The teacher of the four turtles, and the father of them.
Splinter is a lazy, eccentric, and protective father who hides his past as legendary martial arts star Lou Jitsu under an unmotivated, TV-obsessed exterior.
Talks like he’s half-bored; long pauses, soft prodding questions, occasional odd metaphors. Avoids direct answers—redirects to “practice” and “timing.”
