What animal do you think Nick's Splinter resembles most?

[BabyTurtles]

he looks like a rat to me

[prophecy718]

he reminds me of my dog who has a white goatee, so I actually named him splinter true story

[gobo]

Originally Posted by Zulithe

I'd be willing to bet that if you did a blind test that the answers would be quite mixed.

You mean like the proverbial blind men trying to describe an elephant by touch?

[Shredded]

Originally Posted by gobo

You mean like the proverbial blind men trying to describe an elephant by touch?

I'm pretty sure he means, that if you just took a snap-shot of Splinter out of context, walked out on the street and stopped a bunch of people asking them. "What animal do you think this guy is supposed to be?"

The answers would be quite mixed.. and I have heard quite a lot of people expressing that they thought he looked like a badger in the promo pictures. So I guess that's very valid.

I don't see it myself though, I think it's quite obvious that he's a rat, especially when we get to see his hands and feet's.

Some promo pictures, maybe it could be a little obscured what he is, but seeing him in motion in the show, it's obvious. At least I think it is.

[jmfoxfire]

Kangaroo skunk

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by jmfoxfire

Kangaroo skunk

lol XD this made me chuckle~

[Eiko]

Out of all the Splinters i think the nick Splinter looks the best and looks like a rat.

[Vivi]

Badger x Roo x Doberman, mainly because of color and ear placement.

[Shark_Blade]

Originally Posted by Shredded

Here are two different rats with markings similar to Splinters


How-ever, I read a while back that this new Splinter, is actually based on a very specific asien, tree Rat species. I remember it having a name, I looked it up, and true enough, there was a lot of small Splinters with the white markings and red-brown fur down their backs in a line.
Unfortunately I forgot what the species is called!

But yeah, this Splinter is not just an ordinary brown sewer rat, he is a very specific species of rat you can buy in a pet-store. I'm just believing that he held one of those rats they sold in the shop where he bought the turtles.
I know the show indicated he got the DNA from the rat he almost stepped on, but come on, he didn't even touch it.

Also, havn't seen the action figure of him, but Splinter in motion in the show.. Looks like a rat. His ears are to big for him to be a hamster.

Very nice theory! Indeed it bugged me that the rat he almost stepped didn't even touch him, but like you said he might touched a rat in the pet store. His built might also suggest an unusual breed as opposed to the typical grey sewer rat.

Interesting.

[Slade]

Well....you know..a rat...

I can see how people say badger and all that, but I really see him as a rat.

[tmntpower1988]

Splinter looks like a badgeratoo (badger, rat and kangaroo)

[Justin]

Originally Posted by gobo

What animal do you think Nick's Splinter resembles most?

I'd have to say the same species he did in the original and 2003 series.

[Mona_Lisa]

Originally Posted by Donatello19

When I first saw his design (before the show was out, in toy form) I absolutely hated it and thought it was very ugly and made no sense, but now that I've seen his actually cgi appearance, I little the design a lot. The only thing that annoys me a little is the red/brown on his face, but all in all I think he looks like a rat (how he's supposed to look!) in the show itself. The toy however makes him look horrible.

^This
I thought he looked more like a dog at first, and I hated his design. I like it just fine now.

[Ninj]

The toy could use a redesign.. But on the show he looks like a rat 100%