#tmnt80s

Donatello: Rob Paulson and Sam Riegel. I remember being really apprehensive about Rob Paulson voicing Donatello but after the first couple of episodes I was completely sold. Love the sass. I adore Sam Riegel's voice because he makes Donatello sound calm and introspective. My two favorite voices for Donatello are nearly the polar opposites of each other.

This was a tough choice so I made it a tie. So Barry Gordon(1987) is second place lol.

Michelangelo:Townsend Coleman wins easily. Mostly because his voice is the template every Mikey after him followed. But like I said, I adore every Mikey voice, but Coleman's Mikey is the voice I hear the most in my head. Second place goes to both Wayne Grayson(2k3) and Robbie Rist(90s Movies). Robbie Rist is just a cool dude (And I liked him in Naruto). With Wayne Grayson, I was always yelling "I'm the Battle Nexus Champion!!" at my friends when I'd win in Smash Bros. None of them got the joke unfortunately.

Leonardo: Jason Biggs. *dodges rocks* 

Saving the best for last  here. To be honest, I have no problem with Cam Clark or Mike Sinterniklaas but Jason Biggs' performance was the first time I ever saw Leo as more than just "the boring leader one". For the first time Leo had a personality outside of "leader" and I was immediately charmed. It's hard to explain but Biggs' Leo is of course serious and focused on leadership, but in a "boyscout" kind of way. He is such a sweetheart.  For the first time ever, Leonardo was my favorite turtle...for the first two seasons at least.

I give second place to Mike Sinterniklaas(2K3) for doing a better job at voicing a "serious business" version of the character. I'd give second place to James Arnold Taylor (2007 movie) but I'm more used to Sinterniklaas' voice. 

So you can probably guess I was not happy about the voice actor change  for Leonardo in 2k12. If nothing else I would have gladly kept Dominic Catrambone for the rest of the show. He did such a good job as a temporary replacement that I didn't know Biggs was gone until I checked the credits on a wiki. 

Seth Green shot Leo right back down into that generic "I'm the boring leader" zone that I was quite happy to do without. 

So my most controversial opinion is Seth Green's voice is the only voice in all TMNT history I have actively disliked.