Fancy rat the first film. Here, the protagonist befriends the rats found in his home and builds up a close relationship, only to have it end tragically. While these movies generally emphasize the popular perception of malevolence—they kill people and cats and ransack grocery stores—other wild rats who become pets are portrayed in more neutral to positive ways; the television show, "House", briefly featured "Steve McQueen", the pet rat of the titular character. In certain versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, the master and adoptive father of the turtles is Splinter, who was once the pet rat of ninja Hamato
Splinter (band) Band", Splinter recorded two more albums that were each released in just two countries. The first of these, "Streets at Night", was issued only in Japan, in 1979. Purvis and Elliott produced and arranged this album themselves. "Streets at Night" featured Alan Clark, who played keyboards, synthesizers and clavinet. During this period, Splinter were associated with the Japanese music TV station NTVM, and worked with the Japanese rock band Godiego. A single of Splinter singing the Godiego song "Ghandara" (associated with the TV show "Monkey") was released, and they also appeared on a compilation album, "Our Favourite Songs", a set