Least Favorite Turtle?

[Creativecreature31]

Least favorite turtle? Venus of course!

[Sage Ninja]

least favorite turtle...I suppose it is Raphael, but seriously who can dislike any of the turtles all that much?

[ledahead]

Generally, I would have to say Leo. His character is just not as interesting as the others and there is not that much depth to his character. I will say that I have not seen the majority of the 2k3 series or read the comics so maybe he is more interesting in those. I still like Leo though.

I was almost going to go with Michelangelo because as I have gotten older he sort of annoys me. In Nick TMNT he is really annoying and he is even a little annoying in the OT. He was alright in the TMNT movies. I still didn't choose Michelangelo as my least favorite because I like that he has a fun loving personality, he weapon is cool and you gotta love that orange bandana.

[swing_kinker]

They all serve their purpose pretty well. As a kid everyone I knew loved Mikey but I found him annoying. Ironically as I've gotten older I find him more endearing. Leonardo is a relatively boring character but an absolutely essential one, similar to cyclops in x-men. Toss up between those two but I'd probably say Mikey although the new show is my favourite version of him

[Prowler]

Well, it depends on the incarnation, obviously but I guess my vote goes for Michelangelo. They turned him into an annoying idiot in the past decade.

Raphael's anger can be pretty annoying as well now that I'm no longer a teenager, but at least his 87 incarnation saves him.

[FrMikey]

Michelangelo in all incarnations except in the 4kids series.
But when i play a TMNT videogame for exemple i choose everytime Mikey, 'cause he is MY turtle since the original series.
Maybe if i was begin to watch the 4kids series or Nick series, my favorite was Donnie, Raph' or Leo i don't know.

[SonicKnuckles18]

This is a hard one, but I'll go with Don. If for no other reason than I didn't want to dress up as him when I was a kid.

[Refractive Reflections]

Least Favorite Turtle?

It's difficult because I enjoy all four of them almost equally if they are depicted well (i.e. OT and the 1st movie), but when they decide to make caricatures or extreme forms of their personalities, then that's when they become grating. The most irritating are 2K3 Raph (he seems to constantly throw petulant baby tantrums over almost anything that doesn't go his way), 2K3 Mikey (his cockiness and idiocy makes it a loathsome combination), and to a degree Nick Mikey (mostly with how the writers are treating him by using his optimistic personality as a default for making him dumb for the show's comic relief; he doesn't sink into aversion like 2K3 Mikey because at least his heartfelt personality is more visible.)

[Darth Knuckles]

This is a tough question to me but only because I can't decide between two of the four brothers. Back when I was a kid, I liked Donatello the least since his bandanna was purple (a color I've never liked), his weapon was a bo staff (or stick I used to call it in a flippant way....hey, I was little), and he was the "smart one" who built machines which I was not keen on at a young age.

However, being a Raph fan, I generally dislike Leonardo. He comes off usually very vanilla overall and he was arguably the "leader" in the original cartoon that I grew up with (without Donnie they might not have won a lot of their battles).

As an older dude now I respect Donnie as a smart guy because I think that is a good trait to have and tend to dislike Leo more now than I did when I was a kid. So I guess the real answer is Donnie from my childhood and Leo now.

[Donatello19]

OT: Leo

2K3: Mikey

2K12: Raph

[Kanon]

Pretty hard to choose.......*thinking of every incarnation so far*....

I will go with Mikey.
OT Mikey was okay but every kind after that was over the Top and 2k3 Mikey is too (how could I put it gently?) bothersome.

[The Turtle Terminator]

Oh this is a tough question.

OT: Raphael

First Movie: Michelangelo

Second Movie: Michelangelo

Third Movie: Leonardo

Next Mutation: Does Venus count as an answer? If not, Michelangelo

2K3 Series: Michelangelo

2K12 Series: Donatello (only because Aprilello)

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by FellowChucker

False, common misconception.

He actually is very much the most intelligent, verbose, articulate, and nerdy turtle of the group. It just doesn't get to ridiculous levels of inventions. It's a more grounded take on him. He still portrayed the intelligence necessary of the character. Just because he got along with Mikey the most given the alienating battles between Leo and Raph doesn't mean he was a carbon copy of Mikey.

Very true. Donnie in the movie(s) was calm and laid-back, but he was very much a thinker. We see it at the very beginning of the movie, in fact, during his conversation with Mikey while they wait for the pizza delivery guy. He is FAR from being "Mikey part Duex" there, or even later on. He is often a board for Mikey to bounce his jokes off of, but his own humor is more eclectic and off-beat. Most of the time, the others don't even seem to "get" his humor!

