April's Stats

[CPK]

I guess it's a love hate relationship.... I guess April has to keep her weight down, not allowing herself to eat anything fattening, as she is a news reporter after all, so she's not going to let anyone else eat all that junk food if she can't.....

In The Big Break-In, when April gets blasted at by Krangs minimiser, she claims that she would like to loose a few pounds, but not that way.

As far as her height goes, she has to be over 5", considering the turtles mention their height as 5" in both The Great Boldini, and Zach and the Alien Invaders, and Vernon's height is quoted to be about 5"11" in The Case of the Hot Kimono, so she's somewhere between 5' and 5'11, as Vernon appears to be taller than her.

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by tookie

for a cartoon character i find her strangely attractive... (new toon) is this wrong?

also, rogue from x-men, original toon

No, it's not wrong...I feel the same way....

[Sewer Bull]

Originally Posted by tookie

for a cartoon character i find her strangely attractive... (new toon) is this wrong?

also, rogue from x-men, original toon

Originally Posted by Marty McFly

No, it's not wrong...I feel the same way....

Nonsense, boys.



Jessica Rabbit for the win.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by CPK

I guess it's a love hate relationship.... I guess April has to keep her weight down, not allowing herself to eat anything fattening, as she is a news reporter after all, so she's not going to let anyone else eat all that junk food if she can't.....

In The Big Break-In, when April gets blasted at by Krangs minimiser, she claims that she would like to loose a few pounds, but not that way.

Well the camera does supposedly add a few pounds, and April is the one always in front of it, so April probably does have to watch her weight.

At first I thought April was just being mean, and it would have been good if that episode ended with say...them in April's apartment, and April happens to step on the scale and sees she's gained a few pounds, then Irma could enjoy the tables having turned. But you bring up a good point with the whole April probably has to watch her figure thing. Probably something difficult when you hang out with pizza obsessed turtles.

[Katie]

Originally Posted by Sewer Bull

Nonsense, boys.



Jessica Rabbit for the win.

you boys and your red-heads........I swear!

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by CPK

I guess it's a love hate relationship.... I guess April has to keep her weight down, not allowing herself to eat anything fattening, as she is a news reporter after all, so she's not going to let anyone else eat all that junk food if she can't.....

Heh, I was watching Case of the Hot Kimono and April's aunt says that she's developed a taste for odd pizza toppings, so I guess she has picked up the Turtle's eating habits to some extent. All that running around looking for stories must keep it from showing.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Master Chief

Just wondering, what are April's stats? From the vintage action figure this is what I have so far:

Birthplace: The Valley (what or where is "The Valley")
Height: 5'5
Weight: 115 lbs (although I have seen some vintage April figures that say 105 lbs. That seems too thin.)
Age: 25

Does anyone else have any other stats for April?

Okay, a bit of a blast from the past, but I was looking back at this and remembered something I noticed on the action figure stat cards.

Original April: 115 pounds
April: 105 lbs.without pad and pencil
Ninja Newscaster:105 lbs. We Think. She won't tell us.
Ravishing Reporter:99.9 lbs. wearing chains

That stat seemed to change quite a bit. Towards the end it seemed like she was getting a little hung up about her weight, because the number kept getting lower or she decided not to tell them.

Also, 99.9? Turtles need to get the ravishing reporter a pizza hookup, stat!

[Rooish]

5'8'' or 5'9'' and 115 pounds? Good God.

[MadPirateBunny]

Originally Posted by Rooish

5'8'' or 5'9'' and 115 pounds? Good God.

Somebody get that girl something to eat!

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by MadPirateBunny

Somebody get that girl something to eat!

Maybe the turtles can train her in the ways of pizza power?

I put April in the search engine and found an old thread that talked about April and whether she hit the gym or not. I don't want to resurrect a thread that old but here's some of it:

Originally Posted by sdp

I was looking at my newly aquired April figure, and i noticed something, her stomach looked weird, so i payed closer attention and i noticed, she had abs!
You can obvilously see that she is getting some tone, and a small "4" pack forming there. I am glad she is trying to get away from the "computer" geek stereotype. Makes it more beleivable that she's able to get out of some of those situations too!

Originally Posted by Zelda

Well, there IS a high trend if female obsessive exercise maybe people are realizing that doctor's are right about that type of weight loss. And there are all those fem gyms popping up everywhere-Curves....so maybe she's got a membership!

Discussion about April's exercise habits had me thinking of TMNT II when she mentioned "her aerobics".

[sdp]

lmao that was my thread
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=13306

of course mostly tongue in cheek, but its true, april has some abs, though thats new toon april, i'm not so sure about old toon april.

