Have you ever disliked any of the turtles for a brief or prolonged period of time?

[Davetello]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

every character in the nick series and bay movie for the full duration.

Can you expand on why? I'm pretty sure I can guess your criticisms but it'd be nice to hear them anyway.

Originally Posted by Prowler

As much as I respect Mirage for being the source material, I don't automatically like it better because of it. I liked hothead Raphael better when I was in my early teens, but nowadays I don't care much about it. I prefer the cynical/sarcastic Raphael.

I prefer the way Raphael taunts Michelangelo in the FW series myself. Never cared much for the whole Leonardo vs. Raphael thing. I'm glad the FW series didn't have any of that.

Also, it's a shame no Donatello has ever come close to the FW series one. That version of his was nerdy yet strong and assertive. he felt more like a leader than Leonardo did.

Yeah, preferring something by default because it's the source is a dangerous precedent to set. But that's honestly not why I prefer Mirage Raph. I just prefer that depiction of the character. If Raph had originally been sarcastic but then altered to being a hothead I'd still feel similarly.

Hmm, I do care about Leo vs Raph but variation in posters is nice. I see what you mean about FW - Raph taunts Mikey in a pretty clever and funny way sometimes, with some great one-liners.

I forgot to address your part about Donatello in the previous quote, bizarrely. I agree that FW is probably the best Donnie simply for the reasons you say. The original film was not faithful to Donnie (one of the few things I dislike about it) and in Mirage he's more of a clever tinkerer and hacker than a bonafide genius (unlike with Raph then I don't prefer the source material depiction). In 4kids he's a genius but he has a more emotional side to his character. That's great but he just doesn't seem nerdy enough, as you imply. The OT Don is the best, I agree. Plus if not for him they'd have been dead after a few episodes. That's true of all iterations, but especially OT.

People will say it's bias talking but Donatello is clearly the most important turtle in terms of succeeding in missions. If not for him they wouldn't have the gadgets and resources they do and wouldn't figure out ways to defeat enemies.