Thoughts on Old Toon April?

[Sage Ninja]

you must admit that given old toon April's out fit she looks more likely to jump into the fray and kick some butt rather than just standing back and allowing every one else to have fun. And you could say that April's jump suit was a bit on the butch side...but she just pulled it off so nicely that she still looked very feminine and womanly in it.

[gobo]

I thought the haircut was butchier.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I didn't really think of it as being all that butch before, but I guess she was more dressed for action than if she went the normal reporter route and was wearing a skirt and heels. Not to mention that clothing wouldn't have been too good for messing around in the sewers.

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by gobo

I thought the haircut was butchier.

her hair style was typical for that time though, so I would say it wasn't butch looking. Actually her hair looked very full and had a lot of body to it I thought it looked nice. I did wish however that she had let her hair grow out and become longer. I think Old toon April would have looked pretty with longer hair.

I didn't really think of it as being all that butch before, but I guess she was more dressed for action than if she went the normal reporter route and was wearing a skirt and heels. Not to mention that clothing wouldn't have been too good for messing around in the sewers.

I think april just had a practical approuch to doing her work. April was a real go-getter and really went into places where it would have been a hinderance for her to wear a skirt and high heels. I still marvel on how Lois Lane was able to run around while wearing a minni and pumps.

But they did change her outfit in Red Sky to a pair of mustard colored pants, blue top and a brown leather jacket. I liked the change but she would have better in jeans instead of the slacks.

[Ratking]

i loved the old toon April, yet due to my love of the old cartoon, thats maybe why i chose her over the others. I easily had a crush on old toon April, certain parts of her anatomy were nice to the eye, she had a nice attractive face, nice figure, even her 80's hair looked good on her (she states it took 3 hours to get that look) and even small characteristics like her body language and the way she stood (that hand on hip posture holding the mic from early eps -im thinking of Turtle Tracks during the start). And who would turn the lady down after seeing her out of her yellow work uniform and into a dress in April Foolish/April Fool.

[Bad Guys Lover]

Originally Posted by Ratking

her body language and the way she stood (that hand on hip posture holding the mic from early eps -im thinking of Turtle Tracks during the start)

You mean something like this:
I really think she`s graceful and feminine,a real lady

[Raphael_Fan]

Originally Posted by jeff the cheff

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

same here I liked the reporter job better than 2time around store.it matched her much better and she looked better in the old TMNT seriously the old one could have follow to the new one

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by Bad Guys Lover

You mean something like this:
I really think she`s graceful and feminine,a real lady

I know, that is why she pulls off wearing that butch gaudy yellow jump suit of hers so well. She just has such a feminine figure that it doesn't matter what she wears.

How many diffrent outfits did April actually wear in the series?

off the top of my head I can think of:

The yellow custom ball gown (April's Fool)

The Pink Princess Mallory gown (April's Fool)

The 17th century noble woman custom (the Four Musketurtles)

A pink nomal dress with purple tights and coat (New Yorks Shinnest)

And a punk gangster outfit she wore to go under cover as a Gang member (The Gangs all Here)

I know there is more, can any one think of any? Or provide Screen caps?

[Bad Guys Lover]

And don`t forget the pink night gown

[Bad Guys Lover]

Aw,and the yellow one

[hadoolket]

i don't care so much for the personality because i was oddly cynical in my youth about her annoying "gotta get the scoop! forsake all else!" nature and her tendency to run herself into trouble for stupid **** she could have avoided

i just think the old bananasuit april was sexeh <3 so much more booblicious and curvaceous than her younger neo counterpart <3

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

When I was really young I used to associate "the scoop" with ice cream and thought that April must sure love her ice cream, like the Turtles love their pizza.

[Sonic x 20]

I love April!! She's hot and she's the perfect one for the turtles to always save from Shredder. I also like her reporter job as well.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by hadoolket

i don't care so much for the personality because i was oddly cynical in my youth about her annoying "gotta get the scoop! forsake all else!" nature and her tendency to run herself into trouble for stupid **** she could have avoided

i just think the old bananasuit april was sexeh <3 so much more booblicious and curvaceous than her younger neo counterpart <3

Well it looks like in the Adventures comics (which were based on the cartoon), that she moved onto something else besides the yellow jumpsuit.

[Coola Yagami]

April.. what can I say? She's my then-and-now always forever dream babe and sex fantasy. As a kid I was a tad annoyed with her always getting the story and getting kidnapped in every single ep, like they couldn't have an ep without her, but as an adult I realize her getting into peril and always knowing what's up was helpful to the story. I do preffer her as a newsreporter than just owning the Second Time Around store.

As for her attitude, as tough as she was, she was still very feminine. Her hair never bothered me, and she's dropdead cute. As for her outfit, eh, yellow was never my thing, and I never seen a real reporter wear a yellow jumpsuit and white boots to work, but hey, she pulled it off by having the sexy body to properly fill it out. While people might have seen a yellow eyesore, I see a form fitting outfit, and my, what a form she has.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man

Well it looks like in the Adventures comics (which were based on the cartoon), that she moved onto something else besides the yellow jumpsuit.

She moved out of the suit and into a similar outfit in the last few seasons of the 'toon, didn't she?

[Sewer Bull]

Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man

Oh gosh... April must be kind of flat if Ninjara is able to grab her shirt... like... that...

Why did she grab April like that anyway?

[Coola Yagami]

Just a cover pic. Ninjara was still their enemy at that point. April had some mastery of the sword in that point of the series.

[CyberCubed]

April was better looking in the Archie series.

I loved the fact that she let her hair down (or, er, she had long hair in the Archie Comics) compared to the old toon.

Of course I think April's looked good in all her incarnations, (not counting bald April from issues of Volume 4)

I think Movie 2 April is the hottest though. Because you know, she's actually real in that one.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Yeah, I'd have to agree with you on that one. IIRC when that one couple talks to her and she tries to pass off the Turtles' noise as "her aerobics", the man seemed to rather have a liking for her. Also, now that I've just typed that an aerobics scene with that actress in Part 2 could have been interesting. If some people here seem to like cartoon April in a yellow suit, how about the movie April (Paige Turco) in a leotard? Then the turtles could have gone on about how she could burn calories by ninja training with them instead. Then that could have tied in with her apparently being able to fight in the movie now. And I have no clue where I'm going with this now...