[Sage Ninja]

At first I thought April was just being mean, and it would have been good if that episode ended with say...them in April's apartment, and April happens to step on the scale and sees she's gained a few pounds, then Irma could enjoy the tables having turned. But you bring up a good point with the whole April probably has to watch her figure thing. Probably something difficult when you hang out with pizza obsessed turtles.

you know now that you mention it April was being a little bitch about Irma's weight in that episode. I was like "so what if she is about the break her diet! Mind your own bussiness!"

I mean seriously its not like Irma was morbidly fat or anything. April acted like it has detrimental to Irma's health if she went off her diet. It made me wonder if maybe there was some off screen scene where Irma confides in April that her cholestral is up and she has to watch what she eats, and that was why April was like "OMG no Irma you can't go off your diet!" Other wise it just seemed like April was just over reacting or being a controlling friend.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

April's actions couldn't have possibly been that great for Irma's confidence.

My guess would be that maybe April herself is pretty weight conscious. I mentioned before, in the first Adventures issue when she is trying to squeeze through the sewer drain she comments that since it is a tight squeeze that she must be putting on weight. Not to mention that considering she hangs out around pizza all the time with the turtles, if she ever picked up their eating habits she'd probably blow up. As a result, maybe Irma not taking her diet seriously got to April. But still, April should have backed off.

As far as whether old toon April hits the gym or not, either that or she has amazing willpower to not scarf down whatever the turtles are having. I mean, the turtles have their ninja exploits so they can keep eating that pizza (except for Michelangelo in that one future episode). But if April picked up their habits, the Channel 6 cameras wouldn't be the only things adding pounds.

[Mr. Arctic]

in watching the dvd's of the old toon, ive noticed that in dealing with stereotypes and portrayals of women, the old toon was slightly sexist. the whole april/irma weight thing is one example. anyway, thats how it was back then i guess (and most likely it was male writers coming up with that stuff). still it couldve been worse.

personally, if april was 5'8" and 115 labs, i think that is pretty unattractive and unrealistic. but looking at how she is drawn in the old cartoon and in the comicsl, she is tall, yes, but is definately more curvaceous than 115 lbs would allow. id guess more about 125-130. thats more of an average weight for someone that height.

and id take april over jessica rabbit any day. jessica is hot, but there is something about april... maybe its that jumpsuit.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by Mr. Arctic

in watching the dvd's of the old toon, ive noticed that in dealing with stereotypes and portrayals of women, the old toon was slightly sexist. the whole april/irma weight thing is one example. anyway, thats how it was back then i guess (and most likely it was male writers coming up with that stuff). still it couldve been worse.

personally, if april was 5'8" and 115 labs, i think that is pretty unattractive and unrealistic. but looking at how she is drawn in the old cartoon and in the comicsl, she is tall, yes, but is definately more curvaceous than 115 lbs would allow. id guess more about 125-130. thats more of an average weight for someone that height.

Well as far as the weight thing goes, at least April wasn't like Cathy. So far we have...three times April brings up her weight, and one is just assumed based on how she's concerned with Irma's diet. It wasn't like we saw April in a fitting room every other week fretting over fitting into a swimsuit. Irma on the other hand, was pretty Cathy-like. Because if it wasn't her weight it was her being pretty hungry for male attention.

And according to a movie magazine, April weighs in at 128 pounds. A little more reasonable it seems considering, like you said, how curvy she was in the toon (which the actress in the movie said she sure wasn't when asked about the yellow jumpsuit). Also, according to an apparent typo Casey weighs as much as April.

Pic is thanks to the TMNT movie site.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Okay, it's been some time since I mentioned the Archie first issue, but I wasn't able to get my comic and my scanner in the same place until now. Here it is, a familiar scene from the toon with a little dialogue added.

[Andrew NDB]

April's stats? Here you go, from Eastman and Wujcik and co.



5'8" and 27 as of around TMNT Vol. 1, #2.

[odupianist]

I don't think it was her weight that couldn't get her through that grate Mutant Man. I mean it was weight sure, but in the "right place". Giggity lol

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man

According to April, the Ravishing Reporter, she's "99.9 lbs. wearing chains ".

Gives more credence to this being the "streetwalker" version of April.

Birthplace: The Valley (what or where is "The Valley")

I'm a Valley Girl
From a Valley World
Wrapped in plastic...
It's fantastic!

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by odupianist

I don't think it was her weight that couldn't get her through that grate Mutant Man. I mean it was weight sure, but in the "right place". Giggity lol

Reminds me of a recent Eva Mendes interview, where she says she put on weight for Ghost Rider, because she tends to put it on in the "fun areas".