TMNT Counterparts
 

I got to thinking one time, and I started to come up with a list of TMNT counterparts--as in, other teams (such as superhero teams) the TMNT has parallels with. Here's some of my thoughts:

Heroes:

JLA Counterparts:
-Leonardo/Splinter = Superman (all three are leaders)
-Raphael/Casey Jones = Batman (Raph and Batman are the rogues who do things their own way, and Batman and Casey are both vigilantes in their own right)
-Donatello = Martian Manhunter (both have intelligence and advanced mental abilites)
-Michelangelo = The Flash (both are light-hearted and comical)
-April = Wonder Woman (both are strong-willed females)

X-Men Counterparts:
-Leonardo = Cyclops (leader)
-Raphael/Casey Jones = Wolverine (toughguy fighter)
-Donatello = Beast (smart guy)
-Michelangelo = Gambit (fun-loving)
-Splinter = Prof. X (wise old leader)
-April = Storm (strong female)

Star Wars Counterparts:
-Leonardo = Luke Skywalker ("main character" leader-type)
-Raphael/Casey Jones = Han Solo (anti-hero with the heart of gold)
-Donatello = C-3PO/R2-D2 (intelligence, gadgets, less combat-focused, key to victory a lot of times)
-Michelangelo = Chewbacca (maybe not the smartest, but funny and fun-loving, also loyal)
-Splinter = Yoda/Obi-Wan Kenobi [old] (the wise old teacher)
-April = Princess Leia Organa (strong female)

Batman Counterparts:
-Leonardo = Batman (leader, guy who knows what to do)
-Raphael/Casey Jones = Nightwing (skilled guy who does his own thing)
-Donatello = Robin [Tim Drake] (loyal to leader, good with computers)
-Michelangelo = Robin [mix of all three] (no good counterpart, but shares some qualities with all three Robins)
-Splinter = Alfred (wise old caring one)
-April = Batgirl/Oracle (strong, knows her way around a computer)

King Arthur Counterparts:
-Leonardo = King Arthur (leader, "chosen one"-type)
-Raphael/Casey Jones = Sir Lancelot (skilled fighter who's the best at what they do)
-Donatello = Sir Bedivere/Sir Galahad (peaceful, smart type)
-Michelangelo = Sir Gwain/Sir Percival (warm-hearted, almost childish at times)
-Splinter = Merlin (wise old teacher)
-April = Guinevere (prominant female)

Villains:

JLA or DCU:
-Shredder = Lex Luthor (main enemy, businessman facade)
-Krang = Brainiac/Darkseid (brains, "real" main enemy)

X-Men:
-Shredder = Magneto (main enemy)
-Krang = Apocalypse ("real" main enemy)

Star Wars:
-Shredder = Darth Vader (main enemy, makes offer to main hero to join him)
-Krang = Emperor Palpatine ("real" main enemy)

Batman:
-Shredder = The Joker (main enemy, has an endless struggle with hero)
-Krang = Bane/Ra's Al Ghul (intelligent, controls others)

King Arthur:
-Shredder = Mordred (main enemy)
-Krang = Morgan Le Fay (controls "main" enemy)

Anyway, those are just some parallels I drew--anybody else have thoughts on these/matches of their own with other teams?

Krang is like bane?

Well, in the sense that Bane was the major Batman bad guy for a period of time, and controlled (or used to his advantage) other Gotham villains. He was also intelligent.

Bikermice from mars :P
Throttle = Leo
Vinnie = Mikey
Modo = Raph
Charlie = Donnie ( don't freak out now, i know donnie is no female, rabid fans out there :roll: but they're both mr./ms.fix-it-all so, yeah.. :p plus you can compare don's The dark turtle with charlie's Masked Motorcyclist, i'd compare her with april but it doesnt relate to them as much as i felt like donnie. )
Limburger = Shredder
Dr.Karbunkle = Krang
Greasepit = Bebop or Rocksteady

I'd say April's more like Jean than Storm.

i agree :)

Yeah, I'm not a super-X-Men fan or anything, so I picked the first notable female member that sprang to mind.

I wouldn't compaire Gambit to Mikey, because, well, Gambit is more of a Rogue hero than a fun loving idiot. Sure, he loves fun, but he's more skilled than he leads on. I'd compaire him to Casey actually, instead of Raph and Casey being Wolverine.

Love the Nightwing and Casey/Raph comparison.

EVIL DEAD:
Casey-- Ash

YOUNG JUSTICE:
(There are Repeats)
Leo-- Robin (Surprisingly, both leaders.)
Casey-- Super Boy (Both Badasses who do it their way.)
Donny-- Robin (Both very smart.)
Raph-- Super Boy (Ready to kick some ass.)
Mikey-- (As much as this pains me) Impulse (Both are quick to action before thinking of consequences. Impulse is my favorite, and I hate Mikey, but they are kinda the same.)

VIEW ASKEWVERSE:

Leo-- Dante (Always worrying about the effect of actions and so on.)
Raph-- Randal (Always, ALWAYS quick with the quips and ready to piss off people who rub them the wrong way.)
Donny-- Silent Bob (Silent Bob, as Jay tells it, is an Electical Genius, As is Donny. Silent Bob has his time to shine for 2 minutes per movie and shares his brilliance, Donny is always brilliant.)
Mikey-- Jay (This is obvious, both are complete idiots. One's a Junkie, the other, well, you'd think he was.)
Casey-- Brodie (Smartass, and ready to fight, sudden changes happen to piss them off. And-- both have short fuses.)

