So in "A Catwoman from Channel 6," April essentially becomes a catgirl/furry

[CyberCubed]

You know this is something I never thought about as a kid or growing up because the original cartoon pre-dated the internet and all its influence.

But mutated cat April, they essentially turned April into a furry in Season 2 and flew over all our heads:

https://www.shadowlordinc.com/media/T/TMNT/aprilprowlsplinter.jpg

https://cafans.b-cdn.net/images/Category_130198/subcat_191934/b5QAZYAn_1308182259441gpadd.jpg

https://basementrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-season-2-12-the-catwoman-from-channel-six-episode-17-tmnt-april-oneill-mutated-cat.jpg

This episode aired in 1988. Why out of all animals did they choose for her to become mutated into a cat? She essentially became a catgirl, or a furry, in "ancient" times before the internet.

God how did this fly over our heads all these years? I'm just realizing this now almost 30 years after this episode aired.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

This is what Quarantine has done to you.

[oldmanwinters]

This is what Quarantine has done to you.

lolz....

I'd say because cats historically have been associated with femininity... often the darker side. See the Val Lewton horror/thriller classic "The Cat People" (1942). Also, April is defined by being curious (which makes her a successful investigative reporter but usually gets her into trouble), and the old saying "Curiosity killed the cat."

Funny thing about Richard Merwin, is that despite all the insensitive and chauvinistic jokes throughout the episode, the guy is a HUGE liberal on social media from what I've been about to find. Maybe he had a change of heart after he wrote his two TMNT episodes for season 2.

I honestly don't know if "furry" was a thing when this episode came out. The episode itself has lots in common with vintage monster/horror movies, especially vintage werewolf films.

[sdp]

When did the whole furry thing even begin, maybe it wasn't even a thing back then, from my lack of understanding most furries seem to begin with the ones who grew up with anthropomorphic shows in the 80s for the most part.

[Leo656]

For my part I'm shocked/baffled that some people seriously think "catgirls and/or furries" only exist thanks to the internet. You can't be serious. :lol:

Some people obviously missed Genus Comics (in print since 1993) and like, so much of Ralph Bakshi's career, apparently. :trazz:

But yeah, these are not new and/or shocking developments. Although I don't think they specifically did Catgirl April to appeal to those tastes. On the other hand, wouldn't shock me even a little bit if some of the creators were into it when they came up with it, nor if it made certain young and impressionable audience members feel "some kinda way" that they couldn't explain at the time, which then led them to chase that feeling much later in life.

Anyways, yeah, WTF makes these things pop in your head all of a sudden? :lol:

When did the whole furry thing even begin, maybe it wasn't even a thing back then, from my lack of understanding most furries seem to begin with the ones who grew up with anthropomorphic shows in the 80s for the most part.

I don't think anyone really knows as records aren't kept for such things, but no, it was around way, WAY longer than that. "Fritz the Cat" was in the 70s if we wanna be loose about the criteria, but even before that there were things that could be considered "furry". Betty Boop was originally a dog, for instance, even though she wasn't drawn as typically "attractive" in the face I would say but even at that stage her "sex appeal" was part of her characterization. It wasn't until AFTER people started saying she was sexy that they made her a human being, so it wouldn't be "weird".

Been a thing for a while. A very, very long while.

[neatoman]

Speaking of Fritz the Cat, did you know Robert Crumb used to be sexually attracted to Bugs Bunny? Certainly explains a lot about his comics.
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[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

This thread started weird and is only getting worse... :teek:

[oldmanwinters]

Wasn't this the subject of a throw-away joke in a 1990s movie?
http://i.imgur.com/rx3R4wp.jpg (https://imgur.com/rx3R4wp)

[Leo656]

Speaking of Fritz the Cat, did you know Robert Crumb used to be sexually attracted to Bugs Bunny? Certainly explains a lot about his comics.
4NaQRyc6BkI

I did not know that, but this is one for the "I can believe anything, nothing shocks me" file, certainly. :lol:

This thread started weird and is only getting worse... :teek:

"Worse" is subjective, sir. I always root for the story, and for The Story not to be boring. This qualifies. :lol:

[neatoman]

