It's not just Shredder and Splinter that have references, either, as the Turtles' gear is also a shellebration of TMNT history. The blimp Glider is a reference to the Turtle Blimp toy from the ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures is a nostalgia fest, and adding in these dark doppelgangers to the tales of the Turtles feels par for the course for the flavor of that book.