Irma or April

[Sage Ninja]

Irma had potenticial I always kind of liked her. At times I liked her sense of humor better than April's since it was dry and at times self deprecating. Plus when she stopped being so damn boy crazy she was easily the snarky secretary almost in the same vein as the orginal Janine Melnitz from the Real Ghostbusters. Watch the France European episode and you'll see some pretty amusing sarcasm from her. it gavr some much needed edge other than her cross-species innuendo. Though that was funyy too!

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

Irma had potenticial I always kind of liked her. At times I liked her sense of humor better than April's since it was dry and at times self deprecating. Plus when she stopped being so damn boy crazy she was easily the snarky secretary almost in the same vein as the orginal Janine Melnitz from the Real Ghostbusters. Watch the France European episode and you'll see some pretty amusing sarcasm from her. it gavr some much needed edge other than her cross-species innuendo. Though that was funyy too!

Irma's humor is much better than April's, as Irma is more a comic relief, while April takes more takes part in the adventures. But I love Irma getting in problems with the Rat King. Rat King episodes to me were always also Irma episodes.

[Foot Soldier Clang]

How many episodes did Irma mutate or get powers? Those were always fun.

[Herald7]

It's a hard choice, but I think I identify more with April desperately trying to make it in the professional world.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Herald7

It's a hard choice, but I think I identify more with April desperately trying to make it in the professional world.

I recall when playing TMNT outside in the garden, always most girls wanted to be April, and the one left over was always Irma.

[MikeandRaph87]

Never thought I would be wowed by April until I saw NGH1066's April.

As for the topic at hand,Irma was merely a man crazy secretary who gave April a friend at Channel Six. She on occassion would help the TMNT when an extra person is needed instead of Casey Jones,Usagi,Mondo Gecko, or the Punk Frogs. I am not saying I disliked her character it just I feel that she could have been fleshed out more beyond basic usage and traits. If she can be used again in the future I would hope for that.

April in the 1987 cartoon does not get the credit she deserves for being well fleshed out characters with more than just basic personality traits. The reason is obiviously the fact she is used as a plot device as a captive of Shredder or fill-in-the-blank. Overlooking that I feel she was a fleshed out character.My question is would her role of a reporter who was the outside link of the TMNT and way to learn of suspicious crimes be obsolete by the information age or could she still be that if used again as a reporter with technology and other ways to learn of the crimes of Shredder or Rat ing or the mob? She began to use the internet to get info for the TMNT as the sky turned red. That was how I actually first heard of the internet.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Foot Soldier Clang

How many episodes did Irma mutate or get powers? Those were always fun.

*Attack of the 50 Foot Irma
*Revenge of the Fly
*Super Irma
*Were-Rats from Channel 6

And almost becomes a zombie in:
*Leatherhead Meets the Rat King

[gobo]

Was she in that one where everyone was turned into a turtle?

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by gobo

Was she in that one where everyone was turned into a turtle?

No, I knew she wasn't, but I got a list for you of who all was turned into a turtle.
"Donatello Trashes Slash" had the following turned into turtles :
Burne Thompson
Vernon Fenwick
Channel 6 Security Guard
Channel 6 Receptionist
Cookery Show Host
Turtle News Anchor
Turtle Shopping Channel Presenter
Turtle Weatherman
Turtle Cookery Show Host

Swedenfan1982, Irma was in that one and she was turned into a moth.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by gobo

Was she in that one where everyone was turned into a turtle?

Isn't that Revenfe of the Fly?

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

Isn't that Revenfe of the Fly?

No. That was when Baxter turned everyone into bugs.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I've always wondered if they ever considered making that episode Attack of th 50 Foot April.

Probably not, since April would be a recognizable face for New Yorkers, so it would have probably played out a little differently.

Then again this is the Fred Wolf cartoon we're talking about, it seemed like just about anything went as far as campiness.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man

I've always wondered if they ever considered making that episode Attack of th 50 Foot April.

Probably not, since April would be a recognizable face for New Yorkers, so it would have probably played out a little differently.

Then again this is the Fred Wolf cartoon we're talking about, it seemed like just about anything went as far as campiness.

Yeah, it might have been interesting. But I think Irma's sense of humor, self-pity, sarcasm, clumsiness, and naivete probably made her the best choice for that type of episode. I'm not really sure how April would have dealt with the situation; she probably wouldn't have been as funny and melo-dramatic as Irma.

[Ashangelo]

Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

Were you too often kidnapped by Shredder, or what happened.

Pretty much haha!

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I love when Irma takes care of the Rat King, kicking him on his feet and the bomb goes off. Not even Splinter could do that, because of the flute.

I plan tro write a fanfic where Irma somehow saves the day.

[Foot Soldier Clang]

Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

I love when Irma takes care of the Rat King, kicking him on his feet and the bomb goes off. Not even Splinter could do that, because of the flute.

I plan tro write a fanfic where Irma somehow saves the day.

I support this plan

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

It's a shame they didn't release the Channel 6 News building as a playset, one of the most recognizeable places in the show (you had the news van).

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

I love when Irma takes care of the Rat King, kicking him on his feet and the bomb goes off. Not even Splinter could do that, because of the flute.

I plan tro write a fanfic where Irma somehow saves the day.

What abotu the ep where she was all Rambo like towards the end of season 8? Or was it season 7...? Well, the season right before the Red Sky eps.

[gobo]

That's the Season 7 finale, "Shredder Triumphant!".

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Herald7

Heh, and they said girls never watched the show.

They said that, yes. I know a lot of girls who watched TMNT, and I really, really, really hate hearing TMNT being just for boys. While boys liked the TMNT as characters they would play, girls could still look up to their characters. A lot of girls have watched TMNT. Compare it to other action cartoons, like:
*He-Man = Show mosly centered around him (even if Teela actually could fight). Male muscle power did most of the job.
*Transformers = Robots associated with cold, mindless and without emotions (even if Transformers used to be AI).

But TMNT:
*The TMNT work together, not just muscles, but skills, and the characters show a lof of emotions. A lof of TMNT fan fiction is written by girls, maybe usually dealing more with their emotions than kicking Shredder, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady in the butt for fifty eleventh time, but it's still a part of TMNT.

Without April having Irma as a friend, the show would be cold and too un-realistic (she would only be seen working and hanging with the Turtles). And the Archie Comics also developed a tougher April later, trained by Splinter (while 1987 April seemed to have driving skills).

I would even accepd Venus more if she didn't use magic.

TMNT was always, is and will always be as much for girls.