I did already know about this, it's not something I googled because of this thread, but as it turns out... There's quite a following of Cat-April. Finding fan art of her is not hard.
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/a93761f3-c3c8-43a8-b79e-a4a8aac8a5a4/d9v7e27-5825bb93-57bc-49ce-a375-6a55399f27b0.png/v1/fill/w_600,h_1013,strp/catwoman_april_o_neil_tmnt_by_sparks220stars_d9v7e 27-fullview.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI 1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6 Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMDEzIiwicGF0aCI6Il wvZlwvYTkzNzYxZjMtYzNjOC00M2E4LWI3OWUtYTRhOGFhYzhh NWE0XC9kOXY3ZTI3LTU4MjViYjkzLTU3YmMtNDljZS1hMzc1LT ZhNTUzOTlmMjdiMC5wbmciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9NjAwIn1dXSwi YXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX 0.U2_a5FGaXcO0AXlOc18ygN532bQ9C_FlfUgF15P1n_o
https://cdn.ko-fi.com/cdn/useruploads/post/jpg_kofi_252e38cb-e000-45c0-bae4-c2ea6994f84dkofi-catgirl-april.jpg
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https://img.fireden.net/co/image/1590/22/1590223280793.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwH7RCYXgAEqq0d.jpg
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c27f1090-7dc4-42c4-b22c-43ca1c416422/d6kjsb5-e6f48d46-4895-442f-8ff3-5935a5e8dd19.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_973,q_75,strp/commission__2012_april_o_neil_catgirl_by_cqmorrell _d6kjsb5-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI 1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6 Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYzI3ZjEwOTAtN2RjNC 00MmM0LWIyMmMtNDNjYTFjNDE2NDIyXC9kNmtqc2I1LWU2ZjQ4 ZDQ2LTQ4OTUtNDQyZi04ZmYzLTU5MzVhNWU4ZGQxOS5qcGciLC JoZWlnaHQiOiI8PTk3MyIsIndpZHRoIjoiPD0xMDI0In1dXSwi YXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLndhdGVybWFyayJdLC J3bWsiOnsicGF0aCI6Ilwvd21cL2MyN2YxMDkwLTdkYzQtNDJj NC1iMjJjLTQzY2ExYzQxNjQyMlwvY3Ftb3JyZWxsLTQucG5nIi wib3BhY2l0eSI6OTUsInByb3BvcnRpb25zIjowLjQ1LCJncmF2 aXR5IjoiY2VudGVyIn19.E_hQzdkvt3sODQOTbiaQyGKaZgM8C BB84lU9YO8r4lk
https://img.booru.org/the-collection//images/84/b91d66ab1fad57b920bca1e0ea991afd8e461fcf.jpg
https://img.booru.org/the-collection//images/88/f3847580946c44f1dad8ae6254ddd6f262cfcbe3.png
https://img.booru.org/the-collection//images/82/466a2927f46703ab40d788003f337460f039c32f.png

And that's only some of the SFW stuff!
... Boy, the /co/ drawthreads sure is a weird place...

[Leo656]

#1 and #3 are the best, rest are "meh."

Catgirl April (in-canon and discounting fan art) is still FW April, so... would still smash. :lol: To be fair I'd overlook a lot of things in favor of FW April. Like, if she had leprosy or worse, then I probably wouldn't. :lol: Probably.

[IndigoErth]

If mutation automatically makes her a furry... then isn't the same true for Splinter? And actually MORE than her because it wasn't temporary? After all, after his chance to be human again didn't last, he made peace with being a rat man and prefers it.

[Leo656]

Some chicks dig Splinter. I'unno how many or how vocal but I know they exist.

I mean, rats have huge... hearts. :lol:

[neatoman]

Well, I have seen people refer to Splinter as "Rat Daddy". Probably some DILF factor involved.

[Icebot]

Why out of all animals did they choose for her to become mutated into a cat?

She mutated into a fish in a later episode.

[Shark_Blade]

No she does not exhibit any furry behaviour.

A furry by definition is “an enthusiast for animal characters with human characteristics, usually fur covered animals”.

Now Raphael From TMNT IDW comic is a furry for Alopex. They even kissed.

[sdp]

She mutated into a fish in a later episode.

