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MacynSnow wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 5:42 am That's an easy one Jab, the Nostalgia boost is in Chronological order. GI Joe(RAH) got it first, then Transformers, and now the Turtles. You can make bank the next big one is Ghostbusters(especially with Afterlife hitting the Screen's soon)...
Yeah, but the sheer time difference was immense when you consider how close they were together. Batgirl's theory hold some water, as the Turtles were huge from 1987 until about 1993 or so- a six-year run is MUCH longer than TF & GI Joe were relevant for.

haha, I can't believe I forgot to drop Raphael's best line in his build's quote: "You guys must be studying, the, uh, ABRIDGED book of ninja fighting."
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Re: Jab’s Builds! (Shredder! Tokka & Rahzar! Vanilla Ice! '80s Leonardo!)

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I’m always somewhat amused by the reaction that “everything made now is to sell a message,” when in the past it was purely to move merchandise. Anybody claiming cartoons in the 80s and 90s weren’t designed to convince you to nag mom and dad until they went to Toys R A Billion Dollar Industry Right Now and bought something to make you be quiet was deluding themselves. Plus, most cartoons had a tacked on moral or educational lesson (or both!) tacked on to the ending segment. We all know how to finish the phrase “now I know!” and where “The power is yours|” comes from.

The only cartoon show that seems to have a blatant message through every show that I’ve seen lately is Rick and Morty, and it seems 98% of the fan base hasn’t picked up on is “Rick is a garbage human being, don’t be like Rick.”

But again, I sat through the relaunch of My Little Pony, and sure, sometimes it had a little moral lesson for the kids, like even the best shows did, but other time you had an episode dealing with giant bears made of stars, Q from Star Trek, or, if you dig into the comics, regular references to David Bowie and Roadhouse.

You can call me a brony if you want (I’m not, I keep all my fandom at arm’s length these days), but nobody can tell me that having Rainbow Dash tell Fluttershy “Be nice until it’s time not to be nice.” isn’t amazing.

If anything, I think newer shows are allowed to have more fun than the originals. Hell, Ducktales was a blast, the latest Mickey Mouse series seemed to channel absurdity half the time, and while they weren’t as recent, Avatar and Korra had time to fit great action pieces between heavy plot.
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My brother(Tatsuie40, who Somehow got a frikkin' TABLET to let him get back on here.) unfortunately see's our childhood through Rose-colored Nostalgia glasses and believes all the Cartoon's from when we were StupidMacyn's & StupidTatsuie's had no messages or lessons to them, as he always left after the main episode was over.
I personally loved the PSA's and "lesson's" that showed up at the end.Now i got that the Toy companies were trying(and even succeeding!) to sell you stuff(Reganomics at it's most blatant), but some show they never even tried. Centurions hardly received anything, even though the Concept screamed "BUY THIS TOY!!!".It was weird to me....
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Re: Jab’s Builds! (Shredder! Tokka & Rahzar! Vanilla Ice! '80s Leonardo!)

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I have to be honest, I never really got the appeal of the Turtles. Two of my young brothers who are 4 and 6 years younger than I am absolutely loved them but I never really got it. He-man, GI Joe, Transformers: I get it. I even liked them a bit (less so GI Joe than the other two) but TMNT was just silly to me. Maybe it was the anthropomorphic thing I couldn't get behind. I don't know.
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Donatello (Overall)

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DONATELLO:
-In every continuity, Donatello is the "Smart Guy", meaning his brilliance can shift depending on the basic nature of that universe. The more cartoony that universe, the more esoteric and "Super-Sciency" Don can be- in the 1980s cartoon he could build pretty well EVERYTHING as a Deus Ex Machina, whereas in the Mirage Comics he was more stuck as "realistically brilliant"- this can make his INT level and final points cost vary widely. His baseline personality can shift quite a bit, however- he is pensive and quiet in the Mirage Comics, a standard jokester in the 1987 Toon, Archie Comics & '90s Movies, and a nerdy spazz in the CGI Nick series. Often, he fits in as "everyone's best friend" on the Turtles, arguing the least with his brothers and having just a little bit of the personality traits (Leo's responsibility, Mikey's goofiness and Raph's sarcasm/stand-offishness).

