Michaelangelo and Raphael

[Sage Ninja]

I've always been a big fan of Michaelangelo and Raphael's brotherly relationship. I've liked how they play off each other and how, even in the early days of the comics where depicted as being best friends. Even though my exposure to the orginal comics is small, I think it was nice that thir relationship is hinted at as being therapeutic and calming to Raphael and being the thing that kept him from going berserk (before he met Casey Jones). But from I hear after Casey comes along Raph tends to gravitate toward Casey more than Mike.

It's too bad that in the movie mediums Raph and Mike's closeness isn't explored at all. But I think it's made up for in the cartoon universes. In the 2k3 toon, I like the tension filled and volitile nature of their friendship, it's very love hate. (though it got diluted to a snark-fest later on down the road ) But I do love it when these two have extended interaction with each other. This is in stark contrast of old toon Raph and Mike's friendship because it was mostly Raphael who teased and antaganized, and Michelangelo was the one who got annoyed.