April O'Neil vs. Tentacle Monster, "Splinter No More" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) animation cel

Happy April 1st, 2022! I'll be sharing some April O'Neil pieces from my collection all month!

This animation cel comes from the second season Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Fred Wolf Films) episode "Splinter No More." In this scene, April gets grabbed by the nameless Tentacle Monster, which Shredder mistakenly released from a portal after Splinter messed up his attempt to utter a dark magic spell.

This is a handpainted painted acetate cel layered over background print. In this case, the the supplied background is different than the episode context.

These cels were sold framed in mats and protective plastic sleeves at various toy and department stores throughout the early 1990s under the "Animation Art" label. This cel was scanned inside the plastic sleeve, so image clarity suffers a bit. Included here is a screencap of the cel in its final form from around the 18 minute, 42 second mark of the VUDU digital copy.