Follow the leader

"Woah, woah, woah ... someone needs to put on the Ronco BBQ gloves and just pipe the hell down!Listen, I'll write about Donatello's quiet, yet masterful Turtle leadership skills when I damn well feel like it."-JE Skeets Monday January 16th, 2006

Well the time is here Skeets, it's been too long, and since I am constantly under attack, I figure why not keep this hits coming. A topic that Trace and Skeets don't agree on, well one of many at least is who was the 'leader' of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While, I can't state Skeets point for him, I would hope he responds himself, I don't know how anyone else could say that it was not Leonardo.

Leonardo is the leader and here are the points to prove it. Nothing fancy just the facts...and my opinion:

Leonardo is the self-professed leader of the Turtles. You can even check out a personal interview with him at the official ninja turtle website

Wikipedia also has him listed as the leader of the Ninja Turtles as well

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the movie, Leonardo takes the leadership role on. Case and point, he buts head with Raphael about direction of the group. He also was the only guy to watch over Raphael while he got jumped by the footclan and was seriously hurt. He always displays the most "heart" and I think that he is the most motivated and disciplined turtle there is. It was Leo who drew the line in the sand when they decided to go and try and find Splinter after he was kidnapped. Plus he was

One might say Trace, well that's the movie, what about the cartoon? Well that's even easier:
An excerpt from the theme song:

Splinter taught them to be ninja teens (He's a radical rat!)
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That's a fact, Jack!)
Raphael is cool but crude (Gimme a break!)
Michaelangelo is a party dude (Party!)

So based on that, I don't know how else you could say that Donatello, or anyone else was the leader. Was Donatello an important part of the Turtles? Sure he was, he was the gadget, techy guy. But alas, I have made my points, I open it up to anyone else who disagrees. I'm sure there will be many.