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
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