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rosekatara · 4 months

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Just wanted to share a little bit of cuteness overload I "stumbled" upon, on purpose🥹

🐀🐢🐢🐢🐢

#tmnt #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2012 turtle-babies #they are so cute #adorable!#🐀🐢🐢🐢🐢#lone rat and cubs

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misteria247 · 1 year

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Hello,

I need another set of eyes and you are the resident expert on all things 12 Mom Leo related.

Was he seriously watching over his siblings as a turtle tot as they waited for Splinter to get back?! Or is he not the one sitting up and I’m looking at the wrong turtle…

First off I'm super flattered to be known as the 12 Mom Leo expert in the residency I'll carry this title with pride fr fr.

To answer your question, I do believe that is Leo! Cuz if I'm recalling correctly it's the same turtle tot who crawled over to Splinter and showed interest in his katana. Which just makes this even more cuter because that means this dorky loser literally hatched out of his egg full on ready to Mom the hell out of his brothers and I'm living for it dude.

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claaaaaaaaaar · 2 years

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Day 16 - Fav episode

I don't really have a favourite so I just went with Lone Rat and Cubs because it's the first one that poped in my head and I love the baby turtles x3

(also let's pretend I posted this the right day)

#tmnt 2012 #tmnt201210thanniversary #tmntember #tmnt201210years #teenage mutant ninja turtles #lone rat and cubs #2012 splinter #2012 leo #2012 raph #2012 donnie #2012 mikey #turtle tots #my art

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turtle-crossing-the-road · 2 years

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you ever look at some tiny animals and just have your entire thought process devolve into

‘I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!!!!! I’D DIE FOR YOU I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!’

#teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #turtle tots #tmnt leonardo #tmnt raphael #tmnt donatello #tmnt michelangelo #lone rat and cubs

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fabuloustrash05 · 1 year

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allonsos-evil-lair · 2 years

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Turtle Tots

Quick screenshot redraw from Lone Rat and Cubs.

#tmntember #tmnt2012 #tmnt201210thanniversary #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #turtle tots #splinter #raph #raphael #leo #leonardo #donnie #dontello #mikey #michaelangelo #lone rat and cubs

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s0fti3w1tch · 11 months

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I want you all to know that this episode has irreversibly changed my brain chemistry and the clip with Splinter names the turtles is looping constantly

#Please look at it please look at it please look at it #regular buwan blog #tmnt brainrot #tmnt 2012 clip #tmnt 2012 #episode: lone rat and cubs #turtle tots #help me i cannot be normal #it's so cute i

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mikittalabs · 11 months

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just watched mutant apocalypse and i can't help but notice how the ending almost implies the turtles and mira die at the end. like the oasis is some kind of afterlife. before they arrive, there's that sign that says "the end" and the "the" almost looks like blood if you squint. plus the sky right before the 3rd episode ends actually looks like a normal sky instead of the wackass shit in the rest of the arc. and that whole group picture with splinter. and the transition into the final scene is raph waking up on that rock. like. hm.

#still think it's fucking hilarious the mutant apocalypse arc is right after lone rat and cubs #like “aww splinter's being a protective dad”#straight into “the planet is dead and everything sucks also donnie's a robot now and mikey and leo are dead probably lmao”#tmnt 2012

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delhe-dalim · 2 months

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I rlly loved to watch Lone rat and cubs! In fact, it's my fav episode ☝️ And I think it's not necessary to explain why.

#tmnt #tmnt 2012 #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt leonardo #master splinter #tmnt 2012 splinter #artists on tumblr #that scene really killed me #too cute #I had to draw it

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bigbluefishi · 2 months

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splinter and his bebes 🥹 rewatched lone rat and cubs and it’s such a good episode aaaaghh

#tmnt #tmnt 2012 #tmnt fanart #sketch #digital art #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt splinter #tmnt leonardo #tmnt raphael #tmnt donatello #my art

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shantechni · 7 months

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I think an awful lot about Splinter believing in the start of the series that he'd lost his humanity.

For the sake of someone named Pete, I will go through the events in chronological order for once-

In Lone Rat and Cubs, Splinter tells the turtles about their time spent running from the Kraang before they found their forever home, and we learn that Splinter didn't easily slip into his new role. Sure, he cared for the turtles, kept them fed and sheltered them from the elements, but he still called them "creatures" and "turtles" before naming them. He didn't see this as an opportunistic situation where he miraculously became a father to a second batch of kids, but rather that he'd fallen into a pool of misfortune and would need to live with this new form while protecting himself and the turtles.

"What terrible deed did I do in a past life that such a curse has befallen me?"

As he considers the turtles' growth and the possibility of a future with them, he then begins to view himself as a potential father. He explains that he wondered if he had the discipline to be a proper father, especially after the loss of his first family, and he realizes it was something he wanted to be regardless of discipline or odd circumstances.

And so, he claims the turtles as his own, and accepts his role as their father.

