Raphael is an alligator snapping turtle who was mutated to become part human. He is one of the main protagonists of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the eldest Turtle and the former leader of the Mad Dogs. He wielded a pair of tonfā that generated mystic energy until they were destroyed and replaced by his sai.
Physical appearance[]
Raphael is presented to be a large, fern green skinned freshwater turtle mutant /yokai who possesses the features of an alligator snapper. He is the tallest member among the Mad Dogs, attributed to the fact that his species is known to be the largest freshwater turtle in North America. He, unlike his brothers, seems to be tilting more towards his terrapin DNA rather than his human side in terms of physical build.
Raph sports a large, slightly worn, and bulky-figured physique. Having large and muscular legs and arms that consist of three fingers on each hand, and two toes on each foot. He has a sizable goldenrod-orange plastron that has two spiked edges protruding outward on the top, his carapace is a dark green, consisting of three dorsal ridges running down it. Followed by matching spikes residing on the tops of his shoulders. With singular spikes jutting out on both his elbows. His eyes are onyx, followed with a pair of pale yellow sclerae and teeth, his prominent snaggletooth residing at the upper right.
Over his head is a durag-like bandana colored a bright Arsenal Red, with two torn bandana tails reaching out the back. Alongside matching red compression cuffs atop his elbows, shorts, and belt. The turtle emblem attached to it adjusted straight in the middle. Additionally, Raph's body sports a few bandages here and there. Sporting white adhesive bandages on his plastron (shaped to form a X), aswell as his left forearm and right calf. Finished by longer bandages wrapped around his wrists and ankles.
In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, Raph gains a hole on the top left part of his plastron when taking a blow from Krang One in a successful attempt to protect Leonardo.