"Ralph"
 

For whatever reason, I find people all over the internet typing in Raphael's nickname as "Ralph" instead of "Raph", how bizarre is that?

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99.99 % of the time it's cause of autocorrect/spell check. Also This thread was not needed.

I see it often enough. Not sure if it's auto correct or fingers just hitting it out of non-Turtle related habit of what. Can't say I've done it.

Careful, Ralphie, don't sai your eye out.

Nothing pisses me off more than calling Raph "Ralph". I'll endure Venus or Cudley the Cowlick more than I'll endure that misnaming.

Even though all kids who couldn't quite pronounce Raph called him "Ralph" until an older fan corrected them or they figured it out themselves... but seriously, it's...

RAPH.

/End rant. :twink:

I think I've seen Ralph, Rap, Rafael, Raf.

Eh, doesn't bother me.

^ This. xD LMAO ilu

Yep, it irks me when people call him Ralph or call Mikey Mickey. Just grates on my nerves, though I think some of it could be due to auto correct features. And if that's the case, then I try to let it slide, though I make sure to correct the person.

Oh god no, that one's WAY worse than Ralph. I cringe every time I see it.

What about Leon?
Or Dan? My 'lil neighbor Adrian says it like that. :trolleye:

Can't say I've ever seen Dan. In his case it's more the spelling of Donnie/Donny.

Believe I've seen 'Leon' - think one was actually from a page of an old comic issue I saw online - though probably very rarely, although I'd take that as probably being an intended nickname rather than a mistake. (Though Leo is a better nickname...making a nickname longer has to be rare. lol)

Anyone remember that episode of Back To The Sewer where the guys thought they were in run of the mill reality when they were actually with Cybershredder? The Casey simulation called Mikey Mickey and to this day, I wonder if the writers were poking fun at the mixups that are often seen on the Net. My aunt used to call Raph Rayf. Yep, short for Rayford. I don't know how many times I corrected her in the friggin toy isle at Toysrus. Never heard the Ralph one until I joined these forums. I forgot about the Mickey bit from BTTS until I happened upon that episode a couple of weeks ago.

Leon, Dan, Ralph and Mickey - you guys crack me up. Sounds like a poker game in an old folk's home.

Or how to get out of copyright lawsuits.

:lol::tlol:

Of course now I'm picturing retired TMNT seniors using new nicknames in a bad attempt to hide their identity.

At least while playing poker at the seniors' center. :tlol:

I make the Leon Mickey Ralph and Dan joke way too many times and NOW you laugh?

We have purposely trained him wrong... as a joke.

Me too, Shell. And also when people don't accept the fact that Mikey's full name is Michelangelo, no longer michaelangelo. I had an argument with a stupid girl from another forum about this issue.

Leon Dan Ralph and Mickey sound like a bunch of mobsters.

Mark Martin kept referring to Leo as Leon, definitely in TMNT Vol 1 #23, not sure if he did it in #22. Also, in Turtle Soup vol 1 #1, the drill instructor kept calling Leo and Don as "Nardo" and "Atello".

Such flattering nicknames. lol But if it was a drill instructor then I guess that was the point. :P



Oh and don't forget when Mikey's name attempted written in full comes out as Michael Angelo. See that one now and then.

[another quote from Kung Pow]

Ugh, yes. Did half the English-writing world fail at Hooked On Phonics?!

Of course, in that ep, you also get April calling Donnie "Donald," so now you have a Disney names joke...

Ha! I forgot about those. And now the whole Leon, Dan, Ralph, and Mickey bit is stuck in my head- as a potential plot-bunny. Also, Mikey DID call himself Michael J Angelo in The Gang's All Here- I think it was a joke/reference to Michael J Fox, as well as being a jab at Mikey's own name being misused.

As well as "Special delivery for Mr. Don E. Tello!"

Not related, but I had a friend who way back inthe day was all about TMNT... we ended up taking a bus to a Gargs convention, but I was to buy the tickets, and they wanted a name on them. I didn't know her real name... not even her first name, but she used the handle "Lex" and sometimes "Lexatello." So I told the ticket manager that her name was Alexa Atello. Lex (now also known as Cindy) found it hilarious. *L*

Actually, that was Donna Tello- from the episode "Donatello's Degree" where the college Professor thought he was a GIRL! I gaffed that idea as part of my "head-canon" of Donnie being a hermie! (Which would explain SOO much in that universe- the high-pitched voice, the emotional outbursts, the relative lack of interest in girls compared to the others, and even his choice of bandana color....)

He ended up having Irma go to the presentation in his place- since, y'know, mutant turtle- and pretend to be him. And Mikey was of course making jokes about him being a girl. But it was enough to spark a plot bunny for me.