Donnie Being Canonically Autistic for 10 Minutes and 50 Seconds
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
- MY FAVORITE AUTISTIC REP IS A PURPLE TURTLE, WHATS UP?
(Yes this was surprisingly therapeutic)
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Watch this vid which breaks down Donnie’s autism representation in the show, it’s really well written and insightful!!!: • Donnie (Rise of the TM...
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Edit: 2:34 I meant low empathy, not lack of empathy, I feel that’s a distinction I need to make 😅
OH YEAH, PLS CHECK OUT THIS VID IF YOU LIKE AUTISTIC DONNIE ANALYSIS STUFF: ua-cam.com/video/bjw9jqVvFBU/v-deo.html
THE CREATOR DID AN AMAZING JOB BREAKING DOWN DONNIE’S AUTISM
I saw it! It’s a great video 100% recommend!
Saw this awhile ago and before I did I actually saw him as autistic. But it all makes so much more sense now.
Where did you watch/get the clips?
Prime Video only has season one 😭
And I wanna watch the full show lol
@@Ozloz
I know the movie is but is the show?
@@scroocherinmcmuffins6217 season 1 is on netflix!
He is the most guy ever. A silly goober. A fantastic dork. Evil genius mastermind dumbass. I love him so much.
YEAAHHHH
Truest words ever spoken about donnie tbh
So true!
I never thought I would hear any of this in one single sentence but this sums him up so perfectly and I love the frick frack out of it XD I’m autistic and I love this dude.
he is really the most guy ever
3:09 the fact that Donnie clarified that he was serious despite sounding like sarcasm is exactly me.
Same lol
Same! I’m constantly being told I sound sarcastic, or angry, when I thought I was just using a neutral tone
I do it all the time lol
SEE U GET IT
The awkward disclaimer statement of "man I think I coded that incorrectly so now I need to just amend it really quickly"
4:26
I JUST realised why she's obsessed with things being quiet outside of just being controlling. She's a bat. Noises would sound much louder to her.
Holy crap- I never thought about that
i guess im a bat lol (im autistic «PDDNOS» and have a strong noise sensitivity, sounds often feel a lot louder to me than they actually are)
The part where Donnie doesn’t realize how loud he’s getting is SO TRUE, HALF OF THE TIME IM YELLING AND I DONT EVEN KNOW!!!
THIS IS SO REAL THO, I LEGIT HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT MY LIFE TELL ME IM TOO LOUD AND LIKE?? I THOUGHT I WAS AT NORMAL VOLUME 😭😭
@@ErinAguilar THAT HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME TOO, I CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH MY AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER?!
For me I'm usually insanely quiet even though I think I'm yelling
ALL THE TIME!!!!
So true! I go from completely mute to very loud in the blink of an eye
Headcanon: Donnie’s Battle she’ll isn’t just for defense because he’s a soft shell turtle. it’s also for comfort and routine. it make him brain go “hehe am safe from the outside touchies”
I believe in that as the perfect and exact headcanon. Thank you very much. 🙏👏
That's actually Canon because he is a soft shell turtle
And maybe the kind of whole "this thing is tight on me it's comforting"? I know that's something I experience and a part of me being very securely covered goes hand and hand with it
Bro I legit used to have a Donnie hoodie as a security blanket.
I relate to that
9:34 I love how Leo stopped Casey from interrupting Donnie like he wanted him to get it out of his system
i didn’t notice that until now omg i love that smh
Like Donnie said, Data collection and analysis calms him down. During the entire movie he was in high stress situations where he was very nervous. He was also probably worried about his brothers safety at this point in time
9:45 April: oh, Donnie!
Same lol 😂
The way Donnie has such a soft spot for Mikey, he's like the only one he engages in physical affection with frequently
Probably because mikey is Neurodivergent(he has ad(h)d I think) autistic people tend to get along with neurodivergent people better then others.
low empathy + high empathy dynamic duo
Mikey canonically having ADHD also makes this just neurodivergent folk relating to each other in vastly different ways
It’s like me and one of my friends. I don’t like much physical contact and I do tend to lack empathy. But it’s different with her
Yeah plus Mikey has ADHD
"THIS IS NOT A HUG THIS IS A RESCUE!"
This made me almost tear up. I love this line so much as someone who doesn't like physical contact but also uses hugs as a means to calm down.
I love that too cause like anyone else who doesn't know Donnie would've been like "Uh I just saved your life why are you acting like that" but Raph understands and recognizes that Donnie would be uncomfortable being touched but assures him that he understands and that he's only doing it to save his life
I’m in the same kind of mind I only like physical contact with some people and even then I have to be the one who initiates it
Same i only like physical contact if i either allow it or im the one giving the affection but at the same time i hate when people touch me especially randomly
SAME MDAR SAME SAME SMAE
That and the fact Mikey seems to be the one of the only ones able to initiate contact with him in many situations as a way of comfort makes Raph and Mikey my personal favourites.
And yes, I relate to Donnie and Leo most, but favourite characters are different than relatable characters. Mikey and Raph are my absolute comfort characters in this show.
I love his little spiel for the librarian at 4:24, to me it feels like something he scripted and rehearsed in his head the whole climb up the podium. Plus his mimicking her shushing gestures was 10/10 very relatable
Holy shit I didn’t even notice the mimicry
I CAN DIVIDE BY BIOGRAPHIES!
Lol 😂
One bit that wasn't in the video that I adored is when in "Stuck on You" when Donnie showed off the Shell Hogs/Motorcycles, Leo commented
"Donnie these are amazing. And I know everything I say sounds sarcastic, but I’m being completely genuine!" (Yeah .2 seconds later he says "...This time." but shhhh not the point.)
So Leo clarified his tone for Donnie to understand that he was genuinely complimenting him!
