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
Rat King (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) he states his desire to use the two in the upcoming "game for the world" and wipes their memories of the encounter. References to the Pantheon from the Mirage Comics are also made in the form of a group of immortal creatures - which include the Rat King and his cohorts Kitsune and Chi-You - seeking to subvert humanity to their will via a subtle game of intrigue and manipulation, in which the main mutant characters in the series - including the Turtles, Splinter and the mutant polar fox Alopex - are meant to play a decisive role. The Rat