Mikey's Nunchaku/Kusari-Fundo [rottmnt]

[superstarultra]

When Raph yelled "That's amazing, Mikey!", I squeed! Finally, a show where Mikey and Raph get along and support each other rather than constantly get on each other's nerves!

[stephenfurlong]

You've got to respect Mikeys skill. The others use weapons that you hold. He wields weapons that you hold but have points of rotation and flexibility and are much more difficult to control.

[et]

I feel like people are missing a key detail from Mikey's use of the mystic Kusari-Fundo.

The weapon is the thing that can apply stupid amounts of force, NOT MIKEY. However, Mikey being able to master and wield this weapon to the extent of yeeting a cargo ship over several city blocks shows insurmountable amounts of both technical and mental control. He doesn't have the strength to throw several tons of metal, *he has the FOCUS to do so*, a quality that makes him even more respectable imo.

[bushidotestu]

0:34 ok we’re all rightfully gushing about how Mikey threw a literal cargo ship at shredder but is no one else loving that teamwork moment between Mikey and Donny?

[bigsam]

1:15 Let's just take a moment to process the fact, that Mikey is somehow strong enough to throw an entire CRUISE LINER at such a distance. I know it's a magic weapon so it's powerful, but Mikey had to have had some strength to do that.

[dragonheart]

This version of him is WAY TOO STRONG HOLY CRAP


HE THREW A WHOLE BOAT WITH LITTLE TO NO EFFORT

[superstarultra]

Let's see the 2012 turtles throw a FREAKIN' BOAT at Shredder! The action and animation in this show are godlike!

[irridescantgrace]

you forgot when mikey threw flaming goop all over the place and raph is like MICHEAL WHAT HAVE WE TOLD YOU ABOUT FINGING FLAMING WHATEVER GOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE

[miwhitty]

Ok. I love 2012 Mikey (at least the times the writers actually DID something with him aside from slapstick, bad one liners and being the butt of every mean joke) but ROTTMNT Mikey has my whole freaking heart 💕💕

[olivergarden]

0:04 as someone who used to practice and sometimes teach nunchucks, that scene is literally everyone on their first tries

[lachauntiswashington]

awesome. and I just notice that baby had a pitchfork too 0:59

[mr.author]

Can we talk about how in the final battle (the last scene of this video) Mikey yelled "Dr. Delicate Touch!!" To punch him???? This Mikey is just too adorable! He is playing/joking with his characters even in a serious fight! And how he grabbed Donnie to throw him, awesome

[_.Spkyzzz._]

1:23 Ok i know it bout Mikey and all but are we gunna talk about how the transition happens when Donnie gets hit 😂

[lop]

1:18 This sure looks like it could be a death battle feat for Mikey!

[nevvo]

Mikey quite literally handles the hardest weapon, props to him for that 😭I love ROTTMNT Mikey oml

[TazHall]

When you think about it, Mikey actually handles the most difficult weapon.

[lisa]

Okay but can we talk about how mikey somehow sent a 100k+ cargo ship flying at shredder with little to no effort like holy heck this show is underrated

[omegaman]

I've seen a lot of strange and awesome things in animation in my life. But...Throwing a ship has to be a new record for strange. And that's after Kill la Kill.

[YourCrazyDolphin]

Not enough people talking about Mikey throwing AN ENTIRE BOAT
Edit: 1:12 for those looking

[j-boy]

I like what they did with Mikey’s character development here. In the first years of him being a ninja, he seemed to have always hit himself more than his opponent with two nunchucks. Then he switch to a single weapon like his nunchucks, and it became easier for him to use not just because it’s magic, but he can actually focus on using a single weapon. It even makes him able to become focused enough to dual wield nunchucks again in the finale, only this time he knows how to use them properly.