Okay, so in Lone Rat and Cubs Splinter said something during his big final battle with The Kraang that I didn’t quite understand at first. “This would be our philosophy” “This would be our theocracy”...  But apparently what he said was “This would be our Thermopylae”

Thermopylae was a famous piece of land in northern Greece that followed a narrow mountain pass along the coast of a river, making it a choice location for multiple battles... most notably The Spartans’ last-ditch defense against the invading Persians in 480 BCE. The victory was was mythologized over time and became the subject of many stories and paintings, most notably the work of Jacques-Louis David (post-renaissance)

Leonidas at Thermopylae, 1813 

Conclusion: Splinter is an enormous nerd.

So ummmm....

When you’re out grocery shopping and mom wants you home in ten minutes X

Splinter: *Lost his home, heritage, and family little more than a year ago, and is now in the throes of having just lost his humanity. Remains patient and positive toward the reptilian infants he’s stuck with despite his losses, and as he warms up to them he decisively gives them names from an art period near and dear to his heart ever since he was a young child who dreamed of being an artist, symbolizing his high hopes for the turtles’ future despite their unorthodox appearance*

Y’all inevitably: “So he just puts a book down and names them after the first artist they crawl toward? smh lazy parenting at it’s finest…”

tbqh I’m about 20x more excited for this upcoming episode than I was for my 21st birthday

Okay, I know that the faux baby voices are kinda weird and their designs are up for debate, but the little details in the way the baby turtles move? 👌👌👌👌 A+

Hi hello I’d just like to know which assbitch smothered Splinter’s aspirations to become an artist while he was growing up

The Dad Face™

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Quick question though, why does baby Don sound EXACTLY like a squeak toy?

“What do you want to see at the TMNT panel at comiccon?” “What are looking forward to in future episodes?”

Me: *Pulls out ukelele*

♬♪ All I want to do Is see Yoshi turn into ♪ A giant rodent! ♫

♪♫ All I want to see is him protecting 4 babies as a giant rodent ... ♪♬