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So, are you ready for your new adventure?
— Donald to Bree and Chase in The Vanishing

Donald Davenport is one of the main characters of Lab Rats. He is a businessman, best known as the CEO and co-founder of the tech company Davenport Industries.

Davenport founded the company in 1992 with his brother, Douglas Davenport, and quickly became a billionaire. Following a falling-out with Douglas, Davenport took full control of the company. He is known best as the adoptive father and team leader of the three bionic sibling, Adam, Bree, and Chase Davenport and the step-father of Leo Dooley, as well as furthering and developing bionic enhancement technology through the implementation of chips. He is also the founder of the Davenport Bionic Academy.

He is portrayed by Hal Sparks.

Biography

Early life

Donald Davenport was born sometime in the early 1970s and is the older brother of Douglas Davenport, whom was very jealous with him, because of how more successful he was than him and as a kid, he had action figures as friends.

Donald had humble beginnings, and spend much of his childhood in Centium City, and he started his experiments after building a small lab and his high school sport, was A.P. Chemistry.

Davenport Industries

In 1992, he rose to new heights and co-founded Davenport Industries with his brother, Douglas Davenport Davenport discovered Douglas' plan to create Bionic Superhumans for evil, and took Adam, Bree, and Chase, Douglas' children from him. Douglas then faked his death.

Davenport raised the bionic children in his lab for years, and kept them a secret from the rest of the world until his stepson Leo discovered them in 2012.

Bionic Team

First Missions

In 2012, he married Tasha Dooley, and they moved into his home. Leo, his step son, accidentally discovered his secret lair where he kept the bionic super humans, which lead Davenport to give the "Lab Rats" more freedom and more things to do rather than only eat, sleep, and train for top-secret missions after they realize that they could have a chance to go experience the real world. Once he sees that Leo, Adam, Bree, and Chase were willing to sacrifice their lives for each other and that he only focused on training the bionic side of them and not the human side, he allows them to go to school as long as no one discovered their bionic secret. (Crush, Chop and Burn)

When Davenport's train began speeding out of control, he sent the Lab Rats to stop it. (Rats On A Train) After witnessing their success on their first mission, he began sending them on more missions, including one in space. (Mission: Space)

Battling Marcus and Douglas

Threatened by Marcus

Davenport revealed his self-driving car to the Lab Rats, while unbeknownst to him, Marcus, an android, tried to kill Leo by trapping him in the car.

After Leo stopped a gas leak, Davenport promoted him to the position of mission specialist. (Missin' the Mission) Leo lead a strike against Davenport when he and the Lab Rats believed they were being worked too hard. After resolving the strike, (The Rats Strike Back!) Leo led Davenport to Douglas' house and told him that Marcus had led him there. (Leo vs. Evil)

Confronting Douglas

Although Davenport didn't initially believe Leo, focusing instead on helping Adam get a driver's licence (Trucked Out) and racing against Pierce Harrington (The Bionic 500), he was kidnapped by his brother Douglas, whom he believed was dead.

Davenport was rescued by the Lab Rats and Leo, and believed that Marcus was dead after the roof collapsed on him. (Bionic Showdown)

Davenport was awarded a medal from the White House, although his interview was ruined, as his memory of the past 35 years of his life were wiped and restored after the interview. (Memory Wipe)

Douglas returned to save Chase, who was stuck in an avalanche, and attempted to turn him to his side. However, Chase tricked Douglas, who was frozen. Davenport moved Douglas, still frozen, to an Offshore facility. (Avalanche!)

Victor Krane

However, Douglas was unfrozen by Victor Krane. Douglas blew up Davenport's lab, trapping him and Leo, and hacked into his company, making him bankrupt.

Davenport tracked down the team, who had left to protect the family. He recovered them and after a fight, disabled their Triton App. He recovered his money and built a new lab.

Davenport flies the Jet-Wing to raise money after his business goes bankrupt

Davenport flies the Jet-Wing to raise money after his business goes bankrupt

Season 4

He continues to be the owner of the Davenport Bionic Academy, since he built it. In this season, Donald's brilliance is shown greatly when he discovers an entirely different galaxy where he made a planet called Lithios, and a space colony called Davenportia. Donald also meets his long-lost nephew, Daniel, who joins the academy. Donald discovered a new upgrade that can amplify the bionic soldiers' powers. He also faced against Giselle Vickers and a resurrected Marcus, after the students' upgrade caused them to forcibly geo-leap to Giselle's lair. After Marcus and Giselle are defeated he announced he and Tasha are going to have a baby daughter. After all that, He has no other choice to divided the Bionic Team and work on a New Project, an Elite Force.

Background

Personality

Donald commonly appears eccentric, over the top, childish and very arrogant. He is well aware of his large ego, but thinks he has every right to have one. Although arrogant, Donald is a genuinely nice person, who strongly cares about others and has a strict moral constitution, something he's implemented on Adam, Bree and Chase, it being him who raised them. Although he raised them, Donald's relationship is closer to an employer and employees than a father to his children. He is very strict Adam, Bree, Chase and Leo and punishes them a lot every time they mess up. Despite this he cares deeply about them, and will rush to their aid whenever they are in trouble. Although eccentric and at times wacky, Donald also knows when its time to be responsible and mature, and will always be ready for emergencies (not that he doesn't panic).

