Who Is Splinter In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

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In every iteration of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the titular heroes are raised and taught by Splinter, a fellow mutant and master of martial arts. He's trained the Turtles to carry on his battle against the Foot Clan, led by his nemesis Shredder, but the details of the backstory differ from series to series.

Splinter's story goes back to a feud between warring families in feudal Japan, and always finds its way to the sewers under New York City, where a chance encounter with the Mutagen changes everything. Which is your favorite version of the story?

Who Are Hamato Yoshi And Oroku Saki?

Shredder's cape flows behind him as he stands in front of a blazing orange background.

Splinter's story always starts with Hamato Yoshi, a ninja keepi🤪ng the ancient traditions alive in modern Japan. In the original comics and TV series, Yoshi was a member of the Foot Clan, while in later series such as the IDW Comics timeline, he was the patriarch of Clan Hamato, the rivals of the Foot.

Hamato Yoshi came into conflict with a rival ninja, Oroku Saki. In some timelines, Saki was jealous of Yoshi's superior skills as a ninja and sought to dishonor him. In others, Yoshi and Saki (or, in the original comics, Saki's brother Nagi) competed for the affection of a woman named Tang Shen.

In every tale, Oroku Saki arranged for Hamato Yoshi to be exiled from his clan. Yoshi fled Japan, ending up in New York City. Unwilling to leave his rival alive, Oroku Saki followed Yoshi there with a large force of Foot Ninja. There, Saki - taking the name Shredder af🎉ter his bladed wrist gauntlets - started an organized crime ring and set about huntingꦉ down Hamato Yoshi.

Who Is Splinter?

Master Splinter looks upward as he stands in front of Raphael near a brick building.

Forced to live in the sewers, Hamato Yoshi continued to practice the ninja arts in solitude. When a child on the street level accidentally dropped his four pet turtles down a grate, Yoshi took them in and ▨raised them as pets to stave off loneliness.

This is the main point where the storylines diverge. In most versions of TMNT, Hamato Yoshi was found and killed by Shredder. His pet rat Splinter, whom he had kept since his time in Japan, was then exposed to the Mutagen alongside the turtles when it was dumped into the sewer, becoming humanoid. Splinter, having watched Yoshi practice martial arts, learned to copy the ninja's movements and thus taught himself ninjutsu, passing the knowledge on to his adopted son🉐s Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

In other series, most notably the 1987 TV show, Hamato Yoshi and Splinter are one and the same. Yoshi's exposure to the Mutagen caused him to take on rat-like features, and he carried on his feud with Shredder through the Turtles.

All Major Versions Of Splinter

Master Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Since there are several timelines with different stories, this handy chart breaks down Splinter's story in every major TMNT comic, TV series, and movie.

Timeline	Yoshi's Exile	Splinter's Identity	Status
Mirage Comics (1984)	Oroku Nagi attemtps to kill Tang Shen when she rejects him. Hamato Yoshi intervenes and kills Nagi. Nagi's brother Saki (Shredder) swears vengeance, and Yoshi flees with Tang Shen to America.	Yoshi's pet rat.	Retired.
Animated Series (1987)	Oroku Saki frames Hamato Yoshi for the attempted murder of their sensei.	Hamato Yoshi.	Active.
Live-Action Films (1990s)	Oroku Saki kills Hamato Yoshi in his home. Yoshi's pet rat attacks Saki, then escapes.	Yoshi's pet rat.	Active.
Animated Series (2003)	Hamato Yoshi is a Guardian in service of the Utrom aliens, enemies of Shredder. Yoshi's childhood friend Mashimi Yukio kills Tang Shen out of jealousy. Yoshi takes Tang Shen's pet rat with him to New York when he goes to fight Shredder.	Tang Shen's pet rat.	Active.
IDW Comics (2011)	Oroku Saki leads the Foot Clan in feudal Japan. Hamato Yoshi speaks out against Saki's brutality. Saki kills Yoshi, his wife Tang Shen, and their four sons. Yoshi and his sons are reincarnated in modern New York as animals in StockGen's bioengineering lab. Saki is resurrected by his descendant Karai centuries after his death.	Reincarnation of Hamato Yoshi.	Deceased.
Animated Series (2012)	Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi fight a duel to the death over Tang Shen. Tang Shen blocks Saki's attack, dying to protect Yoshi. Saki abducts Yoshi's infant daughter and raises her as his own.	Hamato Yoshi.	Deceased.
Live-Action Film (2014)	N/A	Lab rat.	Active.
Mutant Mayhem (2023)	N/A	Sewer rat.	Active.