splinter 2018

Home Japan, Asia, Earth (formerly)

Battle Nexus, Hidden City, Earth (formerly)

Lair, sewers, New York City, New York, USA, North America, Earth (current)

Alias Hamato Yoshi (real name), Lou Jitsu (stage name), Splinter (current alias), Rat Jitsu (stage name in Battle Nexus), Randall, Lou Rat Jitsu

Nickname(s) Dad, Daddy, Daddy-o, Father, Papa, Pop, Pops (all seven of these for their children),

Skills Ninjutsu, professional level opera singer

Weapon(s) of choice , tail, remote control/TV remote (just kidding), fish and ladders (previously)

Occupation Sensei

Affiliation Ninja Turtles

Species Human (formerly) Mutant-rat

Gender Male

Ethnicity Asian (Japanese)

Eye color Black (yellow sclera)

Students) Donatello _ eldest twin son after Raphael Leonardo _ younger twin son Raphael. _eldest son of all Michelangelo _youngest son April O'Neil

relations

Big mama _ ex girlfriend and almost wife don't get along

draxum _ co-parent relationship with his children they do not get along (he has a relationship with draxum for his children since draxum is the second father but they do not get along they only tolerate each other and splinter will not hesitate to yell at draxum or bite him)

RELATIVES Family members Hamato Atsuko (mother) Raphael (son of human mutation) Leonardo (son of human mutation) Donatello (son of human mutation) Michelangelo (son of human mutation) Big Mama's Assistant (Human Mutation Daughter) Nameless son (son of human mutation) April O'Neil (Hamato Clan mate) Piebald (adopted daughter) SHELLDON (grandson created by Donatello) Hamato Sho (maternal grandfather) Mystic Aura (ancestor through Sho) Hamato Karai (ancestor through Sho) Oroku Saki (ancestor through Karai)

Splinter, originally named Hamato Yoshi and also known as Lou Jitsu, was a martial arts film celebrity and is also the sensei and biological father (partially) of

human appearance As a human, Hamato Yoshi was a Japanese male with straight black hair styled in a pompadour, black eyes, tanned skin, and a slender figure. He typically wore a light blue, flared-leg spandex jumpsuit with a plunging neckline and rolled-up sleeves. Attached to his neckline was an orange and white cape with a yellow abstract print on the back. He also wore a rectangular gold medallion engraved on his waist, orange gloves, white platform shoes, and a pair of yellow, shield-shaped sunglasses in a mutant appearance. Splinter is a short, chubby rat mutant with grey fur as well as white fur on his ears, white hair with a section tied into a topknot, bushy eyebrows, and a goatee for good measure. He has golden-yellow eyes, a red and pink nose, black whiskers on his cheeks, pink arms and legs (with hands having five fingers instead of the usual four), and a small teardrop on his right ear. She wears a black hair bow to hold up her white chonmage top and wears a brown yukata with orange trim and red lotus flowers printed on the fabric.

Splinter, unlike his previous incarnations, is a more laid-back and somewhat lazy ninja master, often appearing prostrate in a chair. He is absent-minded and has trouble remembering his children's names, even referring to them by their mask colors. He also incites mischief and trouble with his children, including stealing the Turtle Tank in episode 8.

However, he is shown to act when necessary, such as during Episode 2 and Episode 16. Also as shown during Episode 23, Splinter cares deeply for his children and their safety.

Splinter has also been shown to slowly become more serious as the first season progresses. He cares deeply for the Turtles' safety and is sometimes shown to be strict as a result. Although his first on-screen training session was watching a tape of Lou Jitsu (which, given the later revelation, was actually a video of himself), Splinter is very serious about training the Turtles to hone their fighting skills. Splinter has a hedonistic quality that he has retained since his days as Lou Jitsu, prioritizing whatever brings him joy and enjoying the wilder things in life, such as car rides. He has a streak of immaturity, acting younger than his age, such as when he tries to avoid his children when they discover the location of the Turtles' Tank rather than confront his transgression, asking for a new motorcycle in "Down with the Sickness" after the Turtles contract the rat flu, and at least somewhat following current trends as seen in his knowledge of "kicks" in "The Shadow of Evil". However, he also has the wisdom of someone who has experienced a lot, such as when he advises April O'Neil and the Foot Recruit on how to deal with discouragement and how to continue on when they fail in "Always Be Brownies".

Splinter is courageous. He takes action when necessary as shown in "Mrs. Cuddles" when he defends the Mad Dogs from Mrs. Cuddles and in "Shadow of Evil" when he immediately goes on a solo undercover mission to stop the Foot Clan upon learning that Shredder exists. Splinter slowly becomes more serious as the first season progresses. Despite his previous indolence, he becomes dedicated to training the Turtles to hone their fighting skills as mentioned by Leo in "Man vs. Sewer" and "Snow Day" and other skills such as survival in "Clak and Swaggart" and "Todd Scouts". This seeming contradiction is later explained as Splinter's captivity at the Battle Nexus and his childhood dominated by martial arts training causes him to discourage his children from being fighters like him if it is unnecessary, which he believes it is until "Shadow of Evil". Splinter repeatedly states how important television is to him as if it rivals his love for his family ("Turtle Tots", "Mystic Mayhem", "The Longest Fight", "Mrs. Cuddles", "Many Unhappy Returns"), but his frequent television viewing is not due to pure laziness or selfishness as it initially seems, but rather as his primary way of distracting himself from his mutation. The misery caused by Splinter's mutation makes him inclined to sleep and engage in things that make him feel closer to his celebrity identity. He is finally able to gain the perspective he lacked for 13 years in order to begin reframe his life as a mutant in a less negative light in "Hidden City's Most Wanted".

Lou Jitsu was known for being bold, charismatic, and free-spirited, and while he still exhibits those traits, Splinter can also be insecure. He is hurt when Leo dismisses him as "just a rat," underestimates how much his children, particularly Donatello, enjoy spending time with him, and anticipates Hamato Karai's criticism of him.

he anticipates Hamato Karai's criticism of him when it is apparent how untraditional he and the Turtles are, apologizing to her several times as a result. Failing to live up to his family's expectations causes shame for Splinter, depicted in "The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek" when he debates whether or not he is worthy of her "Best Dad" coffee mug, lamenting in "Insane in the Mama Train" about being a disappointment by insufficiently training his children, and in "Rise" when he is overcome with anguish over his perceived failure to his clan and the world at large. While Splinter learns to accept his heritage, he is also affirmed in his skepticism towards Hamato's ways in "End Game".

The degree of severity with which Splinter treats the Turtles can vary. At times he can be surly, scolding the Turtles ("Breaking Purple") and quite indifferent at other times, such as when he constantly allows the Turtles to travel to the surface for their own amusement and lets the lair become dirty in "Smart Lair" before ordering them to clean up.

