Listen, I still love the original series for nostalgic purposes, but the best version of the Turtles? Hardly.
I understand that a lot of people grew up with this version of the Turtles, and for those who did, this will always be the version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that they think of.
If anything saves the first animated cartoon, it’s all the villains that were created from it, mostly for the purpose of making new toys.
Raphael is “cool but rude,” but he’s really not the rebel that makes up the foundation of his character.