

Later in the issue, Donatello states that he is "familiar with some computer systems" and helps April O'Neil deactivate the Mousers. The second issue elaborated more on each turtles' personalities and opened with Donatello soldering a circuit. In the first issue, he is the one that killed the Shredder by knocking him and his grenade off the roof. 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 comics, Donatello is depicted as the calmer turtle. Like all of the brothers, he is named after a Renaissance artist in this case, he is named after Italian sculptor Donatello. He is the third eldest brother of the turtles, and second-in-command.

His ninja skills are the lowest of the four turtles as he relies on gadgets over combat skills. Donnie often speaks in technobabble with a natural aptitude for science and technology. He is commonly depicted as the tallest of his brothers, demonstrated in the IDW comics, the DC crossover film, the 2014 reboot, and most notably, in the 2012 animated series. In all media, he is the smartest of the four turtles. His primary signature weapon are his 2 effective bō staffs. He is usually depicted wearing a purple eye mask.

The creators gave all four turtles different mask colors, in order to tell them apart. In the animated cartoons, he dons a purple mask. In the Mirage comics, all four of the Turtles wear red masks. He is co-creator Peter Laird's favorite Turtle. Olympic-level agility, speed, and strengthĭonatello, nicknamed Don or Donnie, is a fictional superhero and one of the four main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. Mastery of ninjutsu, Naginata and Bō, kobudō, and Chi Gong, and stealth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984) Textless cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #3 (February 2012).
