Apritello pairing confirmed? Storyboard pics!!

[ssjup81]

I guess it probably will be true...but still would be interesting to know what leads up to that and if this is only for "laughs", why have April play with Donnie's heart in such a way? Everything else she's done regarding him has been pretty innocent...that isn't.

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by Ursalink

Guys, I believe this scene is as real as the other one with Karai turned to be. Haven't you see this picture of the turtles in the wild?:
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...ja_turtles.png

Check Donnie's clothes. If you check the storyboards, you will see he's wearing the same outfit.

I believe this confirm my suspictions about the last episodes of this season:
+ Episode 23: The turtles have to leave New York and start training in the wild, either in April or Casey's farm or whatever the place is.
+ Episode 24: Training in the wild, with the last scene deciding to return New York.
+ Episodes 25 and 26: Season finale, possibly as epic as the previous one. We have the Turtle Mech and a trip to Dimension X. The Turtles and their allies will have to face both the Foot and the Krang and the same time. Possibly we will see them recruit allies for this battle: Slash, Leatherhead and possibly Karai. I just wish some hope for Karai in the of season 2.

I've mentioned this pic already and people have concluded that it is likely this scene is real.

It's been mentioned the season would end on a Cliff hanger, so the last episodes could be a two one part episodes and one two parter, or two two part episodes.

The first story will center around the Turtles entering Dimention X with the Turtle Mech and defeating the Kraang's plan of invasion, maybe getting Leatherhead out of Dimention X and such.

Second one will have the Shredder revealing the Turtle's to the public of New York, during which Leo will be severely injured and the Turtles are forced to evacuate the City with the help of Kirby & April.


Or maybe

Filler Story where Irma follows Casey and April and discovers the Turtles.

Leo becomes a hardass because of their failures to help Karai, and wants to take down the Shredder once and for all. Other Turtles are reluctant on following them, and Splinter also tells Leonardo that vengeance could only bring more loss.

Leonardo foolishly goes out on his own and is over powered by the Foot Clan.
Instead of killing him, he is severely beaten and thrown in the dungeon knowing the other Turtles and Splinter will come to rescue him. And then they would really know the meaning of suffering. The Turtle's rescue Leo and take him back to the lair not knowing a tracking device was planted on their transport.

hour long special
Turtles take Turtle Mech and go take out the Kraang. When they come out they find the Shredder at the lair driving the Turtles outside where they are discovered and nearly captured by the people of New York. Turtles with/without Splinter have to evacuate the city with the help of Kirby.

[TurtleMaster4]

If you look at the last one, Donnie has those hearts all around his head, but they disappear, and then his face of awe turns into a face of sorrow. I think that is showing that they may not be meant for each other, and Donnie is getting over her.

Here is some pure speculation. April now likes Donnie, but Donnie no longer likes her. April is sad, Casey comes and is all like "I feel for you April." And April then starts to like Casey more.

I Don't know what Donnie would do though, I don't like the whole depressed turtles who's lives end horribly approach that happens all to often with these guys. So I hope he gets over her, and moves on, maybe he doesn't ever date and he is fine with that. Or maybe he becomes friends with Irma, and eventually likes her, and they live happily ever after.


Personally though, I hope to see less romance in nick's TMNT.

[JTH]

Originally Posted by TurtleMaster4

If you look at the last one, Donnie has those hearts all around his head, but they disappear, and then his face of awe turns into a face of sorrow. I think that is showing that they may not be meant for each other, and Donnie is getting over her.

Here is some pure speculation. April now likes Donnie, but Donnie no longer likes her. April is sad, Casey comes and is all like "I feel for you April." And April then starts to like Casey more.

I Don't know what Donnie would do though, I don't like the whole depressed turtles who's lives end horribly approach that happens all to often with these guys. So I hope he gets over her, and moves on, maybe he doesn't ever date and he is fine with that. Or maybe he becomes friends with Irma, and eventually likes her, and they live happily ever after.


Personally though, I hope to see less romance in nick's TMNT.

Say what you want though, this April crush has done more for the character of Donatello than any other incarnation, period.

Which is a positive, regardless of the overall prospection on here.

[Konchadunga]

That's extremely contentious. It has given him another dimension besides just The Professor, and probably makes him more relatable to some viewers, but it's also ruling his thoughts too much at times.

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by jth

Say what you want though, this April crush has done more for the character of Donatello than any other incarnation, period.

Which is a positive, regardless of the overall prospection on here.

well if it was actually positive to his character then people wouldn't think it was negative

the idea of Donnie growing from a crush is positive...
but the execution so far has been negative. (at least to most people it seems)

[ssjup81]

I never noticed that heart thing before. It starts with five and as each panel continues it's one less. Maybe this will show that Donnie's feelings aren't as strong as they were in the beginning. Even in season 2 he calmed down a lot.

