Michelangelo's nunchuks: chain or rope?

[Andrew NDB]

Do you prefer to see Michelangelo's nunchaku depicted as being connected by a rope or connected by a chain?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Chains, so he can do more damage!

[IndigoErth]

Either, doesn't matter to me which.

Though I assume both have their pros and cons. Rope takes more wear and will eventually need replacing, but it is quiet. Metal chains will last almost indefinitely, but they can make noise and for a ninja trying to be stealthy out of combat that probably isn't good.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I've always figured the only reason people drew it as rope was they were too lazy to draw all the little links in the chain.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Either, doesn't matter to me which.

Though I assume both have their pros and cons. Rope takes more wear and will eventually need replacing, but it is quiet. Metal chains will last almost indefinitely, but they can make noise and for a ninja trying to be stealthy out of combat that probably isn't good.

The turtles can't be 100 % realistic ninja. Then we would have no jokes during the fights, no enemies thinking they're wering disguisies. Just the turtles knocking out the lights with shuriken and then beting up their enemies in the dark all the time.

So I think it's better to combine some ordinary Japanese martial arts (judo, karate) with both historical ninjas, and the modern ninja myth.

[Anarchistguy]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

The turtles can't be 100 % realistic ninja. Then we would have no jokes during the fights, no enemies thinking they're wering disguisies. Just the turtles knocking out the lights with shuriken and then beting up their enemies in the dark all the time.

So I think it's better to combine some ordinary Japanese martial arts (judo, karate) with both historical ninjas, and the modern ninja myth.

Not to mention they'd have to kill their opponents...not knock em out

[pferreira]

His original weapons by far. I mean that's what was originally intended by the creators and it works better than the grappling hook. There's only so many ways you can make the grappling hook look cool in action sequences.

EDIT: what a minute: you meant the styling of the nunchuks? Whoops.

Well I'd go with chains as it aesthetically looks cooler.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Anarchistguy

Not to mention they'd have to kill their opponents...not knock em out

That varies between series.

[Sage Ninja]

I'd say the chain. it just looks more lethal. Also I liked how in the 2012 series it nunchucks doubled into kusarigama.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Chain since it looks cooler and more intimidating, even though it probably doesn't help the turtles at being stealthy and I'm not sure about its combat effectiveness vs the rope.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

I'd say the chain. it just looks more lethal. Also I liked how in the 2012 series it nunchucks doubled into kusarigama.

I think all four turtles should use sharp weapons, especially when facing deadlier enemies.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

I think all four turtles should use sharp weapons, especially when facing deadlier enemies.

Well, they should all have shuriken on them. So there's that.

[Powder]

Chain looks the coolest & makes the most sense but I can't fault any artist who doesn't wanna go through drawing it that way. It's a huge pain.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

I think all four turtles should use sharp weapons, especially when facing deadlier enemies.

This logic is the reason the 2012 show originally had all the turtles with bladed weapons.

[DarkFell]

I always liked the chained 'chucks, although I will admit that the TMNT '90 movie did have a nice set of what looked like roped nunchucks.

[Candy Kappa]

I might be leaning more forwards chains between the batons for looks only, but honestly it doesn't really matter.

The pros and cons of having chucks' with cord or chain are so minuscule for in the context of a action property, the main difference is in the spin where with a cord you have more control and more precision, while the chain is faster and looks more impressive when you are doing spinning performance.

I'm not really a fan of overly spinning and tricking, it looks flashy but also dumb. And the you can choke someone just as well with a cord as with a chain, so for me it's less about the material that connects the nuncaku batons, but more on how it's used.

And as long as the batons isn't metal or the chain/cord is way too long, I'm good.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Well, they should all have shuriken on them. So there's that.

But can you imagine the amount they'd go through or having to try and retrieve each one afterwards?

[Candy Kappa]

Shurikens are easily discarded, though. Easy and cheap to replace

[Dejablue]

Never given enough thought to it to say i "care" but I do think chain is cooler. I've never even thought of nunchucks with a rope connection to be honest.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by pferreira

But can you imagine the amount they'd go through or having to try and retrieve each one afterwards?

What, on a given night? On a given night they'd probably use 0. How hard would it be for them to tuck away 3 or 4 into their belt "just in case," though?