Leo Dooley

**Leo Dooley** is a bionic human who is one of the main characters of *Lab Rats*. He has the bionic ability of Laser Sphere Generation, Energy Transference and Super Strength via a bionic arm given to him by Douglas after a ceiling beam landed on top of him and Super Kick via his bionic leg given to him by his step- father when a space elevator landed on it. He becomes very good friends with Rian, who is at first, afraid of him until Leo didn't hurt him.

## Biography

### The Story

Leo met Rian and when Leo did not attack him, Rian trusted him and kept him hidden in the catacombs. Leo revealed his story and helped him escape SkekSil and SkekTek with him and Gurjin. After SkekMal kidnapped Rian, Leo used his laser spheres to intimidate SkekSil when he was saving Rian and the Skeksis during the battle of Stone in the Wood. Leo accompanied his family to the Circle of the Suns, and had to fight off SkekMal with little skills he had left when trying to free Brea of him. He later went to Grot with Rian and Deet via Bree's super speed. Before the battle of the Stone in the Wood, Leo met Seladon and bonded over feeling overshadowed by a sibling until realizing how petty it was. During the battle, he incapacitated SkekLach before he was killed by Deet. However, Douglas gives Leo a bit of friendly advice when Donald cannot and tells him he can fight. Returning home with the Skeksis in tow with his step-dad Donald and Douglas finding the kids, Leo said farewell to Seladon.

## Personality

Being a teenager in high school, Leo is still trying to find his place in it and in the world. At the beginning of the series, he was in still in his clumsy phase. However, Leo can be arrogant at times, though not as much as his stepfather, Donald.He is very close with his family and will do anything to protect them, as he went the distance to save the Lab Rats from dying in the future and his willingness to prove that Marcus and his father were evil and up to something. He could also be a rebellious teenager like he's mother Tasha was when she was younger and often disobeying his father Donald or his uncle Douglas.

In Season 3, Leo's maturity began to improve; instead of breaking his stepdad's inventions, Leo began to make his own and therefore began breaking his own, but only to learn from the mistakes. For example he constructed security orbs to protect his siblings from Douglas and Krane, only for them to backfire, which included the inability to tell the difference between a real threat and a harmless threat. When Tasha wanted to call Donald to help their son turn off the Orbs when Leo could not shut them down, he refused to have Donald help because he wanted to prove to his stepfather  he could do this on his own. However, Leo was able to find a way to deactivate them by tricking them to turn on each other and ended up telling his step-father what happened. He was told by Donald that despite it being a failure, he could still learn from the mistake. He later did it again in "Three Minus Bree" when Leo created a capsule that could analyze a subject's illness. However, the pill also backfired because Leo put Eddy's mainframe into the capsule that his mother consumed and Tasha was possessed by Eddy until Leo was forced to tell the truth to Donald. It is shown at this point, Leo was also willing to put the past behind himself and his enemies if they show change, as he did with Douglas in "Taken" and Taylor (S-1) in "One of Us." He willingly listened to what Douglas had to say about Victor Krane and agreed to a fresh start with Taylor, eventually becoming friends with both them. Despite still being slightly immature as he was in the past two seasons, he showed a great sense of maturity when talking to Douglas as the latter made fun of the fact that Donald could not fix Bree's chip when she smashed it. Leo told him that this was not about him beating Donald but rather helping Bree. On occasions with Donald and Douglas arguing, Leo mostly rolls his eyes in annoyance. He also has a childish side to his maturity. For example, he did look through Donald's suitcase and began to fight Douglas over an apparent high position as Donald's new Vice president only to learn his stepfather was messing with them in Face Off; however, Leo did admit that it was wrong of them to snoop around Donald's things, but Douglas, showing he tried to get Leo to take most of the blame for everything. He also had a small rivalry with Spin, who is jealous of Leo because he can go on missions unlike him and liked to make him look bad. However Leo, despite taking a selfie with Spin and Bob while stuck in quicksand, berated them from going on a mission alone but when he learned Spin only wanted to prove he could go on missions when he was Leo's age. The teenager assured Spin he would get there eventually, which also improved their relationship.

Despite not having super intelligence like Chase, Leo was quite intelligent teenager and was mentioned being the smart kid in school in the episode's premiere, mentioning it's not easy for him to Chase and the other Lab Rats. He is also quite intelligent, shown that he never liked Marcus even before it was revealed that Marcus was evil. Leo could also come up with plans for the missions, eventually becoming the team's strategic mission specialist. Like his brother Chase, Leo will sometimes remind people of the bigger picture, showing his sense of maturity yet again. The first time he reminded his siblings that they had to save Donald during the jet wing incident because he did the stupid stunt to give them the Lab back, causing Bree to realize their brother was right. Another time happened in "Which Father Knows Best?" where Leo told Douglas to get past his rivalry with his brother after Leo told him Donald couldn't fix Bree's chip when she broke it because Bree was more important. Additionally, Leo scolded his siblings for causing a blackout and fighting in "Rise of the Secret Soldiers." He also easily deduced that Douglas was behind cyberhacking Donald back when he was evil. Characters such as Douglas has said that Leo is a smart kid ever since the Marcus incident.

