Splinter quotes from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

He serves no great purpose. He fights no great evil. He is great evil.

In the hands of a true ninja master, anything is a weapon.

Yes, pizza sounds very appetizing right now. With pepperoni. And karma.

Nothing, have the Tribunal heeded Yoshi. My master might be alive today.

The Empire's greatest craftsmen had forged armor for the warriors. Special armor engraved with protective spells and talismans of purity. Armor they will soon wear into battle against the evil Shredder Tengu.

Oroku Saki's betrayal plunged Japan into an age of darkness. The malevolent essence of the Shredder swelled within him and all around him. There's seem no limit to the evil of which he was capable.

A weapon is only as good as the arm that wields it.

So much danger, never wanted this for them.

Ancient One

Splinter, I cannot meditate with you muttering like that. Besides my butt has fallen asleep.

My apologies, Ancient One. But the Ninja Tribunal troubles me more each day, I cannot allow their foolish judgment to cost me my family. Not again.

Ancient One

Your sons are capable, sort of.

Michelangelo

Um, hello we're like five feet away. How about showing a little tack.

Leonardo

Master Splinter, when you say the Ninja Tribunal cost you your family. What are you talking about?

I am talking about my beloved Master Yoshi and of a time in the past. Yoshi-san was a guardian then, pledged to protect the Utroms. He came to alist the Ninja Tribunal's aid.

Ancient One

Yoshi was my prized pupil and he assisted on becoming a guardian.

My lords, we must form an alliance. The Shredder's threat is beyond imagining!

This alien bug imposter you called the Shredder, it's nothing to us. He is not the real Shredder!

Do not underestimate him, he may even the channel the evil of the one you fear.

This distraction, we must remain vigilance against the return of the True Shredder.

Ancient One

Masters, please reconsider.

We have spoken, go now and trouble us no more.

The mighty Ninja Tribunal ignored my master's warnings. And because of the Tribunal's call in difference, one of the countless victims of the Utrom Shredder would be my Master Yoshi. And the Tribunal did nothing.

Ancient One

The Tribunal sees a bigger picture than we do, Splinter. At least I hope they do.

Raphael

Is anybody going to tell us what the shell is going on here?

Michelangelo

Real Shredder, True Shredder, Utrom Shredder.

Donatello

How many Shredders are there?

My sons, it is time you know the true story of how this all began. Of an evil darker than all evils, a primal force of malevolence that was and is the Original Shredder.

Ancient One

No one really knows what level of the dark depths spawned him.

The Shredder Tengu spread his evil everywhere, he seems unstoppable. There were five great warriors in Japan in that time. Their courage and their victories were legendary.

Ancient One

And you young punts already have the honor of meeting them. There was Hisomi. Chikara.

Juto.

Ancient One

Kon. And perhaps the most skilled and ambitious of them all, Oroku Saki.

Leonardo

Saki, Shredder's fake human identity. He was real?

Ancient One

Don't interrupt, Leonardo. Just listen, so these five great warriors were summoned before the Emperor, who informed them. They were the world's last hope.

Michelangelo

Whoa, no pressure or anything.

This fight overwhelming them, they refused to give up. They have vowed to fight until the very end.

Ancient One

Saki's attacks were the most savage, the most damaging.

The Emperor held a great celebration and decree that the warriors would be known as the Five Dragons. There could be no higher honor.

Ancient One

He awarded them their own banner. The Three-Toed Sign of the Dragon, but the celebration was premature.

Ancient One

Saki's battle with the Tengu had been spot on law of the physical plane.

I am Oroku Saki, demon!

There is greatest in you warrior, I can make you a god among these insects. Every wish fulfilled, every dream made real. You can rule all, have all, just around me inside your soul. And the world will be yours!

The demon's words ignited some dark part of Saki, he accepted the offer.

Having created an impenetrable stronghold and his only true opposition to strong. Saki became the most feared warlord of all, his name was spoken in whispers.

Ancient One

And the name they all whispered was the Shredder. The Dragons vowed to defeat to the Shredder at all cost, they needed to increased their power so they sought out mystical knowledge.The ancient spells and wisdom that will allow them to stand against the Shredder's might. They've studied hard and learned much, the Dragons scoured the globe for masters of the mystic arts who will be willing to teach them.