Changes: April Gets in Dutch

	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1992-1993 Vacation in Europe sideseason; 1992-1993 ; List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes
	Episodes: "Tower of Power"; "Rust Never Sleeps"; "A Real Snow Job"; "Venice on the Half-Shell"; "Artless"; "Ring of Fire"; "The Irish Jig Is Up"; "Shredder's New Sword"; "The Lost Queen of Atlantis"; "Turtles on the Orient Express"; "April Gets in Dutch"; "Northern Lights Out"; "Elementary, My Dear Turtle"; 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

“April Gets in Dutch”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 Cartoon) episode
	; Title screen
Season Code:	EU11
Episode:	11
Original airdate	1992 (Europe); October 23, 1993 (USA)
Written by	Susan Stewart-Taggart
Producers:	Bruno-Rene Huchez
Directed by	Bruno-Rene Huchez
Story Editor:	Jack Mendelsohn
Episode chronology
"Turtles on the Orient Express"	"Northern Lights Out"

Latest revision as of 20:01, 13 March 2024

April Gets in Dutch is an episode of the Vacation in Europe sideseason. Part of the European vacation season, it had already aired in many European countries during 1992 before airing in the USA over CBS in 1993.

Appearing in April Gets in Dutch

Major characters

Minor characters

Security Guard (Pat Fraley)
English Lady (Renae Jacobs)

Species

Disembodied Alien brain
Human
Mutant rhinoceros
Mutant turtle
Mutant warthog

Objects and vehicles

Locations

Plot

The Turtles and April are in Amsterdam, Holland, the Turtles having shipped the Turtle Van there in a large crate. April's job there is to cover the showing of the world-famed Duchess Diamond, which Donatello says is the biggest, most perfect diamond in the world.

In Dimension X, Krang is coveting the diamond, hoping to use it to finish his Laser Dimension Blade, which will cut through the dimensions and bring the Technodrome back to Earth. Shredder, Rocksteady and Bebop are dispatched to go steal it.

Michelangelo is lamenting the lack of pizza in Amsterdam when he spots the enemy trio landing in a net of fish. After a brief fight, Shredder and his mutants manage to elude the Turtles in a motorboat, and head to the exhibition of the diamond in disguises. Meanwhile, a diamond thief named Spats Sparkle is scheming to steal the diamond for himself. His accomplice switches off the light so that Spats can replace the diamond with a fake, and Shredder then steals the fake.

In all the hubbub, Spats sneaks the diamond into April's bag, and the police immediately suspect her because she was close to the case. The Turtles rescue her and Irma before any further questions can be asked, and escape into the sewer. Spats and his accomplice follow them and snatch April and her bag.

In a dilapidated windmill, Shredder finishes the Laser Dimension Blade, only for the fake diamond to explode. Donatello detects this and discerns that the abortive beam can fracture both dimensions, and the only solution is to use the real diamond to send out a corrective beam.

Meanwhile, April has been imprisoned over a vat of fondue at a cheese factory, and Donatello successfully tracks the signal there. Shredder and his mutants are also waiting there to attack, only to be driven back by the Turtles assaulting them with cheese. Michelangelo rescues April, and Spats loses the diamond. Though Raphael initially gets his hands on it, Shredder eventually is the one who claims it.

The Turtles manage to track the stench of a cheese-doused Rocksteady and Bebop to the windmill, and as the tremors get progressively worse, Donatello sends out a corrective beam. As the Turtles run away, the windmill is pulled into Dimension X and crashes through the side of the Technodrome.

As the story closes out, Irma and April gift the Turtles with their long-sought pizza.

Notes and errors

Michelangelo spots Bebop and Rocksteady before they appear through the portal, which is impossible.
When Michelangelo says "Coming atcha, Shred head!" and chases Shredder onto the windmill, his mouth doesn't move.
Right after a woman laments that the Duchess Diamond is gone, the Turtles' mouths move but they don't say anything.

