Turanga Leela is one of the main characters in the American animated series Futurama. Leela is a brave and courageous girl, the main distinguishing features of which are purple hair and the presence of only one big eye. In the cartoon, Turanga Leela is an adult character, but at the beginning of the plot you can find out a lot of information about the childhood of this unusual person.
General portrait of Turanga Leela
According to the plot of the animated series, Turanga Leela is an absolutely fearless girl, who is also the captain of the Planetary Express ship. In each series, huge boots without a heel and an improved iron watch on the wrist serve as integral attributes of the Iron Lady. Leela's strong-willed character is periodically replaced by love experiences, courage to save friends and love for animals.
On the screens, Leela speaks in the voices of Katie Sagal and Irina Savina.
Leela's childhood
Turanga Leela is the only representative of its kind. This girl is a mutant. She was born in the sewers. Moreover, this event happened in 2975. Leela's childhood was difficult and difficult. The girl had to endure ridicule about her appearance, it was difficult for her to find a common language with her peers, and she was brought up in one of the orphanages. For a long time, Leela did not have information about who her biological parents were. However, in one of the episodes, they still visit their daughter and praise her for her brave character.
Leela was brought to the orphanage by the parents themselves. At the time of the girl's birth, old New York was inhabited mainly by mutants, and Leela differed from them in her appearance, similar to an ordinary person, but with only one eye. It was this fact that became the reason for the parents' decision to transfer the child to the world of people who inhabited the so-called upper world. Old New York is a world located under the city itself.
People mistook an unusual creature for an alien, so experiments and experiments were carried out over Leela for a long time. In order to protect herself from offenders, young Turanga began to actively master kung fu, in which she achieved perfection.
Adulthood
After the orphanage, Leela gets a job in a laboratory where frozen people are examined. Such work did not bring pleasure to the girl. Due to random circumstances, she escapes from the laboratory, meets new characters and ends up on the transport starship of Professor Hubert Farnsworth.
The idea of choosing a name for the one-eyed character came from an orchestral work called Turangalila Symphony. This music was written by the famous French composer Olivier Messiaen.
From this moment, Leela begins a new life with adventures, dangers and bright events. It can be noted that quite often Turanga tries to prove his superiority not over women, but men. Leela always manages to win.