Donatello


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__**Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) **__

__** Background Info. **__  ﻿ Donatello is a member of the fictional crime fighting time, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and is named after the famous sculptor Donatello. Throughout the comics, tv shows, and movies, Donatello is seen as the "intellectual" and "brains" of the four turtles. His favorite color is purple and his weapon of choice is the Bo-Staff. He is credited as being the favorite turtle among the co-creator, Peter Laird. Although Leonardo is seen as the main leader of the the group, Donatello often devises the plans and many of the solutions to the problems the turtles find themselves in. Donatello is also credited in being an excellent inventor. A number of the turtles gadgets and equipment is designed and made by Donatello.

__**-He is Smarter than Everyone Else and is Generally a Problem Solver **__ Out of the four turtles, Donatello is the smartest and most technologically capable of the turtles. While others are focused on pizza and fighting, Donatello puts his energy towards fixing and building gadgets, vehicles, and other devices that help the turtles when they need it the most. His inventions include the Turtle Van, the Turtle Com, and the Turtle Blimp. Although Donatello is a skilled fighter, he would choose to talk out an issue before fighting over it, if possible. This puts him at a higher intellectual level then his three brothers. Donatello is second in command to his brother, [|Leonar][|o], but often is the one who ends up saving the turtles when they are in dire straits. The turtles rarely go into battle without consulting Donatello on what the plans are and how they will conquer the issues they are faced with.

__**-He is a Skilled Fighter **__ Althrough Donatello would rather talk out an issue, he is an excellent fighter who is skilled in ninjutsu. His main weapon is the Bo-Staff. In most TMNT video games, Donatello has the longest range of attack and often has the most powerful attack. Even though Donatello is the least violent of all the turtles, Donatello's master of stealth also increases his abilities as a skilled fighter.

__** -Fights Bad Guys **__ ﻿Along with his brothers, Donatello faces many enemies that impose danger on New York City. The turtles' main arch nemisis/enemy is [|Shredder], who's also known as Oroku Saki and is a master of ninjutsu and leader of the Foot Clan. The Foot Clan is an ancient Japanese clan consisting of ninjas that has a central hub in New York City. Donatello and the Turtles are constantly fighting to stop Shredder and the Foot Clan from taking over the world.

__**Guy Fawkes **__

__** Background Info **__ Guy Fawkes, April 13th 1570-January 31st 1606, was an English born soldier who planned the failed [|Gunpowder Plot] in 1605. Fawkes was born in and educated in York and converted to Catholicism after his widowed mother married a Catholic. Fawkes left for Spain to fight in the Eighty Year's War against the Dutch Protestant Reformers. He failed in gaining Spanish support for a Catholic rebellion and returned to England. With the help of Thomas Wintour and [|Robert Catesby], Fawkes planned to assasinate King James I and restore a Catholic monarch in England. Fawkes was caught guarding the gunpowder under the Palace of Westminster and was taken into custody. Fawkes was scheduled to be publicly hanged but managed to jump off the scaffold and killed himself. Fawkes has become somewhat of a folkhero in England and is synonymous to the Gunpowder Plot, which is celebrated with a bonfire, fireworks, and an effigy in the bonfire every November 5th. His influence is also apparent in the fact that he's on the 2002 list of the "100 Great Britons" and was used as a model for Alan Moore's //V for Vendetta.// __** -He is Smarter Than Everyone Else and is Generally a Problem Solver **__ In comparison to Donatello, Guy Fawkes was not very smart, but he tried to be a problem solver. His lack of intelligence was one of the main reasons that his Gunpowder Plot failed in the first place. As for being a problem solver, Fawkes was a problem solver for the Catholic community in England because he faught against the Protestants and tried to ignite a Catholic Rebellion. He extended his wishes to Spain and even though they didn't throw their support behind Fawkes' plans for rebellion, he still was very proactive in trying to solve this issue that obviously meant a great deal to him. __** -He is a Skilled Fighter **__ Fawkes spent four years in Spain fighting at first for England and later for Spain against the Protestant reformers. Although Fawkes' military career was somewhat brief, he became a junior officer and faught at the siege of Calais in 1596 and was later recommended for [|captaincy] Fawkes' military career also became helpful in the initial planning stages of the Gunpowder plot because he was in charge of the gunpowder itself. His desire to blow up the [|Palace of Westminster]is very violent in comparison to Donatello's desire to talk things out before a fight. __** -He Fights Bad Guys **__ In Fawkes' own eyes, he was fighting "bad guys," the Protestants. Along with Fawkes and the other Catholics in England, the Protestant rule was less than desireable. His actions were positive only to a small group of people. Donatello on the other hand faught for all of New York City. Fawkes' role in the Gunpowder Plot showed him standing up for what he believed in and fighting the people who he felt didn't deserve to be in power.

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