Is this the best shot of April in the 80's show?

[CyberCubed]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQ3NTU5MTU5MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzI0MjgzMjE@._ V1_.jpg

She looks a lot prettier here than in most screens. Probably the best her face was ever drawn. Her hair is more reddish too whereas a lot of eps made it look more brown.

[Leo656]

She looks like her hydroponic weed literally just kicked in.

That's pretty cool.

[IMJ]

Probably the best her face was ever drawn

This may be true actually, but it isn't saying much. Psychologists have studied for..... well at least for as long as my undergrad back in the day, that attractiveness is inherently quantified by people as a knee-jerk reaction to what has become known as the golden ratio - 1:1.618. It's basically a number that expresses equal symmetry. The short of it is that the more symmetrical someone's face is, the more widely accepted it is that they are good looking.

The FW cartoon had that progressively more and more "gumby" art style to it. The people in the show were cartoony. Generally I'd guess that the best shots of April were probably somewhere in the first few episodes of the season 1 mini-series where the linework was generally the best the series was. Greater symmetry - even on the turtles with the beak lines.

But back to perceived attractiveness - sometimes you have people that are so symmetrical and boring that they can't help but admittedly be gorgeous. Anne Hathaway is like that. Gorgeous, but gorgeous because she's so symmetrical and perfect that she's nearly boring to look at, although undeniably good looking. She's so smoothed over that she's boring but can't help but be good looking.

She looks like her hydroponic weed literally just kicked in.

That's pretty cool.

That. Is. HYSTERICAL! Somewhere between that image and your comment I see a Fensler Films PSA parody. If anyone here doesn't know what I'm talking about, go to youtube and be prepared to be entertained for hours - about 20 seconds at a time.

[Coola Yagami]

I mean the best shot focused on her face rather than her butt, yeah, I'd say it's a good shot.

[neatoman]

Isn't there one where she's lazy eyed?

[Coola Yagami]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQ3NTU5MTU5MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzI0MjgzMjE@._ V1_.jpg

She looks a lot prettier here than in most screens. Probably the best her face was ever drawn. Her hair is more reddish too whereas a lot of eps made it look more brown.

Honestly that looks like Burne telling her she's fired despite delivering a Pulitzer-winning story just minutes earlier.

I sweat, nothing pleases that guy.

It's the equivalent of winning the title at Wrestlemania's Main Event but getting fired cause well... you could have won TWO belts but only won one.

[ABrown]

Oh for the love of god Cubed, here: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=55198

[oldmanwinters]

Honestly, I think it's a toss-up between these two frames:

http://i.imgur.com/D8c67Vrl.jpg (https://imgur.com/D8c67Vr)
Beware the Lotus

http://i.imgur.com/miGWx8Ol.jpg (https://imgur.com/miGWx8O)
Planet of the Turtles

[PizzaPower1985]

Wow. Yeah. I think she looks great here in the OP. Not only is she gorgeous... but she's well represented. hair is the right color, you can see her face without the wild hair that sometimes masks her eyes. That's probably the best I've seen.

[oldmanwinters]

I do have some episodes in mind where April's design looks particularly good:

The Cat Woman from Channel Six (non-mutated, of course):
http://i.imgur.com/EGCIZd9l.jpg (https://imgur.com/EGCIZd9)
http://i.imgur.com/uj5hIPnl.jpg (https://imgur.com/uj5hIPn)
http://i.imgur.com/zUb8LOKl.jpg (https://imgur.com/zUb8LOK)

Turtles on Trial (like everything else in the episode)

Ninja Sword of Nowhere (again, everything looks as good as Turtles on Trial)

Splinter Vanishes
http://i.imgur.com/ui4ERqIl.jpg (https://imgur.com/ui4ERqI)

Raphael Drives 'em Wild
http://i.imgur.com/YpCn74dl.jpg (https://imgur.com/YpCn74d)

Unidentified Flying Leonardo
http://i.imgur.com/0hxjDMql.jpg (https://imgur.com/0hxjDMq)
http://i.imgur.com/lf1Pxoul.jpg (https://imgur.com/lf1Pxou)

Leonardo Lightens Up (moreso for fluid animation than detail shots, but there are a few nice frames in it)
http://i.imgur.com/n4xDO0wl.jpg (https://imgur.com/n4xDO0w)
http://i.imgur.com/Zb9c7dEl.jpg (https://imgur.com/Zb9c7dE)
http://i.imgur.com/uSYwejyl.jpg (https://imgur.com/uSYwejy)

[CyberCubed]

I think those shots due to the animation styles don't look nearly as good as the first pic of the thread. It's hard to describe really, but since the original cartoon had so many animation styles the ones she's drawn more "standard" and less cartoony/smushed she looks better.

