Why is Leo the only turtle who sacrifices himself for the greater good?

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by LS Animation

It's true it's reflective of Leo's personality and it's true it's how Splinter taught him. However for the sake of switching things up from time to time I would like to see Raph or Donnie or even Mikey make sacrifices. After all they all care for each other, they are brothers and I'm sure they would all die for one another so why not simply show that?

There's no "probably", you know they would. Even at the end of last season, I'm pretty sure Raph was going on that they'll go down fighting (meaning die if they must) to take out their enemy. Neither of the other turtles spoke against that.

Since Leo is the leader, he feels it's his responsibility to make sure his younger brothers are safe and we have seen the other turtles rush to save someone and almost being hurt in the process...like Raph recently when saving Chompy. To me, it just feels like it's more spontaneous with characters like Raph or Mikey, meaning they don't think...they just do. Leo does it because it's the right thing to do and has a Samurai mentality. He also has this bad habit of doing things on his own. Donnie seems to be the type to think about a solution to the issue as opposed to just jumping right in.

This is something interesting about them, imo.

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

There's no "probably", you know they would. Even at the end of last season, I'm pretty sure Raph was going on that they'll go down fighting (meaning die if they must) to take out their enemy. Neither of the other turtles spoke against that.

Since Leo is the leader, he feels it's his responsibility to make sure his younger brothers are safe and we have seen the other turtles rush to save someone and almost being hurt in the process...like Raph recently when saving Chompy. To me, it just feels like it's more spontaneous with characters like Raph or Mikey, meaning they don't think...they just do. Leo does it because it's the right thing to do and has a Samurai mentality. He also has this bad habit of doing things on his own. Donnie seems to be the type to think about a solution to the issue as opposed to just jumping right in.

This is something interesting about them, imo.

I agree, Raph's statement of "We'll stop them however we can, even if it means sacrificing our lives." was an echo of the standing or dying as a family. And Raph yelling a Leo saying "A leader is meant to 'Lead' a team!" is a verbal statement in regards to everyone about how sick and tired they are of Leo putting himself at risk for the sake of the mission and them. Because they are strongest when they are together.