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

I never noticed that heart thing before. It starts with five and as each panel continues it's one less. Maybe this will show that Donnie's feelings aren't as strong as they were in the beginning. Even in season 2 he calmed down a lot.

In the beginning yeah, he's infatuated on her and has gone through all the motions of a socially awkward boy with OCD would likely do with experiencing feelings of attraction for the first time.

As the series has progressed he has calmed down and seems to accept that the wanting a relationship with April and actually being in a relationship with April are two different things. He loves April, but he doesn't want to lose her so he has backed up his feelings for April is just contents himself with just being her friend. That way if she chooses someone else he's still in her life.

Now with Jones in the picture, both Donnie and Casey have an adversarial friendship. Rob Paulsen himself has described it as such. This means that yes they will each openly admit that the other is a good person to know. However when it comes to April, yes they both wish the other would just disappear. However the recent episodes have been building April and Casey's relationship and Donnie hasn't said or done anything about it. He's pretty much just standing off to the side and watched.

So this scene yeah its interpreted as Donnie saying "I've accepted that you don't have an interest in me. I'm not going to chase you anymore." And April kissing him and saying "You're my Mutant." Is her saying "Don't give up on me just yet."

The hearts yes it can be interpreted that Donnie feelings are not as strong as they once were. But I see it more as he is choosing to not jump to conclusions that things are going to be happy ending him regarding her. Every time April has hugged him, kissed him, or shown any sort of affection for him he has automatically jumped to the attitude that this is proof she likes him in return.

However with the recent events of (in no particular order): (Possible) Nearly losing her to the Kraang/Foot again, Near death of Leo, Destruction of the lair, evacuating their childhood home, having to serve as a de facto leader while Leo is out of commission. He's has been forced to grow up quite a bit, and so he is beginning to feel that his infatuation is just a boyhood fantasy.

So yeah, his feelings are still there. But they aren't as intense as they once were.

[JTH]

Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

well if it was actually positive to his character then people wouldn't think it was negative

the idea of Donnie growing from a crush is positive...
but the execution so far has been negative. (at least to most people it seems)

So is the upcoming movie a bad thing because some people think it's negative? Of course not, everyone has differing opinions and you're not going to please everybody.

But people are talking about it, and that's a positive. People have an opinion, that's a positive.

Who are "to most people"? The people on here, we represent nothing to the people watching this show. I would go out a limb to say we represent .0001% of the audience. Far from "most people", plus there are a lot of kids (8-9 year olds. The majority of the audience) that I babysit who like the show, and based on what I've seen they like, the nay sayers are in the minority.

Trust me there, they love it.

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by jth

Say what you want though, this April crush has done more for the character of Donatello than any other incarnation, period.

Which is a positive, regardless of the overall prospection on here.

I'm pretty sure most fans of the other incarnations would beg to differ on that since the execution of this April crush has actually made Donatello more of a one-dimensional character since it had been over-consuming his character (it's been dying down a bit now in the latest episodes), but if you value this crush that much, at least you're enjoying it. **shrug**

[BubblyShell22]

I don't think the crush makes him one-dimensional at all as it gives him more depth than just being the "smart one" of the bunch as he's been portrayed many other times. Sure, he can go overboard with it, but that's because he really doesn't know how to act around April or how that type of love really works.

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

I don't think the crush makes him one-dimensional at all as it gives him more depth than just being the "smart one" of the bunch as he's been portrayed many other times. Sure, he can go overboard with it, but that's because he really doesn't know how to act around April or how that type of love really works.

If this obsessive crush was on a different Turtle (like Raphael or Michelangelo), I could maybe see your point in terms of giving depth or a different aspect to their personality. But with Nick Donnie having it, it's already reinforcing the obsessive creepy nerd stereotype/trope, on top of his already visually-stereotyped appearance, and pigeon-holing Donnie further into that stereotyped role. Where someone could easily mock his character/personality saying, "Even if he was a human and not a mutant turtle who didn't encounter teenage girls before, most nerds are depicted that way in being creepy and weird because they don't have much of a chance with girls anyway and therefore act like that (i.e. overtly infatuated, somewhat possessive, stalkerish traits)."

That's why I think this April crush is making Nick Donnie more one-dimensional because it's leaning (even more so) his character on stereotypes here, especially in how character-consuming and extreme this crush was/is.

[BubblyShell22]

Well, that's your opinion. I think differently than you in terms of that. And it's more than him just being a nerd anyway as it's more about him being a mutant and not a human. I believe if he was human, April would see him as more and probably end up going out with him if she really wanted to, but as it is, she won't because he's not human. So that's the whole conumdrum to this thing. It has nothing to do with him being smart or whatever but has to do with him being a mutant and knowing that he may not have a chance with her. However, he doesn't want to give up the hope that she may think differently of him despite his appearance, and that's why he hasn't moved on yet from the crush, though it has been toned down.

Once again, just my opinion.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Well, that's your opinion.

"Well uh thats just ur opinion!!!"