Home media releases

DVD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7, Part 2 (12 May 2008)
The Complete Classic Series Collection (12 November 2012)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Infobox Television episode
-{{Infobox Television episode|Series = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 Cartoon)|Image = [[File:April_Gets_in_Dutch_Title_Card.png|250px]]|Title = April Gets in Dutch|Season = EU11|Episode = 11|Airdate = October 23, [[1993]]|Writer = [[Susan "Misty" Stewart-Taggart]]|Producers1 = [[Bruno-Rene Huchez]]|Director = [[Bruno-Rene Huchez]]|StoryEditor = [[Jack Mendelsohn]]|Prev = [[Turtles on the Orient Express]]|Next = [[Northern Lights Out]]}}
+|Title = April Gets in Dutch
+|Series = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 Cartoon)
+|Image = [[File:April_Gets_in_Dutch_Title_Card.png|250px]]
+|Caption=Title screen
+|Season = EU11
+|Episode = 11
+|Airdate = 1992 (Europe)<br>October 23, 1993 (USA)
+|Writer = [[Susan Stewart-Taggart]]
+|Producers1 = [[Bruno-Rene Huchez]]
+|Director = [[Bruno-Rene Huchez]]
+|StoryEditor = [[Jack Mendelsohn]]
+|Prev = [[Turtles on the Orient Express]]
+|Next = [[Northern Lights Out]]
+}}
 {{TMNT (1987) 1992-1993 Vacation in Europe sideseason}}
-'''April Gets in Dutch''' is an episode of the Vacation in Europe sideseason. Part of the European vacation season, it had already aired in many European countries during 1992 before airing in the [[USA]] over [[CBS]] in 1993.
+'''April Gets in Dutch''' is an episode of the Vacation in Europe sideseason. Part of the European vacation season, it had already aired in many European countries during [[1992]] before airing in the [[USA]] over [[CBS]] in [[1993]].
+==Appearing in {{FULLPAGENAME}}==
-==Synopsis==
+===Major characters===
-The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Turtles]] and [[April O'Neil (1987 TV series)|April]] are in Amsterdam, Holland, the Turtles having shipped the Turtle Van there in a large crate. April's job there is to cover the showing of the world-famed [[Duchess Diamond of the Netherlands|Duchess Diamond]], which Donatello says is the biggest, most perfect diamond in the world.
+*{{1987link|Leonardo}} ([[Cam Clarke]])
+*{{1987link|Donatello}} ([[Barry Gordon]])
+*{{1987link|Michelangelo}}  ([[Townsend Coleman]])
+*{{1987link|Raphael}} (Hal Rayle)
+*{{1987link|April O'Neil}}  ([[Renae Jacobs]])
+*{{1987link|Irma}} ([[Jennifer Darling]])
+*{{1987link|Oroku Saki|Shredder}}  ([[Jim Cummings]])
+*{{1987link|Krang}}  ([[Pat Fraley]])
+*{{1987link|Bebop}} ([[Barry Gordon]])
+*{{1987link|Rocksteady}} ([[Cam Clarke]])
+*[[Spats Sparkle]] (Hal Rayle)
+*[[Dag]] (Barry Gordon)
+===Minor characters===
-In Dimension X, Krang is coveting the diamond, hoping to use it to finish his Laser Dimension Blade, which will cut through the dimensions and bring the [[Technodrome]] back to Earth. Shredder, Rocksteady and Bebop are dispatched to go steal it.
+*[[Amsterdam Diamond Market Security Guard|Security Guard]] (Pat Fraley)
+*[[English Lady]] (Renae Jacobs)
+===Species===
-Michelangelo is lamenting the lack of pizza in Amsterdam when he spots the enemy trio landing in a net of fish. After a brief fight, Shredder and his mutants manage to elude the Turtles in a motorboat, and head to the exhibition of the diamond in disguises. Meanwhile, a diamond thief named [[Spats Sparkle]] is scheming to steal the diamond for himself. His accomplice switches off the light so that Spats can replace the diamond with a fake, and Shredder then steals the fake.
