Favorite Character In Different TMNT Incarnations

[PizzaPower1985]

DOES YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER CHANGE WITH DIFFERENT TMNT INCARNATIONS? IF SO...
Who is your fav. character in each?

Mine does. It goes like this:

My fav. turtle: Donatello
Favorite character in Mirage: Donatello
Favorite character in 1987 Cartoon Show: April O'neil
Favorite character in 1990 Movie: Casey and Raph
Favorite character in 2003 show: Michelangelo
Favorite character in IDW Comics: Splinter and Shredder

[Wesley]

Fav turtle: Raph, though Leo is a close second.
Fav character in 1987 series: Raph
Fav character in 2003 series: Raph
Fav character in 1990 movie: Casey
Fav character in 2007 movie: Raph

Never read the comics and only watched/remember bits of the other tv series so I can’t judge those.

I’m mostly a Raph fan lol.

[ssjup81]

I haven't watched/read as much as most here, but here goes...

Mirage Comics
Michelangelo
Donatello

Archie Comics
Donatello
Raphael
Umeko (Ninjara)

1987 Series
Raphael
Michelangelo
Casey Jones (I like crazy characters lol)
Mona Lisa (I like smart-ass characters, hence my liking of Raph)
Irma

As an adult that revisited the series, I grew to like Donatello a lot. As a kid, I didn't think too much of him, just like with Leonardo, but Donatello was pretty entertaining.

2012 Series
Karai
Shinigami

This version had my favorite incarnation of Leonardo period! I loved that he was such a dorky nerd! lol I loved Raphael for this series too. Getting down to it, my favorites kept jumping back and forth between the four so I'd have to say all four, but Leonardo is a definite.

1990 Movie
Casey Jones

Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Donatello

TMNT III (1993)
Michelangelo

TMNT (2007)
Didn't have one

[Shark_Blade]

OT: Mikey/April
2k3: Mikey
2012: Leo
Rise: Raph

TMNT 1: Mikey/April
TMNT 2: Don
TMNT 3: Mikey
TMNT 2007: Leo
TMNT 2014: Leo/April
TMNT OotS: Raph

IDW: Raph/Mikey

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So overall my fav is Mikey, that seems correct. Rankwise:

1. Mikey - 5
2. April , Leo & Raph (ties) - 3
3. Don - 1

[Luckyday]

This was hard to choose but

Mirage: Donnie because I like his approach to weirdness is "Oh shiny, let me poke it with a stick," and he genuinely goes out of his way to understand how something works instead of scoffing at it and how it had undermined the laws of physics. :lol:

87: April because she feels like a genuine New Yorker and her relationship with the turtles is more an ally of circumstance rather just someone who just greatly for saving her life multiple times. I think it just makes her funny.

2k3: Shredder. I love him more being a scheming bastard that tries manipulate Leo than him being a unstoppable a force of nature or just cartoon mustache twirling villain.

2012: Karai. She had so much going for her but she felt really underutilized. I just really like her from the get go especially when rewatching the series. They did her so wrong in the first 3 seasons and it still pisses me off to this day.

Rise: I want to say Mikey, but Splinter is the one that really caught me by surprise. He made the show.


I can't say which is my favorite from the IDW line because honestly so much stuff has happen since then

[IndigoErth]

My answer is predictably uninteresting being Leo straight through... until you get to Rise, the only stopping block, where it's no fave. Grandma Karai might have at least been the most likeable in that one (aside from the odd grandma choice) had she actually existed in the show more.

[80gmrp]

My answer is predictably uninteresting being Leo straight through... until you get to Rise, the only stopping block, where it's no fave. Grandma Karai might have at least been the most likeable in that one (aside from the odd grandma choice) had she actually existed in the show more.

Same when it comes to Rise.

As for other eras, for me, the only era of cartoons which isn’t Leatherhead for me is the ‘87 cartoon, where I prefer Don instead.

