wait wait wait, how does spike still remember raph?. Because from what I understand they haven't spent enough time for spike to have any kind of very clear memory about him, as he and Titan switched places before any kind of memory has been created.
So I thought Spike only remembered little Raph specifically the red color of his bandana, and his voice when he was talking to him asking how he ended up in the sewers.
So Raph must have picked him up to take him home and with that Spike entered his shell and took a nap, and when he woke up he was no longer with little Raph, thus having a not very clear memory about Raph more enough to deduce that he was a good person and honor him by wearing a red mask?
Sorry If you don't understand i have a bad english
He remembers the Tiny Raph that saved him. Spike has a very good memory in the show, and here he thinks of Raph as the one who saved his life.
(Being fr about that memory part, spike can hold a huge fucking grudge stg-)
So, while he doesn't have all those fond memories from growing up with him, he's still quite sad when he's separated, so he wears the bandana to honor him.
He doesn't need a ton of memories to be grateful that he's been saved :D
While still fixated on TMNT at large, I am especially not able to stop thinking about Bad End Ninja Turtles, an au comic by @butterfilledpockets. 2003's "Same as it Never Was" Raph may not have ever experienced the Ninja Tribunal arc, AND I don't think Rise movie Leo still has his powers, so maybe this was just as much of a surprise for the both of them as it was for Ronin. at least we know for sursies Don-bot has seen magic shit before.
their monthly trip into town to get supplies didn’t go as planned
idk i just see Yi as a little disaster and Moja loves to be her partner in crime - the disaster girls (that are very much Raph and Don coded) my beloved