Raph's Treatment on the show

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Trust me, few people are waiting as hard as I am for there to be more than two female characters on the screen at the same time on this cartoon.

That there're going to be more is great. I'm looking forward to them.
But I remain unconvinced that they'll ever appear together, or that the show will break the Maxed Out At Two rule.
Time will tell.

Am I one of the few who really doesn't care one way or the other regarding this? I've honestly never thought about it. I just watch the show...

Originally Posted by Foombamaroom

This incarnation of Raph isn't a disgrace. They haven't done anything out of character for him really, it's just lack of arcs that bothers me. I think that this Raphael is an amazing portrayal of the character, but they never go far with it. We never see his emotional side, his afraid side, etc. I've learned to get over it, though, because they don't really do any arcs with the Turtles anymore. Season 3 was a huge letdown, especially for Leo. They had the opportunity to have Leo go full PTSD and give him development and a journey, just like the 4kids show, but they didn't. They had the opportunity to have Raph turn to Shredder, but they didn't. This show doesn't do anything with the Turtles anymore. Seasons 1 and 2 they did, but now it's just flat characters throughout the whole season.

Can't really say we've never seen these things. We saw how scared he was when he thought Mikey was dead. We saw his reaction to Splinter being tossed down the drain. IMO, I feel he's one of the most emotional of the four. He acts tough, but is a softy inside. The way they did his kiss with Mona Lisa showed that to me. Overall he's a great character, imo. It would be nice if he had an ongoing story line like Leo or Donnie, but it still doesn't detract from my liking of him. I know this is my favorite incarnation of Raph. Love the personality balance.