Hamato Venus (2012 TV series)

## Hamato Venus

**Venus**, often called **Vee** or **Little Vee**, is one of the main protagonists in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 television series. She's the biological daughter of the late Eduardo and Paulina Martinez. She's also the youngest adoptive daughter of Master Splinter/Hamato Yoshi, the younger adoptive sister of Karai, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo, and the younger adoptive step-sister of Oroku Asami.

Venus is known as the sarcastic one of the team, although she still loves and cares for her close ones. Venus belongs to a diverse family, with her adoptive father being a human-sized rat and her adoptive brothers being mutant turtles. Master Splinter is her adoptive father and her and her brothers' sensei. Master Splinter taught her everything about being a Kunoichi and Ninjutsu.

Venus is inspired by Mei Pieh Chi in Ninja Turtles: The Next Generation and is the first human counterpart. Her main weapon of choice is twin tessen fans, and she wears a pink form-fitting jumpsuit with black stripes down her arms and sides, complete with silver armor and traditional Japanese. America Ferrera voices her in this series.

## History

Venus was found by Master Splinter as an infant when he was wandering in the sewers for supplies one day. Splinter decided to take her in, and she was raised as his daughter and the younger sister of the turtles. It is unknown when her birthday is, but it is mentioned that Venus is at least a few months younger than her brothers.

Instead of naming her after a Renaissance artist, Splinter named her after his favorite ancient Greek sculpture, Venus de Milo.

For fifteen years, Venus was raised alongside her mutant turtle brothers: Leonard, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo, in the sewers. Since she was four years old, Venus was trained by Master Splinter to become a kunoichi while her brothers trained as ninjas. She had become a full-blown kunoichi by the time she was ten and became the first female ninja to join the Hamato Clan.

## Physical Appearance

Venus appears as a 15-year-old girl with long dark brown hair tied up in a side-braid with bangs framing her face and dark brown eyes. She has a slender but athletic build due to her training over the years. She stands at an average height for a 15-year-old and is around 5'0".

Venus wears a pink form-fitting jumpsuit with black stripes down her arms and sides, silver armor, and traditional Japanese shoes.

Her normal outfit includes a light pink pullover hoodie, dark green cargo pants, black combat boots, a black and silver mixed chain faux leather cuff bracelet, and a grey beanie. This outfit is first seen in "Never Say Xever."

## Personality

Although she is the baby of the family, Venus is slightly more mature than her older brother Mikey. Venus is a smart, sarcastic, tomboyish, and protective girl. Her sarcasm is likely from Raphael, but Venus is brave, intelligent, and free-spirited despite her sarcastic attitude and cheekiness, much like the rest of her brothers.

Venus loves to hang out and spar with her brothers, but due to their sarcastic attitudes, Venus is closer to Raph than any of her brothers. Venus may be younger than her brothers, but she is very protective of them, especially over Mikey.

## Skills, powers, and abilities

As a highly skilled martial artist and kunoichi, Venus has many skills and talents she contributes throughout the series.

* **Ninjutsu:** Master Splinter began to train Venus to become a kunoichi when she was five. Over the years in training, she became a very highly skilled kunoichi at just ten years old and improved the most out of her brothers throughout the series. She is shown to be just as good as Karai, although they were always head to head.
* **Tessenjutsu:** Venus' main weapon of choice is the twin tessens. She can use to strike with the blades of the lessons and uses them to defend herself, and she can throw both with the likeness of the boomerang. Master Splinter trained her in the martial art of the Japanese war fan and became a master of Tessenjutsu, and she began to teach April how to use a tessen.
* **Shurikenjutsu:** Venus can throw shuriken with remarkable accuracy.
* **Enhanced Speed and Acrobatics:** Out of her skills, these two are her top physical skills besides Tessenjutsu. She's able to perform a variety of acrobatic feats like handsprings, cartwheels, and flips while fighting off her enemies. Unlike April, Venus can keep up with her brothers when running along the rooftops.
* **Strength:** Despite having a slender shape, Venus still has an athletic build to her, and due to learning the arts of ninjutsu since the age of five, she has held her own against older and more experienced fighters. She has also shown to have great strength to lift heavy objects.
* **Master of Stealth:** As a kunoichi, Venus can hide in the darkness and move in the shadows without being seen like her brothers.
* **Cooking Skills:** Much like Mikey, Venus loves to cook, and unlike Mikey, Venus can cook, according to her other three brothers. Venus and Mikey usually take turns cooking for their family, and even though Mikey hates to admit it, he thinks Venus is a better cook than him.
* **Teaching:** Venus is a good teacher. She teaches April how to use the tessen properly and even teaches April hand-to-hand combat and ninjutsu whenever Splinter is busy. She also teaches Mikey how to cook food properly.

