Best Raphael episode of Season four

*Sage Ninja* · 03-31-2007, 01:16 AM

Finnally, after three seasons of the old toon in the fourth season Raphael finnally gets a few episodes dedicated to him where the focus is on him. Seasons one through three had a few episodes that centered on Michaelangelo, Donatello, and Leonardo...but not Raphael

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But in season four the under used sarcastic smart-ass turtle gets three episodes dedicated to him. He still gets kind of gyped though

up above is a list of all the episodes that where dedicated to him. Which episode did you like the most and why you like it?

themaxonline · 03-31-2007, 11:03 AM

Drive 'Em Wild:
I liked the cabby one the best, I think. For some reason, I wasn't a fan of the laughing one or the Mona Lisa one but the cabby one was just a classic episode for me.

Time Mistress · 04-01-2007, 08:39 PM

Meets his Match. I liked Mona Lisa. I can't remember Drives'em Wild. And Knocks'em Dead seems like a plot better suited to Mikey. Raph's supposed to be the angry one, not the funny one.

*Sage Ninja* · 04-03-2007, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Time Mistress

Meets his Match. I liked Mona Lisa. I can't remember Drives'em Wild. And Knocks'em Dead seems like a plot better suited to Mikey. Raph's supposed to be the angry one, not the funny one.

guh...please keep in mid that this a diffrent version of Raphael from a diffrent medium. Try to appriciate him on his own terms. He wasn't ment to be the angry one in this medium.

I gonna go with Rapahel Drives 'em Wild even though I love the Mona Lisa episode I just this episde stood out for me. I just loved Oscar and his charactersation. It was just a fun filled episodes with a rather neet car chase sequence which isn't shown to much in this series and was pretty decent by old toon terms.

*Revan* · 04-03-2007, 06:33 AM

Love the ep with Mona Lisa although her explanation for her mutation is quite silly.

What other eps does she appear in?

Tora_Chan · 04-03-2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Neutrino

Love the ep with Mona Lisa although her explanation for her mutation is quite silly.

What other eps does she appear in?

None, that's her only episode.

Daunt · 04-03-2007, 12:32 PM

The Mona Lisa one was one of my favorites. Really she was so adorable. ;_(\ I wish they could have kept using her throughout the series. What was her mutation story, again? I'm blanking on it for some reason.

Raph in the original cartoon was worlds different from the comic. I find I like the comic version more but 'toon Raph deserves some love too. ;D

*Revan* · 04-03-2007, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Daunt

The Mona Lisa one was one of my favorites. Really she was so adorable. ;_(\ I wish they could have kept using her throughout the series. What was her mutation story, again?

She was working in a chem lab on a pirate submarine and when she attemped to sabatoge the evil scienctist's things, a pipe burst all over her. When she woke up she was a mutant.

I wish she would have been in more episodes. At the end of Raph meets his match, she and April show up at the lair. Then for some reason, we never hear from her again. Bummer.

Daunt · 04-03-2007, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Neutrino

She was working in a chem lab on a pirate submarine and when she attemped to sabatoge the evil scienctist's things, a pipe burst all over her. When she woke up she was a mutant.

I wish she would have been in more episodes. At the end of Raph meets his match, she and April show up at the lair. Then for some reason, we never hear from her again. Bummer.

rofl, a pirate submarine. Wow, I forgot about that, thats hysterical. X)

Oh lookie!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk4fyAot7NM
(hope it's ok to post that, it's only part of the episode...)

And Mona Lisa's little voice actress is Pat Musick, mother to Mae Whitman who does Katara's voice in Avatar.

*Revan* · 04-03-2007, 04:00 PM

I agree it is quite comical. I love the OT, they are so silly.

Starkiller · 04-04-2007, 02:57 PM

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I agree it is quite comical. I love the OT, they are so silly.

Yeah, but it managed to be silly without being patronising. I find a lot of the OT eps to be quite witty, which is saying something 'cause I can be horribly judgemental when it comes to kids animation! XD

*triplexxx* · 04-04-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Starkiller

Yeah, but it managed to be silly without being patronising. I find a lot of the OT eps to be quite witty, which is saying something 'cause I can be horribly judgemental when it comes to kids animation! XD

You know, I've been trying to think of why the old toon reached out to me like no other tv show ever did and managed to be so special like no other show ever was. I think you just spelled it out for me, or at least one reason anyway.