Ever since his mother married Donald, Leo remained supportive of her decision. After meeting his siblings, he wanted to become bionic like them, dropping hints to Donald. However, Douglas later gave Leo bionics to save his arm. The boy was excited but reckless with his bionics, something that caused Leo to connect Daniel with. Despite his closeness with Adam, Bree and Chase, Leo felt overshadowed by his older siblings, similar to how Chase felt when Adam and Bree are praised more than him in "Avalanche" and how Douglas felt with Donald all of his life. This is shown in "Lab Rats: On the Edge," where he expresses hope that his siblings don't see him as just their little brother. However, Leo became slightly arrogant, but only because Chase kept degrading him, wanting to show Adam, Bree and Chase his team was better and inadvertantly causing Taylor to go blind after maxing out their EMP Generation ability and what caused Leo to quit the Bionic Academy out of guilt. It wasn't until two weeks later when Leo came out of a sight retirement after his family was in trouble; however he was reluctant to save them because of what he had done to Taylor. However, she did not blame Leo for what happened because it was an accident and encouraged him that she shouldn't let her blindness stop her from being a Bionic hero and neither should his own guilt. Leo gained the confidence and was able to free his siblings, dad and uncle from the self-driving car.

After saving Chase and taking charge, Donald realizes Leo is ready and levels him up to mentor, where Chase tells Leo he is proud of his little brother. He also expressed hope to Bree and Chase that he would see his brother and sister again.

## Abilities

### Bionic Abilities

* **Bionic Arm:** After Leo's arm was crushed by a ceiling beam caused by Taylor when she was known as S-1, Douglas Davenport healed it with bionic components after learning his stepnephew would never be able to use his arm again. It have him secret abilities so Leo could have a defense skill.
	+ **Super Strength:** Leo has strength in his arm similar to his stepbrother, Adam Davenport, being able to lift a couch with his one arm and punch a dent in the wall and also opening a door that was chained closed. Often, he is not discomforted by the heavy weight and can easily balance objects a normal person would not lift with just one hand. Howver, Leo stsill cannot hold anything that weighs a hundred tons, as even though he was not disturbed by the weight of the original Space Elevator before it got too heavy.
	+ **Laser Sphere Generation:** Douglas gave Leo the ability to generate laser spheres in his hand. It is Leo's primary ability, and he uses it to knock out dangerous opponents, such as Victor Krane and Taylor (S-1)
		- **EMP Generation:** Combined with Taylor's abilities, Leo and Taylor can create an EMP generation that can take out anything. The first time they did it blew out the electricity on Bionic Island and when they did it a second time, Leo accidentally caused her to go permanently blind. A third time, they were able to use the EMP ability to take out the safety lock that kept Donald and Leo's entire family locked in their self-driving car.
	+ **Energy Transference:** Douglas unlocked this ability for Leo during the Battle of the Bionic Soldiers. It allows him to absorb energy from another source of power. He can also use it in Battle, as he used it to take out Taylor back when she was only S-1 by absorbing her attack and then redirecting it back. Leo used it to stop a space elevator
* **Super Durability:** Leo bionic arm and leg are more durable than his non-bionic limbs. For example, when he attempted to punch a hole in the wall during The Vanishing, he showed no pain in putting a dent in the wall not when he kicked Eddy with his Bionic leg.
* **Two Simultaneous Abilities:** when stopping an accelerated space elevator while supposedly saving his father, Leo used his super strength to stop the elevator and absorbed the kinetic energy to slow it down.
* **Bionic Leg:** Leo was given a bionic one by Donald after his original was crushed by a space elevator. It is more powerful than his bionic arm, being able to cut through the metal cage he, his siblings and the students were trapped in.
	+ **Super Kick:** Leo's leg can kick pretty far, as he was able to kick Adam's baseball and kick Eddy up into the air. His kick was able to break through a wall.

