April O'Neil

**April O'Neil** She is one of the main allies of The Ninja Turtles, she is also a sixteen-year-old daughter of Dr. Kirby O'Neil and the love interest/crush of Donatello (truthfully it's Casey Jones in the main series). Unlike her previous incarnations, she possesses extraordinary strong psionic/extrasensory abilities; having been born a human/Kraang mutant hybrid, as a byproduct of her late mother being experimented on by the Kraang before she was born, which she gradually learns to develop further and increase considerably in strength as the show progresses; particularly in Season 4 and Season 5. Her psionic aura varies from being transparent, to white, to yellow. Since "Tale of Tiger Claw" her psychic and extrasensory powers have been greatly reduced, as she no longer can draw more strength from the mystical Sol Star necklace she herself had destroyed, but they are still far stronger than they were before she acquired the Aeons mystical gift. Her ninja weaponry is a Tessen and, later, a dragon tanto..

## Appearance

April appears as a young-looking shy 16-year-old. She has shoulder-length ginger hair that appears to be tied up into a small ponytail and right-sided curved bangs. She also has a yellow headband. April wears an elbow-length black shirt with a yellow and white sport shirt with the number "5" over it, blue denim shorts, black leggings, brown bandages/bracelets around her wrists, white high socks with two blue stripes on them and black low-heeled boots. Though you may not notice it, April has a patch on the right back pocket of her shorts. The patch is inspired by Pixar's Luxo Jr. Ball: A round yellow patch with a blue outer ring and a red star in the middle. There also appears to be keys that are assumed to be her house keys. April is slim for her age, with blue eyes with long eyelashes and freckles while standing at average height. Donnie finds all of these features "attractive", leading to his crush on her.

Since "New Girl in town", her pajamas consists of a yellow long sleeve button up shirt, and floral pants.

In "The Kraang Conspiracy", she is seen wearing a white long-sleeved, button-up shirt, and white pants when the Kraang was about to gather some of her DNA. Her headband is also changed to white.

Starting from "Beyond The Known Universe", she began wearing a yellow space suit over her normal outfit with a white belt and boots.

Since "City at War", April has been wearing a black jumpsuit similar to her space suit, with yellow stripes down her arms and sides. In addition she wears her Tanto blade at her lower back and her headband is now black in color.

## Personality and traits

April is a smart, strange, tomboyish, and shy sixteen year-old girl with an indie rock vibe. April is determined and quite resourceful. She is fiercely loyal to her mutant friends, as seen in "Panic in the Sewers". When the turtles are ready to give up, April volunteers to find out Shredder's plot. She is also somewhat reckless, too. She cares about her family, or what's left of it, above all else. Any threat to her father is one that she takes very seriously, and when she finds out that the Turtles are accidentally responsible for his mutation, she becomes enraged and temporarily severs her ties with them. However, when she is once again assaulted by Karai, she desperately calls Donnie for help. After he and the others save her, they reconcile.

However, after the events of "Bat in the Belfry", April has begun to show signs of mental instability in regards to her Aeon Crystal, becoming overly-possessive of it, and going into fits of rage whenever she has parted with it or someone tries to touch it, even using the Turtles' weapons against anyone she sees wearing it to get it back. But after seeing Donnie getting destroyed due to her being controlled by an elder Aeon, April immediately regrets her behavior and apologize to the others for allowing her obsession over the crystal to destroy her friends and family.

## External Links

* Nickipedia
* Turtlepedia
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April\_O%27Neil