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|gender = Female
 
|gender = Female
 
|image = [[File:idwoneil.jpg|250px]]
 
|image = [[File:idwoneil.jpg|250px]]
 
|name = April O'Neil
 
|name = April O'Neil
 
|nickname = Red
 
|nickname = Red
|home = [[New York City]]<br>[[Northampton]], MA<br>[[O'Neil Farm]]
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|home = {{idwlink|Second Time Around}}, [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], {{idwlink|Earth}}<br>{{idwlink|O'Neil Farm}}, [[Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
|ethnicity = Caucasian
 
|ethnicity = Caucasian
 
|abilities = Scientific reasoning
 
|abilities = Scientific reasoning
|weapon = Her mind, Fists
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|weapon = Her mind<br/>Fists
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|occupation = [[New York Tech]] student (graduated)<br/>[[StockGen]] intern (formerly)<br/>{{idwlink|TCRI}} employee<br/>[[Mayor of New York City|Mayor]] {{idwlink|Baxter Stockman}}'s assistant
|occupation = Student, Intern
 
|affiliation = formerly [[StockGen]]<br/>{{idwlink|Turtles}}<br/>{{idwlink|Casey Jones}}<br/>[[Aka]]
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|affiliation = [[StockGen]] (formerly)<br/>{{idwlink|Clan Hamato}}<br/>{{idwlink|Casey Jones}} (formerly, still friends)<br/>[[Aka]] (formerly)
|species = [[Human]]
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|species = {{Char Species|Human}}
 
|hair = Red
 
|hair = Red
|eyes = Green, Black
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|eyes = Green<br/>Black
 
|era = {{Char Appear|idw}}
 
|era = {{Char Appear|idw}}
 
|publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
 
|publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
 
|debut = [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 1 (IDW)]]
 
|debut = [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 1 (IDW)]]
|teacher = [[Casey Jones (IDW)|Casey Jones]]
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|teacher = [[New York Tech]]<br/>{{idwlink|Casey Jones}} (self-defense)
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Teen}}
 
'''[[April O'Neil]]''' is a character in the ''{{idwlink|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' comics series by [[IDW Publishing]].
 
'''[[April O'Neil]]''' is a character in the ''{{idwlink|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' comics series by [[IDW Publishing]].
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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At some point prior to the series, April considered dropping out of college in order to help care for her father after his debilitating stroke. Instead, she gained an internship with [[StockGen|Stock Gen Research Inc.]], believing that the bioengineering company only intended to supply food to starving people across the world. It was during this internship that she first encountered Splinter and the Turtles in their pre-mutated forms; she named the latter after artists from her Renaissance History class.
===Change is Constant===
 
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April is a young biotechnology student. In the beginning April was a college intern for research at [[Baxter Stockman (IDW)|Baxter Stockman]]'s genetics laboratory, [[Stock Gen Research Inc.]]. On her first day she was being shown around the lab by one of the scientists, [[Fugitoid (IDW)|Chet Allen]]. At April thought [[Stock Gen]] is all about bioengineering meat to feed starving people in third world countries, is surprised by the {{idwlink|Turtles}}' presence. She's even more surprised when a moment later a large rat hopped on top of the Turtles' terrarium. Chet tells her that its just [[Splinter (IDW)|Splinter]], a rat being used for an ongoing experiment. Splinter, who already possessed the intelligence and cognitive characteristics of a person due to an experiment, she recognized as a potential friend. What she didn't know is that Stock Gen and it's CEO Baxter Stockman are secretly working for and supplied [[Mutagen (IDW)|Mutagen]] to an alien warlord named [[Krang (IDW)|General Krang]]. After working at Stockgen for sometime April has become very fond of the Turtles. [[Lindsey]], another scientist at Stockgen, tells April why the rat is called Splinter: he's part of an experiment testing the effects of a psychotropic drug serum that separates the animalistic, instinctual side of the animal from the logical, cognizant side of the brain. Chet tells April she should name the Turtles, but she informs him she already has: [[Leonardo (IDW)|Leonardo]], [[Donatello (IDW)|Donatello]], [[Michelangelo (IDW)|Michelangelo]], and [[Raphael (IDW)|Raphael]] (inspired by her History of Renaissance Art class). April was studying for class in the Stockgen labs late one night when Splinter approaches her and attempts to draw her attention to the contents of a compact disc, containing information on Stockgen's involvement in illicit military research. Two [[Foot Clan (IDW)|ninjas]] break into the lab to steal samples and test animals and attempt to eliminate April which eventually led to the transformation of Splinter and the Turtles into [[mutant]]s. Splinter, acting quickly, pulls the fire alarm. In the confusion brought on by the alarm, April manages to attack one of the ninjas. Two security guards arrive and the ninjas flee. After the incident April tried to tell the police the story of the break-in to the police. She told them about the ninjas and they write it off as corporate espionage. She tells them she would never have gotten away if Splinter hadn't pulled the fire alarm. For awhile she believed that Splinter and the Turtles were gone forever.
 
