Donatello, just like his brothers, is one of the reincarnated sons of Hamato Yoshi, who were murdered in medieval Japan by Shredder. He began his new life in the present as a water turtle hatchling in the laboratory of StockGen Research, Inc., Baxter Stockman's genetics laboratory to serve as a guinea pig for an experiment to create naturally armored super soldiers. Some ninja tried to seize the Turtles and various other research results from the laboratory, including a super solider mutagen. The intervention of his also reborn father, now a lab rat, led to the Turtles and Splinter being wetted with a chemical cocktail that made them ultimately mutants.
As the technician and amateur scientists among the Turtles, Donatello is also the one who sees the world the most realistically. He looks at the world according to numbers and tangible facts. For this reason, he doubts the most that he, his brothers and their father Splinter have had a past life together. That's why he often clashes with Leonardo in anger who looks at things a little more sensitive and trusts his father blindly, when realism and emotion in a particular situation does not quite match each other. Otherwise, Donatello is a science and technology fanatic who does not want to miss any opportunity to be able to take a closer look at his latest achievements.
Donatello plays an integral part on the attack on the Technodrome. He goes to the Shredder and feigns a partnership, hoping to have him and Krang take each other out. However, the charade is leaked and Shredder orders for Bebop and Rocksteady to kill him. The two thugs beat him brutally and easily, he survived the onslaught and his subconscious was downloaded into Metalhead while he tries to get back into his body. Professor Honeycutt was able to create an artificial shell and heal Donatello's body. His subconscious returned to his body and he wields a metal bo staff.
Current Version:
Donatello (Artificial Shell)
Former Verisions:
Donatello (Original)
Donatello (Metalhead Body)
