The Leatherhead Thread
 

This is a thread for discussions involving all versions of Leatherhead in the turtles franchise.

-Which LH is your favorite?

-What are some of your favorite LH episodes/comic issues?

-Which is your favorite LH origin?

-Who is your favorite LH voice actor?

-Which character design is your favorite?

These are just a few of the discussion topics, feel free to discuss anything about LH you'd like!


My favorite portrayal of Leatherhead so far has been the Nick series Leatherhead. Peter Lurie is my favorite LH VA, but I think Frederick Owens and Jim Cummings both did a fantastic job portraying the character.

My favorite is the 1987 cartoon Leatherhead, I like his southern accent.

-Which LH is your favorite?
2012 series

-What are some of your favorite LH episodes/comic issues?
Tales of the TMNT Vol. 1 #6
Leatherhead, Terror of the Swamp
Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
What a Croc!
It Came From the Depths

-Which is your favorite LH origin?
Mirage comics

-Who is your favorite LH voice actor?
Jim Cummings

-Which character design is your favorite?
2012 series

My original: What is your favorite action figure?
-1989 Playmates figure

Looking back at the 2003 series, it's really cool to spot the similarities between the 2012 Leatherhead and the 2003 one.

For example:

*Both have a similar speech patterns(using the term "my friend")
*Both have a fear of becoming a monster(and hurting their friends)
*Both are very intelligent(2012 LH designed all those crazy traps)
*Both have "rage eyes"(interestingly, in 2003 LH's first appearance his pupils changed, later on he gained the second lid)
*Both have an origin as a flushed pet.
*Both have a background of being tortured
*Both share a general appearance(bandages on arms and legs)
*Both have been knocked out via electric shock
*Both have lived in a subway

Leatherhead in the nick toon was so good that I have a new found respect for the character.

Mirage Leatherhead for me, but I do have a fondness for the Jess Harley/Archie version as well.

Nick LH is starting off strong, they left quite a cliffhanger for him but I need to see more of him in action before I can say for sure if he's my favorite.

The ot episodes with leatherhead and rat king are epic!

Even though I'm more of an OT fan, I love the 2003 Leatherhead the best, though the 2012 one may end up passing him (depending on how much he's used).

The Jim Cummings voice is my favorite "I guarantee"

Well, I don't have much knowledge of Leatherhead outside of his 2k3 and 2k12 versions, but I know I prefer them to his OT depiction as I definitely love him as a friend rather than an enemy. That being said, their two depictions right now are so very similar that I can't really choose one over the other, especially since Nick's Leatherhead only has one episode going for him at the moment and there's no saying how he may change or act in the future.

So for now I'll have to go with 2k3's Leatherhead. He was one of my favorite characters on the spot so I was SUPER excited to see that Nick took such a strong influence from him with their own portrayal of him. One aspect of him in that version I also liked best was how good a friendship he had with Don, since even as adorable as his interactions are with Mikey on the Nick show, I love having Leatherhead as a second genius that Don can actually talk to, cause let's face it, Mikey's friends with everybody anyway :P

LH is cool.
I really like his OT outings. His team up with Rat King is very good, creating some great dialogues.
The 2003 series had a stronger characterization which was fine, but he lost his comic appeal.
He looks great in 2012.

I only have the original action figure, and although it's the smallest of the classic figures, it's oe of my favorites.

the Nick Letherhead is cool, but I've always preferred the Jess Harley Archie one, adding in the OT 'cajun' elements due to my love of Acadian culture.

My favorite comic story? Leatherhead's first appearance in archie.

Favorite episode? Leatherhead meets the rat king.

Me thinks a lotta folks like it when the Leatherhead the meets the rat king.

OK, that didn't quite read back the way it sounded in my head ! :lol:

-2012. With '87 Leatherhead and 2k3 LH both in a close second.
- I'm trying to watch through the whole 2k3 series and I'm only on S1E4 so I haven't seen to much Leatherhead yet. As with the OT I saw some clips with him in it but no actual episodes. And I haven't read the comics so...yeah my LH knowledge is kind of limited at the moment.
-2k3 origin probably.
-Jim Cummings, definitely. Just love that classic Cajun accent, though Peter Lurie is doing exceptional as LH.
-Man I can't pick between 2k3 Leatherhead's design and 2k12 Leatherhead's design...

I guess small action figures run in the family..:tlol:
Go Mutanimals!!! :tgrin:
Yeah, Jim Cummings is a legend and Peter Lurie is beyond amazing! :tgrin:

The 2003 and 2012 design's are somewhat similiar, yet both very unique.. I think they're both awesome, though I prefer 2012.

The only Leatherhead I didn't like was the Archie incarnation. Why they decided to make Leatherhead a human before mutation is beyond me, Leatherhead should always be a normal gator before being a mutant.

old Ot Leatherhead, by gumbo, is the best, I guarantee. ;) :lol:

Everything about 2012 Leatherhead is my favorite about the character. Oh and this is pretty cool:

http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/...T/Leatherhead/

Straight tie between 4Kids and the Fred-Wolf cartoon, who are so different it's almost hard to consider them the same character.

The 4Kids version ended up being a more fully realized (and more importantly, more present) version of the Mirage character.

The Fred Wolf version is just a classic, charismatic TMNT rogue. I'd love to see make a comeback sometime soon. IDW's been heavy on the Fred Wolf elements recently, but Leatherhead was one of its better ones. Wouldn't mind seeing him show up as a villain in the book.

Never was big on the Jess Harley version, for whatever reason. Likely because most of Murphy's characters on that book ended up sounding a little same-y, and its version of Leatherhead never really stood out.

Love the big guy.

He's the Hagrid of TMNT. Big, strong, ferocious but has a soft kind heart.

Well, he's a villain in OT but still loveable ("I Gawrantee!!").