With their combined skills and knowledge, theyre going to help the people of Mutant Town protect themselves and make their lives better. April O'Neil sits down with her close and wise friend, Master Splinter, to ask for dating advice on a mysterious new man. ", in which he took away his sons' weapons so they could learn to fight outside of their typical environment. Remembering the fallen brothers as revealed in TMNT: The Last Ronin. Raphael | Jack Kurtzman | Max Winters He is both the adoptive father and sensei of all four of the Turtles. Cody Jones | However, the attacks are too much and both heroes are killed in the battle. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Karai | ", "Look closely at this face, ShredderFOR IT WILL BE THE LAST THING YOU WILL EVER SEE! ", Splinter: "How many times have I told you, (About the Pulverizer) "He has no business learning our art. While making tea, Splinter has a heart attack. Yoshi escaped down a sewer drain, now mutated into a humanoid rat. He took on the name of Splinter and gave the turtles names ofpainters and sculptorsfrom a book of Renaissance Art that he found in a storm drain. Save April's father first and then i will consider it. Splinter represents the emotional stronghold for the Ninja Turtle family. Later, Earth is invaded by the Kraang and, in the ensuing battle, much of Splinter's lair is destroyed before Splinter is able to defeat Kraang Sub-Prime. He was training for his entire life when he was very young. He even told them that weapons usual chose their owner not the other way around. 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. -M-NUva, Do-Gooder Just like Rafael's fiery death, the pair's explosive demise is incredibly tragic. Type of Hero Rocksteady In TMNT: The Last Ronin - The Lost Years #1 . Weaponry: Splinter is skilled with the usage of many weapons as well as showing he is able to adept to all weapons that he can find that is around even a magazine. He finds the skeletal remains of the Rat King and Donatello and Michelangelo find him, alive and well. ", "My place(Breaks free of Falco's control)is with my sons! Splinter can be very strict when it comes to training and letting his sons venture up to the surface; as seen in many episodes. Splinter can be very strict when it comes to training and letting his sons venture up tothe surface, as seen in many episodes. Dedicated to justice for the citizens of New York and vengeance against Shredder and the Foot Clan, Leonardo embodied the best of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Splinter remains in Northampton and never returns to New York City. "What you know is dangerous to your enemy; what you, Splinter (After April asks about a weapon): "April, you posses the kunoichi's most powerful weapon: the mind." Everyone reunites at the house and finally talks about everything instead of avoiding it. When Yoshi killed a member his clan in a feud over the love of the lady Tang Shen, Yoshi took Shen and his pet rat to begin a new life in America, opening a small martial arts school in New York. Splinter's death has finally been revealed in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin and the hero goes out in epic fashion. He was portrayed by James Saito (who also portrayed the Mob Boss in Home . Origin Master Splinter always has a wise quote or speech for the turtles and often steps in with his ninja skills when the turtles are caught in a, seemingly inescapable, predicament. Master Splinter appears in 579 issues. 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However, in the movie, the 2003 series Leonardo comments that it feels right to be with the 1987 Splinter regardless of the differences between the two worlds. As Hamato Yoshi: Yoshi is tall, lean and muscular, with dark brown eyes and black hair. 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. An ambush by the Foot had left Splinter with more wounds than any of them could count. Raphael | I have tried to prepare them for the worst that the worldhas tooffer - hoping it would never come. One day, Yoshi discovers the turtles are covered in "goo", which he later realizes was actually some kind of mutagen that caused whoever touched it to take the form of the animal it most recently came in contact with. 2003 TV series Splinter | Mona Lisa | He is.a doofus. Any villain wishing to harm his sons will have to go through him first. After sacrificing himself to defeat Kitsune and save his family, Splinter exchanged his life for the Shredder's, restoring balance and almost tearing apart the very thing he sought to save in the process. ", "Miwa would have been about your age now. ", "Yes wellMichelangelo has his challenges as well. Chew on your leaf if you're in the mood for a story. 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. Jordan Perry | With combination of his fighting skills and mutant abilities, Splinter was a formidable opponent and easily one of the greatest combatants on Earth. When his sons are executed before his eyes, Yoshi swears that he will destroy Oroku Saki before he, himself, falls under the blade. ", "I don't want to say I was right, but I was right. Utroms Comics ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Shredder agrees but at the end of the battle, Shredder stabs Splinter in the back (literally). Ice Cream Kitty | She returns to the Mutant Town shelterwhere she's been volunteering to find Donatello helping pick up after a recent scuffle. He also has a more rat-like design along with distinctive body marks on his fur. (Trips Mikey with his tail), "I hope you learn that truth, isn't the only thing that, "That was the choice I madeWhat choice will you make?" Casey Jones | Spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #2 below. