Is April Annoying or Misunderstood?

Is April Annoying or Misunderstood? | TMNT 2012

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5 ай бұрын

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@joeljohansson3615 4 ай бұрын

Rottmnt is best April. There she is the honorary big sister of the group and have more personality. Plus she knows how to fight. And her relationship with the turtles are great. Not romantic but real sibling love.

@Ilovecococat Ай бұрын

TRUE also i like how she has a good relationship with splinter

@thatonedabifan 4 ай бұрын

I really liked April as a kid, but I gotta admit, she got annoying after season one. I always found it cool that she went from a damsel to just barely getting by against Karai by using what Splinter taught her, and eventually being a kunoichi. It really felt like she had to work for it. One moment I really liked was her telling Donnie him flipping the purple dragon over the counter was "the coolest" and he's like "you didn't see it, did you?" But SHE TRIED. Now she flat out ignores his ass sometimes. I do still love her, but I won't ignore her annoying qualities.

@red.red4 3 ай бұрын

Timothy didn't fall in love with April he wanted a friend cuz Donnie's boring and April is the only thing he talks about 😭

@Aceintheholemf 4 ай бұрын

The thing about Mutant Mayhem is that later on in the movie we slowly learn more about April. She was her own goals, conflicts, likes, dislikes ext. She's not just a love interest. Unlike 2012 Leo didn't automatically tried to get her to love him. He got to know her, he found her pretty but like Donnie got to know the person she is, which makes his crush on her feel more genuine later on. Thank god the crush he has on her is secondary and not a main focus. Ntm it also shows her relationships with the other turtles and not just Leo all the time. Even though it is kinda random they did it how 2012 should of done jt

@GenerationDefenders 4 ай бұрын

Good point! I also like how Leo isn't as obsessed like Donnie was. Mutant Mayhem treated it more like a kid's first crush while 2012 treated it more like an obsession.

@Aceintheholemf 4 ай бұрын

@@GenerationDefenders Exactly. I generally found them super cute and think they could be an amazing power couple ngl-. Maybe Leo can help her with her story's and reach her goal as a journalist. Leo is generally so sweet in this movie that it's hard for me to hate it. Also an episode id love to see in the MM show is Leo trying to impress her but April tells him that he dosent need to try hard and all he has to be is his self. I really hope the show doesn't do a complete 180 and make it mad like 2012 That would really suck because I grown to adore them a lot

@GenerationDefenders 4 ай бұрын

@@Aceintheholemf Me too, Leo was adorable in Mutant Mayhem

@keikoutokusonic 4 ай бұрын

I prefer 1987 April 2003 April and rise of TMNT April 💚💙💙💙💙💙💙

@Chriso22 4 ай бұрын

I agree and 2012 tmnt is my fav adaptation

@augustevilcinskaite1771 24 күн бұрын

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@ashesGeek 4 ай бұрын

I would say 2012 April is misjudged, but I certainly agree the writing and especially forced love triangle really drags her down. If anything, I'd say Donnie should've had a puppy crush on her only in season 1 and then move on from it sensing the feelings aren't so genuine. Casey should've flirted with her in season 2, but she would just give it a pass and say she doesn't want to be in any relationship at all having more important things to do. But other than that, she's a good character. I know her being mad at Turtles and running away after her father got mutated is controversial plot point, but it's something you can expect from emotionally unstable teen, especially who got her dad back just recently. To me, it was a good way to show even best friends like Turtles and April can get angry at each other to the point of splitting apart. And after everything she went through it's understandable she just wanted a normal life steel feeling hurt her only family member became a bat. Even her kidnappings happened because she tried to help Turtles and thank them for saving her, even though she wasn't trained to be a ninja. If the pointless shipping was excluded or changed her character would've been much better than she already is.

@Gruntvc 4 ай бұрын

I really didn't care for this version of April. I liked Karai better, but she was pushed aside for April and her cringe inducing ships/love triangle. I think it was a mistake to deage the human characters like April, Casey, and Karai compared to previous incarnations. Opened the door to all these relationship dramas. Was hoping the new TMNT would abandon shipping Turtles with humans, but now Leo is in love with that version of April. Oh no... A show's obsessive focus on ships/love triangles can completely nuke my interest in it lol.

