Charles Pennington was April O'Neil's boss at Channel 6 and the father of Daniel Pennington.
History[]
Charles visits April at her apartment to discuss how worried he is that one of his best reporters had been the victim of an attempted mugging the previous night. He informs her that a security officer will be escorting her to her car every night.
Charles had brought his delinquent son Danny with him, who had been sitting in a chair quietly reading a comic book and listening to music. When April asks Danny how school is going, Charles butts in that he has to drive him there every morning to ensure he attends.
Later, Police Chief Sterns phones Charles to tell him of Danny's shoplifting. Charles later goes to April's and tells her that he wants her off the story of the Foot Clan, implying that perhaps Sterns had offered to look the other way on Danny's crimes in exchange for getting April off his back. April refuses to comply.
Charles calls April after her exposé continues, to tell her she's fired. At that point, however, the Foot was attacking her apartment, and was on fire. The only one to hear the answering machine was Casey Jones before they all left the scene, and he had to relay the message to April later.
After the Foot Clan was defeated, Charles shows up at the aftermath and finds Danny there. His son has been through a lot with April, the Foot Clan, and the Ninja Turtles at this time, and has developed into a much more mature young man, telling his father to start calling him "Dan". Charles also sees April there and tells her that despite firing her earlier, he needs her to cover the story. She replies with an ultimatum that she only will for lots more money and a corner office. A desperate Charles agrees and goes home with Dan after he returns the cash he stole from April.