Michelangelo (Mike or Mikey) is a fictional character, the youngest of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). His mask is typically portrayed as orange outwith the comic series and his weapons are two nunchakus, though he has also been portrayed using other weapons, such as a grappling hook, tonfa and (in action figures) a three section staff. Nunchaku are illegal in some countries, so they were edited out of some showings of the TV series in Europe.

He is a natural athlete, and is considered the fastest Turtle. Michelangelo is the most light-hearted and relaxed of the Turtles, making him the comic relief. Like all of the brothers, he is named for a famous Renaissance artist-Michelangelo, painter of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Unlike the one for whom he was named, however, the spelling of his name varies. It has been alternately shown as both Michelangelo and Michaelangelo. More fun-loving than his brothers, he was given a much bigger role and was more popular in the 1987 cartoon series, directed at a younger audience, than in the more serious original comic books.

He came to epitomize the late 1980s and early 1990s popular culture incarnation of the TMNT, coining most of their catch phrases; hence, he is possibly the most famous Turtle. Because of his more carefree nature, most seem to view Michelangelo as the youngest of the Ninja Turtles, although they are all roughly the same age. He is named after Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Because Kevin Eastman's original "ninja turtle" concept drawing (1983) portrayed an unnamed turtle with nunchaku strapped to its arms, some consider Michelangelo to be the first Ninja Turtle created.

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