I don't remember, pics

[neatoman]

I don't remember, pics

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcR-_v-jvs62AdjqnxCIUf0nUqj5r-2GrVzUgA&usqp=CAU

[victory_angel]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcR-_v-jvs62AdjqnxCIUf0nUqj5r-2GrVzUgA&usqp=CAU

That’s the Episode ‘Rebel without a Fin’, where Ray Fillet or the OT’s equivalent of him was created. A scientist was wanting to create a race of fish people and was wanting explosives planted so the city could fall under the ocean to become a home for his race of fish people. April sees Ray planting explosives and ends up being captured him. The Scientist then mutates April into a fish so she could be Ray’s breeding animal.

[IndigoErth]

Catgirl and fishwoman... Those eps have always reminded me that that's two of the ones I would not want to be, but would have over the years had/have the biggest chance of. >.< lol

A cat is so boring and stereotypical as the go-to for women. (There's your "why," Cubed.) And as much as I love fish as pets and as critters in general...no thank you. April there...egads. And 2012's Fishface just proves the turnout can't get any better.

[IMJ]

Ummm... yeah this observation is a twisting of the truth - we see a lot of that nowadays. April was not turned into a furry - not even remotely close.

April was mutated as a story device. She didn't choose to dress up and play pretend as an outlet for a fantasy or fetish.

[oldmanwinters]

I know it's a long shot, but I thought turning April into a fish-woman might have been a shout-out to Dooney's cover to Sons of the Silent Age:
http://i.imgur.com/IkHKPLf.jpg (https://imgur.com/IkHKPLf)

[Coola Yagami]

I just remember loving the episode cause it was a very April-centered episode so we got to check her out for most of it. April on all fours, leaning over all the time. It made for an interesting childhood. I am surprised there is a fanbase for what is essentially a one-episode event, and that people even started drawing cat-versions of the other Aprils.

Would still smash as long as April kept her human composure. In the cartoon she was turning more and more feline and would eventually have lost her mind and human reasoning and pretty much become a human sized cat. That's what made her mutation so different, she was literally becoming the animal she was crossed with, which is why they had to save her ASAP.

[Leo656]

I just remember loving the episode cause it was a very April-centered episode so we got to check her out for most of it. April on all fours, leaning over all the time. It made for an interesting childhood. I am surprised there is a fanbase for what is essentially a one-episode event, and that people even started drawing cat-versions of the other Aprils.

Would still smash as long as April kept her human composure. In the cartoon she was turning more and more feline and would eventually have lost her mind and human reasoning and pretty much become a human sized cat. That's what made her mutation so different, she was literally becoming the animal she was crossed with, which is why they had to save her ASAP.

You wouldn't have popped for April mewling like a banshee with her rear end in the air when she got "in heat"? :lol::lol::lol: C'mooooooon. :trazz::trazz::trazz:

[Coola Yagami]

You wouldn't have popped for April mewling like a banshee with her rear end in the air when she got "in heat"? :lol::lol::lol: C'mooooooon. :trazz::trazz::trazz:

Oh **** you man. LMAO.

I might end up looking like I got thrown into thumbtacks and barbed wire in a match against Moxley after the fact, but I guess you only live once.

Twitter cancels Coola Yagami over allegations that he was having sex with his very oddly human woman-sized cat. On another note, Channel 6 still has no news on what happened to their star reporter.

[Leo656]

Oh **** you man. LMAO.

I might end up looking like I got thrown into thumbtacks and barbed wire in a match against Moxley after the fact, but I guess you only live once.

There's an Up side to Everything! :tgrin::tgrin::tgrin:

[Coola Yagami]

You know if it was a Family Guy sketch or something I'd imagine a joke like that.

Donatello- we have to cure April within 24 hours or she'll be stuck like that forever!

Splinter- yes, I fear in about 12 hours she will be 'in heat' and will be harder to contain.

Raph- ......... so how close do we have to cut it on those 24 hours....

Everyone else- DUDE!!!!

Raph- just askin', just askin'!

[oldmanwinters]

In the cartoon she was turning more and more feline and would eventually have lost her mind and human reasoning and pretty much become a human sized cat. That's what made her mutation so different, she was literally becoming the animal she was crossed with, which is why they had to save her ASAP.

