Editing Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) (section)

{{short description|Fictional mutant rat and martial arts instructor of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise}}
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{{DISPLAYTITLE: Splinter (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'')}}
{{Infobox character
| name        = Splinter
| series      = [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]
| image       = Splinter (character).png
| alt         = Splinter
| caption     = Artwork by series co-creator [[Kevin Eastman]].
| first       = ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' #1 (May 1984)
| creator     = [[Kevin Eastman]]<br>[[Peter Laird]]
| portrayer   = {{Unbulleted list
| Fiona Scott (''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]'')
| [[Danny Woodburn]] ([[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|2014 film]])
| Peter Donald Badalamenti II (''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows|Out of the Shadows]]'')
}}
{{Collapsible list
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    | title=Others:
    | Mark Enis (''The Coming Out of Their Shells Tour'')
    | David Anthony (''The Mystery of the Cliffs'')
    | Jack William Scott (''We Wish You a Turtle Christmas'')
}}
| voice       =
{{Unbulleted list
|[[Peter Renaday]] ([[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 series]])
|[[Kevin Clash]] ([[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|1990]] and [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze|1991]] films)
|James Murray (''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III]]'')
|Stephen Mendel (''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|The Next Mutation]]'')
|[[Darren Dunstan]] ([[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|2003 series]], ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up|Smash-Up]]'', ''[[Turtles Forever]]'')
|[[Mako (actor)|Mako]] ([[TMNT (film)|2007 film]])
|[[Hoon Lee]] ([[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|2012 series]], ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze|Danger of the Ooze]]'', ''[[Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2]]'')
|[[Tony Shalhoub]] (2014 and 2016 films)
|[[Eric Bauza]] ([[Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|''Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series]] and [[Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie|film]])
|[[Jackie Chan]] (''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem|Mutant Mayhem]]'')
}}
{{Collapsible list
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    | title=Others:
    | Larry Moran (Light n' Lively commercial)
    | [[Townsend Coleman]] (1987 series substitute for two episodes in 1991)
    | Godfrey Nelson (''The Coming Out of Their Shells Tour'')
    | [[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith Scott]] (Pizza Hut commercial)
    | [[Eric Anzalone]] (''We Wish You a Turtle Christmas'' and ''Turtle Tunes'')
    | Steven Marking (singing voice in ''We Wish You a Turtle Christmas'')
    | [[Hideyuki Umezu]] (''[[Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend|Superhuman Legend]]'', Japanese media)
    | [[Greg Baldwin]] (additional dialogue for 2007 film)
    | [[Terrence Scammell (Canadian actor)|Terrence Scammell]] ([[TMNT (video game)|2007 video game]])
    | [[David Wills (voice actor)|David Wills]] ('87 counterpart in ''Turtles Forever'')
    | [[Feodor Chin]] ([[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (video game)|2013 video game]])
    | Danny Woodburn (2014 film tie-in games)
    | [[Matthew Yang King]] (''Don vs. Raph'')
    | [[Nolan North]] (''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan|Mutants in Manhattan]]'')
    | Gary Doodles (''TMNT Team Up!'')
    | Sander Argabrite (child Splinter in ''Rise of the TMNT'')
    | Cory Yee (''[[Smite (video game)|SMITE]]'' TMNT Battle Pass)
    | Sean Gurnsey (''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge|Shredder's Revenge]]'')
    |[[Fred Tatasciore]] ("Splinter Vermin" in ''[[Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV series)|Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'')
}}
| weapon      = Wooden [[Walking stick|Cane]]
| species     = Mutant [[street rat]]
| affiliation = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
| family      =
| lbl23       = Abilities
| data23      =
* Mastery of ninjutsu
* High intellect
* Keen sense of smell
* Stealth mastery
| origin      = [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
| children    = [[Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo]], [[Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Raphael]], [[Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Donatello]], and [[Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Michelangelo]] (adoptive sons)<br>[[Karai (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Miwa/Karai]] (daughter; 2012 series)
| lbl21       = Residence
| data21      = [[New York City|New York]] [[Sewerage|Sewers]], [[United States]]
}}
'''Splinter''', often referred to as '''Master Splinter''' or '''Sensei''' by his students/sons, is a fictional character from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comics and all related media.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Simpson|first=Janice C.|date=2 April 1990|title=Show Business: Lean, Green and on the Screen|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969727-2,00.html#ixzz0h91fnBrj|url-status=dead|access-date=3 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141330/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969727-2,00.html|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Just How Powerful Are Those Turtles?|work= The New York Times|date=15 April 1990|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/15/movies/just-how-powerful-are-those-turtles.html?scp=8&sq=ninja%20turtles&st=cse|access-date=7 August 2010 | first1=Harvey R. | last1=Greenberg}}</ref> A mutant rat, he is the grave and stoic [[wikt:sage|sage]] of the Turtles, their [[ninjutsu]] and martial arts instructor, and their adoptive father. The character was originally a parody of the [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Stick (character)|Stick]].