Oh my god you’re right!!! I always interpreted that as Leo clarifying because he personally also has trouble with tone (i hc him as having adhd!) but I DIDNT THINK IT WAS FOR DONNIE’S SAKE?? Excuse me while I go regret everything 😀/j
@@ErinAguilar
Haha, guess it could be read as either or! Maybe even both? IDK, that's how I interpreted at least, so no worries.
@@rubye4022 both both is good
I’m (probably) not autistic but I’m getting tested for adhd. I have trouble with tones and even when someone isn’t trying to be sarcastic or mean it comes off that way. I wish I had a Leo.
I occasionally have had the need to point out I’m not being sarcastic because I really be sounding like it way to often. Even when I talk to myself lmao.
I also can’t really tell if someone else is being sarcastic unless they do it in a over the top way
I love the ADHD/Autism solidarity. As someone with sensory issues I would just let the Kraang win, you can miss me with all that sticky goop stuff
That’s why I love that aspect of the movie, it really shows just how much he cares about his family
The Kraang can take over idk, I ain’t touching no nasty goop 😭
I'd do it, but much like Donnie I'd be complaining the whole way through
yeaa, no saaame, except i would prolly just force myself to put up with it. and just do it, cause i hate seeming like a child in any way
As someone with aspergers and extremely sensitive hands and feet... i agree.
Donnie calling himself "Vomitello" is possibly the best way of using humor to distract yourself from something disgusting and being conscious to your own responses.
"Keep it dooowwwn daddy!"
so real, i do it all the time
9:23
Oh, I thought he said "Papatello"
@@mystic3405it was
I love how he always sounds sassy and sarcastic, not because he's always in a deadpan snarker mode, but because it is his default voice. Me and my friend relate to it very much, I always sound like I'm being rude and condescending, and they sound like they're angry at life itself. Even though it's not usually true, I'm a rather chill duy who just doesn't have a big voice range, and they are overwhelmed 24/7.
💜💜💜💜
🙋
I can relate
YEAH i love how that's just... his voice cuz i sound like him too!! aughsaudhsgs the rep is done so well
YEAH U GET IT
10:42 that little squeak/scream from raph at the moment of impact hurts my heart bc it sounds like when you accidentally step on a dog's lil pawpaw
5:55 I love that Leo is quietly beat boxing while Donnie is singing. Disaster Twins, or what?💙💜
ADHD and autism disaster twins
ADHD and autism bros
Disaster Twins be SLAYYIINN’
PLZ DONT SEARCH UP: leotello 💙💜
ITS CRINGE..
Fr they are disaster twins
As the older sibling, I always used to say "If I die, I will haunt you" to my younger ones whenever they wanted me to do something stupid. I really vibe with this version of Raph.
No fr, as the oldest sibling, I can concur that Raph was written PERFECTLY as an oldest sibling.
I know, he's so relatable! I'm so happy I'm not the only normal eldest sibling who has to deal with a bunch of younger goofballs with ADHD and Autism. Plus it's kinda weird that he's the red one and my favorite color is red (blue became my new favorite after Amphibia ended)
@@ag-13studios51 While I'm the oldest of 2, it's quite the opposite. I have high functioning autism and my sister is the more neurotypical of us.
@@DragonStar524 Haha, well for me I think i have ADHD and autism but im not diagnosed just yet(were asian) my 2 other siblings are as neurodivergent as I am and I end up trying to supress my neurodivergency for my parents' satisfaction, very traumatic experience I know (Donnies the one I relate to the most)
@@stripedfoxky sorry about that.
Never watched this version of the TMNT, but honestly now I wanna binge it all. It’s so hard finding characters that have relatable levels of neurodivergence, cause either it’s the internets understanding of stereotypical ADHD, or just not tried at all.
Love how Donnie is portrayed cause it’s hard to explain to people how truly ADHD affects me when I myself don’t know how it differs me from a normal person. Seeing his boundaries so clearly reflect mine just… makes me feel really validated and happy, especially watching the others like Rlph respect that too.
Update: Binged all of it and now I’m fixated
I'm autistic, and since August, I've been fixated to this particular TMNT series, and I'm in LOVE! Donnie is definitely my favorite. We have a lot of things in common, like how we sometimes cope with stress, a lot of social situations, and especially stimming and special interests. It's literally like seeing me on a screen, and it makes me feel so validated. I never really was validated much from a lot of my family when I was growing up, so it was pretty rare for me. Donnie is the cartoon role model I was missing when I was growing up, but I'm very they came through with this now. The fact that the writers actually confirmed that Donnie is autistic, and they intended it since the start of the show's production, means the whole world to me
Yeah Mikey having adhd and Donnie being autistic makes me happy as someone who has both
@@emilyannthevioletghost715all I had was Carl from Arther but most kids who didn’t have cable only watched that show but yeah I’m happy they made Donnie being autistic starting with this series right year and they haven’t changed him since he still has iyn
you can’t improve on perfection, but boy did your editing come close. absolutely hysterical with excellent clip choices. Donnie’s library rap makes me lose it everytime
Right also I love Ralph more, but Donnie is cool too! 🤣
5:53
It has the same rhythm of the 2000s tmnt opening theme which I think is so cool
"trouble comes in and takes him away, but donnie will live to fight another day!" that part killed me
As an ADHD kid myself, I stand for my autistic siblings. Neurotypicals just don’t understand how relaxing rocking back and forth is
Ain’t that the truth. I have ADHD and autism and I move my legs back and forth all the time. I occasionally get the annoying comment about it from my family.
Agreed. I myself have autism and ADHD.
same, i also make inaudible noises and sounds or fidget with things n people might think it's weird but idrc
@@mrce420.7 same
Just don’t rock back too much ;-; ain’t so comforting
I'm not autistic nor have I had any close experience with people who suffer from it, but god, I don't understand how there are people who hate/dislike this Donnie outside of not liking his design (which I understand in part, despite not sharing it). I mean, just look at him, he has too much personality. He's got SO MUCH personality that it just overflows out of him. So what if he's not just the typical smart but dorky and adorable guy? He is, but in a different way! Him being "sarcastic" all the time isn't always on purpose, it's just the way he is, and it's adorable/funny.