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. Hamato Yoshi | Oroku Saki, also known The Shredder, is the main antagonist of the original 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and its 1991 sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.He was once a rival of Homato Yoshi and a skilled ninja who then became the arch-enemy of Master Splinter and the title characters.. Like many real-life ninja masters, he has a strong sense of honor and follows very strict rules which all four of his students adopt. - Splinter is a master at detecting the weak-points in an enemy. 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. Death Battle Info Background Previous Name: Hamato Yoshi Species: Mutant rat Height: 3-4 feet tall Ninja Master Fuelled by Teaching Skills His relationship with Oroku Saki is mostly intact, with the Hamato and Foot Clans later revealed to have had a long-term conflict with each other. 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. The second is when Shredder kidnaps April and lures Splinter to his stronghold for a final confrontation. Yoshi accepted, and the two tore through Yoshi's home, catching it on fire. He is the quintessential calm, all-knowing, and wise master of all martial arts. While brown fur is the most common depiction, he is sometimes depicted as having gray fur. He is determined to train and protect his new family at all costs. IDW Comics: When the turtles go through the time and fail to claim all the Black-Hole Generator pieces to help in the battle against the Triceratons and warn Splinter in time to stop Shredder from killing him. His punishments include making them do back-flips repeatedly in the second live-action movie, or being sent to the Hashi, a form of punishment in the 2014 film by using chopsticks for balance. These often take a physical toll on Splinter, but it deepens his knowledge in the mystic arts. You four are all I have left. Leonardo - After killing Complete Carnage out of revenge for Radical, he went into a tree and stayed there to die in total inner peace. Before anyone can say their goodbyes to him, Master Splinter disappears. Over the period of a couple days to a week, the Rat King belittles Splinter. For the boys, it means coming to grips with death. Along the way, readers have learned about the bloody death of Raphael, Leonardo, and Casey Jones dying in an explosion, and now Donatello and Splinter's last moments are showcased in the series long-awaited fourth issue. Zog | The Rat King also states that they will meet again. He is once again killed by Shredder during a battle when Super Shredder impales him with his mutated claws and throws him off a rooftop. Justice Force | Raphael is sitting out back, alone, before the two other Turtles come out to comfort him. ", (to the Turtles; under thecontrol of the Rat King) "You waste your words. Raphael | 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. Matt Murdock (Daredevil), after being blinded by spilled radioactive waste, is trained in martial arts by a master call 'The Stick'. Do you have any idea what you've done!? 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. Rise of the TMNT: The Movie: His spirit still gives his sons advice. Yoshi fled to the United States in poverty. Enhanced Speed: He is shown to have a lot of abilities that ordinary rats possess -namely running on all fours. ", "Now - let's see if a cat always lands on it's feet." 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. Rise of the TMNT: All of that changed when the Turtles sat together to talk about things and support each other as a family in TMNT #104. idea factory201071psp2011128fan disc 201221819japan festival 2 . Yoshi had found four new friends. Leatherhead | Miyamoto Usagi | Enemies Splinter ventures from his lair on only two occasions. In the 2018 series, Splinter is displayed as somewhat irresponsible, spending most of his time eating and watching TV, although he occasionally shows the traits mentioned above. Unlike all of his past incarnations, Splinter is considerably taller thanall of the Turtles. He has trained the Turtles in the art of Ninjutsu, but they are not ninja masters yet. Archie Comics: Taking his advice may mean the difference between life or death.for one of them. Jenny traveledbetween the Turtles' home and the town, lost between two worlds without stable footing in either. Yoshi made his way to America and attempted to make a new life in New York City. Jenny now has her brothers to help teach her what being a Turtle really means. Leonardo | -Uses a pressure point to make Raphael drop his weapon - Knocks out Michaelangelo with a pressure point - Damages Bebop and Rocksteady with pressure points . Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Training the Turtles to be stronger The turtles also mutated, gaining humanoid bodies and intelligence from Splinter's DNA. (to Donatello, about the Pulverizer) "Donatello! 