Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4787047-20131123163547/@comment-24209274-20131125191852

I am going to go ahead that the internet community is not the target age for the TMNT relaunch. The target age is boys - aged 8 - 12. That is what they're aiming for - and they're not going to change things just because the internet is raising a stink.

Can you imagine the stink parents would raise if they began showing a human/animal relationship. It'd be ugly and that kinda stuff can end a television cartoon. Pokemon only survived the Jynx issue (and Jynx is based on a character from a Japanese folklore) by banning the few epidsodes Jynx appears in - and by recolouring her for later episodes. The broadcasters should 'not relax and let things go'. Whilst a releationship between the two can be sweet - it's going to cause complaints, and complaints can lead to cancellations.

And even if Peter has nothing to do with this series of TMNT, and may have sold the rights to the characters and such - it doesn't mean he hasn't put down guidelines to what Viacom can and cannot do with the characters.

So sorry people - but I think the April x Donatello will have to exist purely in the realms of fanfiction and fan art.