April O'Neil (NASB 1)

April's official render

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**April O'Neil** is a playable character in *Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl*, originating from *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. She was announced at the Gamescom Future Games Show on August 26, 2021 along with CatDog.

## Moveset

### Gimmick

April collects Ratings through her camera-based attacks, and how many she has can be seen by stars surrounded by her. If the stars are purple, she has all ratings needed to unleash her Neutral Special for an extremely powerful attack.

### Light Attacks

* Comment Please! (Mid Grounded): Thrusts her microphone forward.
* Microphone Check (Up Grounded): A basic uppercut with her microphone.
* Sliding Kick (Down Grounded): Does a sweeping slide kick that can lead into itself. Very powerful combo tool.
* Aerial Kick (Mid Aerial): Does a fighting pose.
* Spin Kick (Up Aerial): Does a spin kick upward.
* Heel Kick (Down Aerial): Claps her heels downward.
* Close Up! (Dash): Starts filming with a camera while running.

### Strong Attacks

* Overhead Recording (Mid Grounded): Thrusts a microphone stand forward. Incredibly good range, but not very strong.
* Take Notes! (Up Grounded): Slashes a pen upward. Mediocre range, but the strongest of the strong attacks.
* Pose Pose Pose! (Down Grounded): Shoots three flashes of light from her camera. Does a lot of damage and racks up ratings quick.
* Aerial Overhead Recording (Mid Aerial): The exact same as the grounded version.
* Aerial Take Notes! (Up Aerial): The exact same as the grounded version.
* Aerial Pose Pose Pose! (Down Aerial): The exact same as the grounded version.
* Studio Close Up! (Dash): Runs forward with a much larger camera.

### Special Attacks

* Breaking News! (Mid): Thrusts her microphone forward. This attack may look basic, but this is the key element to her Ratings mechanic. The more ratings she has, the more powerful the attack becomes, and at maximum ratings it is one of the most powerful attacks in the entire game. However, whiffing the attack loses one rating, and the move has very low range.
* Blimp (Up): Rides on a TMNT themed blimp. This move flies in any direction and can be canceled instantly into an attack. However, this move has no hitbox, leaving April susceptible to edgeguarding.
* On The Air! (Down): Lays down a large studio camera that begins filming. The light does no knockback but damages opponents and quickly racks up Ratings.

Official movelist (@NickBrawlGame)
## Animations

* Entrance:
* Taunt: Does a shrug.
## References

* The move "Sliding Kick" ressembles one of her moves in the Sega Genesis version of the game "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters".
* The pose she makes in her victory animation resembles the pose in her official model sheet.
* Her costume references a 1993 Playmates action figure of April with a green jumpsuit.

## Gallery

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl April O'Neal RevealApril’s reveal trailerApril’s splash screenApril’s older render (w/ old background)Older version of April’s full renderOlder version of April’s render (w/ background)Older version of April’s full render (w/ full background)The background for April’s rendersApril’s green costumeApril’s green costume (w/ background)Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Gameplay - Nigel Thornberry vs. April O'NeilGameplay video (featuring April)Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Gameplay - SpongeBob vs. Leonardo vs. Patrick vs. April O'NeilGameplay video (featuring April)April O'Neil Showcase – Nickelodeon All-Star BrawlApril Showcase
## Trivia

* April's internal codename is "reporter", referencing her career as a news reporter.