Truly think about it, did Leo actually have friends that he could call his own? Yes, heās close with April, gets along with Casey, and respects Slash along with many other characters, but does he actually have a true friend(s)? Someone he can banter with and have a true connection and mutual bond with. And no, his dad does not count.
Compare Leoās social life to his brothers:
Mikey has Ice Cream Kitty, Leatherhead, Mondo Gecko, Renet, Napoleon, and Sal Commander.
Donnie has April, Fugitoid, Metalhead, Dr Cluckingsworth, and Timothy.
Raph has Casey, Slash, Mona Lisa, Chompy and Iāll even count the rooftop pigeons.
Who does Leo got as friends? His sister and her witch girlfriend. That seems about it for him.
Leo when hanging out with Karai & Shinigami:
Joking aside, I feel Leo not really having his own friends really shows a lot regarding his character and how the roll of being leader and later on Sensai has effected his social life. Not to mention how the fandom can easily identify who each of the other Turtles best friends are, but for Leo we usually draw a blank.
Yes, Leo does have people close to him, I never will disregard his relationship with his brothers or April and Casey, but overall he never got that true special friendship connection that the others got in the series.
The closest we ever got to him having that genuine friendship was Chloe, the little girl he had a tea party with in season 2, and (maybe) Usagi later in season 5. But again, these were short lived dynamics we never get to see again.
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I had someone try to argue with me when I said that I think Bulma is a powerful character in Dragon Ball. They tried to argue and say sheās not a fighter, has weak chi, etc. so therefore sheās not powerful. And I was just thinking; are they not aware that power comes in many different forms?
Power isnāt just based by oneās strength, it can also be determined by the personās intelligence/knowledge, mastery in certain skills, influence, wealth, social status/ranking, connections, position in politics, etc. and Bulma has many of these characteristics:
Bulma is INFLUENTIAL
She is apart of a very influential family, the Capsule Corporation family! Sheās the heiress of her fatherās business, a business that creates a device that can shrink any object into small capsules. A device we see EVERYONE in the series use.
Not to mention her own existence influencing the story. If it wasnāt for her, we wouldnāt have Dragon Ball. Sheās the one who built the dragon radar, sheās the one who found Goku and convinced him to join her on her adventure. Without her, Goku wouldnāt have left his house and met characters like Roshi, Krillin and his own wife, Chichi.
And of course, her influence on Vegeta. Bulma played a big part in Vegetaās character development in DBZ, with him starting as a villainous irredeemable planet destroyer, and turning him into a hero/protector of earth and a loving husband/father. She took one good look at him, thought āI can fix himā AND DID. Her influence and even love for him made him a better person.
I can go on and on about how big of a role Bulma plays in Vegetaās arc but I assume yall already know the story. ļæ¼
Bulma is RICH
First off, look how freaking huge her house is! Capsule Corp is a multi milllion (possibly billion) dollar company. ļæ¼
Sheās so rich she has used her own money to fulfill her friends wishes that it got Shenron himself sweating. When promised prize money for everyone if they win the Tournament of Power, it was Bulma that provided the cash to anyone who wants it.
For her birthday party she took everyone her own cruise ship and hosted a Bingo game where the prizes consisted of: a brand new car, a jet, a giant diamond and a literal castle.
AND THOSE WERE JUST 2ND AND 3RD PLACE PRIZES!!!
Bulma has CONNECTIONS
She has frequent lunches with Whis whoās a literal Angel, made Beerus the God of Destruction her FREE babysitter and sheās close friends with Jaco the Galactic Patrolmen thanks to her sister, Tights.
And not to mention the that sheās married to the Vegeta the Saiyan Prince, giving her a royal status, and is also childhood friends with Goku, another Saiyan. And her two children are also Half Saiyans!
