Donatello (2003)

Donatello also known as Donnie or Don is one of the Ninja Turtles and is the smartest one of all.

Appearance
Don is a mutated turtle with a purple mask and brown paddings on his knees, elbows and wrists.

He has olive green skin throughout all 7 seasons of the 2003 series.

Personality
Although in this incarnation Don is still the brains of the bunch, he’s pacifistic.

Sometimes he is a little witty but he doesn’t annoy his brothers.

Donatello has a complex personality in the 2003 animated series.

Several episodes concentrate on him, as well as his emotional and intellectual struggles.

As in his other incarnations, Donatello is very book smart, a skilled technician and has a tendency to think things through.

Even more pacifistic than his other incarnations, Donatello shows a greater interest in technology than his Ninjutsu training.

During his first Battle Nexus Tournament, despite being a very gifted Ninja, he lost in the first round of the competition.

Even so, Donatello will defend his brothers at any cost, and he frequently assists the team in many ways through the technology he develops, mostly vehicles and communication devices.

Like Leonardo, Donatello does his best to prepare for any situation.

For instance during the Turtles' infiltration of the Shredder's Tower, where Don carried all the equipment and gadgets they would need.

Don is the calmest out of all his brothers.

He is gentle, very peaceful, and doesn't really lose his temper.

Sometimes he can be a little witty which doesn’t bother his brothers, but overall he is a gentle turtle who is well liked by all of his brothers never engaging in major confrontations with them.

He rarely fights with them but he doesn’t argue with them.

Leatherhead considers Don to be one of the most gentle-natured people he's ever met.

In the fourth season, he was infected by a monster, and in the episode Adventures in Turtle-Sitting, he mutates into a monster himself.

When he mutates into a monster, he loses his gentle personality and becomes violent and aggressive.

However he does show signs of calming down whenever Master Splinter talks to him and is eventually returned to normal thanks to Baxter Stockman's cure.

Skills & Abilities

 * Mastery of Ninjutsu
 * High Logic
 * Genius Level Intellect
 * Durability
 * Acrobatics
 * Semi-aquatic Adaptations
 * Master Bō Stick Fighter
 * Chemical and Mechanical Engineering
 * Computer Specialist
 * Driving

Weapons

 * Bo-Staff

Family

 * Hamato Yoshi/Master Splinter (Adopted Father)
 * Celestia Ordeis/Tang Shen (Adopted Mother)
 * Hamato Miwa (Adopted Sister)
 * Leonardo (Adopted Brother)
 * Raphael (Adopted Brother)
 * Michelangelo (Adopted Brother)

Voice Actor
Sam Riegel.