When April does not need the turtles for a rescue.
 

Since this is April, there are going to be some odd looking screen caps for some rescues.

I am not counting the times April save the day, like when she pull the battery on the Alien toy before it destroy the world. Or the time she unplugged the computer Shredder highjack. Mostly she is in trouble, and needs to be rescue. But the Turtles are not around. Since I am re watching the whole series, So I got though the first 3 seasons and for the FIRST time, April gets out of a jam with out Turtle help.

In The Big Break In, She is about to be run over by the Technodrome. Trap in her news van, and guess what? The Turtles are too busy saving the world to save her. After waiting for about ten mins(The Technodrome does kinda move pretty slow) April notice the Turtles wont be there, so she Butt bumps the door down. And she saves herself. Now I was watching this and thinking, wow, She did not relied on the turtles. I am doing a self rescue, So that is one time so far in the series, that April saves her self.

Also I will not count times she escape and got re capture like April's fools. She still relied on the turtles there.

As an episode that aired on the edge of the cusp of the 1990s, that actually sounds like a bit of an analogy for social progress within entertainment media.

Number 2, I watch the start of season 4 on vol 6, and went into the Europe episodes since they take place during season 4. (I loved the team up with Holmes, amazing).

Well Ring of fire. I might add a screen shot later for it,

Shredder ties up April and Irma to a giant dish that will burn them alive with the power of sun, and burn down I think the turtles are in Dublin? Not sure. She uses SOS with the sun lights to call the turtles. They come to the rescue, but there too busy with Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady. So April uses the sun's rays to burn the ropes and free her and Irma.

Turtles still defeat Shredder and save the day, but April uses her quick thinking to once again get her and Irma out of a jam lol.

OT April wasn't near as useless as most folks assume in the show. Even the Nostalgia Critic gave her a bit of credit in that regard.

I attribute most of April's charm to Renae Jacobs's delivery. She really had command and respect for her character.

April has saved the Turtles on a few different occasions.

April had a more proactive role in the Red Sky seasons in episodes like "Cry HAVOC" and "A Turtle in Time", though there were still many times when she was a damsel in distress. She did manage to send Rocksteady flying in "The Gang's All Here", though.

Speaking of the Red Sky era, I would have loved to have learned more about April's apparently historic and heroic role in earth's future alluded to in "Enter Krakus." The episode itself was a bit too Terminator-esque to be original, but the fact that April ended up being key to the history of the world was quite intriguing. At some point April saves the life of Krakus's father, which would have been cool to see on screen.

I agree. Krakus could've been used again in seasons nine and ten instead of Landor and Merrick.

That episode probably should count though since while April was recaptured after her first escape, she managed to escape again a second time towards the end of the episode. Admittedly the turtles do show up in the middle of her second escape, but they don't do anything but watch while she (successfully) fights both Rocksteady and Bebop. Thus for all intents and purposes she successfully escaped on her own there.

Yeah, April made her escape just in time. The turtles never would have made it in time to prevent Shredder from taking her away in the module to the Technodrome, which the Turtles wouldn't have been able to follow. Perhaps she realized the stakes of the situation and acted accordingly, similarly to her moment of self-reliance in The Big Break In.

I cant believe I forgot that, she did take down Rocksteady and Bebop, I just assume since there turtles were there, she was saved, but no, broke free, took down the baddies and I suppose in a way saved the day. The Turtles pretty much did a lot of running around, and hardly any fighting Shredder that is.

That's it, that's going on the list, when I get back to the OT series, right now I am on Shredder's mom. I had a break from the series, but I get back to it soon.

To add to that, not only did she not need the Turtles for a rescue at times. In fact she rescued the OT Turtles or their allies (the Neutrinos, Splinter, etc.) or "saved the day" at times throughout the course of the series, even as early as the 2nd season with "The Incredible Shrinking Turtles" and "Teenagers From Dimension X", and "The Mean Machines" and Season 3's "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers".

Indeed! April was a great friend to the Turtles. Also, when Kevin and I did a fan commentary with Francis Moss, he loved reminiscing about those plots where April (literally) pulled the plug on the villain's schemes. She always seemed to have great intuition about where the vital power switch was located.

The iconic OT April is the best, followed by Megan Fox. :tlove:

.... Why?...

Are you serious Bro April O Fox was the worst April in the history of Turtles.

