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The most epic fights from each character
If there is one thing that the Nick series made true on, it was that they certainly put the "Ninja" in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as the fight scenes were fast paced, well researched and awesome.
So let's talk about the most awesome of the fight scenes from each character. Raphael No doubt Raph's most epic fight was the one against Slash in "Slash and destroy" that fight was not only epic in how violent and brutal it was but also because it was emotional. Spike was the only one with whom Raph shared his deepest feelings, so to have Slash beating the green off of Donnie and Mikey and in doing so made Raph very aware that you always should be very careful with whom you share secrets to, they might use it against you. At the end of the episode we see Raph looking emotionally destroyed at the fact that he lost Spike but also lost the trust he had in him. Michelangelo Tough one but I guess I'll go with his fight against Dogpound in "Mikey gets Shellacne" Here's Mikey, in grave danger, having everything to lose and fighting against somebody who has all to gain with Mikey's defeat. Splinter has said that of all the turtles Michelangelo has the most raw talent, he figures out his surroundings with instinct alone and the fight against Dogpound is a good showcase of Mikey's skills, he jumps from one rafter beam to another avoiding Dogpounds faster more powerful slashes until Dogpound ends up in the mutagen vat. After mutating into Rahzar, Mikey uses quick thinking to defeat the latter having him strike into a power conduct, electrocuting himself. Donatello Again, tough one but I say his most epic fight was the one against Doctor Falco before the latter became the Rat King in "Monkey Brains" Donnie is very much the opposite of Mikey, he analyzes everything around him to give himself the best possible chance of winning a fight. But against a telepathic that tactic doesn't work. Falco wasn't the strongest fighter from the series, nor was he the most dangerous that Donnie ever fought against. But the fact that Donnie had to learn to fight without thinking and do so on the fly made the fight against Falco by far his most difficult. Leonardo Gotto be a fight against his love interest Karai and never was a fight against her more total than in "The Deadly Venom" Karai knows Leo, knows him very well indeed and in this fight she basically forces him into an impossible situation. Leo doesn't want to fight her, tries constantly to reason with her but Baxter Stockman's brain worms have completely changed her personality. Karai knows everything about Leo while leo doesn't know anything about this new Karai. Much like Raphael's fight against Slash, Leo arrives home with no real feelings of Victory, he saved his family and friends but he couldn't save Karai. Splinter Bar none the fight against Super Shredder in "Requiem" This is a fight where Splinter KNEW he was going to lose, you can see it in his actions beforehand: he tells Leo that he won't be around for much longer, he actually goes along to the Mutanimal's lair because of looking forward seeing his only child and he's at peace with it. The fight itself is a good showcase of Splinter's wits against Shredder's brute force and for most of the time Splinter actually has an advantage until that final second when Shredder takes him out. But he was at peace with it. April Very much the fifth member of the team, April had her fair share of fights in which she had to prove herself. But I'll go with the one with which she earned the respect of two warriors who are pretty much her superiors. The fight against the foot clan in "City at War" I must explain, in the Japanese class system you have Sempai (Superiors) and Kohei (Juniors) and Karai and Shinigami are every bit April's Sempai's, so for a Sempai to bow for a Kohei is a very high praise indeed. This episode showed April struggling with her newly gotten Kunoichi title and when she lost from Shinigami, her pride took a big dent. The fact that she continued to pick herself up and continue with dogged persistence (and a hard kick in Tiger claw's junk) won her the respect of Karai and Shinigami. Casey Jones Him saving the day in "Newtralized" Well Casey is always in over his head and it takes him quite some time before he truly blossoms as a fighter. But his fight against the Newtralizer where he uses cunning and exploding hockey pucks, show his best skills and that he knows to use his disadvantage to his advantage. Casey will never be among the strongest of characters in the series but this David still can get Goliath down. Karai Her fight against Tatsu in "The Forgotten Swordsman" Much like Leo when he faced her in "The deadly Venom". Karai is facing somebody who knows her very well and she has to rely on more than just brute force to defeat him. It is also shown in that episode that transforming still puts her in a feral and very unpredictable state. The fact that she has come clean to Leo about trying to have Tatsu assassinated in Japan also makes her fight difficult: she has to deal with both a deadly opponent who knows every one of her moves but also against her moral issues, the fact that she was about to strike him down in her snake form and spared him, showed that she learned how to keep her feral self under control. I'll post more later
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