#but then Donnie also has has password (and username) Bootyyyshaker9000

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I just adore the little nicknames they've given each other

*Deep Breath*

Neon Leon (technically Leo gave that to himself), Nardo, Leon, Angelo, Aaaand I can’t think of any others

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Rise Characterizations Pt. 3!!!

Now that Leo and Raph are done, it's Donnie's turn for character analysis as a writing reference. So without further ado,

Donnie Character Notes

Language Habits:

Straight up talks like a redditor who hasn't touched enough grass (affectionate)

Oscillates between very scientific paper polished, sometimes adding a dazzle of shakespearean for dramatics, or abbreviations/a shorter version of a word with a more fun connotation (i.e. "brekkie" instead of breakfast)

Uses food as surprised exclamations or curses, "oh my peaches and cream", "banana pancakes!"

Emphasizes each syllable of a long word when he's excited or trying to make a point. Conquered becomes con-qu-ered

Either exaggerates his speech or speaks in deadpan

The science terms he uses as battle cries aren't chosen at random, but rather are related to the action/subject at hand, i.e. yelling "fibonacci" when throwing his spinning tech-bo

Will overly describe an item or a situation, and often gets caught up in these observations before processing what just happened

Will repeatedly yell "help!" when he's distressed and/or outnumbered

Refers to Mikey as "Michael"

Refers to his brothers as "brethren" or "gentlemen"

Refers to splinter as either "father", "papa", or "dad" depending on the weight of the situation

Refers to his tech as his "babies"

Answers the phone with, "You're conversing with Donatello"

Uses "gesundheit" instead of bless you

Personality:

The fixer, he supplies the family with tech and resources. He always has a trinket made for the situation at hand and/or offers his knowledge/data collected. He's always prepared to help. Even with outside resources, he likes to feel useful in solving their problems (i.e., building Todd that dog park)

The theater kid, in a similar vein to leo, Donnie has his own style of dramatics. He often uses shakespeare-like language, is mentioned to regularly recite the jupiter jim musical soundtrack, and has a music mode for his battle shell. He belongs on a stage, or at least thinks he does

Not good at lying, despite the glamour he can put on in the spotlight. This may be due to the side of himself that over explains his thoughts

An over-thinker, who really tends to over-complicate things. His first theory or idea will always be the most extreme buck-wild concept. After some filtering, he still word vomits

A dreamer/big idea guy. He does have big ideas and goals. A lot of these he's able to put into place, although some go a little haywire (see Albearto). He doesn't do things in halves, and puts everything into a project

Meticulous, someone who's very detail oriented. As mentioned before he tends to over-complicates things. This may be impacted by his love for data and collecting information (he does record Everything for a reason)

Always on the edge of violence, which is surprising. Donnie's not known as being the angry archetype of tmnt, but he can get a little violent in his fighting style and does often cite his desire to use lethal force

Low empathy, which is mainly due to his issues processing and recognizing emotions. He's been pegged as unemotional, but in canon he's rather emotional and expressionate, just lacking the skills to process such emotion (he's just like me fr)

Praise motivated, as seen with his interactions with Splinter. Also desires the praise of his brothers, who he doesn't feel understand him with all the teasing that's sent towards his direction. This also pushes him to seek validation and acceptance in other groups (i.e. the purple dragons), to feel a sense of security or belonging

Ignores his own mistakes, and will often pretend like they didn't exist or ever happen. This most likely has to do with his desire for praise, so he feels bad when he fails. If he never made a mistake, he never has to feel bad

Miscellaneous:

Fourth to unlock mystic powers

Uses "Bootyyyshaker9000" as most of his usernames and passwords, with his alt. username being "Alpha-Bootyyyshaker9000"

Has a fear of bees, spiders, and of course beach balls

Breaks the fourth wall the most

Loves the smell of pineapple, hates the texture

Has a hobby of rooting around in the junkyard and dumpster diving

Uses cheat codes in video games

Mikey's next of course :)

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With the exception of Leo, the Turtles have all been shown to have the habit of making code names based off of their own interests;

Raph: Purple Rain, do you see the target?

Mikey: Good Morning, I’m Doctor Feelings

Raph typically gives his family code names based off of song titles & Mikey has come up with multiple doctor personas while Donnie seems to come up with names based off of various games that he likes to play as seen by him giving his family Chess Code Names in the episode Mind Meld due to his love of Chess & introducing himself as Othello Von Ryan to the Purple Dragons which might possibly be a reference to the game Othello

Donnie: This is Purple Knight is everyone in position

Raph: Red King is set

April: Jeremy, Jason, Kendra; this is my friend Do-

Donnie: Othello Von-Ryan! Maker, coder, artisan!

The idea of Donnie coming up with code names based off of games that he likes to play might also explain him using Bootyyyshaker9000 as a password & username as we know that the Turtles have some version of a DDR game in the lair which is where Donnie’s ‘love of dance’ might have even come from

However something that is interesting to note is that Donnie, Mikey & Raph aren’t the only ones in Rise that have a habit of coming up with names based off their special interests & April has also been shown to come up with a name based off of her own special interests as well.

In the episode The Purple Game, when Donnie & April play against each other we see that April’s username is Sherlock_Corn with April even dressing up her avatar as Sherlock Holmes. 

April: This is April O’Neil, investigative reporter, for the Eastlaird University Daily News

The fact that April gave herself a username based off of Sherlock Holmes fits with the trend that Donnie, Mikey & Raph have shown of coming up with names based off of their own interests as considering the fact that April decides to pursue a career as an investigative reporter, it is likely that April has an interest in detectives & solving mysteries.