Me Thinks your a little to into the 2014 movie.

So you think Carrie O'Neil is better than April O Fox?

You mean the Nick April and her freaky powers? The freaky powers are pretty much underplayed.

Nick April is better than Cardboard Megan Fox. Her powers are underplayed.

Yeah it was a play on the film Carrie. Who in the film had pretty much the same powers, but at a more powerful level.

Interesting topic! I was gonna put together a compilation fanvid where I show the times where either April "rescued" herself, or rescued the turtles for a change! Cuz there were a handful of times April either saved the day or saved them!

How about a general sense where April was shown trying? This is why I've never viewed her as a Damsel in Distress as she was usually in the wrong place at the wrong time. Getting down to it, OT April reminds me of Nick Kurtzman with the way he's gone out of his way to investigate the Kraang...like an investigative reporter does. OT April acted like an investigative reporter...putting her life in danger for the sake of a story and her career. She was super ambitious and wasn't easily intimidated.

Shredder comes after her, she insults him. Peach sees Bowser coming for her...nothing. "Oh well, Koopa's coming to kidnap me again...better prepare my Mario will save me speech while I stand here and not even attempt to fight."

Speaking of "Cardboard April"...

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The "animation" in that European Vacation season, man...

I think she did sort of moved her legs?

Not sure, but.... Maybe Donnie made a mannequin of her? Or an April-bot for um, well, whatever reason he might use it for. Like that one Raph had in Mirage..... Okay, now we're going into some really weird territory. JK, but she sure looked "wooden" in those shots!

For all the times throughout the show's run when a turtle had to carry April to safety, that's probably the only instance I can remember when two turtles tried to carry her in that way, like Donatello was afraid her legs would get bent if Mikey turned a corner too sharply. That Dublin studio was weird.

Awesome observation, and I completely agree! There's this article I read about the various versions of April O'Neil recently...can't find the bookmark. Anyway, it goes on about how the OT April was more normal and more relatable. She wasn't someone that "had" to learn to fight just to be on par with the turtles. It's her personality in general that's so great. She's very strong-willed and brave, without having to be a ninja (I get really tired of EVERY version of April now that learns to fight, just simply to break the DiD trope). For example, when her, Vernon, and Irma would all get kidnapped at the same time, April was the strong one who'd fight back and snap remarks (like she did with Shredder). The other two, esp. Vernon, would wuss out. She's a gutsy reporter for a reason. I'd even go as far as to say that the other versions of April are more bland, personality-wise. I like reporter-April (OT and 1990 movie) the best.

As for my video compilation, if I put that together I'd try to show clips where she does show compassion towards the turtles (there were quite a few times). They kind of helped each other out --wasn't always them saving her all the time.

Agreed!
OT April gets way too bad a rap. Without her initiative, most episodes plots would have never even started. In her efforts to find a story, she's often the one who set the real story in motion.

A while back, I actually did a music video compilation of her under-appreciated skills behind the wheel:
http://www.mediafire.com/watch/6njxd...O'Neil.wmv

I always thought that TMNT-carry-April scene was weird too. Why did Donnie grab her legs? In that first Bugman episode, Mikey literally rolled (tumbled..?) April out of the way before she got crushed! Seems like in this episode they had more time to both casually grab her and move her out of the way. I also agree the animation/artwork quality in those Euro episodes suffered.

Wow that's a cool music vid! Oh yeah, that's another thing that article mentioned - how OT April was very skilled at operating various machines (vans, helicopters, motorbikes, etc.) She also fixed the helicopter in one episode!

Seems like I read something like that once too. I think maybe the Nostalgia Critic praised her charaterization for such things when he did his "Top Damsels in Distress" episode (he used another word for it...) and he left OT April off the list on account of those things mentioned.

Anyhoo, here were my hopes on how the IDW comics might make use of April in their narrative from a few years back. At this point, I think both April and Casey Jones have fallen into the background of the narrative, but perhaps their upcoming mini-series will restore their prominence in the storyline.

Here's my video compilation of April helping or rescuing the turtles, hope you all like, :D




or click HERE


Geez...the youtube embed tags are confusing!

Nicely done!

April was pretty good at hitting stuff with a van. :tlol:

Thanks! Yeah she did have skills at driving at least, but it was helpful nonetheless.