In Rise of the TMNT: The Movie, Splinter is shown to be casual and comical, eating popcorn while the Turtles interrogate Casey Jones II. Despite the progress he made in "Hidden City's Most Wanted", he is shown still struggling with his mutation as he is saddened by April's comment about his "big rat head".

Childhood and rise to fame Yoshi is a descendant of the Hamato ninja clan that defeated the Shredder 500 years ago and trained to fight the Foot and prevent the Shredder's return. When Yoshi was a young child, he heard the story of how the Shredder was defeated from his grandfather Hamato Sho, but on that same spring day, Yoshi's mother Hamato Atsuko left her father and son so she could fulfill her clan duty, devastating Yoshi.

For many years, Yoshi trained with Sho in ninjutsu so that he could defeat Shredder should he be resurrected, and he mastered it. However, Yoshi's grief over his mother's abandonment eventually turned into bitterness towards his own clan, leading him to disbelieve in Shredder's existence. One day as a teenager, Yoshi had an argument with his grandfather, leading him to decide to abandon his family duties so that he could pursue his dream of going to Hollywood and becoming a movie star. Using the skills he was taught, Yoshi quickly rose to national fame and fortune in Japan as the action star known as "Lou Jitsu" before leaving for the United States of America and rising to prominence there as well. [3] As an action star, Yoshi "danced through life" and had a "really, really good time". One day while filming in the United States, he was visited by his grandfather, who demanded that he end his career so he could return to Japan and follow his true destiny. Yoshi flatly refused once again and sent Sho away by slamming the door of his trailer in his face. Although his wish for Sho to leave him alone was eventually fulfilled afterwards, Yoshi came to regret his part in how their relationship ended.

While filming Crouching Shrimp Hidden Tiger Prawn, Yoshi met Big Mama, the host of his filming trailer, and the two began a romantic relationship. However, Yoshi was unaware that she was not human, despite some obvious signs shown during their time together. After proposing to Big Mama during a date night at Dinner on the Green, Yoshi was kidnapped by her and taken to the Hidden City. For 10 years, [4] [5] [6], he was forced to be a Battle Nexus competitor, where he triumphed over his opponents and earned the title of the greatest Battle Nexus champion of all time. The years he spent competing in Battle Nexus nearly succeeded in breaking Yoshi. [7] Eventually, he gave up fighting altogether and tried to adopt a pacifist lifestyle. In the aftermath, Big Mama imprisoned him in a Battle Nexus cell and went so far as to injure him. However, Yoshi's fame in the Battle Nexus attracted the attention of Baron Draxum, who wished to use his DNA to mutate an army to serve him. Yoshi was approached during his imprisonment by Draxum's minions Huginn and Muninn. Seizing the opportunity to escape the Battle Nexus and apathetic to his own well-being, he allowed Huginn and Muninn to secretly take him to his employer's laboratory to be an experimental subject. However, once Yoshi realized that Draxum was going to use him to mutate turtles from their natural state, he objected, but it was too late. Draxum dipped the turtles in slime capsules and infused them with Yoshi's DNA. It was through this process that they were mutated from ordinary reptiles, making Yoshi the biological father of their human genes. Unwilling to allow animals to become monsters for Draxum's army, Yoshi freed himself and Draxum's experiments. In the midst of his escape, he also attempted to free the rat from its Battle Nexus cell. In turn, it bit Yoshi while

Yoshi was bitten by Huginn and Muninn as he was being sprayed with sludge from above, resulting in his mutation. The laboratory was destroyed by Huginn and Muninn and caught fire, leading Draxum to assume that the Turtles had died in the blaze. Yoshi successfully escaped the Hidden City with them and raised his four children in the sewers of New York City. Because his film career had him traveling extensively, Yoshi developed an esteem for Renaissance art and thus named the Turtles after Renaissance artists.

Splinter debuted in “Mystic Mayhem.” He was eating something while watching a Japanese game show called Soapy Treadmill when the Turtles approached him and asked to use the TV room. Splinter declined because he was comfortable and chased them away. Shortly after, he fell asleep in his recliner.

Splinter reappeared in "Origami Tsunami" watching Teriyaki Shakedown with the Turtles. He corrected the recreation of the Donnie, Michelangelo, and Raphael scene. When the Turtles expressed interest in becoming heroes like Lou Jitsu, Splinter said they were not competent enough to do so. He was insulted by Leo's suggestion to exterminate the rats of New York City. Splinter suffered his annual contraction of the rat flu in "Down with the Sickness" and wandered into the lair's game room where the Turtles were playing Pants Pants Revolution. He was returned to his dorm and tended to by the Turtles, but only grew sicker as he developed the first stage of the rat flu: fever. Splinter blasted the lair's air conditioning to the point that snow and ice formed and removed his yukata. Desperate for relief, he shaved off all his hair and fur and entered the lair's atrium. He fell after explaining himself to the Turtles before the second stage of the rat flu overtook him: the Feral Rat Man. Belligerent

Unable to speak, Splinter mindlessly chased after the Turtles on all fours. Later, Donnie built a small transparent ball to trap Splinter, luring him inside with pizza. However, Splinter broke the ball and ran out of the lair's atrium. When Mikey and Raph searched for him in his room, he entered the third stage: Captain Cuddle Cakes. Overcome with love for the Turtles, he tried to hug them and they ran away from him, however, he snuck into Leo's hazmat suit to kiss him, infecting him. Leo was quarantined in his room and the Rat Flu's fourth stage, Ninja Supreme, began. Splinter donned a ninja suit and attacked the Turtles, destroying their hazmat suits in one fell swoop with a sword. He turned off all the lights in the lair and entered Donnie's lab. Splinter attacked Donnie on the roof and jumped into the lair's atrium. The fifth stage of Rat Flu: Karaoke Love Songs began, so Splinter sang romantic karaoke. Donnie was quarantined and the sixth stage of Rat Flu: Fanfiction began. Splinter shared a Lou Jitsu-Jupiter Jim crossover idea with the Turtles. The seventh stage of Rat Flu: Must Say Yes began and Raph prepared to ask Splinter, who was unable to refuse, for a gift on behalf of all his brothers. However, Leo, in the middle of the third stage of Rat Flu, asked Splinter to hug Raph, which he did, resulting in his infection. Splinter then asked for a new motorcycle.

