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Splinter (Tmnt Character)Splinter (a.k.a. Master Splinter) is the master and father figure of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His real name being Yoshi Hamato, he used to be a Japanese human martial arts expert. He was framed by his rival, Oroku Saki (who would eventually turn into his future arch-enemy, Shredder), for trying to murder their common dojo master. Being unable to prove his innocence, he ran away to New York, where he lived as a hermit in its sewers. One day, Hamato came across four baby turtles which were accidentally dropped by a boy through a grate of the sewers. He kept them as pets and treated them like his children. But later, he found the turtles venturing near broken barrels that were oozing glowing green chemical liquid. As he tried to recover them from danger and attempted to clean them with his bare hands, they were all affected by the chemical which was a special mutagen. This mutagen transformed any living being into a mutant whose body became mixed with the DNA of any other living being it was last in contact with. The turtles, being touched by Yoshi Hamato, turned into young anthropomorphic humanoid turtles. Hamato himself, having lived in rat-infested sewers for so long, turned into an anthropomorphic humanoid rat. Since then, Hamato brought the turtles up, and gave them the names of his favorite Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphaello and Michaelangelo, who were to be recognized from each other by their personality and headband color. He also taught them the art of ninjutsu in order to protect themselves and help to confront Shredder and his hordes from the Foot Clan. Hamato was given by his adoptive sons the nickname of "Splinter", due to the way he easily splinters his enemies. Splinter's main weapons are a walking stick (that he permanently handles) and at some point a katana. In the 1987 animated series, he is portrayed as a light brown-grey rat in a pink kimono and wearing white bands on his feet. In the 2003 new animated series, he is portrayed as a dark gray rat in monks robes. In this "darker" version, Shredder came and murdered Hamato's master and his wife. He tried to get him, but got his ear cut off. Special note: even though the turtles love pizza and often eat some, Splinter hates pizza and can barely stand its view.
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