this is one of the funniest scenes I can’t believe I forgot it

"Don't apologize to him!"

"I I mean- sorry I didn't drop you harder!"

"There you go :)"

It occurs to me that these two scenes from the Rise finale and the movie mirror each other perfectly.

Raph smashes in, full body ninpo mode, bats the enemy away, and quickly has to turn around to catch a VERY important item before it falls or an enemy gets it(wether they knew how important the key was or not). Another connection is that in each scene, the items are in the air because of Raph, and each time Raph’s phantom form is directly canceled or harmed by someone else after the catch doesn’t work out. The difference between the two scenes is Leo. In the first Leo allows Raph to do his leader thing and catch it on his own. In the second, he directly asserts himself in the way to do it himself. Maybe he doesn’t trust Raph because he failed the first time. Or maybe, and more likely, he wants to prove himself. Raph did it the first time because he was the leader, right? But Leo’s the leader now, so surely it’s his time to shine, and surly he’ll do well at it.

But he doesn’t. And things get worse from there.