Donatello

Origin
See Origin.

It seems when Donatello was young he used to build his own(and his brothers)toys. No-one knows the exact age he found out he was a genius but when he did, he was the one who hooked up the electricity and fixed all of the junk from the sewer into their own furniture and supplies.

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1987 series
Donatello was the most scientific minded turtle, and was responsible for the creation of most of the Turtles high tech equipment, including the Turtle van the Turtle comms, and the Turtle Blimp. He also managed to build a working inter dimensional portal though it is unknown how he found the necessary equipment to do so. He also thwarted a super intelligent Slash without any assistance. His best friend in the series was Irma He wore purple and, as with his other incarnations he carried a Bo staff. He was voiced by Barry Gordon. Donatello is also regarded as rap artist Mike Jones, because of his black like features and inability to stop being so black.

Comin Out of Our Shells
Don played keyboards and background vocals in the stage show.

First Movie
Donatello seemed less technically inclined in the first movie. He struck up a strong friendship with Casey Jones and the two playfully insulted each other frequently while fixing an old pickup truck.

Second Movie
In the second movie his intelligence and scientific ingenuity were brought to the forefront and he was instrumental in developing the anti mutagen that reverted Tokka and Rahzar to their animal forms. He also related to Professor Jordan Perry on a personal and professional level.

Third Movie
In the third, and final, live action film, Donatello's intelligence comes to the forefront in explaining the pricipals of the time machine that sends the turtles back to ancient Japan. As he tells the other turtles, for every person that is sent backward in time, another person must be sent forward in time. Therefore, the time machine, a sceptre, must be held by the same number of people in both the past and the future for the "cosmic trade" to be made. Donatello's insight's allows the turtles to return to modern day New York. Donatello later moved out of the sewers and started his rap career under the name james zee. After the tragic murders of Notorious B.I.G and Tu-Pac, Donatello rose up the rap ranks and was given the name Jay-Z. He then later married singer and actress Beyonce Knowles. They have two kids. Both are black.

Fourth Movie
Continuing the trend of being able to relate to humans (and all three of his brothers) better than any of the other Turtles, Donatello was put in charge of keeping the group together in Leonardo's absence. Although he tried his best, the three were moving in separate directions with their lives. Both Michelangelo and himself got jobs dealing with the public, while Raphael spent his nights fighting crime.

With Leo's return the group once again came together, and Donatello helped his brothers in ridding the earth of Max Winters' evil generals.

Ninja Turtles:The Next Mutation
Donatello in Ninja Turtles:The Next Mutation is voiced by Jason Gray-Stanford. In the Next Mutation Donatello uses a shorter metal version of a bo-staff. Also in the show, he is alot smarter and is alot more concerned on what is controlling the lair, science or magic which leads him to arguing with Venus alot.

2003 series
Donatello is depicted as being the most intelligent turtle, as with most other media. It may seem during the Battle Nexus tournament that despite being a very gifted ninja he is the least skilled fighter of the brothers, losing in the first round of the competition. But Donatello has proved countless times in the heat of battle when Master Splinter or one of his brothers is in danger, Donatello unleashes great skill and focus on an enemy to help his comrade in danger making him one of the most skilled of the TMNT! In this series, Donatello was voiced Sam Regal.

However his familiarity with a multitude of scientific disciplines more than makes up for this. He developed a great deal of hardware for the Turtles but in keeping the the more realistic tone of the series, he didn't create the extremely high tech equipment he did in the 1987 series.

He was also briefly mutated into a more primitive version of himself, that bore some resemblance to Tokka from the second live action movie. He wore a purple mask and carried a Bo staff.

Fast Forward
A time machine accident caused Donny, his brothers, and Master Splinter to be "fast-forwarded" to 2105, hence the show's name "Fast Forward". Donatello was one of two Turtles, alongside Michelangelo, that adapted best to the new lifestyle of the future. He was extremely interested in the new technology and quickly bonded with Cody Jones. Using his ideas, Cody had made many new, high-tech turtle weapons and vehicles. In the episode "The Journal", which features the Turtles going back to their own time, he uses his knowledge of the future to build new gadgets such as a fusion generator.

Back to the Sewers
After a long time, Cody and Don were able to finish repairing the time portal and were finally able to back to their own time. Unfortunately, Viral took over Serling and sent them jumping around time until Donny managed to repair Serling enough to create another time portal to their own time. But Viral took control of Serling again and was about to blast the Turtles, but Splinter took the blast. Donatello was devastated by the loss and for some time was obsessive with gathering up all of Splinter's bits in order to restore him. After some time when Don was faced with the choice of saving his brothers or gathering more of Splinter's bits did he realize that he should be there for his brothers more often. In an episode, Raphael has said that Don has an IQ of 637.

Trivia

 * Given his knack for invention it is ironic that Donatello is not named after the painter also known for his inventions and advancements in technological thinking.