He is the brother most likely to gain some kind of "extra" personality trait depending on the continuity. Voiced by Corey Feldman in the 1990s Movies, he was the biggest joker next to Mikey, and got along best with Casey Jones. In the '80s Toon, he was a "Film Noir" buff, constantly imagining himself as a trenchcoat-clad detective. In the CGI Nick Toon, he was a weirdo dork obsessed with April for a while. In the IDW & Mirage Comics, he was often stodgy and unable to accept spirituality the way the others could. This actually makes Don arguably the biggest wild card and most versatile character in each new continuity- the most "free" to come up with new traits.

Donnie always wears purple, is often depicted as the most "brown"-colored of the gang, and always uses a Bo Staff- the simplest weapon of the group and the only one impossible to truly ban from schoolyards (I mean, it's a STICK). Like Leo, he has a bandolier over his chest (typically just one). His staff gives him a lot of options in combat, and the most easily-replaceable weapon- it's also easy for viewers to accept him just laying waste to Mooks with it, bludgeoning them to unconsciousness, which in movies & cartoons is just a benign calamity. Don can be highly-broken in poorly-balanced video games, as the incredible reach of his weapon makes him adversely good at hitting enemies from a safe distance- in the first NES game, he & Leo are so overpowered that you might as well turn it off if both of them die.

COMICS DONNIE:
-The original version of Donnie is in red bandanas like the others, and is the second-in-command to Leonardo. In the very first issue, he is the one who kills the Shredder, knocking him and his grenade off the roof of a building. As the series develops, they establish him as a tech-guy, soldering circuits and working on computer systems alongside April- this turns him into the "Smart Guy" in all subsequent versions of the show. It is Donnie who encounters an artist named "Kirby" (an obvious homage to Jack) in a one-shot, going on an adventure into the man's imagination. This version of Donnie is the quietest and most pensive- he is disgusted by horrible violence, at one point throwing a gun away in disgust after being forced to use it to save Karai from the Foot Elite.

The Archie version of Donnie is slightly less goofy than the cartoon version. The IDW version was quiet and clever, and now wears an artificial shell after having his shattered during a brutal beatdown by Rocksteady & Bebop, who used a giant sledgehammer to smash it to pieces. This Donnie is the least spiritual of the four, being troubled by the notion that Splinter and the boys are reincarnated from Hamato Yoshi's original family, and often falls into depression.

RISE OF THE TMNT DON:
-In the newest cartoon, Don is a Spiny Soft-Shelled Turtle- a tall, slender guy. He is the most like his older versions of the four TMNT, being a neurotic inventor, but is stated to be an "adrenaline junkie", cocky and often sarcastic to his bros. He built a high-tech staff before shifting to a basic wooden one, and uses artificial "Battle Shells" to compensate for his softer one. He is the only one not to develop any magical powers.
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Donatello (1980s)

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DONATELLO- 1980s Cartoon
Created By:
Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
First Appearance: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984)
Role: Does Machines
Other Roles: The Smart Guy
Played By: Barry Gordon
Group Affiliations: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
PL 8 (152)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 10 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 9 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 2

Bodacious Skills:
Acrobatics 6 (+11)
Athletics 5 (+8)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+12)
Close Combat (Bo) 2 (+12)
Deception 3 (+5)
Expertise (Ninja) 1 (+10)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 1 (+10)
Expertise (Science) 8 (+17)
Insight 3 (+6)
Investigation 8 (+10)
Perception 2 (+5)
Persuasion 3 (+5)
Sleight of Hand 4 (+6)
Stealth 2 (+7)
Technology 9 (+18)
Vehicles 5 (+7)

Gnarly Advantages:
Equipment 2 (Staff, Trenchcoat), Improved Critical (Bo), Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Inventor, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 5, Set-Up, Takedown 2, Teamwork

Radical Equipment:
"Bo Staff" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Split, Reach) (3)
"Trenchcoat" Morph 1 (Looks Human To Everyone, Despite Being Barefoot and Having a Green Face) (5)

Tubular Powers:
"Turtle Physiology"
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Swimming 2 (2 mph) [2]

"Half-Shell"
Enhanced Dodge & Parry 1 [2]
Features 1: May Stick Limbs Inside of Shell [1]
Power-Lifting 1 (800 lbs.) [1]

"Kicks Things To Make Them Work" Healing 8 (Flaws: Limited to Others, Limited to Machines) [4]

Righteous Offense:
Unarmed +12 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Bo Staff +12 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +9

Awesome Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +7

Bummer Complications:
Responsibility (Master Splinter)- The Turtles deeply respect their sensei, though often disregard his advice.
Secret (Must Remain Hidden From Public View)
Prejudice (Monster)
Addiction (Pizza)
Accident (Explosions)- Donnie may be brilliant, but his Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions also have a tendency to blow up in his face. Hell, the figgin' THEME SONG has one of these with his eight-foot-tall coffeemaker taking off into the air.

