Did Splinter mutate the turtles?

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Originally Posted by srmff

Does it? Is Splinter not not just telling them that he went to a pet shop and bought four baby turtles when he was attacked and mutated? In the episode I don't think he mentions why he was in New York or the Shredder.

He mentions the Shredder in the second half of the 2 parter. He tells Leo about how he lost his wife and daughter to the Shredder. What isn't being said is that with his clan destroyed he left Japan to make a new life and that is exactly what happened. Though he was probably banking on eventually remarrying and having children. Not getting four turtles and having to raise them as his sons.

I do feel that perhaps he did have some selfishness with training his sons in ninjutsu. He knew they would face the Shredder but when they were fully grown and well mastered as ninja such as Jonin level or Chunin at the very least. At the end of Rise of the Turtles he does warn the turtles their carelessness could have consequences. And seeing his sons performing the death dragon was the warning he needed to know that someone associated with the Shredder was around and if Shredder himself wasn't in the city yet, he soon would be.