[sdp]

Honestly, I think it's a toss-up between these two frames:

http://i.imgur.com/D8c67Vrl.jpg[/url]


This was the reference pic NECA used for their sculpt.

[Prowler]

That **** doesn't even show her busty cleavage or her big ass, cubed. What a disappointment this thread was.

Stop hiding the fact you'd love to smash FW April. No one is gonna judge you for that.

[slashpieturtlemix]

I do have some episodes in mind where April's design looks particularly good:

The Cat Woman from Channel Six (non-mutated, of course):
http://i.imgur.com/EGCIZd9l.jpg (https://imgur.com/EGCIZd9)
http://i.imgur.com/uj5hIPnl.jpg (https://imgur.com/uj5hIPn)
http://i.imgur.com/zUb8LOKl.jpg (https://imgur.com/zUb8LOK)

Turtles on Trial (like everything else in the episode)

Ninja Sword of Nowhere (again, everything looks as good as Turtles on Trial)

Splinter Vanishes
http://i.imgur.com/ui4ERqIl.jpg (https://imgur.com/ui4ERqI)

Raphael Drives 'em Wild
http://i.imgur.com/YpCn74dl.jpg (https://imgur.com/YpCn74d)

Unidentified Flying Leonardo
http://i.imgur.com/0hxjDMql.jpg (https://imgur.com/0hxjDMq)
http://i.imgur.com/lf1Pxoul.jpg (https://imgur.com/lf1Pxou)

Leonardo Lightens Up (moreso for fluid animation than detail shots, but there are a few nice frames in it)
http://i.imgur.com/n4xDO0wl.jpg (https://imgur.com/n4xDO0w)
http://i.imgur.com/Zb9c7dEl.jpg (https://imgur.com/Zb9c7dE)
http://i.imgur.com/uSYwejyl.jpg (https://imgur.com/uSYwejy)

This made me laugh in all honesty. I am currently rewatching the 87 show now and I am only on Season 3 episode 5 and I have already seen some hilarious animation errors.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

Why are you guys focusing on April when Irma is the best looking?

[slashpieturtlemix]

Why are you guys focusing on April when Irma is the best looking?

We all know that Vernon is the best looking female in that show.

[IMJ]

April as drawn in Fred Wolf was not even a "barbie doll stereotype" - she was a straight up animated porn star. Jessica Rabbit does Roger, guest starring April O'Neil.

[Prowler]

April as drawn in Fred Wolf was not even a "barbie doll stereotype" - she was a straight up animated porn star. Jessica Rabbit does Roger, guest starring April O'Neil.

In the first season she seemed slightly bustier. Remember when the turtles removed the ropes off her body after beating the foot soldiers on top of the rooftop? We get a close look. The question is: did she wear a bra under that yellow jumpsuit of hers?

[Leo656]

I always preferred to imagine she was totally commando under there. :lol:

[Prowler]

I always preferred to imagine she was totally commando under there. :lol:

And I didn't expect anything less from you. If you didn't, I'd be severely disappointed :)

[Leo656]

Realistically, that thing would probably smell terrible if that were the case, though. :trazz:

I just kinda like the idea of April always being DTF and dressing accordingly. :lol:

[Prowler]

Realistically, that thing would probably smell terrible if that were the case, though. :trazz:

I just kinda like the idea of April always being DTF and dressing accordingly. :lol:
Well she's always walking down the sewers. How many vaccine shots did she need after going to the Turtles Lair for the first time, I wonder.

And how come Yoshi didn't get sick from playing with rats everyday? Or better yet, how didn't The Rat King die of plague yet?!

[Mad Dog McMutt]

Realistically, that thing would probably smell terrible if that were the case, though. :trazz:

I just kinda like the idea of April always being DTF and dressing accordingly. :lol:

Irma was always dtf.

[Prowler]

Irma was always dtf.

She was desp3because she didn't get much attention from men in the first place. April definitely got a lot more of attention since she was much better looking. April wasn't very interested in romance or as man crazy as Irma. If April really wanted she'd most likely have gotten a bf rather easily.

[IndigoErth]

You know, I was going to be like, "Men..." and make some joking comment, but there is something rather innocent that this conversation is about a fully clothed animated character from a 1980s/90s kid's show.



The thing with Irma was sad but funny though. Although she was still fickle to some extent. At some point it seemed she'd have gone for anything, and had Donnie actually been interested she'd prob have been down for that, but then when three of them are into her, granted against their will, she rejects them. So she either really did have her limits or she enjoyed the chase. BUT... then again, Donnie was the only one not love sick via the potion, so maybe it just wasn't the right Turtle.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

You know, I was going to be like, "Men..." and make some joking comment, but there is something rather innocent that this conversation is about a fully clothed animated character from a 1980s/90s kid's show.




