"My name is Raphael. I'm not real big on words. Here's a few my brothers use to describe me: A loner. Hot-head. Maniac. Me? I got just one word to describe me: warrior."
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~ Raphael's bio
Raphael Splinterson is one of the four titular main protagonists of the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. He is the younger brother of Leonardo, the older brother of Donatello and Michelangelo, and the second oldest adoptive son of Splinter.
He was voiced by Greg Abbey, who also voiced Tristan Taylor, Yusei Fudo in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Maximix
Raph has the same appearance as his brothers, except he has a much more vivid skin color, wears a red mask and wields a pair of sais.
Personality[]
This version of Raphael has a personality which is more akin to his original incarnation - he is more grumpy and more sardonic, but not quite as violent unless extremely angry - as proven in one incident where he almost smashed Michelangelo's head in with a pipe after Mikey beat him in a sparring match. The theme song for season 1-3 did not have a part that actually described each turtle individually, but from season 4 onwards it was changed, and stated that "count on Raphael to throw the first punch". However, he has a soft spot for children.
Raph is closer with his brothers than at first glance. Out of all his brothers, Raph is calmest with Don and they get along fine. When Don makes a long winded explanation or introduces a new invention, Raph either gets sarcastic or gives a compliment. While Raph’s relationship with Don is simple overall, his relationship with Leo and especially Mikey, are more complex. Raph gets frustrated a lot with Mikey’s taunting and they get into arguments. Although Raph doesn’t argue with Leo as much as he does with Mikey, he and Leo have their moments because they have different views of situations and Leo can sometimes be almost as explosive as Raph. Despite this, Raph is very close with them. He is the first of the turtles to shed tears when Leonardo is gravely injured and might not survive. Raphael is generally very protective of his brothers, getting angriest when an enemy harms them or captures them. His best friend is generally regarded as Casey Jones - and is the best man at Casey and April's wedding in the final episode of this series.
History[]
Past[]
Like his brothers, Raphael was once an ordinary pet turtle bought by a young boy, until an accident caused the boy to drop them all into the sewer. The mutagen from the truck in the accident dropped into the sewer as well, covered them and the passing-by Splinter who adopted them afterwards. The mutagen mutated them all into being anthropomorphic. Splinter would ever since train them ninjutsu to protect them from the outside world.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[]
Raphael and his brothers would then fight criminals and thwart their plans in the night. During this time, they also befriend April O'Neil and Casey Jones. However, their effort attracts the attention of Oroku Saki, the leader of the Foot Clan and the mastermind behind those crimes. He invites Leonardo to join him, but Splinter then tells the Turtles about Saki's true identity, the Shredder, thus Leonardo refuses and the Turtles become the Shredder's archenemies, especially after the reveal of his true identity as the Utrom criminal Ch'rell, who caused the Utrom spaceship to crash on Earth a millennium ago, thus set up a chain of events that led to the turtles and Splinter's mutation.
Through much of the fourth season, Raphael and his brothers, save for Leonardo, are fully healed and recovered from their battle with the Shredder. When Leonardo is away to train with the Ancient One, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo and Splinter are seemingly killed by Karai, now the new Shredder. Thankfully, they survive and find a new lair. Leonardo then returns and battles Karai before telling her that he's giving her one last chance to leave his family alone.
In the fifth season, Raphael and his brothers become the Ninja Tribunal's acolytes, and he is the second one to focus his energy through his Amulet of the Acolytes, after Donatello. He and his brothers train themselves to fight against the Tengu Shredder, of whom the Utrom Shredder stole identity from. In the Fast Forward season, he and his brothers alongside Splinter are accidentally transported to a hundred years in the future, befriending Cody Jones, Casey and April's descendant, and Serling, while battling evil forces like Cody's uncle Darius Dun, Sk'Okanabo and Viral. They return to the present in the Back to the Sewer season and fight against a cybernetic copy of the Utrom Shredder, dubbed the Cyber Shredder. They then attend Casey and April's wedding. The Turtles also return in Turtles Forever, teaming up with their 1987 and later also Mirage counterparts to take down the Utrom Shredder, who was revived by the 1987 Shredder and Krang, once and for all.
Trivia[]
His strength is 7.5.
He speaks with a Brooklyn accent.
Raphael mentions he was going to be the turtles' leader at first, but for some reason, this didn't happen.
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