In "The Fast and the Furriest", Splinter secretly drove the Turtle Tank before Donnie revealed it to his brothers. The Turtle Tank suddenly stopped Splinter because Donnie remotely activated the Turtle Tank's shopping cart protocol. He tinkered with the engine to try to override it and was confronted by Meat Sweats. Splinter followed him to his Rupert's Roadhouse barbecue truck after being offered a meal. Unaware that Meat Sweats was trying to eat him, Splinter conversed with him. He had Meat Sweats drive away from the Turtles' approach to hide that he was the Turtle Tank's thief. He operated the pedals while Meat Sweats drove, but during the Turtles' rescue of Splinter, Meat Sweats threw him out into the street to stop the Turtles' harassment. Splinter was punished by Donnie by being forced to watch only educational television for a month. To celebrate Splinter's birthday, the Turtles wanted to give him a gift in "Pet Melee." Splinter was given a new yukata when the Turtles returned home from their errand, but he swore to only wear it on special occasions and continued to wear his old, tattered yukata.

Splinter refused to give up the TV room to the Turtles when they offered him gourmet dinners, nostril waxing, and constant carrying in exchange in “The Longest Fight.”

Splinter was awakened from a nap by Raph in "The Mutants' League of Evil", who asked him to teach him and his brothers more ninjutsu. Splinter agreed, but his idea of training was watching the Lou Jitsu movies 1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish - Dead Fish, and Little Jacob's Ladder. He taught them to ask themselves "what would Lou Jitsu do?" (WWLJD) when they were in the field and the Turtles told him they wanted real training. Splinter claimed that they were not ready for more advanced training than studying movies. When they decided to skip "training", he punished them and took away their weapons. Splinter was tricked into thinking the Turtles had been left home by the dummies Donnie created, but eventually realized that they had disobeyed him. He waited in the atrium of the lair for the Turtles to return and tried to explain his reaction to their frustration when they returned, but they told him that they discovered that they were Lou Jitsu's biological sons. Shocked by this, Splinter tried to ask the Turtles how they knew, but they comforted him. They told him that although they were not biologically related to him like they were to Lou Jitsu, they still viewed Splinter as their father wholeheartedly. Splinter tasked the Turtles in "Late Fee" with returning Bedtime for Bozos to their rental store and tried to reward them with hugs and some other reward that the Turtles didn't let him say before they accepted the task. He hugged each of them once they completed the task, including the Trash Wizard and Splinter sat on the toilet reading Knoble Knockout while Bullhop showered in the lair's bathroom in "Bullhop" In "Mind Meld", Splinter caught a glimpse of the Turtles while passing by Donnie's lab, but was unfazed by their antics.

Splinter enjoyed his good mood in "The Shadow of Evil". April surprised him, but soon noticed the emblem on his new shirt and immediately became suspicious of his work at the Foot Shack. He told April that he wanted to visit her, but she denied him. Once April left the lair, Splinter shaved his fur and changed his clothes to create his teenage disguise, the average teenager Randall. He entered the Foot Shack posing as a customer and warned April that the Foot Brute and the Foot Lieutenant were at the Foot. Splinter was thrown out of the store by April, but broke free from her grasp to climb onto the roof of the Foot Shack. He entered a secret room through a rooftop window and spied on the Foot's meeting with April. Splinter thought that the Foot had given up crime to sell footwear, but soon realized that the Foot was as evil as ever, as the Foot Lieutenant shared the plans to acquire the Kuroi Yōroi. Splinter then explained to April his past as a human. The meeting was adjourned and Splinter stole the uniform of an infantryman he accidentally fell upon, beginning his undercover mission. He decided to stop the Foot from gathering all of the Kuroi Yōroi and refused his family's help for their safety. He convinced the Infantry Lieutenant that he was a new recruit to the Force and joined them on their mission to a train station. Upon arriving, Splinter learned that April had followed him, also disguised as an Infantryman, and reluctantly accepted her help. While April distracted the Foot, Splinter retrieved the Kuroi Yōroi fragment, but to everyone's surprise, the Turtle Tank crashed into the train station. He told April to abscond with the Kuroi Yōroi fragment while the Foot fought the Turtles and defeated them just before Draxum stormed the train station. When Draxum revealed that he had held April back and taken the Kuroi Yōroi fragment from her,

, Splinter acted eager to execute her for her betrayal, silently relaying his plan to attack Draxum to April, however, his back pain ruined his attack. He did his signature dance to soothe his back pain at the Turtles' recognition, leading to his identity as Splinter being exposed. He accidentally further revealed his identity as Lou Jitsu when he said "Hot Soup" while breaking free from Draxum's mystical vines. He was shocked by the Turtles' mystical weapons when they fought the Foot, but was picked up by Raph before he could grab Kuroi Yōroi's fallen shard. He was upset to learn that the Turtles had been trying to be heroes without telling him, but promised to genuinely train them to fulfill their destinies as Hamato. A video of Lou Jitsu played as the Foot Lieutenant followed him around the Foot Shack in "Sparring Partner".

Splinter dreamed of a Battle Nexus match in which he defeated a Yōkai in "Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man". He was abruptly awakened when he began choking on the cereal the Turtles were throwing into his mouth and told them to leave him alone. Saddened by the loss of reverence with which others once treated him, he read the Doom Dome flyer in his Do Not Touch cabinet and approached Donnie and Mikey in the lair's arcade. He invited them to race Doom Dome with him using the Turtle Tank, describing the event as a father-son car show rather than a demolition derby. They entered Doom Dome and Splinter had fun driving around until Donnie realized it wasn't a car show and turned off the Turtle Tank. Donnie told him that his lie hurt his feelings. He apologized for it and clarified that he had genuinely wanted to spend quality time with him and Mikey despite his lie about Doom Dome. Splinter explained that his motivation was to reconnect with the acclaim he was accustomed to.

to be given a human status and was surprised when Donnie wanted to continue competing in the Doom Dome. The Turtle Tank was then powered back up and Splinter, Donnie and Mikey managed to defeat Hypno-Potamus, Meat Sweats, Repo Mantis and Warren Stone. When Big Mama, the Fox Bellhop, the Otter Bellhop and the Owl Bellhop entered the competition, Splinter rode a Shell Hog to lead Big Mama's vehicle into the Turtle Tank's line of fire. Splinter, Donnie and Mikey won and he expressed pride in his sons' efforts.

Splinter used ninjutsu to steal Raph's pizza slice in "The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek" and led the Turtles to a rooftop to educate them on ninja stealth and invisibility. He taught them how to stay in the shadows, exploit their opponent's blind spots, slow motion jutsu, and blend in with their surroundings. Splinter was frustrated by the Turtles' lack of seriousness in learning and sent them on a mission to steal Gus's dog tag in the hopes that the threats of the Grand Nexus Hotel would force them to focus. For days, Splinter waited for his sons' return on the rooftop and on the third day he entered the Grand Nexus Hotel to help them. He stole the operator's uniform to disguise himself and stumbled upon Donnie and Mikey hiding in a service cart. They attempted to steal Gus's dog tag from the cart and Splinter saved them from being discovered by distracting Gus with a meal. Splinter then found Raph in a diner trying to steal from Gus while Gus was drinking from a fountain. When the stench of Raph sneaking up on people alerted Gus, Splinter distracted Gus with a tennis ball and hid Raph behind a portrait. Once Gus left, Splinter searched for Leo.