I appreciate your comment but I’ll say that being autistic isn’t something people necessarily “suffer from,” that makes it sound like a disease. While being autistic can make people’s lives harder, that’s mostly due to a lack of accommodations in a world not made for us :)
@@RenaissanceRockerBoyyeah especially when u have a parent and came from a world that never did anything about it until ur taken away from that parent from ur dad and step dad after ur mom is neglectful and let her husband abuse her daughter(this happened to me)
“DONNIE THIS IS NOT A HUG THIS IS A RESCUE” Raph has it figured out man.
Ye
I never knew why Donnie is my favourite turtle until I learned that he's canonically on the spectrum (like two weeks ago) and now everything just makes way more sense than it did before. I think I've reached some sort of inner peace knowing that one of my favourite shows has good representation and in such a good manner too. Them writers and animators all cared enough to put all that into Donnie's character and I guess it just helps settle my mind a little.
Thanks for the compilation.
Same thooo!!! I was like “hey why is this turtle my comfort character?” And then I learned he’s autistic and just went “oh!” I’m glad you liked the compilation!!
I dont really care about it. I dont need my faiv characters to have simular issues to me for me to relate to them. Ive got aspergers btw before anyone gets angry at me.
@@draw2death421 I don't *need* it either, it's just a million times easier to get into their heads if they do.
@@veronicawexel1291 yeah i guess. But all our heads are fd in different ways. I for example love out Doors while donny likes indoors.
@@draw2death421 Well, it's the problems themselves that are relatable, it's not really the specific stuff like indoors or outdoors, it's more about the "I would rather be anywhere other than here right now" kind of thing.
I genuinely love how his brothers and friends actually make the effort to understand Donnie.
We love our neurodivergent purple turtle
I want to steal this character's personality which is funny because I can already relate to multiple of this guys traits
Same!
Lol me too
For real. I'm completely non-verbal in a lot of environments, but at home, I'll admit, most of my attitude matches this guy's too, lmao.
Same
Same JWJDJR
I'm glad that we are getting more Autistic characters that are low empathy without just being emotionless robots (both figuratively and literally.) But I would like to see more Autistic characters in media that lean more towards high empathy. There's a lot of different kinds of Autism and everyone kinda focuses on the low empathy variety. Also i'm a higher empathy Autistic myself. That doesn't mean I don't relate to Donnie in some ways though.
Totally agree!! I think this is a different and better take on the low empathetic autistic character stereotype, but I agree that there’s very little to no canon rep on the high empathy autistics.
Bless you. This whole discourse has made me recognize all of my high empathy autistic friends and wonder about myself? Idk if it's a feature but I am genuinely incapable of processing/reading disinterest/disagreement/discomfort as anything but disdain.
@@nunbeam what a mood. I think that's more of a development of being "different" and thus developing self-esteem issues.
@@ErinAguilar man perspectives change came into the comment section thinking everyone’s getting so happy over some validation being kinda cringy but nope not only do I relate and find it interesting it was probably just me being in denial (which I noticed cause I got weirdly annoyed/ mad for no reason) and media’s super biased view of autism over my own cause some of these things low key relate to me :-: I’m in the do I have this or am I just overexagerating normal behaviours I notice in myself phase (now I am also making paragraphs how to the tables have turned) I’m not rechecking any more broken sentences lol 😂 TMNT HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOATED
Truuuueee!! I'm Autistic and I have the opposite problem of having high empathy. I care TOO much about other people and sometimes I sacrifice my own happiness to make others happy instead. I relate to the low empathy thing when it comes to certain topics, but for the most part I struggle with high empathy.
7:56 I love him so much man, little scrunkly man 😭😭
4:24 in this scene when he gets more louder the more excited he gets is very accurate with some neurodivergent people i really like it 🥺
Yes!!! I always struggle with my volume, especially when pumped up!!
Bro he just like me fr
Same here, as someone who has ADHD aud Autism. This comment is very true to me.
I do the same thing.
I LITERALLY DO THIS ALL THE TIME! I regulate my volume pretty well for most things but if I get excited about something my voice automatically gets louder. It's something I'll do every time no matter how much I regulate my volume.
literally laugh-cry every time i see the "DON'T WORRY DONNIE, THIS ISN'T A HUG IT'S A RESCUE" like ME TOO BABE
WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ME WHY RISE RAPH IS MY FAVORITE, I SIMPLY QUOTE: 10:36
RISE RAPH IS TO RAPHAEL WHAT ANIMATED OPTIMUS IS TO OPTIMUS PRIME
It highlights that he knows Donnie hates physical touch and doesn’t want to make him uncomfortable even while trying to save his life. Raph is best big bro
It’s so wonderfully goofy that a purple cartoon turtle is helping myself and so many people realize there’s nothing wrong with us, it’s just how we are. Thanks for this compilation! 💜
Of course!! The funny thing is that I started watching this show around the time I felt super invalidated with my autism and felt out of place, so having this character for comfort during that time was super helpful!! I made this video for me and decided to post it (despite my usual content) in case others felt the same! What’s life as an autistic if you can’t be comforted by a funky little evil scientist turtle 😌 💜
Note how at 5:32 he rocks back and forth while curled up in a ball. A lot of autistic people do this when they're stressed, mainly children(I know because I did that when I was young)
Oh same same. I still do it if I get super stressed which I didn’t realize until a coworker called my name in worry because I was apparently going back and forth like I was on a swing on my chair. Good thing I don’t Get stress the same way now lol
Hey I do that
I have ADHD and do the rocking back and forth when I'm sitting/ laying down and really bored.
Me... Realizing just now that I was probably the only person in my grade that did this and have an explanation.
A someone who still does it to this day, I feel bad for the guy.
I am autistic and this video singlehandedly changed my life. I have made well-overdue massive strides in my self confidence and general well being solely because of Donnie. I wish I had this character when I was young, it would have changed a lot in the way I view myself. I am so grateful for him and this video I just happened to come across.
