The intervention saved April before Baxter's nanobots could reach her brain stem and kill her. With the help of the Utroms, the Turtles injected April with turtle versions of nanobots to stop Baxter's plan. In Volume 2 of the TMNT comics, April was attacked by a huge robot controlled by the brain of her former boss, Baxter Stockman, and injected with nanobots. During the mid-1990s, April became romantically involved with the violent vigilante Casey Jones, and the two of them eventually raised Shadow, the child of Casey's late wife Gabrielle, as their own. April and the Turtles retreated to a farm house in Northampton, Massachusetts to recover and during this time she suffered recurrent nightmares about the Foot Clan's attack. The shop was subsequently destroyed in a battle between the Turtles and Shredder and the Foot Clan. The Turtles later successfully fended off a MOUSER invasion.Īfter leaving her job with Baxter, April decided to open an antique shop. Robots chased her into the sewer where she was promptly saved by three of the Turtles. She helped program his MOUSER robots but, after discovering Baxter was using them to burrow into bank vaults, she fled his workshop. In the original Mirage Comics storyline for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, April O'Neil was a skilled computer programmer and assistant to a famous yet nefarious scientist, Baxter Stockman.
Her main love interest in the series was Casey Jones.Īpril made her first appearance in the Mirage comic series in 1984 as a computer programmer. She is the first human ally of the Ninja Turtles.
Human/Utrom hybrid Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)Īpril O'Neil is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 (October 1984) Are you glad Judith Hoag will make some sort of appearance in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2? Check out the photos, along with a tweet from the actress which teased her appearance over the weekend, and let us know what you think below.Artwork for the cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vol. Her recent feature credits include Bad Words and Hitchcock. Judith Hoag most recently starred as Tandy Hampton on ABC's Nashville. Dave Green is directing from a script by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec, with a Jrelease date already set. The cast also includes Stephen Amell as Casey Jones, supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio as herself, the new love interest of Vern Fenwick, Tyler Perry as Baxter Stockman, Brian Tee as Shredder, William Fichtner as Eric Sacks and Laura Linney in an unspecified role. It's unknown at this time who Judith Hoag is playing, or if she has a substantial role, or just a cameo. Today, Judith Hoag, who played April O'Neil in the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, was spotted on the set alongside Megan Fox and Will Arnett. For those who are just dying to know who it is, all will be revealed below.Īs you likely know, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were first spawned as comic book characters before getting their hit animated TV series in the 1980s and the 1990 live-action adaptation Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. If you want to be surprised when you see this sequel in theaters next summer, then stop reading right now. We know Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 is bringing back April O'Neil ( Megan Fox) and Vern Fenwick ( Will Arnett), along with the turtles themselves, but today we have new photos that confirm a surprise cameo.