He found Leo in the sports hall and his attempt to steal Gus's badge got him caught. Gus, the Fox Bellhop, the Otter Bellhop, and the Owl Bellhop chased after Leo and his brothers and through the vents, Splinter covertly followed the Turtles to Gus's room. He was delighted to see them implement their ninjutsu lessons and steal Gus's badge. He met up with the Turtles on the rooftop to congratulate them and encourage them to celebrate their success. One night, Splinter snuck back into the Grand Nexus Hotel and entered Big Mama's room. Gus's tag was a key to a drawer he opened to look at a photograph of him and Big Mama when he was human.

In a flashback, Splinter watched Jupiter Jim's Pluto Vacation IV with the Mad Dogs in "Snow Day" and was distraught when Raph accidentally broke the projector. In the present, he was confused by Mayhem's sudden teleportation in and out of the lair's TV room.

After having allowed April and Sunita to look after the house, Splinter attempted to teach the Turtles some intense survival training in “Cloak and Swaggart”. However, Raph unintentionally activated the Turtle Tank’s 24-hour lockdown and they never left the lair. Splinter and the Turtles were released after the 24 hours were up, but were then unintentionally locked in the Turtle Tank’s garage by April for 24 hours. Splinter shared fun facts about a Lou Jitsu movie he watched with the Turtles in "Jupiter Jim Ahoy!", but they were uninterested. He was upset when they left before the end of the movie to attend Galaxy Con to meet Marcus Moncrief, an actor he disliked. Splinter was watching the same Lou Jitsu movie alone when the Turtles returned from Galaxy Con. Leo assured him that he and his brothers saw him as their hero and Mikey asked Splinter to tell them stories about the stuntmen.

Splinter was anxious for the Mad Dogs' safety as the Kuroi Yōroi mission continued in "End Game". He helped April escape her restraints after Draxum teleported her to the Turtle Tank's side, the mission having failed and the Turtles having been kidnapped. He and April returned to the lair after she told him that the Infantry Lieutenant claimed that Splinter possessed the final piece of Kuroi Yōroi. Splinter initially did not believe it, but came to acknowledge that Skully was the final piece. He debated with April over whether to give up Skully to save the Turtles or protect humanity by hiding it away before asking the opinion of the Mystic Aura. His ancestor advised him to sacrifice the Turtles and protect Skully. Splinter shattered the Hamato Clan's mystic scroll in anger and decided not to follow the recommendation. He had April gather Team B to free the Turtles and teleported to the Hidden City. They arrived at Shredder's sanctuary where the Turtles and the Foot were and he came up with a plan to get inside. Unfortunately, Team B was all captured by a net at the entrance to the sanctuary, and Splinter resigned himself and April to fighting the Foot alone. While searching for the Turtles, April and Splinter encountered the Foot Brute, the Foot Lieutenant, and dozens of Origami Ninja. Splinter easily defeated them all and fought Draxum, defeating him as well, but when Draxum threatened to torture the Turtles to learn Skully's location, Splinter gave Skully to him in order to spare the Turtles. Once he realized that the Turtles were freed from their cell, he tried to get Skully back before he was added to the rest of the Kuroi Yōroi, but was eventually forced to leave.

but failed. Draxum donned the Kuroi Yōroi and damaged the inside of the shrine, causing debris to fall on Splinter and his family. Now injured, Splinter told the Turtles that he shouldn't have listened to Mystic Aura's advice and took responsibility for the mission failing. He told the Turtles that they didn't need to be traditional Hamato Clan ninja, just their authentic selves. The Turtles then followed Draxum to the baseball stadium and April tended to Splinter's wounds. Splinter was later teleported by Mayhem to the baseball stadium's press box and saved April after the Foot exposed his disguise. After beating up the Foot Brute, Foot Lieutenant, and Origami Ninja, Splinter was teleported to a stadium bench to rest while the Mad Dogs fought Draxum. Splinter was the first to realize that the actions Mad Dogs had taken to exploit Kuroi Yōroi's flaw only repaired it and allowed Shredder to absorb Draxum's mystical powers and revive him.

and teleported from the Battle Nexus with the Mystic Collar. They met up with April, Donnie, Mikey, and Raph in New York City and worked together to put the Mystic Collar on Shredder, incapacitating him. Big Mama then teleported to New York City and had her assistant return Shredder to his prison dimension and Splinter returned to the lair with the Mad Dogs.

In a flashback one year prior to the series, Splinter read to Piebald to make him fall asleep in the lair's TV room in "Flushed, but Never Forgotten". In the present, Splinter entered the kitchen to feed "Piebald" (actually an inanimate stand-in made by the Turtles) and asked the Turtles if any of them wanted to confess anything. He left when the only confession made was Mikey's flatulence. He was later kidnapped by a Piebald mutant in his bedroom and placed in a net alongside Donnie, Mikey, and Raph suspended above a whirlpool in the sewers as she threatened to flush them down the toilet like the Turtles accidentally did to her. Piebald cut the rope suspending the net, but they were not doomed to drown as the net recoiled and landed back on the sewer platform Leo was standing on. Splinter revealed that he had been plotting with Piebald ever since she returned to the lair after her mutation to teach the Turtles that they shouldn't have lied about Piebald's fate. Splinter then went to sleep while carrying Franken-Foot In “Lair Games,” Splinter acted as referee for the sixth annual Lair Olympics for all 16 events and became annoyed by Leo’s predictable victories. When the first tie in the Lair Olympics occurred between Donnie and Leo, Splinter decided what the final tiebreaker event would be as outlined in the Lair Olympics rules. He chose the Slippery Whippery Woo event where his fur was shaved and his tail was cut.

Splinter overheard April complaining in the lair's TV room about her failure to sell cookies for tree conservation and offered to help her out on "Always Be Brownies". He showed her a motivational Lou Jitsu video and she accepted his company. Disguised as the average teenager Randall, he helped April earn money by first explaining and then exemplifying the approach she should take to successfully promote her cause. Splinter amassed $135, but April was still unhappy about not being able to make a sale on her own and tried to comfort her. He was interrupted by his competitors, the Girl Scouts Grandma C.J. Brownies, kidnapping him and April. He was taken to the Grandma C.J. Scouts' headquarters and interrogated by Foot Recruit, accused of trying to stop his plans for world domination. He ended up comforting Foot Recruit by framing April as a role model when she felt like a failure for not realizing her plan would take her 10 years to accomplish. Splinter was held for ransom by Foot Recruit once April located them and April delivered the tree preservation funds to him for Splinter's safety. Splinter visited the Hidden City with the Mad Dogs in “Donnie vs. Witch Town”. Splinter visited the Hidden City with the Mad Dogs in “Raph's Ride-Along” and briefly appeared holding a teddy bear while Mikey tossed a coin into a fountain as Raph fled from Heinous Green.