Bulma is SMART
Iām just going to go over a list of things sheās invented/done throughout the series:
- The Dragon Radar and the Super Dragon Radar
- A device that can make herself shrink and grow at her own will
- She fixed Radtizās scouter, and even rewired it to be in a non alien language so she can properly read it
- Helped her dad rebuild the Namekien space ship that got her, Krillin and Gohan to Namek
- An translator for Ginyu when he was trapped in a Namekian frog body (an animal that she did not know the biology of mind you)
- Helped her dad fix Android 16ās damages
- Saiyan armor, she was able to find a way to perfectly duplicate the material that Saiyans/the Frieza force use. Reminder that all armor Vegeta wears from Android saga and onward was made by her.
- A freaking Time Machine!! (Yes I know that was her future self who built it but it still says so much as to what Bulma is capable of creating)
In conclusion, Bulma may not be a fighter like the others, but she has so many other qualities that make her powerful. Sheās strong willed character, a helpful ally to Goku and friends, and an important member of the team thanks to her influence, connections, wealth and intelligence.
Bulma is POWERFUL because of who she is and what she does!
A TMNT 2012 Character Appreciation/Character Analysis Post
If you know me or follow me here or on Instagram then you know that my favorite Ninja Turtle is Raphael. More specifically, Raphael from the TMNT 2012 series. Nowadays, this version of Raph gets a lot of unfair hate from fans (new and old), which I find to be ridiculous. So I decided to show this turtle in red some love and express my reasons as to why I love 2012 Raphael.Ā
To start, I wanna give some love and appreciation to Raphaelās voice actor, Sean Astin. His voice was perfect for the role. I feel so many other Raphael voices try too hard to make him sound manly and more of a giant muscular brute, often forgetting that he is just a teenage boy. Sean does a good job making Raph sound tough when needed, but still making him sound like he is a teenager. He does a great job balancing Raphās rude attitude but also his gentle and sweet side as well. Also he nailed those girlish screams! XD I feel voice actors nowadays donāt get a lot of recognition, so I wanted to show my appreciation here.
The biggest thing I love about Raphael is his development in the show. Iād argue he had the most/best character development among the four Turtles. We all know how he is in the beginning of the series, being rude, hotheaded, constantly picking fights with Leo and other characters. The show makes it obvious that Raph in S1-2 is scared of his own emotions and feelings, the only time he truly opens up and expresses himself is when he talks to his pet turtle, Spike. The best way I can describe Raphās character is that he is the ātough guy with a heart of goldā trope. I believe one of the showās producers, Ciro Neili, even confirmed that was their intention when creating Raphās character for the show. Raph is a brute, a hothead, but deep down he's a big softie. A lot of Raphael haters seem to forget or ignore that fact about his character. Yes, he is mostly known throughout the fandom to be the hothead, he is the muscle of the group, but he is also the protector. Raph knows that, so if he comes off as weak, then he loses that title. Deep down Raph, and the people around him, know that he is a big softy who loves and cares for others, but he keeps up this tough guy persona in order to protect and seem strong for the ones he loves most.Ā
As the series goes on Raph learns to open up to others, he grows to respect Leo as a leader and seems to control his temper way more by Season 5. On rewatch I notice in S4-5, Raph only ever gets mad for valid/understandable reasons, mainly when someone is hurting/threatening his loved ones. How did this happen? I believe Raphās development started when he lost Spike in season 2.
Slash and Destroy is one of my favorite Raphael focused episodes and I will stand by and say that this episode was the beginning of Raphās character development. In the episode, Raphās pet Spike gets mutated and becomes Slash, targeting and attacking Raphās brothers. As a reminder, up to this episode, the only person Raph could express his true feelings to was Spike. Everytime Raph ranted negatively about his brothers, Spike was there to hear it, causing him to have a negative view on Leo, Donnie and Mikey. Slash shows pure hatred for the brothers, especially Leo. After brutally attacking Leo, Slash smiles and says āBeen looking forward to that for a long time.ā The mutagen warped Slashās brain, making him go crazy and viciously attack Raphās brothers because like Raph said earlier in the episode, he doesnāt need them. Raph gets a visual representation of his words and negative thoughts towards his brothers in action through Slash. Slashās purpose in this episode is to represent all of Raphās anger and frustration heās had for his brothers over the years based on what he told Spike. By the end of the episode, Splinter comforts Raph and suggests that he should āfocus on the friends he has in the present''. For all of Raphās life, he trusted and relied only on Spike, but Spike is now gone, so Splinter indirectly advises his son that it is time to trust and rely on others, to not bottle up his emotions, advice that Raph takes.
