The TMNT movie starts today, and i can hardly wait to watch it!! :-D
LEONARDOLeonardo (or "Leo") is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). His bandanna is blue, and his weapons are two ninjaken (literally "ninja sword"), although every incarnation incorrectly identifies his swords as katana. He is named after Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Renaissance artist and inventor.
Leo takes after his sensei, Splinter, in taking Ninjutsu very seriously. Of the four turtles, he is the closest to Splinter and spends much of his free time in practice and meditation. He has a strong sense of honor, and is a strict follower of the Bushido code. He tries to keep his brothers in line and often has the leading role in the characters' adventures.
DONATELLODonatello (or "Don" or "Donny" or "Don-San"), a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). His bandana is typically portrayed as purple, and his weapon is a bo (quarterstaff) which he sometimes uses as a tool or a walking stick. Donatello is the whiz kid of the TMNT, being adept with machines, though other traits of his personality vary depending on the exact media in question. He is named after Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), the Renaissance sculptor.
The brilliant scientist, inventor, and technology geek, Don has a reputation as something of a wise guy. He is perhaps the least violent Turtle, preferring to use his intellect to solve conflicts.
RAPHAELRaphael (or "Raph") is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). His bandana is red (his favorite color), and he carries two sai (pronged daggers that Mileena from Mortal Kombat also uses). His personality is usually aggressive or sullen, and he tends to be the "rebel." He is named after Raphael Sanzio, the Renaissance painter.
Raphael's anger is not always fully explored, although in certain incarnations of the TMNT, it seems his anger stems from realizing, more than his brothers do, that they are the only creatures of their kind and are ultimately alone. Furthermore, he is often shown as feeling jealous of his brother Leonardo, who leads the TMNT. He is generally the most likely to experience extremes of emotion.
MICHELANGELOMichelangelo (or "Mike" or "Mikey") is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). His bandanna is typically portrayed as orange, his favorite color, and his weapons are two nunchaku; however, he has also been portrayed using other weapons like grappling hooks and tonfas in places where nunchakus are banned. He is named after Michelangelo Buonarroti, the famous Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter and poet.
Michelangelo is probably the most light-hearted and relaxed of the Turtles. The easy-going and free-spirited Michelangelo provides much of the comic relief. While he loves to read comics and eat pizza, this Turtle also has an adventurous side.
SPLINTERMaster Splinter is the master and father figure of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In all versions of the story, he is a mutant rat, but his origins often vary depending on the version. Splinter was the pet rat of a ninja named Hamato Yoshi. Exceptionally intelligent for his species, Splinter was able to learn his master's art by mimicking his movements while he practiced.
Yoshi eventually was embroiled in a dispute with a fellow ninja by the name of Oroku Nagi over the love of a woman named Tang Shen. When the woman favored the humble and kind Yoshi, the aggressive and violent Nagi grew angry and beat her. Yoshi came across them, and slew Nagi in his rage. Yoshi and Tang Shen escaped to New York City, but weeks later, they were tracked down and slain by Nagi's younger brother, Saki, who had become The Shredder.
Without a home, Splinter eventually came to live in the city's sewers. One day, he saw a canister of chemicals go flying from a truck. The canister struck a boy in the face after he saved a blind man from being hit by the truck (a reference to the superhero Daredevil), and then struck and shattered a bowl full of four baby turtles carried by the boy. The now broken canister and turtles fell into the sewers, where Splinter rescued them, also exposing himself to the ooze that had covered the turtles.
In time, the ooze mutated both Splinter and the turtles, increasing their size and intelligence, and making them more humanoid (especially since all five of them had been in close contact with humans). Eventually, Splinter named the four turtles Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo (after his favorite Renaissance artists) and raised them as his own 'sons', training them in the arts of ninjutsu, so that they may one day avenge the death of Hamato Yoshi and slay the Shredder, who had amassed a powerful organization in the New York underworld.
In the 1987 cartoon, it is said that Splinter is the mutated form of Hamato Yoshi himself.
APRIL O'NEIL
A former lab assistant to the mad scientist Baxter Stockman, April is the plucky human companion of the Ninja Turtles. She embarks on many of the Turtles' adventures and aids them by doing the work that the Turtles themselves cannot do in public. During the early height of TMNT popularity, April was famously depicted as a television news reporter.
