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admonition ! This article contains spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Saturday Morning Adventures Continued # 1EveryTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfan is aware of the different function each Turtle play on the team , though one of them has always gone far beyond his established contribution , which has created something of a plot hole for the series that , incidentally , actually helped define the intact franchise . Now , this game hole that start out in the ‘ ninety cartoon has finally been called out .
The ‘ 90sTMNTcartoon is absolutely iconic for a number of reasons , but perhaps the most memorable part of it was the theme song . Not just because it was catchy , but because theTMNTtheme actually introduced the Turtles to audiences for the first time . The song gave buff their names , an idea about their personalities , and their respective roles on the team . Leonardo leads , Donatello does machines , Raphael is cool but crude ( rude ) , and Michelangelo is a political party dude . These are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , and those description of each of them have bear on throughout almost every one of their many incarnations since . At least , for the most part . Out of the four of them , Donatello stand out as being the one Turtle who has deviated the most from his assigned role . Donatello does n’t just ‘ do machines ’ ( meaning he ’s a technical brain ) , but he ’s just a flair in every sentience of the word . Anything ‘ sassy ’ the plot needs from him , Donatello is able-bodied to do , whether it involves machines or not – andTMNTis finally aware of it .
TMNT Finally Explains Donatello’s Most Overlooked Superpower
InTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Saturday Morning Adventures Continued#1 by Erik Burnham , Tim Lattie , and Jack Lawrence , a canister of strange , gamy ooze fall into the toilet , and the Rat King is exposed to its toxicity . This version of the Rat King is n’t the slimy god excruciate the Turtles intheArmageddon Game , but or else the original one from the ‘ 90s animated cartoon ( which this mirthful series is the continuation of ) who essentially has the power to telepathically control stinkpot . When he was exposed to this blue ooze , the Rat King turn a loss the ability to hold stinkpot , but gain the power to see to it turtles , include the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . But , the Rat King miss controlling dirty dog , so – with the recommendation from Raphael – he assigned Donatello with the task of overrule what happened to him . When Donny momentarily protest , saying that he “ does automobile , not biochemistry ” , Raphael assure him , “ Do n’t sell yourself little . You always have whatever expertise the plot needs you to have ! ” .
This meta - import in theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis a bit odd in a serial where such gags are n’t incisively the average , but that does n’t make Raphael ’s statement any less true . In fact , Donatello ’s brilliance is nothing short of a superpower , and the current IDW Publishing persistence proves it . In the on-going series , Donatello is achieving god - tier feats left and right . For instance , Donny was capable to project out interdimensional travel , he was successful in transferring his own consciousness into the body of Metalhead afterDonny was efficaciously killed by Bebop and Rocksteady , and – more recently – Donatello actually reach time - travel through magic - use .
Donatello is even a genius when it come to magic , which is arguably the opposite of machines . But , it did n’t matter , because the plot needed Donatello to be an expert in that field , so he was . This is an ongoing phenomenon throughout every era ofTMNT , one that undisputedly helped delimitate the dealership , as it made Donatello the squad ’s resident genius in literally all affair . And now , that plot fix originating with the ‘ 90sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlescartoon has in the end been called out .
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