Oddly, it seemed the episode's plot was completely the opposite. Everybody (except April) was so sure the effects of the mutation would simply "wear off" given enough time. There wasn't even an attempt by the Turtles to take her back to the warehouse to try and reverse the effects. When she was mutated into the fishwoman and wasp (Season 7), it was clearly stated or shown that her mutation was reversed. In my fan-canon imagination, April still has residual cat-DNA. I was happy to see that concept referenced in recent (https://www.merso-x.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-rescue) fan-game projects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaoTqsiO1uU).

[Leo656]

You know if it was a Family Guy sketch or something I'd imagine a joke like that.

Donatello- we have to cure April within 24 hours or she'll be stuck like that forever!

Splinter- yes, I fear in about 12 hours she will be 'in heat' and will be harder to contain.

Raph- ......... so how close do we have to cut it on those 24 hours....

Everyone else- DUDE!!!!

Raph- just askin', just askin'!

:lol::lol::lol: I can totally see that. Either that or Robot Chicken. They're infamous for their "controversial" TMNT skits. :trazz:

"*I* called dibs on April's cloaca!" :lol::lol::lol:

[Coola Yagami]

:lol::lol::lol: I can totally see that. Either that or Robot Chicken. They're infamous for their "controversial" TMNT skits. :trazz:

"*I* called dibs on April's cloaca!" :lol::lol::lol:

"I don't think she has..."

"I SAID DIBS!!!!"

"ok ok! sheesh!"

[Coola Yagami]

Oddly, it seemed the episode's plot was completely the opposite. Everybody (except April) was so sure the effects of the mutation would simply "wear off" given enough time. There wasn't even an attempt by the Turtles to take her back to the warehouse to try and reverse the effects. When she was mutated into the fishwoman and wasp (Season 7), it was clearly stated or shown that her mutation was reversed. In my fan-canon imagination, April still has residual cat-DNA. I was happy to see that concept referenced in recent (https://www.merso-x.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-rescue) fan-game projects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaoTqsiO1uU).

Oh I see. It's been so long I forgot. I don't know how having your DNA mixed with a cat just... goes away... but hey, 80's kids cartoons, am I right?

So I guess it was Shredder's collar that was making her animal side override her human side. He should use that on Bebop and Rocksteady so they can just attack the turtles as feral beasts and not bumbling idiots.

Well, if the series was more adult... it would be funny if April still went 'in heat' as a side effect if she still had residual cat-DNA. It would be interesting since it would conflict with her usual 'married to her job' type persona where she doesn't really pursue men.

Yeah I know that one episode had a throw-away line with April having dated some guy once, but it really feels so out of character for her unless it happened before the series began. You'd think Irma would be twice as jealous of April if she was able to casually date guys whenever while she would always bomb out. I honestly think April would ever date a person (or pretend to) for the sake of a big story. Might not be honest, but to her, her job literally is everything.

Honestly, I think that's one of the reasons 80's April just 'works' as a that cartoon fantasy dream girl. She was eternally single and just happy being that way, so it was way easier for fans to imagine dating her or whatever, where for other characters, you already knew Lois had the hots for Superman, Catwoman wants Batman, etc. And unlike real-world celebs that make their living that way, the cartoon is done. There is no 'April reveals she was actually dating somene the whole time'.

[IndigoErth]

Where is a theist to tell you guys who you need when we need them...

[Leo656]

C'mon, no need to be so catty.

Hah.
:lol::lol::lol:

[Coola Yagami]

The only cure for me is for someone to ship me a crate of Aprils. Funny thing is, now we're eventually getting enough Aprils to make an even dozen.

[Leo656]

"500 Days Of April". There's the movie title for your Rom-Com. :lol:

[oldmanwinters]

Oh I see. It's been so long I forgot. I don't know how having your DNA mixed with a cat just... goes away... but hey, 80's kids cartoons, am I right?

So I guess it was Shredder's collar that was making her animal side override her human side. He should use that on Bebop and Rocksteady so they can just attack the turtles as feral beasts and not bumbling idiots.

