Loss and grief have been major themes of TMNT since the loss of Master Splinter, their clan patriarch. Meanwhile, the turtles try to find him but Shredder goes after them. Any time not spent doing nerdy stuff is with his dog Dinah or his cats Kory & Mera. Splinter becomes convinced that the voice is death, the voice answers that he is not death but he knows death, stepping out of the shadows he reveals himself to be the Rat King. All it took to get to the point of moving forward in a positive way was to actually open up and talk about what was wrong. "( other turtles look with question) " I know; I never thought I'd hear myself say that either.". " Utroms This is emphasized in "It Came From The Depths", as he battled Leatherhead because he threatened to harm the Turtles. Taking his advice may mean the difference between life or death.for one of them. 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Second youngest, the bookish, brilliant Donatello may have lacked some of his brothers' ninja aptitude, but he more than made up for it with his natural gift for invention, which allowed him to often supplement his ninja prowess with gadgets and weaponry that he shared with the other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Donatello | Begging for help, the voice tells him that the means for his survival is within is reach but not yet within his grasp. Angel |, Television Michelangelo | Despite not having that father/son relationship with the turtles, Splinter, in the episode "The Old Switcheroo", shows a glimpse of fatherly concern for Leonardo when he is injured by one of Donatello's contraptions. There may be troubles ahead, but the Turtles are unitedas the Splinter Clan, which is a positive step forward. He is determined to train and protect his new family at all costs. These often take a physical toll on Splinter, but it deepens his knowledge in the mystic arts. The Shredder will not rest.Until you are all dead! Starlee Hambrath A flash of the Rat King silently appears before Splinter. ", "Raphael! Almost four decades ago, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created a comic book about four sewer-dwelling mutant turtle brothers fighting crime and keeping the city of New York safe from the shadows. Yoshi had found four new friends. Splinter nearly defeats Shredder, only to be attacked by Miwa; Miwa, whose name is now Karai, has been taught, by Shredder, that Splinter is responsible for her mother's death. Unlike all of his past incarnations, Splinter is taller than each of the Turtles. After moving to New York City, Yoshi has just purchased four pet turtles when he stumbles upon an exchange in an alley between two Kraang droids. April O'Neil | When the turtles were thirteen years of age Splinter told his sons of his master Yoshi and of their true origin. Michelangelo | Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless . Splinter ventures to an old abandoned factory. But his ninjutsu isn't the only thing that's strong. Master Splinter is a character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles media franchise. Now that he was old and believed not long for the world he asked that the turtles track down and kill the Shredder. Fifteen years later, when the Turtles are old enough and trained in ninjutsu enough to go to the surface, the threat of Saki raises its' head again, and the ancient war between the Hamato and Foot Clans begins anew. The issue follows Jenny after she helps save a group of young mutants from being sold to the Foot Clan. Splinter: In the words of the ancient master, it ain't over till it's over. The 1990 live action concert tour entitled "Coming Out of Their Shells", saw Splinter described as the rat owned by Hamato Yoshi mutated to a humanoid form, rather than Yoshi himself mutated into a ratlike body, bringing him more in line with the original Mirage Comics incarnation as well as that of the then recently released feature film, which also followed the Mirage origin. K.A.M.O.N is the mother fucking eye of the storm. And like his namesake Leonardo da Vinci, the affable, brave Leonardo was a true 'Renaissance Turtle' skilled in all the arts of ninjitsu, both in terms of his stealth and combat skill and in his spiritual practice in the teachings of Master Splinter, with whom he shared a special connection. Get the best comic news, insights, opinions, analysis and more! He is "The Muscle" of the team. Before joining Screen Rant, Liam worked in the sports industry, with bylines at TSN, Sportsnet, Vice Sports, and more. Yoshi is framed by his rival, Oroku Saki, for trying to murder their common dojo master. Yoshi lost his temper and struck Saki to the ground. (Splinter): You're welcome. Hamato Yuuta (father; deceased)Oroku Saki (adoptive brother; deceased)Tang Shen (wife; deceased)Hamato Miwa (daughter) Leonardo (adoptive son)Donatello (adoptive son)Raphael (adoptive son)Michelangelo (adoptive son) I only hope that we are strong enough.". Years later Oroku Saki, the brother of the man he had killed came to the