The thing with Irma was sad but funny though. Although she was still fickle to some extent. At some point it seemed she'd have gone for anything, and had Donnie actually been interested she'd prob have been down for that, but then when three of them are into her, granted against their will, she rejects them. So she either really did have her limits or she enjoyed the chase. BUT... then again, Donnie was the only one not love sick via the potion, so maybe it just wasn't the right Turtle.

They weren't fully clothed in the episode shredderville. I don't understand why Irma had such trouble with men when she was hotter than April. It must be her clumsy Steve Urkel personality that repelled men away.

[Prowler]

They weren't fully clothed in the episode shredderville. I don't understand why Irma had such trouble with men when she was hotter than April. It must be her clumsy Steve Urkel personality that repelled men away.

I respect your opinion/personal preference for Irma. I respectfully disagree with it and think April is a lot hotter.

[Ninjinister]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQ3NTU5MTU5MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzI0MjgzMjE@._ V1_.jpg

She looks a lot prettier here than in most screens. Probably the best her face was ever drawn. Her hair is more reddish too whereas a lot of eps made it look more brown.

surprizeaprilchu.png

[Leo656]

You know, I was going to be like, "Men..." and make some joking comment, but there is something rather innocent that this conversation is about a fully clothed animated character from a 1980s/90s kid's show.



The thing with Irma was sad but funny though. Although she was still fickle to some extent. At some point it seemed she'd have gone for anything, and had Donnie actually been interested she'd prob have been down for that, but then when three of them are into her, granted against their will, she rejects them. So she either really did have her limits or she enjoyed the chase. BUT... then again, Donnie was the only one not love sick via the potion, so maybe it just wasn't the right Turtle.

- Don't get me started on Teela from "Masters of the Universe". I will never, ever stop. Ever. :lol: (That had to have 100% been where my Redhead Fetish started, and April is just an extension of that)

- I've known a few "Irmas". The barrier between Irma being "not interested", and being the meat in a Ninja Turtle-and-Irma Sandwich, is about four or five wine coolers deep. OR one-and-a-half Pabst Blue Ribbons, depending on who's throwing the party. Guaranteed.

I think April could get there, too, eventually... but she'd probably insist on being, like, blackout drunk. "I have zero memory of it so therefore it never happened" drunk. "Plausible Deniability" drunk. BUT, she was a 27-year old single chick without a boyfriend or any serious prospects, so it's definitely not off the table altogether. But we're talking Jack Daniels and Tequila drunk, in her case, not just "kinda tipsy" as in Irma's case.

It's a shame that there's no HBO Max show that can explore these issue properly to their full potential. :trazz:

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I respect your opinion/personal preference for Irma. I respectfully disagree with it and think April is a lot hotter.
I think I am the only one with that opinion. I don't know, but ever since I was a kid I liked how she looked. I never thought April looked attractive.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Atleast Irma is more feminine in her mannerisms and actually had an interest in romance, while April is aloof and obsessed with her career which is a major turn off for some.

[CyberCubed]

Since I was a kid when the original cartoon was airing I always saw April as a mother figure and even years later I can't view her as anything else. So no, I was never really attracted to old toon April.

[Shark_Blade]

She’s too plain there, April in Season 1 is a lot better in all her glory form imo.

[Musashi]

- Don't get me started on Teela from "Masters of the Universe". I will never, ever stop. Ever. :lol: (That had to have 100% been where my Redhead Fetish started, and April is just an extension of that)


This... This. THIS.

Fortunately, I'm Scottish, and we invented them.* :)


* This "fact" is not actually biologically or historically true, or true in any other sense. The steppes of Eurasia were probably teeming with redheads circa 3000BC, long before Princess Scota brought Jacob's pillow over in her hand luggage. But it is truthful, which is not quite the same thing.

[Prowler]

This... This. THIS.

Fortunately, I'm Scottish, and we invented them.* :)


* This "fact" is not actually biologically or historically true, or true in any other sense. The steppes of Eurasia were probably teeming with redheads circa 3000BC, long before Princess Scota brought Jacob's pillow over in her hand luggage. But it is truthful, which is not quite the same thing.
Unlike you and Leo, I don't have a redhead fetish. I just happen to find FW April and Nami from One Piece hot. I mostly like brunettes above all else.

