Do you think the character April is overhype by the franchise?

[Luckyday]

It just with the movie and show. Both of them desperately try to put her in the front and center in their respected adaptation, and maybe to a point to where they trying too hard. So far in my opinion, the character was utilized best in the IDW comics. She is not overhype but she isn't treated like a she just there to be parted of the scenery.

[Powder]

Honestly, a new version could come out with no April at all & I'd be fine. I get that she's the turtles' link to the human world, but with the inevitable introduction of Casey Jones in any given universe, she need not be.

[IndigoErth]

If we're talking about the present versions, yes. I mean, if they want to include her a bit more and give her a bit more meaning for being around, I'm fine with that, but right now...girl friend is stealing a larger amount of spotlight than she should be. You should not be the center of the movie. For 2012...half alien or kunoichi, pick one, not both. Or at least save the ninja thing until the alien problem is resolved. Already have the magic mind powers on top of it.

[The Turtle Terminator]

Well fanartists have overhyped her lots (search "april oneil tmnt" on google and you'll understand what I mean)..... and so did the 2014 film

[CyberCubed]

She's also the very first main character we see in the original cartoon too.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Powder

Honestly, a new version could come out with no April at all & I'd be fine. I get that she's the turtles' link to the human world, but with the inevitable introduction of Casey Jones in any given universe, she need not be.

I'd trade Casey and April for just Karai to be honest. I just find her more interesting.

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

If we're talking about the present versions, yes. I mean, if they want to include her a bit more and give her a bit more meaning for being around, I'm fine with that, but right now...girl friend is stealing a larger amount of spotlight than she should be. You should not be the center of the movie. For 2012...half alien or kunoichi, pick one, not both. Or at least save the ninja thing until the alien problem is resolved. Already have the magic mind powers on top of it.

I agree. I don't care what people say, to me it seems like in Nick TMNT, April and Casey both get more story time, screen time and dialogue than Mikey and Raph.

[Shark_Blade]

April is essential, tmnt isn't complete without her imo.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

She's also the very first main character we see in the original cartoon too.

And the first movie too.

[pennydreadful]

I'm a little bit burnt out on April right now - I could definitely do with having her take a backseat for a while. Like Indigo said, she's hogging the limelight at the expense of the Turtles - that don't fly well with me.

[turtle1237]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

I'd trade Casey and April for just Karai to be honest. I just find her more interesting.



I agree. I don't care what people say, to me it seems like in Nick TMNT, April and Casey both get more story time, screen time and dialogue than Mikey and Raph.

I trade Nick Casey and Nick April for well OT April and perhaps 2003 Casey. But that's just me lol.

April is suppose to be well human or a drawing for the most part? Not some alien being with mind reading powers that Nick gave us. I like the new Karai though.

[Bossa Nova]

I love April.

As a side character. I feel like she gave just the right amount of support to still be interesting but not the absolute focus in the original film and the 2k3 series, and from what I've read the IDW series too. I like her, I like what she has to offer as a link to the human world and the support she can give the turtles as a mother/big sister/positive female role model.

But that's it. I don't like her one-upping the turtles. I don't like her being on their level, either in skill, screen time. In my view, she's not part of the main group and should NOT be treated as such (I absolute loathe the way she's constantly pictured with the turtles in 2k12 as though she's officially part of the team). I'm sick of seeing April in this 'omg girl power!' role and want her to go back to her awesome, supportive, second-character position.

[Commenter 42]

Originally Posted by turtle1237

I trade Nick Casey and Nick April for well OT April and perhaps 2003 Casey. But that's just me lol.

April is suppose to be well human or a drawing for the most part? Not some alien being with mind reading powers that Nick gave us. I like the new Karai though.

Hell to the yes. Exactly.

[Warhorse]

Why is the poll closed?

[Shark_Blade]

Drawing April is like wtf? I like to think she never exist.

[Azul35]

I Remember when I read the issue that said that April was a living drawing, I want to think that this thing never existed, because it's in my opinion, rather silly.
Getting back to the discussion, I liked the way that she appeared in the 2k3 series, she didn't appear at all episodes and most of the times she wasn't at the spotlight.

[Luckyday]

Originally Posted by Bossa Nova

I love April.

