Donatella Aquato |
–Donatella to Raz
Donatella Aquato is a circus acrobat and mother to the Aquato children. She is wife to Augustus Aquato.
Personality[]
Donatella is defined by her over-the-top motherly personality. She clearly loves each and every one of her children, and shows a lot of pride in their efforts in the family business. She can be somewhat domineering, as when she is pressed on the topic, she passive-aggressively expresses her disapproval towards Raz's psychic interests and for how he ran away from the family, but generally tries to express some support despite her disapproval. She has an emotionally manipulative parenting style, guilt-tripping her children into doing what she wants and locking them inside their rooms every night. She also butts heads with Hollis Forsythe, due to their similarly commanding personalities. Because of these traits, she may in-fact have more command over the family than her husband does.
Despite her only being an Aquato by marriage, she shows much of the same anti-Psychic sentiment that much of the rest of the family share (caused by the family curse placed by the Galochios), even though her own husband and several of her children are psychics. Her mistrust of psychics persists even when her husband starts taking an interest in exploring his psychic abilities. However, she does eventually come around as well, and wholeheartedly accepts her son's love of Psychics once the origin of the family curse is revealed.
She shows a good understanding of her children, as she is easily able to suggest ways to mend Raz and Dion's relationship, and is immediately able to understand and explain the source of Dion's apparent resentment towards Raz.
Story[]
Psychonauts[]
Donatella doesn't physically appear, but is shown in Raz's memory vault, Razputin's Getaway.
Psychonauts 2[]
Donatella shows up at the Motherlobe with the rest of the Aquatos to visit Raz, and immediately runs over to embrace him. Hollis demands that the Aquatos and their caravan leave the premises immediately, resulting in a confrontation between the two. Donatella eventually complies after Augustus deescalates the situation, and so the family moves to the Questionable Area to set up camp.
At the campsite, Donatella is inspired by the reverse waterfall to come up with the Aquatos's latest act: the Devil’s Firehose. She asks Raz to help Dion set up the Aquatodome and find Queepie.
That evening, Donatella informs Raz that Augustus has unraveled Ford Cruller's mental conditioning and that the Aquatos know Nona’s true identity and Merona was actually killed in the Deluge of Grulovia. She calls upon the family to assemble the Devil's Firehose to throw Raz at Maligula's water cyclone.
The next morning, Donatella expresses excitement about incorporating water acts again now that the family knows the curse was never real. She also becomes more lenient to letting her children roam free, and insists Raz talk with Augustus about their true family history.
Relationships[]
Razputin Aquato[]
Razputin is Donatella's middle eldest child. She cares for him, as she does all of her children. Though she forgives him for running away, she is quick to remind him how his absence has negatively impacted the rest of the family. Despite her aversion to psychics, Donatella tries her best to support Raz's developing powers and involvement with the Psychonauts.
Augustus Aquato[]
Agustus is Donatella's husband. They have a strong relationship, but she is unamused by his newfound interest in developing his psychic powers.
Lucrecia Mux[]
Lucrecia is Donatella's aunt-in-law. They have argued with each other about the danger of water, which Donatella conceded.
Dion Aquato[]
Dion is Donatella's eldest child. She looks to him both as a role model for his younger siblings and to assist in setting up the family circus equipment.
Frazie Aquato[]
Frazie is Donatella's second-eldest child. Frazie hides her psychic nature from both her parents, as she is afraid that they'll be hurt by it.
Mirtala Aquato[]
Mirtala is Donatella's second-youngest child.
Queepie Aquato[]
Queepie is Donatella's youngest child. She greatly worries about him, as he often goes off on his own. She also started locking all of her children inside at night after Queepie started sleepwalking.
Hollis Forsythe[]
The two came to immediately disrespect and dislike each other upon their first meeting. Donatella claims that there is only room for one prima dona, and that they will likely never get along.
Trivia[]
- Donatella first appears in Psychonauts in Raz's Memory Vault called Razputin's Getaway.
- It is possible that Donatella is Italian, as she called Augustus "mio caro", which is Italian for "my dear". This could also explain her accent.
- This is further corroborated by her name (Donatella being a common Italian name).
- She also in one occasion called Augustus "cretino" (Italian for "moron") during the Devil's Firehose first cutscene.
- According to cut dialogue, Donatella met Augustus when she was 18 and he was 17.[2]
- It also confirms she is one year older than Augustus.
References/Notes[]
- ↑ According to a cut voiceline, she is about a year older than her husband, Augustus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrbOQiAHPY&t=413s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrbOQiAHPY&t=413s