How would you deal with character redundancy in TMNT?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Dirty Blond

Well, Hamato Yoshi is Splinter (most of the time).

Are you sure? Because in the central mediums/universes of film, TV, and comics...

Hamato Yoshi is Technically Not Splinter:
1. Mirage Comics
2. Movies
3. NT:TNM
4. 4Kids Show
5. IDW (he is still a normal rat, reincarnation of Hamato Yoshi or not)

Hamato Yoshi is Technically Splinter:
1. Fred Wolf
2. Archie
3. Nickelodeon show

Even if you were to grant the IDW example, it still seems you're wrong.