Which Turtle's Death Would Have The Biggest Impact?
 

Venus DeMilo.

hahaha, Venus was a mistake

Anyway I would go with the obvious choice... Leonardo. Leader goes down = chaos. Though I do think that any fallen turtle = the demise of the remaining turtles. They need each other and I think the 2k3 does a better job showing this relationship.

ya the movies do a good job as well though.

Donatello, I say. Anyone's death would leave the rest of Hamato family in terrible grief and sorrow but it is Mr. "Can-Construct-Everything" who provides the clever gimmicks able to defeat the meaniest creatures... watch SAINW to see what could have happened without him aboard.

i voted don cause hes my favorite turtle...if something happend to him i'd be upset almost as upset if I saw splinter or april die in the old show...actully I think I saw any of the humans hurt in the old show it would have shocked me allot.

I have to say that I concur with Sewer Bull and Putrescent. Don's death would have the gravest impact on the others. We saw what his monstrous mutation did to them in the last few episodes of this past season.

Without his technical and scientific expertise, they're just a gang of thugs. Sure, they're the good guys, but they're still just thugs. :)

~Alouicious

Hey!?that was my line! :lol:

It's kinda a hard choice for me...
I'm debating between Leo and Don.

Here's the thing...

If the TMNT never had to deal with another threat again and live peaceful lives, I'd say it would be Don because he's the one who makes their lives more comfortable with his mechanical skills. With no Don means they'ed live like cave dwellers with really nothing sophisticated beyond a fork.

But if they had to keep fighting their whole lives, I'd say it's Leo because he's really the one who vastly helps keep the rest of the boys alive. Leo's superior skills & abilities, strategy & tactics, and warrior spirit definetly gives the TMNT the edge to beat the odds. With him out of the picture, the rest would soon get killed off as well one by one.

Since it's likely the TMNT would have to keep fighting their whole lives, I picked Leo to be the one who would leave the greatest impact if he was gone for good.

No votes for Raphael so far.

"Fine! Go ahead! We don't need ya!"

It's kinda obvious. Leo's death would definitely have the biggest impact on them as a "team." They'd have no direction anymore.

I agree that it's a toss up between Leo and Donnie. Leonardo because he leads, and Donatello cause he does machines. (Sorry I just had to...:P) But I also have to go back ot the ole' "Live as a team, die as a team" thought process.

I suppose Leo's death would be a much bigger impact, remember the episode in the new TMNT cartoon where he was close to "death" they were all in panic, but Mikey's death would be big also cause he's basically "bringer upper" (he makes everyone laugh when they're down) of the team, so without him they'd all be miserable, but i go with Leo

how was venus a mistake?

That assumes, though, that none of the others can fill Leo's shoes. The learning curve would likely be steep, but nothing compared to what would be required to replace Donatello.

Sure, Leo's arguably the most skilled of the brothers and is an effective leader, but how many times in the current series alone has Don (or a combo of Don/April or Don/Fugitoid) solved major crises, or enabled them to escape disaster?

Don is an integral part of the team because he's got both brains and brawn. The others have instinct and skill, but they're essentially helpless against the tech/biotech menaces they've faced throughout the run of the show. He's also irreplaceable because, and I think most people will agree, Don's understanding of tech is intuitive. That kind of knowledge will trump any crash-course in mechanics or computer programming that the others could possibly get.

However, I just want to say I agree that if any of them go down, the rest are likely to follow in short order, or be scattered (as we saw in "Same as it Never Was").

~Alouicious

I think this thread brings into the question which one of the turtles is most important to the team dynamic of the clan that the turtles are in. In ohher words which turtles absence would dilver the most devistating blow to the teams opretions?

Which turtle has the biggest contributions to the team?

I think it goes:

1. Donatello and Leonardo are tied because they are the skill, and brain behind the team...(and for reasons others have already mentioned). Both absences would have devestating affects to the team.

2. Raphael, because he is a fine warrior and his skilled (in my opinion) almost as much as Leonardo, and has great physical prowess. He Also seems able to pull situtions that normally look hopless out of the fire. Plus he is (recently) become rather reliable and authoritve. Raphs absence would have a blow to the team dynamic and how it functions pretty strongly.

3. Sadly I think as far as contribution to the team dynamic and how important he is to the team over all, I think Mikey's absence would hold the least impact to the team dynamic, since he doesn't contribute very much skill or intelliect to the team that any of the other turtles couldn't compensate for with their own skills and know how. As a Warrior he only occassinally stands out and he doesn't seem to have personal skills or that signifcatly contribute to the team. Save being a diversion at times. Although reliable he kinda just makes up the numbers.

Venus was a bad idea IMO. 4 Turtles is perfect.

Amen to that!

Death to all fifth turtles.

What about Benny? We love Benny.

Yeeeeeaaaah, that would be a smart move, kill off one of the Turtles. Peter Laird's just gonna wake up one day and say, I know what'll make this new movie great, let's stray completley away from the comics and kill off one of the TMNT, not only pissing off every fan and scaring young viewers, but also kill off any chance for sequals.

But in any case, I would imagine if Peter did(which he wont), it would probably be Raph, and I would think him going out saving the others, making him a hero.