But G1 Pohatu didn't do everything with a smile on his face. In Comic #6 he was anything but cheerful, first somberly lamenting the way the Bohrok had driven all the life from the canyons of Po-Wahi, then striking back against the Bohrok with vengeful fury. When traveling through the tunnel to the Bohrok hive, he also comments on the tunnel walls with grim apprehension. Pohatu was cheerful when he needed to be, but he was definitely not some happy-go-lucky "free spirit". What's more, we've seen nothing to suggest G2 Pohatu is grim or serious compared to his predecessor. This seems to be an assumption people are arriving at based on his deep, gruff voice in his character video (hence the pretty much completely unfounded Batman comparisons), but a deep, gruff voice says nothing about a character's attitude. Hagrid from the Harry Potter movies had a deep voice, and when he had something serious to say he would sound serious about it, but his personality was downright ebullient. Not to mention, that voice clip was of Pohatu reciting a mantra. Should he not have sounded serious as he did so? Of course he didn't do everything with a smile on his face. You take what I said far too literally. Of course no relatable character will have a smile twenty-four/seven. My point was, given what we've seen of Pohatu thus far, he is far more serious about what he does in gen 2 than he was in gen 1. Get it? EDIT: And, coming to myself, I was trying to commend Pohatu's character more than anything else really. Like I said, Pohatu is among my favorite characters, and from what we've seen thus far, it appears he will be largely changed... But that's only what we've seen of him. Is that the deep voice and boomerangs talking? Is that the deep voice and boomerangs talking? Well either way, Brohatu, RIP if you're dead, if not, arise from the ashes, cheer everyone up, and get them to stahp calling you Batman. I'd say everything is fan speculation at this point; we've seen too little of Pohatu to effectively assume anything. He might end up just as kindhearted as his former self in the later media. And what is cool/serious about boomerangs? When I first saw the Gen 2 Toa sets, I couldn't stop thinking to myself how goofy he looks. Onua's warhammer was a good move, though. Batman has boomerangs, I think that both sides of this argument are unfounded as of yet, and that the reason for the wierd voice problem is caused by having a single voice actor who is already saying everything in a gravely voice.