Michaelangelo's surfer dialect

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Jelly Bean

so wait a minute, 80's Mikey has more than one actor voicing him? Does the orginal actor leave the show?

I have noticed that other versions of Mikey have the surfer dialect, like in the new movie. I just thought it was apart of his character and he always had it. Since the new movie was supposed to be more like the orginal comics I thought they where making the characters fit the comic roots as well. When Did Mikey as surfer get started? Was it the old mirage comics?

No it was always Coleman, never missed an episode.

[NameGoesHere1066]

I'd say, the fading effects of the surfer dude lingo may have been due to the fading interrest by the writers.

actually...it just may have been the passage of time in the series. Maybe as the years went by and the series entered the early and mid ninties they decided to down play the cliche "sufer dude" in Michaelangelo to keep him from seeming out dated by the little kiddies.

When Did Mikey as surfer get started? Was it the old mirage comics?

Definately it started in the orginal cartoon because they needed some gimick to sell the character to make him stand out. It's not really the cartoons fault they where just trying to give Michaelangelo a personality. In the mirage comics Mikey was pretty obsecure besides being a foil and best buddy to Raphael. Mikey in the orginal comics was kind of just the tocken posetive guy off setting Raphael's angsty "I hate my life" type of guy. Had Fred Wolf not spiced Michaelangelo up in the toon he probably would have fallen in the back ground like in the comics.

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

I'd say, the fading effects of the surfer dude lingo may have been due to the fading interrest by the writers. In certain episodes, they seem to be accentuating his stupidity instead of his dudeness..

Actually I felt in later seasons that Michaelangelo became smarter rather than dumber, especially during Red Sky.

Mikey in the orginal comics was kind of just the tocken posetive guy off setting Raphael's angsty "I hate my life" type of guy. Had Fred Wolf not spiced Michaelangelo up in the toon he probably would have fallen in the back ground like in the comics.

Mike in the mirage comics wasn't a surfer but he did had a personality, he was more reflective and creative.

[Jelly Bean]

question! Does any like Mike' surfer accent and that it was made apart of his character that so many other incarnations copied it, or do you think it was the worse thing they could had ever done to Mike's character and take away from his character?

[Buslady]

Mike in Mirage is so much better, so much less annoying and so much more realistic.

So they changed from Surfer dude from old toon, then into screaming whiny coward in 2k3...wonder why the did that?

Mike the wimp...thats what i think of his 2k3 persona

unless it was to give him a storyline of his maturing process from wank to a turtle man with balls

[Jelly Bean]

Originally Posted by Buslady

Mike in Mirage is so much better, so much less annoying and so much more realistic.

unless it was to give him a storyline of his maturing process from wank to a turtle man with balls

Mikey isn't annoying in the mirage comics? DOes that mean he doesn't have that "annoying little brother" persona?

[NameGoesHere1066]

Originally Posted by Jelly Bean

question! Does any like Mike' surfer accent and that it was made apart of his character that so many other incarnations copied it, or do you think it was the worse thing they could had ever done to Mike's character and take away from his character?

I've never liked Michaelangelo's surfer accent but I didn't really mind it eighther. It was just apart of his character and, well, I guess every character has got to have a gimmick. Leonardo the leader, Raphael the smart ass, and Donatello the chronic masterbater, er--I mean inventer . in other versions of the franchise I wish they had taken more aspects of his character from the comics instead of making him the pop culture poster child of what ever is popular in that decade.

[General Traag]

I allways liked that surfer voice. Mainly because it has this relaxed, nearly rastafarian touch to it. :J

And it's alot better then the new-toon-hyperactive-whiney-sissy-mikey which i find very annoying. :L

[Jelly Bean]

I agree that Michaelangelo's voice has a relaxed, mellow quality to it. I also think he really makes it work to because he doesn't sound forced while uses it. But what the heck does rastafarian mean?

And it's alot better then the new-toon-hyperactive-whiney-sissy-mikey which i find very annoying

I think Mikey's voice is fine but he can get pretty high pitched sometimes. Mikey's voice is actually kinda deep so I think the reason he comes off whiney is because he tries to bring his voice where it shouldn't go. Other wise I think he has a good voice. Incidently did any one notice that in the first few episodes in the first season of the current that mikey had a bit of a surfer accent too!!

and Donatello the chronic masterbater, er--I mean inventer

masterbater?! Where did you get that impression from?

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by Jelly Bean

masterbater?! Where did you get that impression from?

**singing**

"Donatello, Does Machines"

**chorus**

thats a fact, Jack!!

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by Jelly Bean

But what the heck does rastafarian mean?

have you ever tried Dictionary.com? It comes in handy

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rastafarian%20

[Jelly Bean]

well, thanks for the link but it doesn't really tell me anything about rastafarian in the context that it's used, just something about African religion?

**singing**

"Donatello, Does Machines"

**chorus**

thats a fact, Jack!!

oh, I get it...that is a weird way of wording it. Couldn't they have had it "Donatello likes machines" or maybe "Donatello works with machines".

[Coola Yagami]

I think he meant the whole things about Kamaiicans always being all laid back and 'ever-ting gonna be awwww-rite!' cause they're stoned... which I guess goes with Mikey's stoner-surfer accent.

[Jelly Bean]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

which I guess goes with Mikey's stoner-surfer accent.

why does every one keep saying this? I don't get that "stoners" vibe off of 80's Mikey, and believe me where I live there alot of pot-heads and most of them don't have the "all's right with the world, laid back" way about them. Most of them are pretty agitated or pissy.

[NameGoesHere1066]

frankly I don't eighther. His voice is just lower pitched and mellow rather than "stoner" monotoned. You might be to young to know this but surfers sort of have this "media based" reputation of being stoned because of the sterotypical way they talk is close to how a stoners talk, hence the association.

CGI Mikey and new toon Mikey seem more like their on drugs though. They act like they are on speed or crack!

[General Traag]

Lmao, i'm waiting for the 'what turtle takes what drugs' thread now.

And i allways had this stoner-impression because mikey seemed to speak a bit slower to me (not to mention the slower thinking hehe).

[Jester]

Hey, Krang? Can we murge this thread with the current one on Mike's surfer lingo?

[Jelly Bean]

Originally Posted by General Traag

And i allways had this stoner-impression because mikey seemed to speak a bit slower to me (not to mention the slower thinking hehe).

mm, maybe we should steer clear from this and stick to the surfer thing, considering how touchy people can be, this could lead to problems

[KROW]

Originally Posted by Jester

I was driving home from work today and it dawned on me, as I was doing my worst OT Mikey impression, Michelangelo sounds a lot like Jeff Spicoli, the surfer/slacker played by Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. So I ask you: Did Townsend Coleman channel Sean Penn, or did the two actors just some up with similar stereotypical surfer voices?

Haha. Y'know, I would have liked to see Mikey say to Shredder just once, "You DICK!"

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by General Traag

Lmao, i'm waiting for the 'what turtle takes what drugs' thread now.

And i allways had this stoner-impression because mikey seemed to speak a bit slower to me (not to mention the slower thinking hehe).

Michaelangelo never really talked slowly and he was pretty quick on the up take alot of the time. If any one needs a comparison of Michaelangelo voice change then I'll show you some clips

Michaelangelo season two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E9hB-YrNZo

Michaelangelo Red Sky season 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqz2Y7tZXb4