Leonardo (TMNT 2012)

Leonardo, also known as Leo, Fearless Leader, Lame-o-nardo, Captain Leo, Mr. Turtle and Sensei Leo, is one of the four main protagonists from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) series.
== Charactah Account ==
The leader of the Turtles and almost always in control, Leonardo often finds his job challenging and thankless, but his brothers know they can depend on him as much as he does to them.
Leo is an enthusiastic ninjutsu prodigy, who wears a royal blue headband, and fights with twin katana swords. He leads the various missions of the Turtles. Like previous incarnations, he is named after Leonardo da Vinci. Because of his persevering dedication towards ninjutsu, and his level-headed discipline, and partly because he asked for it, Splinter wisely chose Leo to be the leader of the Turtles.
Leo is the big brother of the turtle quartet. For the most part, he tries to be the mature and responsible older brother, but there are occasional times where he can be a very typical older brother, such as mocking Raph for reading The fantastic four food groups, beating up Mikey after using his comic book as toilet paper, or arguing with Donnie over Donnie‘s robo invention to take down the Kraang invasion. However he reassures his brothers especially Mikey when chaos emerges. Overall he’s very helpful.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past
* Kicking Shell and Taking Names
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) Season 2
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) Season 3
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) Season 4
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) Season 5
=== Comics ===
* Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures
=== Video Games ===
* Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2013)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run
== Trivia ==
* Leonardo is named for the famous Renaissance master, Leonardo da Vinci.
** Leonardo's name is Italian, meaning "Strong as the Lion/Lion-Bold".
** Given the fact that he was adopted by Hamato Yoshi/Splinter, Leonardo's full name would be "Hamato Leonardo", or "Leonardo Hamato" in Western naming order.
* Niten Ryu ("Two Heavens Style"), is described as Leonardo's weapons, but it is in fact the name of a fighting style for Japanese swords, and not a weapon. A two-sword set-up is properly known as a daisho, Niten Ryu, instead, is short for Niten-ichi Ryu, a two-sword style developed by legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi.
** Leonardo's swords, whilst being referred to as "Katana", are actually "Ninjatou", (also known as ninjaken or shinobigatana.
*** The existence of the ninjaken has been up for debate for many years.
* According to the Concept Art of Leonardo's Katana, "Niten Ryu", one sword is longer than the other, and a Tanto blade is concealed within the hilt of the "Daito" (Long Sword), and a "Kogatana" (Mini Tanto) is concealed within the Saya's (Scabbard's) binding wrappings, all as secondary, auxiliary weapons to his Katanas.
* His mastery of Ninjutsu includes: Seishin teki Kyoyo, Taijustu, Qigong, Kenjustu, Shurikenjustu, Kayakujustu, Shinobi-iri, Sui-ren, Boryaku, Kyuudou, and Intonjutsu.
* Leonardo seems to be the most educated (out of the four brothers) about Japanese culture and etiquette:
** He understands Japanese when spoken to and is able to speak in this language to some extent.
** He knows, at least basics, of Japanese etiquette (i.e. he bows to Master Splinter) as first seen in "Rise of the Turtles, Part 1".
* His caller ID on April's phone is "ichiban turtle", which means "number one turtle".
* He is the oldest of his brothers; the remaining age order is Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo.
* Of all the turtles, he's the most mature:
** He was made leader by Splinter's choice.
** He sometimes acts like a second parent to Michelangelo.
** Unlike his brothers, Leonardo always takes Splinter's advice seriously.
* Leonardo has a tanto blade hidden under his wrist wraps, as seen in "TCRI".
* This version of Leonardo places his swords on his back in the same fashion as his original Mirage counterpart, side by side instead of crossed.
* When Leonardo's voice actor was changed between seasons two and three, it was explained in-show as being the result of damage to his larynx during his battle with the Foot Clan in "The Invasion, Part 2".
** Since then, he was hence forth and for the duration of the series voiced by Seth Green.
* His favorite show is Space Heroes.
* His favorite color is blue.
* He is right-handed.
* According to his concept art, Leo loves watching Saturday morning cartoons.
* Leo is first seen without his mask in "Within the Woods" when all his gear was removed to help him heal better after he was beaten down hard by the Shredder.
** He is also the third turtle to be seen maskless.
** Leo is also the first turtle to be seen without his gear.
* Leo is the only turtle in this series who hasn't said the catchphrase "Booyakasha!".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Leonardo (2012 TV Series) at TMNTpedia
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