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One night at the lab, April was surprised by the arrival of two ninjas who stole chemical samples and the baby turtles. Splinter triggered the fire alarm, allowing April to fend off the ninjas before they could kill her. This incident proved to be extremely traumatic for April, even after the passage of several months.
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She later offered tutoring in exchange for self-defense lessons, and encountered Casey Jones. As he was teaching her how to defend herself, she told him of the StockGen break-in, including Splinter's role. Recognizing the name, Casey brought her to the Turtles' lair, where she fainted upon seeing four human-sized Turtles. Upon awakening, she realized that the Turtles were the same test subjects that she had bonded with at StockGen.
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Wishing to help them, she assisted the Turtles in breaking into StockGen in search of Splinter, which they eventually succeeded in doing. As their home had been destroyed, she also briefly allowed them the use of the Second Time Around shop and its apartment.
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Her help to the Turtles did not end with housing; she later used her position at StockGen in order to spy on her coworkers and covertly steal a Turtle Tracker, which nearly caused her to be captured by one of Krang's Stone Soldiers. It also led to further complications in her life, such as attacks from Slash, the Neutrino soldiers and the Foot Clan.
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However, the greatest complication came when Shredder captured Leonardo and stabbed Casey Jones. She and Casey began a relationship during his recovery. When the Turtles managed to extricate Leonardo from Shredder's clutches, April used Harold Lillja's stealth technology and antigravity gauntlet to fend off Rocksteady and Bebop.
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In the aftermath of this incident, she fled with the Turtles to her family's farm in Northampton, under the pretense of bringing her boyfriend to meet her parents. However, an attack by the Foot Clan's assassins forced her to head back to New York with the Turtles, but not before giving a vial of ooze to her mother, allowing the effects of her father's stroke to be reversed.
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After returning, she resumed her status as a full-time college student, where she discovered that Foot Clan expert [[Dr. Miller]] was lurking on her campus. From him, she learned of the existence of a Pantheon of powerful immortals in an ancient scroll he obtained from the Foot Clan. To find an accompanying scroll, April and Casey journeyed to the Southwest, where they encountered the Rat King and his more benevolent sister Aka. Aka developed a fondness for April, believing that she would play an important part in the coming war.
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This experience led to a breakdown in April's relationship with Casey, as the Rat King had preyed on Casey's fears of his own weakness. However, April's encounter with Aka had more immediate effects, as she taught April a spell that nullified Kitsune's powers, allowing April to stop her from killing Splinter and turning the Turtles against one another. She continued her research on the Pantheon in the Foot Clan library,
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She took some time out of her studies to confront Baxter Stockman, warning him that while he may have barely survived his dealings with Krang and Shredder, there were new threats that were not so easily dealt with. While Stockman was initially hostile to her offer of a truce, he was forced to ally himself with her when the Earth Protection Force surrounded the T.C.R.I. facility. She managed to save her friends by leaping onto the roof of a nearby building, suffering a mild injury in the process, and brokered a deal with Null to save the Turtles. This incident led Stockman to agree to work with April.
   