As the show goes on, Raph slowly progresses, opening up more to others, which will eventually lead to him having two great things in his life come season 4 (but weāll talk about them later).
Casey was another part of Raphās development that some fans donāt notice. Donnie makes a comment that Casey being around is like having two Raphaels. While Raph and Casey become best friends because of their similar personalities, Casey is also a reflection of Raph. When around Casey, Raph has to be the level headed one, the responsible one. He criticizes Casey for not being stealthy like a ninja in the S2 episode Newtralized and not planning ahead in the fight (remind you of anyone? *cough* Leo *cough*). When they first meet, Raph gives Casey the same exact advice his father gave him earlier in the episode that āanger is a dangerous alleyā. Casey is a more reckless version of Raph, something Raph unknowingly sees and tries to help and protect, he has to be the mature one in their dynamic, opposite to when heās teamed up with Leo and gets to be the rebel again. Itās like heās getting a taste of his own medicine.
Not to mention, Raph met Casey after he lost Spike, having a new friend he can rely on. Later on in the episode Newtralized, after meeting Slash, Casey says, āIs that your old pet turtle? The one who got mutated?ā. This little piece of dialogue is so important to Raphās character but it sadly goes over a lot of peopleās heads. It indirectly tells us that off screen, Raph has opened up to Casey and told him about a traumatic and hard time in his life. Progress that we will continue to see as the show goes on.
Season 3 Raph at the Farmhouse was the peak of his character development! Raphael took charge in that arc. He became the temporary leader of the group when Leo was out of commission due to his injury. After losing their father (reminder they thought Splinter was dead by this point), being chased out of their home and the city, and losing to one of their greatest enemies, Raph stepped up. He took care of everyone. He made sure that Donnie, Mikey and even April kept up with their ninja training, he was the one who is always prepared during an attack or new threat (ex: when he and the others were trapped in the geyser in the episode Eyes of The Chimera and he was the only one with a grappling hook to help them get out, criticizing his brothers for not being true ninjas and how they should be prepared for anything). April even states that for months, Raph stayed by Leoās side when he was in his coma, refusing to eat or sleep, and when Leo did wake up, Raph was the first to help him get back on his feet, taking him out on walks to help get his strength back.Ā
Raph not only was there for Leo, but he was there for Donnie. After Donnie gets heartbroken when April rejects his music box gift in the episode A Foot Too Big, Mikey is sympathetic, but Raph hits Donnie with a much needed reality check. He tells him bluntly āIt's never gonna happen, Donnie. We're mutants. She's a girl. You're a giant talking turtle. The sooner you get used to it, the better.ā Even with that though, Raph acknowledges his brotherās broken heart and quickly tries to cheer Donnie up and get his mind off April with some training. Then later in the episode, when Donnie expresses how uncomfortable he is with Big Footās romantic gestures, Raph once again nails it perfectly by telling him, āNow you know how April feels.ā Some may say what Raph said was mean and how he shouldāve put him down more gently, but in truth this was something Donnie needed to hear and no one else was gonna do it any time soon! Someone had to open his eyes to the situation, and Raph was the perfect candidate.Ā
The final brother dynamic in the farmhouse arc with Mikey and Raph was little when it came to screen time, but Raph still shows how much he loves his little brother after Mikey gets captured by the Punk Frogs in the episode The Croaking. As soon as he sees Mikey, Raph drops everything mid fight to hug his brother, relieved for his safety, though the hug abruptly ends after Raph and Mikey find the situation to be āweirdā, a very brotherly response if you ask me XDĀ
With this, we know full well how much Raph loves his brothers. Despite his ālone wolfā attitude in season 1, Raph makes it clear from the very beginning that he does care about his brothers more than anything else in the world. He's loyal, he stays by his brothers' side and has admitted countless times that he would rather die than see them get hurt. "I have no problem risking my own life, but risking my brothers?" (S1 ep14) and he states this again in the next season, āSorry, Slash. My brothers come first, no matter what.ā (S2 ep7). Raph makes it clear (to the audience) that his brothers and his family always come first (so I donāt know why fans keep saying he hates them).
