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Shredderis perhaps the most iconic villain within theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfranchise as he and his entire ninja tribe , the Foot , are the antithesis of everything Splinter and the TMNT stand for – which is why Shredder ’s Foot Clan successor is so incredibly disgraceful .
The story of Oroku Saki aka the Shredder has gotten a bit muddled over the eld with the plethora ofTMNTreboots and new continuity across every mass medium from cartoon strip and television to picture and video games . While the specifics change slightly reckon on whatTMNTstory is being told , the broad - stroke always remain the same : Shredder leads the Foot Clan , and he is arch enemy with Splinter and his modest ninja clan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . This fact is well established in every loop , including withinthe ongoing continuity of IDW Publishing’sTMNTseries . However , it is within this series that the human relationship between Shredder and Splinter stupefy a everlasting overhaul the likes of whichTMNThas never project before – leading to the surprising reveal of Shredder ’s unexpected successor .
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InTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#50 by Kevin Eastman , Tom Waltz , and Mateus Santolouco , the Turtles are face off against Shredder and the Foot for the final time in a conflict royale - style tournament . This tourney was ‘ to the death ’ unless one were to submit before a killing snow was delivered – and neither Shredder nor Splinter were inclined to do that . This think that this issue was going to end with one of them utter , and the other free to do whatever they pleased in the streets of New York City without interruption or conflict . In the final stage , Splinter is victorious andShredder pass an honorable deathin armed combat – and the entirety of the Foot Clan is then left to none other than Master Splinter himself .
Splinter Becomes the New Leader of Shredder’s Foot Clan
When Splinter first gibe to take over as drawing card of the Foot Clan , it was at once shocking as he quite literally became the very thing he swore to destroy . However , upon further thought , it really makes a lot more good sense than it does at first glimpse . For one thing , it was never the Foot Clan Splinter hated , but howShredder led the clan of ninjas . In fact , within the IDWTMNTcontinuity , Splinter ( in his past life ) was a member of the Foot Clan alongside Shredder ( before he was resurrected in the modern twenty-four hours ) . This meant that Splinter had personal association to the clan , and they were n’t just a rogue mathematical group of nefarious ninja . The Foot Clan had the capacity to be a force for effective , and under Splinter ’s leadership , he intended to see that it was .
While Splinter take over for Shredder does really make signified when deal the traditional knowledge of this particularTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesseries , it ’s still really shocking when look at the events with the other iterations still in mind . In the original Mirage StudiosTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Splinter hate Shredder and the Foot so much that he condition the four Turtles as hardened assassins and sent them to shoot down Shredder in inhuman blood – which they did to roughshod beau ideal . So , when going from the original version of Splinter and his family relationship with Shredder to the one established in the IDW series , one ca n’t help but feel take aback bySplinter ’s position as the leaderof the Foot no matter how poetical it is in the ongoing comedian – proving that ( at least to some)Shredder ’s Foot Clan successor is the lastTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlescharacter fans would expect .
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