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[TMNT] Master Splinter a Former Rat or a Former Human?
- Thread starter Yukari
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A human who was transformed into a rat, who was then transformed into a big ass rat to lead some big ass turtles
It varies depending on the continuity. Original comics, movie, and 2003 went with rat. 87 and 2012 went with human.
I don't recall what he was in the 2014 movie. I think he was a rat?
Yeah, in some continuities he was Hamato Yoshi's pet.
I don't recall what he was in the 2014 movie. I think he was a rat?
Yeah, in some continuities he was Hamato Yoshi's pet.
Always preferred the 1990 film take, because he wants revenge for his dead master. More dramatically powerful.
Yeah human into rat makes way more sense. How the fuck is he teaching them how to speak and do martial arts if he wasn't human first? If he was a rat first he wouldn't know how to do those things well, let alone teach them.
What if I told you that the turtles themselves were reincarnated from Japanese brothers?
He is a Human from feudal japan who reincarnated into a rat which then evolved with Mutagen.
Oh the reincarnation thing.
I hate that so much that I erased it from my memory
Yeah. I am currently reading through them, and I am not the biggest fan of the setup.
I can handle reincarnation. I can handle slime that turns animals into intelligent humanoid beings. I can't handle reincarnation into an animal that is then exposed to slime that turns him into an intelligent humanoid being.
That is like Kal-El being sent to earth and being bitten by a radioactive spider that gives him super powers.
I am really torn on it. It is extra silly. But, it is kind of cool at the same time. The turtles are his reincarnated children also. And Shredder is essentially an immortal, so he is the same guy who killed them in their previous life. Kind of trippy shit.
My problem is more related to how it undermines the team building aspect of the turtles, my favorite aspect of all versions of the IP
If they are destined to be a team, why bother see them trying to work together or learn to listen to splinter
Prefer mutated rat. It feels more fitting to the - taking on a bunch of immature adolescent mutants turtles, and teaching them how to live as humanoids and with dignity - angle.
Rat because it makes more sense.
In Comics/2003/Movies, both rat and the turtles evolves and get smarter.
In the crappier shows, the turtles evolve and gain more intelligence but the human turned rat doesn't? Also "the last thing they touched" rule? LOL there are millions of microorganism living on humans. Splinter would be like a mutant amoeba or something
His owner was a martial arts master and Splinter would mimic his moves
In Comics/2003/Movies, both rat and the turtles evolves and get smarter.
In the crappier shows, the turtles evolve and gain more intelligence but the human turned rat doesn't? Also "the last thing they touched" rule? LOL there are millions of microorganism living on humans. Splinter would be like a mutant amoeba or something
His owner was a martial arts master and Splinter would mimic his moves
Rat and I won't accept alternate timelines and stories. He was always a rat transformed by the same slime that turned the Turtles into giants.
Nothing tops the comic that reveals April was actually a piece of artwork on a scroll that was magically brought to life. THAT was something.
In my head he was an escaped japanese lab rat that had intelligence experiments conducted on it. Then he was found by hamato yoshi in the streets one day after he almost died escaping the facility. Then he studied yoshis moves until he became splinter:)
