Donatello (TMNT)

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Donatello (or "Don" or "Donny" or "Donnie"), a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). His bandanna is typically portrayed as purple, his favorite color (although originally all four Turtles had red bandannas), and his weapon is a bo (quarterstaff), which he sometimes uses as a tool or a walking stick. He is named after Donatello (Donato di Nicollo di Betto Bardi), the famous Renaissance sculptor.

Donatello is portrayed as something of a geek. He is good with technology and he invents many of the gadgets used by the other team members, thereby saving them on countless occasions. Something of a pacifist (although he fights alongside his brothers), he is the most introspective and nonviolent of the Turtles, preferring to use his mind and intellect to find a solution to a problem. Accordingly, his weapon appears less lethal than those of his brothers. In the North American version of the 1987 cartoon show, Donatello's voice actor is Barry Gordon, who also voices Bebop. In the 2003 cartoon show, he is voiced by Sam Regal.

Donatello is generally not in the "spotlight" in any of the portrayals of the TMNT (except perhaps the Mirage Volume 4 comics), but co-creator Peter Laird has on occasions announced that Donatello is his favorite Turtle, and Donatello has a large fan following as he has a complex personality. He tends to stay out of trouble, but he does get captured occasionally in the 2003 animated series, and in the Image Comics incarnation of the TMNT, he became a cyborg after his body was partially destroyed from being shot and dropped out of a helicopter. (He maintained a positive attitude nonetheless.) This was not considered part of the "official" storyline, however.