In "Hidden City's Most Wanted", Splinter sought to be Mikey's tour guide in Hidden City. His plans were thwarted by Draxum, who was disguised as a teddy bear with a cape brooch. Splinter struggled to have fun with Draxum around because he antagonized him all the time. He took Mikey to his favorite luck fountain and got into an argument with Draxum when Mikey was making a wish at the fountain. The dispute was interrupted before it could escalate into a skirmish by a Hidden City police officer who asked if the teddy bear was Splinter's. Wanting to be alone with Mikey, he allowed the officer to take Draxum to his house, but Mikey learned of Splinter's plan. Mikey then forced him to follow the officer to his house and when Mikey was attacked by the house's guard dog, he tried to encourage Mikey to give up his quest to save Draxum. His effort failed and Splinter went to the Hirsuté Resort & Spa where Leo was to borrow the Mystic Ōdachi. He teleported to the officer's house and unleashed Draxum, but his escape was prevented by the officer entering the room. The officer's anti-mystic device disabled Draxum's cloaking pin and the Mystic Ōdachi and they fled the house. Draxum, Mikey, and Splinter hid in a dumpster while the Hidden City Police searched for them and argued again. Splinter reiterated that he felt Draxum had ruined his life. A memory of Splinter's early days of his mutation was triggered. In a flashback, A mutant Lou Jitsu was homeless on the streets of New York City. He mourned the loss of his original body, but was cheered up by the Turtles and the love he felt for them. In the present, Splinter realized that if he hadn't met Draxum, he wouldn't have become the Turtles' father and thanked him. Draxum decided to fight

against the Hidden City Police who had surrounded them and Splinter escaped from the dumpster with Mikey without being seen.

Splinter and Mikey disguised themselves as Hidden City lawyers in "Bad Hair Day" to free April, Draxum, and the Turtles from Hidden City Prison. Splinter lied about the prisoners being legally owed a giant birthday cake, inside of which he hid the Mystic Ōdachi, and they teleported out of the prison.

Splinter took April with him to his inspection of the Lou Jitsu School of Ninjutsu in "Fists of Furry". However, they traveled all over New York City only to find a single remaining location, as all others were replaced by a Komodo Dragon Karate Dojo. The students there had no instructor and were bullied by the Komodo Dragon students. Splinter challenged Kristoff Van Bradford to the martial arts competition for ownership of the final Lou Jitsu School of Ninjutsu. Forbidden from competing due to his height, he trained April so that she could represent the Lou Jitsu School of Ninjutsu. The competition was held at the Kaufman Coliseum later that night and fooled by his cheerful demeanor, Splinter chose Frank as April's opponent. She initially struggled to beat him, but eventually tied the score 2-2. When Frank became injured out of frustration, April refused to continue the match, but Frank was ordered to transform using the Komodo Dragon yōkai that the Komodo Dragons brought with them. April threatened to use the Seven Deadly Vipers move and Frank surrendered, winning the match in his favor. Splinter thwarted Kristoff's attack on April, Jake, Sam, and Sara. When Kristoff transformed as Frank did, Splinter teamed up with April to defeat him with the Seven Deadly Vipers move.

April had the family, including Draxum, participate in a scavenger hunt around New York City in "Battle Nexus: New York" to educate them about the city. Before it could begin, Splinter was mystically dragged onto a summer cruise with April, Draxum, Foot Recruit, and Todd. It was only after Draxum realized they had been kidnapped and placed in an illusion by Big Mama's Mystic Orb that Splinter worked with the others to escape. Later, Shadow Fiend's claws created a fracture on the surface of the Mystic Orb which Draxum exploited and used to free himself, April, Foot Recruit, and Splinter. Engaged in a fight against Big Mama and her Battle Nexus champion Shadow Fiend, Splinter forced Draxum to evade an attack from Shadow Fiend, saving his life, but was crushed. The battle moved inside the Grand Nexus Hotel's sports lounge, where Splinter was part of the Mystic Hot Soup Hibernator team movement against Shadow Fiend. After Foot Recruit stole the Mystic Ring from Big Mama, Splinter realized that Shadow Fiend was Shredder in disguise and that Big Mama had not returned him to his prison dimension as agreed. He was attacked by Shredder on Foot Recruit's orders along with everyone else. He used the Mystic Ōdachi to form a portal to protect Draxum, Big Mama, and Mad Dogs from Shredder.

In "Finale Part 1: E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", Splinter assessed the current crisis with the family at the lair. He could not remember what Sho had told him about defeating the Shredder, so he let Draxum use the Hourglass of the Sands of Time to insert the Turtles into his brain to find a memory of Sho teaching him how to defeat the Shredder. The first memory was of Lou Jitsu arguing with Sho about the Hamato Clan on a film set. A manifestation of Splinter's subconscious in the form of Lou Jitsu confronted the Turtles and demanded that they leave. In the second memory, a teenage Yoshi argued with Sho about the Hamato Clan again. The memory was interrupted by Shadow Lou Jitsu attacking the Turtles again and chasing them out of Hamato's apartment and into the streets. As the rest of the Turtles held off Shadow Lou Jitsu, Raph accessed the final memory. Sho explained Shredder's banishment to a young Yoshi and Atsuko left on her Hamato Clan mission. Shadow Lou Jitsu broke through the memory and attacked the Turtles before being stopped by April. The ritual ended and Raph shared that there was a weapon in the Twilight Realm that defeated Shredder long ago. Splinter retrieved the weapon from the dimension and returned to Earth. To Splinter's surprise, the weapon transformed into a woman.

After the woman, revealed to be Karai, explained some of the Hamato Clan's history in "Finale Part 2: Shreddy or Not", Splinter admitted that he and his children had failed to unlock Hamato Ninpō, which was vital to defeating the Shredder. Splinter ordered the Turtles to give Karai solitude so she could recover. He later apologized to her for the Turtles' disruption of her rest. He was pleasantly surprised to hear that Karai approved of the way he raised the Turtles. Shredder and his clan stormed the lair, Shredder's consciousness was restored, and Splinter defended the lair against them. His fight with the Foot Brute and Foot Lieutenant moved to the Turtle Tank Garage and he wondered why the Foot Recruit was still a member of the Foot. He and Draxum managed to defeat the Foot, but Splinter was agonized to learn that Karai was dying. He fought Shredder alongside Draxum, acknowledging his father status to the Turtles. In “Finale Part 3: Anatawa Hitorijanai”, Splinter and Draxum were defeated by Shredder. Draxum allied himself with the Foot and led them to the Empyrean he had in his lab as they needed it to extract Splinter's Hamato essence to make Shredder invincible. At the lab, Draxum betrayed the Foot and attacked them with his golem and Splinter saved the Foot Recruit from being crushed by the falling debris from the lab. He apologized to Draxum for not giving him the benefit of the doubt only to be recaptured by Shredder.