Though he'd grown accustomed to being a mutant rat over the years, he still draws a line between "Hamato Yoshi" and "Splinter" without knowing it, albeit a blurry and ephemeral one drawn in ever changing sand.

We hear Splinter in the second episode of the series talking about the loss of his family, his home, and his own name. He more or less tells Leo that being mutated erased whatever connection he formally had to the name "Hamato," and the idea is further supported by a similar and more somber scene in I, Monster. Splinter fights off the Rat King's control as he again laments that his entire clan and family, even his humanity, is gone, and he has nothing but the turtles left for him in this new life. Fortunately, he retains his sense of self post mutation, and he's presented from the beginning of the series as one who's in control of himself, both to his sons and friends of theirs, as well as any enemy that comes their way.

However, that presentation of control gives us a bit of a look into his psyche and allows us to consider the idea of him still struggling to come to terms with not being human anymore.

With the introduction of the Rat King, he's taunted by a potential loss of that control for the first time and it shakes him to his core. It makes sense for him to be shaken up since all that'd be left without him is a mindless, humanoid rat who'd lost touch with the human it used to be. Which is why it's so compelling that his sons, particularly Leo, are so adamant about reinforcing the fact that his mutation doesn't erase who he is. It's incredibly noteworthy what Leo says to him when trying to break the Rat King's control over him, "Remember who you are!"

Not who he once was, or the human he used to be, but who he is.

They never viewed Splinter as a separate being from Hamato Yoshi.

The boys aren't strangers to Splinter's old life before them, and they're very much aware of everything he'd lost; the guy talks about certain things frequently enough for them to know his tragedies and recite them without skipping a letter. It's his recollections of the tribulations he suffered through that helped them understand that his life with them is undeniably disconnected from his life with Tang Shen, but not unrelated.

He's still Hamato Yoshi, and his place will always be with his family.

Having been defeated by Splinter, the Rat King runs to find another way of tormenting him, and his perfect target is fear.

Though we got a brief look into this during their first encounter with Falco's twisted appearance, it's not until Of Rats and Men that we get further insight into another layer of Splinter's concern with his rat half: the repercussions that could result from the loss of control.

Throughout all of his years of raising his sons, not once did he ever treat them with the intention to frighten them and make them wary of his every move. The Rat King can easily use that fear to his advantage and weaken Splinter's mental stability enough to figure out how to make mutants similar to him. And he truly makes use of that fear by turning Splinter into his personal puppet.

There's still a considerable amount of concern on the turtles' end that pierces through that fear though. After Splinter teleports across the room to distance himself, Leo looked ready to leap to his side, and the others, despite being threatened literal seconds earlier, remain where they are and are equally concerned.

Eventually, the Rat King strikes again and everyone begins to piece together what's going on when Splinter loses it. Mikey is absolutely terrified and staggered by what happened, and Raph and Donnie tread with caution while Leo and April are the first ones to approach Splinter.

The TV gives them extra confirmation that Falco is back, and to everyone's surprise, Splinter refuses to help them fight Falco, even when Casey is dragged down a manhole by one of the mutated rats in their first attempt to clear the streets. It's not an easy choice for Splinter to make because we see how guilty he feels for his refusal, but the gang doesn't fault him for refusing either. No matter how much they want for Splinter to join them, he's right to worry about what the Rat King, now stronger than before, could force him to do.

April speaks for everyone though when she tells him they all believe in him. They make it known that they aren't afraid of what may happen, and they especially aren't afraid of him.

Unsurprisingly, Splinter changes his mind at the last minute, and, with the help of a recently mutated cat, he chases Falco down to deal with him once and for all. Protecting his family takes priority over his doubts, and by the end of the episode, he overcomes his fear of the Rat King controlling him.

He has his humanity, and that's what makes him different from the rat Falco constantly made him out to be.

And for the first time in the series, in The Lonely Mutation of Baxter Stockman, he says out loud that he has his humanity and is thankful he's fortunate enough to still have it when others lose it post mutation.

I previously went a bit more in depth about it in this post but the boys have witnessed Splinter grappling with being a rat, particularly with the Rat King's meddling, and Donnie sincerely believed giving him retromutagen would be something he'd want. This was clearly an idea that's been weighing on Donnie's mind for a while considering that he seemingly kept quiet about his plan until he completed the retromutagen, and he's the most upset when he has to use the remaining dosage for Kirby.

But Splinter tells him and the other turtles he's content as he is and wouldn't do anything to change himself this far in. And the boys all seem content with his answer.

With the invasion of the Kraang and his defeat at the hands of the Shredder, Splinter again comes face to face with his mutated genes, and there's no Rat King stringing him along this time. He'd been swallowed by delirium with the lack of familial support to pull him out of it, and he became spiritually disconnected from his body as a result. The gang is initially caught off guard by Splinter's state, but they quickly get over it and work to subdue him.

While the boys are pulled away into battle, April uses her powers to sift through Splinter's memories and, after showing him the time he asked her to train with him, we see a memory with the turtles, Karai, and his only family portrait from before his mutation:

Seeing his family is what manages to bring him back to his senses.

