Are Leo and Donnie more in tune to their human side than Mikey and Raph?

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Davetello

Speaking broadly, Leo and Donnie are often more thoughtful and intelligent than Mikey and Raph, so it's natural that they will develop more of an affinity with other people. Although Mikey has his happy-go-lucky charm, but I feel that in this show he's depicted as too innocent/youthful to fully benefit from that in terms of human interaction.

Raph is often portrayed as a misanthrope/bully/general pr!ck. He isn't really any of these things, as we see in his moments of vulnerability, but it does put others off him. Even his relationship with Casey doesn't stand out in Nick to me really - the bond was far stronger in Mirage and 2k3, but perhaps that's because Casey is so young in Nick.

I've come to realize, anything that made Raph, well, Raph, from other incarnations, except for his temper and initial meeting of Casey, has been given to Donnie. From his original voice actor, the Raph being the one who saves April in the 1990 movie, to it should be him and Casey fixing up an old truck like in the comics, Raph's the one that takes a troubled kid under his wing in 2k3, and now, even his buddy Casey (face it, Casey hangs out or is stuck with Donnie far more than Raph it seems) well, most of these storylines have gone to Donnie.