Also, anyone that says that he abuses and is a bully to Mikey needs to go touch some grass because that is a big fat lie and you obviously didn't watch the show (or you're an only child). Brothers are going to fight and pick on each other. That is normal! As someone with an older brother (who is much like Raph btw), I can confirm that siblings to this and in the end we still love each other and have each otherās backs. Out of all the brothers Raph is the most protective of Mikey. The second he learns that Mikey is hurt or someone wants to harm him he is the first going in for the attack or the first one to take action to protect Mikey and bring him to safety.
I mentioned this earlier, but I love how Raph grows/learns to respect Leo as a leader, though he still questions his brotherās judgment from time to time. By season 5, in the episode The Forgotten Swordsman, Raph and Mikey are out on patrol and start talking about Leo. Mikey expresses concern for Leo to which Raph says āHe just misses Master Splinter. Being sensei's hard on him. I just wish we knew-ā. Raph gets cut off, so we never know what he was going to say, but I headcanon he was going to say āI just wish we knew how to help him.ā Raph acknowledges Leoās growing stress and pressure of being the new sensei after Splinterās death and he wants to help out anyway he can, but he (and everyone else) just donāt know how. He looks up to and respects Leo and cares about him a lot more than fans and even he himself believe.
Though we see very little moments of them, my overall favorite brother dynamic is Raph with Donnie. I like how Raph is the only brother who is direct and tries to help Donnie move on from his crush on April because he worries and cares for Donnie and knows heās sensitive when it comes to his feelings. Even when Raph shows disapproval of Donnieās crush on April, Raph will still be a wingman for Donnie. In the episode Operation: Break Out, after rescuing Aprilās dad from the Kraang prison, Raph starts hyping Donnie up in front of April to make him look good. Also Donnie refers to him and Raph as āThe New A Teamā in the episode Arena of Carnage (Mikey does too at one point in another episode, but later he calls him and Raph āTeam Awesomeā). I just think Donnie and Raph are a fun team and a very underrated sibling duo of ābrains and brawnā in the series. It deserves more love and attention from fans.
Iāve talked about how much Raph cares for and is loyal to his brothers, but he is the same towards his friends too. He's protective of April, being the one to go rescue her from the Kraang in the episode The Kraang Conspiracy. Heās even the one whoās words get to April when she was possessed by the alien Za-Naron in the episode The Power Inside Her, reminding April about how much she cares for Donnie which gives her the strength she needed to free herself from Za-Naronās control. Raph shows he cares for Casey's safety when they do dangerous missions that are out of Caseyās element and was the one who made sure Casey was safe when he was cursed by Alopexās blade in season 4, and despite their past, Raph is always worried and shows concern for Slash.
Raph shows throughout season 2 that he has faith in Slash to turn to the side of good (something Raph gets proven right about later on). Raph is even one of the first people to trust Slash when he returns with his new team The Mighty Mutanimals in season 3, despite Leo's harsh judgements and suspicion.