Total: Abilities: 78 / Skills: 64--32 / Advantages: 18 / Powers: 12 / Defenses: 12 (152)

-Donnie, like I've said before, was my favorite Turtle- he wears purple and has the coolest weapon! PLUS he's the best guy to play in the video games! With his nasal voice and flair for the scientific, he probably stood out the most of the four- after all, since they were ALL party-animal Deadpan Snarkers, the SMART GUY was the only one with major character traits outside of the norm! Donnie was also an amateur detective of sorts, getting some mileage out of putting on his Humphrey Bogart-ish trenchcoat and acting like a gumshoe (the show is where I learned that term, actually). Like, this was the focus of TONS of episodes. Donnie's bad-ass "Detective" toy was also one of my favorites as a kid, though later in the line they would come out with CLOTH trenchcoat figures (as usual, because they came out late, and are easily-lost or damaged, these figures are worth a FORTUNE today). He honestly got more focus episodes than anyone else, at least from what I remember- there was an episode where he had to send Irma in his place to a scientist convention because they mistook his invitation for a "Donna Tello", episodes where he fought Evil Mafiosi who inspired shitloads of DeviantArt people to get into foot fetishes (his trademark interrogation technique was to tie people up and tickle their feet with a feather), and more.

-Donatello is probably the most USEFUL Turtle in the show- without his random-ass inventions like the Party Wagon, Turtle Blimp (given a MAJOR "Buy Me!" push in the fight against Krang's Android Body) and even INTERDIMENSIONAL PORTAL GENERATORS, the team would have died an early and painful death. In one episode, he's annoyed by his brothers' constant requests to fix things, so he just decides to MAKE A CLONE OF HIMSELF to do the work for him- and that's not even the crux of the episode! The clone turns out evil and ten times more skilled and intelligent than Donnie, so the episode is actually about the clone nearly taking over the world! Like, Donnie CASUALLY made this clone! Only an "algebraic miscalculation" makes him extra-smart and evil (Don defeats him by daring him to create a reversal to the Cloning Ray, which of course immediately kills all the clones). Scientifically, the guy is a straight-up SUPER-GENIUS, with powers bordering on the superhuman (in Turtles Forever, the genius 2000s-Donnie is frequently shocked that ANY of '80s-Donnie's stuff actually works. Sometimes he just KICKS THINGS into working!).

-He's slightly less-skilled than his comrades, with a few less Advantages, but makes up for it with his genius. And honestly... Donnie isn't even that much worse of a fighter in the '80s cartoon- they're all treated pretty equally. He seems a full PL lower in the 2000s toon, but here I kind of just have to make him less-skilled so that he doesn't overwhelm everyone else's abilities. In situations where Leo is away or incapacitated, Donnie even takes over as team leader!