The 2003 cartoon version of April makes much more use of her scientific expertise and she often uses her computer skills to aid the turtles. This has also meant that she has developed a closer relationship to Donatello, who shares many of her interests.
April is also shown to have an attraction to Casey Jones, though their contrasting personalities often make them bicker. By the third season, the two are shown to be dating and seem to have a serious relationship.
April also has developed a modest knowledge of combat skills after training with Splinter. In the series, she rarely plays the helpless damsel-in-distress role, and her quick thinking is often a key to the Turtles' survival.
According to a collectible booklet packed in with the figure of April from the TMNT film, she has become a master of the katana sword; the figure itself includes a katana, tonfa, and two shoulder armor pads.
CASEY JONES
Like the turtles, Casey Jones is a self appointed vigilante in his community, who uses dual baseball bats as well as golf clubs, cricket bats, and hockey sticks to pummel the living daylights out of would-be criminals. He stands at a full 6' 2", and dons a hockey mask, shoulder pads, cut-off biking gloves, and carries his array of weapons in a golf bag he slings over his shoulder. Clad in his fighting gear, Casey wanders the streets of Manhattan apprehending hoodlums that terrorize his neighborhood in a fashion not dissimilar to Marvel's Punisher, although without usually employing the latter's deadly force. Casey Jones is a master of stealth, as he has never been caught by the NYPD, despite his absurd appearance.
In the newest TMNT cartoon, Jones has a much more important role than in the original show. When he was a young boy, his father’s shop was burned down by Hun and the Purple Dragons. This gave Casey his hate for crime and Hun. It is revealed in one episode that he and the Turtles had met before when they were kids. The Turtles tried to teach him self defense to fight some bullies, but it ended badly. In the show, Casey has a good heart, but is easily enraged and often "thick-headed". He speaks in a Brooklyn accent, loves motorcycles, is good friends with Raphael, and is romantically involved with April. His main catchphrase is his battle cry “Googala!”.
APRIL O'NEILA former lab assistant to the mad scientist Baxter Stockman, April is the plucky human companion of the Ninja Turtles. She embarks on many of the Turtles' adventures and aids them by doing the work that the Turtles themselves cannot do in public. During the early height of TMNT popularity, April was famously depicted as a television news reporter.
The 2003 cartoon version of April makes much more use of her scientific expertise and she often uses her computer skills to aid the turtles. This has also meant that she has developed a closer relationship to Donatello, who shares many of her interests.
April is also shown to have an attraction to Casey Jones, though their contrasting personalities often make them bicker. By the third season, the two are shown to be dating and seem to have a serious relationship.
April also has developed a modest knowledge of combat skills after training with Splinter. In the series, she rarely plays the helpless damsel-in-distress role, and her quick thinking is often a key to the Turtles' survival.
According to a collectible booklet packed in with the figure of April from the TMNT film, she has become a master of the katana sword; the figure itself includes a katana, tonfa, and two shoulder armor pads.
CASEY JONESLike the turtles, Casey Jones is a self appointed vigilante in his community, who uses dual baseball bats as well as golf clubs, cricket bats, and hockey sticks to pummel the living daylights out of would-be criminals. He stands at a full 6' 2", and dons a hockey mask, shoulder pads, cut-off biking gloves, and carries his array of weapons in a golf bag he slings over his shoulder. Clad in his fighting gear, Casey wanders the streets of Manhattan apprehending hoodlums that terrorize his neighborhood in a fashion not dissimilar to Marvel's Punisher, although without usually employing the latter's deadly force. Casey Jones is a master of stealth, as he has never been caught by the NYPD, despite his absurd appearance.
In the newest TMNT cartoon, Jones has a much more important role than in the original show. When he was a young boy, his father’s shop was burned down by Hun and the Purple Dragons. This gave Casey his hate for crime and Hun. It is revealed in one episode that he and the Turtles had met before when they were kids. The Turtles tried to teach him self defense to fight some bullies, but it ended badly. In the show, Casey has a good heart, but is easily enraged and often "thick-headed". He speaks in a Brooklyn accent, loves motorcycles, is good friends with Raphael, and is romantically involved with April. His main catchphrase is his battle cry “Googala!”.
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