Apritello

Apritello is the het ship between Donatello and April O'Neil from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom.

Canon
April is the most common ally for the turtles across all continuities. Her relationship with Donnie varies from series, depending on both of their personalities and interests. In the original 87 cartoon series, they're friends but no closer than April is with any of the other turtles. This remains for all the of the movies, and the original Mirage comics. In the 2003 series, Donnie is the closest to April as they are both scientists and this is what causes them to be friends. In the 2012 series, Donnie has a crush on April, as she is aged down to a teenager. It's never made clear if she feels the same way back.

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Season 4
THE TROUBLE WITH AUGGIE

Donnie is looking over some maps when he gets a call from April. She asks him to come over since she needs his opinion on something and he does so. She show him how her computer has been acting weird, having a series of symbols appear on it, and Donnie says that there's something about them that's familiar. He runs it through a translation which comes out with O'Neil. She asks what else it says, and Donnie reads it aloud although there are parts missing. The message is signed by April's Uncle Auggie, and Donnie says that it sounds like he's in trouble.

At the beginning of the series, Donatello falls in love with April and considers her the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, although as Rafa later mentions she is the first girl he has seen. After that, she and her father are kidnapped by the Kraang, to which Donatello and her brothers go to the rescue, but only manage to rescue April.
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During the season 1, April and Donatello form a strong friendship, although she seems to be totally unaware that he has romantic feelings for her.

In season 2, April and the turtles meet Casey Jones, whom Donatello soon hates because he considers him his rival for April's love. Throughout the season, Casey and Donatello constantly fight over April's love, much to her frustration.

In season 3, Donatello after suffering a bad experience with a big foot that was in love with him, he realizes how possessive and intense he has been with April and decides to give her up. But when he goes to tell her, she kisses him on the mouth, which implies that his crush is not as one-sided as he thought. Since then, April and Donatello have shared certain romantic moments but without actually having a serious relationship.

In the non-canon Ice Cream Kitty (Music Video), Donatello and April end up sharing a romantic kiss.

Moments
The Trouble With Auggie
 * April gives Donnie a hug.
 * April asks what happened to Donnie's leg, and Donnie says it was a "bug bite".
 * Donnie waves April goodbye when the turtles sneak out of her place.

Fanon
Apritello is one of the more popular TMNT pairings. While initially it started off rather small, it started to gain a following starting in the 2003 series. Many liking the two together due them both being scientists and Donnie being the closest among the turtles to April for this reason.

Despite the fact that Donatello's attraction for April was initially only played for comic effects, this ship was not long in sailed. But in season 2, the Ship began to lose a lot of popularity due to different factors, of which we can mention:The arrival of Casey Jones that many consider the official interest of April, the increasingly possessive and jealous attitude of Donatello to the point of stalker, and many fans considered that April was taking advantage of Donatello's feelings. Even so, the ship has managed to maintain a certain level of popularity.

On AO3, Apritello is the most written ship for April and the second most written for Donnie. It is also the third most written ship in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types tag, and the most written in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012) tags.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Donatello/April (Ninja Turtles) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Donatello/April (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Donatello/April (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) tag on FanFiction.Net

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Variations

 * Capritello refers to the ship between Casey Jones, April and Donnie