Other Donatello Toys: Sewer Swimmin', w/ Storage Shell, Undercover Turtle, Giant Turtle, Hose 'Em Down, Movie Star, Talkin', Punkin', Pro Pilot, Slam Dunkin', Crazy Cowboy, Delta Team, Head Droppin', Movie III Samurai, Powerliftin', Toon, Spike 'n' Volley, Turtle Troll, Mutatin', Cartwheelin' Karate, Don as Dracula, Cave Turtle Don & his Trippy Tyrannosaurus, Giant Movie III Samurai Don, Giant Movie Star, Giant Mutatin', Giant Turtle Troll, Night Ninja, Super Don, Airforce Mutation, Arctic, Construction Mutation, Cyber Samurai, Farmer Don w/ Modern Mutant Tractor, First Officer (Star Trek), Dwarf Don, Eggsplodin', Pizza Tossin', Undercover, Supermutant, Shogun, The Mutant Military Combo (Mini-Mutant Military Turtle Copter and Turtle Cycle with Mini-Mutant Pro Pilot Donatello Figure!), Sewer Wars Playset (Modular Battleset with Mini-Mutant Toon Turtle Donatello Figure!), Kung Fu, Touchdown, Jim Lee Sculpt, Next Mutation, Camo-Armor Turtleflage (NM), Camo-Bandana Turtleflage (NM), Turtleflage Don's Camo Hydro Skimmer (NM), Demolition Specialist Donatello, Firefightin' Frenzy Combo (Mini-Mutant Fire Command Helicopter with Fire Response Cycle and Mini-Mutant Donatello Figure!), Mighty Muscle Combo (Mini-Mutant Classic Convertible, American Convertible and Mini-Mutant Original Movie Donatello!), Shooter Donatello, Warrior Winged Donatello, Stretch Donatello, Coil Cool Donatello, Dynatronic Donatello, Donatello Water Warrior, Pterano Don, Metal Mutant Donatello with Lion Spirit Armor, Shoot the Curl Don (Next Mutation)
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Donatellos always been my favorite of the turtles because i love a good geek. someone who gets exited about new science and new tech. who works hard to understand science and the how of things leaving the why to philosophers and such. thats how Dons always been to me in my TMNT canon the learner the thinker the tinkerer the one the others go to for the answers to the tech and science questions which most times he knows but sometimes its way over even his head so he has to scramble to understand it and learn more. Much like Lexington in gargoyles as well,
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Re: Donatello (1980s)

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Jabroniville wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:58 am Image

DONATELLO- 1980s Cartoon
Donnie was making espresso almost a full decade before Starbucks became a national chain. That’s one forward thinking turtle.
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Donatello (2003)

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DONATELLO- 2000s Cartoon
Created By:
Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
First Appearance: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984)
Role: Does Machines
Other Roles: The Smart Guy
Played By: Sam Riegel
Group Affiliations: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
PL 8 (135)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 10 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 6 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 2

Bodacious Skills:
Acrobatics 6 (+11)
Athletics 5 (+8)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+11)
Close Combat (Bo) 1 (+11)
Deception 4 (+6)
Expertise (Ninja) 1 (+10)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 1 (+7)
Expertise (Science) 8 (+14)
Insight 3 (+6)
Perception 2 (+5)
Persuasion 3 (+5)
Sleight of Hand 4 (+6)
Stealth 2 (+7)
Technology 8 (+14)
Vehicles 5 (+7)

Gnarly Advantages:
Equipment 2 (Staff, Trenchcoat), Improved Critical (Bo), Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Inventor, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 5, Set-Up, Takedown 2, Teamwork

Radical Equipment:
"Bo Staff" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Split, Reach) (3)
"Trenchcoat" Morph 1 (Looks Human To Everyone, Despite Being Barefoot and Having a Green Face) (5)

Tubular Powers:
"Turtle Physiology"
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Swimming 2 (2 mph) [2]

"Half-Shell"
Enhanced Dodge & Parry 1 [2]
Features 1: May Stick Limbs Inside of Shell [1]
Power-Lifting 1 (800 lbs.) [1]

Righteous Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Bo Staff +11 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +9

Awesome Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +7

Bummer Complications:
Responsibility (Master Splinter)- The Turtles deeply respect their sensei, though often disregard his advice.
Secret (Must Remain Hidden From Public View)
Prejudice (Monster)
Addiction (Pizza)
Responsibility (Pacifist)

Total: Abilities: 72 / Skills: 54--27 / Advantages: 18 / Powers: 8 / Defenses: 10 (135)

-In the 2003 series, Donatello is redesigned into being a different shade than his brothers- more of the "green/brown" color of the toy, but not as pronounced. As is usual, he was the least-conflicted with the others, typically getting along with all of them. He was arguably the main character of the Fast Forward and Back To The Sewer seasons, as he was responsible for getting them back to their own time, saving Splinter from cyberspace, and beating Cyber Shredder, blasting him with the same wave the villain Viral used to kill Splinter.