RESIDENT EVIL SERIES:

Leo-- Chris Redfield (Strong leaders.)
Raph-- Billy Cohen (Dependable, and quick to kick ass.)
Casey-- Leon S. Kennedy (Reliable, Shoot first, ask questions later.)
Donny-- William Birkin (Ok, Birkin becomes a Tyrant, and EVIL, but both are brilliant.)
Mikey-- Carlos Oliviera (Think they're smooth, but good under pressure.)
Shredder-- Albert Wesker (EVIL! But cool as hell.)

Gundam Wing

Leonardo = Trowa/Heero (Focused and Dissiplined)
Raphael = WuFei (Hothead)
Michelangelo = Duo (Fun Loving one)
Donatello = Quatre (Wise Gentile one)
Casey = Zero System Quatre (Crazy)
April = Cathy/Hilde (Smart and Helpful Women)
Splinter = Master Long/Odin Lowe/Father Maxwell (Mentor)
Shredder = Zechs (Masked rival with same powers as Heroes), or Duke Dermail (Villian)
Krang = Treize (strategist)
Karai = Relena (Strong Female Leader)
Hamato Yoshi = Original Heero Yuy (Martyr)
Foot Clan = OZ (evil organization)
Shredder Elite = Treize Faction/White fang (rebel faction)
Technodrome = Libra (bad-guy supervehicle)
City at War = Eps. from "Birth of queen Relena" to end of series! (Strong female leader gains controll of "evil organization", reforms it, and requires help of the heroes to defeat "rebel faction" and bring about true peace.)

Aqua Teen Hunger force:

Leo/Splinter/Don = Frylock (leader/Smart one)
Raphael = Master Shake(Hothead)
Mike = Meatwad (Dumb but nice one)
Casey = Carl (Hanger on)
Shredder = Dr. Weird (villian, sort of)
Neutrinos = Moonenites (mischivious Aliens)

BTW Kudos to Brodie for the View Askew list!

The following list ignores gender!!:

Bubblegum Crisis

Leonardo = Sylia Stingray (Responsible Leader)
Raphael = Priss Asagiri (Hothead)
Michelangelo = Nene Romanova (goofball)
Donatello = Linna Yamazaki (Solid team member)
Casey = Leon McNichol (Tough-guy assistance)
April = Daley Wong (Tough-guy's sensible better-half)
Splinter = Dr. Stingray (Mentor)
Shredder = Quincy (villian)
Hun = Bryan J. Mason (#1 Henchman)
Baxter Stockman = Largo (evil genius)

hoo boy
 

Except for some of the Raph and Leo parallels, none of those comparisons are really like the turtles. Especially the ones with Mikey.

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that response explains everything

surprised no one's said this yet. Another hot 80's property:

GHOSTBUSTERS
Egon - Leonardo
Ray - Donatello
Peter - Michelangelo
Winston - Raphael
Janine - April
Louis - Casey Jones :lol: OK, maybe not

Beast Wars
Leo- Optimus Primal
Raph- Dinobot
Mike- Cheetor
Don- Rhinox
Casey- Rattrap or depthcharge
April- Air Razor
Ninjara- Black Aracnia
Splinter- Tigertron (as close as I can get)
Shredder- Megatron
Baxter- Tranchiles (man I can't get that name)
Bebop- Waspinator
Rocksteady- Inferno
Hun- Rampage
Krang- Scorpinac

Exiles
Mike- Morph
Leo- Mimic
Don- Magnus
Raph- Thunderbird (?)
Venus- Blink
Ninjara- Nocturn

Blade
Raph- Blade
Don or Splinter- Whistler
Shredder- Frost

Godzilla (no name will be spelled right)
Leo- Godzilla
Raph- Angarus
Don- Rodan
Mike- Mila
Shredder- Mecha Girdra

No way, Casey is a better choice for Cheetor than Mikey. Mikey is more of a Rattrap kinda dolt.

Behold the future of the world! The youth of America will not hold wars based on borders and hate towards other people, but to settle disputes like "who is more like Mr. Spock, Leo or Don?"

Beast Wars (in terms of the original cartoon)

Leo: Optimus Primal (the typical leader)
Don: Rhinox (the smart guy)
Raph: Rattrap (good with the wise cracks)
Mikey: Cheetor (the kid of the group)
April: Blackarachnia or Airazor (the female :P )
Krang: Megatron (main bad guy)
Shredder: Scorponok (second-in-command)
Bebop: Inferno (mainly in season 3 when he was more comical)
Rocksteady: Waspinator (comical idiot)
Baxter Stockman: Tarantulas (evil genius)

This will only be funny to the people who have seen Hunger Force....

TMNT / ATHF (aqua team hunger force)

Leonardo / Master Shake
Donatello / Frylock
Mikey / Meatwad
Raphael / Carl

Yeah, Raph as Carl.

Carl: Get out of my pool.
Meatwad: Why?
Carl: Because you, are weird.