April O'Neil is a "Lifestyle reporter" for Channel 6 news, always prepared for the late breaking news feature with her camcorder and digicam strapped inside her bag. Her eagerness, however, gets her into trouble and makes her a big pain in the shell for the Ninja Turtles, who always end up saving this damsel in distress.
The Turtles were actually her pets as a kid, and she fed them pizza when they were little. Her father Dr. O'Neil worked together with Eric Sacks on a secret project trying to create actual super-heroes to help the common people against evil-doers. However, O'Neil realized that his partner's purpose was far from as noble as his own, finding out that Eric Sacks worked for the Shredder and would use their hard work for evil purposes. Seeing no other oportunity, Dr. O'Neil set his lab on fire while he and his daughter were in it, disabling Sacks from getting control of any more of their work. He also injected the turtles with a super-serum before his lab was entirely destroyed, and then he was shot and killed by his traitor partner Eric Sacks. After rescuing the turtles and rat, she placed them in the sewer.
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