And it's a good thing I don't have a redhead fetish. They're kind of a rare species where I live. The only natural ginger I can think of that know irl... is a dude. No thanks :lol:

Might be an urban legend, but I've heard you can find some gingers really up northern Portugal... which is the part of the country where Celts spent the most time in and settled. I guess that might explain it...

[Musashi]

...Might be an urban legend, but I've heard you can find some gingers really up northern Portugal... which is the part of the country where Celts spent the most time in and settled. I guess that might explain it...

Not sure about Portugal, but Galicia, in the north-western part of Spain, is like that.

[Prowler]

Not sure about Portugal, but Galicia, in the north-western part of Spain, is like that.

That region is right above Northern Portugal, so makes sense.

Nevertheless, brown and black haired people are still the majority in Northern Portugal, just like in the rest of the country. Plus, with the rural exodus Portugal has been experiencing in the past 30-40 years or so, things have changed. Maybe if you go to a rather isolate village with inhabitants who never left it and have lived there for generations you'll still find that kind of homogeneity idk :P

[sdp]

I didn't want to make a new thread but looking at the newer models of 1987 April I've noticed a few things. First April seems to look younger than she did back then, she now comes off as early 20s despite before looking late 20s, even to this day I see OT April more of a mother figure but now she looks younger which is just weird.

Second, her jump suit isn't allowed to be unbuttoned anymore, it looks really odd. Third thing, her chest size seems to have been upgraded, I never thought of 87 April as having huge breasts, I know fanart always depicts her as having bigger milkers than vintage Lara Croft but in the original show she didn't seem to like that. Sure people always post a few very specific key frames from the show but that's not accurate if you watch it in motion. It's odd that having her blouse opened up a bit with barely any cleavage as being "too indecent" but having her chest being twice the size of what it should is "ok".

https://i.imgur.com/2hmxzrX.png
https://i.imgur.com/CBQsZEj.png

[dawwe]

April also looked pretty great in the opening animation.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/747219467188174959/881611262767800430/vlcsnap-2021-08-29-20h42m28s966.png

[Ninja Toitles]

April was drawn as sooper hawt in Fred Wolf. But hookin' up with Toitles is weird!

[the_minimizer]

The scene from The Big Break In. It's where she's about to crushed by the approaching Technodrome.

[Coola Yagami]

Always been partial to this shot personally.

[Turnstone]

This is a great thread. Anyone else have some good shots of April?

[Sage Ninja]

https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/6857388c-a7c3-4254-8a6c-e180288b7b93/dak3ri1-232a3c8e-72a7-49a0-a194-caa780f86260.jpg/v1/fill/w_800,h_667,q_75,strp/1987_april_o_neil_by_lullabystars_dak3ri1-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI 1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNh NWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMT g4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7 ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NjY3IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNjg1NzM4OG MtYTdjMy00MjU0LThhNmMtZTE4MDI4OGI3YjkzXC9kYWszcmkx LTIzMmEzYzhlLTcyYTctNDlhMC1hMTk0LWNhYTc4MGY4NjI2MC 5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9ODAwIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpz ZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.GtnGdFBbQtEwj0 RDITXPLOvxJFOBIN6z2rTSd-iuQ4k

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http://www.infinitehollywood.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/April.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb2/OrokuSaki123/Screen02.jpg

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https://assets.mycast.io/characters/april-o-neil-312994-normal.jpg?1571356932



I always thought April in the Old TV series had a pretty character design. I personally think she is the prettiest of all the animated Aprils (with maybe the exception of BTTS April O'Neil for the 2k3 final season)

I never thought of 87 April as having huge breasts, I know fanart always depicts her as having bigger milkers than vintage Lara Croft but in the original show she didn't seem to like that.

Also did sdp mention he thought April's chest was not all that big in the OT?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbKYVd2V4AAxsF3.jpg

https://www.geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2013/05/2013-05-07-april_oneil-e1367962474411.jpg

:ohwell: She seemed well endowed in the front and in same shots also in the back too

[Leo656]

In that first shot Sage posted above, it looks like April's edibles just kicked in. :lol:

[Sage Ninja]

In that first shot Sage posted above, it looks like April's edibles just kicked in.

Interesting interpretation of her face :lol:

Actually my bad on the very first April picture. I just realized it's from the Turtles Forever special nit the original series. The rest are though.

[TylerD]

She looks like her hydroponic weed literally just kicked in.

That's pretty cool.

Lol!! Well said.

[Hans Flying Turtlenecker]

I woud like to say that she looked the prettiest in the very first season. I especially like this screenshot of her.

https://i.ibb.co/5FCY1St/April-copy.png

[D-ray]

http://i.imgur.com/D8c67Vrl.jpg (https://imgur.com/D8c67Vr)
When the turtles are mutant.