OT April and Casey Jones
 

Since no one bothered to answer this in Casey topic I decided to make this into it's own thread. :)

Does any one think if the old toon had bothered that April and Casey could have been an item too like the other versions of the franchise?

Since in every version of the turtles Casey and April had been an item I was wondering in the OT if they had made a Casey more of a recurring character like a regular side kick in the series and they had developed his character into more than just a hockey weilding masked thug and interacted with April more that they could have had a relationship eventually?

I'm not sure it would have worked with their characters in that version. It's really hard for me to say either way. I think a slight change to their characters would have been necessary on both sides. More on Casey's.

They had a little interaction together in Season 8, which was sadly Casey's last appearance, but that was about it.

It would have been possible if Casey's character had been better develop and he had been shown in more episodes.

OT April never seemed to be that interested in men. I just can't picture her with a boyfriend like in other mediums. And Casey's character was completely psycho. :P

April mentioned that she had dated a guy sometime during the Red Sky episodes. Other than that, she did not express interest in anyone else.

The only way that I could have seen them having a relationship is if they reworked April's character a bit. If they had given her more of a social life and toned down being consumed by work, then it could have been entirely possible.

True... they're just too different. Casey is too psycho and April is already married.. to her career.

Yeah. More episodes would have got the character to evolve into something a little more sympathetic, and I'd say, it would lead to something between the two.

Of course, I doubt that Casey and April ever even met in the OT. There was a third episode I haven't seen or forgotten with him in it, so I could be wrong.

Contrary to popular belief I think OT April could have worked with having a relationship. I'm not saying that it had to be Casey Jones. Even though she was a high flying career woman there where a few instances where April showed some interest in men in the OT. She thought Bug Man was "an incrediable hunk" and was "actually having a thing" for him until she saw he was a gross bug. And she showed intrest and agreed to a date to the Dean...what ever his name was in Raphael Drives 'Em Wild episode, so she wasn't totally asexual. I agree a bit more devleopment would have been needed in her out side life beyond her work and the turtles needed to be given but I think April having relationships wouldn't be too jarring in the OT.

Now...whether April and Casey in the OT would have worked like in other versions, I think some drastic change would have to be made to Casey's character more so than April's. I think April actually has the diversity of character and personaly to work with a relationship. But Casey's I think they would have to go more in depth with his personality to even keep up with April's character development, because as cool as Casey in the OT is one note. He smashes things and hates law breakers and doesn't appear to bright. To keep up with April (and not turn her completely off) he would have to be a bit smarter and have more nuanses to him as to why he hates law breakers and actually have something to him that might draw April's attraction (and her him) for them to work, and he would have to have screen time and solo interaction with each other. I could see them work together but the show would have had to do more with them.

you know I'm really suprised April didn't date more or was shown to have more guys interested in her than what was shown in the series. April was so pretty in that series and she never had a boyfriend in the OT. I guess the show wanted to keep April single to appeal more to the young boys.

For arguments sake what would close interaction between April and Casey play out like if it ever went in that direction? Do you think they would clash and argue like NT April and Casey did in the beginning?

They'd have to change the characters a bit. Casey was only in like 3 or so eps of the entire series and yet when the turtles were in trouble she calls him having seemingly off camera gotten his phone number. :lol:

In the Archie series April ended up with this asian firefighter (I think he was Chinese) who had the ability to transform into a 20 ft tall Dragon. Loved the issue where April meets her great-granddaughter, Nobuko. :lol:

Nobuko: "Great-Grandmother!!"
April: "......!!"

That, and they wanted to keep all the " I'm easy and I have terrible taste in men" jokes to Irma. April seemed to be the stereotype career woman that only cared about her career. It almost seems that the show The Mask made fun of her character with Peggy Brant (who seems even more callous about getting a story than April... she even sells Stanley out some times).

We could get into the whole reading too far into things theory about her career zealousness being sexual frustraition, but I don't wanna get into it.

aww, so you mean that April and Casey don't date in the 80's toon :( Why the hell not!? I was really looking foward to seeing what 80's toon Casey was like and how he and this version of April would hit it off, since 80's April is more sassy in the 80's toon. The relationship between Casey and April is one of my favorite things in the current series. So April doesn't end up with any one not even Casey?

Did they ever depict Casey Jones as being anything other than obsessed with beating up criminals in the old cartoon? It's hard to imagine him being with anyone because he seemed a lot more one dimensional in the cartoon IIRC.

All Casey did in the toon was fight.... When they first encounter him the turtles simply thought he was a nutjob and faught him cuz the stupid cops thought he was violating the rights of the criminals (yeah) and were confusing Casey with the turtles. He becomes their ally in the end and everytime they needed his help (which wasn't often) they always had April call him (she got his phone number off camera).

For the most part he was a minor character of absolutly no importance other than to show up when April called him for help or when the he and the turtles were on the same case... which again wasn't often.

He was only in 5 eps all together starting in season 3 and we NEVER even saw his face.

Casey Jones, Outlaw Hero (Season 3)
Corporate Raiders From Dimension X (season 3)
Leonardo Cuts Loose (Season 5)
Night of the Rogues (Season 7)
Cyber-Turtles (Season 8 )

wow so she did end up with some one in the archies! At least she wasn't career obsessed in that medium. Wasn't Casey featured in the Archies as well?

Does any one think that maybe April might have been gay in the old toon? Maybe thats why she never seemed to have a man in the old toon. MAybe Irma and her where secret lovers :lol:

The only time Casey ever appeared in the Archies was the comic book adaptions of the movies Archie comics did. :lol: He NEVER showed up in the main book. Which was why April ended up with Chu Hsi. (Choosey! ...ahahahah er um..ahem).

Im sure Casey would have had alot to say about Oyuki (April's assistant and kinda Mikey's GF) and Ninjara...or he'd wonder what a super rich gal like Candy Fine saw in Mondo Gecko (poor Candy).

MAybe Irma and her where secret lovers
Um... no but Irma did almost marry 3 of the turtles in one ep.... :lol:

I think April and him would act like they didn't like each other and probably piss each other off. I think April would think he was just a mindless ape and Casey would think she was just helpless nuisance and tell her to stay out trouble. But I think Casey would like her spunk and April might like his determination.