Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Splinter, by his students often called Master Splinter, is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. In both the original comics and the live-action movies, Splinter is the pet rat of a ninja named Hamato Yoshi in Japan. Intelligent for his species, Splinter is able to learn ninjutsu art by mimicking his master's movements while he practiced. Yoshi becomes embroiled in a dispute with a fellow ninja by the name of Oroku Nagi, and is eventually murdered by Nagi's brother, Oroku Saki, who is seeking revenge for his
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video game) a sci-fi, James Bond type game called "The Drift", which Ubisoft intended to be "a "Metal Gear Solid 2" killer." The game's producer Mathieu Ferland said ""Metal Gear Solid" was a huge inspiration for "Splinter Cell"." The game's designer and writer Clint Hocking also said "Splinter Cell" "owes its existence to" the "Metal Gear" series, while noting he was also influenced by "System Shock", "" and "Deus Ex". Because the development team was aiming for a Teen ESRB rating, the team tried to minimize the level of violence. The soundtrack for the game was composed by English composer Michael Richard