The strange thing is, it is usually the other way around, with Leo wanting to make allies and Raph being the distrusting one, a dynamic switch we will see again in season 4ā¦
As mentioned previously, Raph is a softie, and one of the biggest examples of that is when it comes to his relationship with his love interest, later girlfriend, Yāgythgba aka Mona Lisa. When trying to survive on the ice planet, Raph is the only one to suggest that he and the others should team up with the Salamandrians to find the metal they need to fix their ships and get off the planet. Though Raphās plan is highly motivated by his newfound feelings for Mona, he knows that it is the best option that can help save his family and friends, and despite Leo dismissing the idea, Raph sneaks off alone to convince the Salamandrians himself.Ā
Raphās feelings for Mona Lisa have always interested me, specifically how he fell for her. Unlike his brothers with their love interests being the cliche ālove at first sightā, Raphās was ālove at first fightā. We all know how Raph fell for Mona, they fought each other after a misunderstanding and after one good punch to the face Raph was smitten. He quickly began admiring her strength, acknowledging what a power punch she gave him, and amazed by her skills and spirit as a warrior. Raph admits right from the start that he loves Mona because she's ābigger, stronger and a better fighter thanā him. He never once feels that his masculinity is being threatened when around her, and throughout their relationship never told her to not be herself. He loves that she's better than him as a warrior and can beat his shell! He shows excitement at the suggestion of him and her sparring together someday in the episode The War for Dimension X. He adores her, and never cares about others' judgment regarding his relationship with her. When Casey laughs at him after discovering his crush on her, instead of denying his feelings or getting angry at Casey and later the others for mocking him (something we would expect Raph to do), Raph instead continues expressing his romantic interest in her to everyone. He opened up about his feelings to others! If S1 Raph met and fell in love with Mona, Iām convinced he wouldāve been a tsundere and just be in denial about it the entire time, not wanting to look soft because he has a crush. Raph met Mona at the perfect time in his life. He has emotionally mature. In truth, I think Mona made Raph a better man and was the key to help him continue his character growth throughout the rest of the series.
A good example of how much Raph has changed and matured is when Mona betrayed him in the episode The Evil of Dregg. Discovering that his first love, the one person he trusted āmore than anyone in the galaxyā betrayed him, broke Raphās heart and his fighting spirit. When Mona pleads for forgiveness, you can understand Raphās anger and now heās not quick to forgive her, but even when heās mad at her he still loves her. Look at Raph right before Mona goes off into battle:
If he was truly mad at her, he wouldnāt be looking back, his back would be fully turned, refusing to have his eyes meet with herās. He looks back at her but heās not looking at her with anger or hatred, itās sorrow. Raph still cares, heās just hurt at the moment. Because of the betrayal, Raph believes that everything he and Mona have been through meant nothing to her, but then Mona assures him that his doubts are wrong when she tells him that she loves him for the first time, and thatās all Raph needed to hear to bring back his fighting spirit and run into battle to join her. Raph even snaps and tries to kill Lord Dregg after he harmed Mona and shows just how far heāll go for her if someone ever tries to harm her (he does it again in S5 when Bishop insults Mona, he quickly jumps in to defend āhis womanā). By the end of the episode, Raph and Mona reconcile. Him forgiving her shows how much Raph has grown as a character. S1 Raph would never have forgiven her, he wouldāve held the grudge and not let go of it, but this Raph knows what Mona did was out of her control, she was blackmailed, so Raph did the mature thing, understood her situation, and forgave her. Him forgiving her shows how strong their love for each other is, and they keep on showing how much they love one another throughout the rest of the series.Ā
Some other little details about Raphās character that I like is that he's an animal guy. With his first pet Spike and the rooftop pigeons, we see a side of him that everyone else rarely gets to see. This minor trait about his character speaks a thousand words. It shows that he is gentle and caring at heart despite his tough persona he gives out to everyone else. We see this not only with Spike in seasons 1-2, but also later in seasons 4-5 with his new pet, Chompy Picasso.
By the time Chompy enters Raphās life, he has matured. The purpose for Spike was for Raph to have someone to talk to about his feelings and express himself without judgment. Spike was like a therapy dog. Chompy however is not that. Raph has learned to open up by this point in the story, so he doesnāt need Chompy to talk about his personal problems and frustration as much as he had with Spike. Yes, Chompy is there to listen to Raph but at this point in the story Raph is open and expressive and not afraid to show his feelings to others. Raph has probably mention things to Chompy he still wouldnāt say to others (like in The Tale of Tiger Claw, he talks about Mona Lisa to Chompy, seeming that this isnāt the first time heās done this), but Chompy isnāt a pet for Raph to vent to, instead he was a way for Raph to learn a new responsibility. Chompy is just a baby who just needs someone to love him, to look after and care for him, and Raph is that someone. He took a big responsibility to take care of Chompy after it was believed that his mother, Tokka, was killed. Raph doesnāt need another therapy dog, no, Chompy needs a caregiver, and when Tokka returns to take back her baby, she sees how much Chompy loves Raph and decides that it is better for him to stay on Earth with Raph where she knows he will be safe. I will always stand by this: Raph needed Spike, Chompy needed Raph.
