Splinter

Master Splinter is the overarching protagonist of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is a wise, intelligent mutant rat who trained the four turtles in the art of ninjitsu in the comics and related media. A skilled martial arts teacher, he cares for his adopted sons with fierce devotion. In the original comics, as well as the live-action movies and the 2003 animated series, his background story is that he was once an ordinary pet rat who learned ninjitsu by mimicking the movements of his master, Hamato Yoshi. However, some other media, such as the 1987 and 2012 cartoons and Archie Comics' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comic books, used a different origin story in which Splinter was Hamato Yoshi mutated into a humanoid rat.
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==External links==
* Turtlepedia: Hamato Yoshi (2012 TV series)
* Turtlepedia: Splinter (Paramount)
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Category:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters
Category:Animals
Category:Rodents
Category:Characters voiced by Eric Bauza
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Category:Ninjas
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