Background[]
Leonardo was a pet turtle along with three others who had been bought by a boy, but the boy tripped and the four turtles fell into a sewer drain. At the time, Hamato Yoshi had been hiding in the sewer from his enemy, Oroku Saki, and had become a friend of the rats living down there. Hamato was overjoyed to find four new friends and welcomed the turtles into his home. At some point after, Hamato noticed the turtles covered in a glowing substance, and he touched the substance himself. The turtles had most recently touched Yoshi, causing them to quickly evolve into humanlike turtles. Hamato, having just been exposed to the rats, became a human rat. Hamato saw the turtles' potential to challenge the one responsible for the mutations to change him back to a human, and trained them in the art of ninjutsu, and naming them after some of his favorite Renaissance artists – Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello. Leonardo was given a blue mask, uses the ninjaken swords as his weapons and is the leader of the team.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Master of Ninjutsu: He is an extremely skilled martial artist and swordsman. Like his brothers, he is a master ninja and is very agile, able to leap over rooftops and avoid attacks from enemies, including gunfire, weapons, and punches and kicks.
- Seishin Teki Kyoyo: Spiritual education in Ninjitsu
- Taijutsu: The body Technique
- Qigong: A holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training
- Kenjustu: The art of Japanese Swordsmanship
- Shurikenjustu: The art of using the Shuriken
- Kayakujustu: The art of gunpowder
- Shinobi-iri: Techniques for stealth and infiltration
- Sui-ren: The art of cooking
- Boryaku: Loosely translated as the art of strategy
- Kyuudou: The Japanese art of Archery
- Intonjustu: The disappearing technique
- Pressure Point Fighting
- Enhanced Strength: He is pretty strong when it comes to defense and counter attacks and he is mainly a well balanced ninja. Since an actual turtle can pull 5 times its body weight, he and his brothers have been mutated and trained for 15 years as master martial artists by Master Splinter, so their strength has been amplified as a result.
- Enhanced Speed: Despite being a turtle, he is not slow. He can run fast enough to avoid laser fire from a Kraang weapon. He can also move things at enhanced speeds too, like twirling his katana blades.
- Stealth: Like his brothers, he is stealthy, can hide in the shadows, sneak around without being detected, and use hand to hand combat like a real ninja.
- Shell: He has the normal ability of a turtle to get into his shell.
- Healing Factor: His healing factor seem to work while in water, where he woke up after the villainous fight 3 months later but the fight left him very injured.
- Intelligence: He has a good line of defense, and is the best at planning strategies.
- Stamina and Endurance: He shown off his high stamina in The Invasion, he was able to handle and stay much alive while the long Foot-Bot challenge, he was also able to defeat all of Shredder's henchmen, but all that work worn him out giving Shredder the chance to finish him off.
- Healing Hand Technique: He was taught how to use ninjitsu to heal himself and others using a special technique by Splinter. It was effective in removing venom that had no cure.
- Unstable Mutation: This was so secret, not even Donnie, the most intelligent of the turtles knew about it until much later, Leo and his brothers... we're still mutating. Not like he was getting bigger or something, it's more like the mutagen ooze that turned them into the ninja turtles they are today was taking it's next step in evolving them. Turning Leo and his brothers into hideous brutes of near unrivaled powered, in this... double mutated form, he is fireproof, laserproof, able to lift and throw cars, and snap steal supports like nothing, this form even comes pre-equipted with claws to tear and slash into enemies. Though it does have a few draw backs, if he... Hell, if he or ANY of his brothers turn into this form, the transformation can make them became very agressive, to the point where there even willing to attack there own friends, family, and allies, and the transformation does have a history of being temporary, and wearing off at the worst possible times, plus, this next step in there mutation has gotten so out of hand in only a few episodes, they had to cure themselves of these mutations just to prevent such an outcome.
Equipment[]
- Ninjaken Swords: While a lot of people call his swords katana's, which are curved, there strait, so there actually ninjaken, there sharp enough to slice through metal.
- Mystic Ōdachi: A swing of it can open portal's from across the room or all the way to Tahiti.
- Shurikens
- Kunai's
- Smoke Bombs
- Grappling Hook Gun
- Climbing Claws
- Suction Cups
- Tanto
- Yumi Bow
- Scooter: Used for transportation
- Amulet Of Acolytes
- Mystic Form: When Leo harnesses and focuses his chi through the Amulet Of Acolytes, he turns into his Mystic Form, which grants him the strength to smash boulders, use telepathy, and move faster than the speed of light/
- Dragon Form: When Leo fully embraces the Amulet Of Acolytes power, he turns into his Dragon Form, which grants him wings for flght, the strength to smash buildings, and the ability to breathe blue hot fire.
Feats[]
Strength[]
- Strong enough to push against the 6.4 ton bite force of a T Rex
- Strong enough to slice through steel with his swords
- Overcame the effects of the Fungus Humungous' spores, which causes their victims to experience their greatest fears
- Is usually the Turtle that ultimately defeats Shredder, as he is consistently able to keep up with him
- Was able to physically hold back Kraang Prime
- Restrained Kraang Prime with a chain
- Crushed a monster cockroach
- Defeated Raphael, the strongest of his brothers, in a fist fight
Speed[]
- Reacted to and dodged lightning from the Mystic Ninjas
- Fast enough to dodge lightning from Ho Chan powered thugs
- Outran an explosion along with his brothers
Durability[]
- Survived an attack that was said to reduce a castle to rubble
- Survived a normally fatal stabbing
Skills[]
- Battled an entire horde of Foot Bots as well as Fishface, Rahzar, and Tigerclaw all by himself
- Shredder recognizes Leonardo as a worthy leader and even considers him his true heir
- Held his own against a Triceraton warrior and even killed it
- Officially became a Jonin (Ninja Master)
Weaknesses[]
- Tends to panic whenever his plans wrong
- Strongly relies on his brothers while in a fight
- Amulet of the Acolytes can be destroyed
- Micheal Bay