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XHuna.Is.Lifexx wrote: Same! Again why in the world was she introduced to the series again besides serving the purpose of Raph's (ughhh) annoying betrayer love interest who makes him OOC? They were trying to give Raph the love interest the the rest of the turtles were gettting to experience. Since the arrival of Renet, it was now Raph that was the loner turtle. They brought back Mona Lisa from the '89 version because even though she was only on there for the briefest of time, she and Raph did seem to click quite well together.

I think Raph's OOC'ness was mostly due to finding someone who wasn't his brothers, April, Casey or Splinter that could really interact with him and his brothers and not try and kill them after getting to know a bit more about them. He and Fishface made quite the team, but they were still enemies. She's also a powerful fighter/warrior and that's how he percieves himself. He's the powerhouse of the turtles and anyone that stands in his way will get bowled over pretty quickly. But he couldn't quite bowl her over.

He most likely heard Donnie and Leo lament about what it was like for them to fall in love so many times that he threatened to bean them with their own weapons that he began to feel or experience the same feelings for Mona Lisa. That and most people lose their minds when they fall in love: Twitterpated.

Not a whole lot of other options for Raph to fall in love, and while it was tragic that Mona Lisa betrayed him, it wasn't a complete betrayal. She did/does have feelings for him and only did what she did because Lord Dregg had her entire planet under seige. It was either going to be the pain of losing her entire planet/culture/family/friends, or the loss of someone she loved. And as a warrior/soldier, she knew she had to choose her people over the turtles...over Raph.

Now he has and will have some deep rooted issues regarding her, but he still cares for her quite a great deal and I think may forgive her for putting his brothers, friends and himself in danger if he hasn't done that already. But he will never forget, and that is something maybe Nick will have them work out when she comes back in the new season.