Yayayayayay! That’s so wonderful to hear :D I love him and watching him helps me to unmask!
Ahhh that's amazing! ❤ (Great pfp by the way)
I'm ADD and I feel like a combo of raph and donnie. I relate to the two of them a lot. I'm the oldest of my sibling, I overthink, I info dump, I have slight anger issues, I stim sometimes... I feel called out.
SAME SAME SAME!!!
While Donnie is my favorite I personally relate to Mikey the most. Arty, all the ADHD, and from Donnie the ability to be brutally honest as well as the hyperfocus and occasional info dump for things I'm excited about.
AYOOO FR FR JUST LIKE ME
@@coacobird same!!! I don't know if I have ADHD (I think I might?) but I relate to him and Donnie soo much XD
Despite the fact that I don’t even have autism, sometimes Donnie just does sow shit and I’m like “wow mood”. Though, same thing applies to like, most characters in this show because none of them feel neurotypical.
Welcome back, to another episode of “ am I autistic, or am I looking for a category to fit myself into?” Cause damn is this turtle funny and relatable
ah yes, I had that for a few years! Few years of me going "nono, just live like everything is normal, just keep accidentally finding stuff that fits in, if there's an overwhelming amount then oh dang"
2 years later?
yeah I'm autistic.
yeah I am currently doing this with ADHD, so I feel your pain 😅
Gosh darn i relate
@@stormcloud3337 same 😃
i feel so called out here 😭
10:14
I haven't seen this scene and I am now traumatize
That scene is from the movie I think haha
I love Donnie, I also love how the creator didn’t make him seem dumb or infantilize him- or any of the others
5:45 "I don't normally feel things but that one got through." Perfectly describes my entire life
same same
YEAH U GET IT
6:04 POPO COMES IN AND TAKES HIM AWAY BUT DONNY D WILL LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAAAaaayy
As an Autistic person, I find this very accurate to the experience :)
The sensory issues, the trouble controlling volume, the hyperfixations and the infodumping, very accurate!
Saaaaaaame
Fr i didn't even think i was autistic until growing up
Facts
Donnie is Awesome and good Autism Representation
9:37 Okay, this can be interpreted in many ways, but I love to think that as Casey wants to say something to Donnie, Leo just stops him, caue he wants his brother to rant and this has been my favourite twin solidarity thing ever since I first watched the movie
Yesss I noticed that too, it’s so great
A few things I would like to add as an autistic person who likes representation on media: if you're looking for representation or characters to call autistic, characters like donny are the best. But I also see a lot of people labeling anyone who does anything that us autists do as autistic (such as stimming) a lot of us stuff that we do, like stimming, confusion about tone, infodumping, etc., is stuff anybody can do, including atypicals- the difference is we do it a lot more and regardless of emotions at the time. Not really relevant to this video but a lot of other ones I've seen where people are like "this character being autistic" and show them stimming for like 3 minutes throughout the course of a several hour long show when that's something everyone does 😭
I def agree that stimming can be done by NTs/allistics! But I think it’s important to remind ppl that autistics stim too because often stimming is viewed as weird or out of place, so normalizing it is important! Especially since I feel autistics stim more frequently/ have a multitude of ways to stim compared to NTs, if that makes sense 😅
@@ErinAguilar oh no for sure! Stimming is just any repeated motion done for emotional regulation. When you get slapped, it's common to rub the spot where you got hit - that's stimming, and that's something everyone does. When you're stressed, it's common to squeeze a stress ball - something everyone does in high stress situations. But people will see that for five seconds and be like "look, they're autistic!" And I feel that can be harmful in the long run. Like all of my friends jump up and down when happy - only a few of us are autistic. It just feels kind of exasperating for everything to be labeled as autistic when it's not necessarily, it feels like a vast misunderstanding of autism and that seems even more dangerous within the autistic community. (Once again this has nothing to do with this video just something I wanted to talk about :P)
it doesn't really fit with what y'all are talking abt, but it makes me rlly happy to see characters and people stim, bc for the longest time (I'm talking my whole life up until like last year) I thought I was weird and should grow up and why on earth would any normal human wiggle woggle their hands around when no one is around???
sigh, how little I knew 💀💀
@@heyits_cat8966 oh no definitely! It's actually a super common thing that everyone does, we just do it a lot more because we need a lot more emotional regulation sometimes, and what we tend to think of as stimming is only a small example of what it actually is. Everyone stims! when you're preparing for a fight and you shake your hands, when you scratch your neck when you're nervous, when you roll your shoulders to calm yourself down - stims are everywhere!
@@gwenethp511 yeah fs! It's just kinda crazy to think that I thought something so normal shouldn't ever be talked about or found out that I did
4:31
Can we also talk about Donnie mirroring her hand movements? Even though he has no reason to be repeating the gestures because it’s not like he’s telling HER to be quieter
5:41 Splinter- "Of course in hurt!"
*Donnie dumps a pile of dirt on Splinter's face*
Donnie-"We shall miss you father."
I absolutely love that he is properly representing something important for so many people, but I must be blind or somethin,' cause I simply view it all as his personality. Then again, that is how I generally view autism, people are so diverse and should be as they be. Regardless of how we are, everyone should be treating everyone nicely.
I love how wholesome this community is.
That’s the fun part about autism, is that it does kinda blend in with personality a bit! Like, it’s hard to imagine living without autism because it essentially shapes up how I interact with the world. So when I got the clips for this show, I focused on clips of Donnie doing things that can generally be related to at the root of it, if that makes sense? Like not every autistic desires the validation of an authority figure like Donnie, but a lot can relate to enjoying praise for our special interests! I hope that made sense 😅😅 I can explain my thought process behind any of the clips if you’re curious!
