Leo Zhào

Leo Zhào is a secondary character in the fanmade spinoff series, ***And Bluey!***. He's the cousin of Judo and the cousin-in-law of Muffin.

## **Appearance**

Being that he's part pitbull, Leo is very bulky and square. His head and tail are fluffy and are similar in shape to a lion's mane. He has two dark brown spots on his nose, as well as one on his left hand. Leo's belly is a cream color, which matches the color of his snout and tail. He has a patch of curtain bangs on his head, as well as a flopped over right ear.

## **Personality**

Leo is very emotionally closed off and can come off as a nasty, sarcastic person. He swears a lot and appears to have little to no respect for anyone, being especially distrustful of adults. Leo is known to cause a lot of trouble in school and seems to enjoy giving teachers a hard time.

That being said, Leo will never bully any kids, especially not those younger than him. He actually enjoys being around other people his age and younger and lets his guard down around them. Much to everyone's surprise, Leo is actually very sweet deep down and only wants to be loved and protected.

## **Backstory**

Leo's life was pretty rough from before day one. His mother was a partier and often valued friends and social lives over family, even in her later years. Leo's mother found herself pregnant after one of her many fancy, rich parties, which she would hold practically every week for all her rich designer clients in Buckinghamshire. She took the pregnancy surprisingly well; having a baby would be an opportunity for her to start over, clean up, and do things right this time. She had, after all, already had two other kids nearly 20 years earlier, both of which had separated themselves from her as soon as they turned 18. Why? She wasn't sure.

Baby Leo was born that July and his mum seemed to hold her word. Her house parties had died down, she hadn't drank or smoked since she found out she was pregnant, and she was getting back on track with finding good clients and raked in a lot of money. However, the temptation and need to impress these people was very much still there, and as soon as Leo could walk, his mother was already showing him off to her "friends" and planning extravagant parties for him.

Being that his mother was a pretty famous fashion designer, Leo grew up in the spot light. At a very young age, he was exposed to the good, the bad, and the ugly of the celebrity world. He witnessed firsthand how money and fame could work wonders for a person, but also how it could drive them down a very dark path.

Leo was used as a prop by his mother. He was little, cute, and everyone loved to see a child dressed in designer clothes! The more Leo was seen wearing his mother's clothes, the better they sold and the more she benefitted from it. Leo always hated these events; the clothes were itchy, the cameras were too bright, the room was always too hot. This became Leo's reality for the next 13 years of his life.

One evening during one of her parties, the cops showed up at Leo's mother's house to arrest her. As it turned out, she had committed fraud and had been embezzling money by stealing her company's credit card information and using the money for her own clothing and materials. Leo's mum was arrested in front of her entire "friend" group- all 1,500 guests. News of her arrest spread like wildfire and she was fired and thrown in jail for a maximum of 10 years, although she only did a year.

It just so happened that Wendy was on a European cruise at the time of her sister's arrest and didn't hear about it until a few days later. Judo, on the other hand, was tracked down by Leo's nanny and was given temporary custody over him. Now here Leo was in a totally different country, stuck in a house with two people he didn't even know, without his mother. When he first arrived in Brisbane, he was very unhappy and begged his nanny to keep him, but she said it would be better if he stayed with family. Anxiety and disconnection were things Leo had felt before, but now he felt truly lonely.

## Gallery

Edit of Leo with his friends and cousins.
## **Trivia**

### **Other**

* His name and appearance are one big reference. Leo's hair is modeled after 90's Leonardo DiCaprio, his zodiac sign matches his name, and his fluffy "mane" is modeled after Simba from The Lion King