Time Mistress · 04-04-2007, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

guh...please keep in mid that this a diffrent version of Raphael from a diffrent medium. Try to appriciate him on his own terms. He wasn't ment to be the angry one in this medium.

True, Ninja Sage. And I do try. I'm sorry if my comment was inapropriate.

Man this thread makes we want to get the season 4 DVD so I can watch these eps again.

*Sage Ninja* · 04-06-2007, 01:11 AM

I really liked Mona Lisa. i thought her characterastions was handled quit well. The title says that Raphael meets his match, but they don't make Mona Lisa a female version of Raphael and instead gave her, her own personality. Which I was for. I always hated when I was a kid when they would introduce a love interest for a main character and make the love/interest almost exactly like main characters personality. ugh

I'm glad they at least gave Mona Lisa her own personality, i thought the two played well off each other. I wish they had brought her back for more episodes and built on that. Was it ever revealed in this episode on how exactly Mona Lisa learned ninjitsu?

ThisSchemeCannotFail · 04-06-2007, 05:02 PM

The failure to use Mona Lisa again has got to be the biggest incidence of a wasted character in the original TMNT cartoon. She had a lot of depth, and her interactions with Raphael were well-handled without things getting too soppy.

Raphael Meets His Match was not just my favourite of the three Raphael episodes in season 4, but also probably my favourite non-Shredder/Krang episode of season 4.

*Revan* · 04-06-2007, 05:21 PM

It's not fair to tease a teenager full of hormones with a hot lizzard and then never let him see her again. What were they thinking. That's just cruel.

*VaughnMichael* · 04-06-2007, 06:01 PM

You know it was really tough on this one for me.
I just watched Raphael meets his match lastnight and seriously I didn't remember it as well as I thought I did same goes for Raphael Knocks Em' Dead I really enjoyed that episode it was so differnt that the rest of the series. It was interesting to see Baxter's brother trown in there lol.
I've yet to Watch Raphael Drives Em' Wild but I was just reading the synopsis of this episode I completely forgot about this episode hahaha.
But in any Case I voted for Raphael Meets His Match I think it's the best one I really liked the characters in that episode. It's a shame we never got to see Mona Lisa again especially since she was hanging with the turtles at the end of the episode. Which I find really odd. There's so many unexplained things in the old toon.

Risawn · 04-25-2007, 05:42 PM

I chose "Raphael Drives 'em Wild", mostly because it was one of the few episodes I remembered from seeing it as a kid that I was looking for when I was collecting the Nina Turtles.

Doesn't the cabby kind of act and sound like later incarnations of Raphael???

*bump*

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 04-25-2007, 07:23 PM

Meets His Match. I remember that one and Knocks them Dead on a VHS together, and while I rewatched Meets His Match as a kid Knocks them Dead kinda bored me.

*Magdolin* · 04-25-2007, 07:44 PM

Loved Raphael knocks 'em dead. I loved the jokes they were so funny! I couldn't stop laughing!

View Poll Results: Best episode about Raphael in Season Four
Raphael nocks 'em Dead	2	6.45%
Raphael Drives 'em Wild	11	35.48%
Raphael Meets his Match	18	58.06%
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03-31-2007, 01:16 AM	#1
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,924	Best Raphael episode of Season four Finnally, after three seasons of the old toon in the fourth season Raphael finnally gets a few episodes dedicated to him where the focus is on him. Seasons one through three had a few episodes that centered on Michaelangelo, Donatello, and Leonardo...but not Raphael . But in season four the under used sarcastic smart-ass turtle gets three episodes dedicated to him. He still gets kind of gyped though up above is a list of all the episodes that where dedicated to him. Which episode did you like the most and why you like it? __________________ Cassandra: You won't fight me, but will you fight--for him! Cassandra's Revenge ~Tangled the Series ________________________________ http://frankviola.org/2012/01/30/godsviewofawoman/ _______________________________ http://nox-artemis.tumblr.com/post/4...k-and-feminism Last edited by Sage Ninja; 03-31-2007 at 01:21 AM.

