User blog:Ms.HamatoAlexander/Favorite Thing about Mutant Apocalypse?

'''This blog post is about what YOU liked best of the Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arc, Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse. So please keep any comments on what you DISLIKED about the arc to a minimum.'''

Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse has received some mixed reviews in terms of the three episodes themselves. Some people did not care for the sudden changes, and some weren't fans on the plot holes of the arc (what happened to Casey, April and the rest of the Turtles' allies or who sent that Mutagen Bomb that mutated Leo and created the mutant wasteland). I am here to talk about what I liked about this arc, and I want to know what you may have liked about R:MA.

Firstly, I want to acknowledge that it's pretty cool to see future versions of the Turtles, though I'm not 100% sure if it's their set future. Considering that the 2003 TV series had Same As It Never Was in terms of an alternate timeline, as well as a couple stories in the Archie comics had a future arc, something like this was bound to happen to the 2012 TV series. And to add, my favorite of these future Turtles was Don-Bot/Donatello. Although it is unfortunate to know that he now a robot, Donnie is still himself. And this is coming from someone whose favorite Rob Paulsen character was his Donatello.

Secondly, the art. One of the things that I love about the 2012 TV series is the art. The background and other elements of any episode's setting are always eye-pleasing to look at. The art of all the outside settings of R:MA are visually pleasing and live up to the rest of the scenic backgrounds of the show, especially the nighttime sky.

Thirdly, how it ended. Yes, as I said, plot-wise, the arc was messy. However, the positive things I can get out of it was that Leo came back to his senses and is no longer a dangerous warlord, the group found the Oasis, and more importantly, by the near end of the episode, the brothers have reunited. I'm also partially relieved that none of the Turtles were killed before we got to the end (Don-Bot doesn't count, because even though he's not a mutant turtle anymore, he still lives on as a robot, which wasn't destroyed).

Lastly, the voice cast. The 2012 TV series had my favorite voice cast of all the TMNT cartoons (and not just because I recognize about 80% of the cast). Everyone involved still had great vocal performances, from our old friends the Turtles to all the new characters in the arc. I was not disappointed with this cast at all.

Overall, I will say that Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse is far from my favorite episode(s) of the 2012 TV series. However, that doesn't mean that there weren't things I liked about it. And besides, this entire fifth season isn't entirely canon to the rest of the series. If you don't like this arc or any of the episodes from Season 5 (except maybe Lone Rat and Cubs), you don't have to watch this season.