vampire raph

Raphael wields a pair of dual twin Sai as his signature weapon (as per tradition), with which, like his brothers and their chosen weapons, he is highly skilled. In fact, 2012 Raphael is the first to use them also as grappling and disarming weapons, rather than exclusively as stabbing weapons.

Raphael is the muscular hothead of the ninja turtle quartet. However in this incarnation, Raph can be erratic emotionally. He is brave, daring, free spirited, and while Michelangelo is the comedian of the turtle quartet, Raphael is the most sardonic and sarcastic. He is very athletically adept. He is also very close with his allies, friends and pets. However, he can be very willful, stubborn, incredibly rude, and aggressive. He is also the most relentless of the turtles, his relentless ferocity makes him a deadly fighter.

Raph loves to fight, wrestle, and trash the place. If there’s a brawl, Raphael would love to join in the fight whenever you like it or not. Because of his passion for fighting, he would fight first and reflect and ask questions later.

He doesn’t tolerate offensive teasing from anyone. When people and or even his brothers mocks him, he would put up a fight. When Mikey is teasing him in his mischievous ways, Raph would either yell at him or beat him up playfully.

Hypocritically, he mocks and taunts his family, allies, and his enemies, often coming up with rude remarks. Raph is not afraid to make light of very dark situations. He would make jokes about dejected and morose people who are miserable. On rare occasions, one of his brothers (especially Leo) or even his sensei may slap him in retaliation. When he wins games and duels against his brothers, he will rub it in his brothers’ faces, much to their dismay.

Raph can be unpredictable, and his ferocious temper can sometimes frighten enemies even his brothers. He can be very aggressive when trying to solve problems, even with his family and allies. Sometimes during training, Raph can get hostile, and he would do anything he can to beat his brothers in sparring matches. When he feels misunderstood or irritated, he would erupt at any given moment, occasionally "quitting” the team (more like walking out).

Raphael's character design was updated, giving him green eyes as well as a small, lightning shaped chip cut out of his plastron across his left shoulder. His shell shows distinct battle damage, and the tails of his mask are tattered and worn. On the new ninjaturtles.com, Raphael says that he usually uses his Sai as a pair of pizza forks. Raph's hands have two fingers and a thumb and three little toes on his feet. as a vampire, he has fangs, glowing eyes and slit eyed