Yeah, I suppose that's one theory. Shredder has a line of dialogue in the episode where he says: "The effects of the molecular crossover will only last a short time, but with that collar, she will obey my every command forever."

I have no idea how that is supposed to work...

Again, my "head-canon" imagination posits that Krang's Matter Transporter has limited effectiveness in that it can only transport things/people for a limited amount of time before it must retrieve them to their original positions. That explains why Shredder was able to recall Bebop and Rocksteady from an unknown (to him) location in the sewers. You might say it's a "rubber band" style of teleportation. Thus, even a malfunction that mixes up the molecules of two different creatures reverts to normal after a short period of time. But maybe Shredder's mind-control collar (which he just happens to have lying around and is never seen again) acts a stopgap with prevents the "rubber band" effect from kicking things back to normal. That's the best I can figure.

As for the collar, I like to think it was one of the last inventions Baxter Stockman was working on before he got turned into a fly. The fact that it ha a remote control companion is similar to the technology Baxter used to control the Pizza Monsters in an earlier episode.

The episode also had an abandoned subplot of the alley cat that got zapped along with April taking on elements of April's personality (though not changing in physical appearance).

[sdp]

https://www.lulu-berlu.com/upload/image/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles---1993---mutations---mutatin--april-p-image-288459-grande.jpg

[oldmanwinters]

April probably had the worst of the Mutations figures, but the box art was cool, as well as the Mutation Chart:
https://live.staticflickr.com/232/473595113_153e147b75_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HRijZ)
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES &quot;MUTATIONS CHART :: The Mutation Cycle of &#x27;Aprilus Reporterus&#x27; { April O&#x27;Neil } (( 1993 )) (https://flic.kr/p/HRijZ) by ~ tOkKa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/), on Flickr

April's cat mutation was a more significant continuity moment for her character in the Japanese market. The "Mutations" toys (1993-1994) were actually the first 11 numbered TMNT figures released to individual retail in Japan, with the exception of the Mutatin' April figure, which was not numbered as part of the series, but it was available as a Fan Club exclusive.
http://i.imgur.com/qcoDmMwl.jpg (https://imgur.com/qcoDmMw)
http://i.imgur.com/RRW5wQ2l.jpg (https://imgur.com/RRW5wQ2)
http://i.imgur.com/qWtvC2fl.jpg (https://imgur.com/qWtvC2f)

I can't find any confirmation as to what other April action figures were released in Japan as part of the classic line, so that figure was featured heavily in promotional materials, and it was likely to be the only April figure that Japanese fans had opportunity to acquire.
http://i.imgur.com/wFWux8Dl.jpg (https://imgur.com/wFWux8D)
http://i.imgur.com/XP9XItal.jpg (https://imgur.com/XP9XIta)
http://i.imgur.com/H79YOtGl.jpg (https://imgur.com/H79YOtG)


https://live.staticflickr.com/3380/3254261781_3da7450be6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/5XyWDK)
Yoshioka's Cat Woman April O'Neil (https://flic.kr/p/5XyWDK) by oldmanwinters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/), on Flickr
http://i.imgur.com/A4DG1w1l.jpg (https://imgur.com/A4DG1w1)

[turtle1237]

The only cure for me is for someone to ship me a crate of Aprils. Funny thing is, now we're eventually getting enough Aprils to make an even dozen.

I only want 1980's cartoon April.

[Leo656]

If we're stickin' to cartoons, I'd invite 2003 April to the party. Not gonna lie, I'm a sucker for a chick in a belly shirt. :tgrin:

That's it, though. Just them two Cartoon Aprils. After that, well, Y'know what they say... "15'll get you 20." :lol::lol::lol:

Makes you wonder if they just made her younger in more recent incarnations primarily to try and discourage people objectifying her character. Since it happens so frequently with FW and 2003 April.

[turtle1237]

If we're stickin' to cartoons, I'd invite 2003 April to the party. Not gonna lie, I'm a sucker for a chick in a belly shirt. :tgrin:

That's it, though. Just them two Cartoon Aprils. After that, well, Y'know what they say... "15'll get you 20." :lol::lol::lol:

Makes you wonder if they just made her younger in more recent incarnations primarily to try and discourage people objectifying her character. Since it happens so frequently with FW and 2003 April.