-2003 Donatello is given a bit of a reworking, but is largely the same character. His love of detective work is gone, as is the more cartoonish aspect of his super-science- he's brilliant, but not like Reed Richards-esque or silly about it. He was seemingly the worst fighter in a much more explicit way- I remember him getting knocked out way early in a big Fighting Tournament arc, going "Oh SHELL!" as the opponent disarmed and beat him.
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i remember that rather silly quirk of the 2003 series: The turtles using "shell" as a pseudo-swear instead of "hell". "What the SHELL?!"
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Re: Jab’s Builds! (Vanilla Ice! Leonardo- All Versions! '80s Don!)

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It's a shell of a town!

Anyways, you have Panda Khan on your to-do list. Are you aware that he was a creator owned character, created by Monica Sharp and Dave Garcia, and first appeared in WaRP Graphics' A Distant Soil #6?
Also, shouldn't Ninjara be included with the Archie characters, since she had a significant role in the title after she was introduced?
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Donatello (Nick)

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DONATELLO- Nickelodeon Cartoon
Created By:
Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
First Appearance: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984)
Role:[/b] Does Machines
Other Roles: The Smart Guy, Awkward Nerd, The Fussy One
Played By: Rob Paulsen
Group Affiliations: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
PL 8 (135)
STRENGTH
3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 10 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 6 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE -1

Bodacious Skills:
Acrobatics 6 (+11)
Athletics 5 (+8)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+11)
Close Combat (Bo) 1 (+11)
Deception 4 (+3)
Expertise (Ninja) 1 (+10)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 1 (+7)
Expertise (Science) 9 (+15)
Insight 3 (+6)
Perception 2 (+5)
Persuasion 3 (+2)
Sleight of Hand 4 (+6)
Stealth 2 (+7)
Technology 9 (+15)
Vehicles 5 (+7)

Gnarly Advantages:
Equipment 2 (Staff, Trenchcoat), Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Bo), Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Inventor, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 8, Set-Up, Takedown 2, Teamwork

Radical Equipment:
"Bo Staff" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Split, Reach) (3)
"Trenchcoat" Morph 1 (Looks Human To Everyone, Despite Being Barefoot and Having a Green Face) (5)

Tubular Powers:
"Turtle Physiology"
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Swimming 2 (2 mph) [2]

"Half-Shell"
Enhanced Dodge & Parry 1 [2]
Features 1: May Stick Limbs Inside of Shell [1]
Power-Lifting 1 (800 lbs.) [1]
Regeneration 1 [1]

Righteous Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Bo Staff +11 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +9

Awesome Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +7

Bummer Complications:
Responsibility (Master Splinter)- The Turtles deeply respect their sensei, though often disregard his advice.
Secret (Must Remain Hidden From Public View)
Prejudice (Monster)
Addiction (Pizza)
Responsibility (OCD/Fussy)- Donnie is very fastidious and easily-flustered, throwing tantrums as frequently as Raphael.
Responsibility (Broken Staff)- Donnie is sometimes mocked for his Bo, which is frequently broken, and next to useless against robots and other metallic structures.
Relationship (The Other Turtles)- Donnie is likely to yell at his brothers, often for teasing or pressuring him, or messing with his equipment.
Relationship (April O'Neil)- Donnie has a big crush on April at first, but they end up being good friends.
Rivalry (Casey Jones)- Donnie dislikes Casey due to his relationship with April; it takes a while for the two to get along.

Total: Abilities: 66 / Skills: 56--28 / Advantages: 22 / Powers: 9 / Defenses: 10 (135)

-This version of Donnie is hilariously voiced by Rob Paulsen- the voice for Raphael in the 1980s version. This took me a LONG time to get used to, as Rob's voice has hardly changed. Naturally, when the two groups of Turtles met in a cross-dimensional caper, one made note of how odd and silly the voice of the other's was. In this version, Donnie is nerdier than ever, given a gap-toothed design and a "Weirdo Loser" attitude, as he moons over April in a way that's typically reserved for the creepy dorks in John Hughes teen movies- in most media drawn towards males, the "Nerd has a crush on a cute girl" is typically treated more benignly, and like a GOOD THING, as if the girl needs to let go of appearances and see the shy dork for who he really is. Here, Donnie is like... STARING at April and noticeably making her uncomfortable at points. This, um, may be more true to life than many hopeful nerds' ideals would indicate.

-This Donnie is brilliant like the others (able to very quickly create technology, build Metalhead and other intelligent, complex robots, and more), but much more socially-awkward than them, losing various traits like that. He is the best shot of the gang, though, able to calculate deflection-angles for a shuriken at one point.
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Sidney369 wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:19 am It's a shell of a town!

