How do you feel about how the characters were displayed?
 

The characters have grown and changed distinctly throughout the franchise, in comics, movies, tv shows. Each getting their main focus equally. Do you approve of the way they were portrayed or do you think certain aspects can be done better? As in Michelangelo being feared more for example. He is always the jokes but no one really takes him seriously as a fighter.

I'm cool with the way they are portrayed :)

I don't mind if nobody takes Mikey seriously as a fighter, it just makes him the underdog and unpredictable, in fact it actually helps him cause no one expects it.

but we all know Mikey can fight just as good as his bros.

so yea...everyone is okay with me.

I think Leo's portrayal has gotten better with each incarnation!

Overall, i think that the TMNT characters have been portrayed exceptionally well, some stand out among the rest. 2k3 Raph, Movie 1 Raph and 2k12 Leo especially. I also like Movie 1 Casey, and also 1987 Donatello.

Some, haven't been portrayed as well, but are still really good. I didn't really like 1987 Leo very much. I felt he was outweighed by the other characters, such as 1987 Raph and 1987 Mikey.

I think that none of the characters need to be improved at all. They are all pretty good IMHO. I also think that Mikey doesn't need to be feared. He is the one to liven up everyone when they are feeling down, therefore he doesn't need to be feared, although people could take him seriously sometimes, usually when he has a genuinely good idea.

Yeah I generally agree
 

I don't think he has to be feared all the time exactly, just treated with more respect or taken more seriously. The joking should never stop.

Donatello needs some changes. Other than that everyone character is fine. Mikey doesn't need to be feared. He is the jokster of the group. Everyone should fear donatello intellect.

The only thing I ever really have a gripe with is the tendency of some writers to make Michelangelo a complete imbecile. He's lighthearted and a bit too innocent for his own good, but he's not stupid, nor is he a coward by any stretch. The 2K3 series, while enjoyable, wrote Mikey just horrendously. He was both an idiot and a coward, which just seems like a complete misinterpretation of the character. To be honest, it's really the only version of Turtles to really wreck him like that. The Nick series can make him a bit too dumb from time to time, but overall he's presented as being much more competent.

What?
 

Are you kiddin me man? Nick makes him way too over the too and a complete idiot. But like I said I don't have a problem with any of them being betrayed over the years post 2012. Just used an example and making a conversation.

I'll take a naive idiot over a cocky jerk anyday.
#NickMikey>4kidsMikey

Agreed, 2k3 Mikey was terrible, especialy after winning the Battle Nexus.

The Battle Nexus Win + The (Continuing) Return of Turtle Titan = Totally Insufferable.
Seriously, the 1st Turtle Titan episode put a great bow on the idea of Mikey as a superhero, he realized he can do just as much good as Ninja Turtle, keeping to the shadows. Then in subsequent Titan episodes, he became more of a glory hound and it was less and less about helping people than it was making a name for himself as Turtle Titan. Maybe it was the accolades as Battle Nexus Champion that made Mikey more of a showboat, but it still makes his character arc seem to go in reverse to me over the course of the 4Kids series.

Nick Mikey's intelligence often depends on the writer...XD

sometimes he's normal and just has a few silly moments

other times the writers make him dumb...

it's kinda inconsistent.

but overall Nick Mikey is very competent :3 a little immature~but has a big heart.

2003 Mikey is also cool :) he's smarter than Nick Mikey, but a little too narcissistic for a guy that gets scared alot XD but he's still my second fav version of him.

They all get their fare share of time
 

It's just a discussion question.

I know you hate the show, but do you still watch it or did you stop after a couple of episodes? I think he is much better portrayed in the recent episodes than in the beginning of S1....less dumb remarks and more stuff that actually makes me laugh.

Agreeing on the "Battle Nexus" Mikey....it was awfull

Nope
 

Can't stand it. I gave it a chance as not to be biased but now I won't give it the light of day. Whenever I leave the room or go to sleep I make sure I'm not on a nick station as to not accidentally give the show a view.

....how many episodes did you watch?? :-?

He's never difinativly answered what he dislikes about it, i doubt he'll say how many episodes he's watched.

Yes I have
 

I did it in the other thread since you were just dying to know.

soooo how many episodes did you watch?? XD I don't think you mentioned it.....

Exactly. It seems that the good-hearted optimist in most cartoon shows is depicted as being mentally off, and with Michelangelo it's no exception in the 2K3 and 2012 series. 2K3 Mikey was ugh... hitmonkey said it best. 2012 Mikey, they consistently regress his character to being dumb again... and again.

At times 2K3 Raph is annoying with his petulance at times because rather returning a sarcastic joke/insult like 2012 Raphael or OT Raphael could deliver, 2K3 Raph wants to immediately starting beating someone up at the first annoyance... then again he was around 2K3 Mikey, which explains a lot.

The OT Turtles and First movie Turtles, are probably the only depictions of the Turtles where I enjoy all four of their characters.

well in Mikey's defense (2012) He hasn't exactly gotten an episode where he needed to learn to focus more/act mature/ yet.

the only episodes he has had were proving to his brothers that he can be helpful, which he does each and every time....and continues to do....

so he can't really regress if he hasn't learned the lesson to regress from...

does that make sense?

I guess he should have learned not to touch mutagen from Shellacne..but he was doing it so his brothers would like him.

he just needs some character development~ :) and Ciro said that he's gonna get some~