Foot Clan (2012 TV series)


 * The Foot Clan was the oldest of all ninja clans in Japan.

History
The Foot Clan is an old ninja clan and longtime rivals of the Hamato Clan. It was founded by Koga Takuza who also crafted the Kuro Kabuto as the symbol of leadership. Eventually this helmet was lost.

Centuries later, the Hamato Clan invaded and sacked the Foot Clan's ancestral village and decimated the clan. But one of its members survived: a baby named Oroku Saki. Saki was adopted into the Hamato Clan by its leader Hamato Youta, who was Hamato Yoshi's father.

Decades later, Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi both fell in love with the same woman named Tang Shen. The rivalry that had long been a part of their friendship was severely strained by this development.

Oroku Saki discovered his heritage and that the responsible for his clan's extinction and the death of his biological father was Hamato Youta, the man he once called father and master. Then he attacked Hamato Yoshi's home with murderous intent. In the attack Tang Shen was killed and both men were badly injured with Yoshi trapped in the burning remains of his house. Saki, meanwhile, walked away with Yoshi's infant daughter Miwa.

Shortly after this event, Oroku Saki re-discovered the Kuro Kabuto and began to habitually wear it to cover the burns on parts of his face which he sustained in the attack on Yoshi's home.

Several years later, Oroku Saki, now calling himself the Shredder, learned that Hamato Yoshi had survived the fire and was living somewhere in New York. By this time, the Foot Clan had become a powerful criminal syndicate allied with the Purple Dragons.

Upon his arrival in New York City, Shredder discovered that the "new ninja clan" he thought Hamato Yoshi was training were in fact four mutated turtles. For being important to Yoshi, and for consistently interfering in the Foot Clan's activities, they earned the utter hatred of the Foot Clan and Shredder. Their presence pushed the Foot Clan to form an alliance with The Kraang who provided them with advanced technology. The Kraang provided them with Footbots to strengthen the Foot Clan and even Chrome Dome.

In the aftermath of the Kraang's invasion, the Foot Clan was revealed to have become the most powerful syndicate in New York with the mutations of Xever Montes and Ivan Steranko cementing the allegiance of their respective groups and with the Purple Dragon's new leader Hun eagerly serving the Foot Clan. In his meeting with Italian mob leader Don Vizioso, Shredder mentions how he controls the Russian mob through Rocksteady, the Purple Dragons and other Asian gangs through Hun, and the South American gangs through Fishface. After some "persuasion" from Shredder, Don Vizioso swears his group's allegiance to Shredder. The Foot Clan have begun gathering special chemicals to brew a mind-control serum that resulted in the creation of Brain Worms.

Ever since the Triceraton Invasion was thwarted, Karai enlisted her old friend Shinigami to help her rebuild Foot Clan and kill Shredder. While the Karai-controlled Foot Clan utilized the Foot Ninjas, Shredder's forces utilized Elite Footbots.

Known Members

 * Shredder/Oroku Saki - Current leader.
 * Chris Bradford - Oroku Saki's best student who was mutated into a mutant akita named Dogpound and later a near-skeletal werewolf-like version of himself named Rahzar.
 * Xever Montes - Oroku Saki's Brazilian street contact who was mutated into a mutant snakehead fish named Fishface.
 * Baxter Stockman - Oroku Saki's scientist who was mutated into a mutant housefly that calls himself Stockman-Fly.
 * Tiger Claw - A mutant tiger who is Oroku Saki's current second-in-command.
 * Ivan Steranko - A Russian arms dealer who was mutated into a mutant rhinoceros named Rocksteady.
 * Anton Zeck - A high-tech thief who was mutated into a mutant warthog named Bebop.
 * Foot Soldiers - Soldiers of the Foot Clan.
 * Footbots - Robotic versions of the Foot Soldiers.
 * Elite Footbots - Stronger versions of the Footbots.
 * Shredder Mutants - Mutant clones of Oroku Saki with crustacean DNA in them.
 * Shiva Shredder - Made from the DNA of Oroku Saki and a crab.
 * Claw Shredder - Made from the DNA of Oroku Saki and a lobster.
 * Mini Shredder - Made from the DNA of Oroku Saki and a shrimp.

Former Members

 * Timothy - Former cannon fodder and test subject.
 * Koga Takuza - The Foot Clan's founder and former leader.
 * Oroku Kaiji - Oroku Saki's father and former leader.
 * Chrome Dome - Foot-Bots coordinator. The first one was destroyed by Michelangelo and the second one was destroyed by Karai.

Foot Clan Resistance

 * Hamato Miwa  - Oroku Saki's adoptive daughter and former second-in-command. She then formed her own faction and led the Foot Clan Resistance.
 * Shinigami  - A witch that is a member of the reestablished Foot Clan.
 * Foot Ninjas  - Soldiers of Karai's part of the Foot Clan.

Allies

 * Kraang - They supply the Foot Clan with alien technology and mutagen.
 * Purple Dragons - A Chinese-American street gang who are the occasional allies of the Foot Clan.
 * Don Vizioso - The leader of the Italian Mob who allies his group with Shredder in "Casey Jones VS. The Underworld".
 * Fulci Twins - Don Vizioso's henchmen.
 * Russian Mob - They are mentioned to be on Shredder's side through Rocksteady.
 * Unnamed Asian Gangs - They are mentioned to be on Shredder's side through Hun and the Purple Dragons.
 * Unnamed South American Gangs - They are mentioned to be on Shredder's side through Xever.

Enemies

 * Hamato Chan - Have been enemies with the Foot Clan for centuries.
 * Ninja Turtles
 * Triceratons - They fought against each other in Annihilation Earth and Earth's Last Stand.