My Favorite Turtle
My Favorite Turtle




This short essay was written in my English class at Montgomery County Community College on February 27, 2002 for an assignment where you had to describe a famous person without giving away his or her name, but to give the readers enough clues so they can guess who you're talking about. With my mind in TMNT mode at the time, I asked the teacher if I could use a fictional character, and she said it was alright.

      Michelangelo is not your average comic book character. For starters, this dude isn't even human. His thick reptilian skin is a bright shade of green, and he has a giant shell on his back that protects him from certain attackers. Mikey doesn't wear too much clothing, but he does have a uniform for crime fighting in. He wears an orange bandana over his eyes as a mask and a brownish belt he uses to strap his nunchucks in whenever he's not fighting. He also wears knee pads and elbow pads since alot of his fighting technique includes several ninja moves. Michelangelo tends to have a laid-back personality, which makes him unique from his three brothers. When not fighting super villians, he might be sewer surfing or skateboarding in the underground tunnels adjacent to the lair. Mikey's eating habits are awkward. Most of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' regiment consists of pizza, but Mikey likes to put a lot of strange toppings on it, which normally compare to what we would eat. In the morning, he likes putting Cocoa Puffs on his pizza, and in the afternoon he could eat peanut butter and jelly pizza for lunch. You don't want to know what he plans to have for dinner!


Having had several conversations about the many different incarnations of Michelangelo, I decided to take it upon myself to make this convenient chart to showcase what each iteration tends to focus on the most.


The Evolution of Michelangelo


INCARNATION
ERA
COMMON PERSONALITY TRAITS
Comic BooksMirage: 1984 - 2009
Archie: 1989 - 1995
IDW: 2011 - PRESENT
witty, laid back, creative, sensitive
Fred Wolf Cartoon1987 - 1996fun loving, joyful, a little bit distracted
always craving pizza!!!
New Line Cinema Film SeriesOriginal: 1990
Secret of the Ooze: 1991
Turtles in Time: 1993
mix of comics and cartoon
Next Mutation1997kind of an airhead
4Kids Animated Series2003 - 2009hyper; cocky; obnoxious
CGI Film (produced by Warner Bros.)2007typical laid back skater boy
Nickelodeon CGI series2012 - 2017childish; silly; day-dreamer
Michael Bay Film RebootFIRST MOVIE: 2014
Out of the Shadows: 2016
manic depressive horn dog
Rise of the TMNT2018 - 2020cheerful; artistic; very affectionate
Mutant Mayhem (produced by Seth Rogen)FIRST FILM: 2023
Paramount+ animated series: [PENDING]
SECOND FILM: [PENDING]
happy, outgoing, entertaining




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