## Relationships

### Family

* **Splinter** - Venus' adoptive father and sensei. Splinter found Venus in the sewers when she was just an infant and took her to raise her as his own. Venus and Splinter have a strong father/daughter bond, and Venus goes to him whenever she has questions. When Splinter is thrown into the drainage pipe by Shredder, Venus becomes devastated by his temporary death. In "Requiem," Splinter is stabbed and thrown off the roof by Shredder. She becomes deeply depressed and weeps over his body with her brothers.
* **Hamato Miwa / Karai** - Venus's adoptive older sister. At first, Venus never trusted Karai, considering she was working for the Foot and was the supposed daughter of Shredder. However, when Venus discovers the truth about how Karai is Splinter's long-lost daughter, she tries to help Leo tell Karai, but Karai wouldn't listen. When Karai finally realizes the truth and when she does officially become a member of the Hamato Clan, the two immediately become more like sisters and hang out together.
* **Leonardo** - Venus' eldest adoptive brother. Venus and Leo argue from time to time but in the end, they love each other and have each other's backs. Though she greatly respects Leo, she tends to get annoyed by his bossiness as a leader and his protectiveness over her. When Leo is thrown through the window of April's apartment during the invasion, Venus becomes deeply concerned for Leo and is worried that he may never wake up from his turtle coma.
* **Raphael** - Venus' second eldest adoptive brother. As the older brother, Raph is very protective of Venus, much like Leo, which annoys Venus. Out of her brothers, Venus seems to be closer to Raph and even takes after his sarcasm. The two barely argue though they love teasing each other. Raph affectionately gives Venus the nickname 'Squirt,' and although she hates that nickname, she only allows Raph to call her that.
* **Donatello** - Venus' third older adoptive brother. Like his other brothers, Donnie is protective of Venus but isn't as protective of her as Raph and Leo. Venus and Donnie seem to argue a lot, but like her and Leo, they get along by the end of the day. Venus gets annoyed at Donnie when he begins his "science talk" and teases him about his crush on April.
* **Michelangelo** - Venus' younger older adoptive brother. Despite her being younger than Mikey, Venus is very protective of Mikey. The two never argue with each other, although she does tend to get annoyed when Mikey gets distracted a lot. The two share their interest in cooking for their family, and even though Mikey hates to admit it, he thinks Venus is a better cook than him. Despite this, they take turns cooking.
* **Eduardo Martinez** - Venus' biological father. At first, Venus was baffled to discover that her biological father was still alive even after all the years she thought he was dead and hardly spoke to him. After talking with him, Venus trusted him, but she refused to call him "Dad" as he was never in her life. She was devastated when Eduardo sacrificed himself to save New York from being mutated by staying behind and fighting off Kraang Prime in the ship, losing his life.
* **Ice Cream Kitty** - Mutated pet cat. She helps Mikey look after her.
* **Poppy** - Poppy was Venus's pet lizard until she was mutated. Venus always ensured that Poppy was taken care of, but when Poppy was mutated, she teamed up with Slash. She became co-leader of the Mighty Mutanimals. Even though Poppy isn't Venus's pet anymore, they are still each other's best friends and will do anything to look out for one another.

