| The Good Guys |
| Here's all you need to know about Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Splinter, April O'neill, and Casey Jones. |
| Leonardo | |
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Full Name: Leonardo Nickname: Leo Birth: 1984 Height: 5'8" Weight: 170 lbs. Eye Color: Black Hair Color: no hair Representative Color: Blue, but originally red; at first all of the Turtles had the color red. Weapons of Choice: Katana blades, various swords, shuriken, physical and mental abilities Personal Traits: Leo is the best fighter of the group, because he's the one who trains the hafdest. He's mature, serious, and responsible for his age. |
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| Leo
doesn't have many hobbies, but he does play the guitar for the Turtles'
"Out of Our Shells" band. He has the natural ability to be
a leader and is the unofficial leader of the group. He is also the
most enlightened of the four. He studies Zen and always focuses on
the task at hand. Of the Turtles, Leo is closest to Splinter and is
ready to take his place if he were to die. It may appear that he and
Raphael don't get along well, but they really are close. They're
just almost opposites. Leo is the oldest Turtle.
Interesting Fact: Leo lost his hand early on in a fight with a dragon, but for some reason, in most episodes he has it. |
| Michelangelo | |
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Full name:
Michelangelo, but it was originally misspelled as Michaelangelo.
Nicknames: Michael Angelo, Mikey, Mikie, Mike Birth: 1984 Height: 5'8" Weight: 170 lbs. Eye Color: Black Hair Color: no hair Representative color: Orange (but originally red) Weapons of Choice: Nunchuckus, grappling hooks, shuriken, strength Skills: Ninjitsu, vehicle operation, swimming, cuinary arts, lockpicking Talents: Poetry, humor, art, singing, cooking |
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Traits: Michelangelo is the funny, lighthearted, outgoing
Turtle. He's the class clown of the group. He's more like a person
than the other Turtles. Willing to stick up for his beliefs and help
just about anyone in trouble, Mikey is very good-natured. Also, he
is quite talented at coming up with poems. He writes his own comic
books and is very good with kids. Sometimes Mikey is too trusting
and a poor judge of character, which brings him into a lot of close
encounters with death.
Interesting Facts: Mikey was actually the first "ninja turtle" to be made, when Kevin Eastman, in hopes of amusing his friend Peter Laird, drew a turtle wearing a bandanna with a pair of nunchuckus strapped to its arms. Peter drew one back, and eventually there were four |
| Raphael | |
| Full Name:
Raphael
Nickname: Raph Birth: 1984 Height: 5'8" Weight: 170 lbs. Eye Color: Black Hair Color: no hair Representative Color: Red Skills: Ninjitsu, vehicle operation, ticking people off (esp. Leo), swimming Talents: Sarcasm, fighting, again ticking people off Personal Traits: Raph is naturally the strongest Turtle. He's the epitome of "The |
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| Strong will
survive." He probably has the strongest will to live out of his
brothers. He's always sure of himself, self-confident, and in that
sense he can become stuck-up. When communicating his feelings, Raph
usually does so in a work out of sports, of a very loud cry. He is
the most secretive of the four TMNT, but it usually doesn't show. He
has a bad temper and a short fuse, and is the rebel of the group.
Mikey is his best friend.
Interesting Fact: Raphael has always had the worst temper of the team. He gets caught up in the heat of the moment. In one early issue of the comics, he actually tried to kill Michaelangelo! He also put himself in charge of the Foot Clan, dressed in Shredder's armor. |
| Donatello | |
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Full Name:
Donatello
Nicknames: Don, Donnie Occupation: TMNT, handyman Birth: 1984 Height: 5'8" Weight: 170 lbs. Eye Color: Black Representative Color: Purple (originally red) Weapon of Choice: Bo Staff Skills: Ninjitsu, vehicle operation, electrical work, carpentry, plumbing, science, technology (global or alien). Talents: Thoughtful, easily educated, excellent in math and science, can offer an explanation in any given situation. |
| Personal Traits: He is the smartest of the Turtles, very good at math and science. Many theories of these 2 subjucts that he's learned have been self-taught. Donnie is a crafty inventor who likes to read. He's not spiritual but he'll stick up for his beliefs and those of his brothers and master. Don believes in evolution and linear equations. |
| Splinter | |
| Full Name:
Master Splinter or Master (Hamato) Yoshi
Nicknames: Splinter, Yoshi, Sensei, Master Occuption: Shidoshi to the TMNT Birth: circa June 1930 Height: 4 feet Weight: 125 lbs. Eye color: Black Hair color: Brown and grey Representative Color: The traditional Japanese Kimino, in a deep maroon. Weapons of Choice: Ninja bow and arrows, cane, shuriken, et al Skills: The art of Ninja and meditation, skilled burrower and cunning hunter, sewing open wounds, fathering four children Talents: He learned how to drive the Turtles' van. Splinter also sings in the Turtles' vocal debut. |
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| Personal
Traits: Splinter is the tacher of the warrior ways of
enlightenment to the Turtles. When human, he was the Master of the
Japanese Foot Clan. He learned the most important lessons of
ninjitsu, hear with your heart and listen with your soul, in training from
is great-uncle, Gyogi. He learned about philosophy and history at
the University of Osaka. Splinter also studied the teachings of
Charlie Llama in Tibet. When some bad things happened and he got
blamed, he got the boot from the Foot Clan. He was sent to the U.S.