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April was one of the guests at the Turtles' Christmas party, which also allowed to her interact with Casey once again.
===Enemies Old, Enemies New===
 
April was later about to head out of town for winter break. But due to the trauma she had suffered in the attack, before leaving, she puts up a flier on the bulletin board advertising tutoring in any subject in exchange for self-defense lessons. Her flier is later answered by [[Casey Jones (IDW)|Casey Jones]], who had coincidentally recently befriended the Turtles and Splinter and needed help academically in order to maintain his scholarship. Their first session began in the New York Tech Gymnasium, where April was taught self-defense by Casey. They wrap up and April says they should tackle the English paper Casey has to write. April and Casey are getting to know each other over coffee at a doughnut shop. Casey tells her that ever since his mom died, he and his dad haven't gotten along very well. April tells him about her dad's bad stroke and how she almost quit school to go home and help her mom take care of him. Casey asks her what caused her interest in self-defense, and April tells him about the break-in that occurred while she was working in the Stockgen laboratories and the ninjas who tried to kill her. Casey asks how she got away and she tells him that the lab rat named Splinter pulled the fire alarm and scared them away. After telling Casey her story she is eventually told by him that he has something important to show April. They drive to a mostly abandoned part of town and park her van. She asks him where they're going and he tells her: the [[sewers]]. While in the sewers April is eventually reunited with the Turtles who are in the midst of planning to break in to Stockgen. In the midst of making their plans they hear voices approaching, and a moment later Casey arrives with April in tow. At the sight of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, April faints.
 
   
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During the Triceraton invasion, April was forced to remain in Stockman's lab, where she assisted the Turtles by filling them in on what was going on.
===Shadows of the Past===
 
After she awakens April is stunned by whole situation. After she got over the initial shock she informs the Turtles that she is the one that named them (after Italian Renaissance painters, no less) in Stock Gen. After being introduced, April, Casey and the Turtles quickly formulate a plan to break into Stock Gen and rescue their father.
 
April she can back out if she's afraid, but she declines, saying she wants to help. Donatello decides to bring along one of the disabled [[M.O.U.S.E.R.S. (IDW)|M.O.U.S.E.R.S.]] Outside Stock Gen, April, Casey and the Turtles iron out the final details of their plan. Donatello uses the repurposed M.O.U.S.E.R. to attack the radio transmitter in the security guard's office. With their communication system disabled, the security personnel leaves their posts to investigate, allowing the Turtles to slip in unnoticed. Casey and the Turtles knock out a few guards and find out where Splinter is being held. April and the others later pull into a gas station. After breaking into Stock Gen to find Splinter has been taken again, their spirits are low and their tensions are high. Leonardo says they're up against the [[Foot Clan (IDW)|Foot]], that it is their past life leading them to fight their old foe. Donatello tells him that's garbage, and the whole idea that they're four boys from Feudal [[Japan]] reincarnated is ludicrous. Donatello is convinced that all of their conflicts are centered in the here-and-now, modern-day affairs related to their escape from Stock Gen and subsequent mutation. The Turtles begin arguing emphatically until Michelangelo breaks them up, reminding them that they have no home now and need to find a place to go. April tells them she knows the perfect spot. April shows the Turtles her parents unused antique shop, The [[Second Time Around]] Shop. It is exactly what it sounds like, and each of the Turtles finds something to their liking inside. Leonardo thanks April for being able to use the place. Michelangelo goes to get the gang [[pizza]] for breakfast. Soon after, April leaves, realizing what time it is and that she has a test in a few hours. Casey leaves with her. After the Turtles save Splinter April is reunited with her savior and begins to cry. Splinter wakes and asks her why she's crying; she smiles and says it's because she was afraid she wouldn't be able to thank him for saving her life.
 