Not our fault they gave 80's April the body of a super model.

[garsh]

Whatever was being implied in the initial post is apparently way over my head currently. So she's an anthro, and these days that's a fetish for those we now call furries. I mean, isn't basically any anthro subject to being considered furry material? If someone wants to, they can be sexually obsessed with Muckman. That doesn't mean the cartoon was somehow subversively sneaking in something lewd by featuring Muckman. This whole notion strikes me as reverse logic. It's like when millenials are amused by finding the word "smash" used outside of a sexual context, as if the word has always secretly meant that and only they realize it. I don't even get how her being a cat, specifically, is somehow more fur-fetish? :trolleye:

[Coola Yagami]

If we're stickin' to cartoons, I'd invite 2003 April to the party. Not gonna lie, I'm a sucker for a chick in a belly shirt. :tgrin:

That's it, though. Just them two Cartoon Aprils. After that, well, Y'know what they say... "15'll get you 20." :lol::lol::lol:

Makes you wonder if they just made her younger in more recent incarnations primarily to try and discourage people objectifying her character. Since it happens so frequently with FW and 2003 April.

Probably... but then for some weird reason the 2012 show really focused a lot on April's butt considering they made her younger. My ex used to say 'it was probably to give the kids a rise', which is funny cause even when I was a kid, I was still oogling full grown adult April. I remember there was some article made out there saying 'Stop sexualizing 2012 April', so there's that too. So weird.

IDK, the funny part about my grade school years, is even back then, kids don't like kids. The same guys that would call their female classmates 'yucky' and pick on them, would be the same kids talking bout what they would do to Cindy Crawford.

Naw my Aprils would have been the 80's version, 2003 version, 2004 movie April, Megan Fox April (would be hard not to slip and call her Megan a few times though), Mirage April and IDW April.

[turtle1237]

Probably... but then for some weird reason the 2012 show really focused a lot on April's butt considering they made her younger. My ex used to say 'it was probably to give the kids a rise', which is funny cause even when I was a kid, I was still oogling full grown adult April. I remember there was some article made out there saying 'Stop sexualizing 2012 April', so there's that too. So weird.

IDK, the funny part about my grade school years, is even back then, kids don't like kids. The same guys that would call their female classmates 'yucky' and pick on them, would be the same kids talking bout what they would do to Cindy Crawford.

Naw my Aprils would have been the 80's version, 2003 version, 2004 movie April, Megan Fox April (would be hard not to slip and call her Megan a few times though), Mirage April and IDW April.

Yeah and the sad part is, 2012 April had no junk in the truck :lol:.

The close ups were bad, but than the groping happen from that worm giving April a nice butt rubbed with a perverted smile on it's face, to the body switch of April and Casey and Casey giving April a butt pitch.

[Coola Yagami]

Yeah and the sad part is, 2012 April had no junk in the truck :lol:.

The close ups were bad, but than the groping happen from that worm giving April a nice butt rubbed with a perverted smile on it's face, to the body switch of April and Casey and Casey giving April a butt pitch.

Given her age, it probably woulda been weirder/creepier if she did have junk in the trunk. lmao. Every time I see the 'captured by Baxter' scene, I remember it's a team of ADULT animators that decided to have April bent way over and zoomed in towards the camera, and whoever is in charge of the show or sees the final cut or whatever gave that the thumbs up.

[IndigoErth]

The irony of a Cubed thread not making use of his fave "oh lawd" meme...

And starting an "oh lawd" topic to begin with.

[oldmanwinters]

The irony of a Cubed thread not making use of his fave "oh lawd" meme...

And starting an "oh lawd" topic to begin with.

Maybe he read one of recent (https://onezero.medium.com/stop-sending-reaction-gifs-of-black-people-if-youre-not-black-b1b200244924) opinion (https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-evolution-digital-blackface/) articles (https://guides.library.illinois.edu/socialmediaaccessibility/digitalblackface) on digital sensitivity, and had a change of heart.

Anyhoo, here's a thread-specific substitute:
http://i.imgur.com/OE388q4.jpg (https://imgur.com/OE388q4)

I agree the Nick series made some "curious" decisions on directing April's CG model.

