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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles - Four Humors

With recent news surfacing that Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company is planning on rebooting the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles next year, the turtles have become a popular topic once again. Fans of the series are worried, not only because of rumors Bay intends to give the turtles alien origins, which goes against the mutant title, but also because Bay tends to struggle with character development. His movies generally focus on action and explosions, while the plot and acting fall by the wayside.
Character development is crucial to the “Ninja Turtles,” because of how drastically different each of the characters are and how the mesh together. The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” happens to be the only cartoon in which people based their favorite character on the own personalities. Everyone’s favorite “X-Man” is Wolverine, everyone’s favorite “G.I. Joe” is Snake-Eyes, everyone’s favorite “Power Ranger” was the green one-except for females who all liked the pink one whether they will admit it or not, but everyone’s favorite turtle is different.
This development goes all the way back to the ancient Greek philosophy of the four humors. The four humors is a philosophy that states that there are four fluids within the body, which are all in balance when a person is healthy. The four fluids are blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm, and when a person has an imbalance between the fluids, it directly affects their personality.
All of these fluids relate to the “Ninja Turtles,” and that is what makes us enjoy each of them differently. Donatello is shy and pragmatic, which categorizes him in the phlegm category. People with yellow bile tend to be impulsive, suiting Michelangelo perfectly, while an excess amount of blood brings out the sensitive side of people, sounding a great deal like Raphael. Leonardo is a ambitious and a perfect leader, making him the perfect candidate for an overabundance of black bile. There are other examples of groups of four fitting the four humors, but none better than the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
This is why the turtles was the only cartoon which was able to predict how its fans would develop as they grew older and who they would grow up to be. It is an interesting philosophy that has been debated throughout time, but the turtles offer a great argument towards proof for the theory.
Either way, Bay needs to realize how crucial these individual characteristics are to the story of the “Ninja Turtles,” and make sure he includes these with his upcoming film. If not, fans are sure to outrage, and it will give us another reason to despise Bay’s ever-growing presence in Hollywood.

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