Have you ever disliked any of the turtles for a brief or prolonged period of time?

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Davetello

I know what you mean about OT Leonardo. He doesn't really have a personality; he's just a blank canvas. To be fair he's better in season 1, but after that he just has one mode of action and that's to be serious and straight-forward all the time. This is so much the case that it actually serves as a theme where episodes make a point of this homogeneous personality type e.g. "Leonardo Lightens Up". The guy had to be shot by one of Donatello's inventions to actually develop some sort of personality. All in all he's just sort of 'there'. Nothing wrong with that as I still love him in the show and he's an integral part of that, and he keeps the guys on track in terms of focus. But generally speaking he's just bland and has one way of acting.

On the other hand 4kids Leo is a very layered character. His Splinter sycophancy and devotion to his craft is something which actually develops him as a character - aided of course by Raphael being the proper Raphael (something OT didn't have). This is what is meant above by the claim that the two of them make each other who they are (apologies for not referencing the poster by name as I have forgotten who said it and am currently typing this so not gonna leave the reply box to look). And then of course there's the development he undergoes in season 4 where he finally cracks after the events of "Exodus". That really showed what can happen when someone stable snaps and is a lesson that even the most level-headed and mentally focused people have their breaking point - sort of like when you hear "he always seemed so normal, I can't believe he did that". Mirage Leo is brilliant as well. And I love Leo in the original film - even though he has similar issues with Raph, the argument in April's is more of a heat of the moment thing and you can actually understand it because Raph does go OTT with his impulsive desire to look for Splinter. That's more of an escalating argument, as opposed to the astonishing arrogance and ego displayed by Leo when the pair of them fight in "TMNT".

Exactly. He was fine in season 1, but after that he became bland and Cam Clarke started using a higher pitch for his voice which made him sound annoying at times.

FW's Raphael is my favorite version of the character. I also like movie 1 Raph as well. Raphael, like Michelangelo, started off alright in the 2k3 series, but his personality got worse and became more of a caricature of itself as the series went on.

My favorite version of Donatello is also FW's.