Leo San Juan

Leo San Juan is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## **BIOGRAPHY**

Leonardo "Leo" San Juan is the main character of the *La Leyenda* film series, as well as the 2017 Netflix Original series *Legend Quest*. First appearing as a meek, timid, but good-natured and truly courageous boy during the events of *La Leyenda de la Nahuala*, Leo has since all grown up into a rather somber and melochonic figure by the tender age of 12. During *Legend Quest*, the darker and gloomier aspects of his character development have mostly been swept away to give Leo/Leonardo a slightly more comedic and lighthearted personality. Despite this, he retains much of his mature, polite, brave, selfless and heroic traits, becoming an altruistic young man who helps those he comes across, no matter the situation.

Outside of Mexico, he is also a member of The New Action Squad.

## **APPEARANCE**

Now as a teenager, Leo is much, much taller than before. His eyes are less buggy and beady and his hair is more refined. His clothing is virtually the same as his clothing from *La Llorona*, though with a few minor differences. Most notably, his red belt now has three small rings across its circumference.

## **PERSONALITY**

Leo San Juan is an adventurous, friendly, brave, caring, selfless, forgiving, heroic, enthusiastic and kindhearted young man. Altruistic from a young age, Leo is extremely loyal to those who he cares about. He is willing to risk his life for others, whether they be friends, strangers or in some cases, even enemies. Leo is very trusting of others, almost always assuming those around him have good intentions at heart, a habit that's unfortunately endangered Leo's life on multiple occasions. These traits have made it easy for Leo to gain friends and allies throughout his many adventures, sometimes even befriending enemies. In *La Leyenda del Chupacabras*, armed with just is stalwart compassionate spirit, Leo managed to ally himself with soldiers on the other side of the war, becoming good friends with men who tried to imprison him only hours prior. Ironically, Leo is very unpopular in his home town of Puebla due to his "weird" personality and seemingly childish antics.

## **TRIVIA**

* Despite the first three La Leyenda films taking place one after another in the same general time span, Leo is 12 in *La Leyenda de las Momias de Guanajuato* even though he should be chronologically 10 or 11, given his status as a 9 year old in 1807.
* While in the Dream World, Leo feared losing teeth. A common interpretation of dreams of this nature is one fearing they're losing control over their own life and body. This seems to add up with the stressful thoughts Leo was experiencing only days prior.
* While Leo has awful aim in *Legend Quest*, in *La Leyenda*, one of his most consistent and useful skills was his near perfect aim which he used to save the day on numerous occasions.
* Leo is one of the only characters to have a speaking role in every single *La Leyenda* and *Legend Quest* piece of media. An honor he shares with Teodora.
	+ Alebrije nearly succeeds at this too, but lacked a speaking role in *Tooth Fairy*.
	+ Arguably, Finado and Moribunda can qualify for this as well.
	+ Likewise, Don Andrés early succeeds, but lacked an appearance in *La Leyenda del Chupacabras*.
	+ He has some similtures with Mario Bros, even both meet one time. First of all, they are the main characters from their Movies, Series and Videogames, both has a fearful brother, both are heroically characters, both rescue girls from monsters, and uses power ups. Leo laziness and follish moments could being similar to Stupid Mario from SMG4.
* In *Legend Quest*, Leo serves as a weak, nearly useless figure in a fight while Teodora is rather strong and quite ferocious in a bout. This is almost opposite to their roles in *La Leyenda*. While Leo wasn't a skilled fighter, he was capable of holding his own in the few instances he was driven to physical violence against an opponent, while Teodora would often lose fights very quickly.
	+ Although, Teodora was depicted as being stronger than Leo in *La Leyenda*, being able to destroy thick vines in single hits, but her more prissy attitude made her less willing to get dirty.