Oroku Saki, The Shredder, is the main antagonist of the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles comic strip. A ninja master of the Foot Clan, he does everything in his power to defeat the Hero Turtles, but is wildly unsuccessful.
History[]
Crime boss Art E. Choke tapped Shredder to take out the Hero Turtles, who he has been told are a major stumbling block to his criminal empire. Choke offers Shredder the assistance of Rudolph McLizard and his gang, but Shredder refused, saying he could take out the Turtles on his own. Shredder fails, and McLizard's gang is successful in knocking out Michaelangelo, angering Shredder and having him fall out of favor with Choke.
Shredder observed Krang's attempt to defeat the Turtles with two animal-themed robots, Mad Cow Denise and Mad Pig Pete, and he berates Krang after the robots fail. He then accidentally bumps the "transfer" button on a control panel, which transports the Turtles out of Dimension X. Krang and Shredder argue whose fault it all is - Shredder says it's Krang's fault since his robots failed, and Krang blames Shredder for sending them back to Earth when they could have continued to come up with plans of attack with them stuck in Dimension X.