Shredder injured Splinter in order to force Draxum to reveal the location of Empyrean in "Finale Part 4: Rise". Once Draxum revealed it, Splinter was bound by Shredder and taken to the Crying Titan. While the Foot Recruit drew the ritual circle, Splinter encouraged her to be good. The ritual began once Shredder obtained some Empyrean from the Crying Titan. Splinter's life force was then drained from him and he chained himself up. Following his complete removal, Splinter lost consciousness. After fighting off Mad Dogs, Shredder began to consume Splinter's Hamato essence, but was stopped by the Foot Recruit before completing it. Splinter used the arm that had been freed by the Foot Recruit, revealed to be Cassandra Jones, to strike Shredder before he could do any harm to him. Donnie and Leo broke the remainder of his life force bonds and he returned to his body. They began a simultaneous assault on Shredder and Splinter eventually acceded to Hamato Ninpō through his desire to defend the family, but Shredder still overpowered them. He became disheartened, but when Atsuko's ghost appeared, his confidence was strengthened. More ancestors of the Hamato clan joined the fight and Splinter nearly cried when Atsuko began the catchphrase "Hot Soup" to mark the final attack. They destroyed the Kuroi Yōroi and Oroku Saki's ghost was freed. Splinter left the Hidden City and the citizens of New York City were freed from the Mystic Orb. Splinter later praised the Turtles for their heroics atop Molina Tower and assigned Leo as the leader of the Mad Dogs.

In Rise of the TMNT: The Movie, Splinter and the Turtles moved into a new lair. He tried to get Leo and Raph to cooperate when their bickering interrupted his television viewing. Later, April showed up at the lair with a stranger she had knocked unconscious. She woke up and introduced herself as Casey Jones and someone from the future. Splinter believed her claims once she mentioned the Krang, as he knew about them and gave Casey's warnings legitimacy. Splinter was told that the Foot caused the apocalypse in Casey's timeline after they stole the Mystic Key and freed Krang from the Prison Dimension. Splinter went with Casey and the Mad Dogs to the Foot's new hideout, as the Turtles knew that the Foot stole the Mystic Key before. Upon arriving, Casey, Splinter, and the Mad Dogs fought the Foot to take the Mystic Key, but were unable to stop the Foot Lieutenant from opening the Prison Dimension. The newly freed Krang attacked Casey, Splinter, and the Mad Dogs and Splinter was knocked unconscious by Krang Two. Raph then called a retreat and Splinter was taken to the lair by a Donnie Pod. Leo arrived in a Donnie Pod after April, Casey, Donnie, Mikey, and Splinter did so. After Leo informed them that Raph had sacrificed his own freedom to save Leo, the family decided to split up. Splinter stayed in the lair with April to destroy the Mystic Key, but all attempts failed. He fled from Krang Two and his army of Krang zombies when they invaded the lair in a Shell Hog, but he and April were shot down by Krang Two. After April fended off Krang Two, she managed to escape.

with her in the Shell Hog. Donnie and Mikey told Splinter that they were trapped in the Turtle Tank in a subway tunnel beneath the Metro Tower surrounded by the Krangs. April and Splinter showed up at their location and saved them from being crushed by the Turtle Tank. However, Krang Two continued to pursue them and Splinter and the Mad Dogs ran into the Metro Tower. They encountered Casey and Leo and learned that Raph was also in the room, suspended in Krang material. Raph was freed, but was transformed into a Krang zombie. Raph stole April's Mystic Key and gave it to Krang One, who needed it to reopen the Prison Dimension and free the Technodrome. Splinter used a smoke bomb to escape as Casey and the Mad Dogs were surrounded by the Krang zombies. The Technodrome was liberated and the Krang began his assault on New York City and Splinter helped come up with a plan to stop the Krang. He worked with April and Casey to stop Krang Two, now on his Titan. The battle moved to a construction site and Splinter coaxed Krang Two underneath an unfinished structure so April could use a wrecking ball to force steel girders to fall on Krang Two. With Krang Two defeated and immobilized, April and Splinter were abandoned by Casey, who traveled to the Metro Tower to retrieve the Mystic Key. When Leo planned to seal himself in the Prison Dimension with Krang One, Splinter was unable to do anything to intervene. Devastated by Leo's sacrifice, he grieved with April. After Leo was rescued by his brothers, Krang One was trapped in the Prison Dimension and New York City was rebuilt, enjoying pizza with the family on a rooftop and encouraging Raph to beat Leo's pizza stack record.

In Sound Off! Part 2, while trying to keep his Lou Jitsu identity a secret, Splinter shared with April his public speaking tips from when he was an actor. He taught her how to be prepared and memorable, as well as his CARP method (Confident Posture, Articulate the Senses, Relax the Breath, and Imagine the Audience Dressed as Cabbages). He then ordered April to practice public speaking by announcing the Turtles' arrival after they returned to the lair that night.

Talent Tail Extension: Due to his mutation, Splinter can make his tail grow longer to reach far away objects as shown in "The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek". Prehensile Tail: Due to his mutation, Splinter's tail can grab and hold objects. Self-combustion: Splinter can voluntarily set parts of his body on fire as shown in "End Game" and "Many Unhappy Returns". Sewing: Splinter knows how to sew, as demonstrated in "Insane in the Mama Train" when he makes Hamato clan onesies for each of his children. Cooking: Although it is strongly implied that Splinter does not cook often, he is shown to be able to make a good green bean casserole ("Repairin' the Baron") and has been described as "a pretty good cook".[10] Dancing: Splinter enjoys dancing and used to regularly attend nightclubs such as Lou Jitsu. He currently has a specific dance that helps him regain movement in his back and relieve back pain shown in "The Shadow of Evil". Singing: Splinter is a very skilled singer, able to sing arias so beautifully that his performance brings others to tears and attracts birds in "Al Be Back". However, Splinter's children dislike his singing, regardless of whether he sings well or poorly, as seen in "Al Be Back" and "Down with the Sickness".

