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Imagine 2003 Splinter in 2012. I don’t mean replace Yoshi but have both him and Splinter present.

Like Splinter is Yoshi’s (and Tang Shen’s) pet rat that somehow survived the house fire, and then made his way to Yoshi. Yoshi takes him to America with him and when he goes to adopt the turtles. Everything happens the same except the alley is now filled with 4 baby mutant turtles, 1 human turned rat mutant & 1 mutant rat.

(Or maybe Splinter is the pet of some random that’s killed by the Kraang. Maybe he as a rat gouged Kraang SubPrime’s eye out like he scratched Hun’s cheek in 2k3, and was then thrown out of a window and eventually ended up in the same alley as Yoshi.)

Either way they’re now a family unit of six. But here comes the fun part. Splinter canonically in 2k3 views Yoshi as his father, and so would this one. But the thing about Splinter is that he’s old. He looks old and sounds old and moves old. What I’m trying to say is that Yoshi has to now navigate being a father of 5 while his oldest is older than he himself is.

Imagine having to worry about your son dying of old age while also teaching him about the world.

This also opens up the possibilities of added angst to the Rat King episodes. And I don’t just mean 2 mind controlled people, I mean the differences the two have and how they affect how the control works on them. Because like. Splinter was not a normal rat. The guy was somehow able to learn ninjutsu WHILE a rat, and later with a completely new mutant body was able to teach it to others. Mind you, well enough that they’re able to go against professionally trained people like Shredder and Karai. So like. How would he fare against the Rat King’s control? Because despite all that he still was an actual rat before mutating, unlike Yoshi.

Also the image of the Hamato’s having to explain that Splinter is their brother and Yoshi’s son to every new person they meet is hysterical to me. Poor Karai learns that she has brothers AND that Yoshi’s her real father AND also that she’s apparently not the oldest AND her older brother is an elderly rat older than their father, all in the same night.

The family that fights together, sticks together!

Hot damn, it took two days! But it's finally here! I wish i had more time to do some thing more, but this is all I can muster rn! (And yes, it's a day late! But, is it ever truly too late to share the love for 2003 TMNT? No, the answer is no!)

Bonus:

Full bodies of each one, cause I genuinely loved each pose1 And i wanted to have them all by themselves too!

Master Splinter and Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

I don’t care if this is an unpopular opinion…but Splinter is NOT a bad father for not helping Mikey in “Grudge Match”

He wanted to teach Michelangelo a lesson

Mikey had spent weeks if not MONTHS bragging about his Battle Nexus win, and it shows just how serious it was that Splinter IS so irritated about it.

Mikey was bragging, refusing to train and was acting like an egotistical ass, news flash, parents sometimes NEED to let their kids go through something rough so they can learn a lesson and grow, so they don’t grow up into a jerk who throws tantrums at forty years old over fast food or slaps his mother because she won’t let him get a nipple piercing (yes I have encountered these sorts of people working at mc-hell)

And people who have gotten things they didn’t deserve but acted like they are the best thing ever for getting it despite the fact they only got it because of technical issues or friends in high places.

We could even argue that Kluh and his father serve as a dark mirror to Mikey and Splinter, aka a spoiled brat who can’t fathom that he lost and a father who allows his sons worst traits to go unpunished and even supports them.

Splinter did not know it would be a death match, he thought it would all be fair and safe, that at worst, Mikey might get a few bruises and a wounded ego

To pull in a hard earned win, or accept an honest loss

Heck Mike might not even have told Splinter just how psycho Kluh was, and, be honest, would you believe that someone wanted to MURDER over something as stupid as getting food spilled on them and an empty threat?

Especially after that person saved them from getting sucked into a black hole?

So yeah, not Splinters fault for wanting Mikey to face some consequences for his behavior, because you can’t just toot your own horn and cause a bunch of problems without consequences and just keep getting what you want and expect your parents to support your bad decisions.

Splinter is a good dad because he does not put up with BS and forces his sons to face consequences and try to be better, because life won’t give them a candy bar for messing up, its going to smack them in the face.

Mikey even states near the end of the episode when Kluh thinks Mikey will be as petty as him…

“My father taught me better than that”

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Can you do "I'm here. I've got you. You're safe now." (7) with 2003 Leo and deaged Donnie? 2012 would also be good!

"I'm here. I've got you. You're safe now."

Okay, so I did watch a couple of specifically chosen episodes while I was writing this, but I don't pretend to have an excellent grasp on the 2003 characters. To further this disclaimer, the "Leo has trouble connecting with kids" headcanon is one that I've always personally carried after watching how he acts/matures on screen.

Mikey's always known that Leo's not much of a kid person.

Not that Leo's bad with kids or even dislikes them, but he really doesn't seem to connect with them, at all. He guesses that it has something to do with his macho leader stich, but at some point, Leo stopped being a kid and started being a teenage adult.