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
Splinter (novel) lives." In the SF Encyclopedia, John Clute described "Splinter" as an "enjoyable homage to and gloss upon the Verne novel." Splinter (novel) Splinter, published in 2007, is a science fiction novel by the British writer Adam Roberts. It is based on an earlier story by the author, "Hector Servadac, fils", which was part of "The Mammoth Book of Jules Verne Adventures". It is a reworking of "Off on a Comet", an 1877 novel by Jules Verne. The hardcover edition of the novel is included in a slipcase with a hardcover edition of "Off on a Comet". As in Verne's novel,