History Series / Leonardo

* TheBeard: In "Lost and Found", Lisa tries to convince her mother she's married to Mac.

* RaceLift: Mac is black.

It's set in 1467 UsefulNotes/{{Florence}}, where young Leo is an apprentice artist, and spends his spare time designing fantastic machines and hanging out with LovableRogue Niccolo "Mac" Machiavelli (Akemnji Ndifornyen) and LonelyRichKid Lorenzo de' Medici (Colin Ryan). In the first episode they meet Tomaso (Flora Spencer-Longhurst), who also wants to be an artist.

* ASimplePlan: Leo's plan to get Lorenzo out of his wedding. It starts simple enough: make Piero believe there's a better match to be had, and by the time he finds out otherwise the wedding will already be cancelled. Too bad it never occured to him Lorenzo's mother might want to ''meet'' the potential bride...

* BeMyValentine: THeVamp, Lorenzo's cousin Valentina de' Medici, who says boys are "all gullible fools".

* BerserkButton: Don't tell Leo [[spoiler: you've sold the ''Art/MonaLisa'' when he thinks it's not finished]].

* BerserkButton: Don't tell Leo [[spoiler: you've sold the Mona Lisa when he thinks it's not finished]].

ProtagonistTitle, first name, of Leonardo de Vinci.

* NotSoDifferent: In "Dogs of War":

''Leonardo'' is a Creator/{{CBBC}} series about a teenage Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.

It's set in 1467 UsefulNotes/{{Florence}}, where young Leo is an apprentice artist, and spends his spare time designing fantastic machines and hanging out with LovableRogue Niccolo "Mac" Machiavelli and LonelyRichKid Lorenzo de' Medici. In the first episode they meet Tomaso, who also wants to be an artist.

-->'''Piero''': Interesting MoralDilemma, isn't it? Let your friend die and you could stop me. Save thousands of lives. Obviously, [[TheNeedsOfTheMany it's the right thing to do]], but I don't think you've got the stomach for it.

It's set in 1467 Florence, where young Leo is an apprentice artist, and spends his spare time designing fantastic machines and hanging out with LovableRogue Niccolo "Mac" Machiavelli and LonelyRichKid Lorenzo de' Medici. In the first episode they meet Tomaso, who also wants to be an artist.

''Angelica''': ''(icy stare)''\\

* AllPartOfTheShow: In "Diabolical Acts" [[spoiler: Nazario tries this when Leo announces he's a thief on stage]].

* BeneathNotice: In "Dogs of War", Tom discovers none of the apprentices are allowed in the workshop where the superweapon is being built. [[spoiler: Lisa, however, can easily get in by carrying a mop and bucket.]]

-->'''Lisa''': Great minds, eh?
-->'''Angelica''': ''(icy stare)''
-->'''Lisa''': ...We're wearing the same dress?
-->'''Angelica''': Yours is a copy. And a cheap one at that.

* LoveTriangle: Mac loves Lisa, who loves Leo, who is ObliviousToLove. As of "Stupid Cupid", [[spoiler: Mac and Angelina have feelings for each other. Which would be fine because Lorenzo doesn't even like her much, except for the political ramifications.]]

-->'''Piero''': You and I, Leonardo, we're thinkers. Men of the future.
-->'''Leo''': I am ''nothing'' like you!
-->'''Piero''': ''(looking towards Leo's superweapon)'' Aren't you?

-->'''Lisa''': Didn't it make you angry? Being told girls shouldn't fence!
-->'''Angelina''': Well, they shouldn't really, should they? All that violence and agression. It's not in our nature, is it?
-->'''Lisa''': Might not be in yours...

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Happens to [[spoiler: Professor Pico]] in "Da Vinci's Code", and to [[spoiler: Dr Pentageli and Scarpa]] in "The Mask of Death". [[spoiler: Scarpa]]'s last words are to ask [[TheDragon his killer]] how long it'll be before Piero decides ''he's'' outlived his usefulness too. [[spoiler: Five episodes, as it turns out.]]

* TheRenaissance

* ShoutOut: Obviously, the episode where the Luminari realise they can't read Leo's notebooks ''has'' to be called "[[TheDaVinciCode Da Vinci's Code]]".

* TheSadisticChoice: Piero gives Leo one in "The Dogs of War":

''Leonardo'' is a {{CBBC}} series about a teenage LeonardoDaVinci.

* ArrangedMarriage: Lisa is escaping one. In "Something Wicked", moneylender Lucio Zengari is marrying a woman in exchange for not sending her father to debtor's prison. And in "The Betrothal Ball", as the title suggests, Lorenzo's engagement to the daughter of the Duke of Milan is announced, much to his horror.

* ImprobableWeaponUse: In a frenetic swordfight in "The Dogs of War", Mac is armed with ... a pewter tankard. And doesn't do badly with it.

* DancePartyEnding: The final episode of SeasonTwo ends (more or less) with a huge street party being held to celebrate that Leo saved Florence.

* DeathEqualsRedemption: At the end of "The Fugitive" [[spoiler: Placidi, battered to death by a mob and abandoned by Piero, decides to tell Leo everything before he dies]].

* HowWeGotHere: "The Dogs of War" begins with [[spoiler: Rocco having Piero arrested for treason]]. Then the action rewinds to the end of the previous episode.

* TankGoodness: Leo's "superweapon": an armored cart with a cannon.

* TheSadisticChoics: Piero gives Leo one in "The Dogs of War":

* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: In "The Mask of Death" [[spoiler: Leonardo tells the Medici family doctor that he suspects the Duke was poisoned, hoping for a post mortem. The doctor replies "And you've told no-one else of this? Good, keep it that way." And then, of course, we cut to him telling Piero "He'll find out I gave you the poison! We'll all be exposed!" Unfortunately for Dr Pentageli, Piero decides ''he's'' more disposable than Leo is.]]

* TranslationConvention: Everyone speaks English, with occasional breaks into GratuitiousItalian, such as ''mi scusi'' and ''magnifico''. In "The Fugitive", the Milanese accent is apparently OopNorth.