Target: April O'Neil

Target: April O'Neil is the sixth episode of the second season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series). Its airdate was November 23, 2013.

Main Characters

 * April O'Neil (Mae Whitman)
 * Casey Jones (Josh Peck)
 * Chrome Dome
 * Donatello (Rob Paulsen)
 * Karai (Kelly Hu)
 * Kraang (Nolan North)
 * Leonardo (Jason Biggs)
 * Michelangelo (Greg Cipes)
 * Raphael (Sean Astin)
 * Foot-Bots

Minor Characters

 * Shredder (Kevin Michael Richardson)
 * Splinter (Hoon Lee)

Super Robo Mecha Force Five!

 * Captain Dash Coolstar (Brian Bloom)
 * Dr. Blip (Scott Menville)
 * Lunk (Nolan North)
 * Princess (Mae Whitman)
 * Squeakums

Plot
April tries to resume a normal teenage life, but when Karai starts hunting her again, April realizes she may have put her friend, Casey, in danger as well.

Synopsis
The episode begins at the Shredder's lair. The Shredder (who is in Japan) speaks with Karai through a Mouser projection. He is upset that she attacked the turtles against his orders, and he's also upset that she failed at doing so. Karai says that she can have The Kraang improve the robot Foot Soldiers, as she blames them for the turtles' escape, but The Shredder tells her to not have any more dealings with them until his return, warning her that the consequence will be unfortunate if she defies him. Once he signs off, Karai heads to a Kraang hideout, where she finds that they have been working on their latest project (a robotic replica of Chris Bradford in his human form). Karai tells them that when it's fully-charged, they should send it after a target, which she instantly wants to be April O’Neil.

Meanwhile, April is walking home at night, with Donnie following her. April eventually senses that someone is following her, and tosses her tessen at Donnie. She is surprised to see him, and is still annoyed because he and his brothers were responsible for turning her father into a 'homicidal mutant bat'. She makes it clear that she never wants to see them again, and wants to return to her normal life. Before she leaves, Donnie tells her that some things are just beyond their control.

Back in the lair, the other turtles are watching an episode of SRMFF, while Raph is stealing Mikey's popcorn. Donnie shows up and notices that, in the episode, the princess character is ticked off, due to the fact that the others forgot her birthday, and she doesn't want to see them again. Mikey remarks that it's so similar to Donnie's life. Donnie is offended by this, but the others point out that the princess character always comes back anyway. Donnie then disconsolately walks into his lab, and notices that The Kraang communication orb is making noise again.

The Turtles hit the Shell Raiser, and Donnie tells them that, judging by what he translated, The Kraang are working on some type of secret weapon. Mikey says that it might be lasers disguised as burritos. Raph says that that only makes sense to Mikey because the latter's brain is an avocado. Leo tells them that, when they're done dealing with The Kraang, they'll go get some Mexican...pizza.

April shows up at a hockey rink to tutor Casey, and finds the latter playing there. After April settles in, Casey asks if she has any other friends, since she seems to be such a loner. April says that she used to have four close friends, but doesn't talk to them anymore, which Casey understands. Casey says that he once had a good friend, Nick, since 2nd grade, but after a playoff, in which Casey injured him (they were on opposing teams), he never spoke to Casey again. April states that he never meant to hurt him like that. He tells her that some things are just beyond their control, which reminds her of what Donnie said. He says that maybe they can go out for pizza later, which also reminds her of the turtles.

Just then, some Foot Ninja arrive and attack. April fights them off, but is surprised that they are now robots. Casey shows up to help and smacks them down with his hockey pucks. Casey asks her if she owes them money or something. Then, more Foot show up, and April says, "...or something". She wants Casey to go some place safe, but he's ecstatic to fight the robots. They both say that they can take them, and April leads the Foot away, since she knows that they're after her. Casey stays behind with one of them, and is ready to fight. Karai is watching April from the rooftops and sends more Foot Soldiers after her.