[srmff]

Leo is my favourite in all versions. I do love all the brothers though and one of my favourite aspects of the franchise is the way the brothers interact and complement each other's personalities. It is the family dynamic thay draws me in.

[neatoman]

I'm just gonna exclude the Turtles, Splinter, April, Casey, Shredder and Karai for this because... They're in pretty much everything and it would be a boring list if I listed the same few characters over and over again.


Mirage: Renet
Fred Wolf: ... Irma? I guess? Sure, she's annoying but so are almost all the other characters on that show.
Archie: Wingnut
Image: Horridus (not really part of the TMNT brand if you will but still)
The 90's movies: Danny (but only because of my personal limitation, otherwise it would be Casey)
Next Mutation: ... That hunter guy, I guess?
4Kids: Bishop
IDW: Hun
Nick: Slash
Platinum Dunes: Sacks (in retrospect, maybe they shouldn't have reshot the movie just to make Shredder japanese)
Rise: Big Mama

[Sage Ninja]

Classic Cartoon:

Michelangelo

My all time favorite version of him since other versions of him tend to grate on me or I feel he is under utilized. Sure his pizza obsession was grossly over the top and he had a weird suffer dude persona but I like him here for two reasons.

1. He isn't treated like the baby of the family

2. He isn't the "funny guy"

I feel these two things really make adaptions of Michelangelo annoying (to me any way) where they make him this annoying little brother stereotype with exaggerated little brother characteristics obnoxious, annoying, ADHD, immature compared to the others, dependent or weaker emotionally and or physically. Or when they try to make him the "funny guy" he is usually not funny in a clever way and usually his humor makes him out to be stupid and or annoying. He usually fails at being being the funny guy.

Michelangelo in the classic cartoon series was laid back and fun loving and enjoyed these aspects of his personality. He wasn't just stuck on hyper active he showed a range of emotions. Even though he was sometimes the "dumb one," I didn't feel it was as obnoxious as I thought other interpretations were. Other adaptions of him really hit this aspect of him too hard. I liked how he seemed the most extraverted of the turtles and wanting a normal life, I thought that made his situation particularly sad. He wasn't the greatest fighter of the bunch and was unfocused but instead of it being irritating to me, it made me feel for him.


2k3 TMNT

Leonardo

I really like this version of him. He is cool and collective but doesn't have a stick up his butt. He was talented and hardworking but still flawed. And he still seemed able to be a teenager and relax and have fun with his brothers. I think the 2k3 series treated Leonardo with more respect than the OT did. Some people say he was too OP and though I can see where they are coming from I thought that focus on him was good for his character rather than annoying. I also feel he is better than OT Leo, as an adult I find OT Leonardo a bit grating post season 3. I close second would be Donatello I really liked this version of Donatello.

I didn't really watch 2k12 or Rise.

1990 movie TMNT: Raphael, Casey Jones (my favorite Casey Jones) Danny

Second Movie: nobody

2007 CGI movie: nobody...maybe Karai?

Rise: nobody

[mikey0]

Classic Series: Raphael
1st Movie: Raphael, Casey Jones
2nd Movie: Donatello
3rd Movie: Nobody

[superstaff]

Mirage: Leonardo

80s cartoon: Leonardo

Archie: Leonardo, Ninjara

90s movies: Leonardo, Casey in III (because everyone else sucked in that one)

2003 cartoon: Leonardo

TMNT: Leonardo

2012 cartoon: Leonardo

Platinum Dune movies: Raphael

Rise of: Leonardo

IDW: Leonardo, Alopex

[mikey0]

Rob Paulsen as Raphael
Barry Gordon as Donatello
Cam Clarke as Leonardo
Townsend Coleman as Michelangelo
James Avery as Shredder
Pat Fraley as Krang

Robbie Rist as Michelangelo
Kevin Clash as Splinter
Judith Hoag as April
Paige Turco as April