Donald's arrogance can at times work against him, as he can be overly confident and unwilling to admit his failings. He's also always ready to remind others of the severity of the situation and the bigger picture. Although at times he can be uncaring, selfish and greedy, Donald is also genuinely nice and a kindhearted man, who loves his wife and cares deeply for Leo, seeing him as a son. Despite his childish, egocentric personality, Donald always puts his family as his top priority. After the lab was destroyed, he performed a deadly stunt in order to get money back to rebuild the lab for Adam, Bree, and Chase. In Taken, he took it upon himself to save Leo and Tasha from Victor Krane.

Despite his love of his family, Donald hates his brother Douglas and (quite rightly) sees him as a real threat over other people. He has a high distrusting of him due to past experiences and betrayals, and doesn't believe him even when Douglas is telling the truth. Nevertheless, Donald is more merciful than his brother, as he decided to force him to go rather than kill him, even after all the damage he had caused to Donald and his family.

Relationships

Tasha Davenport

Main article: Dasha
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Donald and Tasha kiss[2]

Tasha is Donald's wife and met each other on an online dating service as revealed by Leo. Tasha is the motherly figure to Leo and also Adam, Bree, and Chase but mainly Bree because she's the only other girl. It is revealed in the first episode (Crush, Chop and Burn) that Tasha was a rebellious teenager, because she said that one night she and her friend Fiona Meiklejohn snuck out and crashed a party. Although the two do have disputes, he does love Tasha, and will go to her defense when she needs him (for instance when Eddy antagonizes her).

Leo Dooley

Main article: Doneo
Donald and Leo

Donald and Leo

Leo is Donald's teen stepson. He mainly calls him 'Big D' because of his position as head of the Davenport household. He snuck onto a mission in Rats on a Train. Donald sometimes tries too hard to bond with Leo. He saves Donald's life in Bionic Houseparty. In the episode, Space Elevator, when Leo was worried Donald was going to die, he tried to save his life, only for his leg to be crushed by a Space Elevator. Later on in that episode, Donald gave Leo a bionic leg.

Chase Davenport

Main article: Chonald
Chase and Donald

Chase and Donald

Chase is Donald's adoptive son/youngest super intelligent and caring bionic nephew. He seems to like Chase the most because they bond over their intelligence and knowledge of technology. However, in Rats on a Train he says he liked Chase better when he was frozen. He also appears to be closest with Chase as he always did 'The Call' with him (although that was probably partially because Chase is very intelligent). He also always makes Chase the leader on missions and thus has the highest expectations towards Chase. He has the strongest bond with Chase as seen in the episode Hole In One, when the others wanted Chase to take the blame and claimed that "they all know he's his favorite". However, in Bionic Showdown, Chase was the first to question Donald's orders and the first to mock him.

Adam Davenport

Main article: Adonald
Donald and Adam

Donald and Adam

Adam is Donald's adoptive son/oldest super strong bionic nephew. Although sometimes disturbed by Adam's stupidity, he still cares for him and tries to bond with him at times (he tried watching Pig Zombies with him but Adam was scared of them).

Bree Davenport

Main article: Bronald
Bree and Donald

Bree and Donald

Bree is Donald's adoptive daughter/super fast bionic niece. Donald is over-protective of her and really cares for her. When Bree made him realize that he always spends time with Adam and Chase, he felt bad and did something with her instead. He calls her his 'Princess'. They have gotten into an argument because Bree thought that he was too restrictive on her freedom, but they make up afterwards.

Rose

Rose is Donald's mother-in-law. He and Rose aren't that close but can tolerate each other. He acted as a servant to her in Prank You Very Much, after he sprained her ankle from a prank that was supposed to be pulled for Adam and Chase. In Merry Glitchmas, Rose said that Donald is a bad father for giving Leo bionics, that actually was Douglas that gave him bionics but even after Donald said that it was him she was still mad at Donald for having his "blood". But they still love and care for each other.

Eddy

Main article: Dondy
Eddy and Donald

Eddy and Donald

Eddy is Donald's smart home system. He is sarcastic, deceitful, and selfish. He is also slightly self-absorbed like Donald. Although Donald says he's 'vaguely disturbing', he and Eddy are friends and according to Tasha, Donald's best friend. Eddy hates every member of the Davenport household except Donald. He especially hates Tasha who Eddy thinks has taken Donald from him. Sometimes, they play games together, such as Dodge Ball. However, Eddy cheats. After Human Eddy, he and Eddy are no longer friends, as Eddy's insulting words were the final straw for him.

Douglas Davenport

Main article: Donglas
Douglas and Donald

Douglas and Donald

Douglas is Donald's younger brother. They started Davenport Industries together, but Donald later kicked Douglas out. They don't get along at all before the end of Which Father Knows Best?. It was revealed in Bionic Showdown that Douglas was the Lab Rats' real father and they were going to be his bionic soldiers for mass destruction, but Donald adopted them to save the world instead of destroying it. Donald never realized that Marcus was Douglas' son until he was ambushed by them in his lab. They work together in You Posted What?!? to save Adam, Bree and Chase. Even though Douglas lives with them, Donald knows that Douglas may still do something wrong every now and then, as mentioned in Face Off. In addition, they still have trouble getting along. Donald does not exactly trust Douglas due to his destructive tendencies.

Abilities

Weaknesses

Donald using his Thermal Blaster

Donald using his Thermal Blaster

Equipment

Absences

Season 1

Season 2

Season 4

Mentions

Season 1
Season 2
Season 4

Gallery

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Trivia

References