+*Disembodied [[Alien]] brain
+*[[Human]]
+*Mutant rhinoceros
+*[[Mutant turtle]]
+*Mutant warthog
+===Objects and vehicles===
-In all the hubbub, Spats sneaks the diamond into April's bag, and the police immediately suspect her because she was close to the case. The Turtles rescue her and Irma before any further questions can be asked, and escape into the sewer. Spats and his accomplice follow them and snatch April and her bag.
+*[[Duchess Diamond of the Netherlands|Duchess Diamond]]
+*[[Laser Dimension Blade]]
+*[[Netherlands tandem bicycle]]
+*[[Port of Amsterdam motorboat]]
+*{{1987link|Turtle Van}}
+*{{1987link|Turtlecom}}
+*[[Venezia (motorboat)|Venezia motorboat]]
+===Locations===
-In a dilapidated windmill, Shredder finishes the Laser Dimension Blade, only for the fake diamond to explode. Donatello detects this and discerns that the abortive beam can fracture both dimensions, and the only solution is to use the real diamond to send out a corrective beam.
+*[[Amsterdam]], Holland
+**[[Amsterdam Diamond Market]]
+**[[Limburger abandoned cheese factory]]
+**[[Netherlands abandoned windmill|Abandoned windmill]]
+**[[Port of Amsterdam]]
+**[[Sewers of Amsterdam|Amsterdam Sewers]]
+*{{1987link|Dimension X}}
+**{{1987link|Technodrome}}
+==Plot==
-Meanwhile, April has been imprisoned over a vat of fondue at a cheese factory, and Donatello successfully tracks the signal there. Shredder and his mutants are also waiting there to attack, only to be driven back by the Turtles assaulting them with cheese. Michelangelo rescues April, and Spats loses the diamond. Though Raphael initially gets his hands on it, Shredder eventually is the one who claims it.
+The {{1987link|Ninja Turtles|Turtles}} and {{1987link|April O'Neil|April}} are in [[Amsterdam]], Holland, the Turtles having shipped the {{1987link|Turtle Van}} there in a large crate. April's job there is to cover the showing of the world-famed [[Duchess Diamond of the Netherlands|Duchess Diamond]], which Donatello says is the biggest, most perfect diamond in the world.
+In {{1987link|Dimension X}}, Krang is coveting the diamond, hoping to use it to finish his Laser Dimension Blade, which will cut through the dimensions and bring the {{1987link|Technodrome}} back to {{1987link|Earth}}. {{1987link|Oroku Saki|Shredder}}, {{1987link|Rocksteady}} and {{1987link|Bebop}} are dispatched to go steal it.
-The Turtles manage to track the stench of a cheese-doused Rocksteady and Bebop to the windmill, and as the tremors get progressively worse, Donatello sends out a corrective beam. As the Turtles run away, the windmill is pulled into Dimension X and crashes through the side of the Technodrome.
+{{1987link|Michelangelo}} is lamenting the lack of [[pizza]] in Amsterdam when he spots the enemy trio landing in a net of fish. After a brief fight, Shredder and his mutants manage to elude the Turtles in a motorboat, and head to the exhibition of the diamond in disguises. Meanwhile, a diamond thief named [[Spats Sparkle]] is scheming to steal the diamond for himself. His accomplice switches off the light so that Spats can replace the diamond with a fake, and Shredder then steals the fake.
-As the story closes out, Irma and April gift the Turtles with their long-sought pizza.
+In all the hubbub, Spats sneaks the diamond into April's bag, and the police immediately suspect her because she was close to the case. The Turtles rescue her and {{1987link|Irma}} before any further questions can be asked, and escape into the sewer. Spats and his accomplice follow them and snatch April and her bag.
