Old toon Leonardo

[JDavis]

Originally Posted by anarchistguy

I don't get the Leonardo from the original cartoon. He was closer to Splinter than his friends (the TMNT and Splinter were NOT family in the old show) and he was DEATHLY afraid of snakes, yet he is a reptile himself. It's like if I was afraid of my own cousin, for God's sake. I'm not bashing him, I just don't get it.

More like if you were afraid of coyotes or bears or wild apes. They're all mamals, just like you

[Anarchistguy]

Originally Posted by TMNT Leonardo

hmm didn't know that

What didn't you know?

[Serp]

In the old series Leo was sort of like my least favorite turtle but he was alright.

[Silent FOx]

*Borrow's leo's katanas, kills jet ski.* There we go.

[Urbanski]

Old toon Leo was cool. He was the best of the turtles and he still is in the new toon. The problem is he takes himself so seriously. He wants to be the best he can be, and the other tutles tend to get on his nerves, because they don't hold themselves to as high a standard. The problem with the old toon Leo is that when he got frustrated with the others he was kind of whiny about it. In the new toon, he has more authority in his voice, but still gets along better with his brothers. So, I love both, with a slight edge to the new toon.

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Originally Posted by Urbanski

Old toon Leo was cool. He was the best of the turtles and he still is in the new toon. The problem is he takes himself so seriously. He wants to be the best he can be, and the other tutles tend to get on his nerves, because they don't hold themselves to as high a standard. The problem with the old toon Leo is that when he got frustrated with the others he was kind of whiny about it. In the new toon, he has more authority in his voice, but still gets along better with his brothers. So, I love both, with a slight edge to the new toon.

I don't understand leo's fear of snakes. When they had the sewer snake in incredible shrinking turtles, they never showed leo's fear of snakes there. How did leo's fear of snakes show and how did he react to snakes.

I do think the old toon leo and new toon leo are about a tie with me. I almost like the old toon leo better, because he sounded goofier in season 4 eps. His voice was more serious in season 1 though.

[Anarchistguy]

In my opinion, the coolest moment old toon Leo had was in Hot Rodding Teenagers form Dimension X. At the end of the episode when the other TMNT were sleeping, while polishing his katana, he goes to April: "They'll need their rest. Because tomorrow we find the Shredder...and FINISH HIM!!!" as he puts his katana in its "holder". That was REALLY BADASS!!!

[KROW]

I liked Leo in the earlier episodes of the old toon. By the series' end, he became goofy and I lost my favor with him.

[Shadow Leonardo]

so what Old Toon Leo was afraid of snakes he was the turtle version of Indiana Jones

[Buslady]

That's cause in the old toon it was a pitiful representation of the guys..all of them were lame.
I can't believe I've watched the old show. But it made them popular ...

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Buslady

That's cause in the old toon it was a pitiful representation of the guys..all of them were lame.

"If you have nothing good to say...say nothing at all"

Both shows are equally good, and since this IS the original forums once more, I think we can do with a little more respect towards the original cartoon, if you can't muster even that, don't post in here.

Now, moving on CONSTRUCTIVLY and without wasting thread space in here to bash this show and it's characters in such a biased manner, the original cartoon Leonardo was the more "straight arrow" of the group, mostly following the code of honour and maintaining that code in whatever guise ("The Three Muskatrutles" anyone?) too bad he was never a favourate of the writers, how many episodes developed him in the original cartoon? Few and far between

[Brinatello]

Wow, this was an old topic sprung back to life. Okay, here's my thoughts on Leo: he's now become my second favorite turtle, right behind Don. During the original toon, I wasn't allowed to like Don because my sister liked him, so I had to pick someone else. Won't say who in fear the fans of him will come after me. Anyway! I've always loved Cam Clarke's voice, probably more than Leo himself! His voice was the best in season one, very deep and very awesome. In fact, all the voices for him have been great. I guess you could say Leo moved up to my second fave after I read GreenWillow's fanfics. With reading them, I jumped back into reading Mirage (for artwork purposes, too) and could see she kept him very true to those books, and that made me love him even more! Don will always be my number one guy, but with what I've seen/heard/read with Leo, he's right in the number two spot.

[Leonardo Mystic]

I've loved Leonardo since I was seven. He was always great in the old toon and the movies, and it was the old toon where he first became my passion and ultimate favorite. Now in the new show, he is truly magnificent, and I much perfer him over the old toon version. This is how he was always meant to be shown, as he was in the comics. His character is so much more deeply developed, as with all of them. Though still I cannot forget that cute seemingly pre-adolesent version of the old toon that kindled my ever-lasting devotion and love to him.

Vive le Leonardo!

[DrSpengler]

Leonardo's my favorite of the bunch...now.

When I was a kid I liked Mike the most. I guess it's because he was the goofy one and I was entertained by stuff like that (I was like 6 or 7). However, looking back at the old show Leo stands as my favorite. Maybe I just like Cam Clark's voice.

[Jo Dawn]

I really disliked Leo in the old toon; he was my least favorite. Don was always my favorite green guy.

But now Leo is my second favorite, right up there with Don himself!!

[Brinatello]

Heh, you're like me, Jo. When exactly did Leo make it to the number two spot for you?

[Buslady]

wwooooo so i get persecuted for expressing my opinion...

i thought that's what forums were for...

I am not a big fan of the old series, that's my point.

[blue_angel99]

Leo has been my favorite since I was six. Old toon, new toon, comic and movies- he is the coolest!

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Buslady

wwooooo so i get persecuted for expressing my opinion...

i thought that's what forums were for...

I was'nt persecuting you at all, I've been on the forums long enough to know the original cartoon is'nt supposed to be bashed on the general discussion thread in any capacity.

Also people were going out of thier way to talk constructivly regarding this subject rather than the usual "Wahh, thiz suckz" opinion, you're more than welcome to your opinion, but if you're not a fan of the original series, at least keep out of threads regarding anything from it if you have no desire to even think a little better about the positives/negatives of a character you dislike, lord knows I've had the balls to acknowledge the positives of Next Mutation from time to time

[KROW]

I still don't understand how anyone can say any single one of the turtles are cute. They look the damn same.