Which turtle is the most dispensable?

[Gunpowder]

Well, I see myself in all of them except for Leo. I'm a workout buff who'll get frustrated over the littlest things; I'm a studious Grammar Nazi whose friends get mad at him for correcting them (*cough* several times per minute); and, in the right environment, I'm the most effervescent/carefree person you've ever seen. But I'm not the bossy type in the slightest, so Leo isn't my guy, unfortunately.

That said, I think Leo's the most vital to the team, considering he's the most dedicated one there is. Take him away, and the other 3 lose their motivation. Donnie's absolutely necessary for fairly obvious reasons. They need brains on their side.

That leaves Mikey and Raph as the two contenders for most "dispensable." I could list pros and cons for each; but all in all, I couldn't imagine the TMNT with only 3 members. So I can't decide. But if I had a gun to my head, I'd say Mikey. True that Raph's anger issues are basically at the root of every problem between the four of them...but he's also a better fighter. Mikey's funny, sure, but that doesn't really "help" them much. And his fighting style is the most inferior in almost every incarnation, so losing him would be the least detrimental. And I personally think Raph's drama makes things seem more realistic, in that it makes them actually seem like brothers with the way they argue. Open to objection, but that's my input.

Originally Posted by Leo656

And I'll back up what Powder said, I've known a few guys who self-identified as "Raphaels". They totally envisioned themselves as too-cool-for-school, knuckle-cracking, toothpick-chewing "lone wolf" bad-asses, but, they were really just assh*les, and Raph was the Turtle that happened to bear the closest resemblance to themselves. More an issue of narcissism and posturing than anything else. Not everyone, obviously, but it's... kind of irritatingly common. You see it a lot with Wolverine fans, too.

True. Very true. But Raphael is the most similar out of the four to that persona, so can't exactly blame them for associating themselves with him. Raph's kind of an a-hole, too. I see where you're comin' from, though; people shouldn't falsely identify themselves like that. Plenty of posers out there, after all.

I like Raph the most, but it's mostly because I always love that aggressive "do-it-yourself" character; not necessarily because I relate to him.