Raphael (2012 TV series)

Raphael or Raph is the "hot-headed muscle" of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He often lets his impulsiveness get in the way instead of using rational thinking. He has a soft-side. His weapon of choice is, like in every other variation, twin Sai. He is voiced by Sean Astin.

Personality
Always acting before he things things through, he is the muscle of the team. He is sarcastic, tough, and at times mean, but he is known to have a soft side when caring for his pet turtle Spike.

Biography
down, He then fought Leo, (who beat Mikey in a fight before) and then won the training tournament by throwing Leo with his Sai. However, when Splinter congratulated them, Raph bragged about his win, which caused Splinter to hit a pressure point on his neck and forced him to compliment his brothers. The turtles are later seen eating a dish Mikey prepared called "Algae and Worms." After the meal Splinter relays the story of how they were transformed (which is fairly different from the other origin stories told in the other series).

Fifteen years before the Rise of the Turtles, Part 1, the benevolent Hamato Yoshi purchased the four turtles. Yoshi came into contact with a rat and had to fight agonist a couple of Kraang. The aliens dropped their mutagen, causing the mutation of Yoshi and the turtles. Yoshi raised the turtles as his own children and continues to train them in ninjutsu. Splinter agrees after some begging to let the turtles go to the surface. It is here that Raphael scares a Pizza delivery guy, who speeds away on his motorcycle.

Raphael's character design was updated, giving him green eyes as well as a small, lightning shaped chip cut out of his plastron across his left shoulder. His shell shows distinct battle damage, and the tails of his mask are tattered and worn. On the new ninjaturtles.com, Raphael says that he usually uses his sai as a pair of pizza forks.

Family:
Leonardo - Raph's older brother. He and Leo tend to fight about who would be a better leader of the turtles, but Leo always comes first, making Raph jealous. They seem to fight the most out of all their brothers, but they still care about each other. (Nickname: "A" Team)

Donatello - Raph's second-youngest brother. He fights with Donnie the least, in physical terms, but in verbal terms, he makes fun of Donnie's intelligence and his huge crush on April a whole lot. Overall, they have compassion and have each others' backs during each fight.

Michelangelo - Raph's youngest brother. He hates the fact that Mikey always makes fun of his hotheadedness, and so in return, Raph tries beating him up to let out his anger, but when other people start beating up Mikey, Raph gets defensive and stands up for his little brother.

Splinter- Raph's adoptive father. He tends to show a lot of stubbornness towards Splinter's advice, but he still listens to his sensei and trains well under him.

Allies:
April O'Neil - Raph's first friend. He and April don't interact that much, but he gets a little defensive when the Purple Dragons try to mug her. He and April are good friends.

Leatherhead -

Pulverizer -

Enemies:
Shredder - Raph's archnemesis.

Spider Bytez - Enemy and Rival

Baxter Stockman -

Fishface - One of Raph's archenemies.

Dogpound - One of Raph's archenemies. Relationship is unknown.

The Kraang - Raph's targetted archenemy. Relationship is unknown.

Quotes

 * ""All right! An all you can beat buffet!"-Rise Of The Turtles Part 2.
 * "You better hand over the phone, or so help me, I'll kick your hairy butt all the way to New Jersey!"-Turtle Temper.
 * We're not Kung Fu frogs, We're Ninja Turtles!"-Turtle Temper


 * "That wasn't very silent, Leo!"-I Think His Name Is Baxter Stockman .


 * "You know what else is an option? Slapping you!"-Metalhead


 * Raphael: "I can't believe I'm going to say this...(imitates character from Space Heroes) Get it together captain, your our leader, so act like one!"
 * Leonardo: "Your right, Raph, that was the anxiety ray talking."
 * Raphael: "What, that's it? Your not gonna slap yourself?"-Panic in the Sewers


 * "And the award for worst leader goes to ..."-New Girl In Town .
 * "I said I'm SOOORRRRYYY"-New Girl In Town.
 * "Cockroach? Why did it have to be a cockroach?"-Twice in Cockroach Teminator

Trivia

 * Raphael's name is Hebrew, meaning "God has Healed". Given the fact that he was adopted by Hamato Yoshi/Splinter, Raphael's full name would be "Hamato Raphael".
 * In Katakana, Raphael's name is spelt: ラファエル (Rafaeru).
 * He is the only turtle to not have an o sound at the end of his name.
 * Raphael is the second oldest of his brothers; Leonardo, Donatello & Michelangelo.
 * Raph is the only turtle in this series to have green eyes.
 * Raph has a bolt-shaped gap at the upper, left side of his plastron.
 * Raphael is often called "meat-head" by Donatello.
 * In "Cockroach Terminator", Raph is, (irrationally), revealed to have katsaridaphobia, (fear of cockroaches), and is terrified of Donatello's pet SpyRoach. The origins of his katsaridaphobia has yet to be explored, but apparently Raph was able to keep it quiet, as his brothers all learn of it in "Cockroach Terminator".
 * Raphael has a pet turtle named Spike.
 * A running gag is that he often likes to attack or hit his brothers whenever he is annoyed or angry with them (especially Michelangelo) or simply to dull boredom.
 * He is easily insulted.
 * He is shown to care a lot about his youngest brother Michelangelo as he didn't know what to do anymore when he got hurt. But he also cares about his other brothers as he said: "I don't care risking my own life, but my brothers..."
 * It is seen in "The New Girl in Town" Raph gets under so much pressure being the leader for a short time he froze up with anxiety.
 * He's the third turtle to use Mikey's catchphrase "Booyakasha!" As seen in New Girl in Town, which is proof not only that he cares about Mikey, but that Mikey has had an influence on him after all.
 * Raph's the third tallest/second shortest of the turtles.
 * He has extra wraps under his knee pads.

Gallery
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