1987 TV series: On one occasion Donatello was able to use the remnants of the Ooze that transformed them to restore Yoshi's human self, but the process was only temporary and soon wore off; however, Splinter, having seen how humans could treat each other at times, concluded that he preferred his new state, particularly due to the relationship he had with his students. Casey Jones | He emphasizes meditation, deep thought, honor, and the virtues of Bushido to his sons. Michelangelo | ", "(To Shredder): You never had anything but hatred. Saki could not accept this and once insulted Yoshi in front of her. -Was able to take out the Shredder with two muscle pressure points (as shown above). ", (After Shredder tells him that he took Tang Shen from him) "SHE WAS NEVER YOURS! Fugitoid | With due respect to Gamera, Tuck, and Bowser, here's a look back at arguably the most iconic turtles in genre history. "( other turtles look with question) " I know; I never thought I'd hear myself say that either.". " 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 rat followed the canister and the turtles down into an open manhole and observed how the turtles were crawling through the substance oozing out of the now broken canister. Donatello - It is implied that at the end of "Old Times", he would die of old age. He has mastered many skills and has great abilities such as strength, acrobatics, speed, stamina, and endurance greater than any athlete. 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. His days are spent at the farmhouse often enjoying the quiet moments in life and meditating. April O'Neil | !Watch More TMNT Character Rankinghttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzl2S285j6ADb3FKlkaTq4DRldSIeDB5e Watch More Turtle Content Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZb1XFollow me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealgeektron Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeekTronArmy Twitter: https://twitter.com/TronGeek Microphone I Use https://amzn.to/3xI6PfADISCLAIMER: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, Ill receive a small commission.#TMNT #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles #Geektron Since then, Yoshi raised the Turtles by himself, and gave them the names of his favorite Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michaelangelo, who were to be distinguished by personality and headband color. As Splinter: Splinter has black, brown and white fur, with a droopy white beard, whiskers, a pink tail and a pink nose. Buffy Shellhammer | In Splatterhouse (2010), this monster seems to be . ", "Ugh, need ice, for my head, and possibly, a popsicle. Utroms | However, his primary abilities lie in psychic activity. But we are running out of time. Splinter was the pet rat of Hamato Yoshi, one of best warriors in Japan's Foot Clan. 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. In addition, in Turtles Forever the old 1987 series turtles are surprised when the 2003 series turtles call Splinter "father". 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. ", Splinter:"You see? 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. ", (After Leo asks if Splinter's not mad.) 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. Splinter is portrayed as wise, intelligent, and a skilled "elderly martial arts master". Related:Chaotic Neutral: Comic & Adventure Module is Coming To Kickstarter. Leatherhead | :( Splinter becomes convinced that the voice is death, . Splinter breathes heavily as he jumps in the air. Saki, in turn, slices his ear off. Players around the world have fought the forces of the Foot Clan before! Splinter | Casey Jones | In the final episode, "Divide and Conquer", Splinter explains to the turtles after they defeated Dregg that they are no longer his students but his equals and they have finally become ninja masters.[4]. This is emphasized in "It Came From The Depths", as he battled Leatherhead because he threatened to harm the Turtles. Thanks! He is a strict father to the turtles but loves them dearly. Donatello | At certain times, he may use harsh methods in order for them to learn a lesson, as seen in "The Pulverizer Returns! In the end, the Foot Clan couldn't be trusted and it ultimately cost the Turtles greatly. 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. TMNT: Shredders' Revenge is set to be released later this year on PlayStation 4. dotemu teenage mutant ninja turtles: shredders revenge . ", (After Donnie would ask what Splinter would do in a move) "I don't know. The first is when he falls under the control of the Rat King, who attempts to persuade him to forsake his humanity and embrace the life of a rat. Stealth: His stealth is a combination of his speed to get pass his enemies like Dogpound. Seeking to silence Yoshi before he can share what he has seen, a fight ensues and the canister the droids have been carrying smashes open, splashing both Yoshi and his turtles with a mutagen. But it's the weight he also carried on his shoulders that most defined the beloved 'Raph.'. The newest Turtle, Jenny, hoped theyd grow stronger together -- but until now, that seemed hopeless. The combatants are set. Mikey does not think." 10:46AM He has trained the Turtles in the art of Ninjutsu, but they are not ninja masters yet. Not knowing exactly why he gathered them up getting ooze on himself. Of course, you had no choice but to, "No training for todayunless Michelangelo throws that balloon. Serling | Utroms | He later shows himself to April and says "Daughter" before hugging her and returning to the woods. Splinter is many things to the Turtles - A wise sensei, defensive parent, loving father, an athourity figure, quirky master and Zen philosopher. April O'Neil | Splinter ventures to an old abandoned factory. The mutagen combines the DNA of living beings who have been in contact. Splinter's sons, along with their new friend April O'Neil, soon become involved in the conflict with both of Splinter's old enemies, the Shredder and the Kraang. But, the Foot Clan keep sending in more and more reinforcement.