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THIS IS WHERE I WATCHED MY PARENTS DIE, RAPHAEL.

There is more where this came from 👇

It's because Leo, Mike, and Don are all pretty narrowly-defined in what they want.

Outside of the current Nick show having him crushing on April, I can't think of any incarnation where he isn't just the guy using technology to solve problems. The IDW comic does have him shown to be more about the big picture when he wants to deal with the more dangerous and pressing threat of the Technodrome over the personal threat of the Foot Clan, but even that is pretty solidly just about the plot.

Leo is pretty staunchly defined as "serious ninja leader". The 4Kids Cartoon and IDW comic are both like "HE'S TRAINING ALL THE TIME TO BE THE BEST FOREVER". The Nick cartoon is probably my favorite incarnation of him because he is lowered to the maturity level of his brothers a bit and does like to do other stuff for recreation. The recurring gag about him idolizing his universe's version of Captain Kirk from Star Trek is a great bit that kind of humanizes his serious training beyond just "because he's the leader": He wants to be a hero.

Mikey, I think, is actually the most complex after Raph. Yes, he's a creature of simple pleasures, but that's what makes him interesting; Michelangelo's desires have nothing to do with the lifestyle the turtles lead. He likes being good at fighting and ninja stuff, but he's just interested in enjoying life. Leo fights keep living. Mikey fights to actually enjoy life.

But Raph? Man, anger is just such a complex and multifaceted emotion, and that guy is full of it. Sometimes he's petty, a lot of the time he's really deep and serious about stuff. I actually think Inside Out's summation of anger applies to Raph: "That's Anger. He cares very deeply about things being fair". Raph doesn't like to see people treated like crud. He doesn't like folks getting hurt, he doesn't like unfair fights, his rage comes from a place of compassion. Most people and media treat anger like it's just something bad and destructive, but anger is really a source of energy to do something. When you express anger, you are actively trying to change something.

Of course my analysis may be biased by Raph being my favorite turtle.

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This Is Where I Watched My Parents Die, Raphael refers to a series of memes based on a panel from the 2015-2016 crossover comic series Batman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in which Batman points the place his parents were murdered at to Raphael. Online, the panel gained popularity as an exploitable, with various non sequitur responses from Raphael edited in.

Origin

On March 9th, 2016, issue four of the crossover comic series Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was published.[1] In one scene of the comic, Batman and Raphael are walking through the Crime Alley, with Batman recalling the deaths of his parents and talking about his motivations (pages shown below, left and center). In one panel, Batman explains that the alley, previously called Park Row, was renamed after his parents were murdered there (panel shown below, right).

This is where i watched my parents die raphael meme
This is where i watched my parents die raphael meme
This is where i watched my parents die raphael meme

Following the release of the issue, the panel has been widely circulated online with multiple posts on Reddit, Tumblr and other sites. For example, prior to September 6th, 2016, Tumblr[2][3] user gotitforcheap posted a photograph of the panel, with the post gaining over 53,500 likes and reblogs in three years. On November 11th, 2017, an unknown Redditor[4] posted the panel to /r/TwoBestFreindsPlay subreddit, writing "Injustice 2 character pack 3 new intros are weird." The post gained over 550 upvotes in six months.

On March 22nd, 2018, Imgur[5] user thegentilewookie posted an Infinity War Is The Most Ambitious Crossover Event In History meme using the image, with the post gaining over 1,800 points and 119,200 views in two years (shown below, left). However, the comic did not see use as a meme format until in November 2019 an unknown user posted an edit in which a speech bubble reading "Can you draw them farting" was added as Raphael's response. On November 19th, 2019, Redditor[6] Kabelcan made the earliest found repost of the image in /r/iamveryrandom (shown below, right).

This is where i watched my parents die raphael meme
This is where i watched my parents die raphael meme

Spread

Starting in early December 2019, the "Can you draw them farting" edit received viral spread online, with multiple viral reposts on Reddit,[7] iFunny[8] and Instagram.[9] On November 23rd, Redditor[10] ItsAesthetical posted the earliest known recaption of the edit, gaining 60 upvotes in /r/okbuddyretard in six months. A December 3rd edit by Redditor[21] Gangspacito received over 8,100 upvotes in /r/ComedyNecrophilia. On December 5th, 2019, Instagram[11] and iFunny[12] user blazie (blaziee) posted a video edit in which Raphael rapped "My Nigga" by YG (shown below), with the edit receiving viral spread online in the following days. For example, a December 14th, 2019, reupload by Instagram[13] user memesbutspicy gained over 35,400 views and 7,000 likes in six months.

Prior to March 2020, the format maintained moderate popularity online with a number of viral posts on Instagram [14] and Reddit.[15] On March 8th, 2020, Facebook[16] user Raven Perez posted an edit in which Raphael was edited to say "Cowabummer!" (shown below), a portmanteau of Michelangelo's catchphrase "Cowabunga" and "bummer." The post received over 280 reactions and 3,100 shares in two months.

This is where i watched my parents die raphael meme

The post received viral spread online in the following days with multiple reposts on iFunny,[17] Imgur,[18] Reddit,[19] Instagram[20] and other platforms. The post prompted a massive surge in the popularity of the format; for example, on April 8th, Instagram user RaeRaeRandy posted a CEO of Swag edit that received over 132,000 views and 35,200 likes in one month. On April 16th Instagram user gazermemez posted a Total Drama Island theme song edit that received over 1,700 views and 460 likes in one month weeks.

PaRappa the Rapper

The format received strong association with PaRappa the Rapper after on September 1st, 2021, Twitter[22] user @Vecderg posted a meme in which PaRappa repeated Batman's line in the same fashion he would in the game (shown below). The post became viral, gaining over 8,600 retweets and 52,200 likes in three weeks and being widely circulated in that period.

On September 2th, Twitter[23] user @bradois posted a voiced version of the meme in the style of the game, with the post gaining over 586,000 views, 18,800 retweets and 65,200 likes in three weeks (shown below). On September 4th, 2021, Twitter[24] user @RedBirdRabbit posted an animated version of the meme that gained over 183,000 views, 6,800 retweets and 23,900 likes, with more users creating animated versions of the meme in the following weeks.

https://t.co/DhiFrEw2C4 pic.twitter.com/VprVybf1pi

— ‼️BRADOIS‼️ (@bradois) September 2, 2021

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What is this is where I watched my parents die from?

"This is where I watched my parents die, Raphael." (Batman/TMNT #4)

What does Raphael say to Batman?

An edited panel from Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic features the Dark Knight showing Raphael where his parents died, with the hero in a half shell responding by telling him "cowabummer!" The original dialogue from the comic is also somewhat jarring, albeit nowhere near as funny as the meme that's made it's ...