Originally Posted by Ramboraph4life aka Matt

In the first movie? I disagree with that. The only close bit would be him helping fix a truck with Casey (which even Raph could do that). Nothing else in the original 1990 film showed that Donny was "intelligent or nerdy."

Because he knows the word 'homophobic'? I agree with the other guy. They just made him "Mikey part 2" in the first film.

To me, the Donny in the 2nd film did that much better (both voice-wise as well as character wise) by showing the intelligent/articulate/nerdy side.

Plus, for me, Corey Feldman could never cut it as the voice of Donatello (and I like Feldman...he even impressed me as the voice of Slash...but just not as Donny.)

That's hardly the only example, though. Not only did he help fix the truck, but he also was playing with some piece of broken electronics when Danny mentioned the pizza he'd had in the lair, he answered a question correctly (without even thinking about it, so he must be well-read) while he and the others (minus Leo) were playing Trivial Pursuit, and he also used a number of "big words" throughout the first film. How many people even know what "bossa nova" means?

Donnie was more of the focus in the second movie, so it makes sense that his intelligence and ability with science and his "nerdiness" would be shown more, but he was the same character (voice-acting notwithstanding), just a bit more developed. Still had the same humor and intelligence, but it was in the spotlight more. And unlike many others here, I LOVED Corey doing Donnie's voice! I've known a couple of "nerds" who sounded like that- not weak or whiney, not stuffy or even obnoxiously snooty about their smarts- just laid-back, quiet, and down-to-earth. His voice is a little rough, but that's what made it so good; he didn't sound like the stereotypical "nerd".

Originally Posted by Warhorse

Don't you mean claustrophobic?

And either way, your phrase (even Raphael could help Casey fix the truck) in the comics, wasn't it Raphael that actually had talent in the mechanical department and did indeed help Casey fix the truck.

I wonder why the cartoon never elude to that side of Raphael, showing that he is pretty smart, never on the level of Donnie, but he knows his way around an engine.

Ditto about the claustrophobic comment!

They both do, actually. Raph seems to have a natural ability with mechanical things, but Donnie does too, and adds to it with his techie skills. We see them both working on various vehicles in the 4Kids/2K3 series, and Raph has been shown working on his bike or the van almost as much as Don does. Raph also seemed to be the best driver of the four in the OT, oddly enough, especially in the "Raphael Drives 'Em Wild" when his mind gets switched with a cabbie's. Maybe he should be a race car driver....

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Ditto about the claustrophobic comment!

They both do, actually. Raph seems to have a natural ability with mechanical things, but Donnie does too, and adds to it with his techie skills. We see them both working on various vehicles in the 4Kids/2K3 series, and Raph has been shown working on his bike or the van almost as much as Don does. Raph also seemed to be the best driver of the four in the OT, oddly enough, especially in the "Raphael Drives 'Em Wild" when his mind gets switched with a cabbie's. Maybe he should be a race car driver....

I can't remember what episode it was, but the scene where the van almost crashes next to a wall, and Mikey is like totally terrified, and Raph says to him "why so worried, you had like 3 whole inches to spare!" still cracks me up to this day.

[Raphtastic]

This is difficult, because I like each of the archetypes they're based on. In general, I guess Leo would be my least favorite or maybe Mikey, but that's mostly because I'm a sucker for Donnie and Raph. But I love drawing Leo (he's just so dramatic and heroic) and writing about Mikey (I have more ideas related to him), so I dunno. I guess, by incarnation:

Mirage--can't choose, love them all
OT--Leo. He was just kinda meh.
Movies--Leo
Image--Cyborg Don. Because no. Not like that, anyway.
2K3--Mikey or Raph, depending on the episode. There were times when Raph was just too predictably macho and angry. Mikey could be arrogant or obnoxious (Battle Nexus. ..ugh!)
2007--Leo or Mikey. Leo was being kind of a jerkface, but Mikey was dumb in a way that irritated me
2012--??? Leo or Raph...If I have to?? Leo is getting some interesting character development, so it'd be hard for me to throw him under the bus here. He's interesting, because he's still developing his leadership skills and his fighting abilities in the series. He's more disciplined than his brothers, but isn't the perfect student. He makes mistakes and is still building confidence, so we're seeing him at an earlier stage in his development.

Raph is sarcastic and plays tough, but looks out for his brothers. That's how I like him. He's grumpy and cocky, but not in a grating way. I just want to see way more of him. I'm looking forward to seeing him and Casey get into trouble! *fingers crossed*

[mikedrummer27]

Hhm hard to pick! If i had, id say Leo, the rest all have such great charactetistics.