Shredder

Oroku Saki redirects here ''This page is for the Oroku Saki and Ch'rell version of The Shredder. For other characters who have used the identity of The Shredder, see Alternate Shredders.

General Information
The Shredder is the greatest adversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and appears in some context in every form of TMNT media. Originally he was supposed to only appear in one issue of the comic, but his popularity saw him return; Peter Laird had said that it was not his and Kevin Eastman's intent for him to become the "Darth Vader" of the TMNT universe, but he had indeed become the chief villain.

In every form of media, his tenaciousness keeps him returning even after he should have been killed. The only time that his demise was ever confirmed of any version of him, was in the first issue of the original TMNT comic; however, this would still not keep Oroku Saki from enacting his revenge on his hated foes.

Mirage Comics
A pair of ninja members of the Foot Clan, Oroku Nagi and Hamato Yoshi, both competed for the love of a woman named Tang Shen. However, Shen only loved Yoshi, which enraged Nagi. Nagi attacked Shen, and in defense, Yoshi fought and killed Nagi.

Shamed for killing another member of the Foot Clan, Hamato Yoshi fled to America with Tang Shen and his pet rat, Splinter. However, Nagi's kid brother, Oroku Saki, swore a vendetta on his brother's murderer. Joining the Foot Clan himself, Saki quickly rose through the ranks, and was put in charge of the American branch of the Clan.

Fifteen years later Oroku Saki was seen now working for a security company, when actually he was sending the Foot to rob the same places later. The TMNT would challenge and face the Shredder. After a bloody rooftop battle, Leo managed to run him through with his sword. Forcing Shredder to commit Seppuku, thus dying an honorable death, he instead opted for throwing a thermite grenade at them, which Donatello would bat back at his face. The explosion as well as Shredder falling off the roof would be the end of him. With their leader dead, the Foot would continue to hunt down the TMNT for revenge.

However, several months later, several members of the Foot, as well as the Shredder himself, would jump and beat Leonardo to the brink of death, and throw his body through the window of April's Second Time Around store. Shredder and the Foot would attack the TMNT, and with the help of Casey Jones, they managed to escape to his old farmhouse in Northampton. After months of recuperation, the TMNT returned to New York, and with the help of Zog, a Triceraton mentally confused due to breathing our Earth oxygen, they went to take down the Foot and the Shredder once and for all. During the fight, Zog gets hacked to death by 3 deformed Shredder clones. The other Turtles would face them and be taken down one by one, leaving Loenardo to go ahead and face the real Shredder himself.

Shredder revealed that he was a worm clone of the original Shredder, but still harbored the hatred of the original. The Foot employed some sort of mystic worms that ate remains of the dead, and then grow into the form of what they ate. The misformed Shredders were past attempts, and the Shredder now facing Leonardo was their perfect copy. Shredder and Leonardo fought it out and in the end, Leo would end up beheading him. Leonardo would then take Shredder's body and burn it.

Sometime later, a Foot Mystic would find the remains and use the worms again, but this time they'd also eat the remains of a shark. This shark monster considered himself the real Oroku Saki. Facing the turtles, he realized he was just a clone and escaped, also eating the Foot Mystic. Sometime later, this Shark/Worm/Shredder monster would also face Splinter and Casey Jones. It's unknown if it would return.

Due to Shredder's death, the Foot would still be after the Turtles. The Elite Foot in particular were after Leo's head. The TMNT would be forced to help Karai (leader of the Japanese branch of the Foot) kill off the Foot factions that were battling each other in exchange for a truce. And sure enough, after they defeated the Elite, Karai and the Foot promised to leave the Turtles alone.

So even after Shredder was only fought with and killed off in one day, his shadow continued to haunt the Turtles for years to come, be it in the form of wormclones, the rest of his clan or Karai.

2003 Cartoon
An alien who wears a robotic suit and pretends to be Saki and Shredder

Movies
The same as the comics, he is a gang boss in New York City

1987 series
A dumb guy who still manages to take advantage of Krang

Appearances
This Shredder resembles Darth Vader quite a bit, but is a gang leader rather than the leader of the Galactic Empire

Stuff To Clean Up
The 1987 Shredder is similar to the Shredder from the comics but much more comical

The 2003 Shredder, Oroku Saki, is actually an Utrom which got banished from the Utrom homeworld. He crashed on Earth with many other Utroms who were escorting him as a prisoner. His Utrom name is Ch’rell. He is head of the Foot Clan, a group of ninja warriors. Mistress Karai is his adopted daughter and prodigy. Hun is head of the Purple Dragons, and a loyal servant to the Shredder. The Shredder was killed in the third season finale Exodus Part 2. In the lost season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(which was supposed to take place after season four), The Mystic Ninja try to resurrect the true Shredder.

Mistress Karai became the Shredder in the fourth season of Teeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, after the death of the Oroku Saki Shredder.Destroying the turtles' lair was the only act she did as Shredder.

The true identity of the Shredder in the 2003 series. He is the only blood red Utrom (looks like meat or a heart) and he has a purple scar. Was sentenced by the other Utroms' tribunal, after being tried and found guilty of various crimes, though out the universe, to exile forever on the icy asteroid Mor Tal. And thus Hamato Yoshi was avenged.