-==Character voices==
-*[[Leonardo (1987 TV series)|Leonardo]] ([[Cam Clarke]])
-*[[Donatello (1987 TV series)|Donatello]] ([[Barry Gordon]])
-*[[Michelangelo (1987 TV series)|Michelangelo]]  ([[Townsend Coleman]])
-*[[Raphael (1987 TV series)|Raphael]] (Hal Rayle)
-*[[Splinter (1987 TV series)|Splinter]] ([[Peter Renaday]])
-*[[April O'Neil (1987 TV series)|April O'Neil]]  ([[Renae Jacobs]])
-*[[Irma Langinstein (1987 TV series)|Irma Langinstein]] ([[Jennifer Darling]])
-*[[Shredder (1987 TV series)|Shredder]]  ([[Jim Cummings]])
-*[[Krang (1987 TV series)|Krang]]  ([[Pat Fraley]])
-*[[Bebop (1987 TV series)|Bebop]] ([[Barry Gordon]])
-*[[Rocksteady (1987 TV series)|Rocksteady]] ([[Cam Clarke]])
-*[[Spats Sparkle]] (Hal Rayle)
-*[[Dag]] (Barry Gordon)
-*[[Amsterdam Diamond Market Security Guard|Security Guard]] (Pat Fraley)
-*[[English Lady]] (Renae Jacobs)
+In a dilapidated windmill, Shredder finishes the Laser Dimension Blade, only for the fake diamond to explode. {{1987link|Donatello}} detects this and discerns that the abortive beam can fracture both dimensions, and the only solution is to use the real diamond to send out a corrective beam.
-==Locations==
-*Technodrome
-*[[Sewers of Amsterdam|Amsterdam Sewers]]
-*[[Port of Amsterdam]]
-*[[Amsterdam Diamond Market]]
-*[[Limburger abandoned cheese factory]]
-*[[Netherlands abandoned windmill|Abandoned windmill]]
+Meanwhile, April has been imprisoned over a vat of fondue at a cheese factory, and Donatello successfully tracks the signal there. Shredder and his mutants are also waiting there to attack, only to be driven back by the Turtles assaulting them with cheese. Michelangelo rescues April, and Spats loses the diamond. Though {{1987link|Raphael}} initially gets his hands on it, Shredder eventually is the one who claims it.
-==Vehicles==
-*[[Turtlevan]]
-*[[Port of Amsterdam motorboat]]
-*[[Venezia (motorboat)|Venezia motorboat]]
+The Turtles manage to track the stench of a cheese-doused Rocksteady and Bebop to the windmill, and as the tremors get progressively worse, Donatello sends out a corrective beam. As the Turtles run away, the windmill is pulled into Dimension X and crashes through the side of the Technodrome.
-==Gadgets==
-*[[Turtlecom]]s
-*[[Laser Dimension Blade]]
+As the story closes out, Irma and April gift the Turtles with their long-sought pizza.
-==Home media releases==
-===DVD===
+==See also==
-*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 7''
+*[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Gallery]]
-*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Classic Series Collection''
+*[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Transcript]]
-==Notes==
+==Notes and errors==
-===Errors===
 *Michelangelo spots Bebop and Rocksteady before they appear through the portal, which is impossible.
 *When Michelangelo says "Coming atcha, Shred head!" and chases Shredder onto the windmill, his mouth doesn't move.
 *Right after a woman laments that the Duchess Diamond is gone, the Turtles' mouths move but they don't say anything.
+==Home media releases==
-==Gallery==
+===DVD===
-* [[April Gets in Dutch/Gallery]]
+*''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7, Part 2]]'' (12 May 2008)
+*''[[The Complete Classic Series Collection]]'' (12 November 2012)
-==External links==
-*[https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1987&episode=s07e11 Lines at Springfield! Springfield!]
 [[Category:1987 TV series European Vacation episodes]]
 [[Category:April-focused episodes]]