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It’s official: TMNT returns with new episodes on January 25th @ 7pmET! And with a few new cast members you might recognize…[link]

After squeeing over this new picture [link], I took the time to read the article that goes with it. Not only does it confirm the details we've dug up about the first three new episodes, but it reveals that there will be THREE FEMALE CHARACTERS JOINING THE CAST!

There's Karai, of course, (voiced by Kelly Hu), but besides her there are two others: Mrs. Campbell (voiced by Cassandra Peterson), and Kraang Prime (voiced by Roseanne Barr). Here's the descriptions for each of them:

Hu guests as Karai, a rebellious teenager and expert martial artist who stirs up trouble. "As lethal as she is beautiful, Karai brings a whole new level of chaos and complication for the Turtles," says the Nickelodeon description. She first appears in the episode "New Girl in Town," airing Feb. 2.

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Peterson voices Mrs. Campbell, a research scientist from the World Wide Genome Project. Her character, who debuts in the Feb. 9 episode "The Alien Agenda," takes a particular interest in April O'Neil.

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Barr has signed on to voice the character of Kraang Prime, who will show up later this year in the season finale ... Nickelodeon hasn't released any information about Barr's character, but the Kraang is an alien species created for the new series based in part on Krang, a villain that has appeared in previous Ninja Turtles TV shows.

This is a big deal, people. For the first half of the series, the only female character of any importance was April. Now, with Karai, Mrs. Campbell, and Kraang Prime joining the cast, there will be 4 females total. There's about 20 male characters with major roles and speaking parts (not counting the Kraang, because who knows how many of them there are?). With April as the lone female, that's a 1:20 female-male ratio, but with these new three females it's a 4:20 (1:5) ratio.

I think.

Anyway, this gives me hope that the cast will become more gender-balanced as the show progresses. Now if only they can give these ladies some depth and character development to be more than just stock female characters and/or plot devices. Especially April. She deserves it.
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:iconmissuny:
That's Karai?! She looks weird, but I'll give anything a try.:) I like that there getting more female characters, which I think will be good for young girl viewers. I hope they'll good personalities.
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:iconbitsy83:
It's nice to see SOME people treating the new Karai with an open mind. People were calling her a character from "Planet of the Apes." I won't lie, that is the first thing that popped into my head when I first saw her. But after reading your analysis of her, you made some very interesting points and, I agree, she does look like a smug, wild teen. I just hope she's not a SPOILED punk teen (I hate those!).

People are really bashing her on Facebook, which is understandable because they're mostly 80s/2k3 fans who have nothing better to do than criticize reboots of cartoons they grew up with and feel their generation is far superior. I wasn't crazy about April's look when I first saw her pic, but once the show aired, I saw what they were doing with the design and she's got a cute little figure on her. No wonder Donnie likes her so much! ;)

I agree. I like that a few more characters with the x-chromosone are popping up in the show. I wonder what Kraang Prime will be like, especially voiced by Roseanne. Even those she's strictly a comedian, she did have some dramatic parts in her sitcom during the later seasons, so I'm sure she could pull off an alien villain.

This makes me wonder if we'll see other females from the TMNT universe *coughMonaLisacough*
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:iconsoulkiller495:
~SoulKiller495 Jan 19, 2013  Student General Artist
Finally! It's been ages since the last episode came out! XD Eeehh!! Cant wait!
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:iconwildchild9067:
YESH. FINALLY. I'm happy now. XD
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~IheartStephano Jan 18, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
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