[turtle1237]

Given her age, it probably woulda been weirder/creepier if she did have junk in the trunk. lmao. Every time I see the 'captured by Baxter' scene, I remember it's a team of ADULT animators that decided to have April bent way over and zoomed in towards the camera, and whoever is in charge of the show or sees the final cut or whatever gave that the thumbs up.

I see why the 80's turtle show made some what of of a deal of April's chest and butt. We had some nice close up shots in that show, April had everything. You are right, it may of been weirder had 2012 April had a big butt, but I really see no need to make a big deal of it IN show because she got non. What was the point of that zoomed in close up of April? There was nothing to show lol. We ended up with a REALLY awkward scene. The worm scene, AWKWARD. At least they should of made April 18 or so so it would not seem creepy when April got the butt close ups and well got grope. To this day, I still don't understand how they got away with April getting grope. Must of been the same guy that gave the thumbs up to that final cut.

[IndigoErth]

Anyhoo, here's a thread-specific substitute:
http://i.imgur.com/OE388q4.jpg (https://imgur.com/OE388q4)
:tlol::D Perfect.

[neatoman]

If we're stickin' to cartoons, I'd invite 2003 April to the party. Not gonna lie, I'm a sucker for a chick in a belly shirt. :tgrin:

That's it, though. Just them two Cartoon Aprils. After that, well, Y'know what they say... "15'll get you 20." :lol::lol::lol:

Makes you wonder if they just made her younger in more recent incarnations primarily to try and discourage people objectifying her character. Since it happens so frequently with FW and 2003 April.

https://s2.desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/co/image/1532/29/1532293217125.jpg

[Leo656]

:lol::lol::lol:

I wish you ran this place. :tgrin:

[turtle1237]

https://s2.desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/co/image/1532/29/1532293217125.jpg

And that is why we all loved 80's April lol.

[Egon1982]

Fun episode.

April as a catgirl did looked cute.

But mutated Selina Kyle in the Tyger Tyger episode of Batman TAS was way hotter than mutated April, at least Selina was nude. Selina is lovely no matter how she looks.

[IMJ]

Whatever was being implied in the initial post is apparently way over my head currently. So she's an anthro, and these days that's a fetish for those we now call furries. I mean, isn't basically any anthro subject to being considered furry material? If someone wants to, they can be sexually obsessed with Muckman. That doesn't mean the cartoon was somehow subversively sneaking in something lewd by featuring Muckman. This whole notion strikes me as reverse logic. It's like when millenials are amused by finding the word "smash" used outside of a sexual context, as if the word has always secretly meant that and only they realize it. I don't even get how her being a cat, specifically, is somehow more fur-fetish? :trolleye:

Well said here. Exactly. It's a loaded nonsense thread that presumes or inserts intent and leaves no way out but to accept the phony premise being asserted. It's like in a college classroom there's always that asshole that does that in discussion and the rest of the class just stays away and one or two people look at the guy who made the statement and just say tersely "No" and then walks away.

[Dejablue]

Pffft. Maybe someone was into transformation stuff.

And furries aren't new. I think the concept has existed since at least the 80s. And talking animal people have existed decades and decades before that, but I think the coining of the term furries happened in the 80s.

8aF2GxWi7Ag It's very true that catwoman April most likely has no hidden intent. But to say that "furries" didn't exist back then is incorrect. So there is at least a 1% chance someone on the staff was into furry cat women. Furries were a thing long before Catwoman April was created.

But seriously the only way you're going to get people to not sexualize April is by turning her into an old woman. April could be 6 years old and unfortunately a small army of sickos would still draw porn of her.

[oldmanwinters]

But seriously the only way you're going to get people to not sexualize April is by turning her into an old woman.

Heh, never underestimate the internet...

http://i.imgur.com/6Tpfe85l.jpg (https://imgur.com/6Tpfe85)
http://i.imgur.com/ZDeJFZil.jpg (https://imgur.com/ZDeJFZi)

[IndigoErth]

And look, some old lady fetishist already slobbered on that second image...

