Thoughts on Old Toon April?
 

What do you guys think of April from the 80s toon? Do you like her? Hate her? Find her annoying? Couldn't care less?

I like her. Yellow jumpsuit aside she was cool. She made a good human friend for the turtles and I really liked their interaction. Even though the old toon was never that deep, you could tell she and the turtles really cared and worried about each other all the time.

*laughs* When I was a kid I actually wanted to be April. When I'd play TMNT with some of the boys in my neighbourhood, they always made me be her and I loved it. I had this homemade Turtle Com out of cardboard and would use the mic from the Karoke machine for "reporting". I was a wacky kid. :P

Lol, your lucky, there was only me and one friend at school who liked the TMNT when we were about 4, and I used to go round to his house just to watch the tapes, no playing the TMNT characters unfortunately.

I like the old April, the way she'd do anything for a story used to make me laugh. Just about anything, and she'd be there saying 'what a great scoop!' They'd be in a building with a bomb that goes off in like 10 seconds and she's there saying 'what a dynamite story ... oops' (Michelangelo Meets Mondo Geko) um.. But she was gud friends to the Ts, and she gave them something to save during most of the episodes. I really didn't ind the jumpsuit, but it was nice to see on that rare occasion, her dressed in something different, or a different hair style.

I guess the character worked for the old show. TMNT needed to have someone to save. Even the writers joked about that...

Better seeing a lot of April than Irma. Can you imagine if she was in every episode instead of April? That would get annoying real fast. April actually had a balanced personality, so she wasn't a problem for the 10 seasons she was in.

I don't have anything against the original april. She wasnt my favorite but I dont hate her. although as I was rewatching the old eps and one of the early ones had her tied to a chair.

now I noticed 2 things.. one Arpil is stacked.. and two.. when mikey untied her.. they bounced forward.. and I swear there was a slight sound effect added... needless to say.. I almost wet myself laughing..


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Although i do like the old april, i seem to like how she looks in the new toon better than the old. But overall, I think that april was better in the old toon.

What?! When the heck did that happen? That's pretty spicy for a children's cartoon.

There was a thread here a long time ago asking if people ever had the hots for April when the original show aired. I can honestly say that thought never entered into my mind until someone brought it up. I don't ever recall having a crush on April when I was younger.

For the most part, I really liked her character. The only thing that bugged me happened during Season 8. The Turtles wanted to know how come she knew so much about a company called Darkwater (from "State of Shock"), and she replied that she had dated one of their employees a while back.

Say what?! Since when did April have time to go carousing with men? If she wasn't working at Channel 6, or hanging out with the Turtles, or getting kidnapped every week, when did she find the time to do that? I don't know why, but that quote from April always stuck with me and just really annoyed me.

Maybe that's why Shredder held her for ransom all the time. He was jealous of other men. He wanted April all for himself! :lol:

"April, you make this ancient rodent feel young again." - Splinter, from "April Foolish"

I liked Irma better.

I didn't like her because of her voice.

I liked her. It was amusing how she'd always be after a story and things like that. Plus, she wasn't bad looking either :twink: :kgrin: :tlove:

Re: Thoughts on Old Toon April?
 

You wern't wierd, you were cool.

I always thought old April was hot. She always was my favorite chatacter. My favorite episode of the 192 original episodes is "The Catwoman from Channel 6". I liked the Yellow Jumpsuit better than the street clothes from the last 3 seasons also. I'll say it again, April was hot. :nod:

I dont think she looked to great in the old show...but i liked the newsreporter job better then the scientist.

The reporter job serves a better purpose, as she could alert the Turtles to crimes being commited by Shredder. Didn't hate her, but I didn't really like her either.

April in the new toon is a more attractive character design and a more 'balanced' persona than the old one. The first series portrayed her as full-figured, very independent, and obsessed with her work. The new show has her as an essentially average woman. She likely is NOT a scientist; just an inquiring mind. She's good with computers, but never was she referred to as 'Dr. O'Neil'. Likely, she was just the pretty lab assistant that all ego-driven scientists want. Her personality seems far more easy-going, which sometimes seems unrealistic (sorry, girls, but that's how I see it; prove me wrong... I dare ya!). So, if this character isn't already, she SHOULD be a role-model. But, I was one of those who preferred Irma back in the day. While her voice did get grating, and she was more shallow than most on the show, she added the most realism of any other character. After all, who in here CAN'T say they've known a man-crazy air-head sometime in their life?

*wonders whether or not he should post the ultra-revealing pic of April in her profile of the arcade version of Turtles in Time*

*smiles with a boyish grin*
April was hotter in the original cartoon.... nuff' said

I can't really say because I haven't watched too much of the new series, but there was always one scene that kinda "bugged" me. It was from the first episode when April is calling the Turtles on the phone, and then she is grabbed by like 4 foot soliders. I dunno why, just the way they were grabbing her. One foot solider had his hand on her.....a hem!!

hmmmm...I have em all. Which one was that....just asking.........

If you don't, I will! (j/k) :lol: :lol: :lol:

That's actually from the old series, first episode, Turtle Tracks.