Acting: Splinter was a professional film actor. Ninjutsu: Splinter learned ninjutsu from childhood and has since mastered it, creating and patenting his own techniques. Many years without regular practice and an aging body have taken their toll on his skills, but he can definitely pull it off when he wants to. Enhanced Stealth: As a practitioner of ninjutsu, Splinter can enter and exit areas undetected and blend into his surroundings to the point where he can impersonate objects without difficulty. Slow Motion Technique: By moving exceptionally slowly, Splinter's body movements cannot be perceived by opponents, allowing him to execute very close-range contacts with opponents without them noticing. Lights Out Technique: By clapping his hands, Splinter can turn off any lights in an area to use the darkness to his advantage. Enhanced Agility: Splinter's agility allows him to successfully dodge attacks and perform sharp spins and flips. Lou Jitsu fought Draxum in the air while Draxum was anchored to the ground by landing and repeatedly pushing Draxum's moving body in "Goyles, Goyles, Goyles". Enhanced Speed: Splinter possesses a vast amount of speed, able to move in bursts faster than the eye can follow as demonstrated in "Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man", "The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek", and "Insane in the Mama Train". He arrives at the O'Neil apartment before all of the Turtles even with the use of vehicles and Donnie's Flight Shell in "Race". Lou Jitsu's speed was a key ability that Draxum sought to grant the Turtles by mutating them after watching Lou Jitsu compete in Battle Nexus.

Enhanced Strength: Despite his small size, Splinter is remarkably strong, able to lift heavy objects with relative ease, as shown by his ease in throwing Meat Sweats from the back of his van into the driver's seat in "The Fast and the Furriest" and throwing Raph's large barricade in "Mrs. Cuddles", as well as his ability to punch Draxum so hard that his body bounces off the ground and his throne in "End Game". However, his upper body strength has diminished to the point where he sometimes finds it difficult to climb stairs. Hamato Ninpō: As a member of the Hamato Clan, Splinter is able to tap into his clan's energy to unleash his own mystical power. It has been said of Splinter's Hamato Ninpō that "there's a good chance he could do anything the boys can do, if he really tried", as Splinter's decade-long exposure to mystical powers in the Hidden City has strengthened his own mystical powers. Macho Gazpacho Fury Kick: A standing technique in which Splinter moves incredibly fast and kicks his opponent with his powered-up foot. It is effective in handling a large group of opponents. Pompadour Punch: An arm technique in which Splinter strikes the underside of his opponent's jaw in an upward motion. Flaming Gorilla Arm Bar: A grappling technique in which Splinter traps his opponent's bent arm between his own crossed arms.

Seven Deadly Vipers: Splinter considers it a "secret secret." The Seven Deadly Vipers move causes opponents to instantly surrender just by hearing its name. April is the only person Splinter has ever taught it to. Lazy Flame: A blocking technique in which Splinter swings his arms loosely and wildly to defend a wide area of his body against attacks. Tiger Claw: A technique in which Splinter attacks his opponent in a manner reminiscent of a tiger attacking. Weapons Proficiency: Splinter is adept at wielding a variety of melee and flexible weapons, such as the tonfā, morning stars ("The Evil League of Mutants"), the kusari-fundō, nunchaku, dual axes ("End Game"), sai, even mystical weapons such as Leo's portal-generating ōdachi. In addition to his use of formal ninja weapons and techniques, Splinter is a skilled improvisational fighter, known for using fish and ladders as weapons in 1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish - Dead Fish, and Little Jacob's Ladder and clam shells in Punch Chowder. Shurikenjutsu: Splinter is an expert at throwing shuriken with great precision and uses them several times throughout the series. Bōjutsu: As Donnie's teacher, Splinter is proficient in wielding the bō. Kenjutsu: As Leo's master, Splinter is proficient in wielding a variety of Japanese swords, such as the katana and the ōdachi. Wingsuit Flight: Splinter has been shown to be quite skilled in piloting his wingsuit during his mission to steal the Kuroi Yōroi in "Insane in the Mama Train". Survival Training: Splinter has wilderness survival training and knowledge of safe alternative sources of water and food, as shown in "Cloak and Swaggart".

Promotional Skills: Splinter's time as Lou Jitsu caused him to develop a sense of what potential consumers want and the charisma to back it up, as seen in "Always Be Brownies". One of his tactics is to advertise the fantasy or emotion a product can bring about in a consumer rather than just advertising the product itself, such as eating chocolate chip cookies granting consumers access to a sense of childlike innocence and being cared for by a parent, summarizing it as "buying love". Splinter's ability to quickly capture and hold the attention of potential consumers with an energetic yet affable demeanor and being seen as "super cool" by potential consumers both like Lou Jitsu and his teenage Randall persona allows him to easily persuade new buyers and counter the competition.

Relations Family Parent(s) of Hamato Yoshi Hamato Atsuko - Atsuko is Yoshi's mother. Yoshi loves his mother deeply. During his childhood, he was heartbroken when Atsuko abandoned him and his sadness for her eventually transformed into resentment towards his own clan. In "Rise", when Splinter believed he had failed, the ghost of his mother along with the other ghosts of his ancestors arrived to help defeat Shredder.

.Raphael: Aside from Mikey, Raph and Splinter have the most one-on-one conversations that exhibit their familial bonds. In "Mrs. Cuddles", Splinter helped Raph defeat Mrs. Cuddles. After locking her up, Splinter announced that they must free his siblings and April, who were taken captive by Mrs. Cuddles. However, he then said "Eventually", being well aware that the situation was their fault due to them mocking Raph for his fear of her. He finds Raph's "fears" amusing and bet that he would win the Lair Olympics' Handstand Hill-Bomb, but Splinter still had doubts that were eventually validated. In the Season 2 finale, Splinter demoted Raph from leader of the Mad Dogs and gave the position to Leo.

Leonardo - Splinter has a rocky relationship with Leo despite his deep love for him, as his obnoxious antics tend to aggravate Splinter. Leo's insistently nonchalant and carefree attitude even in dire situations distresses Splinter rather than relaxing him as it seemingly should. He finds Leo's immodesty and need to gain victory in every situation annoying, as shown in "Lair Games". However, Splinter is impressed by his combat skills and intelligence and decided to promote him to leader of the Mad Dogs in the Season 2 finale. Donatello - Splinter has a somewhat complicated relationship with Donnie. While Splinter loves his son deeply, he does not express his love towards Donnie in the manner he wishes through regular praise and quality time, resulting in him sometimes competing for Splinter's approval and attention. Splinter relies on Donnie to approach situations in a more serious manner, as expressed in "Many Unhappy Returns", and considers him to be the most fun-loving of his sons.

Michelangelo: Splinter's relationship with Mikey is the most positive and calm out of all the ones he has with his sons. Splinter loves Mikey and took him on a tour of the Hidden City to spend time alone with him in "The Hidden City's Most Wanted" and while attempting to have Draxum arrested against Mikey's wishes, Splinter worked with Mikey to rescue Draxum when he was discovered by the Hidden City police. Splinter allowed Draxum to be a part of his family's life after understanding where Mikey's desire to include him despite his personal feelings towards Draxum came from.