As a side character. I feel like she gave just the right amount of support to still be interesting but not the absolute focus in the original film and the 2k3 series, and from what I've read the IDW series too. I like her, I like what she has to offer as a link to the human world and the support she can give the turtles as a mother/big sister/positive female role model.

But that's it. I don't like her one-upping the turtles. I don't like her being on their level, either in skill, screen time. In my view, she's not part of the main group and should NOT be treated as such (I absolute loathe the way she's constantly pictured with the turtles in 2k12 as though she's officially part of the team). I'm sick of seeing April in this 'omg girl power!' role and want her to go back to her awesome, supportive, second-character position.

It's not that I don't want her to be on their level. I just don't want her to have special treatment.

It's hard to explain but when training to be a ninja, it should take years and not weeks/months or in this case three episodes. I can accept that Karai can fight as well and maybe be even better as the turtles because she was trained to fight since she was a wee toddler. Casey Jones fight along side them with raw power but at same time, he relies more on self made gadgets and even he fumbles ever now and again.

People hated April in Kraang Conspiracy, but I really like it that they willing show her inexperience and her assertiveness to be part of the action but with side of impatience because it gave April a little bit of character and showing character flaws. This is the type of focus that I want to see more of instead this whole "alien hybrid" angle which doesn't shed much how she feels or thinks about it but more on the lines just giving the explanation on why she is so special.

In fact, they should really drop the psychic mutant alien part altogether and just focus on her developing as a ninja but sadly it was the only reason why she got the training in the first place. But do you know what could have been better? If April had to took the matter in her hands and ask Master Splinter to teach her how the defend to herself. This would been much better because it would made April to make a action rather then waiting for action to happen to her.

It's hard to say where April would fit in physically on a team. Raph has brute strength and willingness to be violent, Donnie handles the machines and weapons like a war tank or a power jet plane with great results. Leo provide direction and a little strategy (although I'm waiting for the day for Leo to show his chess master side), and Mikey provides....dumb luck? Ok relax, people! I mean..I mean he provides a certain "thinking outside the box" mentality. Yeah that's it!

What I trying to say that her past selves were usually non combat but essential like getting information, being the getaway driver, and going where only a human can go so what can she do physically on a team in the middle of a fight without resorting to a psychic ass pull?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

April is a link between the turtles and the surface world. But I feel like the new film and the Nick show treat April as pretty much the only link, rather than just the first. The 4Kids show used both Casey and April in this way, and Angel once or twice, but overall I think April is an overused character. There's nothing wrong with her, but are so many more humans the turtles can interact with, and newer incarnations don't seem to recognize that as much.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Azul35;1398832[B

]I Remember when I read the issue that said that April was a living drawing, I want to think that this thing never existed, because it's in my opinion, rather silly.[/B]
Getting back to the discussion, I liked the way that she appeared in the 2k3 series, she didn't appear at all episodes and most of the times she wasn't at the spotlight.

Yeah, I don't know why they went that route, it's one of the reasons why I am glad some Mirage origins never saw the light of day in other variations.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I don't think April is overhyped, and I have a hard time imagining the turtles without her. It helps the story to have a normal human that finds herself amongst the weirdness of the TMNT's lives.

[Cipher]

She's an incredibly important element of the Turtles' mythos. They need the balance of a normal character.

That said, I don't think most (any?) incarnations have actually found an intriguing way to use her after her introduction. They seem to either remove her plots altogether or have her right alongside the action in some cartoonish way, neither of which, in my opinion, work well. The reporter gig was actually good for her and got her some mileage as a character late in the Fred Wolf cartoon and Adventures comics. Really, though, they just need to be comfortable giving her more interesting "normal" plots, because that's her role in the story; how her life and those of the Turtles intrude on one another. I wish we'd see more arcs for her along the lines of her "City at War" storyline, but that doesn't seem to be a style of writing most creators on the series are comfortable with.

Originally Posted by Powder

I get that she's the turtles' link to the human world, but with the inevitable introduction of Casey Jones in any given universe, she need not be.

Casey Jones is a psycho, though.

If we were to lose one of the two, I'd much rather it be him.

The Turtles' first link to the human world being an unhinged vigilante only hyperbolizes the weirdness, when it really needs that early counterpoint.

[Garfield]

Has April been overhyped by the franchise? No. Sometimes she's in the fore front, and sometimes she isn't. More often than not. She isn't