"Which Ninja Turtle Are You" or "The Funny Four"

[Seil]

I watch After Hours. It's interesting, sometimes makes valid points and provides a different view on mundane topics. Cue Ninja Turtles. The argument breaks down in the video like this: groups of four in media are different than other super hero teams, because their characters fit into certain roles, which can then be applied to the viewer.

Ninja Turtles was the "most pure" inception of this, what with the loyal, honorable leader, then you've got the nerd, the joker and the angry one. The video makes the argument that it's teaching young children... a valuable lesson about belonging? I think. I don't know, I lost track when they said that the best Power Ranger was the green one. (I mean Zack's Zord piece was a mammoth! Black for life, yo.)

But it's an interesting idea - is your favorite Ninja Turtle a reflection of yourself? Or a reflection of who you want to be? Is that true for... say... The Fantastic Four? Sex And The City? I don't know. But I do know that I want an excuse to say that Michalangelo was pretty radical.