The Shredder

The Shredder
Human (The Shredder) Human (The Shredder w/o Mask) Human (Hamato) Human (Foot) Mutant Undead Corpse Oroku Saki in his full Shredder armor. Oroku Saki without the Kuro Kabuto. Oroku Saki in his Hamato Clan kimono. Oroku Saki in his Foot Clan kimono. Oroku Saki as a mutant human. Oroku Saki as a zombie. Oroku Saki's corpse.
Information
Real Name	Oroku Saki
Alias	The Shredder • Master Shredder • Super Shredder • Undead Shredder • Saki • Hamato Saki (Formerly) • Shredhead • Freaknut • Cheese Grater • Zombie Shredder
Gender	Male
Species	Human (Formerly) Mutant Human (Formerly) Zombie (Currently)
Occupations	Leader of The Foot Clan (Formerly)
Team	The Hamato Clan (Formerly) The Foot Clan (Formerly)
Allies	The Foot Clan (Formerly) • Hattori Tatsu • Purple Dragons • Kraang Hive Mind • Italian Mafia (Formerly) • Hamato Yoshi/ Splinter (Ex-Adoptive Brother) • Tang Shen (Ex-Love Interest) • Hamato Yuuta (Ex-Adoptive Father) • Foot Cultists • Kavaxas
Enemies	Hamato Yoshi/ Splinter • Ninja Turtles • April O'Neil • Casey Jones • The Foot Clan (Karai) • Mighty Mutanimals • Triceraton Empire • Tiger Claw
Weapons	Steel Claws (see below)
Home	Tokyo, Japan (Formerly) New York City (Formerly) Netherworld (Currently)
Height	Unknown
Age	48
Hair Color	Brown (Human) N/A (Mutant/ Undead)
Eye Color	Black (Human) Green (Mutant/ Undead)
First Appearance	Rise of the Turtles Part Two (Human) The Super Shredder (Mutant) Heart of Evil (Undead)
Last Appearance	The Super Shredder (Human) Owari (Mutant) End Times (Undead)
Voiced By	Kevin Michael Richardson

“	So, my old enemy is in New York and training his own army. At last I can finish what I started so long ago. Prepare my jet! I'm going to visit an old friend.	”
—The Shredder's first line, Rise of the Turtles Part Two

Oroku Saki, aka Hamato Saki, The Shredder, Super Shredder, or Undead Shredder, is an enemy of the Ninja Turtles. As the son of Oroku Keiji, a Ninjutsu master, leader of The Foot Clan, the one who killed Tang Shen, and the one who took away Miwa from Hamato Yoshi, he is one of most deadliest and fearsome assassins of all. As the arch nemesis of the Ninja Turtles and Splinter, he is seeking vengeance on their sensei to end what they started years ago in Tokyo, Japan. Later on, he was mutated by Stockman-Fly with Super Mutagen into a mutant human with blades and Mutagen veins sprouting from his body, which was done so that he could recover from his battle injuries (which was caused by Splinter after their last encounter). Once he assassinated Hamato Yoshi and achieved his vengeance, he was assassinated by Leonardo himself to end the nightmare. Months after his death, Tiger Claw summoned Kavaxas to resurrect his master into a zombie, until he sends himself back to the Netherworld alongside with Kavaxas. Wearing the Kuro Kabuto, an ancient helmet that symbolizes The Foot, he wields a pair of Steel Claws as his signature weapons of choice. He has a rivalry with Hamato Yoshi/ Splinter, Leonardo, and Karai. Oroku Saki debuts in Rise of the Turtles Part Two, Super Shredder debuts in The Super Shredder. and Undead Shredder debuts in Heart of Evil.

Backstory

As Oroku Saki/ The Shredder

Born in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, Oroku Saki was being raised by an unknown female and Oroku Keiji. His father was the leader of a family ninja clan in Japan known as The Foot Clan. After a battle with The Foot Clan was taken down by their rival clan, The Hamato Clan, Hamato Yuuta found the orphan baby of Oroku Keiji.

He then adopted the baby as his own son. He was then also trained and raised alongside with Yuuta's son, Hamato Yoshi so that they could become ninjas of The Hamato Clan. The two of them had a very brotherly relationship as they were believed to be brothers and they both shared a rivalry in training. But then years later when Saki and Yoshi were both older, they both fell in love with the same girl, Tang Shen. They both tried to get at her, but Yoshi was chosen by Shen over Saki. He then became jealous about this relationship and held a grudge on Yoshi claiming that "he took Shen away from him". In an unknown point, Yoshi and Shen got married and had a child of their own named Miwa.

In an unknown point, Saki learned about his true background as he was not a child of Hamato Yuuta, but instead the son of Oroku Keiji. He also learned that he was the heir to The Foot Clan due to his father being the previous leader. So due to this, Oroku Saki decided to take the throne and revived The Foot Clan after years of its defeat.

Now knowing the truth that he wasn't related to Yoshi, he went to the Hamato Dojo in order for him and Yoshi to have a fight to the death. Using his Tekkō-kagi, Saki fought Yoshi to attempt to murder him and during the fight, a fire started inside the Dojo. In the climax of the fight, he was about to finish off Hamato Yoshi once and for all. But then Saki accidentally give the blow to Shen when she shielded Yoshi for protection. She then passed away due to the blow and both men were devastated and heartbroken. When Saki was trying to get at her, he was burnt in the face by a piece of ceiling that was on fire, which caused his face to become scarred with burns.

