What will happen to April's Dad next?

[lonewarrior20]

well given the look he gives anyone that even gets close to april, i think he'll finally go nuts and blame the turtles/casey because he thinks their trying to take april away from him.

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by Tarris Vaal

Sorry for the threadomancy, but figured this was the right place for this...


Watching the rerun of Wrath of Tigerclaw today... I notice Kirby has April's number listed as;

'April O Neil'

Quite... formal....

This has me curious. What father would ever put their daughters full name down on their cell phone contacts list?

Even if he knew multiple Aprils surely his daughter would be listed as 'April' and everyone else would have surnames or nicknames attached? (like Work April for instance?)

Obviously I'm reading too much into this, but it struck me as an odd thing to have when the show has shown repeatedly that everyone else appears as first names or nicknames on the cell phones.

This makes me wonder if Kirby is actually April's real dad. I could understand this odd entry more if it was made by someone who isnt actually that close to April at all - a govt agent posing as her father for example. From someone who IS actually her dad, it just seems weirdly unnatural.

You may be on to something. After all "Mom-thing" did say "Where is Kirby?" Instead of saying "Where is your father?"

And O'Neil is April's mother's family name as the farm house belonged to April's maternal family.

So maybe Kirby isn't April's father. But he has reason to pose as her father for April's protection. However like many stereotypical protective father figures I doubt he's thrilled about the idea of his daughter being of interest to boys.

With his suspicion towards Casey his primary concern would be Casey's motives. I.E. Does Casey see April as a conquest? What sort of future does Casey present April?

As for Donnie's feelings towards April, Kirby probably knows Donnie has feelings for his daughter. But he doesn't have a problem because he doubts April sees him beyond a platonic level. So as long as they are just friends he's okay with Donnie's companionship with April. However if things escalate Kirby might have more of an issue.

[Lou 500]

The writers don't seem to know what to do with him besides make him an object of April's angst by mutating and de-mutating him. Since we've already got Donnie to do the sciency-side of the show Kirby's taken a backseat for most of it.

I say kill him off, but first have him spill the beans on the whereabout of April's mum and why's she's in hiding.

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by Lou 500

The writers don't seem to know what to do with him besides make him an object of April's angst by mutating and de-mutating him. Since we've already got Donnie to do the sciency-side of the show Kirby's taken a backseat for most of it.

I say kill him off, but first have him spill the beans on the whereabout of April's mum and why's she's in hiding.

I'd say take a page from the Mirage Donatello one shot and have Kirby be trapped permanently in another Dimention. I.E. they have a situation where only one can get through the closing dimensional portal. Donatello is able to get through, but Kirby is only able to toss a note through that only says "Look after my daughter."

Donnie is upset by this because April's father is gone, and this time he's unable to do anything to get him back. And as a result Donnie feels he has failed her thus ending any hope of him being with her.

[BubblyShell22]

VA, wives and husbands call each other by first names all of the time, so it makes sense that Mom Thing would call him "Kirby" instead of just saying, "Where's your father?"

I agree that he's been through a lot, and I hope that they'll stop mutating him so much and give him a bit of a break.