#12 Leo is the certified Mom of the franchise

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Leo's Mom Moments™ counter in Turtle Temper:

Shushes and lightly scolds Raph and Mikey to be quiet on missions

Stops them again with a, "Alright, enough," when Raph is forcing praises out of the youngest.

Grabs Raph's arm, stopping him from pulling out his sai and attacking human Spiderbytez and says, "Let's go."

Gets mockingly called Mommy by the dude right afterwards.

Is the first one to reach forth and hold Raph back when his brother's weapon was called Salad Tongs and Raph tried to attack. (Donnie and Mikey join later.)

Elbows his brother so he would say, "Please"

"Okay okay. Thankyou, Raphael, I will take over." (Manages to make him mellow out with just an upset pout like a child)

Worries about Raph walking away from the fight all of a sudden and gets distracted enough to be downed temporarily.

Disappointed Mom Lecture ™

Going, "Not now, Donnie," when in lecture mode.

"Hey." Stops Donnie and Mikey from beating each other up when they're pulling their silly shenanigans and then shushes them with a glare.

Shushes human Spiderbytez

"Don't worry. The four of us can handle it." (Tries to reassure)

This proud smile:

"Well, you've been punished long enough. Come join us." (If this isn't a Mom dialogue, I don't know what is.)

Gives a proud compliment at the end.

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Also, just seeing Raph listening to Leo throughout the episode (when he wasn't too angry that is) like a duckling following it's mother. Like, he mellowed down with an angry pout so many times!

Counting all these moments, it makes sixteen in total, in a single episode! Imagine how much could there be collectively throughout the series and in-universe comics and the Half-Shell Heroes movie.

I think I should do Leo's Mom Moments counter for every episode I rewatch now. See how high it actually is throughout the series.

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From journeyman to certified star, Ross feels right at home at SMB

Then coming off an impressive stint with Pharex in the defunct Philippine Basketball League where he was named conference MVP, the 6-foot-2 Ross was selected third overall by defunct Burger King in the 2009 rookie draft.

But he had barely warmed his seat in the pro ranks when the former Marshall U standout was immediately traded to Coca-Cola for a future pick, signaling the start of what would turn out to be a roller coaster ride in the next four years as he bounced from one team to another.

On fine day in late October 2013, Ross was forced to pack his bags up anew as GlobalPort—his third team overall—sent him to San Miguel Beer (then known as Petron) in exchange for veteran guard Denok Miranda.

Fortunes, however, didn’t turn on his favor easily as Fil-Am endured a series of struggles—dubbed as “Petronovela” by many—over a loaded Blaze Booster side teeming with talents but has failed to live up to championship expectations.

Until things fell into the right place, with each SMB player embracing his role and an underrated Beermen coach who finally found a way to keep them all together—amid humbling defeats and glorious victories.

“The core group of guys that we have now had really grown together. We’ve become brothers,” admitted Ross, after steering San Miguel Beer to the pro league’s colourful history behind a masterful “three-peat” drive in the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup at the expense of sister team Barangay Ginebra on Sunday night.

“There was a time that we were so talented but we couldn’t win. And we got over that hump. It’s really a blessing from God. All the hard work we’ve put in and it just feels amazing.”

Amazing certainly is an understatement to what Ross has shown in the titular showdown.

In their Jun Bernardino Perpetual Trophy-clinching 91-85 victory in Game 5, Ross churned in a performance to remember as he scattered 12 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds and six steals while doing most of the damage in the final canto.

He went on to finish with an all-around series brilliance of 17.2 points, 9.2 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals, emerging as the hands-down choice for the Finals MVP plum—his second straight to become the first cager in league history to achieve such feat in the most prestigious tournament.

Ross, as unselfish like the true player that he is, won’t allow himself to soak it all in alone.

“All those stats? They don’t mean a thing to me. The main thing for me is winning,” he said.

“I want my teammates to be happy. That’s the main thing. That’s what I thrive off of, like, when my teammates are happy, i’m happy. When other people are happy, I’m happy. That’s just how I was raised—my dad raised me, my mom raised me that way. I’m just a giving person. That’s the way I play.”

But no one could deny the fact that Ross, more known for his defensive tenacity, has certainly blossomed into an all-around player in the Beermen’s third straight all-Filipino crown.

“I was just being aggressive man. I just love the playoffs. I love the finals. I love the lights, man and I like playing in front of crowds like that. Not saying that the eliminations don’t mean anything, but, you make your name on the playoffs and in the finals,” he said.

“Credit to my teammates and agents who said get out there and be aggressive, play your game and they’d feed off me. Luckily I was able to get some shots to go. My teammates were looking for me, I was looking for them and we were playing beautiful basketball.”

After winning his fourth PBA crown in the last three years, does Ross finally found his home with San Miguel Beer?

“I hope so. It’s a great franchise to be a part of,” he said. “We have so many championships. The bosses are amazing. The owner’s amazing. The coaches keep on figuring out ways on motivating us despite of all of our successes.”

Beermen coach Leo Austria firmly believes that Ross is right at home with San Miguel Beer.

“Since we won a championship last year, and he told me, ‘Coach, I want to play, I want to win.’ Nakilala ko siya—he’s a fighter,” said Austria. “He really wants to win because he has a lot of things to prove, dahil alam naman natin na parang journeyman siya from Meralco to GlobalPort to San Miguel, and I think natagpuan niya na ang kanyang bahay at ang kanyang tatay.

“Talagang makikita mo sa kanya. He keeps on telling me, ‘Coach, we will win.’ And once na narinig ko sa kanya yun, I’m confident. Minsan nga, pagka inilalabas ko, sabi niya, ‘Coach, I’m ready to play.’”

And win more championships with Austria and the Beermen too.

Source: http://www.foxsportsasia.com/en-ph/basketball/news/detail/item634349/from-journeyman-to-certified-star-ross-feels-right-at-home-at-smb/