Rat Wars

The **Rat Wars** were a series of wars and battles from *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. The wars deal with the turtles fighting against an army of rats who taking over New York City led by the Rat King. The wars take place in the episodes, "I, Monsters" and "Of Rats and Men."

## History

### Background

It all started with an evil scientist named Dr. Victor Falco who was a colleague of another scientist named Dr. Tyler Rockwell in New York City. One day, they were approached by an evil alien species called the Kraang who paid them to experiment with their Mutagen as a way to perfect it so the Kraang could terraform the Earth to be like their home world, Dimension X. Eventually, Dr. Rockwell was able to use the Mutagen to create a psychic neuro-chemical using monkey DNA which would give people psychic powers. However, Dr. Falco betrayed him and used Dr. Rockwell as a test subject for the neuro-chemical which mutated him into a psychic monkey. Eventually, Rockwell escaped but Falco tricked the Turtles and their human friend, April into finding Dr. Rockwell and bringing him back. Claiming that Rockwell was experimenting on a monkey and had disappeared but the Turtles soon realized the truth. When they confronted Falco, he extracted the neuro-chemical from Rockwell's brain and injected it into himself which gave the power to read the Turtles' minds but Donatello was able to defeat Falco by fighting without thinking. Afterwards, the Turtles freed Dr. Rockwell and got Dr. Falco's Mutagen but Dr. Falco escaped and managed to get a small dose of the Mutagen. Days later, he set up a new secret lab to try and recreate the psychic neuro-chemical using sewer rats as test subjects. He was able to do it but then an accident happened which injured Falco and caused the neuro-chemical to be splashed onto him. Because he used sewers rats as test subjects, the psychic neuro chemical mutated Falco and gave him the power to psychically control rats and see through their eyes. As a result, he bonded with the rats and began to see how the world was through their eyes. He believed that the city was infested by the people who he viewed as parasites who forced both him and the rats to hide in the shadows. So he donned some new dark clothes and covered his eyes with bandages so he could only see through the eyes of the rats then called himself the Rat King. He even formed a special bond with a white rat which he named Aristotle who served as his new eyes.

### First Rat War

He then takes over an abandoned utility junction as his base of operations and sends out the rats of New York to attack the city as his own personal army to take over the city. The rats attack and terrorize all the people including April who later calls the Turtles for help after the rats chase her up a telephone pole. However, despite the rats' attack on the city, Rat King knew they wouldn't stand a chance against the Turtles if they try to stop him so he decided to take control of their father and teacher, Master Splinter since he was mutated into a rat by the Kraang. The Turtles go up to the surface and save April while the rats cut down the telephone pole she was on. But the Turtles and April are able to get to safety then they return to the lair when they realize that Master Splinter could be being controlled like the rats. Back at the lair, the Rat King tries to persuade Splinter into joining him by reminding him of his tragic life but Splinter would try to resist Rat King's control. When the Turtles and April get back to the lair, Splinter tells them about Falco becoming the Rat King and tells the Turtles where to find him. While April stays behind to watch over Splinter as the Rat King continues to try and take control of his mind. When the Turtles head for Rat King's lair through the sewers they are attacked by a swarm of rats who chase after them which forces the Turtles to hang from sewer pipes and move across them to avoid the rats. However, Rat King succeeds in taking control of Splinter who attacks April and heads for Rat King's lair to help him. Meanwhile, the Turtles make it to Rat King's lair but it's blocked by a wall of rats but Leonardo is able to blast the rats away using explosive chemicals in the sewer. The Turtles then confront Rat King then April calls them about Splinter who also arrives at Rat King's lair. Rat King then sends Splinter to attack the Turtles who try to fight him but Splinter easily takes them down. But Leonardo is able to help Splinter by reminding him off who he is which allows Splinter to break free from Rat King's control and defeats him by punching against the wall and knocking him out. Afterwards, Rat King is then caried away by his rats which ends his attack on the city then the Turtles and Splinter return home back to the lair.

### Second Rat War

But a year later, the Rat King returns to take over the whole world with his army of rats which now include giant mutated rats that Rat King created using a mutagenic growth serum created from a canister of Mutagen. He sends his rat army to attack New York City again and even has his giant rats capture several people one which being April's friend, Irma. Rat King also tried to take control of Splinter again at the Turtles' lair to try and find out what makes him unique. When the Rat King caused Splinter to attack the Turtles, April, and Casey, Splinter tells them all about is return. Then when they see the Rat King's attack on the city from watching the news, they all do out to try and stop him but Splinter stays behind out of fear of Rat King's new power and how he might cause Splinter to do. The Turtles, April, and Casey try to lead the giant rats away from the city by having Michelangelo wear a giant piece of cheese on his head to act as bait. They even fight off the giant rats using the Shellraiser and Casey using both marbles, a flamethrower, and fireworks on his bike. But soon Casey gets captured by one of the giant rats who take him to the sewers. Rat King then recalls his rat army back to his lair claiming that he has enough people now. At his lair, Rat King tells the captured people which includes both Casey and Irma about his plan to take over the world by transforming them into an army of rat people which he got from Splinter's mind. Back at the Turtles' lair, Splinter tells the Turtles and April about Rat King's plan which he found out when Rat King tried to control him again. The Turtles and April try to convince Splinter to help out but he still refuses out of fear so the Turtles and April decide to go stop Rat King themselves with Michelangelo secretly bringing along Ice Cream Kitty who was ounce a normal that that April found on the street which got mutated into ice cream accidently by Michelangelo. Meanwhile at Rat King's lair, he plans to inject one one of the captured people with a special serum that will mutate them into a rat person then when that person bites another person they will be mutated into a rat person too. This would eventually spread throughout the world until everyone human on Earth is a rat person under the control of the Rat King. Rat King is about to test the serum on Irma but the Turtles and April arrive to stop him along with Master Splinter who was also decided to help as well. However, Rat King takes control of Splinter again but is freed when Michelangelo throws Ice Cream Kitty at Rat King. This forces Rat King to escape and sends his rats to attack the Turtles but Splinter chases after him through the sewers while the Turtles secretly fight off the giant rats and April saves the captured people who all escape back to the surface. Splinter is able to chase Rat King to the under city where Splinter tries to fight him off but Rat King keeps dodging his attacks thanks to Aristotle. But Splinter knocks off Aristotle, takes Rat King's eye bandages, and use them to cover his own eyes so Rat King can't see. Splinter then fights off Rat King until he eventually falls into the depths of the under while Splinter says goodbye to him.

### Aftermath

Rat King then died in the depths of the under city but during the Super Shredder Attacks, Splinter also fell into the depths of the under city and his his head so many times that he started having fever dreams about Rat King but was able to snap out of his when he saw Rat King's corpse.

## First Rat War Belligerents

### Turtles

* Leonardo
* Raphael
* Donatello
* Michelangelo
* April
* Master Splinter

### Rats

* Rat King
* Aristotle
* Rats of New York City

## Second Rat War Belligerents

### Turtles

* Leonardo
* Raphael
* Donatello
* Michelangelo
* April
* Master Splinter
* Ice Cream Kitty

### Rats

* Rat King
* Aristotle
* Rats of New York City
* Giant Rats
	+ Caligula
	+ Claudius
	+ Nero
	+ Commodus
	+ Other Giant Rats

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