April was the fifth turtle! - TMNT comics

[@TheTurtleNexus]

Thanks for watching! What do you think about April being a Turtle?

[@duketheLEGEND651]

I think I got a comic where splinter changed back

[@TheTurtleNexus]

@danielwilliams8346 The creators had creative control over the franchise and they had certain rules that needed to be followed. One of these was to not create more ninja turtles, as the whole point of the four brothers was that they were the only specimens of their kind. A female turtle could potentially open up a pandora's box (that is why they objected on Mona Lisa being a Turtle). People have been asking since day one about adding more turtles or even female turtles, and it quickly became an irritable point for them. Especially for Peter Laird.

[@duketheLEGEND651]

@TheTurtleNexus I have 2 theories about why people want female turtles 🐢 1. People hope they multiply 2. Idiot people start THEORY'S going their gay with each other

[@marcusyates3044]

Every April I know was the first human to make friends with the brothers; as far as I'm concerned, she always has been the fifth turtle 😊 💛🐢🍕

[@ga4667]

April's face when you said everyone but April laughed lol

[@KasumiKenshirou]

2:52 - "Whatcha doin', Ape?" Well, that was rude.

[@AustinTXSlasher]

LOL She looked all kinds of pissed!

[@WhiteJarrah]

My dream is to see an all-female TMNT spinoff starring Turtle-April, Venus, Jennika and Mona Lisa.

[@gantz22ify]

The May East Saga: because it’s too crazy to NOT talk about.

[@Snikit]

Hmmm…. I never missed an issue of this, but I don’t remember this story very well. Glad for the refresher. Also glad custom belts with letters are so quick to get. 😎

[@Cerospace]

Always loved how turtle April had the sharp beak and claws.

[@zirconviper]

The thumbnail is like the Noob Saibot of the Ninja Turtles.

[@JediMB]

This story stuck with me. I never knew it was originally published in a special, though, since they just ran it in the regular TMHT comic book in Sweden.

[@MegaMan87]

It was a Surprising turn of events that April became the Fifth Turtle but only for a while. Now she predates Venus! To me, April will always be a Fifth Honorary turtle in our eyes! 2:27 A Moment of Silence as this was Umeko's final appearance of the TMNT Adventures Specials. She never Reappeared in the next page nor was involved with this Adventure. Its a Mystery why she was in it in the first place. Just for a stand in?

[@TheTurtleNexus]

I wonder if this issue was drawn with the Marvel Method and the artist simply forgot about her. Splinter's role in the story is also odd. He is mostly off panel.

[@MegaMan87]

@@TheTurtleNexus Yeah. But not as much as Ninjara as she could've gotten more screen time as Splinter has. Always to put in our imagination. Let say she was on break and needed some alone time.

[@srstriker6420]

It’s very unusual to make April into a turtle like she’s not the turtles love interest or even that time she turned into a cat. But imagine if they did a horror version of the Ninja Turtles and April is the main character?

[@goranisacson2502]

When I reread the Adventures series a while back it struck me that I remembered this story, but not the first one on the island with the Grems. In retrospect I see why since I had also forgotten about the Cristopher Columbus story, stories that featured stuff like economic exploitation and history lessons probably didn't stick as well in a five-year old's brain as "COOL, NEW TURTLE"-stories. If anything what strikes me now looking back was the artists restraint in drawing April like a reptilian without mammaries, and how scary the transformation scene was allowed to look like. A cool story, even if Perry totally should have been used more in... at least SOME iteration of the turtles.

[@BenDaresAll]

The squirrel doc is really cool

[@keithbrown8236]

Nice video

[@warioskapelli3100]

Never knew about this story! I wonder if the white bandana was the inspiration for Venus’ new color scheme in IDW?

[@RayPruitt-ji9jx]

If I hadn't already read the Archie Comic story years ago, I'd wonder if the title of this video was a trick or something!

[@AustinTXSlasher]

I feel like this story would've been more fun if it had carried on for a bit, and she would eventually be turned back. I get it though. I just feel like April, human or turtle, will always be the true fifth turtle.

[@charlesman8722]

Mikey:“I dunno April looked kinda cute as a turtle” April: *horror*

[@SuperSongbird21]

Despite the overall Ninja theme, it might have been interesting to see April (or a future she-turtle character) utilising a non-Asian fighting style, just to shake things up a bit.

[@sammcfarlane2494]

Turtle April should come back.

[@sammcfarlane2494]

April was the first female Turtle?!

[@eddiejmartinez8631]

The true original fifth turtle. The real first female turtle. When’s the next female turtle? The one Peter Laird hates so much.

[@TheTurtleNexus]

Shouldn't be too long... at the moment she is scheduled for early 2025, but plans change all the time. I may end up talking about the IDW version first. (Although, I already covered Venus in my next mutation video, but I will make a specific video for that version of the character).