Privateer Galley

It's April in April!...yeah I know, bad joke. However, April O'Neil is one of the most popular toon babes lusted after in the American Cartoon Genre.

We have Playmates Toys, Inc and voice actress Renae Jacobs to thank for one of the most attractive cartoon babes. Starting out as the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles published by Mirage Studios in 1984 the series was intended as a parody of mutant teams and various other comic properties. The franchise then approached Playmates Toys, a small company at the time with a request to produce a TMNT action figure line. From the info that has been found on the net, it seems that Playmates was wary and requested a TV deal. By some circumstances that led Renae Jacobs to portray April O'Neil the character was re-envisioned as a yellow jumpsuit wearing career focused busty-cleavage reporter.

This babe would go on to rule over Rule34 sites across the net in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sections. Yes, from time to time we'd see the 2003 and 2012 versions of April, but by popularity the most busty of the bunch - 1987 TV series April - is commonly depicted in much erotic art.


Avid fans that watched the original series will probably note - April's breasts really didn't seem as big as I've portrayed them in my art. The problem is that I'm taking 2-D screenshots from old TMNT episodes and using them as reference pictures takes a lot of imagination. Based on all the screenshots, I've pretty much roughly approximated April's proportions to what I believe them to be based on the inconsistent nature of the old 1987 TV series. In my defense, many other artists make her breasts even bigger or way smaller than they appeared in the series. I feel part of the issue behind her breast size inconsistency was the fact that the show was aimed at kids, and that at some point during the show's run, parents complained about April's sexualized appearance. For those who never noticed...near the end of the series, April had been downplayed to a minor role, and her trade mark skin tight yellow jumpsuit was changed to a teal shirt with a leather jacket that hid the form of her upper torso. For some reason they let her keep the yellow pants.

Many people will also note that I did my best to reconstruct April's Apartment from the series. I even lifted the exact colors used from series screenshots. However, I took some liberties. Because there were very few comprehensive shots, the most we know is that April has a TV, a couch, a painting on the wall, a kitchen and a room with a computer and desk in it. We can imply that she has 'at least' a shower since she's been seen in her apartment in a bathrobe after claiming she had a bath, and she had a bedroom. The liberties I took were to 'update' the room a bit, I added a side table in the living room, gave her a flat screen TV..which at the moment isn't shown in any of the pics in the gallery, and gave her a small sound system.

At any rate - I hope you enjoy this gallery, I've wanted to do this one for the longest time.

Check out her gallery here:  April O'Neil Gallery