How many times have the turtles died? and Which turtle would die first?
 

Death comes for us all.-Splinter

There's many reasons why the turtles could be killed in any scenario.


Are there any other instances where the turtles have died?

and in any scenario, who do you think would really die first?

i know everyone doesn't like to talk about our favorite guys dying, lets humor ourselves shell we? <-lol see what i did there ?


it's really hard to say for me.. I'm a bit undecided what my opinion is, but I'll just go ahead with my favorite turtle Leo and say his bravery would make him sacrifice himself for his brothers:tcry:

Leo will always die first if they are all together. He would sacrifice himself to save the others.

can i have this thread moved to general discussion, please?
it was put in 4 kids by mistake.

I voted for Leo as I feel he would die to protect his brothers. And the arc you're referring to is called "Blind Sight."

Oh, thanks! I couldn't remember.

It wasn't a dream in Blind Sight, Leo was well awake when he was standing on that tower. It was his thoughts wandering what would happen if he fell down, or just an alternate side story on what would have happened of Leo fell down.

The dream sequence was when Splinter gave Leo the Infi-tea.

Mirage implies that Mike dies first, and possibly Donatello last.

FTFY

4kids follows a similar logic in SAINW.

Smart guys last longer, heh.

The tea represents a doorway, symbols have meanings and our conscious recognizes this :P


Don seems to live the longest in Mirage as we can see him alone, very old and blind. reliving old memories with holograms of his brother father and friends.

Yeah, I read it a long time ago, some details were fuzzy.

so are there any other occasions where the turtles die besides the ones i named?

I could easily see Raph as the first to go, simply because he has that attitude of not caring what happens to himself as long as his brothers are safe. I'd almost call it a death-wish, but I'm not sure. Leo would try his best to save them ALL, especially knowing that sacrificing himself would also mean that they would be more vulnerable in the future. He thinks ahead for the long-haul. Raph- not so much....

Well, Leonardo certainly has the "protect until my last breath" attitude, so I voted for him in most scenarios but truth be told, I could see ANY of the turtles going first if the situation called for them to protect each other.

Leo usually gets the credit for being the most protective but Raph is not far behind and honestly, I don't think Don and Mike get the credit they deserve. They can be pretty loyal and devoted as well.

For me, it would all depend on the situation: Leo would die to protect any of his brothers, Raph the same, Don would be trying to keep them all together and Mike would probably think the others were too important to the mission to lose....

Seeing Donetello last in any incarnation is sad. Especially when you think of his personality in 2k12. THE FEELS!!!

I always saw the turtles dying at old age, something that seems most of the Mirage Turtles probably did.

Hm... this reminds me of a gorey tales style turtle project a friend did a few years back... it's got turtle deaths A-Z.

http://tmnt.besshudson.com/gorey_turtles.htm

This makes me sad. I'd hate to think my favorite turtle would be the first to go to that big aquarium in the sky.... :tcry: :tsad::tdead:

I always feel it will be Mikey but only because he acts like the heart of the group and his death would be the biggest factor of them breaking apart or at least splinting up on such bad terms.

I disagree that Mirage ever implies Mike dies first. In fact, we don't really know what happens to him, as he's the only Turtle we never see in his old age.

I think there is a pretty heavy implication that either Don or Leo die last, though ("Loops," "Swan Song" and the 2007 Tales frontispieces show them both living alone and are filled with numerous allusions to the absence of the other Turtles, but it's not clear which would come first or when either of them bite it). Both definitely seem on their way toward going of old age.

Raph, as well, I think, is heavily implied to die first in Mirage. Not only due to his lifestyle, but also due to the fact that he appears visibly younger than the other Turtles in Donatello's "reunion" simulation (2007 Tales frontispieces). While it could be interpreted as just being the last way Donatello saw him, I think the easier way to read it is that that he was killed much earlier than the rest.

Which doesn't happen in at least Mirage, as they all split up around their middle age.

They seem to stay together in both the Fred Wolf cartoon and Adventures, though. So I could see that.

Not sure about other universes, but Mirage Raph definitely has a death wish. Dude is f*cked up.

I could see Leo being killed in defense or protection of the others, but honestly I more practically see Raph getting killed for once again rushing into a bad situation without thinking it through, being taken by surprise and killed. Probably not being out-fought, more likely taking on one too many bad guys and one gets the drop on him from behind, possibly shooting him in the back of the head before he knows it's coming. Not the most heroic death, but to me it's easier to see than someone actually being able to get over on him legitimately. He thinks he's won the fight, feels cold steel against the back of his head, hears a click and has less than one second to realize - too late - that Splinter and Leonardo were always right to warn him that his impetuousness would one day get him killed...

Again, maybe not the most heroic of deaths but that's kind of how I see it in my mind's eye. Guy always rushes into a fight without thinking, only stands to reason that one day his luck would run out if he was all by himself.

Mikey dying first would definitely rob the Turtles of their most "innocent" member and probably blighten their view on the world and on themes of togetherness. I don't think he dies first though, I often like to think he's the one out of all four that actually manages to settle down with someone and just goes off the grid.