This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I think Raphael is more similar and a parallel to Splinter than Leonardo is. Leo may be Splinterās ābest pupilā and next in line to be sensei for the Hamato Clan, but Splinter and Raph have a lot more in common than the showās canon or even the fandom acknowledge and it hurts to think of the wasted potential. Raph obviously inherited Splinter's temper. We see in flashbacks that when Splinter was a young man he had an uncontrollable temper that Shredder could easily manipulate, and we still sometimes see that temper blow up in the show when Splinter is upset and disciplining his sons. Thereās more similarities though than just them both being hotheaded. They both have a love and appreciation for art. Splinter mentions in Lone Rat and Cubs that he always wanted to be an artist, and itās well known he loves the renaissance artists. Raph being an artist is a cute and fun little detail about his character that I really like and you see many times in the show, but fans barely acknowledge. Heās the one who painted the Venus pin up girl on the Party Wagon, he gives his girlfriend the nickname āMona Lisaā (which he indirectly tells her that every time he calls her Mona Lisa he is reminding her that she is a beautiful work of art), and names his pet "Chompy Picasso" after the artist Pablo Picasso. Not to mention that both men know the pain and fear of the woman you love dying in your arms. I love Raphās relationship with Splinter in the show, and itās honestly way more interesting than Leo and Splinterās imo.
I love their little āSpike, chew on your leafā¦ā bit in season 1 and how they bond over the Japanese mantra to help Raph overcome his fear of insects in season 4 (btw Raph being scared of bugs was so fun, I like the trope of the big strong dude being scared of something so small and harmless). The episode ends on a fun note, Splinter tells Raph to not tell the others of the mantra cause he āmight use that trick on them one dayā, showing that Splinter has a devious fun side to him similar to Raphās.
Is 2012 Raphael perfect? Not at all. No character is. He still has flaws, but I feel thatās what makes him such a fun character still. I feel he had the best and most character development in the series. I love his voice actor, I love his character development, I love his relationship with his brothers, friends and girlfriend, I love all the little character details about him from his love of animals to his passion in art. Itās just my personal opinion, but I think 2012 Raph is the best version of Raphael. He has faced injustice in this day and age with fans misrepresenting his character and hating him for the wrong reasons. You donāt have to like him, everyone has their own opinions on certain characters and I respect that, but thereās a time when not liking him goes too far with saying heās a bully and abuses his family. The haters can go argue with a wall, 2012 Raphael is the best and I love him, and I hope this post made you appreciate him a little bit more too <3
A Character First, A Love Interest Second: RaMona Did It Right!
((A TMNT 2012 RaMona Analysis))
Something I feel we as a fandom donāt give Raph enough credit for is how heās the only brother to NOT have a ālove at first sightā trope with his love interest Mona Lisa, and I feel that says a lot about his character and relationship with her, not only that, but it saves Monaāsļæ¼ character.
How you may ask? A lot of people donāt seem to realize this, but ļæ¼I love how when Mona Lisa is first introduced sheās not immediately established to be a love interest unlike the other girls. Mona is given some time to be her own character and show off a bit of her personality. For the other girls, there introduction is through the Turtles POV, established as a love interest FIRST then her own character/personality is shown later. This is made clear just from each Turtles reaction when first meeting their love interest. We are introduced to the female character through the ālove at first sightā moment!
Donnie
Leo (I hate that Iām using this as an example this but this help prove my point)
Mikey
Edit: I timed it to see how long the girls intros were before they were established as a love interest. Hereās the LINK
I wanna clarify before people start assuming, no, Iām NOT saying that the other 2012 girls have no personality. They do, it just bothers me how they were introduced. Them being the love interest seemed more important to establish to the writers then her own character first.ļæ¼
Meanwhile for Mona Lisa; sheās introduced to the audience NOT the Turtles. This gives her a chance to establish her character/personality first then show her as a love interest later!
