Here's your April O'Neil, bro

[Ekco]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In the original comics (that came long before the TV show) she was mixed race, based off a girlfriend the cartoonist had:



Here's her first appearance ever:

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And here's a later (color) comic cover:

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But keep pearl-clutching about how it's not canon for her to be anything but white.

thanks for the history lesson, still doesn't change the fact that's not the April 99.9% of 30+ years olds know or quite literally care about.

i knew it was from a comic book but i sure as fuck didn't read any of them.