April O'Neil: Although April is essentially a big sister to the Turtles, Splinter's relationship with April is not exactly like that of his relationship with his children; Splinter and April are neither responsible nor answerable to each other like a father or daughter would be. However, they remain close friends no matter how badly Splinter behaves or how strongly April criticizes him, and he cares greatly for her well-being. Splinter readily expresses his appreciation for April's skills, even as he rarely expresses similar appreciation to his own children who yearn for it from him, calling her a "supreme ninja" ("Insane in the Mama Train") and a "graduate of the JITSU course" ("Always Be Brownies"). Despite Splinter's faith in her, he still attempts to protect April from dangerous situations and her personal affairs just as he does his children, though she often gets involved anyway due to her care for Splinter. It is not uncommon for them to fight despite their immense love and trust for each other, such as when Splinter gets angry when April scratches his head in "Shadow of Evil" and gets frustrated with her contrary view in "End Game". They regularly entertain each other's ideas as seen in "Always Be Brownies" when April follows Splinter's advice and when Splinter goes along with April's strategy against Krang Two in Rise of the TMNT: The Movie. He regards April as someone who can reliably keep a secret and not arbitrarily tell others ("The Fast and the Furriest"). It was not difficult for Splinter and his children to consider April as a surrogate family, but later, the clan matriarch Karai would formally recognize April as a true member of the Hamato Clan.

Hamato Sho - Sho is Yoshi's maternal grandfather. Yoshi was raised by him instead of his mother, but has had a strained relationship with his grandfather for most of his life. He found Sho's relentless attempts to urge him to take on clan obligations extremely abrasive and was unhappy with his grandfather's lack of support for his film career. However, it is seen in "E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" that he either feels love for Sho or at least laments their lack of a harmonious relationship and regrets not listening to his stories about Shredder. Mystical Aura: Splinter sought advice from one of his ancestors in "Insane in the Mama Train" and "End Game" on how to stop the Foot Clan from resurrecting the Shredder. However, Splinter dismissed her advice once she told him to allow his children to die in service to the Hamato Clan's cause. Hamato Karai - Karai is Yoshi's ancestral grandmother. He, along with the Mad Dogs, unwittingly brought Karai out of the Twilight Realm in "E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". Splinter holds a deep love and respect for her, readily following Karai's lead and turning to her for guidance as his elder and clan matriarch. He diligently ensured that Karai's needs and comfort were met during his time with her.

Baron Draxum - Lou Jitsu first met Draxum after he was approached by his new minions Huginn and Muninn while on Champions' Row. Simply not wanting to fight anymore, by force or otherwise, he agreed to be a part of Draxum's experiments. However, Lou Jitsu quickly resisted being a part of them after learning that Draxum planned to mutate animals as soldiers for his personal army. However, his DNA was used in the experiment, mutating the Turtles, and Lou Jitsu retaliated against him in battle. He saved the Turtles and freed the rest of Draxum's experimental subjects from his lab before escaping, becoming a mutant himself in the process. Splinter came to harbor an intense disdain for him due to his evil plans and personal mutation, considering him a "monster". He was rather displeased to meet him in "Shadow of Evil" and even more so when he realized that Draxum and his sons already knew each other. He confronted Draxum at Shredder's sanctuary in "End Game" searching for his captured Foot sons, and managed to best him in a fight. However, he was forced to hand Skully over to him after Draxum threatened to torture the Turtles for information. Draxum and Splinter later met again in "Fixing the Baron" after Draxum became a wanted fugitive unable to return to the Hidden City and Mikey showed Draxum the true love of a son. Splinter and the rest of his family were tricked by Mikey into having dinner at Draxum's apartment, but Draxum and Splinter hated each other and the other family members didn't think much better of Draxum. Mikey's influence would later be instrumental in getting Draxum to genuinely change his mind, but Splinter remained openly hostile towards him. Later, during a family sightseeing trip to the Hidden City in "The Hidden City's Most Wanted"

Hidden in "The Hidden City's Most Wanted", Splinter was drawn to him and became attracted to him." (where Draxum wore a camouflage pin to disguise himself from the authorities), Mikey arranged for Draxum and Splinter to be his only company during his outing, hoping that he could inspire them to finally get along. After some initial plotting between the two, Draxum's cover was blown and the three had to go into hiding from the Hidden City Police. It was then that Draxum and Splinter were forced to face each other and talk, at first as a verbal fight over the reasons why they despised each other. But Splinter realized that he would have never had his children in his life if Draxum hadn't made it possible, and Draxum acknowledged that he had wronged Splinter and appreciated that they were both parents to a child who loved each of them, and it was enough for Draxum and Splinter to at least begin to trust each other. another like the other of these children's two fathers. For the most part afterwards, Draxum and Splinter began to treat each other with more respect, at least in front of their children, and would team up to fight in defense of their children when they were in danger. Later in "Anatawa Hitorijanai", after Shredder destroyed the lair and took Draxum and Splinter prisoner, it initially seemed like Splinter would be easily betrayed by Draxum out of self-interest, but Draxum had only feigned his betrayal in an attempt to lash out at his captors and Splinter apologized for momentarily doubting Draxum's honor. Splinter and Draxum became true allies, with or without their children, and would not turn on each other again.

Big Mama - Big Mama is Lou Jitsu's ex-girlfriend. He developed a romantic interest in Big Mama after meeting her on the set of one of his movies and sometime later she became his girlfriend. Lou Jitsu grew to deeply love Big Mama, describing their dynamic as "inseparable" and found it hard to stay mad at her, notably captivated by her eyes, smile, and some other third attribute. They often spent time together going to many different nightclubs to dance, but likely never moved in together. [13] He eventually proposed to her while they were on a date, but she revealed that she had always been a Yōkai and kidnapped him to the Hidden City, causing him to be cut off from human society. Lou Jitsu was forced by Big Mama to compete in her Battle Nexus and at some point they broke up. After years, Lou Jitsu refused to participate in her Battle Nexus and she imprisoned him in the Battle Nexus. Lou Jitsu cut off all connection with Big Mama once he let Draxum free him from his servitude until he encountered her again in "Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man". Despite her betrayal, Splinter thinks very fondly of the person Big Mama had been to him before her kidnapping and their mutual chemistry with her has not diminished despite them being enemies. At the same time, Splinter resents her and regrets ever getting involved with her. He is now protective around Big Mama and wants an apology from her. He attempted to rescue Big Mama from the wrath of Foot Recruit in "Battle Nexus: New York", hoping that there were redeemable qualities in her, but was unsuccessful. Splinter regrets having trusted in "Many Unhappy Returns" that Big Mama would not use Shredder as a weapon after gaining custody of her as expressed in "E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".