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Well most of the situations you brought up deal play of Donatello's greatest fear which is not being able to prevent the demise of his family and loved ones.

The "Same As It Never Was" story line we never see an aftermath of, because out of all of them the place Donatello went to could have still happend. I mean he was more or less in Emotional shock when he was saying "My brothers...my poor poor brothers." but afterwards he visibly seems to go off and pretend nothing happened.

And Splinter being defragmented in BTTS only added to it.

Good Genes I think was more Leo's issue then it was Donnie's because, Donatello says he has no memory of the time he was a monster. He only knows something happened.

Leo's fear is failure, he failed his younger brother by not realizing the cold may not actually be a normal cold. And that scene where they were coping and trying to figure out what to do about Donnie's situation, he was also turning over what he may have to do if Donatello is unable to be returned to normal.