@@ErinAguilar I'm just curious on what makes Autism, well, Autism. I have Chronic Depression, which means I struggle to produce the chemical Serotonin. ASD is a neurological and developmental disorder, but at what point in the brain would it be considered so? The human brain is so complicated and the world so diverse, I just struggle to understand at what point people go "oh yah that is a disorder" when really the brain can develop different for everyone. I suppose I just hate the word "disorder," y'know?
@@teocross2077 Actually, a lot of Autistic people find the word "disorder" to be inaccurate because Autistic is actually a Neurotype. Autistic people are a part of the Neurodiversity of the word and is Neurodivergent. Also, that word "disorder" is mostly used by Autism researchers who usually are way behind on Autistic research within the actual Autistic community and usually do harmful ableist stuff all the time towards us. So disorder isn't even really accurate to Autistic people's experiences. That word is mostly weaponized against the Autistic community especially with sooo many eugenics studies about Autistic people. 😬
We tend to be seen as unable to communicate by Allistic (Neurotypical) people, but Allistic people tend to ignore that Autistic people have different ways we communicate in comparison to Allistic people. Autistic people do communicate, it's just different! The Autistic community even have their own culture! The way the media, the medical, and research communities portray Autistic people is usually wrong and ableist.
@@arabellasterwerf7980 I am fully aware of the different ways to communicate, but I know you know from how I have been replying. The Autistic community having their own culture, however, is unique and new to me. I would love to hear and understand more, as I understand how it feels to be misunderstood both in the medical field and society. For those replying to me, and for those reading and agreeing to those that have spoken to me, thank you for all the insight thus far!
@@teocross2077 I wasn't trying to imply you didn't!🙂
I was just overexplaining! 😂
But yeah there is an entire Autistic culture within the Autistic community! From same foods stuff to even ways Autistic people stim. It was cool to witness! It's especially prevalent within the #ActuallyAutistic part of the community. Especially around working together and creating a safe place for Autistic people. Even I constantly learn new things!😂
6:10
I love the fact that he keep singing, even if a bunch of bats pick him up
One of the reasons I love ROTTMNT so much is because it’s one of the few shows that doesn’t infantilise Neurodivergent characters, like, it’s so refreshing so see characters portrayed like they’re real people outside of just their Nurodivergency but also keeps it as a part of their personality in an intrinsic way
(Also it shows that being ND isn’t all sunshine and rainbows ie: sensory overstimulation:
Honestly I was kinda surprised that media portrays anyone in such a bad light until I found out about this show, pretty I got crazy with glee after finding out about this show
makes me want to stim :D
entrapta from the she-ra reboot also does this :3
Idk if its just me, but it feels like Donnie was made as a character, and the creators noticed that he had a lot of traits that were on the spectrum, so slapped a few more on there to make it basically canon
@@Sarah12471the Writers Characterized this well with his Smart Side 😊❤
2:34 Man, my family has gotten onto me for saying things like this on a regular occasion; this makes me think they weren't very good at realizing I was autistic until much later on. 😅
Tbf, it is rude.
@@darkanddolly16 Tbf, it's not like I could tell
@@EelGood wouldn't you know since they were getting on you about it?
@@darkanddolly16 just because I was made aware of it a few times, it doesn't make the behavior any more identifiable or preventable for me
@@EelGood that's a shame, because I feel like it should.
Learning Donnie is confirmed to be autistic is what sealed the deal for me when it came to getting into Rise. I'm autistic myself, and seeing such wonderful representation through Donnie's character actually makes me feel a lot more validated as a neurodivergent. I didn't get good representation like this, much less representation at all, when I was growing up, and it just feels wonderful to see it now. Like, it makes me feel like I'm not alone, and there's really nothing wrong with what I do and how I do it. I stim a lot, especially when I'm excited, I have a lot of sensory issues, especially in touch and textures, I have trouble with tones of voices and social cues (especially when I was a kid), I'm too blunt for my own good lots of the time, and I have intense interests all the time, just to name some cases. These people working on the Rise series and movie have done a BEAUTIFUL job throughout the run when it comes to Donnie's character and traits, not to mention everything else. Again, seeing Donnie here makes me feel more validated and like I'm not alone for once.
As someone with ADHD, I definitely relate to Donnie and Mikey, especially with the whole info dumping thing, and sensory thing. I am very picky about textures, especially food textures, and textures I don't like I try to avoid because they make me feel gross.
Me too
same and do some textures make you overstimulated too?
@@chromicapop4595 For me, I'm not 100% Sure that I have it but I am pretty sure I do and with textures, I am not sure if it would be over stimulated but I always quickly pull my hand away from what I touched and for the next 5 or 4 minutes I shake my hands. That's not the only symptom I am not just trying to self diagnose but I am pretty sure I have it.
YES SAME I think the worst for me is peas. The guts just feel disgusting.
Hey i have adhd and relate to donnie too! Adhd and autism are actually very similar in symptoms and how they manifest!
As a person on the autistic spectrum, Donnie's characterisation here is totally accurate. I'm not much of a hugger and I can't stand loose threads on my clothing so I pull or cut them out. I also info dump, hyperfixate, and hyperfocus to the point where I forget to eat, drink water, and sleep.
4:04 he’s genuinely confused and mad I love it
I didn’t realize how much I had in common with Donnie (probably because I only saw the first episode. don’t come for me😅) because I am a very nerdy person, I really really love to info dump, I have ADHD, and I’m bad at lying(because I normally don’t need to) . But unlike him I have extreme empathy and I actually like the outdoors because I like to look for cool things like bones and bugs.
I hope you enjoyed my info dump your welcome and thank you 😊.
(Ps I have a frog hoodie irl so that’s self explanatory)
I'm Autistic and I found this super relatable.
Totally enjoyed it.
It is nice when you se someone being fully free to express their thoughts/doubts and way of being, I find it beautiful.
I don't get that chance often.
I just wanted to dumb that.
Wish you a great happy life.