ļæ¼We learn just from her introduction scene and even her moment when confronting the Turtles that she is: strong willed,ļæ¼ prideful (sheās proud of being the warrior she is and takes her battleās seriously), stubborn (fight first, ask questions NEVER, like Raph), honorable, loyal (we learn sheās a lieutenant and respects and highly looks to her Commander), and even a bit short tempered (again, like Raph).
Her and Raph even get to speak to each other and have a little banter of threats before romance between them starts to blossom. There is no love at first sight. Unlike the other Turtles who immediately fall in love with the girl just from looking at her and thinking sheās pretty.ļæ¼ Their feelings for each other took more time.
Raph did not fall for her looks like his brothers, he fell in love with the person Mona is. Physical attraction (I believe) is very important in a relationship and Raph does show and admits he does in fact find Mona attractive (Ex: calling her a beautiful work of art) but her looks is not what caught his attention. It was her personality, her spirit and capabilities as a warrior! I saw someone mentions this in another post once, but on rare occasions do we get to hear the other Turtles explain exactly WHY they like their love interests other then that they found the girl pretty (Yes, Donnie admits he thinks April is ācoolā and Leo says Karaiās āfunā but thatās not enough!), meanwhile for Raph from the very beginning he has his list of reasons ready as to WHY he likes Mona! And he has no shame to admit it proudly!
And throughout the rest of their relationship, we see more of those reasons unfold. We see Raph and even Mona show more reasons as to why they love each other so much. And unlike the others ships, we actually get to see them act and be a couple! They flirt with each other, embrace and hold hands, make out, write love letters to each other, etc. The reason they worked so well is because as I said we get to see them be a couple, but also because Mona got to established herself as a character first before being Raphās girlfriend.
Many of us can agree that TMNT 2012 failed greatly in the romance department, but they at least did one couple right with the relationship of Raphael and Mona Lisa. So I thank them for that <3
I always found it strange how in TMNT 2012 they reveal that Lord Dregg was a robot and never talk about it again after that.
I have a theory/headcanon regarding this reveal, or at least a guess as to what they were going for with this concept. I think what they were going something similar to Skulker from Danny Phantom mixed with Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare before Christmas.
Oogie Boogie is a revealed to be a giant sack of bugs, and when revealed he falls apart, showing a singular roach was controlling all the bugs in that sack. Like a hive mind of sorts.
And Skulker is a revealed that his body is just a robotic suit and his true form is a tiny little ghost that controls the suit.
So what if for Dreggās concept, inside that robot suit of his thereās actually a tiny little cockroach (cause Raphās afraid of cockroaches so I think it be funny irony) alien controlling the robot, creating a hive mind of other tiny bugs to cover up the robot body, dubbing himself the king of insects.
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Hi, Sorry to bother you again but You seem to be like...a lorekeeper of TMNT 2012 Knowledge.
How the hell does Magic work in that show? I'm aware RatDad Kinda has it with the healing hands, and I also saw Shinigami has it? I don't know. I'm confused. I kinda fell off in the middle of S3 and only know stuff based off the Wiki.
First off, don't always trust the wiki. Lots of fans edit it and add false info just to push their own narrative or make ridiculous claims with no source to back it up. I also recommend checking out the rest of season 3 and onward! It does get kinda sloppy by season 4 but it's still a fun watch! Reading a wiki ain't gonna do the series justice lol
Now, to your question, imma be honest with you, regarding the magic in TMNT 2012, I really donāt know how it works XD
TMNT 2012 barely acknowledges the magic concept, granted it was a very out of no where thing like "hey magic also exist in our universe btw!" and when it does show up itās gone before you can even process it was there so it gets forgotten quickly (at least to me when I rewatch the show).
