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Please talk about those turtle boys, for I am also obsessed.

Okay! I'm obsessed with the fact that after Mikey left the clan, Raph was worried about him and went after him to try and bring him back home.

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When that failed, Raph told Casey about it and mentioned that it bothered him that Mikey wasn't with them.

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Mikey started setting up a place to live in the turtle's old home. His brothers showed up with a pizza and asked him if he wanted to go on a trip with them. Raph mentioned that while they respected Mikey's decision to be a lone turtle, things hadn't been the same without him.

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Later on, Raph once again went to where Mikey was staying and begged him to come back home because he couldn't make himself leave for a mission without ensuring that his brothers were going to be around to take care of each other while he was gone. After their heartfelt talk, Mikey went back to the clan with Raph.

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It's interesting because after Splinter died, Raph left his brothers and went off on his own for 6 months despite the fact that he told Mikey that the whole loner thing sucked. He also told Casey that he was worried about Mikey because Mikey was acting like a vigilante from a comic book, yet Raph was now pulling the same vigilante shtick as Mikey.

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Donnie, unsure how to help Leo and Mikey (who were both horribly depressed), temporarily left them behind and went to go stay with Raph for a bit.

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Raph then admitted to Donnie that he felt stupid for staying away from all of them for so long. Donnie asked him if he'd ever go back to Northampton (the place where the other turtles had been living). Raph said he should but he would lose it every time he thought about Mikey's face.

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Raph has such a soft spot for his baby brother, and the image of Mikey's grief really tore him up inside. He can protect Mikey from a lot of things, but he can't protect him from the feelings that come with losing a parent.

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Raph can be a "say less, do more" type of turtle, which is why it was hard for him to talk about Splinter with the rest of his family.

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And it's also why he ended up clutching on to Mikey when they were visited by their father's spirit.

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That scene in particular especially hits home when you remember how Raph went berserk in the 2k12 series after Shredder threw Splinter down the sewer drain and possibly killed him. Mikey tried to calm Raph down with his words, and when that didn't work, he hugged Raph which then immediately made Raph switch from rage to a desire for comfort.

It just goes to show that while Raph and Mikey do get on each other's nerves at times, they truly love and take comfort in each other 🥺.

2k3 Raph: This is it. It's been fun guys.

2k3 Mikey: Even me, Raph?

2k3 Raph: Even you, Mikey. Especially you.

#maaan you gotta love raph for the way he loves his family so fiercely #Raph TMNT #Mikey TMNT #TMNT #anon

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