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

I don't think the crush makes him one-dimensional at all as it gives him more depth than just being the "smart one" of the bunch as he's been portrayed many other times.

I disagree. Every other incarnation of Donatello had more depth than this one. Giving him this crush and revolving so much of his actions around it takes away from other things that make Don so interesting. There are SO many things to him that this show's writers either ignored or outright changed just so they could portray him as an angry nerd with a crush. That's disgusting.

[JTH]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

I disagree. Every other incarnation of Donatello had more depth than this one. Giving him this crush and revolving so much of his actions around it takes away from other things that make Don so interesting. There are SO many things to him that this show's writers either ignored or outright changed just so they could portray him as an angry nerd with a crush. That's disgusting.

You're comparing versions of a character from shows that have had far more episodes and are completed, so of course as of right now they have more depth. We're comparing that to a version in which the show isn't even finished yet, much less the story arc we're even talking about.

People that say he has little to no depth should let the arc play through first so we can actually see what the depth and progression is.

[Konchadunga]

That statement would carry a lot more weight if this show would just get the shell on with the arc, instead of constantly killing time with MOTW episodes, and, to a lesser extent, trying to juggle two major arcs at once. In fact, even the episodes that could advance the crush aspect don't sometimes.

We keep coming back to this mutant elephant in the room; the show is paced horribly, and it's easy to see it as having very little depth when it screws around when getting to even basic points.

Originally Posted by jth

So is the upcoming movie a bad thing because some people think it's negative? Of course not, everyone has differing opinions and you're not going to please everybody.

That's a fallacy. No fan of the Turtles that I know of has said that a TMNT movie, in itself, is a bad idea; the complaints have been about the execution.

Originally Posted by jth

But people are talking about it, and that's a positive. People have an opinion, that's a positive.

Who are "to most people"? The people on here, we represent nothing to the people watching this show. I would go out a limb to say we represent .0001% of the audience. Far from "most people", plus there are a lot of kids (8-9 year olds. The majority of the audience) that I babysit who like the show, and based on what I've seen they like, the nay sayers are in the minority.

Trust me there, they love it.

That could be grounds for extremely cynical opinions if you take it a certain way. Children have unrefined tastes, so some people, indeed, want to make shows for them that are as shallow and banal as possible, but it's more honorable not to do that. My guess is that younger viewers (by which I mean, the age where their balls drop, but they're inexperienced) like the crush aspect just fine because it resembles the naive, lusty attitude they possess themselves. But it's not a realistic version of romance, and this is a show that's supposed to be teaching children good citizenship.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

I guess it probably will be true...but still would be interesting to know what leads up to that and if this is only for "laughs", why have April play with Donnie's heart in such a way? Everything else she's done regarding him has been pretty innocent...that isn't.

Maybe he does something to save her life in the moments leading up to their exile. Or maybe he takes charge after Leo is out for the count, and some girls tend to look at guys who are normally pacifists that take charge of situations in a "new" light.

[mexichrist83]

Just wanted to throw in my two cents about the whole Donatello/April thing. I don't think Donatello's crush on April has been detrimental to Donatello in the Nick series. Donatello in this series has other important (and more interesting) things going on with him like his determination to right the wrongs that have been caused by the mutagen to Timothy, Kirby and even Splinter. I wish more focus on for Donatello would be spent here. Plus, Donatello's nerdy personality quirks are done very well in the series which adds more humor to the character.

My personal main problem with the Donatello/April thing is that without April showing any (or much) reciprocation of her possible (if any) feelings for Donatello his crush on her becomes very close to verging into that uncomfortable Steve Urkel territory where the nerdy guy continues to pester the girl who has NO interest in him and it eventually becomes creepy and disturbing. Obviously Nick will never have the pair to allow a real Donatello/April pairing making the whole crush on April thing pointless. Plus, I HATE love/crush triangles since they are kind of cheap so while the Casey/Donatello/April thing is cute and fun right now it will get old and (again) creepy/disturbing. Thankfully there hasn't been too much focus on that like in the first season.

[ssjup81]

I agree. First season the crush thing worried me because it felt like it was defining his character. Season 2 it's not overbearing. Donnie's crush doesn't even feel as obvious anymore, 'cept for when he comedically says or does something pertaining to April, like when he started dancing after April kissed him in the Lonely Mutation of Baxter Stockman or for a plot convenience like in Target April O'Neil.

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

I agree. First season the crush thing worried me because it felt like it was defining his character. Season 2 it's not overbearing. Donnie's crush doesn't even feel as obvious anymore, 'cept for when he comedically says or does something pertaining to April, like when he started dancing after April kissed him in the Lonely Mutation of Baxter Stockman or for a plot convenience like in Target April O'Neil.

really? I think the first season the crush wasn't as bad, but the second season made it worse especially with the love triangle thing.

April seemed a little more open to the other turtles (not just Donnie) the first season also...