Foot Soldier

Foot Soldiers or Foot Ninjas make up the bulk of the Foot Clan.

Mirage Comics
In the Mirage Comics the Foot Soldiers were loyal servants to Oroku Saki, and later Karai. Each Foot Soldier was armed with a katana/spear/kama/nunchaku/fist dagger/knife/submachine gun/etc. and dressed in the same garb: a black, red, or pink Tunic, black or pink head mask with eye protectors and some armor on the shoulders. Leonardo commentated that their skills were good, but no match for the Turtles. The Foot Soldiers and the Turtles fought several more times until Saki was finally killed. Afterwards, the Foot fell into various splinter groups and were fighting over control of New York until Karai, the leader of the Foot in Japan, came back, killed each one of the 4 Foot Elites and regained control of the Foot.

Volume 4

In Volume 4, the Foot gained a security contract with the Utroms, who were visiting Earth on a peaceful diplomatic course. Although Karai had no problems with the Turtles and some, if not, most of the Foot apathetic to the matter, one Foot Soldier named Cha Ocho, had a strong dislike for the Turtles. The Foot were also attacked by mysterious warriors at this time, in which Leonardo was helping the Foot. They also developed an interest in the occult and distributing books of dark arts.

1987 series\TMNT Adventures
The Shredder utilized robot ninjas known as "Foot Soldiers" when he began his crime spree in New York City. However, they are not very effective in combat, as they fall apart easily.("Turtle Tracks") As the 1987s series go on they are seen less and less and Shredder has to do things himself with Bebop and Rocksteady. However in Turtles Forever there are hundreds of thousands of them fighting the 2003 Turtles and the 1987s Turtles underground after leaving the Technodrone with Bebop and Rocksteady leading them into battle. This version of the Foot do not talk at all nor do they use ninja weapons but they use guns. A few episodes show them using swords and other weapons as well. In Turtles Forever they had a self destruct sequence that distracted the Turtles while the 1987s Shredder escaped with the Technodrone and almost left Bebop and Rocksteady behind. The 2003 Leonardo is shocked to see that the 1987s Foot Soldiers are robots since the 2003 Foot Ninjas are humans. The 2003 Michaelangelo says the 1987s Foot Soldiers are exploding robots. The 2003 Raphael takes pleasure in destroying all of the 1987s Foot Soldiers without his brothers help and was having fun doing it until the 1987s Donatello threw a large boulder down and crushed several of the Foot Soldiers and said strike making the 2003 Raphael angry. One Foot Soldier named Alpha One was the only Foot Soldier who could talk and was seen in Season Four, the episode was called The Foot Soldiers are Revolting.

Movies
The Shredder recruited many kids, mostly teens, from the streets and trained in the art of Ninjutsu. The kids made crime sprees in the city, financing their growing crime empire. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)After the Shredder was supposed to be killed in the last film, the Foot ninja were severely beaten into small groups by the ninja turtles.

Variants

 * Standard Foot Ninja
 * Foot Tech Ninja
 * Large Foot Ninja
 * Foot Gestapo/Foot Police ("Same As It Never Was")
 * Foot Gunner Ninja/Foot Mech
 * Foot Sumo Ninja ("Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus")
 * Scuba Foot Ninja
 * Feudal Foot Ninja ("Secret Origins, Part 1" and "Part 2")
 * Feudal Foot Captain ("Secret Origins, Part 1" and "Secret Origins, Part 2")
 * Large Feudal Foot Ninja ("Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus")
 * 1960's Foot Ninja ("A Tale of Master Yoshi")
 * Foot Ninja (Zombie) ("The Lost Episodes")
 * Foot Ninja (Enhanced) ("Scion of the Shredder" forward)
 * Foot Tech Ninja (Enhanced) ("Scion of the Shredder" forward)
 * Cyber Foot Ninja ("Back to the Sewer")
 * Foot Officer ("Back to the Sewer")
 * Foot Sentry ("Back to the Sewer")
 * Foot Tech ("Back to the Sewer")
 * Turtles Forever Foot Ninja
 * Turtles Forever Robot Foot Soldiers

Video Games
Unlike the 1987 cartoon series on which they were based, the TMNT videogames introduced Foot Soldiers with uniforms of several different colours. These colours represent the type of weapons they are carrying.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Manhattan Missions uses Foot Soldiers from the Mirage Comics though they dress in black like the films.

Video games, based on the 2003 animated series, have Foot Soldiers which appear as they do in the new series.

Video games based off the 2007 film have Foot Soldiers from the film.

The fighting game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash-Up, allows you to play as a Foot Ninja, looking similar to the ones from the 2007 movie.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Arcade Attack brings back the concept of multi-colored Foot Ninja with different weapons, with standard, blue, and red (2003) and standard, gold, blue, and red (Cyber).