Anyways, you have Panda Khan on your to-do list. Are you aware that he was a creator owned character, created by Monica Sharp and Dave Garcia, and first appeared in WaRP Graphics' A Distant Soil #6?
Also, shouldn't Ninjara be included with the Archie characters, since she had a significant role in the title after she was introduced?
lol, yup- I scour the Turtlepedia for stuff.

I forgot to add Ninjara to the list. Which is funny because I already built her and have it ready to post/ I work far enough ahead that I have her and the panda all ready to go, lol.
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Re: Jab’s Builds! (Vanilla Ice! Leonardo- All Versions! '80s Don!)

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Weird thing is, the whole Donnie/April/Casey triangle was the highlight of the Nick cartoon. While LeoRai took center stage in "Forbidden Romance"(though i noticed Splinter TECHNICALLY gave Leo permission to pursue her...), the weirdly one-way Rivalry between Donnie & Casey for April's affection(M'boi Casey hilariously doesn't even know it's happening) showed a rarely used aspect of the Turtles: they were teenage boys and had all the "Issues" all boys do at that Age(i'd LOVE to've been a Fly-on-the-wall when Splinter gave them "The TALK" :lol:).
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Michelangelo (Overall)

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MICHELANGELO:
-Initially spelled "Michaelangelo" due to a spelling error by Eastman & Laird, Mikey is almost always a practical joker and "party dude"- the Turtle most prone to their now-trademark "AWESOME!" "RADICAL!" "BODACIOUS!" teen-speak. However, this has been exaggerated over time as cartoons have gotten more and more weird- he was initially just pretty snarky in the older works, and the guy most prone to teasing the enemies and screwing around in the '80s Toon, '90s Movies and even the 2003 Toon (where he was a "Brilliant But Lazy" kind of naturally-gifted savant, but rarely took things seriously). But nowadays he's more and more likely just to be a nutjob man-child unable to function in the real world. Cartoons have really raised the game on what a "Goof-Off" character is like, so Mikey can be a full-on space-case these days.

Michelangelo is now set in stone as wearing bright orange bandanas- a pretty stand-out color as the rest are pretty dark, but his color can saturate a bit to look like Raph's if poor coloring techniques are used. In the original toys he was the darkest green of the gang.

Michelangelo is infamous for his use of the "nunchucks" (Americanization of "nunchaku"). A singular weapon in real life, Mikey uses them as paired weapons, often doing outlandish stunts with them. The most esoteric and off-kilter of the TMNT's gear, they are notable for being heavily-banned on school playgrounds, as even homemade nunchucks can hurt like hell (the string between the blocks effectively creates an "extra elbow", turning them into miniature flails). This eventually got so bad (thanks in part to an obsessive anti-chucker in England) as Turtlemania ran wild in the 1990s that Michaelangelo infamous got a GRAPPLING HOOK as his official weapon by the end of the '80s Toon. In Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, he instead wields tonfas. This makes him the only Turtle to have to trade in his gear like that, thought it was thankfully back for every other version.

COMICS MIKEY:
-A turtle with nunchucks was actually the first thing drawn (though it was very chubby), mostly as a gag. Michelangelo was always the free-wheeling and laid-back brother as far back as the Mirage days. None of the comics versions were ever quite as goofy as the cartoon ones, but he was still a bit more chill than the others. The Mirage comics took a darker turn when Mikey became a tour guide for aliens visiting Earth, and slept with an alien Styracosaurus-lady and she gave birth. This got him arrested, abducted and tortured, and he grew embittered and intense by the process, deeply contrasting his usual self. In the Archie books, he was just like the '87 Toon version (once going "Who'da thunk it?" to the Mighty Mutanimals getting their own spinoff title), and once openly lusted after Veronica Lodge in an Archie team-up. In IDW, he was seen as the most open-hearted and idealistic turtle. His crush on Kala of the Neutrinos inspires his love for Princess Trib of the Planet Neutrino in this continuity, as well.

RISE OF THE TMNT MIKEY:
-Michelangelo is now an Ornate Box Turtle, and is again a joker, but he's also artistic. Using his "Ninpo" techniques, he can turn any object into a weapon (usually choosing nunchucks).
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