### Skills

* **Leadership/Expert Tactician:** Despite being irresponsible at first, throughout the years, Leo became a capable leader. Chase tells Tasha that Leo knows how to remain calm in dangerous situations and take control whenever they are on missions. This is shown in the episode Forbidden Hero, where Leo directed Adam on rescuing his mother. In Lab Rats: On the Edge, Leo mananged to lead Logan and Taylor in rescuing his family. He directed Taylor with creating their EMP Generation ability and then use Logan's Energy Manipulation ability to direct the EMP to a device that was keeping Leo's family locked in the self-driving limo. Because of his leadership, Donald promoted Leo to mentor and Chase acknowledged that Leo was meant to be a hero.
* **Martial Arts:** It is shown that Leo can use martial arts like the Lab Rats, though it seems he can only use martial arts when he was bionic. However, in Taken he used it to try to take down Douglas, who points out how bad Leo is at it.
* **Skilled Fire-Staff Fighter:** In Alien Gladiators, he is seen beating many competitors in the competition even the most skilled ones. He is a formidable fire-staff warrior and even defeated Donald Davenport, who is very skilled in martial arts, weaponry, and fire-staff, itself.

## Family

### Chase Davenport

Chase is Leo's cousin/step-brother and they appear to be closer out of Leo's relationships with Adam and Bree. They are a lot alike, given that they are the youngest members of the Lab Rats, are very intelligent and good with technology, close in age (with Chase being the oldest of the two) and both got bullied by Trent and picked on by Adam and Bree, and they both snuck Douglas into the lab at one point. They also have something of a rivalry with each other, but usually apologize to each other whenever they see things go to far.

### Adam Davenport

Out of all their siblings, Leo and Adam appear to be the least close, but they care about each other as brothers. They first met in "Crush, Chop and Burn" when Leo accidentally discovered Donald's lab. In the show, Leo will sometimes get annoyed with Adam's stupidity and out of the two of them, Leo appears to be more responsible. Despite this, Adam loves Leo as much as he does his other siblings and will be protective over him, as one of Adam's hidden abilities showed up when he saw Marcus about to kill Leo again. They hang out together, such as "Adam Up." Adam also worried for Leo when his arm got crushed by Taylor and Adam drove the protesters (including Principal Perry) away from Leo with his breath ability. He was proud of his younger brother when he went on his first official mission with them.

### Bree Davenport

Bree is Leo's older step-sister/step-cousin and one of his best friends, and they first met in "Crush, Chop, and Burn," where Leo accidentally stumbled upon her and her brothers. He was the first one to show Bree the real world and how to be a teenage girl. Bree makes it her responsibility as Leo's older sister to see her younger brother following the right path, as she told him to take the blame and tell Perry he cheated off of Bree on her test. Leo tried everything to restore Bree's chip, even going to Douglas, the man who originally created it, to help them.

Like Adam, Bree can be protective of Leo, as she was concerned for her brother when he was trapped in the training room with the rest of the bionic soldiers and was scared when Sebastian ordered them to take him out.

### Donald Davenport

Donald is Leo's stepfather and has been since 2012. Since Leo's biological father is never mentioned, Leo appears to be close to Donald as his father-figure. Donald tries too hard to bond with Leo, and once blew it with him when Donald revealed to Tasha Leo's secret crush when Leo wanted the secret kept between them.

Leo mainly calls him "Big D" because of his position as head of the Davenport Household. However, Leo doesn't have the best relationship with him, even admitting he's not all that good. At the time of season 2 Leo and Donald appeared to get along better, as Donald begin trusting him with missions and being a part of the team. He is fairly protective of Leo as much as the lab rats, as he shouted for Douglas to leave his son alone and was relieved to see his son alive when Leo came in the middle of the battle between the Team and Douglas and Marcus Davenport.

### Douglas Davenport

Douglas is the brother of Leo's step-father, Donald, thus making Douglas his step-uncle. They were bitter enemies, but at the time, Leo did not know of his relation to Douglas until "Bionic Showdown."However, Douglas went to Leo for help about Krane and despite his past feelings, Leo decided to listen.Leo's the first to believe Douglas, who tells Leo that he must talk to Donald because his step-father will believe him.  Despite believing Douglas, Leo does not defend him and just watches as Donald orders for his brother to leave.

By the second half of season 3, Leo and Douglas were friends, especially after going to his step-uncle for help in fixing Bree's chip. After Leo's arm is crushed, Douglas shows concern for him and tries pulling off the ceiling beam that fell off of him and when he can't do that, Douglas goes to the firemen to save Leo. After learning from the doctor that Leo will never be able to use his regular arm again, Douglas refuses to let that happen and takes Leo to Krane's Warehouse and uses bionic components to save his arm.

### Daniel Davenport

Daniel is Leo's younger step-cousin. Ever since Douglas introduced Daniel to the Academy, Leo could relate to Daniel a lot, as he shared much of Leo's same experiences of feeling wanted in his family, and was reckless with his bionics much like Leo was when he first received his bionics. Daniel was glad to make Leo and his siblings' acquaintances, mainly because Daniel was glad to have more family members willing to lie for him. Leo and Daniel grew closer because of their many similarities, as Leo told his cousin to give Douglas a chance. Daniel eventually became one of Leo's students, and he continued to teach him how to properly control his bionics.

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