OT April: Redhead?

[plastroncafe]

I was in a discussion the other day regarding OT April, and whether or not she was a redhead or a brunette. There were four of us and we were divided equally in both camps, so....what say you 'Dromers?

[Mew]

She has brown hair.

[snake]

I'm gonna go with brown.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Brunette...

[Wesley]

I thought she was a redhead. In the episode Enter the Rat King, Rat King's obsession with April made Irma think that men only like redheads.

[ABrown]

I went ahead and google searched an image of her to refresh my memory, and I ended up going all Cybercubed and went with option #3.

[TurtleTitan97]

I ended up going all Cybercubed and went with option #3.

:lol::lol::lol:

[CyberCubed]

She's a brunette, likely because Mirage April has black hair and that was the only that existed at the time. Also the same reason Archie April is a brunette.

April didn't become a red head till the 2k3 series, and its kind of funny something the 2k3 series did became canon:

- 2k3 April = redhead
- Nick April = red head
- IDW April = red head
- Michael Bay movies = red head

[plastroncafe]

I thought she was a redhead. In the episode Enter the Rat King, Rat King's obsession with April made Irma think that men only like redheads.

You're absolutely correct.
Nice memory!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S03E09 (Enter the Rat King)
20 minutes in.

[Mew]

You're absolutely correct.
Nice memory!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0erDkNhmcY
Full episode links are against the rules, correct?

[plastroncafe]

Full episode links are against the rules, correct?

Quite possibly. I'll edit.

[Mew]

I said it was against the rules, but now I find myself 15 minutes and 42 seconds into the episode. :tlol:

[Candy Kappa]

I'd say she's a redhead. Her hair is more auburn then orange, though.

[oldmanwinters]

I asked David Wise about it on Facebook years ago, since he seems to have had influence over her design and portrayal. He actually wrote back and said that his assumption was that April was a brunette:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showpost.php?p=926159&postcount=12

[Shiro Kame]

For the majority of the series, I always saw her as a brunette. I don't think it was until Season 8 or 9 that she blatantly got red hair.

[Commenter 42]

Ginger. It's obvious. Laird even confirmed on his blog during an Ask PL.

[Prowler]

I've always seen her as a redhead. Her hair being a darker shade of red obviously, but picturing her as a brunette is not something I've ever done, tbh.

[myconius]

in the OT cartoon her hair looks more a warm brown rather than outright redhead.

but she had Black hair in Mirage anyway so...

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Redhead. It is clearly a dark red/auburn in that screenshot. And yay for remembering Irma's comment! I'd say that clinches it- she is a redhead in-world.

[Powder]

I've always seen it as reddish-brown, maybe more in favor of brown (which is the vote I gave).

[plastroncafe]

I'll be honest, I honestly thought this was a non-issue thing that everyone just agreed on out of hand. I'm kind of impressed.

[Darth Knuckles]

When I was growing up watching the Original Cartoon, seeing the toys, playing the video games, watching the movies, and reading the Archie Comics, I always thought of April's hair as brown. As others have said, it wasn't until the 2003 cartoon that I really noticed her hair meaning to be red.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

When I was growing up watching the Original Cartoon, seeing the toys, playing the video games, watching the movies, and reading the Archie Comics, I always thought of April's hair as brown. As others have said, it wasn't until the 2003 cartoon that I really noticed her hair meaning to be red.

Yeah. I mean, for me the character is supposed to be a redhead. (Except in Mirage, where she is African-American... but that's a whole 'nuther discussion.) She just happens to be a brunette in Fred Wolf.

But then, Splinter is Hamato Yoshi, Casey Jones never takes off his mask, Mikey is a pizza-munching stoner, Raph doesn't have anger issues... there's a lot of stuff different in Fred Wolf. :tlol:

[Shark_Blade]

Brown. Reddish brown imo.

[Commenter 42]

(Except in Mirage, where she is African-American... but that's a whole 'nuther discussion.)

Laird would disagree, but we've done this dance before. (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showpost.php?p=1303525&postcount=146)

[CyberCubed]

April's hair is definitely more reddish than Irma which is a dark brown:

http://randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com/rah/oneoff/tmnt1/14.jpg


Anyone have other pics of April/Irma standing side by side? April's hair is lighter and its only noticeable when they're together.

[Commenter 42]

This thread needs to be locked.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Laird would disagree, but we've done this dance before. (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showpost.php?p=1303525&postcount=146)

I know. Just stating my own personal opinion on that one.

And as far as comparing April and Irma's hair color, even as a kid I was fast-forwarding whenever the Channel 6 crew was on screen. Never had time or patience for them.

[Garfield]

It a seems more brown than red. It seems a little reddish, but to me it never seemed overbearingly red enough to consider her a red head. I see a brunette.

[CyberCubed]

And as far as comparing April and Irma's hair color, even as a kid I was fast-forwarding whenever the Channel 6 crew was on screen. Never had time or patience for them.

The Channel 6 news crew had some of the funniest scenes of the show.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

The Channel 6 news crew had some of the funniest scenes of the show.

Hell to the no.

[Wesley]

You're absolutely correct.
Nice memory!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S03E09 (Enter the Rat King)
20 minutes in.

Redhead. It is clearly a dark red/auburn in that screenshot. And yay for remembering Irma's comment! I'd say that clinches it- she is a redhead in-world.

Thanks, both of you. I don't remember most of the dialogue in this series, but Irma's comment stood out for me. I think it helped that Enter the Rat King is one of my favourite episodes, so I remembered it better.

[Yabuturtle]

Some sites like Turtlepedia say it's amber

I actually think it's not red or brown. I think it's titian which is a mix of red and brown. Irma is a brunette but April's hair isn't as red as it is in the 2012 series or 2003 series.

Does anyone know Princess Daisy from the Mario games? Her hair looks like Daisy's.

[CyberCubed]

Hell to the no.

Hell to the yes.

[Powder]

Hell to the respecting a difference in opinion.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Hell to the yes.

Hell to the you will never convince me otherwise.

[pferreira]

I always assumed in the 80s cartoon she was a redhead. In the Mirage comics she was either brown or black haired.

[turtle1237]

I went ahead and google searched an image of her to refresh my memory, and I ended up going all Cybercubed and went with option #3.

If you see fine game girls, lol. They had a small segment on April, and they said they didn't even know she had a face. :lol: