Splinter quotes from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

Splinter

No training today... [the Turtles cheer] unless Michelangelo throws that balloon.

Raph

You are so gonna get it!

Donnie

But we're still chaining him up, right?

Splinter

Of course, I am compassionate, not insane.

Splinter

No, Leonardo. I am not. It seems your enemy, Dr. Victor Falco, has returned and he now calls himself "the Rat King." He will not stop until he has total control over every rat in the city...and my mind.

Leo

Sensei?

Splinter

Everything I knew is gone- my wife, my daughter, even my humanity. You four are all I have left.

Splinter

I had intended to one day pass this on to my daughter. But I would like you to have it.

April

It's beautiful.

Splinter

Yes. And...

April

I think we found my weapon.

Shredder

Hamato Yoshi, so glad you could accept my invitation.

Splinter

What have you done with April!?

Shredder

Now that you are here, Miss O'Neil is no longer any use to me. I gave her to my new friends- the Kraang.

Splinter

[horrified] You fool! Do you have any idea what you've done!?

Shredder

[strikes Splinter from behind] Yes. I took your family away and I now I can put an end to you once and for all.

Shredder

[dumbfounded] What? A rat?! [chuckles mockingly] I see you are as hideous as those turtles that surround you. How fitting. You're a rat who has been caught in my trap.

Splinter

Look closely at this face, Shredder.... [angrily] For it is the last thing youll ever see!

April

Sensei, I want to apologize for the way I spoke to you earlier.

Splinter

No need. You spoke what was in your heart. I am just relieved you made it home safely.

Leo

What's wrong, sensei?

Splinter

I learned some things from the Shredder.

Leo

Like what?

Splinter

That is a story for another time, Leonardo. Tonight is for celebration. After all, it's not everyday you save the world from an alien invasion.

Splinter

This is all very grave news. Very grave, indeed.

Donnie

I can't believe this is happening. Poor April. (We accidentally turn her dad into a bat and almost mutated her.)

Splinter

Do not dwell on the past. (April will have to wait.) You must find every last canister of mutagen. You must search every street, every park and playground, every building and rooftop... before we have even more mutants on our hands.

Leonardo

I'm sorry to bother you, Master Splinter. I need to ask you some questions- about Karai.

Splinter

It is late, Leonardo. These questions will have to wait for another time.

Leonardo

She said you took her mother away from her. I know it's not true, right?

Splinter

No. It is not true. But the truth is just as difficult.

Leonardo

Please, sensei, tell me. Trust me.

Splinter

Karai... is my daughter.

Splinter

Today, I will teach you to enjoy falling down.

Donnie

Why would I ever- [gets tripped by Splinter] Whoa!

Splinter

Did you enjoy that?

Donnie

No!

Splinter

Then let's keep trying. [knocks Donnie down a couple more times] Do you like it yet?

Donnie

No, sensei! Not at all!

Splinter

Hmm. Then perhaps one cannot make someone like something.

Donnie

Of course not. No one wants to be... [realizes what Splinter means] Oh, I get it. You're talking about me and April.

Splinter

My son, for someone so intelligent, the obvious often eludes you.

Splinter

My son, I sense there is something you would like to tell us.

Mikey

What? No, not at all. Really, I didn't do anything. [gives in] Okay, okay! You got me! I kinda... I sprinkled a little... [pulls out a vial of mutagen] mutagen on my skin.

[shocked and furious] WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING?! WHY?!

Mikey

To become better! Cooler, you know? You guys treat me like a big goofball all the time! So I found this vial in Donnie's lab. The label says it'll make you super cool.

Donnie

[turns the vial around, showing that "cool" is actually "cooled"] No, it says you're supposed to keep it super cooled, as in TEMPERATURE!!! This was a reject-batch of retro-mutagen, Mikey! It's DANGEROUS!

Mikey

Well, you could've made it a little more clear! [Donnie turns the vial around to show many warning labels] Still not that clear.

Donnie

But now that I know what caused this, I think I can engineer an antidote from the remaining sample.

Mikey

[delighted] Yes, yes, yes! [hugs Donnie] I love you, man.

Splinter

Then you must start right away.

Donnie

I'm just missing one key instrument, though. A molecular centrifuge to mix the solution.

Mikey

No problem! Money is no object! [to Leo] Leo, can I borrow some cash?

Splinter

It is very good to see you again, April.

April

I missed you, Master Splinter. I hope we can start training again soon.

Splinter

Of course. [bows down] Whenever you wish.

April

[to the Turtles] I never got a chance to tell you guys that I'm sorry, for everything.

Leo

You're sorry? But we were the ones that screwed up.

April

It was an accident. And most importantly, you're my friends. I don't ever want to hold a grudge ever again.

Raphael

He's still out there somewhere.

Splinter

Raphael, do you know what I do when I miss my loved ones from the past?

Raphael

No.

Splinter

I focus on the friends I am surrounded in the present.

Casey

How do you know these freaks?

April

These are the... other friends I told you about.

Casey

So they're NOT the bad guys?

April

No way! [sighs] Casey Jones, meet Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo...

Mikey

What up? [gets smacked by Raph]

April

...and the one and only Raphael.

Casey

So the Turtles are all... Italian?

Splinter

No. I named them after my favorite painters and sculptors of the Italian Renaissance.

Casey

[gasps, screams, and then faints in shock]

April

Casey? Casey, wake up! [shakes, then slaps his face; Casey wakes up] This is Master Splinter, Casey. He's cool.

Splinter

You do not have to fear me, my friend. Rest assured, I do not bite.

Casey

He's a giant, t-t-talking rat?!

Splinter

Leonardo?

Leo

[falls over in surprise] Sorry, Sensei. Can't seem to focus.

Splinter

I noticed. What is it that troubles you, my son?

Leo

I keep having the same nightmare, Sensei - every night! I let the team down. They're dragged off into darkness and I'm powerless to help.

Splinter

This is not uncommon. All leaders must face the fear of losing their team. I face this every time you and your brothers' leave the lair.