael when you are angry, Michaelangelo when you want to party, Donatello when you feel nerdy, and Leonardo when you feel like taking charge.
P.S. Click on the links up above on the Turtles names, the pics are SWEET.
Posted by BryanP (Member # 7772) on :
Donnie for sure. Woo-hoo for the CGI movie in 2007!!!
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
My favorite Turtle is TMNT-Soup. With some fresh onion and nice bit of mushroom broth.
TMNT says mmmm, mmmm, good.
Posted by raventh1 (Member # 3750) on :
Donatello. I remember this show fondly, as many other cartoons.
Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :
Raphael or Donatello Posted by Zarex (Member # 8504) on :
Donatello, gotta love the brains and the staff.
Posted by Avatar300 (Member # 5108) on :
I thought the English were the natural enemy of pirates.
Posted by WntrMute (Member # 7556) on :
quote:Originally posted by Avatar300: I thought the English were the natural enemy of pirates.
Facts: 1. Pirates are mammals. 2. Pirates fight and drink ALL the time. 3. The purpose of the pirate is to get drunk and kill people.
And that's what I call REAL ULTIMATE POWER!
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Raph all the way. When I was little and shy in the corner I suppose he was the things I wanted to be. When I got a little older and outgoing he became the one I identified with.
Unless we're talking about the video games. His reach tends to suck and it's usually best to go with Donatello.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
Leonardo is just cool. I mean, we're talking awesome.
Why would the English be the natural enemy of the pirates? I mean, the modern pirate is descended from the privateers Good Queen Bess sponsored. There has to be a better way to express the love-hate relationship involved.
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Boticelli... he was the weight-challenged ninja turtle.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
Boticelli? Ha. Worst painter of the Italian Rennaissance, too.
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Donatello. Hands down. His bo staff is just so f*cking awesome.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
*hums the post-count-fluffing song*
I wish Leo had made better use of the swords. At points they seemed so . . . mundane.
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
So long ago.. I think it was Donatello. Or Raphael. Donatello or Leo for the video game. I can still see the birdlike robots biting me...
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
I used to get Michelangelo confused with Michelangelo. I didn't know enough to be confused about the others.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
The voice actor for Leo is the same guy who did Kaneda from AKIRA.
Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
"I used to get Michelangelo confused with Michelangelo."
One is a turtle. *nods* Glad to be of use. *swirls cape and flies off into the darkness*
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
To be honest, Splinter was the cool one. Mikie was always the best turtle, but none was cooler than Splinter.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I totally had a crush on one of them when I was a teen, but I can't remember now who! Donatello is my guess.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
Did anyone play the TMNT games? My favorites are TMNT2: The Arcade game on the NES and TMNT4: Turtles in Time on the SNES. Both were quite awesome (and based on the arcade versions). The recent TMNT games (based off the new cartoon) haven't been as good (my brother and sister got me the 2nd one for Christmas, and we still haven't finished it).
Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
quote: Boticelli... he was the weight-challenged ninja turtle
Ha, it's all about Brunelleschi, but of course he was kicked out for having an ogival shell...and for all that pesky mathematical perspective.
Honestly, my favorites were Donatello and Raphael, which is wierd 'cause when it comes to the real artists, I like Michaelangelo and Leonardo best...go figure.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Michelangelo. Period.
EDIT: This is post 1776, long live the revolution!
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
I always liked Donatello.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
quote:Honestly, my favorites were Donatello and Raphael, which is wierd 'cause when it comes to the real artists, I like Michaelangelo and Leonardo best...go figure.
Well, those two are also the ones we're most exposed to. Go into any highschool and ask for examples of each of the four artist's work and I'm willing to bet most students leave blanks next to Donatello and Raphael. Which is too bad, really.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
I do like Donatello quite a lot. The artist, not the turtle.
Posted by PUNJABEE (Member # 7359) on :
Michaelangelo was the best, but not because of the Party Dude persona. He was just the coolest and everyone else is wrong.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I always liked the Master guy. What was his name?
Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
Ah, thank you, beverly. You make me feel so much better about myself. I had a crush on Raphael and whenever I tell people, they give me weird looks and ask if I realize he was a turtle.
What's not to love, though? Pure teenage angst with a helping of turtle power.
Sopwith made a funny. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Or what about the guy with the hockey sticks. He was in one of the movies wasn't he? He was pretty neat-o as well.
Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
Master Splinter and Casey Jones?
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Yeah them. I liked them better than the turtles actually. I thought that they were too.........green. I didn't like the color green in those days.
Posted by Rico (Member # 7533) on :
Racist! Green people have feelings too, you know.
I liked Leonardo and Raphael. Leonardo because he had the cool swords and he dressed in blue (don't ask me, I guess I liked blue a lot back then) and Raphael because he seemed like the only one of them who had his head on straight and wasn't high on radioactive green goo Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
*has theme from first Ninja Turtle game for the NES on her head*
Posted by Palliard (Member # 8109) on :
I'm enough of a nerd that I was into the comic before it got popular and made into a cartoon. In the old comics their personalities weren't as defined (on the other hand, they did actually bloodily kill people ninja-style), but I'd have to say Raphael.
That being said, I'd take Usagi over any turtle. If you only know Usagi from his crappy one-shot guest appearances in the Turtles cartoons... you've missed out.
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