The turtles find The Kraang's hideout. Mikey uses shadow puppets of a rabbit, an elephant and a belly dancer to distract the guards, granting the Turtles the element of surprise as they disable the Kraang droids. Venturing inside, they find the gigantic robot that they're working on, and they determine that it must be their secret weapon. April keeps fighting the Foot the best she can, and admits to herself that she needs help from the turtles, and calls Donnie. Donnie's vibrating cellphone alerts the Kraang, and they all start to open fire on the turtles. However, with April in danger, Donnie runs off to help her. Raph is upset that Donnie bailed on them, but they have to fight the Kraang without him.

Casey is still at the hockey rink, fighting off more of the Foot Soldiers. Meanwhile, April continues to fight the relentless Foot Soldiers, and some of them even have four arms now. Karai finally makes her appearance, and starts to attack April directly, while saying, "This is between us girls." Donnie shows up to rescue her and manages to land some hits on Karai. Karai says that their rodent master took someone (her mother) away from her, so now she will kill someone that means a lot to them. Donnie says that she won't touch April, and keeps fighting with her, while April continues to deal with the Foot Soldiers.

The turtles continue to fight the Kraang, until Robo-Bradford is ready and fully-charged. Mikey thinks that it won't be so tough and jumps at it, but is easily defeated. The robot has whips and swords, and easily outmatches the turtles. He ties Leo up, and is ready to blast him with his laser eyes. However, the robot now boots up it's main programming...which is to target April. It leaves to find her, and the turtles have to follow it, but not before Mikey picks up one of the Kraang's guns and accidentally fires at his brothers.

Karai keeps fighting April, while Donnie tries to fight off the robotic Foot Soldiers. Robo-Bradford shows up, pushes Donnie aside, and grabs April. However, now the robot reveals it's true programming, which is to reserve April for The Kraang, and it now views everyone besides April as a threat, such as Karai and her Foot Soldiers.

The Shell Raiser shows up and rams into Robo-Bradford, who Mikey nicknames "Chrome Dome". Mikey fires manhole covers at it, but "Chrome Dome" destroys them with his laser eyes and pushes Mikey aside. He then grabs the Shell Raiser and flips it on it's side. Donnie then notices a cracked panel on the robot's back and considers it a weak spot. Donnie manages to get behind it and rip the panel open to yank out some wires. The robot then goes berserk and spins the turtles in every which direction. Karai continues to fight with April, but Leo manages to come in and knocks Karai back with a flying kick. Mikey finally defeats "Chrome Dome" by stabbing it's own laser sword through it's chest. Leo outmatches Karai and tells her that it's over. Karai retorts, "For now," and then vanishes with a smoke bomb.

April is about to thank the turtles for saving her, but then remembers Casey being left behind with the Foot Soldiers, and runs back to the hockey rink. She sees that he's ok, and that all of the robots have been defeated. She slips a bit on the ice and ends up in Casey's arms. Donnie sees this and sighs...sadly.

Back at the lair, as the turtles watch TV, April shows up and makes amends with them. April tells them that she wants to say that she is sorry for everything. Leo is confused and says, "But we we're the ones who screwed up." April says that she understands, because it was an accident and then promises that she'll never hold a grudge again. Splinter is glad to see her again, and April asks if they can continue their training soon, to which he replies, "Whenever you wish." Mikey offers her some rotten pizza that he found as a welcome home gift. April goes over to Donnie and thanks him for always being there, even when she didn't want him to be. She hugs him and kisses him on the cheek. Donnie is so happy that he has a daydream in which he flies all around the world, yelling, "I LOVE BEING A TURTLE!"

Trivia

 * The line Donnie said at the end of the episode ("I LOVE BEING A TURTLE!") is the same line used in all 4 TMNT movies and a lyric from the 2003 series theme song.
 * Chrome Dome makes his debut, he originally was a robot built by the Shredder to supervise the Foot Soldier in the 80's cartoon.

Errors

 * Mikey's belt disappears when he goes inside his shell, much like in the TCRI episode.