04-01-2007, 08:39 PM	#3
Time Mistress Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pennshellvania, or the 79th level of Null-Time Posts: 710	Meets his Match. I liked Mona Lisa. I can't remember Drives'em Wild. And Knocks'em Dead seems like a plot better suited to Mikey. Raph's supposed to be the angry one, not the funny one. __________________ AKA the Edwardian Adventuress and Fairlady_Z "You just made your last mistake, Bugeyes -- 'cuz nobody beats up my best buddy and gets away with it -- Nobody! Got that?!" Raphael about Michaelangelo, TMNT Volume 1

04-03-2007, 06:33 AM	#5
Revan Han Shot First Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Paper Street Soap Company Posts: 3,687	Love the ep with Mona Lisa although her explanation for her mutation is quite silly. What other eps does she appear in? __________________

04-03-2007, 04:00 PM	#10
Revan Han Shot First Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Paper Street Soap Company Posts: 3,687	I agree it is quite comical. I love the OT, they are so silly. __________________

03-31-2007, 11:03 AM	#2
themaxonline Hench Mutant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 278	Drive 'Em Wild: I liked the cabby one the best, I think. For some reason, I wasn't a fan of the laughing one or the Mona Lisa one but the cabby one was just a classic episode for me.

04-03-2007, 12:32 PM	#7
Daunt Foot Soldier Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hotlanta. I hate that word. Posts: 144	The Mona Lisa one was one of my favorites. Really she was so adorable. ;_(\ I wish they could have kept using her throughout the series. What was her mutation story, again? I'm blanking on it for some reason. Raph in the original cartoon was worlds different from the comic. I find I like the comic version more but 'toon Raph deserves some love too. ;D

04-06-2007, 01:11 AM	#14
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,924	I really liked Mona Lisa. i thought her characterastions was handled quit well. The title says that Raphael meets his match, but they don't make Mona Lisa a female version of Raphael and instead gave her, her own personality. Which I was for. I always hated when I was a kid when they would introduce a love interest for a main character and make the love/interest almost exactly like main characters personality. ugh I'm glad they at least gave Mona Lisa her own personality, i thought the two played well off each other. I wish they had brought her back for more episodes and built on that. Was it ever revealed in this episode on how exactly Mona Lisa learned ninjitsu? __________________ Cassandra: You won't fight me, but will you fight--for him! Cassandra's Revenge ~Tangled the Series ________________________________ http://frankviola.org/2012/01/30/godsviewofawoman/ _______________________________ http://nox-artemis.tumblr.com/post/4...k-and-feminism

04-06-2007, 05:02 PM	#15
ThisSchemeCannotFail Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 16	The failure to use Mona Lisa again has got to be the biggest incidence of a wasted character in the original TMNT cartoon. She had a lot of depth, and her interactions with Raphael were well-handled without things getting too soppy. Raphael Meets His Match was not just my favourite of the three Raphael episodes in season 4, but also probably my favourite non-Shredder/Krang episode of season 4.

04-06-2007, 05:21 PM	#16
Revan Han Shot First Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Paper Street Soap Company Posts: 3,687	It's not fair to tease a teenager full of hormones with a hot lizzard and then never let him see her again. What were they thinking. That's just cruel. __________________

04-06-2007, 06:01 PM	#17
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	You know it was really tough on this one for me. I just watched Raphael meets his match lastnight and seriously I didn't remember it as well as I thought I did same goes for Raphael Knocks Em' Dead I really enjoyed that episode it was so differnt that the rest of the series. It was interesting to see Baxter's brother trown in there lol. I've yet to Watch Raphael Drives Em' Wild but I was just reading the synopsis of this episode I completely forgot about this episode hahaha. But in any Case I voted for Raphael Meets His Match I think it's the best one I really liked the characters in that episode. It's a shame we never got to see Mona Lisa again especially since she was hanging with the turtles at the end of the episode. Which I find really odd. There's so many unexplained things in the old toon.

04-25-2007, 05:42 PM	#18
Risawn Thug Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 79	I chose "Raphael Drives 'em Wild", mostly because it was one of the few episodes I remembered from seeing it as a kid that I was looking for when I was collecting the Nina Turtles. Doesn't the cabby kind of act and sound like later incarnations of Raphael??? bump __________________ Boredom is a terrible thing to waste

04-25-2007, 07:23 PM	#19
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	Meets His Match. I remember that one and Knocks them Dead on a VHS together, and while I rewatched Meets His Match as a kid Knocks them Dead kinda bored me.

04-25-2007, 07:44 PM	#20
Magdolin Professional Dork Join Date: May 2005 Location: Society of Midnight Ninjas. Posts: 1,970	Loved Raphael knocks 'em dead. I loved the jokes they were so funny! I couldn't stop laughing! __________________ "When life gives you lemons, make yourself some pie. Or squeeze 'em in people's eyes and run away, whatever floats your boat."