Once he exited the burning Dojo with permanently scarred face, he spotted the baby of Yoshi and Shen who was abandoned. He then decided to take the baby with him and renamed her Oroku Karai, to later on raise her as his own daughter and fuel her with lies about the tragic death of her mother, which was supposedly caused by Hamato Yoshi.

2D The Shredder Gifts Karai With Shikomizue

Later on when Saki started to take over The Foot Clan, he claimed the Kuro Kabuto, an ancient helmet that is an ancient relic of the clan, created his own custom Tekkō-kagi, and adopted the alter-ego of "The Shredder". He later on starting to recruit members for his clan to expand it, such as his own army of ninjas known as the Foot Soldiers, famous martial artist Chris Bradford, Brazilian street thug Xever Montes (who was freed by Shredder after being imprisoned after a failed attempt of stealing his briefcase), and the blind swordsman Hattori Tatsu. The Shredder had made Tatsu his second-in-command of The Foot Clan and made him the sensei of his daughter to turn her into the Kunoichi of The Foot. That was until Tatsu fled from The Foot Clan after being mocked by the other ninjas due to his blindness. From there, The Shredder became the new sensei of Karai and made her his new second-in-command. He later on also gifted his daughter with the Shikomizue, which would become her signature weapon. The goal of Shredder was to fully transform his ninja clan into a worldwide crime syndicate, as well as seeking vengeance on Hamato Yoshi.

As Super Shredder

After Shredder's last encounter with Splinter at Washington Square (during the invasion of the Triceraton Empire), he became badly injured due to the attacks that Splinter performed on him, after The Shredder failed to assassinate him. When he was finally defeated and his right hand man, Tiger Claw, carried his master away to retreat, The Foot Clan had to move away from New York City to a mansion that Shredder owned in the woods, making Shredder's Hideout abandoned until Karai and Shinigami took over the place.

While they made the mansion their new lair, Oroku Saki had to be on a hospital bed to recover from the injuries. During that time, Baxter Fly became in charge of taking care of his master. Saki planned that it was best to recover through a mutation, which is why Stockman started to inject a special type of Mutagen that he was slowly developing known as the Super Mutagen. Through a Mutagen Drip that was created by Baxter Fly, Shredder was slowly being injected the Mutagen to become a mutant later on. But since the Ninja Turtles and Karai were trying the weaken The Foot to bring them down, Shredder was becoming impatient to mutate, which Baxter would constantly remind him that the Mutagen was unstable and could affect him gradually.

But one day after Baxter Fly had reported to his master about his failed mission of fighting for The Foot Clan against The Foot Clan with Scumbug and Antrax, Shredder didn't seemed interested in his failure. Instead, Shredder pointed out to him that the Mutagen Drip was finally taking effect on him. Soon afterwards, the Super Mutagen causes Mutagen veins to be visible, as well as causing blades to burst through his left arm, notably two steel claws that burst through his knuckles from his left hand.

But then one stormy night whatsoever, Shredder finally had it and when Baxter came to check on him, he forced him to give him the rest of the Mutagen. When Baxter Fly heard his orders, he once again told him that he refused. Afterwards he warned him that the instability of the Super Mutagen and cause the mutation to be monstrous.

Angry at him refusing, he finally threatened Baxter to do it. Being scared of his threat, Baxter Fly decided to give Shredder what he wished. As all of the Mutagen from the Mutagen Drip transferred into Saki's system, the Super Mutagen that was barely coursing through his veins seem to had affected him in a mild way with a few blades bursting through his left arm. But that was until he screeched in total pain from the mutation, causing him to go through a very violent mutation. The Shredder was once again having two steel claws bursting through his knuckles on his left hand and afterwards grabbing his Kuro Kabuto, which mutates as well and merges with his face. After the violent mutation of The Shredder had finished, he had became a mutant with blades and Mutagen veins covering his body, becoming known as Super Shredder.

As Undead Shredder

After many months of the death of Super Shredder by the hand of Leonardo, Tiger Claw and The Foot Clan retreated back to an underground shrine dedicated for The Shredder in New York City, which was built by the Foot Cultists. Takeshi, who learned about a Demodragon who could resurrect his deceased master, decided to summon the demon from the Netherworld to Earth for his own purposes. As the cultists stole both the Mystic Seal of the Ancients and The Scroll of the Demodragon to summon the demon, Kavaxas, the mutant Bengal tiger was able to summon the beast in front of the Ninja Turtles.

With Kavaxas on their side, The Foot gathered Oroku Saki's mutant corpse alongside with his mutated Kuro Kabuto and mutated heart. After The Foot Clan retrieved the two items that would complete The Shredder's resurrection, Kavaxas finally resurrects Saki. But due to him being deceased, the mutant came back as a zombie with rotting flesh and exposed bones.

History

Raised In The Hamato Clan

Hamato Dojo Duel

Rise Of The Foot Clan

Moving To New York City

Wolf Hotel Confrontation

Initiation Of A War

Enter Karai

Meeting The Kraang

Alliance With The Kraang

Old Rivals Reunion

The Foot Clan Rises Back

Trip To Japan

Return To New York

Karai Learns The Truth

Hunt For The Kuro Kabuto

Karai's Betrayal

The Kraang Invasion

During The Kraang Invasion

After The Kraang Invasion

Fabrication Of The Mind Control Serum

The Triceraton Invasion

The Foot Clan War

Rise Of The Super Shredder

Super Shredder Recuperates

The Super Shredder's Return

Final Showdown

Death

Postmortem

Resurrection

Banishment To The Netherworld

Appearance

Personality