So I Love How In Most TMNT Iterations, When Raph And Casey Meet, They'll Immediately Beat Each Other

So I love how in most TMNT iterations, when Raph and Casey meet, they'll immediately beat each other the hell up...and then somehow do a 180 and become besties. 🤣🤣

And we never really got to see that particular friendship dynamic develop in Rise.

BUT!

I propose a counter option for Rise for the Casey x Turtle bestie crew.

Who does Cassandra meet first and immediately begin to fight?

It was Mikey! Plus, their arcs in that episode mirrored each other. Both of them we're going on their first solo mission but their higher ups didn't trust them to take care of it.

"See? She gets it!"

They also parallel each other in the fact that they're the main two kids who got bonding episodes with Draxum.

And yeah, Draxum has to make it up to Cassandra for ditching her but he also still has a lot to account for when it comes to the turtles. And come on. You know those two definitely become his two favorite kiddos right there

Also, Mikey loves to cook for people!

And who is it that runs a group of girl scouts that sell baked goods to people?

Cassandra! Just imagine Mikey joining in on the Brownie Clan fun and helping the girls come up with new recipes. It'd be adorable!

And lastly, Cassandra would make a great pal for Mikey to be absolutely unhinged with. His cuteness can make others forget just how wild he can be sometimes. Dr Delicate Touch, anyone?

And that concludes my Mikey should be Cassandra's turtle bestie in the Rise universe propaganda. ^ u ^

Me, currently hyperfixating on a cartoon 🤝 My friend, hyperfixating on an entirely different cartoon show

~ sending completely out of context tiktoks and Tumblr posts to each other at ungodly hours of the night ~

Adding on to this, there's so many irl sea creatures that have feline based names that they can turn literal/work off of inspiration from.

Catfish, Catshark, Tiger Shark, Lionfish, Leopard Seal, Leopard Eel, etc.

At this point Nintendo/Game Freak needs to buckle down and make a bipedal cat Water type starter.

Weird, Random Crossover idea:

The Collector from TOH being adopted by Sundrop/Moon drop from FNAF.

OR becoming the younger brother of Celestia and Luna from MLP:FIM.

Two beings find each other. They are each the last of their respective kinds. Those two kinds having killed each other in a war that raged between their sides for many years.

They find out they have a lot in common. And want to end the war. Form a truce between them. Peace between their two kinds at last.

And they become best friends.

And eventually each other's family. Brothers.

Donnie from Rottmnt would 1000% have a Tinkaton. You can't tell me that he wouldn't.

He'd be out scrounging in a junkyard for parts one night and run across this small pink pokemon doing the same thing.

And he'd be like "What are you doing here?" And the Tinkaton would proudly show off it's hammer that it made. And he'd be like "Nice craftsmanship but ...." And he'd pull out his staff and click the button that turns it into a hammer. "Mine's better." And the Tinkaton would stare at it with sparkly, pleading eyes. And he'd be like "Want me to show you a thing or two?" And the Tinkaton would nod it's head vigorously and he'd be like "Then come along new best friend!"

The two would preceded to be absolute murderous, mechanical menaces together.