We the audience, as well as Splinter, figured that was the end of his troubles with being a mutant rat, but Shredder decided to bathe in some super juice and sent Splinter careening a thousand feet into a dark cavern, the same one Splinter sent Falco down two seasons ago. Being thrown into near total darkness with a fairly debilitating injury and fever was the perfect recipe for him to begin hallucinating, and he believes the Rat King is attacking him when he's most vulnerable. But just when he feels himself slipping further away, his mind goes straight to the day his sons celebrated their 15th mutation day, and just beyond them is Tang Shen.

He regains his clarity, grasps that Falco's been dead the whole time, and is immensely relieved to see Donnie and Mikey after what he'd been through.

"Perhaps a teacher, but never my master."

Falco inadvertently taught Splinter that he's always had his humanity, and his family serves as a reminder of that fact by remaining a constant and significant pillar for him.

His family is his humanity.

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cookieturtle26 · 5 months

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Papa's boys

I just love "Lone rat and cubs" episode, it's so sweet and their family relationship is everything to me, 😭❤

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fabuloustrash05 · 2 years

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Remember growing up we all had different theories on how 2012 Raph got the chip in his shell. Some theories were a training accident or a gruesome fight.

Then S5 comes around with the episode Lone Rat and Cubs and reveals that Raph got the chip in his shell from a shopping cart.

A literal shopping cart.

#I love this show #I have a headcanon that Raph is embarrassed by how he got his chip/scar #so he lies to others on how he got to to seem tougher #and empress people #but everyone has a different story told to them on how he got his scar #cause Raph can’t keep track of his false story #so eventually the truth comes out #tmnt 2012 #tmnt raphael #tmnt raph #raphael hamato #tales of the tmnt #tmnt season 5 #lone rat and cubs #random thoughts

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imagionationstation · 1 year

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BRO

As many times as I’ve seen Lone Rat and Cubs, I’ve never actually processed this background before 🤣

Like, I was always paying attention to the main scene, and just assumed that Raph was joyously being aggressive in the background, as he’s been known to do.

AND THEN I REALIZE-

Raph’s just back there beating Donnie right under Splinter’s nose!

Legit- kickin him while he’s down! THE HECK! 🤣 /affectionate

(He’s a literal baby, you haters. Back off.)

But then Donnie decides that he isn’t going to lay there and take it.

SURPRISE!

Tiny Donnie says that two can play this game.

It seems a tiny Raph can dish it, but he cannot take it.

Only flail them tiny arms~ 🤣

Aaaah, righteous vengeance. So satisfying.

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mrsblackruby · 1 year

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I just don’t understand how so many people hate 2012 master splinter in the TMNT fandom after the episode entitled “Lone Rat and Cubs” which came out in 2017 in the the last season (Season 5) like my guy of course he’s fucked up a little bit after all he went through to keep his kids alive in the show he had to protect them from the kraang and the humans he knows he’s imperfect and he’s trying his best I feel so bad for him people are usually so harsh in fan works whenever they mention 2012 splinter they don’t consider all 2012 splinter lost in the process when he came to America. Idk I just think it isn’t fair to his character in the story.

#2012 splinter #master splinter #meta #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #it’s okay to not like characters I’m just venting

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delhe-dalim · 29 days

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Stuff in common I found between Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) and Splinter (Tmnt2012) bc that happens when u are hyperfixated with fictional characters:

-Both being badass powerful and wise jedi/ninja masters, responsibles for the main characters' training (Anakin/Luke-the turtles)

-Mental powers

-Both went into exile after some heavy events that changed their lives (the Great jedi purge / mutation)

-They had a brother in the past, but things didn't turn well :(

-Both lost the woman they loved (bruuuhhh)

-Trauma™

-Buuut despite all their suffering and pain, they never went to the dark side (well maybe Splinter for a lil bit, but that was the damn Rat King's mind control, not his will 🤓☝)

-This thing I noticed in the Tmnt 2012 artbook (this rat kinda reminded me of obiwan, now I know why)

-At some point they appear as force ghosts lol👻

-These little details that had me 👁👁

*Facepalm*

*strokes his beard*

robeees

-Sweet moments with children 😭

The whole Lone rat and cubs episode and the bond between Obi-Wan and little Leia had me like 🥹🥹

idk I'm a big fan of cuteness so watching that made me happy

-According to the character database, both are INFJ -Whatever this type of character is called, I like it

Although their context of their stories are different, I found curious to notice some similarities! so here I am, sharing them and thanking you for reading this far

#star wars #obi wan kenobi #tmnt 2012 #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2012 splinter #2012 splinter #master splinter #hamato yoshi #idk maybe I'm hallucinating¿ but everytime I saw splinter's gestures I was like hmm I've seen u before somewhere else #anyways it's just me and my taste for wise introverted men with a tragic past 🚬#I like when they smile tooo #delhe rambles #text

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