The boys not having a last name

[MikeandRaph87]

When I saw that my inital reaction was 'Yoshi'.

[thundermaster612]

In certain Asian cultures (like Indian or Sri Lankan) the fathers first name is used as the last name. So if the turtles did that they could be Leonardo Splinter or Raphael Splinter...

Well it doesn't work very well but at least they have a last name

[IndigoErth]

Really wish they'd find some clever way to fit Yoshi into this...

Think, Splinter, can't you remember anything? An owner or something before winding up homeless and in an evil lab?

With B & R existing now and introducing humans being mutated, I really wish they'd gone with previously human Splinter...

Originally Posted by thundermaster612

In certain Asian cultures (like Indian or Sri Lankan) the fathers first name is used as the last name. So if the turtles did that they could be Leonardo Splinter or Raphael Splinter...

Well it doesn't work very well but at least they have a last name

Ah, made me remember something. If they can't find a clever, believable way to use Hamato (although I'd really prefer it), I have another suggestion:

http://turtlepedia.wikia.com/wiki/Splinterson
Splinterson is a patronymic used by the Ninja Turtles in the 4Kids television series.

Leonardo first mentions that the Ninja Tribunal call him "Leonardo Splinterson" in the voice-over introduction for More Worlds Than One.

Agree with the quote there from Laird, prefer Hamato as well, but gotta make do with what PD has set up.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

When I saw that my inital reaction was 'Yoshi'.

That's retarded.

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

When I saw that my inital reaction was 'Yoshi'.

In japan it's actually backwards. So Hamato Yoshi for splinter his real first name is Yoshi his "last" is hamato. So for the turtles it would be hamato Leonardo, hamato Raphael, hamato Michaelangelo, and hamato Donatello.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by samxsteal

In japan it's actually backwards. So Hamato Yoshi for splinter his real first name is Yoshi his "last" is hamato. So for the turtles it would be hamato Leonardo, hamato Raphael, hamato Michaelangelo, and hamato Donatello.

Aren't there last name Hamato in the IDW comics? since they were reincarnated.

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Aren't there last name Hamato in the IDW comics? since they were reincarnated.

I'd think so they have never really ever gone by there full names I know that fans use the full Hamato name. But they're more into headcanon stuff

[Shark_Blade]

Never seen that in IDW comics from what I remember. Only fans call em that.

[slingtheory]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Aren't there last name Hamato in the IDW comics? since they were reincarnated.

Technically yes they just don't use it. The one time I remember is when the won the first part of the gauntlet and splinter said victory belongs to clan hamato or something like that

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Never seen that in IDW comics from what I remember. Only fans call em that.

They are technically Hamato, cause the 4 Turtles and Splinter were all related in a past life, They were Hamato Yoshi's sons.

[Shark_Blade]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

They are technically Hamato, cause the 4 Turtles and Splinter were all related in a past life, They were Hamato Yoshi's sons.

Technically they wouldn't be called Hamato Leonardo, Hamato Raphael etc. Because did they use Hamato Splinter? No. It should be their past lives' names like Hamato Yoshi. Hamato ____? The children's past lives names were never stated.

In this new life, they go with the names April gave them: Splinter, Leonardo, etc. No last names.