   
 
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== Gallery ==
 
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Revision as of 10:41, 2 May 2020

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April O'Neil is a character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics series by IDW Publishing.

History

At some point prior to the series, April considered dropping out of college in order to help care for her father after his debilitating stroke. Instead, she gained an internship with Stock Gen Research Inc., believing that the bioengineering company only intended to supply food to starving people across the world. It was during this internship that she first encountered Splinter and the Turtles in their pre-mutated forms; she named the latter after artists from her Renaissance History class.

One night at the lab, April was surprised by the arrival of two ninjas who stole chemical samples and the baby turtles. Splinter triggered the fire alarm, allowing April to fend off the ninjas before they could kill her. This incident proved to be extremely traumatic for April, even after the passage of several months.

She later offered tutoring in exchange for self-defense lessons, and encountered Casey Jones. As he was teaching her how to defend herself, she told him of the StockGen break-in, including Splinter's role. Recognizing the name, Casey brought her to the Turtles' lair, where she fainted upon seeing four human-sized Turtles. Upon awakening, she realized that the Turtles were the same test subjects that she had bonded with at StockGen.

Wishing to help them, she assisted the Turtles in breaking into StockGen in search of Splinter, which they eventually succeeded in doing. As their home had been destroyed, she also briefly allowed them the use of the Second Time Around shop and its apartment.

Her help to the Turtles did not end with housing; she later used her position at StockGen in order to spy on her coworkers and covertly steal a Turtle Tracker, which nearly caused her to be captured by one of Krang's Stone Soldiers. It also led to further complications in her life, such as attacks from Slash, the Neutrino soldiers and the Foot Clan.

However, the greatest complication came when Shredder captured Leonardo and stabbed Casey Jones. She and Casey began a relationship during his recovery. When the Turtles managed to extricate Leonardo from Shredder's clutches, April used Harold Lillja's stealth technology and antigravity gauntlet to fend off Rocksteady and Bebop.

In the aftermath of this incident, she fled with the Turtles to her family's farm in Northampton, under the pretense of bringing her boyfriend to meet her parents. However, an attack by the Foot Clan's assassins forced her to head back to New York with the Turtles, but not before giving a vial of ooze to her mother, allowing the effects of her father's stroke to be reversed.

After returning, she resumed her status as a full-time college student, where she discovered that Foot Clan expert Dr. Miller was lurking on her campus. From him, she learned of the existence of a Pantheon of powerful immortals in an ancient scroll he obtained from the Foot Clan. To find an accompanying scroll, April and Casey journeyed to the Southwest, where they encountered the Rat King and his more benevolent sister Aka. Aka developed a fondness for April, believing that she would play an important part in the coming war.

This experience led to a breakdown in April's relationship with Casey, as the Rat King had preyed on Casey's fears of his own weakness. However, April's encounter with Aka had more immediate effects, as she taught April a spell that nullified Kitsune's powers, allowing April to stop her from killing Splinter and turning the Turtles against one another. She continued her research on the Pantheon in the Foot Clan library,

She took some time out of her studies to confront Baxter Stockman, warning him that while he may have barely survived his dealings with Krang and Shredder, there were new threats that were not so easily dealt with. While Stockman was initially hostile to her offer of a truce, he was forced to ally himself with her when the Earth Protection Force surrounded the T.C.R.I. facility. She managed to save her friends by leaping onto the roof of a nearby building, suffering a mild injury in the process, and brokered a deal with Null to save the Turtles. This incident led Stockman to agree to work with April.

April was one of the guests at the Turtles' Christmas party, which also allowed to her interact with Casey once again.

During the Triceraton invasion, April was forced to remain in Stockman's lab, where she assisted the Turtles by filling them in on what was going on.

Gallery