Rat King (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) cameo appearance in "Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles" Vol. 4, watching as Splinter succumbs to a heart attack and dies while retrieving milk from a refrigerator. Much of the Rat King's origin is later revealed in an issue of "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Vol. 2; the story reveals that a group of beings known as the Pantheon exists, with each member of the group having jurisdiction over a species of animal. When the time of the Pantheon member who rules the rats reaches an end, a new one is chosen, a scarred and heavily bandaged (explaining the Rat
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