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The-Shredder 11-12-2018 05:51 PM

April's Best Job?
 
Thought the franchise, April has mostly been known to either be a lab assistant/programmer, an antique shop owner, or a T.V. news reporter. In the TMNT 2007 movie, she was a treasure hunter for hire, an extension of her job as an antique shop owner, which I think is a logical evolution of her character, seeing as how she hangs around four adventure seeking mutant turtles. In my opinion, the news reporter role is extremely cliche and staying put at an antique store doesn't seem challenging enough, but one could argue it brings some normalcy to her life of mutants, ninjas, and aliens. Thoughts?

Leonardo2003 11-12-2018 06:03 PM

Definitely the 2007 movie for me, for the reasons you gave. She used her skills she got from searching for her uncle Augie.

Leo656 11-12-2018 06:03 PM

TV reporter probably pays the best, although I confess to having no idea what the current take-home rate on "Indiana Jones"-ing is. Lab assistant probably paid second-best.

Ninjinister 11-12-2018 07:26 PM

Lab assistant was probably the most prestigious, but it was pretty short lived. You know, because her boss was criminally insane.

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Originally Posted by Leonardo2003 (Post 1782797)
Definitely the 2007 movie for me, for the reasons you gave. She used her skills she got from searching for her uncle Augie.

Different continuity bruh.

CyberCubed 11-12-2018 07:53 PM

Remember one ep of the original cartoon where Burne threatened that he would, "Send April down to the mailroom," or "One more mistake and I'm busting you to the mailroom!"

Is the mailroom really that much a step down from a news reporter?

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy 11-12-2018 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed (Post 1782813)
Remember one ep of the original cartoon where Burne threatened that he would, "Send April down to the mailroom," or "One more mistake and I'm busting you to the mailroom!"

Is the mailroom really that much a step down from a news reporter?

I dunno. Is janitor much of a step down from vice-president of marketing?

Is village idiot much of a step down from Senior Municipal Moron?

MikeandRaph87 11-12-2018 08:14 PM

Channel Six News reporter. I would have liked to have seen her end up behind the anchor desk regularly.

Original TMNT Cartoon Fan 11-14-2018 01:11 PM

News reporter, so she can be where the action is. As long as she tones down reporting about the turtles, to keep them in the shadows.

Wesley 11-14-2018 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Leonardo2003 (Post 1782797)
Definitely the 2007 movie for me, for the reasons you gave. She used her skills she got from searching for her uncle Augie.

Agreed. I’m not really a fan of the news reporter job, though I like the others.

Prowler 11-14-2018 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninjinister (Post 1782810)
Lab assistant was probably the most prestigious, but it was pretty short lived. You know, because her boss was criminally insane.

Prestigious? I dunno how much she got paid for doing that, but I doubt that job gave April more prestige than being Channel 6's top reporter in the FW series did for her. April was in quite a good position at Channel 6 for a young reporter, not to mention she was recognisable by most of NYC. We all know how society loves their famous people and celebrities, so I'd say FW April was considered to have a more prestigious job overall.

pferreira 11-16-2018 01:27 PM

I'd have to go with news reporter although as antique owner she got some cool stuff.

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed (Post 1782813)
Is the mailroom really that much a step down from a news reporter?

It's basically admin so yeah. :lol:

Original TMNT Cartoon Fan 11-16-2018 04:01 PM

One thing I think would be cool is if she could be an astronomer, and discover the existence of some planets iconic to the TMNT franchise (Hoonib, Morbus, Neutrino, Utrominon or whatever).

MsMarvelDuckie 11-16-2018 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pferreira (Post 1783095)
I'd have to go with news reporter although as antique owner she got some cool stuff.

It's basically admin so yeah. :lol:

More like entry-level go-fer job. Hardly admin material.

pferreira 11-17-2018 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie (Post 1783142)
More like entry-level go-fer job. Hardly admin material.

Admin (depending on what it is) is seen in a lot of jobs as entry level work. I should know, I've done far too much of it. :o

Sage Ninja 12-10-2018 01:22 PM

I rather liked her job in the 2007 animated movie. That just seemed really cool. But for me I think her as the reporter was well used in the old series. She was good at hunting down information and had access to things.

Andrew NDB 12-10-2018 02:39 PM

She was also an apartment manager/owner in Image.

Powder 12-10-2018 06:29 PM

I like her as the owner of an inherited antiques store.

Sage Ninja 12-13-2018 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB (Post 1785313)
She was also an apartment manager/owner in Image.

That was cool too. I wonder if there will ever be a version of April as a cop or detective. Anyone think that would interesting?

Original TMNT Cartoon Fan 12-13-2018 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sage Ninja (Post 1785685)
That was cool too. I wonder if there will ever be a version of April as a cop or detective. Anyone think that would interesting?

Her aunt Agatha Marbles was a private detective in the original cartoon, and that was underused.

If April herself worked in the police force, I would prefer her working in the office, supplying the turtles with information. If she is an active policewoman, it would suddenly be the turtles following April on her adventures.

pferreira 12-14-2018 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan (Post 1785711)
If April herself worked in the police force, I would prefer her working in the office, supplying the turtles with information. If she is an active policewoman, it would suddenly be the turtles following April on her adventures.

Have they ever had April as a policewoman? That could cool job for the character in another iteration.


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