History Characters / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles

%%* GutturalGrowler: 2012 series.

* DependingOnTheWriter: A lot of tropes carry over between series, but some are fairly unique. Don is always TheSmartGuy. But he's sometimes contemplative and detached, laidback, and sarcastic, nerdy and clumsy, a bit tense and highstrung, or love struck with April, obsessed with data, addicted to anime or some combination of the above depending on the series and sometimes the story arc.

* GeekPhysiques: Later versions of Donatello are shown to be notably thinner than his brothers, the 2012 version being the most exaggerated in this. Averted in the first two live action movies where, despite his cheeks being a little chubby, he is the second most muscular guy in the team, after Raphael.

* DependingOnTheWriter: A lot of tropes carry over between series, but some are fairly unique. Don is always TheSmartGuy. But he's sometimes contemplative and detached, laidback, and sarcastic, nerdy and clumsy, a bit tense and highstrung, or love struck with April or some combination of the above depending on the series and sometimes the story arc.

* TookALevelInJerkassw: In the ''Next Mutation'' series. To a lesser extent, in the 2003 series as well.

!!As the [[spoiler: Last Ronin]]
* LastOfHisKind: He is the only survivor turtle left until April and her daughter Casey Marie create Yi, Moja, Uno, and Odyn.

** ''[[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheLastRonin]]''

** ''[[Characters/TheLastRonin]]''

* TookALevelInJerkass: In the ''Next Mutation'' series. To a lesser extent, in the 2003 series as well.

* AdaptedOut: He does not exist in the 2014 movie.

* CanonImmigrant: He was originally created for the 2003 series, but got popular enough to be adapted back into the comics, and later introduced (though [[InNameOnly considerably different]]) in the 2012 series.

* CompositeCharacter: Becomes Casey Jones's father in the IDW comics - ironically the very man he killed in the 2003 series.

* LargeAndInCharge: In the 2003 series. Averted in the 2012 series, where he is of average size (though still a skilled fighter).

* TattooedCrook: The second constant about him; In the 2003 series, he sports twin tattoos of the Foot and Purple Dragon symbols, removing the former after he leaves the organization for good. In the Mirage comics, he sports a dragon tattoo on his right arm and hand, an one of a human vertebra over his left arm and back. Finally, in the 2012 series, he sports dragon tattoos on his arms.
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* BadassAdorable: Silly, loves him some comic books, childish, always willing to crack a joke and and can kick tons of asses with his nunchucks. Yup. Taken to it's furthest extreme in the 2012 series where Mikey is the shortest turtle and has huge adorable InnocentBlueEyes along with freckles.

* InnocentBlueEyes: He has these in the 2007 movie, the ''Back to the Sewers'' incarnation of the 2003 series, and the 2012 series. They go a long way toward making him look ''adorable''. The 2012 series in particular makes them big and baby blue, adding freckles as a finishing touch.

** One notorious example is the 2007 movie written by Kevin Munroe, who clearly had a favorite turtle. Not only are Leonardo's traits exaggerated and warped to provide an antagonist/foil for Raphael, but his personality and background are sacrificed for the movie's plot.

* BigBad: In most incarnations, he is the ultimate leader of the Foot Clan and the Turtles' most powerful and personal foe. Averted in the original comics, where he was only the leader of the New York branch and had superiors back in Japan to answer to, who took over after his death.Played Straight in the Archie and IDW versions.

* GeniusBruiser: In addition to being the brains of the group, he's also the strongest. (Bo staves tend to be fairly heavy). He is also often portrayed as being very athletic, in the 1990 movie, he is the only turtle who skateboards.

* BrooklynRage: Not only because he's an angry New Yorker - the first movie even gives him a Brooklyn accent. In the 1990 movie and the 2003 series, he gets a gruff Brooklyn drawl, too. It's a little odd when you consider no one else in his family does – hell, Splinter doesn't even have an American accent.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: His relationship with his brothers varies in different adaptations. In the Mirage comics, his best friend is Michelangelo. In the 2003 animated series, Mikey is an AnnoyingYoungerSibling who takes great pleasure in teasing Raph, who generally [[VitriolicBestBuds snarks and dope slaps him often, but when the chips are down, he sincerely admits that he loves his little brother]], but has a far more relaxed friendship with Donatello instead. Don and Raph get along so well (unless the two of them are angry or grumpy) that they can pass for twins. In the 2012 series, Raph and Don have a more jock and nerd dynamic.

* TookALevelInBadass: (Mirage) It's a long way from the DistressedDamsel we're first introduced to, to the nearly god-like woman who shows up to save the Turtles from certain death.

* GeniusBruiser: In addition to being the brains of the group, he's also the strongest. (Bo staffs tend to be fairly heavy). He is also often portrayed as being very athletic, in the 1990 movie, he is the only turtle who skateboards.

** Similarly in the 2018 series Donnie is much more sarcastic with a heavy dose of [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex ego]] and difficulty expressing his emotions. He's still a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good guy who cares and means well]] but he's definitely not as sweet as previous incarnations of the character.

-->'''Raph:''' ''(narrating)'' Leo is calm, machine-like. He is the most like our sensei. Don is smooth, calculating, professional. Mikey's a lotta fun. Me... I feign insanity. Makes it more fun for me, an' it gives Leo justification for my '''[[BloodKnight "behavior"]]'''.

->'''Appears in:''' The Mirage Comics, the 2003 series, IDW Comics

* AllAsiansWearConicalStrawHats: Consistently wear japanese rice hats across all incarnations.

* PutOnABus: Both the 1987 cartoon and the Archie comics ultimately write Bebop & Rocksteady out of the story. In the 87 cartoon, they are abandoned by the Shredder with no explanation given, vanishing during the "red sky seasons". In the Archie comics, their human identities and love of crime are eroded by their animal instincts, so they steal a ship and fly away to live like animals on an uninhabitated "Eden-like" world.

->'''Appears in:''' Mirage comics, 2003 series, IDW comics,

* EvilVsEvil: In their appearences, they are in a war against the Triceratons.

* {{Expy}}: He's based on Stick, best known as the man who trained Daredevil, complete with a name that's a play on his.

* CompositeCharacter: The original Tang Shen LoveTriangle was between Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Nagi, Saki's older brother. The first movie and the 2012 series elected to cut out the middle-man and have Saki himself fight Yoshi over the love of Tang Shen.

* CompositeCharacter: He and Hamato Yoshi are one and the same in several continuities.

* CompositeCharacter: In the first movie and the 2012 series, it is Saki himself who fights Yoshi over the love of Tang Shen, as opposed to his brother Nagi.