While researching for a certain project, I realized something interesting about our boy Mikey.
In TMNT lore, clothing is worn for the purpose of “fitting in.” Yet in Rise, gone are the days of wearing “disguises” to pass as humans (whereas some iterations went as far as wearing human head masks.)
I think the closest we get to a “disguise for the purpose of fitting in” is when, for some inexplicable reason, they decide to wear their wrestling costumes while running a mundane errand.
Yet normally, and when sane, the Rise boys wear clothes based on the occasion, just like everyone else.
However, when I started to look at the clothing choices of a certain boy in orange, something stuck out to me.
Other than the winter gear which serves a purpose, and the basic default hoodie for most outside shenanigans, Mikey’s clothing choices are…unique compared to his brothers.
Let’s take his choice of swimwear, for instance.
While his brothers go for more traditional beach attire, what is Mikey wearing?
He’s wearing a one-piece bathing suit from the 1920’s. 😂
Of which, nowadays, is sold as a costume.
Likewise, when the boys need to infiltrate April’s school, Raph and Leo dress accordingly.
But what does Mikey wear?
Now I could be wrong, but I believe that Mikey’s fit is a reference to the movie, “Redline,” complete with an outrageous pompadour.
There are not many other instances of Mikey wearing clothes, but here are a few honorable mentions:
The most clothes Mikey does wear is obviously in “Clothes Don’t Make The Turtle.” Yet, his reception to the situation is different than that of his brothers.
My final thoughts:
This is the most normal outfit that Mikey owns.
It’s a simple sweater, pair of jeans, and glasses. This is a fit that anyone else would wear while out and about.
But for him to wear this particular look, a certain stipulation must be met.
He has to be “Doctor Feelings.”
Given all of the evidence, I’ve come to a conclusion.
I believe that Mikey doesn’t see clothes as a way to be himself. Michelangelo, instead, sees clothes as simply…Cosplay.
so i was going over my frame by frame images that I have stored in my files as you do
and I decided to pay attention to raph inside these projections and I saw this
you see that?
raph gets punched in the same spot, like he has the knockback in his face as well
he felt the hit
i always imagined that the hits his projections got, he felt it the same way u would inside a vehicle if it got hit. but here it seems he feels the punch in the same spot his projection got hit.
so now imma go with he feels the pain inflicted on his projections, even the multiple ones he made during the final shredder fight
so lets look at the times raphs projections got hit and imagine Raph feeling that pain hm?
his arm got ripped off
his other arm got ripped off
dude rips off his shoulder as well like his arm wasn't enough
eesh
ok so most of my ss of raph are not of his projections
im also still collecting frames from the movie
pretty excited to finish ive noticed alot of cool stuff and a few animation errors as well
i ha ve a problem
well since im lazy to go get photos imma recall some moments
at the end of the movie raphs projection shatters after crashing when saving donnie and mikey
his arm got portal chopped
all his projections got detroyed by shreddder in the final fight and they were skewred too
uhh
while writing everything i know i had more in my head but I'm tired
Just to let you know, this is the seventh time that Rise has been trending on Twitter this month. New fans are discovering Rise all the time. Keeping the fandom alive, keeping the hope alive, is how we will get new Rise content. Every little effort help.
These pages really show off the fact that this chapter was made over a three month period lol. I bounced around from page to page depending on my mood (background or character).
Donnatello: turtle of utmost caution and concern to public safety
(Comments and Video ID below)
Totally forgot to post this!
Dear compatriot @gremlinscomics pointed out to me that Josh Brenner was in 'Love Death and Robots', then immediately after, I was assigned to animate a pre-existing character to an audio and... i mean, how could I not??
Its still (obviously) super rough, but we only had a couple days to complete it, and I hath been too busy with other projects to clean it up so, heres the sketchy lad ✨️
VIDEO ID
A 7 second hand drawn animation of Donatello from Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles acting and lipsynced to an audio from Love Death and Robots:
(Offscreen voice) "You landed us in a minefied!"
(Donnie) "Oh barely! Besides, look at these mines; they're ancient! They probably won't even go off anymore"
(A nearby explosion sound)
In the lower corner is the artist's username, @concerningamountofcrows