Leo Dooley

### Dislike(s):

Supervillains, his family in danger, Douglas Davenport (formerly), his grandmother calling Donald a bad father

### **Affiliation:**

Davenport Bionic Academy
U.S. Government
Davenport Industries

### **Education:**

Mission Creek High School (formerly)
Davenport Bionic Academy (formerly)

### Power(s) & Abilities

	+ EMP Generation
* Super Strength
* Energy Transference
* Super Durability

**Bionic Leg*** Super Strength
* Super Durability

Peak Human ReflexesBraveryPeak Human Intelligence* Multilingualism
* Wise Cracking

Martial Arts* Skilled Fire-Staff Fighter

**As Parallel Leo**:* Electrical Generation
* Super Speed
* Super Intelligence
* Super Strength
* Geo-Leaping
* Martial Arts

### Item(s):

Exoskeleton
Protective Vest
Fire Staff
Arm Capsule

## Series Information

### Created by:

Chris Peterson
Bryan Moore

**Leo Francis Dooley** is one of the five central characters and four main protagonists of Disney's *Lab Rats*. He was the only son and eldest child of Tasha Davenport, the older half-brother of Naomi Davenport, the stepson and second-youngest child of Donald Davenport, the step-brother/cousin of Adam, Bree, and Chase Davenport, the step-cousin of Daniel  and Marcus Davenport  and step-nephew of Douglas Davenport. Loyal, caring and intelligent, Leo is initially an outcast until he meets Adam, Bree and Chase and grows up as a person. His stepfather, Donald had a lack of trust for him due to his tendency to accidentally destroy things, but has started to change his opinion, as he made Leo the team's "Mission Specialist."

In the mid-season finale of the third season, , Leo finally gets his desire to become bionic  after Douglas installs them to save his arm after it was crushed by a falling ceiling beam caused by Taylor when she blasted it on top of him and Donald put bionics in Leo's leg after it was crushed by a space elevator while saving his step-father. He officially becomes part of the team and goes on missions with his siblings. At the end of the series, Leo says goodbye to stepsiblings Bree and Chase while he and Adam stay behind to oversee a new generation of superheroes at the Bionic Academy.

## 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 had begun maturing, and inventing things without breaking Donald's things, such as inventing orbs that he invented so they could protect Adam, Bree, and Chase from Douglas and Krane. Though the orbs went haywire, but Donald admitted Leo had a good concept going on. 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 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, shown at least twice. 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. Like his uncle and brother, 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. 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.

## Physical Appearance

Leo is one of the tallest members of his family, standing at 5'8." He has dark skin, chocolate brown eyes, and curly black hair. In the first two seasons, Leo wore colorful shirts that were usually long-sleeved with T-shorts covering them, jeans and tennis shoes. At this point, Leo was the shortest in his family, barely reaching Adam's shoulder and nearly as tall as Bree. At age 16, Leo was taller than her and around the same height as Douglas and Chase, before surpassing his brothers height at age 17.

By Season 3, Leo mostly wore shirts that reached up to his elbow and his long sleeved shirts we replaced with sweaters, while Leo usually keep the sleeves rolled up. Leo got a bionic arm in "You Posted What?" and became an official member of the team in "Rise of the Secret Soldiers." Apart from dressing in his Davenport bionic Academy uniform, Leo mainly wore his mission suit when he was out in the field with Adam, Bree, and Chase. He had a black leather jacket with a hood but the jacket's right sleeve was colored red to signify his bionic arm and black gloves with red outlining on it. Additionally, Leo wore a pair of black boots and pants, as well as black knee paddings for protection. In "On the Edge," when Leo was promoted to mentor, he had the mentor uniform that Adam, Bree and Chase wore.

## 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.
	+ **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. 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.
* **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.
* **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

*Main Article: Leo Dooley and Chase Davenport*
Chase is Leo's cousin/step-brother and Leo appears to be closer to Chase than the rest of his siblings. This is most likely due to the fact that both Leo and Chase are the youngest members of their family and are often teased by their older siblings. They often hang out together and finally formed a deep bond and relationship in "Robot Fight Club" when they win the Robot Throwdown against their mutual rival, Kevin Stone. Leo was also the only one able to snap Chase out of the Triton App by reminding his brother of the good times they had together. Despite their closeness, Leo often teases Chase but not as much as Adam does.

Leo and Chase meet each other, approximately in 2012,  when Leo accidentally stumbled across a secret elevator and found a lab within his step-father's basement. Chase was the first bionic teenager Leo had seen and was scared of his unknown step-siblings. However, Leo grew more relaxed when Donald explained who the three siblings were and admittedly, both Leo and Tasha were disturbed by how Donald treated the kids, such as making them eat fiber pellets that fell from the top of their capsules into their arms. When Chase first met Leo, he could barely stand him but  quickly warmed up to Leo when he took them to school and showed Chase (and Adam and Bree) the outside world for the first time. Leo establishes that Chase, Adam and Bree as his best friends and was sadden to see them gone when Davenport was going to send them to Facility X in the Frozen tundra. Chase called Leo the first friend they ever had (with Adam correcting them that Leo was their only friend. Leo admitted that in their short time together, he came to love them, which Leo unknowingly admitted to  the Lab Rats when Leo thought they just robots at the time. Later, when Davenport and Tasha toldd Leo taht they sent the "robots" to a recycling department and went to rescue them. Chase was immediately concerned when he first saw Leo fall into the recycling bin and sprung into action to save his stepbrother, along with their other siblings. After seeing the kids use their bionics, Donald decided that the kids could stay and Leo was overjoyed.