### Friends & Allies

* **April O'Neil** - April is the first human best friend Venus meets. Upon saving April, Venus admitted out loud that she was finally glad to have a girl around. April becomes Venus's "big sister" figure and even takes her shopping to get regular clothes. Venus helps Splinter train April to become kunoichi and gives her tips, much to April's gratitude.
* **Casey Jones** - Venus' second human friend she meets. Casey loves making fun of Venus' height and even gives her the nickname "Shorty," much to her annoyance. However, the two get along fairly well and have each other's backs. Casey acts as another brother figure and is very protective of her.
* **Oroku Asami** - Venus's older adoptive step-sister. As Shredder's daughter, Venus never trusted her as Asami was always out to kill her, her brothers, and Splinter. However, when Asami learned the truth about who killed her mother, Asami felt guilty about trying to kill them. Venus and her brothers accepted her apology, knowing how Shredder lied to her. Venus never treats her as family member but she does treat her as a trusted ally.
* **Spike / Slash** - Ever since the events of Slash and Destroy, Venus has had trust issues with Slash as he tried to kill her and her other brothers. However, in Newtralized!, they make amends after he saves her from being killed by the Newtralizer. She helped him and the Mutanimals in the Battle of New York, and Slash gave her his condolences after her father had sacrificed himself to save the city. The two trust one another and always has each other's backs.
* **Leatherhead** - Leatherhead was closer to Mikey, but despite this, Venus and Leatherhead were also good friends. She trusted him and was glad that Mikey became friends with him.
* **Timothy / The Pulverizer / Mutagen Man** - She hardly interacted with Timothy as she found him annoying.

### Enemies

* **Oroku Saki / The Shredder** - Venus's arch nemesis. Venus has heard a lot about The Shredder, and because of information from Splinter, she immediately knows how bad Shredder is. She doesn't meet Shredder until "The Gauntlet" and barely escapes from him with her life, along with her brothers.
* **The Kraang** - Venus's targeted archenemies. Relationship is unknown.
* **Baxter Stockman** - One of Venus's enemies. Even though Stockman is Venus's enemy, she thinks he's not worth her or her brother's time to fight him, as he is worthless to her.
* **Chris Bradford / Dogpound / Rahzar** - One of Venus's enemies. When Venus discovered that Bradford was using Mikey to get to Splinter, she was angry and worried for her brother's safety. In "The Gauntlet," when Bradford stabs his sword into the glass of the mutagen, he tries to take her down with him and Xever but is saved by Leonardo.
* **Xever Montes / Fishface / Mr. X** - One of Venus's enemies. Fishface continuously flirts with her, much to her disgust.
* **Snake / Snakeweed** - Snake debuted in the first episode of the series "Rise of the Turtles, Part 1" Before he mutated into a mutant weed; he was a henchman for The Kraang.
* **Dr. Victor Falco / The Rat King** - One of Venus's enemies. Relationship is unknown.
* **Vic / Spider Bytes** - One of Venus's enemies. Venus hated the names that Vic had called her brothers, and due to her fear of spiders, she hated Vic and Spider Bytes.

## Trivia

* Venus is named after the famous Greek sculptor created during the Hellenistic period.
	+ Venus's name is Latin, meaning the Roman goddess of love and desire, known in Greek as Aphrodite.
	+ In Katakana, Venus's name is spelled ビーナス (Biinasu)
	+ Given the fact that she was adopted by Hamato Yoshi/Splinter, Venus's full name would be "Hamato Venus" or "Leonardo Hamato" in Western naming order.
* Her mastery of Ninjutsu includes Taijutsu, Qigong, Tessenjutsu, Shinobi-iri, Kayakujustu, Boryaku, Archery, and Intonjutsu.
* Venus is the youngest of her brothers, at least a few months younger than them.
	+ She is also the youngest of the Hamato/Ninja Turtles clan.
* Venus' biological name is Gabriela Martinez.
* Venus can speak three different languages: English, Japanese, and Spanish.
* Venus most likely gets her sarcasm from Raphael.
* Venus became a graduated kunoichi at the age of ten. She now helps Splinter teach April to become one.
* In "Turtle Temper" and "Fungus Humungous," Venus is shown to have Arachnophobia, a fear of spiders. This is most likely because she revealed that Mikey had kept teasing her with a spider when they were younger and placed it on her forehead while sleeping.
* Venus is the only fully human girl in the series.
* Venus is left-handed.
* Venus's favorite color is pink.
* Venus's favorite shows are Minecraft Oasis and A Pup Named Scooby Doo.
* Donatello homeschools Venus.