The magic in TMNT 2012 I donāt think shows up until season 3 (someone correct me if I'm wrong) when Leo is confronted by the deer spirit in the episode Vision Quest (who btw never shows up again, put them on the list of one and done 2012 characters). After that, every other magic related thing is very subtle cause the series focuses way more on the sci-fi angle, which was the theme that was established in the first episode and was continued to be explore throughout the series. I just crack it down to it being a spiritual ninjutsu thing, but I've rarely put much thought into it.
For those who are curious, the magic and even paranormal things we see in TMNT 2012 are few but what we got are...
The Deer Spirit
The Healing Hands Technique
(which btw I wish they used this technique more cause it would've been VERY helpful in other situations later down the line...)
Sir Malachi
Was it magic or did he just drug the Turtles to play discount DND with him??
Alopex's cursed Blades of Vengeance
Ghosts and possession
Cults and Demons
Magic users such as Jei and Kintaro
Yokais such as Bake-danuki and JorÅgumo
(granted these mostly existed in Usagi's universe so they probably don't fully count in the Turtles world but who knows)
And the very existence of Shinigami
Though Shini and her whole magic thing is barely explored or explained. They say she's a witch but we barely see her do witchy things. Most of her tricks and techniques seem more like blink and you'll miss it magician stuff than an actual literal witch. We know she can hypnotize people and make them see scary hallucinations, and it's also suggested that she can shapeshift into a cat but she only ever does it once and it's very subtly to the point that some fans probably didn't even know that the black cat in her intro scene in her first episode was her.
Btw, according to Shinigami's concept art, her hypno stone weapon (as seen in gif) is said to be a family heirloom, meaning she comes from a supposed long line of witches and magic users. Sure wish THAT was explored more for her character instead of her just being there as Karai's hype woman and another chick for Mikey to drool over...
I don't know how many people know this but, Newtralizer has actually been captured by the Kraang twice. If you rewatch Metalhead Rewired and looked in the background and analyze all of the mutants captured, Newtralizer is there.
Barely anyone talks about it. Idk if they threw him in all because they needed mutants in the background but didn't have the time to create more mutants or what not.
Logically show wise, the animators definitely just needed mutant background extras and just removed Newtās armor and hoped no one would notice an alien among a bunch of mutant captives.
Now, despite the fact heās NOT a mutant, heās an alien, story wise is *could* work for what we know of his origin.
A few episodes later in Season 2 we get Newtralizerās official return in the ep āNewtralized!ā. In it he explains to Slash (via flashbacks) that the Krang constantly imprison him and torture him. (Also note, this plus his capture in Metalhead rewired and Battle for New York, Slash has been a prisoner of the Kraang as least 3 times)
We donāt know exactly what led to the Kraang constantly wanting to capture/experiment on Newt, and sadly never will, but we do know that it most likely led to him becoming deranged or ābrainwashedā according to Bishop in season 5.ļæ¼
I wanted to point out a little comparison with Donnie claiming April is his vs when Raph does it with Mona Lisa, and how one couple did it better than the other. Can you guess which one itāll be?
On a couple of occasions throughout season 1-3, Donnie refers to April as his, calling her āMY Aprilā, āMY sweet princessā, and āMY poor sweet chinchillaā. In these instances they try to play them off as cute or funny but in truth they come off as uncomfortable and even slightly possessive. Heās not in a romantic relationship with April when he refers to her as his. So heās claiming her as his when sheās not even his to begin with, cause theyāre NOT together, which comes off as possessive and even down right creepy.
Compare that to Raphael and Mona Lisa. Raph does something similar with Mona Lisa in season 5. When Bishop is insulting her, Raph jumps in to defend Mona and refers to her as his like Donnie did with April, saying āMY womanā.
The big obvious difference between Donnieās āmineā and Raphās āmineā is that for Raph heās in an actual relationship with Mona Lisa. They are dating, she is his and he is hers. So Raph saying āMyā is understandable and even comes off as sweet/cute cause sheās his girlfriend, they are together romantically. Him using the āMyā makes sense! While for Donnie, he and April arenāt even dating when he says that she is his. So when Donnie refers to April as his, it comes off as creepy and really possessive cause, again, they aināt even dating.