I'm autistic and have a frog hoodie my friend gave me, it's very nice!! Big big on me and it has tiny frog hands on the sleeves I can put my hands in and the hood zips into the frog head
Where did you get the frogbhoode I want
@@heyits_cat8966 that's a great idea how did I not think of that thank you so much
I think some people might get mad at this video, and they really shouldn’t. Autism is NOT a “dirty word” and it’s perfectly okay if you or a loved one is autistic. Anyone that’s getting mad really has no reason to. ❤
it's bad. it's not normal
@@tonyisnotdead “not normal.” Really? Is it “normal” for people to just say that others who have conditions are automatically bad people? Is that normal to you? To judge others based on things they simply cannot control? Is it normal to harass people who make awareness videos on subjects like autism? Is that so wrong? Is it normal to have a literal superhero in your profile picture (iron man) and say the least heroic, least acceptable thing to say about autism? I think you might want to spend some more time thinking and reflecting before you make any more senseless comments.
@@tonyisnotdead not neurotypical, do you mean? if so, then christ, thats a poor choice of words
@@tonyisnotdead lmaO suuure buddy whatever u say
@@Trashamations autists aren't bad, their mental illness is bad
5:10 he's not even pushing the buttons and he got first place u gotta admit that's pretty impressive
I want to listen to his info dumps till the sun rises!
3:10 is my all time fave Donnie scene!
Same here! Sure, i may not be autistic but I love new information like Donnie does and his tech they are SO exquisite! XD But unlike his love for tech ive got my love of art in the digital world, lol both 3d and 2d. I know this part is showing how donnie may be autistic but I still totally have a HUGE crush on this turtle XD.
3:10 is something I do almost all the time 😭 I sound sarcastic or really unamused even tho I'm excited or happy LMAO
i do the opposite as that, i say everything seriously, to the point where i have been asked many times if what i said was a joke. my teacher (and half the class) thought i was being serious when i said i don't know what a genre is. i am a senior in ap english
@@dynamite2275 oml wow! XD
Ikr! 🖐🏻😭
If we don’t get season 3 of this show I will cry and probably rewatch this video multiple times
We won’t 😢
9:55 LOL TECH GUY LMAO
3:40 I LOVE THE "COOLCOOLCOOL" LIKE I DO THAT AND I PICKED IT UP FROM ANOTHER AUTISTIC CHARACTER FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AHHHHHHH
A bed
B99?
Wait Jake is autistic?
@@girlynewb2000 i meant abed from community ^^;
@@ssilky. OHHH
sorry for misunderstanding;-;
in my opinion- he's literally the one of the best representations I've seen by far 💜
"Classic Donnie overthink" Anyone else find this relatable?
Lying really is hard.
Being able to recognize my volume is hard as well.
Stimming is nice.
Singing about what I'm doing and/or feeling.
Donnie passive aggressively saying what annoys him before apologizing is SO relatable.
I love how he focuses on the feeling of the jacket. Smooth and comfy fabrics are nice.
I nearly forgot but Donnie letting Mikey hug him reminds me that little brothers give the best hugs.
As someone who has autism/ADHD, I can confirm we are turtles.
I'm a cat tho-
But whatever
9:15 We're living in a world filled with dangerous and mystic mutants, who we're constantly fighting with and risking our lifes to guard the city. My brothers are ninja weapon wielding mutant animal warriers who are often go off to who knows where. OF COURSE, I gonna put trackers on my every family member, since I don't wanna risk all the more to loose you, and you can't argue with that.
THIS THIS THIS!!! Something I like about Donnie is that he always tries to keep his brothers safe in his own way, but it comes off to the brothers as Donnie being rude and mean (like the episode where they were introduced to Meat Sweats). I think Donnie can definitely find better ways of expressing that concern but I do find it very sweet that he does these seemingly odd or mean things with whole hearted good intentions
@@ErinAguilar thank you for the appreciation, I just looked through the comments and love this little Autistic or ADHD and suchlike community what came together under Donnie's comforter hoodie to understand and support each other! 😍 I couldn't unfortunately watch the full episodes, no matter how much I want to. Can you tell me, how you watch them? Thank you very much. 😊
@@rebekadoczi2136 Netflix has season one and the movie, paramount+ has both seasons, and Nickelodeon’s website has a few season two eps! You can also watch the mini eps on YT on Nickelodeon’s cartoon universe YT channel
6:23 mystic medial needed! Top coin paid
You forgot when Donnie said “I’m afraid of togetherness” 😭
8:35 RAPH'S CHICKEN ARMS PLZ😭😂
1:42 Not Donnie passive-aggressively trauma dumping about his daddy issues. Same bro, same.😩✊
The hyperfixation, "murder is frowned upon" and low empathy "I don't feel much" thing is so fkin real it almost hurts.
Sometimes I play a video game or read a book, someone calls "five minutes til dinner" and I'm like "yeah, I'll be there in a minute" and then I look a clock thinking "okay it's probably been like three minutes already, I should go, I need to take a shit" and it's two days later.
When someone touches my stuff or invades any of my space in any manner when I didn't give them direct permission, I usually react by going to bite people before I remember that oh yeah, I wear a mask because I'm paranoid about people seeing my face and even if I didn't, I would probably get charged with something so I can't stab them either. But really, I appreciate Donnie's absolutely maniacal tendencies like "can I use lethal force?", testing tranquilizer darts on his siblings and chainsawing snow sculptures (among other things), I feel it so hard sometimes and wish I had the option to just *do* all that.
And then there's the low empathy where I'm just like "I can see you're crying and freaking out but could you do that literally anywhere else, please, I'm trying to read about spider biology" thing. Sometimes I look at people and just go "wow, I literally could not care less if you died right now" and then I feel bad but then immediately go back to "it's literally not my problem, why would I care about it". And when *I* feel things directly, as in because I'm actually interacting with other human beings instead of watching a show or playing a game or reading a book, it is usually extremely uncomfortable and/or terrifying.
