Hamato Joshi, also known as Splinter, is a recurring character in Le Tartarughe Ninja. This version combines elements of the character Hamato Yoshi and/or Splinter from the Golden Harvest movies with the 1987 TV series and Archie continuity.
History[]
After Leonardo rescues April O'Neil from the Piede Ninjia, he takes her back to the lair. April wakes up startled to find she's in the company of mutant turtles and a mutant rat. To ease her mind, Splinter offers to tell her of their back story; he was once a human man, Hamato Joshi, who lived in the sewer with four baby turtles that he believes a child had lost. One day, a canister of a strange substance began to hyper-evolve the turtles, changing them into anthropomorphs. Joshi himself was turned into a rat-man, as before he found the turtles in their predicament, he had been caring for sewer rats. Joshi, a ninja from Japan, raised these Turtles as his sons and students, training them in the martial art of ninjutsu. Arrivano le Tartarughe
Splinter is ambushed and captured by the Clan del Piede thanks to a device created by Professor Neely. When he refuses to tell Shredder where he can find the Tartarughe Ninja, Shredder orders him tortured. Splinter uses his mental abilities to reach out to Michelangelo. The Turtles infiltrate the Clan del Piede hideout and rescue both their father and Neely. Il Cercapersone