@JustSomeDinosaurPerson 2 ай бұрын

I think my biggest issue with April was how overtuned she was at times. It really felt like the writers didn't know what they wanted to do with her. She has incredible psychic powers, and that was easily the most interesting avenue to explore. But instead they had her constantly undergoing kunoichi training for her physicality and to become a fighter...? Instead of learning to meditate and hone her unique mental abilities with Splinter...? She is an on and off teased romance with Donatello, but it mostly serves as a tool to involve/interject April into scenes and tease an engagement that never pans out and never really made much sense given how little it was explored in the first place. She is at the center of everything in terms of the plot, but sometimes it was really hard to ascertain exactly what April's own personal motivations beyond surface level (aside from at one point wanting to get her dad back and restore him). Which is a shame because I did enjoy her in season 1. I never thought she was particularly great (especially in contrast to 2003 April), but she was mostly fine(?) I know some people really enjoy her becoming a kunoichi, but I honestly didn't really care for it. She didn't really need that addition to her character when she already had standout character aspects. And it honestly only really served to detract from the other characters in a lot of ways. Especially because April's personality flaws never really made up for her being overtuned nor were interesting to engage with on their own. If anything, I think it is ironic that April is among the weakest characters in the show despite being the most important by far.

@XenoTeeth3 4 ай бұрын

I never really thought April was annoying but i see where you're coming from . And i do really remember disliking her when she yelled at Donnie about her dad . I get it , she was mad about her dad and she felt frustrated but it was an accident and yeah indeed what is she doing about it ? Nothing . Just whine and being a jerk. Looking back a lot of Tmnt 2012 hasn't holt up the greatest . I especially don't like the way the turtles and other main characters treat each other cause often time they're a little too mean to each other , especially towards Mikey . The would do things like insult or punch or belittle each other and that always felt wrong but hey , that might just be my own taste .

@horizon8618 4 ай бұрын

April is at her best in season 5 since she isn't much of a bother that would pass you off

@ashesGeek 4 ай бұрын

I thought it was great Turtles weren't always getting along with each other. They're mean because they're teens and when being locked up together the whole life really makes you hate your brothers antics once you're free to get out to the open world. After all, despite all the bickering they proved to be family time and time again. All those family fights were just a test to prove their bond.

@stevenphillips8366 4 ай бұрын

She thought if she can got her new life he can get her dad back seriously? 😒 11:55

@Randomness-br2vx 3 ай бұрын

Umm... Do you have any siblings? Like any siblings at all? That's completely normal for brothers to act like that to each other.. why do you think siblings are always nice to each other?

@Randomness-br2vx 3 ай бұрын

And April couldn't do anything about her dad because she was just a ordinary teenage girl. That's why she was just "whining" and "being a jerk". She was still just a normal teenage girl back then who couldn't really do much.

@catrakitten 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I genuinely believe that April is a misunderstood character. Most 'fans' hate her due to the shipping. They call her a b**** whenever she's involve in a love triangle, believing that she's playing Donnie and Casey's feelings for attention. When in reality, she's a teenage girl who doesn't know how to handle 2 guys liking her. However, I do agree that she was written poorly and oversexualized at times. Overall, 2012 April deserves more appreciation and love.

@ajahnterry9993 4 ай бұрын

i don't know how i really feel about her i'm okay with her she wasn't my focus in the show so i payed her really no mind i did think she had a bad attitude and a bit too confident in herself and she's a little too op for no real reason not just with her powers but how she can fight with the turtles and got the best of both Karai and Raph like how stupid is that and for clarification Raph who has trained under a grand master for 15 years has a build that was made for strength power and speed and Karai whom trained for i think 16 years to be more brutal and deadlier than the turtles made to be flexible and agile and gets taken down by Aprile

@obviously692 4 ай бұрын

Yeah i get this. Honestly I was afraid you were just going to drag her but your conclusion at the end was fair. I love April, but I'll never pretend she's perfect and she didn't get screwed over by that Romance bs.

@craftymind2913 11 күн бұрын

About april wanting to move on without the turtles and her dad, i think she was heart broken. When im completely crushed by a project or person that i put so much time and effort into for it to either not work how it was meant to or hurt me over and over, i drop it and move on from it. I think she felt hopeless about her dad becoming a mindless animal and went straight to teenage brain and tried to ignore the issues entirely. Her anxiety or depression about these problems, which she must have felt, can lead to apathy, which i kinda remember her expressing through the rest of the show. She just stayed the "girl of their dreams" as you explained.

@craftymind2913 11 күн бұрын

I may just be projecting... but i think it fits

@horizon8618 5 ай бұрын

April is more of a both tbh but a bother in terms of character

@slayerbrother5779 3 ай бұрын

Good Love Story When the two characters Also grow and Learn Something for each other. the Problem with 2012 April "Love Story" as that it feel Like More a Joke or the writers try hard too for April to be the Superior one.

@UltimateKeith 4 ай бұрын

Good video 👍🏾 keep up the good work and I'll support your channel

@pokemonlovethat5068 4 ай бұрын

Great vid keep taking your time from great vids

@Mediaguy8000 4 ай бұрын

Toriyama has died on March 1st...

@GenerationDefenders 4 ай бұрын

I've made a community post of it last night, RIP

@muttnerd7400 4 ай бұрын

God bless him… 🙏🏻. You look great with April's Suit btw.

