April Fool

“April's Fool”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 Cartoon) episode
Season Code:	3
Episode:	11
Original airdate	November 2, 1989
Written by	Michael Reaves Brynne Stephens
Producers:	–
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Season September 25, 1989 - Feburary 9, 1990 List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes

Episodes: "Beneath These Streets" "Turtles on Trial" "Attack of the 50-Foot Irma" "The Maltese Hamster" "Sky Turtles" "The Old Switcheroo" "Burne's Blues" "The Fifth Turtle" "Enter the Rat King" "Turtles at the Earth's Core" "April Fool" "Attack of Big MACC" "The Ninja Sword of Nowhere" "20,000 Leaks Under the City" "Take Me to Your Leader" "Four Musketurtles" "Turtles, Turtles Everywhere" "Cowabunga Shredhead" "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers" "Camera Bugged" "Green With Jealousy" "Return of the Fly" "Casey Jones - Outlaw Hero" "Mutagen Monster" "Corporate Raiders from Dimension X" "Pizza by the Shred" "Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady" "Beware the Lotus" "Blast from the Past" "Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp" "Michelangelo's Birthday" "Usagi Yojimbo" "Case of the Hot Kimono" "Usagi Come Home" "The Making of Metalhead" "Leatherhead Meets the Rat King" "The Turtle Terminator" "The Great Boldini" "The Missing Map" "The Gang's All Here" "The Grybyx" "Mister Ogg Goes to Town" "Shredderville" "Bye, Bye, Fly" "The Big Rip-Off" "The Big Break In" "The Big Blow Out" 1987 Season – 1988 Season – 1989 Season – 1990 Season - 1991 Season – 1992 Season – 1992-1993 Vacation in Europe sideseason – 1993 Season – 1994 Season – 1995 Season – 1996 Season

Plot

The Malicurian Emperor comes to New York, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90. In order to get the mineral to fuel the Technodrome, Shredder invades the costume party thrown by the Malicurian Embassy to kidnap the

April dressed fancy

princess - but they end up capturing April in a fancy dress who looks just like the princess.

Writers

• Michael Reaves & Brynne Stephens

Characters

• Leonardo (Cam Clarke )
• Donatello (Barry Gordon )
• Michelangelo  (Townsend Coleman)
• Raphael (Rob Paulsen)
• Splinter (Peter Renaday)
• April O'Neil (Renae Jacobs)
• Shredder (James Avery)
• Bebop (Barry Gordon)
• Rocksteady (Cam Clarke)
• Krang (Pat Fraley)
• Malicurian Emperor (Pat Fraley )
• Princess Mallory (Renae Jacobs )
• First Malicurian Guard (Peter Renaday)
• Second Malicurian Guard (Rob Paulsen)

Locations

• Turtles ' Lair
• Technodrome
• Malicurian Embassy
• City streets

Vehicles

• Transport Module
• Malicurian Embassy Helicopter
• Turtle Blimp

Gadgets

• Turtlecoms
• Com-Link

Home media releases

VHS

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: April Foolish (Burger King Promotional Videos)

DVD

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 3
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Classic Series Collection

Notes

• First episode to be animated by MWS's Dublin studio.

Errors

• Donatello's Turtlecom is animated like April's when he contacts her at the Embassy.
• When Donatello receives the costume trophy, his "D" is the same color as the buckle.

Gallery

Foreshadowing anyone?