city to found a western branch of the Foot and in his new guise of the Shredder tracked down and killed both Yoshi and Shen in cold blood. Even though his mental fight with Rat King was rather strenuous, he still easily defeated Rat King with his sons' help, showing that he had to combine his thoughts with his physical power, which ultimately led him to nearly kill The Rat King. Thankfully these aliens called the Utroms were peaceful, not only that but they were the ones involved in the road accidents which caused the canister of toxic waste by their technology to mutant him and his sons. Save April's father first and then i will consider it. Death Battle Info Background Previous Name: Hamato Yoshi Species: Mutant rat Height: 3-4 feet tall Ninja Master Fuelled by Teaching Skills One of his students, Oroku Saki, constantly challenged him in an effort to usurp his leadership, finally causing him to be banished from the Clan. Leonardo and Casey Jones ultimately sacrificed themselves to ensure April and Michelangelo could escape and relay the message about the Foot Clan's attack to Master Splinter. Saki could not accept this and once insulted Yoshi in front of her. Despite his love for his sons, Splinter is fairly militant with them, especially when they are young and inexperienced. Michelangelo) | While his sons are the primary combatants, Splinter continues to train them and shelter them at home, as the mystery regarding the disappearance of his daughter begins to unravel and the flames of his own rivalry with Shredder continue to be fanned. ", in whichhe took away his sons' weapons so they could learn to fight outside of their typical environment. Donatello in particular is overcome with shock, while Raphael wants to take out his anger and sadness by killing as many Foot soldiers as possible. At certain times, he may use harsh methods in order for them to learn a lesson, as seen in "The Pulverizer Returns! In the back-story, Hamato Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan in feudal Japan. InTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin#4 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz, Ben Bishop, Esau, Isaac Escorza, Samuel Plata, Luis Antonio Delgado, Shawn Lee, and Bobby Curnow, Michelangelo finally finishes the tale of what happened in Japan. Unable to prove his innocence and expelled from the Foot Clan, Splinter moves to New York City, where he lives as a hermit in its sewers and befriends the rats. Friends/Allies Ice Cream Kitty | Raph admits he hasnt gone back to their house because seeing how Michelangelos doing eats him up inside. Over the period of a couple days to a week, the Rat King belittles Splinter. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Splinter is buried at the O'Neil farmhouse. Stamina and Endurance: Both are great for a mutant of his age (50) he seems to be very well to fight. When the Foot decide to bring on their A-game, just know that the Turtles have a furry surprise in store. send you an email once approved. And if you defeat me, YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING. ", (After he licks Raphael, and finishes his lesson) "You'll need to take a bath. Splinter | He kicks Oogway a few times before once again slashing him hard with his katana. Fugitoid | Also, in the 1987 series, Splinter can control his brain waves through his willpower. With the family moving into Mutant Town, they arent the outcasts they always have been. TMNT: Last Ronin Finally Reveals The Epic Death of Splinter, Along the way, readers have learned about the bloody death of Raphael, Chaotic Neutral: Comic & Adventure Module is Coming To Kickstarter, Splinter and Donatello with the Foot Clan, which led him to disappear into the mountains, Fantastic Four Confirms the Thing is Super-Vulnerable to One DC Hero, Marvel's New Wolverine/Nightcrawler Hybrid Redefines Logan's Claws, Juggernaut's Tragic Ending Proves His Powers Are Pure Nightmare Fuel, Hulk's Deadliest Form TITAN Finally Explained by Marvel. Wiz: Splinter is a very strong, capable, and proficient ninjutsu master, despite his age. As April becomes possessed by the cosmic entity from within the Sol Star fragment, he attempts to reach her but is contained by April's exceptionally strong telekinesis. K.A.M.O.N will abort. She returns to the Mutant Town shelterwhere she's been volunteering to find Donatello helping pick up after a recent scuffle. and WMQ Comics previously. Mirage Comics: The Ninja Turtles have been lost since the loss of Master Splinter, but the team is finally back together and ready to give the world shell in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#104. ", (To Shredder) "The only monster here is YOU, Saki! Splinter remains in Northampton and never returns to New York City. Hamato Yoshi Splinter manages to muster enough strength to climb out of the silo. Rocksteady It was an epic ending for the hero, as he nearly took down the Foot Clan despite being severely outnumbered. Thus, the turtles, being in a pet store with people touching them, turn into young humanoid turtles. -M-NUva, Do-Gooder *injures Leo's foot with his cane*, "Everything I knew is gone; my wife, my daughter, my clan, even my humanity. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are no more. Protect New York City from evilKill Shredder/Oroku Saki (failed)Inspire his sons to defeat Shredder once and for all (succeeded) In the end, the Foot Clan couldn't be trusted and it ultimately cost the Turtles greatly. His strength was shown that he was able to slap his hand against Dogpound and toss him into the air by a back hand and use his anger to take off the heavy pillars of his back for revenge for Leo and Leatherhead. Jordan Perry | While making tea, Splinter has a heart attack. He even trains April well enough to defend herself from enemies. The youngest of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Michelangelo's youthful exuberance was always the hallmark of his place among his brothers. First, Mikey reveals he linked with the Clan Hamato and Master Shinichiro, who tells him about a battle he just missed. Splinter noticed their loss at the hands of their enemies weighed heavily on April and his sons and so as Spring set in he took the turtles on intense training in the woods of Northampton to purge them of the inner demons they'd picked up. Jenny now has her brothers to help teach her what being a Turtle really means. He was voiced by Hoon Lee . Casey Jones | On one occasion April poured her heart out to Splinter about her feelings of isolation, asking his advice he coarsely answered "leave" before slamming the door behind him. and found on Twitter at @LiamRMcGuire. He is fueled by the action of teaching his students his ninjutsu, drawing power. Related:Chaotic Neutral: Comic & Adventure Module is Coming To Kickstarter. Eventually, he convinces Splinter to turn on his brethren out of desperation for food; Splinter grabs a Rat, breaks it's neck, and eats it. He lives with his adopted sons in their sewer lair and can be seen spending his time reliving his glory days by rewatching his movies as an action hero before he had been unexpectedly mutated into a rat. Raphaeldid the vigilante thing in Mutant Town to get out his feelings, but it wasnt enough to stop the Mutanimals gang from kidnapping and selling mutants. But we are running out of time. Cody Jones | ", (to April) "I do not have to explain myself to a child. Splinter names the four turtles Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo (after a book on Renaissance artists that he found in a storm drain) and trains them in the arts of ninjutsu so that they can avenge his dead master while raising them as his own sons, along educating them. GET AWAY FROM MY SONS! Aided by determined reporter April O'Neil (Megan Fox) and their wise master Splinter,. TMNT 1, 2, 3 & TMNT (2007): Not long after the death of the Shredder Splinter became concerned when watching a news broadcast about a scientist named Baxter Stockman who promised to rid the city of it's rat problem using his robotic Mousers. "Spike. Splinter crawls into his room and falls to the floor of the closet. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #104, by Sophie Campbell, Ronda Pattinson and Shawn Lee, on sale now from IDW Publishing. He decided to train the turtles in the art of Ninjutsu with the intention of one day charging them with the mission to avenge his master's death. You are ninjas. He finds the skeletal remains of the Rat King and Donatello and Michelangelo find him, alive and well. Read at your own risk. In fact, Yoshi is written out of the script entirely and Splinter simply learns ninjutsu from a discarded book after being mutated. One day, out of loneliness, he visited a pet store and purchased four baby turtles. "Splinter" is a spoof from this name. April O'Neil | Death Battles Category, How to Create Your Own What-If Death Battles, General Death Battle TN and Template Blog, Tsunade and Shizune vs Splinter and Leonardo, Survived a fall that was meant to kill him, Held his own against Batman who had previously overwhelmed the Turtles, Infiltrated the Bat cave without Batman noticing, Fought evenly with the Shredder on multiple occasions. In "Monkey Brains", Splinter has the ability to fight without thinking. Now, it's up to Michelangelo to take down Hiroto and avenge Splinter and his fallen family. His spirit still gives his sons advice. An ambush by the Foot had left Splinter with more wounds than any of them could count. The Ancient One | Without each others shells to lean on, the Turtles were lost. Splinter fights Shredder along with the turtles, and the fight, leading up to rocky crevices and chasms below, Splinter and Shredder fall into a gaping chasm. Now, it's up to Michelangelo to take down Hiroto and avenge Splinter and his fallen family. With Lauren McFall, Tyler Sedustine. Splinter | Karai | As Hamato Yoshi: Yoshi is tall, lean and muscular, with dark brown eyes and black hair. He is still alive but his leg is broken. Splinter is not completely cut off from the pleasures