In "Leo's Jam," Later, Chase and Leo fall in love with the same girl, aloong with Adam. Despite winning Danielle, Leo chooses to apologize to Adam and Chase for sabotaging their chances with Danielle and calls them his brothers. Chase later acknowledges Leo as his brother in "Exoskeleton vs. Grandma," where Chase and Leo apologize to each other

In "On the Edge,"when Leo discovers a new ability called EMP generation with Taylor, Chase forbade Leo from ever using the ability because it proved to be too dangerous to use. However, the two disobeyed Chase, and used the ability again; however, the EMP generation resulted in Leo permanently blinding Taylor. The older Davenport brother scolded Leo for causing her danger and deems him unworthy of being a leader. Leo takes his brother's words at heart, especially after learning Taylor will never see again, and decides to quit the team and the academy and move back to Mission Creek. Chase never meant for Leo to quit, possibly thinking he had been a little harsh on his brother, and he felt that Leo should stand with them during the award ceremony because he was a hero just like them. Later, Chase and their family are trapped on the Hurst Bridge and Leo goes to rescue them. On the mission, Leo refuses to give up on saving Chase, who tells his younger brother to let go or the car will take him too; Leo refuses and saves his brother from falling and the two brothers hug each other, glad the other is safe from harm and finally reconciling. Afterwards, Leo is able to stand next to his siblings and later, Chase congratulates his brother to finally making it, claiming he couldn't be any more prouder than him.

### Adam Davenport

> "*Adam is 6 foot 2, a rare combination of incredible strength and nothin' much else.*"
> ― Leo describing his older brother
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Main article: Adam Davenport and Leo Dooley
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.

Currently, Leo and Adam are running what is left of the Bionic Academy, allowing room for them to grow closer.

### Bree Davenport

> "*Bree is my sister, and I have to fix this.*"
> ― Leo to Douglas
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Bree is Leo's older step-sister/step-cousin, 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. Like Adam, Bree can be protective of Leo, Bree was concerned when Leo was trapped in the training room with the rest of the bionic soldiers and was scared when Sebastian ordered them to take him out.

Leo tried everything to restore Bree's chip, even going to Douglas, the man who originally created it, to help them.

### 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.

Since Leo matured since the end of Season 3, Donald promotes Leo to mentor after he proves to be courageous in battle by rescuing their family from the Hurst Memorial Bridge.

### Tasha Davenport

Tasha is Leo's mother who he is rather close to. It is presumed they had already been living in Mission Creek prior to her marrying Donald. Leo supports her marriage to Donald; however, Leo told his mother to stay away from online dating when they meet Adam, Bree and Chase for the first time and he sometimes wonders how they ended up together.

When Leo became bionic, Tasha was initially furious, but mainly with Douglas; She has chosen to support Leo for her son's sake.

### 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 "You Posted What", 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.Despite them being on the government's good sode, Douglas urges Leo to keep his bionic arm a secret because they would take Leo away and Douglas would end up in Federal prison. He also reveals that he made a remote that turns Leo's bionics on and off for the safety of himself and others. Leo steals the remote and activates his bionics. Douglas realizes this and confronts Leo at school, where he sees that his nephew was trying to impress a girl. Douglas promises to teach Leo how to use his arm properly.

When Leo glithced for the first time, he attacked Douglas in his sleep. Chace began to blame Douglas for never giving Leo a capsule because he was responsible for giving the kid a bionic arm int he first place. He didn't want anyone to wake Leo up in fear for his nephew's safety because it could potentially make Leo explode. After the ordeal, Douglas gives Leo an arm capsule for him to wear in his sleep. Douglas made Leo Daniel's mentor because he thought he was responsible and later scolded Leo for giving his son a chip upgrade when he specifically told him not to and later, Douglas saved his nephew's life when he liquified Marcus as he tried to fight Leo.

### Janice

Janice is the sister of Leo's mother Tasha, therefore his maternal aunt. It is implied the two have a healthy relationship because she helped him perform a dance in front of the girl he liked with her book club.

### 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

Leo and Daniel grew closer, as Leo told his cousin to give Douglas a chance. Daniel eventually became one of Leo's students, and Leo continued to teach him how to properly control his bionics.

### Rose

Leo is very close with his grandmother, but there are times when she gets in the way of his relationship with Janelle because she is a tad overprotective of her grandson.

### Other Relatives

On the show, Leo's father is never mentioned in the series at all,so it is unknown what their relationship was like and what happened to him. According to Bionic Showdown, Leo's step-grandmother, Grandma Davenport, tends to never stop calling her family. Douglas later mentions his and Donald's father, Leo's step-grandfather, who Douglas at least 20 bucks from.

Additionally Leo has another aunt who is Tasha's other sister and a grandfather is mentioned in Three Minus Bree, where Leo mentions that Eddy may have inadvertently caused his grandparents to break up with each other. However it is unknown if he is referring to Rose and Tasha's father or if he is referring to his stepfather's parents.