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To be fair, I've never seen Once Upon A Time.

But some pretty terrible things can happen to TMNT characters in adult comics. Mirage Splinter ended up really having to eat other rats to survive until he could escape his confinement. And then there's all the psychological damage inflicted on some of the characters in MNT Gaiden. Or IDW TMNT for that matter.

Most stories are certainly not that grimdark all the time, but considering what inherently dangerous lives characters like those live, they're bound to have a few traumatic experiences now and then. As Yoshimickster said, balance is important.