Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Donatello (Don or Donnie) is a fictional character and one of the four main characters 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 sports a purple bandana. His signature weapon is the bō staff. In all media he is depicted as the most intelligent of the four turtles, often speaking in technobabble with a natural aptitude for science and technology. He is named after the italian sculptor Donatello.