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Splinter

Real Name
Splinter
First Appearance
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May, 1984)
Creators
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
Team Affiliations
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Aliases
Sensei [as referred to as by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]
Base of Operations
New York City
Powers
Mutant Rat Physiology
Skills and Abilities
High level ninja
Paraphernalia
Cane

Splinter is the adoptive father and mentor to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Origin[]

Splinter was a pet rat who was owned by a martial arts master who was assassinated.  The rat was exposed to a mutagen that transformed him into a half-human/half-rat and met similarly mutated turtles that he raised as his own children.  He taught them martial arts and they became the superhero team The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Biography[]

Splinter was born a rat in Japan, his parentage unrevealed and likely considered unimportant as they were likely average rats. Unusually intelligent for his species, he became the pet of the ninja Hamato Yoshi.