Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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Artwork for the cover of TMNT Micro-Series vol. 1, 4 (February, 2012). Art by David Petersen.
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| Publisher | Mirage Studios |
| First appearance |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984) |
| Created by |
Kevin Eastman Peter Laird |
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| Abilities |
Highly skilled in ninjutsu |
Highly skilled in ninjutsu
Olympic-level agility, speed, and strength
Master of stealth
Genius-level intellect
Expert in various fields of science and engineering
Mastery of bōjutsu and kobudō
Chi Gong
Donatello, often shortened to Don or Donnie is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. He is co-creator Peter Laird's favorite Turtle.
In the Mirage/Image Comics, all four turtles wear red bandanas, but in other versions he wears a purple bandana. His primary signature weapon is his effective bō staff. In all media, he is depicted as the smartest and second-in-command of the four turtles. Donnie often speaks in technobabble with a natural aptitude for science and technology. He is named after the Italian sculptor Donatello.
In the comics, Donatello is originally presented along with Leonardo as one of the two calmer turtles. While the comics portrayal of the team has no official command structure, in the early stories he is depicted as second-in-command. In the first issue, he is the one that killed the Shredder by knocking him and his grenade off the roof. The second issue elaborated more on each turtles' personalities and opened with Donatello soldering a circuit. Later in the issue, Donatello states that he is "familiar with some computer systems" and helps April O'Neil deactivate the Mousers. During the turtles' exile to Northampton, Donatello becomes obsessed with fixing up and repairing the many broken things within the farmhouse they were living in. Most notably he spent days and nights fixing the boiler to give his family hot running water and builds a windmill and a water wheel to provide electricity. He also finds an old typewriter and writes his own personal credo.
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