# Who is your favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816 "2011-03-15T18:05:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/1 "2011-03-15T18:05:18Z")
It’d be nice if you want to say why but there’s no obligation. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/2 "2011-03-15T18:11:00Z")
Donatello’s the smart one, and I’m a Doper. I leave the conclusion as an exercise for the reader. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/3 "2011-03-15T18:12:38Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Donatello’s the smart one, and I’m a Doper. I leave the conclusion as an exercise for the reader. At first, I read it as “I leave the confusion as an exercice for the reader” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/4 "2011-03-15T18:14:01Z")
Michelangelo, cause he’s a party dude! But in the TMNT arcade game, I always use Donatello. His staff gives longer reach ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/5 "2011-03-15T18:16:40Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Michelangelo, cause he’s a party dude! Ha ha, that’s my thought process as well, although it was a tough choice between him and Raphael, who is described as “cool but crude.” ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/6 "2011-03-15T19:09:58Z")
I like Raphael because sais are cool. Michelangelo is a gimmick. Leonardo has a stick up his ass and Donatello is a know it all. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/7 "2011-03-15T19:16:37Z")
Leonardo - his figurine came with swords. _Cool._ ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/8 "2011-03-15T19:18:18Z")
In high school French in the late 80’s, we all had to pick “French” names off a list to use for the year. I saw Raphael and was all over it. He does all right as an archangel, too. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/9 "2011-03-15T20:47:54Z")
All incarnations of Raphael. In the cartoon, he was portrayed as a wise-cracking, sarcastic guy…er, turtle. In the original TMNT movie (and closer to the comic), he was kind of a loner. He was argumentative, aggressive, sullen, and rebellious (as stated in his wiki entry). Once he established his opinion of an issue, no one could change his mind. Based off of the opinions of my friends and family, I’m both of those descriptions, in about a 50/50 ratio. In other words, he and I are wise-cracking assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/10 "2011-03-15T21:29:55Z")
Michey because he’s cool. Leo is stuck up, Donnie’s a nerd and Raph is just angry all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/11 "2011-03-16T00:04:40Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/12 "2011-03-16T00:35:02Z")
Yet another Donatello. Not only is he the nerd, but the quarterstaff is the only weapon in which I have any training. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/13 "2011-03-16T00:47:03Z")
Don, the Bo staff gives both offensive and defensive use, and has the longest reach of any of the Turtles weapons, and he appears to be the smartest of the foursome, also he’s an electronics geek (according to the animated cartoon) ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/14 "2011-03-16T00:48:57Z")
Quarterstaffs rock. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/15 "2011-03-16T02:26:52Z")
I don’t understand all the people who are pickin’ Donatello. It’s weird. Do you just feel like a kindred spirit with the nerd turtle? Let me guess…your favorite power ranger was Billy, the one with the glasses, right? 😃 > **[Dropout - Independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy](https://signup.dropout.tv/)** > > Independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy. Watch new episodes of Dimension 20, Um, Actually, Game Changer every week. Awesome take on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/16 "2011-03-16T02:30:54Z")
I was always partial to Raphael when I was a kid…the sai are awesome. (and I didn’t know it wasn’t spelled like the greek letter they resemble until just now) But now, I’d pick Donatello because staffs rock. Still, I voted for Raph, because I’ve got to go with the childhood desires. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/17 "2011-03-16T02:39:48Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > I don’t understand all the people who are pickin’ Donatello. It’s weird. Do you just feel like a kindred spirit with the nerd turtle? Let me guess…your favorite power ranger was Billy, the one with the glasses, right? 😃 Yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/18 "2011-03-16T02:49:14Z")
Michelangelo, 'cause he’s a surfer, of course 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/19 "2011-03-16T02:50:23Z")
I hope I’m not the only one who thought this thread would open with a link to the recent [Cracked video](http://www.cracked.com/video_18260_which-ninja-turtle-are-you-lifes-most-important-question.html) on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816/20 "2011-03-16T03:00:43Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I hope I’m not the only one who thought this thread would open with a link to the recent [Cracked video](http://www.cracked.com/video_18260_which-ninja-turtle-are-you-lifes-most-important-question.html) on the subject. It’s after seeing that video that I open the thread. I didn’t want to influence people’s answers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/574816.md?page=2)