Essentially, every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continuity has some version of the Rat King, but beyond a few similar design elements, he's usually different in each take. A connection to rodents ...

Twelve species turned up at the start line: a pig, dog, rooster, monkey, sheep, horse, snake, dragon, rabbit, tiger, ox and rat. As a reward for turning up, the Emperor named a year in the zodiac ...

The swimming race was almost over. ‘First year in the Chinese calendar goes to the Rat!’ announced the Emperor. Nobody cheered. The Rat didn’t deserve the honour given to him. ‘Second ...