where he lived in poverty. He lived in the tunnels of the sewers
where his and the Turtles' mutations took place.
Interesting Fact: Splinter was originally a parody of the Daredevil master, Stick. |
| April O'neill | |
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Full name:
April O'neill
Nicknames: April, Ape, Babe Occupationa; Freelance broadcast journalist/computer systems specialist Birth: circa 1965 Height: 5'8" Weight: 125 lbs. Eye Color: Brown Hair: Brown/Red Representative Color: Civilian clothing (usually something in yellow) Weapons of Choice: Pen, PC keyboard, katana training Skills: Computor programming, video/still camera operation, vehicle operation, investigative journalism Talents: Getting the scoop no matter what, can sense danger nearby, has natural charisma that attracts undevided attention. |
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Traits: Apris was a computer systems analyst who was spotted by
a New York City news station. She was hired soon after and reported
events like local fashion shows. Her real career began when she
became an investigative reporter. She discovered some touichy
material about the Foot Clan, a huge, organized group of ninjas. In
a tight spot, she was rescued by the TMNT. They depended on each
other for help in uncovering the truth, and became very close, like a
family. She even hit it off with Splinter, sho became a father
figure after hers had recently died. April was fired from her
position at Channel 6 after returning from a string of adventures with the
Turtles, so she started to focus on freelance journalism. She moved
across the country to the West Coast spontaneously. But she missed
her friends back home way too much for her to stay, so she moved
back. She owns the apartment building she lives in. After
moving back, April became romantically involved with Casey and played
mother to his adopted daughter, Shadow. April is a lifelond friend
and ally to the Turtles.
Interesting Facts: April was ofiginally a young lab assistant to Dr. Baxter Stockman, and was never even associated with journalism in the Mirage comic book series. |
| Casey Jones | |
| Full name:
Arnold Casey Jones
Nicknames: Casey, CJ Occupation: Vigilante / Neighborhood Watchman / Apartment Superintendant Birth: circa 1965 Height: 6'2" Weight: 215 lbs. Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Black Representative Color: Usually a custom made white hockey mask Weapons of Choice: Baseball bats, hockey sticks, tennis rackets, golf clubs, anything sports related Skills: Can overcome any enemy based solely on personal strength Talents: He's a Mr. Fix-it, can fix just about anything around the house. Personal Traits: Casey started out as your typical street punk living in the slums of NYC. His mom bought the apartment building they lived in, and he fixed it up. CJ went to NYU and played for the college hockey team. Later, he was drafted onto a pro team, but was badly injured after playing only one year. Since he couldn't let his anger out in the game anymore, he took the matters of neighborhood crime into his own hands and started to beat criminals up with his sports equipment. Casey had many exciting events take place after he met the Turtles. However, he cooled down and moved to the west coast after a horrible accident involving the death of a teenager occurred. But he didn't make it there, as he got mugged and car-jacked at a small desert town's diner. Casey fell in love with |
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a waitress there and stayed at her trailer for a while. He got a job as a grocery sacker, but it didn't last long. Gabrielle, the waitress, was pregnant with another man's child, but Casey said he'd care for it anyway. Gabrielle died during delivery, and Casey named their daughter Shadow. They moved to NYC shortly after, and he planned to once again help his mother manage the apartment building, but she had sold it to April. Casey and April fell in love all over again. Interesting Facts: Casey was a very important character in the Mirage and Image series of the comics, and was also big in the movies and cartoon. However, he was never in the Archive Adventure series. |
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