Do you like the way Donnie acts around April this series?

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I will grant that in this show, it's a little more understandable given how sheltered and generally immature these TMNT are, but that's another issue I have with this show. I know some people swear that they're "finally acting like teenagers", but I disagree vehemently. Maybe it's a regional thing. Based on people I knew, in the area I live, most teens acted more like the 2K3 TMNT, whereas the Nick Turtles act like they're 12. I mean, I knew a *few* kids Freshman year who were a little like Mikey, but they were on a sh*tload of drugs.

It's funny how some are praising this depiction as "finally acting like teenagers", but yet when the Turtles do something immature/amateurish in fighting, some of those same people harp on the Turtles saying, "Why are they not taking it seriously? Don't they understand that ________!!!! " One example was with "Invasion of the Squirrelenoids" when the Turtles made light of Raph's situation, or going after Nick Mikey being dumb or insensitive.

I thought this was how "teenagers" are, right? This immature? It's a contradiction here where they want the Turtles to act rambunctious during their off-time, but yet behave seriously when things are important, like a more grown individual would behave. Hmmm, that seems to imply that there has to be a form of maturity here then, right? A discernment to know when to behave silly and when to be serious? On which emotions/reactions are appropriate in being externally expressed for a particular situation? So if those same people believe that "teenagers" can't do that, then what's to complain about the Nick Turtles behaving reckless/dumb/immature during fights and dramatic situations then? The show is simply catering to what they believe that "teenagers" apparently can not do.

...But for me, their behavior is more tween than anything else because of the lack of seriousness in those, and similar situations.

Originally Posted by Konchadunga

To be fair, I don't know of any teenagers who were as immature as 2003 Mikey, either. Say what you will of this show, but at least it plays his youth as a partial excuse; in 2003 he was truly a manchild.

I would agree with that. The mere fact that both 2K3 Raph and Nick Raph feel compelled and both smack their respective Mikeys upside the head a lot, displays how immature and/or dumb both Mikeys are.