"The turtles had no individual personalities before the cartoon"

[Davetello]

Originally Posted by Prowler

As a kid with no knowledge of Mirage, I was initially confused by the 1990 TMNT movie, mainly with Splinter's origin and Raphael's personality being distinctly different from their FW ones. But I ended up liking the movie anyway.

Yep, I think that's how most of us felt at the time. Just makes the film even more rewarding to watch now with the benefit of Mirage knowledge

I do sometimes wonder though if they should have been even more faithful and made Leo the turtle who was beat up on the roof by the Foot. But I think with the way Raphael was in the film it just 'fit' better.