Also the amount of times I've seriously offended people by just saying what I think about them and what they do is astounding. Makes sense I guess since a lot of people just take shit personally, which is *incredibly* annoying to the point I'm actually a bit angry about it, but it just gets to me when they think that it was meant to be an insult. Sometimes it is but not usually. And then they get mad at me for being quiet and not talking at all outside of very specific places and situations. Like, do you want me to say what I mean or do you want me to not hurt your feelings? Because apparently there is no in between because I have no filter.
I can understand you all too well. I still learning to use my filter well. People can annoy you very easily, I presume, and I get it personally.
But if you'll ever feel like that you're ready to improve your social skills, than I can advise you Dale Carnegie's book. That can teach you well how to be successfull and get friends quickly. It teaches you how to "manipulate" others however you want to without hurting them. Just an advise, though. Good luck!
@@rebekadoczi2136 Thanks, I'll keep this in mind in case any of my two friends die in car crash or smth.
@@veronicawexel1291 you have close friends. You already have more than me, than. Congratulations. 👏
@@rebekadoczi2136 Hope you find some good ones too, then, they can be a lot of help.
@@veronicawexel1291 🙏👍👋
i related to the sensory seeking part a lot, not my fault i love listening to loud af music
Bro me too!
Sensory seekers are so heavily underrepresented and not talked about enough!!!
Me too!! I love listening to loud music!! Sensory seeking is soo much fun!!
BRO WHEN SOUNDS HAVE THE WOOOOORM THROUGH ONE EAR INTO THE OTHER???? IDK IF IM A SENSORY SEEKER BUT OMG PLEASE ANYONE ELSE LOVE THAT??
@@heyits_cat8966 YESSSS I love it when songs have that!! I'll like listen to it on repeat its sooo good
4:38 Grinch is dat you?
BAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAA 💀
2:04 “I’m so good at masking”
Me, pacing back and forth and tapping my fingers: no one will suspect a thing 😌
9:08 "Where's my other pawn?"
He said pod-
I can totally imagine Raph teaching Donnie ASL for if he's overstimulated, and doesn't wanna talk.
Me and one of my friends has the autism/ADHD solidarity.
One day they started singing a song from Hamilton (possibly one of my biggest special interests) and I ranted on to them for about an hour about it and they were just sat there smiling the whole time. Turns out, they didn’t have a clue about what I was talking about because the song was trending on TT, and they haven’t actually watched Hamilton. they only told me that yesterday. God I love them :)
IDNDISNFISBEDI BRO SAME I LOVE HAMILTON AND WOULD CONSTANTLY INFO DUMP ABOUT IT WITH MY FRIENDS
That sounds amazing, I don’t really know anything about Hamilton but I do like that your friend does just sit smiling as you info dump onto them about your special interest. I am autistic and often info dump. 😅
I LOVE HAMILTON YASSS
@@Styx771it’s a musical about the revolutionary war
8:21 felt that
7:10 the hot and cold feelings really relates to me.. does anyone else feel this way?
Yeah
Finally, a character with my brand of autism,
This has made me realize I do have (at least sometimes) low empathy. And so currently I'm in a swirl of confusion, I've always thought I was VERY empathetic, everyone in my family is heartless and I care way too much. But, I can't tell if I'm actually very empathetic or if I've trained myself to try and be that way and like what what huhhhh
@@heyits_cat8966 Honestly same, about the training part especially. I saw someone's video talking about Donnie's representation of low empathy, one part saying that just because one has low empathy doesn't mean they don't care. Low empathy is moreso just a lacking of understanding of emotions, both in oneself and in others. It's a great watch if you run into it.
@@Angel_Kittichik genuinely help me understand this. If anyone said to me "I feel it now that it has happened to me but I was only pretending to care when it happened to you" idk how I'd be able to handle that 😅
@@nunbeam In the event someone says that to you, I wouldn’t take it too personally. They must care enough about your feelings to fake feeling something they don’t. Its hard to force yourself to feel empathy when it’s not there, but often times ppl with low empathy will try their best to comfort the person they care about regardless. So if you find out someone with low empathy didnt feel the way you thought they did, it’s not because they don’t care about you, but because it’s just not something they can do. Rather, focus on how they faked it instead. If they celebrated with you, comforted you, let you vent, cheered for you, etc. depending on the situation. If they made the effort to give you those reactions despite not fully feeling how you felt, then I wouldn’t be hurt about them not empathizing with me. Hope this cleared that up ❤️
o.o
7:25
This is me whenever the kids I sit next to in math start saying shit like “this is so easy” like ok I know I’m bad at math but that does not mean you can start saying THAT loud enough so only me and the other kid next to you can hear you
1:03: look at Mikey’s head
2:34: me in one sentence donnie has ever said
2:51: me again
3:02: me again..
3:35: when my cousin tries to help me with my organization format
4:23: when my friend is putting her eyes out bc her cat died
5:08: when my friends try to calm me and my bad anger issues down
5:24: when my parents take away my electronical devices momentarily
5:32: my friend starts crying and I dunno what to do
7:10: my parents finally get me the thearpy I so deserve
I'm most surprised he said "oh God" on children's television 10:04
It’s actually the movie, where Leo also said “badass”. I think the writers just took advantage of the fact that the movie was gonna be darker to drop a couple of the typical no-no words
And also "Bootyyyshaker9000" and "keep it dooown daddy"
Erm, ackshually it’s “Bootyyyshaker9000, nEhEm”
3:35 I honestly relate to the fact that Donnie probably has a very particular way he likes to organize things and it only really makes sense to him, so it would be very annoying to have your stuff reorganized by someone else.
It's pretty typical amongst people with autism, ADHD, ADD, and the like
@@happylittleloseryeah which is why when my dad says my room is dirty i get pretty upset bc I js organize things rlly differently
9:32 yeah before this scene we should’ve gotten a scene where Casey apologise to leo about berating him for not being a good leader
Watching Donnie is like watching myself.
Right??? The representation was surprisingly accurate and relatable!
@@ErinAguilar Yeah!!
