Splinter Tmnt

Splinter is the "father" figure to the teenage mutant ninja turtles. There are different variations of Splinter. In some series, he is known as Hamato Yoshi, one of the legendary martial artist known throughout Japan before being mutated into a rat. In the movies, he is known as the pet which was mutated into a human like form while still maintaining the form of his rat self. Either way, he raises the four turtles and gives them all names after four very real and famous artists. In every film, series, and comic, you will find at least a mention of Yoshi, though the story of Splinter maybe different, the knowledge of wisdom and pure heart, that this character represents remains the same. For in the early form of the comics, Yoshi is dead and the turtles seek revenge against the one known as the Shredder.