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| “ | Hey. Donnie here. I'm the brains of this operation. I invent gadgets, weapons and awesome vehicles to keep me and my brothers safe. The only thing I can't figure out is to get our friend April to notice me. Can someone PLEASE help me on how to make April to notice me?! | „ |
| ~ Donnie |
Donatello is one of the four titular main protagonists of the 2012 Nickelodeon version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
He is the tallest turtle and best friend of April O'Neil, adoptive brother of Karai, younger brother to Leonardo and Raphael, and the older brother of Michelangelo. He is also the creator of Metalhead. He is often considered as "The Brains" of the sibling team. In this iteration, his massive crush on April O'Neil plays a major role in his characterization. He develops a rivalry with Casey Jones (April's usual love interest) as a result of this and also most likely as a callback to their relationship in the 1990s film.
He was voiced by Rob Paulsen who also voiced Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series), Reuben from Disney's Lilo & Stitch, Jack Fenton from Danny Phantom, Pinky, Yakko Warner and Dr. Scratchansniff from Animaniacs, Coconut Fred from Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island, Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Peck from Barnyard, Spike from The Land Before Time series, Gordon Quid from Catscratch, Rev Runner from Loonatics Unleashed, Major Glory from Dexter's Laboratory and Furrball from Tiny Toon Adventures.
Description[]
Donatello is the team inventor and weaponeer. He creates all their gadgets from the simplest bo-staff to their incredible vehicles. He's utterly brilliant, able to cobble together fantastic stuff from things he's literally scrounged from a trash heap. He's obsessively detail-oriented and often impatient that his brothers can't keep up with him intellectually. But Donnie also happens to be the most reclusive and socially awkward of the Turtles - especially when April is on her way.
History[]
Donatello and his brothers were once ordinary turtles; when they were infants, they were adopted from a pet store by Hamato Yoshi. When their soon to be father walked passed a strange man, a Kraangdroid, he felt something odd about him and followed. Unfortunately, Yoshi gave away his position when he accidentally stepped on a brown rat's tail. The Kraang found him and attempted to kill him, but Yoshi fought back hard. In the end, the Kraang dropped the canister of Mutagen they were holding causing the turtles and Yoshi to mutate. Yoshi, having to have stepped on that rat last, thus mutated into a humanoid brown rat by the name of "Splinter", while Donnie and his brothers, after coming in contact with Splinter when he was human, mutated into humanoid turtles. Splinter knew they would never be accepted in society, so he took them to the sewers, made a home down there, and made the four turtles his children. Knowing the world would be dangerous and there would be a time where they want to explore the outside world, Splinter trained the boys in the art of Ninjitsu. Donnie and his brothers were named after great Renaissance artists from a book Splinter fished out of the storm drain.
Appearance[]
Donnie is a mutated turtle with brownish green skin. Unlike all his previous incarnations, Donnie has a gap in between his teeth. Like most incarnations, he wears a purple mask where the tails of the mask are longer than any of his brothers, except for Raph's. Unlike previous incarnations, he is tall and thin with brown/red eyes. His quiet and shy nature gives him a more professional look, which comes across as the strong silent type. He is good with machines and has a talent for making new technology for his brothers. But there's one thing he hasn't gotten right... getting April to notice him.
Listed as Donbot in the credits, this alternate incarnation of Donatello came into existence when the Mutagen Bomb detonated and Donatello's body was destroyed; but at that time he was cybernetically linked to a new version of his old robot, Metalhead, so his mind was transferred into Metalhead Mark 2's robotic shell. In his new identity as "Donbot " initially he only accompanies Raphael during his foray through the devastated Earth.
Powers, Abilities, Weaponry and Skills[]
- Ninjutsu: Like his brothers, he is a master ninja and is very agile, able to leap over rooftops and avoid attacks from enemies, including gunfire, weapons, and punches and kicks.
- Enhanced Strength: An regular turtle can pull 5x its body weight. He and his brothers have been mutated and have had years of training under a grand master of martial arts, so their strength has been amplified as a result.
- Enhanced Speed: Despite being a turtle, he is not slow. He can run fast enough to avoid laser fire from a Kraang weapon. He can also move things at enhanced speeds too, such as twirling his bo-staff.
- Stealth: Like his brothers, he is stealthy, can hide in the shadows, sneak around without being detected, and use hand to hand combat.
- Naginata: His bo-staff has a built switch blade on one end.
- Shell: He has the normal ability of a turtle to get into his shell.
- Healing Factor: He was able to take numerous hits from mutants like Dr. Tyler Rockwell, Dogpound and Slash, seriously injuring himself and was still able to fight. He also was able to fight Shredder but was hurt by him.
- Intelligence and Communication: He is incredibly intelligent able to calculate complex equations in his head, create different machines and handle the creation of medicines and other chemical compounds. He enjoys tinkering with items he finds in the junkyards and in the abandoned part of the sewers, which have allowed him to make the Shellraiser, the T-phone and Tpod. Donatello also is a master of strategy and helps Leonardo as a tactician in many of the more involved and complex missions. Touched by his father as human given the power to speak and understand perfectly human English.
- Stamina and Endurance: Due to his ninjitsu training, he has a great deal of stamina, which allows him to keep up with his training. A good exhibition of his stamina is seen when Donatello is training the Pulverizer. He able to take hits better then Mikey can take, but not as good when compared to Leo and Raph.
Personality[]
Donatello is very nerdy and more reserved than his brothers. He does not have Mikey's outgoing nature or ability to make friends quickly, but his loyalty to the friends he does make is considerable. Because he’s very sensitive, he also has a tendency to take things personally and deeply to heart, such as the care and protection for The Pulverizer and being the most upset by April's departure after the mutation of her father. Donatello is a bit awkward in social situations; having neither Leo's charisma or Raph's indifference to what people think.
Donnie is not without faults. He is nervous and tense under pressure when it comes to the test of experiments. Like Raphael he can get easily annoyed and loose his temper by erupting emotionally. Although both Donnie and Raph can lash out when upset, Donnie snaps, yells and sometimes gets physical when he feels rushed, unheard, or when an experiment goes wrong while Raphael tends to lash out when he feels unheard or teased.
Also like Raphael, he challenged Leonardo’s leadership a few times, but unlike Raph, he doesn’t try to take over as leader knowing Leo is fit best for the job.
He is also rather romantic and very loving as shown regarding his love for April. He is able to appreciate the love between his father Splinter and his late wife, Tang Shen.
Donnie is particularly skilled, having "a way with machines" and is the most intellectually inclined of the siblings. Of all of the turtles, he has devoted more of his time to non-combat oriented pursuits, such as the study of technology, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and metallurgy.
Donnie is a skilled martial artist but often puts more faith in his gadgets and machinery than the more traditional methods taught to him by Master Splinter. Donnie tends to clash with Leo over these "traditional methods", as seen with Metalhead and later, the Turtle Mech.
Trivia[]
- Donatello's favorite show is "Super Robo Mecha Force Five".
- Donatello's relationship with Casey Jones has evolved the most out of all the turtles' friendships, though Donatello's best friend is April, whereas Casey's best friend is Raphael.
- In "Lone Rat and Cubs," Donnie is shown to be the last of the Turtles to have his teeth grow in.
- His mastery of Ninjutsu includes: Taijustu, Qigong, Bōjutsu, Sōjutsu, Naginatajutsu, Bōryaku, Intonjutsu, Tenmon, Chi-mon, Shinobi-iri, Shurikenjutsu, Kyūdō, computer hacking, and building machines.
External Links[]
- Donatello on TurtlePedia.
- Donatello on Nickipedia.