@JustinJulian-bq8vm 4 ай бұрын

You know something the gender wars is stupid because most of the time society only favors one side and women be more sensitive to something to emotions is kind of like a myth to me because really emotions aren't always inherited they're usually learned by anyone of any gender like you know they say men can't cry or they have to bottled their feelings up why woman gets to let theirs out it's our immaturity that makes us trash as both genders I don't care if you're male or female we both have to take responsibilities for our actions and for what trouble we caused to another person like we should be the ones apologizing even if some random men didn't do anything to this woman they still make the man feel bad and only makes themselves feel better like the woman should be the one apologizing as well as men they should be the ones owning up to their mistakes it's society's fault that screws up gender stereotypes and if April was better written as not a love triangle and more as her own character along with karai then we were got two best characters of females there is but we have to agree that Avatar did it better and most of the dcau

@Gruntvc 4 ай бұрын

Avatar and the DCAU shows were awesome. Miss animated shows like those today. Regular Show did male/female characters better too.

@stevenphillips8366 4 ай бұрын

Question how many time did April been kidnapped or captured?

@GenerationDefenders 4 ай бұрын

Too many

@stevenphillips8366 4 ай бұрын

How the heck did she capture so easy?

@Gruntvc 4 ай бұрын

April and Karai were competing to be the biggest damsel in distress of the show. Guess it was some kind of inside joke for the writers.

@GenerationDefenders 4 ай бұрын

@@stevenphillips8366 well she didn't know martial art or how to fight in the beginning and she was the key to the Krang so that's why she was captured so much.

@horizon8618 4 ай бұрын

More than Peach

@TheSpoicyCaramellito 4 ай бұрын

The beginning is facts fr

@azaritchalla9249 3 ай бұрын

Yes April was a bit annoying in the show at times but over the seasons they developed her character more and she became a Kunochi and learnt how to fight better. On top of that the concept of her being a Human\Kranng mutant hybrid with psychic abilities is most definitely interesting to me. So overall I think she's a pretty decent character and I hope you respect my opinion as I respect yours.

@azaritchalla9249 3 ай бұрын

And if am going to be honest as much as I loved 2012 April and Donnie's relationship it seemed more of as obsession then actual genuine love. Donnie was too obsessed with her and it seems like their relationship was kinda one sided. I just wish the writers and the show had developed their relationship more so they could really flesh it out. Not only that but I also wish they explored the concept and the magnitude of her power's. I agree we have seen her do some pretty powerful stuff in the show but not much. I just wish we saw more impressive feats of her power's and I wish how we saw more of her martial arts and combat skills growing.

@kulekid7405 4 ай бұрын

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@DannyPhantomAddict7282 3 ай бұрын

I still rant about the episode “The Kraang Conspiracy” Every Time I see it LIKE OH MY GOD I WANTED TO SMACK APRIL SO BAD IN THAT EPISODE! The guys were trying to protect her and she just whines and whines. Like, SHUT UP! Honestly April should’ve gotten yelled at in that episode instead of being awarded. Like WHY IS SHE SUCH A BRAT IN SEASON 2?! Donnie just comes in and says “I’ll protect you April!” And she just goes “Protect Yourself😡” I’M SORRY?! WHAT?! THE TURTLES SHOULD’VE YELLED AT HER WHENEVER SHE’S BEING A BRAT! Karai is better in my opinion

@MizukiKibutsuji1850k 4 күн бұрын

Bro I totally agree! Literally! She’s so freaking rude!

@questionking3553 4 ай бұрын

Black April is the best version

@turbobrent9435 4 ай бұрын

To be honest the only thing i knew about this April is from your videos so i can only assume that she's garbage

@GenerationDefenders 4 ай бұрын

lol

@spartanwarriorrock8735 4 ай бұрын

Hey GD how do you feel about Goku black or "Goten" Black being in a game called dragon ball the breakers

@GenerationDefenders 4 ай бұрын

I think it would be cool

@spartanwarriorrock8735 4 ай бұрын

i mean hes already there as a raider and if you ever try out thr game i can teach you the ropes

@GenerationDefenders 4 ай бұрын

@@spartanwarriorrock8735 thanks, but rn I'm too busy to play video games.

@spartanwarriorrock8735 4 ай бұрын

alright

@VScorpio-oc4ei 4 ай бұрын

I saw J's review about season 4 and shipping in the show and he right about raph and mona yes it's not human and turtle but mona is an alien salamander and Raphael is of course a turtle forgetting about the alien part salamander and turtle are different species from different groups of animals heck birds and mammals are more related to reptiles than amphibians are

@VScorpio-oc4ei 4 ай бұрын

But they're the best couple to me because Donnie x April and April x Casey is a mess Leo x Kairi is weird to fans because family and the shipping of Mikey isn't well developed

@red.red4 3 ай бұрын

12:47 spoiler alert: none