Donatello (2012 TV series)

Donatello is the brains of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is in charge of the design and manufacture of all the tools and weapons in their arsenal. He fights with a bō, which converts to a naginata (a spear-like weapon).

He is voiced by Rob Paulsen (Raphael's voice actor in the 1987 animated series).

Personality
"Donnie" is extremely intelligent and technical, always working on a strategy whether building machines or battling villains; the complete opposite to the free-flowing Mikey. He talks a lot in order to describe or explain a situation or theory in full, even when in the face of danger. He is also more short-tempered, getting frustrated easily and shouting when angry. He is very protective and complimentary of April (Who is also in teenager years in this adaptation)  whom he has a huge crush on. Donatello has a more prominent role in this series compared to the original 1987 series, being more active and purpose-driven, but at times does not understand and/or has a hard time grasping the lectures of Master Splinter.

Quotes
"Remind me why we have to rescue this guy?"- Turtle Temper.

"Yes, and the fact that he had me BY THE FACE,MIKEY!"- It Came From The Depths.

"What are they doing? That's incredibly stupid! Or brillant...Or..or both!"- Rise Of The Turtles ,Part 2.

Michealangelo: "B-team is go!"

Donatello: "Don't call us that!"- Mousers Attack.

"Yes you did it again! Why do you keep grabbing my face?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY FACE?!"- TCRI.

"HEY ! That's my thing !"- Enemy Of My Enemy.

"Mikey,STOP!"- The Gauntlet.

"No,it doesn't HAVE A RADIO !"- Panic In The Sewers.

Michealangelo: "What are they gonna do? Mutate the whole planet so they can live here and we can't?" (Leo,Raph and Donnie are shocked) Donatello: "I don't know what's scarier what you said or you said it."-TCRI

Biography
Fifteen years before the Rise of the Turtles, Part 1, the benevolent Hamato Yoshi purchased the four turtles. Yoshi came into contact with a rat and had to fight against a couple of Kraang. The aliens dropped their mutagen causing the mutation of Yoshi and the turtles. Yoshi raised the turtles as his own children and continues to train them in ninjutsu. His character design was also updated, giving him a gap in his teeth and a taller, leaner appearance than his brothers.

Trivia

 * Donatello is the tallest in the group, presumably at around 6 ft tall as seen on concept art of The Pulverizer scale refers to the Turtles' maximum height.
 * Donatello has Diastema, (a gap between his front teeth).
 * Donatello has a crush on April O'Neil.
 * While Donatello still fights with his weapons of choice, a Rokushakubo, (a Bō staff), in this incarnation his staff can be converted into Naginata, (a "pole-blade"), via a retractible blade inside one end of the staff. It would seem that he settled on this upgrade after the events of of the episode Metalhead.
 * His eye color tends to shift between red and brown.
 * He's the thrid oldest of the four Turtles.
 * Donatello is an expert in fields of metallurgy.
 * Rob Paulsen, Donatello's VA, voiced Raphael in the 1987 TV series.
 * It is revealed at the New York 2012 Comic Con that Donatello has a pet cockroach named Chong, who will undergo two mutations and become a villain.
 * According to J.R. Ventimilia (executive producer) Donatello is "(...)a little obsessive compulsive, a little high-strung"
 * Donnie is the first turtle other than Mikey to use the catchphrase "Booyakasha"
 * In both of Leatherhead's appearances so far, he repeatedly grabs Donatello by the face and shakes him around.
 * Due to his behaviour in"I Think His Name Is Baxter Stockman",and variuos other episodes,he is the second to Raphael in temper and anger.
 * Despite being opposites, Donnie has been shown being really close to Mikey

Gallery
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