the best ninja turtle

Michelangelo, without a doubt. You know, when I was little, one of my MCs actually lived with the turtles, as in...he was their adopted son. <yes, in my head, I wrote ninja turtle fanfic>

My favorite is the one with the pecan-caramel filling. Yum.

What happened to Alvin, Simon and Theodore?

i wouldn't know a ninja turtle from a tadpole?

Heroes in a half-shell - turtle power!!

scarletpeaches said:

Heroes in a half-shell - turtle power!!

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I've had clams in a half-shell. Lovely with wine sauce. Never ate turtle? Of course, I've had the chocolate turtles...but I never named them before crunching. (that would be barbaric!)

It's not just a 90's thing. My kids (ages 2 and 4) love the ninja turtles movies and cartoons.
the 4 year old's favorite is leonardo - because he's the leader (and he likes his swords)
the 2 year old's favorite is raphael - tough guy thing.
i told them though that they are combinations: the 4 year old is half leonardo and half donatello (leader/athletic/mechanically inclined) the younger is half michaelangelo and half raphael (bullheaded/passionate/silly as all hell).
yes. we have considered it to that depth.

do you suppose I've watched too much TMNT?

oh, and my favorite?

i tend toward donatello.

Where's the Orlando Bloom option?

Danger Jane said:

Dunno, maybe you should make a semi-coherent poll for them?

It was a close call. Donatello or Raphael?

Raphael.

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Raphael was my 3rd fav.

Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo, in that order.

I often wished Leonardo would end up crushed beneath the treads of the Technodrome. That guy was a buzzkill.

Stew21 said:

do you suppose I've watched too much TMNT?

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Trish. FYI. Dynamite is spelled TNT.

The world is violent. I didn't watch Power Rangers because I was too old for it. I remember when Ninja Turtles first appeared as a short on this comic strip cartoon. I was instantly in love, but it took a year or so for the show to come out (I think, my time is skewed from childhood). I just remember ranting about this awesome cartoon that no one else had seen or heard about (that show was one of the EARLY morning/middle of the night cartoons. I always got up with my dad when he went to work at 4am).

I own the first movie. I haven't been able to satisfactorily explain the reasons for this to my husband yet, but oh well. When I was a kid I could recite the whole MC Hammer theme, at full volume, with dance moves. (don't picture this. it wasn't pretty.)

Definitely Raphael. He was so dark. Remember how he was always yelling "Damn!" in the movie? We thought that was so cool when we were kids...

sunna - you are not alone - I own EVERY TMNT movie (the kids made me do it.).
I did like Raphael the best in that movie - frustrated because he was so passionate, so easily prone to tantrums and anger - I did like him a lot in that one.
we also have about 13 episodes of the original cartoon on dvd.

I get more than enough of my fill of turtles.

What happened to Alvin, Simon and Theodore?

Alvin and Simon are doing fine. Living in Key West.. even closer than brothers these days, I hear. Theodore died back in the early 90's. He was eating cold Fraggle soup and choked on a bone.

But I'm with the Bronco -- My favorite is the caramel ones.

sunna7kore said:

I own the first movie. I haven't been able to satisfactorily explain the reasons for this to my husband yet, but oh well. When I was a kid I could recite the whole MC Hammer theme, at full volume, with dance moves. (don't picture this. it wasn't pretty.)

Definitely Raphael. He was so dark. Remember how he was always yelling "Damn!" in the movie? We thought that was so cool when we were kids...

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Wait, wasn't that Vanilla Ice?

Nevermind, thinking number 2.

Stew21 said:

sunna - you are not alone - I own EVERY TMNT movie (the kids made me do it.).

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Oh thank god.

Raphael was the best thing ever when I was 11. Other girls my age were swooning over actors and rock stars; I wanted to hang with a giant mutant turtle and learn how to kick butt with a sai.

In retrospect, I should have known right then that I wasn't going to end up making the cheerleading squad in 6th grade.

Wait, wasn't that Vanilla Ice?

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Yep, that was the 2nd one, with the night club dance scene.

*cringes* Painful, painful.

C.bronco said:

My favorite is the one with the pecan-caramel filling. Yum.

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Mmm. Can I change my vote??

I interviewed the Ninja Turtles once. It was awesome.

sunna7kore said:

Definitely Raphael. He was so dark. Remember how he was always yelling "Damn!" in the movie? We thought that was so cool when we were kids...

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Ditto for the same reasons.

"Cowabunga dude!!!!"

<3 Michelangelo

Which was the one who walked on the drunken-driving manslaughter charges? I vote not him.

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Which was the one who walked on the drunken-driving manslaughter charges? I vote not him.

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IIIphael, if not mistaken.