Favorite Incarnation of April

[Drose18]

Whats yours?
I personally think 2003 was the strongest as she was helpful, independent, NOT a drawing, learned to be a ninja kinda, had pretty cool episodes surrounding her such as April's Artifact. I dislike 2012 April because she had such a great idea for the character but she has poor dialogue and is basically useless to the turtles except once when they tried to make her helpful but she got caught and taken hostage.

[Icebot]

My favorite is also 2003 April and I especially liked her in April's Artifact.

[CyberCubed]

4kids April > 80's April > Nick April > Archie April > IDW April > Mirage April.

Mirage April is hideous, even by 80's standards, and she doesn't really have much of a role in the series. Then there's the fact that PL had her become a drawing brought to life by Kirby's magic crystal.

[Donatello19]

Mirage Comics: Didn't read much of those, so I don't know. I don't like the fact that she is really a drawing or something like that as I've heard others say though.

1987 Series: She was completely useless and was a stereotypical "damsel in distress". Nothing more than a plot device....this April is my LEAST favorite.

2003 Series: She was OK I guess, definitely better than the previous version of her...but pretty boring in my opinion.

2007 Movie: We didn't really see much of her, and to me she seemed exactly the same as her 2003 Series counterpart. I hated her design though.

IDW Comics: Don't read those comics, so I don't know.

2012 Series: My favorite version of her. I really like the fact that she is a teenager because now she is more involved in the turtles life, and can hang out with them as a friend, rather than being a baby sitter to them, which is how she seemed to me in other incarnations, especially the live action movies (which aren't on the list by the way). She is also training with Splinter to become a ninja herself, which is really cool, and I hope we can see her be active on missions with the turtles in the future.

Overall, April never really stood out as a character to me. I never really paid much attention to her as a kid, but today, I can't imagine TMNT without her, and I think the 2012 version of her has a lot of potential, much more than any of the other versions of her did anyway.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Donatello19

1987 Series: She was completely useless and was a stereotypical "damsel in distress". Nothing more than a plot device....this April is my LEAST favorite.

She may have gotten captured in most episodes, but she also saved the turtles in a few and helped move the story along.

[Vivi]

For me, the 4kids version. I loved them working with each other, caring about each other, bitching about living with each other, the movie nights, the wedding, their interwoven lives in the past, future and alternate universes. She felt part of the family.

[Donatello19]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

She may have gotten captured in most episodes, but she also saved the turtles in a few and helped move the story along.

That still doesn't help the fact that she is just a plot device though.

[BabyTurtles]

I want to like Nick April more! but her being a love interest for Donnie is preventing me from completely loving her
(and it's not because Donnie likes her or anything...it's just most of the time she's shown..she's shown around him......)
even so....the whole idea of teen April is so awesome that she's still my favorite XD (just gotta see her interact with the turtles more though.....)

second fav is 2003 >:3 she was pretty helpful and independent :3

and...80's....XD...she was pretty!! (haven't seen that version though)

[Donatello19]

^I don't really see her as a love interest because the relationship is one sided, but even if she is a love interest, how does that make her any different than she would be if she wasn't?

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by Donatello19

^I don't really see her as a love interest because the relationship is one sided, but even if she is a love interest, how does that make her any different than she would be if she wasn't?

the problem isn't that she's a love interest....it's that...most of the time she's shown, Donnie's doing something nerdy to get her attention....

I just want to see her and not have to constantly be reminded that Donnie likes her...ya know?......(and there were some episodes like that...just not enough)

let her hang out with the other turtles more....

but that's just me. XD.....maybe it's my own little nitpick about April.
(I do like her though and Donnie is cute around her.

[Bmaga123]

Judith Hoag from first live action movie

[ZariusTwo]

Mirage April is a funny old beast. Sometimes she can be written very well, and sometimes her emotional instablity comes off as out-of-character. I did question a lot of her soul-searching decisions in volume four, even if they were justifed (exactly how does one react to finding out you're not real?)

80s April has a good career and she's a real ruthless oppertunist, but often lacked a logical head for things, often getting into any scrape just for the sake of a story and thus forcing the Turtles to put their necks on the line to rescue her. As much fun as I'm having writing for her character in my OT fanfics, I've had to do most of the fleshing out because there's not much to go on in the show other than little things here and there

Movie April is a little bit better and felt a lot more "real", and not just because of the live-action aspect. There were things here and there that generated real sympathy and relatability from the audience.

2003 April is smart, energetic, loyal, adapts to the strange in a very relaxed and casual manner, evolves to be a capable fighter that can join in on the Turtles adventure, and has a much richer family history which produced some interesting stories in their own right.

[Oculus Orbus]

Originally Posted by Bmaga123

Judith Hoag from first live action movie

This. She was smart, independent and funny at times.

[pannoni1]

Right now, I feel that the 2012 April has been just a little underused, though hopefully that will change with the upcoming events. Be sure to look out for my "best April voice" poll next week. I've already discussed about this subject in a previous thread (see post #74 for my results) even though it lacked a poll. I'd rank Nick April above IDW and below Movie I (4th place in my book, since OT April still is the definitive version to me with the design, function (reporter), and most daring (losts of DIDs, but also many brave moments mixed in). http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...t=34188&page=5

[Slade]

Originally Posted by Bmaga123

Judith Hoag from first live action movie

Great minds think alike.

[grungethemovie]

Judith Hoag!

[Gwydion]

Love OT April - can't help it, she's my definitive April - but Judith Hoag was a very close second. After that I can't say I have much preference (either I don't know them well enough or I'm just sort of "meh" about them).

[Metropoliskid41]

I voted other, Secret of the Ooze April for me! *ducks*

[Luzmagica]

Originally Posted by Bmaga123

Judith Hoag from first live action movie

Same here!!!

[RaphAndDonnie]

Man, it's a pretty tough choice. April is one of those characters who I just haven't been exposed to that much to really get a good feel for. I voted other (and by other I mean April from the first movie) because her acting and dialogue with the other characters felt very genuine. My runner up choice is 2k3 April. She was very involved with the action sequences, she was a scientist, I kinda liked her design...my third is OT April, even though she was a "damsel in distress" type. Oddly Nick's April is one of my least favorite versions Mostly because of her little involvement and, like BabyTurtles said, it would be nice to have her on screen without being reminded that Donnie likes her. On the upside, at least she's being trained by Splinter.