Character Notes: History: Donatello, along with his three brothers, had once upon a time been nothing more than normal turtles. Their sensei, Splinter, had once been a normal rat, as well. However, an encounter in the sewers of New York City with an ooze-like mutagen created by TGRI turned them all into something... more. Donatello, his brothers, and Splinter all began to grow more humanoid in appearance. They all grew in intelligence (some more than others). Splinter began training them in the art of ninjitsu.
Because of their appearance, Donatello and his brothers weren't allowed to visit the surface very often. They furnished their home by rummaging through the refuse that humanity left behind. One day, when Donatello was still very young, he brought home a nonfunctional television set and managed to repair it. Needless to say, after that, Donatello became borderline obsessed with technology. It was this way that his family was able to stay current with the outside world, as Donatello found ways to hook them up with cable and, eventually, internet. It was Donatello who created a monster by introducing Michaelangelo to video games.
Donatello's life was more or less quiet - as quiet as a life with brothers like Mikey and Raphael can possibly get - until the Foot Clan, a group of ninja thieves, slowly began making their presence known in the city. He and his brothers would often sneak to the surface to combat them. One fateful night, they rescued April O'Neil, a TV news reporter. They had slipped away into the night without letting her see them. It wasn't to be the last time they would meet her, as Raphael, who had been tailing the woman in an effort to regain his lost sai, rescued her yet again, as the Foot Clan had begun targeting her after she had named them over a public broadcast. Despite her initial fear at their appearance, April quickly became a part of the family, which would soon include the vigilante Casey Jones. When Splinter had been taken by the Foot, the turtles hid out at April's home, and, when that was destroyed during a skirmish with the Foot, they retreated to April's old family farm with a comatose Raphael. Many days passed before Raphael regained consciousness. Soon, the brothers were training harder than ever in preparation for their fight with the Shredder, leader of the Foot Clan and the very same man who had murdered Splinter's master Hamato Yoshi fifteen years before. The tussle proved to be too much for them to handle, as each brother insisted on taking on their enemy all on their lonesome. Defeated, it was left to Splinter to take down Shredder. It wouldn't be the last they saw of Shredder.
Some weeks later, TGRI would begin to unearth old canisters of radioactive chemicals the company had disposed of some scant decades earlier, prompting Splinter to finally reveal to his sons their true origins. Donatello had some trouble adjusting to the truth of his origin, as he realized that there had been no greater purpose in his creation - he, his father and his brothers had all simply been the byproduct of some freak accident. He would have no time to ruminate over this, as Shredder soon returned; he had kidnapped TGRI scientist Professor Jordan Perry, and forced him to create his own mutants to battle the turtles with. Perry, however, had sabotaged the process, leaving the resulting creatures - Tokka and Rahzar - with limited intelligence. Donatello assisted his brothers in rescuing Perry, and he and Perry worked together to create an antidote that would reverse Tokka and Rahzar back to their natural state. With the snapping turtle and wolf out of the picture, they were able to take on the Shredder. Shredder, however, had dosed himself with the mutagen, turning himself into a Super Shredder. Shredder, however, took himself out of the picture, and the boys were able to escape with their lives.
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History: Donatello, along with his three brothers, had once upon a time been nothing more than normal turtles. Their sensei, Splinter, had once been a normal rat, as well. However, an encounter in the sewers of New York City with an ooze-like mutagen created by TGRI turned them all into something... more. Donatello, his brothers, and Splinter all began to grow more humanoid in appearance. They all grew in intelligence (some more than others). Splinter began training them in the art of ninjitsu.
Because of their appearance, Donatello and his brothers weren't allowed to visit the surface very often. They furnished their home by rummaging through the refuse that humanity left behind. One day, when Donatello was still very young, he brought home a nonfunctional television set and managed to repair it. Needless to say, after that, Donatello became borderline obsessed with technology. It was this way that his family was able to stay current with the outside world, as Donatello found ways to hook them up with cable and, eventually, internet. It was Donatello who created a monster by introducing Michaelangelo to video games.
Donatello's life was more or less quiet - as quiet as a life with brothers like Mikey and Raphael can possibly get - until the Foot Clan, a group of ninja thieves, slowly began making their presence known in the city. He and his brothers would often sneak to the surface to combat them. One fateful night, they rescued April O'Neil, a TV news reporter. They had slipped away into the night without letting her see them. It wasn't to be the last time they would meet her, as Raphael, who had been tailing the woman in an effort to regain his lost sai, rescued her yet again, as the Foot Clan had begun targeting her after she had named them over a public broadcast. Despite her initial fear at their appearance, April quickly became a part of the family, which would soon include the vigilante Casey Jones. When Splinter had been taken by the Foot, the turtles hid out at April's home, and, when that was destroyed during a skirmish with the Foot, they retreated to April's old family farm with a comatose Raphael. Many days passed before Raphael regained consciousness. Soon, the brothers were training harder than ever in preparation for their fight with the Shredder, leader of the Foot Clan and the very same man who had murdered Splinter's master Hamato Yoshi fifteen years before. The tussle proved to be too much for them to handle, as each brother insisted on taking on their enemy all on their lonesome. Defeated, it was left to Splinter to take down Shredder. It wouldn't be the last they saw of Shredder.
Some weeks later, TGRI would begin to unearth old canisters of radioactive chemicals the company had disposed of some scant decades earlier, prompting Splinter to finally reveal to his sons their true origins. Donatello had some trouble adjusting to the truth of his origin, as he realized that there had been no greater purpose in his creation - he, his father and his brothers had all simply been the byproduct of some freak accident. He would have no time to ruminate over this, as Shredder soon returned; he had kidnapped TGRI scientist Professor Jordan Perry, and forced him to create his own mutants to battle the turtles with. Perry, however, had sabotaged the process, leaving the resulting creatures - Tokka and Rahzar - with limited intelligence. Donatello assisted his brothers in rescuing Perry, and he and Perry worked together to create an antidote that would reverse Tokka and Rahzar back to their natural state. With the snapping turtle and wolf out of the picture, they were able to take on the Shredder. Shredder, however, had dosed himself with the mutagen, turning himself into a Super Shredder. Shredder, however, took himself out of the picture, and the boys were able to escape with their lives.