I might not have Autism, but I do have ADHD- Mikey and Donnie are the two I relate to the most. Love our babies.
Frrr!
I always feel called out when he does something I also do. Like stim, be in my phone unbothered, hate when ppl touch my stuff without me giving them permission and when they touch me in a way it irritates me(ppl putting their hands on my face when I say no). I always feeler called out lol
2:15 I freaking love how he just spins in the chair and doesn’t get dizzy- that’s literally me XD
That is me as well lmao I did it for at least 30 minutes 💀
IM SO JELPUS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPINNING CHAIRS I REALLY WISH I HAD ONE
I literally eat when I spin on a chair in school
ME
LMAOOOO XD I LOVE THE REPLIES. Good to know we can relate and agree lol
5:16 awwww that's so cute hahaha I hope they don't die together on a cold heartless snowy battleground together
I WAS HOPING 8:13 WOULD BE INCLUDED!!
I just love how a TMNT cartoon represents subtle traits of autism so well. There are others who on their way to represent autism went on to depict it as some form of brain damage (cough, cough... Sia).
Donnie signing ASL to tell the forest creatures to destroy the treehouse is the greatest thing in the world to me
I HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY SINGING AND LISTENING TO DONNIE'S DIRECTIONAL SONG FROM MYSTIC LIBRARY, THANK GOD IM NOT ALONE, ITS SUCH A SATISFYING STIMULATING SONG AND I LOVE THAT LEO DOESNT QUESTION IT HE JUST GOES ALONG WITH IT
10:00 This moment was where I was absolutely sure that Donnie has the most iconic moments in the film 🤣🤣
based on how quickly this video blew up it’s my sincerest hope that the neurodivergent community singlehandedly brings back this show for season three 😭💜
so this is the video that introduced me to this series and i have been hyperfocused on it for the past WEEK. and that's saying a LOT considering my actual real life WEDDING is a week away. anyway i just wanted to thank you so so much. this show is FANTASTIC and i love it SO SO MUCH. ive binged it twice and forced my fiance to watch it with me in the span of like two days. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BRAIN WORMS.
IM SO GLAD?!?! I adore this show with all my heart and get so delighted when others discover it too, especially if I introduced them to it! Also, CONGRATS ON THE UPCOMING WEDDING!! I wish you and your fiancé a very long and happy life together!
@@ErinAguilar update: my husband and I got married, had a lovely honeymoon, and all is well. At this point I've watched the show probably 4 times through, the movie maybe... 8 times? Am currently reading 20 of the longest fanfictions on Ao3, aaaand I've already designed a Rise tattoo to envelop my entire left forearm. This show has gotten me through a lot of rough and stressful days and I have you to thank. Thank you so SO much for the brain worms. I assure you, they remain very well fed. 💕
@@BeckerBoopin AHHHH IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU BOTH, CONGRATS!!! And I’m so glad you love the show and that my silly little video introduced you to it!
It's nice to see this character relate to people and make them happy. He's personally my favorite version of Donnie and probably my favorite "smarty-pants" character.
5:09 I literally did leg kickers when he did them 💀😂🥰
5:53 hands down my favourite Donnie moment other than that one scene where he becomes a kettle in Lair Games
I read this and had to ask myself “wait when did he turn into a kettle..” UNTIL I REALIZED YOU MEANT METAPHORICALLY 😭 I adore that scene too😂😂
@@ErinAguilar I like to call that scene Kettletello 😂
I haven't consumed any TMNT media since the early 2000s series, so this is both REALLY different and *extremely relatable* as someone who's also autistic. Like, "they must've had someone on the spectrum in the writing team or related to someone in the writing team" levels of relatable. I kinda wanna watch this show now
5:53
Singing is a big stim for me, I do a lot of small vocal stims as well, a big one for me is one where I’ll like beep, and each time I’ll raise my voice a little bit
I make a few sounds owo. Singing when my mind is wandering, meowing at my cats so they meow back at me, beeping at the microwave, 'ring-ring' when my phone goes off, 'fox noise' when I have literally nothing to say but a sound feels needed, and recently I started whistling... but like, high pitched in and out so it sounds like a toyota car alarm. Then I play games on mute despite their soundtracks and make my friends cry, because outside sounds besides my music and cats = bad.
@@NachosRenard I meow, don't know why I'll just start meowing
For me, I say "Meep morp", random quiet yells, and sometimes the occasional "Beep". I also go into random singing but it never mixes with my other vocal stims.
Well kinda, but I talk to myself instead of singing. And sometimes when I'm really overstimulated I do some arm flaps.
I have several stims like flapping my hands when excited, but I think I have a vocal stim as well (I tend to make some.kind of "kee kee kee" scratch noisy or some cat noises. But the common one I have is popping my lips lightly
I'm going to have an autism screening later this month in large part due to how much I relate to donnie and autistic people who I've seen talking about their experiences thanks to rise's great representation! even if I don't end up having it, it's been great learning about my low empathy, obsessive interests, difficulty expressing emotion, etc and that it doesn't have to be a bad thing :]
thank you so much for this compilation!! I really see myself in donnie so much
soooo……. you got it?
@@tr0y644 let me just say thay america's health system sucks 🙃 I didn't know this but it wasn't a screening, just a casual talk with a doctor. She told me to take some online tests and send her the results. So I did and I scored highly likely for autism on all of them. Unfortunately, I cannot get officially diagnosed because the screening costs about two thousand dollars and I just don't want to/can't spend that kind of money.
I think for now I'll just self-diagnose and call it a day
I remember my dad insisting I watch "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" with him, and after a couple of episodes, he said, "Pay attention to Donnie." And I did, and near the end of the season, my dad asked me, "Do you see any similarities between Donnie and yourself?" And I did admit I saw a few, and then my dad gently said that Donnie is written to portray autistic traits and that was his way of gently breaking it to me that he'd suspected for some time I am autistic, and show me it is not a bad thing.
Something about the characters in this show is so damn relatable but in an explicitly neurodivergent way.