of modern culture. Bring me to the morgue. In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Splinter is once again Hamato Yoshi, a descendant of the Hamato clan; however, as a young child, he escapes the responsibility of his clan in order to pursue a career as a martial arts film star (taking inspiration from Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee) under the name "Lou Jitsu". Intelligent for his species, Splinter is able to learn ninjutsu art by mimicking his master's movements while he practices. With combination of his fighting skills and mutant abilities, Splinter was a formidable opponent and easily one of the greatest combatants on Earth. While Splinter was not seen much in the "Back to the Sewers" season, the focus of those episodes is the Turtles' efforts to find Splinter's data bits by traveling all over cyberspace. As Splinter: Splinter has black, brown and white fur, with a droopy white beard, whiskers, a pink tail and a pink nose. Archie Comics: Splinter refuses to retreat despite the Clan Hamato's warnings. Regaining consciousness in the ransacked lair, he warns Donatello to be very careful as that being was not April. In both the original comics and the live-action movies, Splinter is the pet rat of a ninja named Hamato Yoshi in Japan. Raphael | Hamato Yoshi (aka Master Splinter) is the overarching protagonist of the 2012 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series. (Leonardo | He awoke the next morning to the see that both he and the turtles had doubled in size, all of them were also growing intellect soon learning to walk upright. ", (to the Turtles; under thecontrol of the Rat King) "You waste your words. Categories. Donatello | Hamato was given the nickname "Splinter" by his students, due to his proficiency at breaking wooden boards. Dan is a lifelong DC comics fan with a passion for helping others find stories and characters they will love. Hamato Yoshi (also frequently referred to by his alias Splinter or Master Splinter) was a mutant rat, ninjutsu sensei, known for being both the adoptive father and sensei of all four of the Ninja Turtles, the long-lost birth father of Karai/Miwa, husband of Tang Shen as well as the adoptive brother and sworn enemy of The Shredder (born Oroku Saki The turtles became humanized, with their recent contact with Yoshi (with his attempt to clean them up), and Yoshi becomes a mutant rat with his recent contact with rats. Enhanced Speed: He is shown to have a lot of abilities that ordinary rats possess -namely running on all fours. It was an epic ending for the hero, as he nearly took down the Foot Clan despite being severely outnumbered. He is initially known for his unruly temper and lack of discipline. (Mikey): Thank you! The deaths of Leo, Raph, and Donny, as they were affectionately known, were revealed in TMNT: The Last Ronin #1, with subsequent issues showing the circumstances of their defeat at the hands of the Foot Clan during an invasion of their sewer home. The Rat King also states that they will meet again. Now they are amongst an entire world of people who look like them. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. :( Sal Commander | In the 1987 series, Master Splinter was Hamato Yoshi, before meeting the turtles, back when Yoshi lived in Japan, there was a Ninja Clan known as The Foot, which was led by Yoshi. Ultimately, Splinter (and Donatello) went down fighting to the very last breath. After the fallout from the battle with the Elite Foot, the turtles venture to Northampton to meet up with Casey, April, and Shadow. Nanobot (TMNT) | He accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying." The Master of Death (also known as Conqueror of Death, Vanquisher of Death and others) [1] was the one who had in their possession all three of the legendary . April O'Neil | ", "(To Leatherhead) "STOP! Despite The Shredder Taunting Splinter about his daughter, Splinter nearly defeated him, until Karai ultimately made her interference. BA1 1UA. Raphael | Splinter then leaves the lair to find his missing sons. 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He had shown in his feral state that he was able to smell a peanut outside of his cage from Baxter Stockman glass. But now, as Shredder takes his ultimate revenge, Turtles aficionados will finally be able to take the fight to him as Master Splinter. Miyamoto Usagi | He is furious when the Foot attempts to slay the Turtles with a robot Splinter and goes all the way to Japan after the four are kidnapped by the Tribunal. ", "Do you think Timothy is happy with his new state of being? It is revealed that Splinter escaped his responsibility as a Hamato due to his mother being forced to leave him because of it when he was young, causing him to dislike his clan and their duty. In addition, in Turtles Forever the old 1987 series turtles are surprised when the 2003 series turtles call Splinter "father". All of that changed when the Turtles sat together to talk about things and support each other as a family in TMNT #104.