[oldmanwinters]

And look, some old lady fetishist already slobbered on that second image...

http://i.imgur.com/aidau6k.jpg (https://imgur.com/aidau6k)

[sdp]

I want 50+ April for next incarnation, April was badass in SAINW, it would be a nice change. no more teen april unless her adventures are set in high school.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2003-series/images/d/d8/Futureapril2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170518194549
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/xianb/images/0/0c/1executed.PNG/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20150925214302
https://media1.tenor.com/images/b88a29c692ab081fcc32392c8db65959/tenor.gif?itemid=5682076

[lonewarrior20]

couldn't help my self and had a few edit requests done on 4chan. i think rise's april makes a good catgirl.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/9961c069e713e001be2f6e309fecbb93/31c852a1c33c3535-58/s640x960/864a751e2d7d99dae0739f10c8a13ababba4e379.png
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c01c81eef3b65202936ea2e122185940/31c852a1c33c3535-f7/s640x960/3f5f33acfe7b0be9f15bb18e21a71758e5cbfce3.png
https://64.media.tumblr.com/18107a01b96f406bdec568ca254980a9/d5945810fcb77f38-c4/s640x960/2ee1641edffdfa6c4ce14547c7a2359823c80281.jpg
https://64.media.tumblr.com/1886c0cbe88c3949ca0872f23721fdc5/d5945810fcb77f38-cd/s640x960/0c6cf4384d586687ce63b02a399fe48f4ae261a7.jpg

not to mention they did show a bit in her match.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd1b079a4c105b8f4a8729b0847ebd5d/38381c8b434f0425-cc/s640x960/22f485d6122dc29827a66e0caec5d9a3d77a7425.png

[IndigoErth]

I want 50+ April for next incarnation, April was badass in SAINW, it would be a nice change. no more teen april unless her adventures are set in high school.
Hm... wouldn't mind trying that. We've had "big sister figure" to the TMNT originally and done the teen thing, time to try "mom" April.

[sdp]

couldn't help my self and had a few edit requests done on 4chan. i think rise's april makes a good catgirl.


not to mention they did show a bit in her match.



great work, you should do 2k3 April.

[oldmanwinters]

Yeah, she has those cat-eye glasses and even a cat-phone in the show. I figured they probably would have done an homage episode if Rise had gone on a little longer.

As for 4Kids April, I've always loved this old piece by "shitzo":
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/430d7f88-c84c-45b5-a553-b52d93786690/ddnpff-aea64a1c-ad16-42c5-a456-ea48ff0ba598.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJ IUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjph cHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNDMwZDdmODgtYz g0Yy00NWI1LWE1NTMtYjUyZDkzNzg2NjkwXC9kZG5wZmYtYWVh NjRhMWMtYWQxNi00MmM1LWE0NTYtZWE0OGZmMGJhNTk4LmpwZy J9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTpmaWxlLmRvd25sb2Fk Il19.daQLAQTG9hNRlhlVEHF5J6YMBhSzCrqobFCvjHpnK2k (https://www.deviantart.com/cartoon-atf-club/art/April-O-Neil-The-catwoman-22941051)
https://www.deviantart.com/cartoon-atf-club/art/April-O-Neil-The-catwoman-22941051

[Dejablue]

And look, some old lady fetishist already slobbered on that second image...


Omg ew.

And considering how insane Rise April could act. Yeah she'd make an interesting cat woman.

[lonewarrior20]

great work, you should do 2k3 April.

i didn't, all i did was make the request. you can always try your luck like i did.

[Dejablue]

Yeah, she has those cat-eye glasses and even a cat-phone in the show. I figured they probably would have done an homage episode if Rise had gone on a little longer.

As for 4Kids April, I've always loved this old piece by "shitzo":

https://www.deviantart.com/cartoon-atf-club/art/April-O-Neil-The-catwoman-22941051


Thats admittedly a cool pic

[lonewarrior20]

this is the stuff i do from time to time. and i admit i trace from animation but it's so it looks like its suppose to.
https://t2.facdn.net/[email protected]

[bwrosas98]

And this mutation of April, started a trend for her in future season of the OG TMNT Cartoon, as others have said. And it wouldn't be till the final season "Back to the Sewer" of the 2K3 TMNT, that we would get another April Mutation/Transformation.