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Oroku Saki, also known as Shredder is the main antagonist of the 2012-2017 Nickelodeon animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series. He concludes that Hamato Yoshi was building his own army and is headed to New York City to exact his revenge. In the episode "City at War", Shredder is mutated.

He is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson who also voiced The Joker, Skulker in Danny Phantom (2004-2007), Dr. Lincoln in Codename: Kids Next Door (2002-2008), and Gantu in Lilo and Stitch series.

2012–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series[]

The Shredder's first appearance was in Rise of the Turtles, as Master Splinter explained to Leonardo about his first failure, trying to protect his peacekeeping birth clan, called the Hamatos, and his family of the same surname from his adoptive brother-turned-vengeful rival, Oroku Saki (AKA, The Shredder). As they reached adulthood Saki and Hamato Yoshi (Splinter's original identity) competed over the love of a young woman named Tang Shen, whose decision to marry Yoshi drove Saki into learning of his true heritage and turn on his former brother in his home, causing it to burn to the ground. The debris collapsed and killed Shen, which infuriated Saki even more. Putting the blame on Yoshi, Shredder left him in his crumbling house, believing that Yoshi would eventually perish. However, fifteen years later, Shredder, who has recently restored his cannon-fodding birth clan, called The Foot, saw a televised news bulletin from America, which tells how "Ninjas" were in New York. As the bulletin continued, he caught a glimpse of a shuriken with Yoshi's insignia. Now realizing the status of his "old nemesis", Saki dons his helmet and leads the Foot to America, where he intends to visit an "old friend".








In The Alien Agenda, Shredder's patience is wearing thin when Stockman failed in his attempt to build mechanical legs for Montes. When Karai (Kelly Hu) came with information about the Kraang, Shredder dismissed it and told her to focus on her mission to destroy the Turtles and their master. When Karai brought a Kraang droid, which proved useful, Shredder was pleased and wanted Karai to find out everything she can about the Kraang. 











In The Lonely Mutation Of Baxter Stockman, Shredder, and Rahzar (Clancy Brown) walk into Stockman's lab, scolding Stockman (Phillip LaMarr) for creating a bunch of useless mutants, including a duck. Stockman explains that it swims, flies, and knows Taekwondo, but this is obviously not enough to please Shredder, so he then says that he has devised plans for pigs and rhinos, but this still doesn't get himself off the hook. Shredder knows that Stockman has failed him one time too many, and Rahzar begins approaching the scientist with the intention of severely harming him, but Shredder has a much more suitable fate in mind - mutating Stockman. Shredder presses a button on the controller that triggers the bottles on Baxter's neck brace to crack, slowly spewing the contained Mutagen all over him. Shredder and Rahzar then leave him behind to mutate. Later, the Footbots drag a dazed Stockman-Fly all the way back to the Foot HQ. They then pause and Rahzar approaches. He says that he wants to squish Stockman here and now, but Shredder has "other plans". Shredder then says that Stockman will need to create one last Mutant to be evaluated—and if he messes up, the villain will pluck his wings. Knowing that his hateful life will continue from this point, Stockman-Fly thanks Shredder for his 'generosity', while Rahzar tosses a chocolate bar for Stockman-Fly to eat.









In Casey Jones Vs. The Underworld, he is seen watching Karai in Stokman's lab, then later meets with Don Vizioso, an Italian crime lord. After mentioning how he controls the Russian Mob through Rocksteady, the Asian gangs through Hun and the rest of the Purple Dragons and the South American gangs through Fishface, Shredder proves his point by slicing his meatballs and candles, Vizioso swears his allegiance with Shredder. Hun then brings him the chemicals he was looking for. After Stockman-Fly told Shredder they did not have the proper equipment they needed Hun gave Shredder access to the abandoned Auman Chemicals (where the chemicals were obtained from) on the Purple Dragons' turf in extage for being put in charge of the facility. After the Turtles and Casey Jones toss an additive into a chemical vat which causes a chain reaction, he says that they have only delayed his plans and orders his henchmen to clean up the factory and start all over. Donnie later learns that The Foot are working on a mind control formula.

In Clash of the Mutanimals, the planned Mind Control Serum is complete by Baxter Stockman while Saki examines the mentally unstable Karai caged. Rather than use Karai as a weapon, Shredder orders Stockman to place the Brain Worms into the minds of Slash and Dr. Rockwell (previously captured by Tiger Claw at the docks) as test subjects. Shredder later appears after Raphael, who was captured by Rockwell and Slash, is subjected to the same experimentation. Despite Raphael wanting to defeat Shredder permanently, he falls to the injected worm's control. When the other Turtles and remaining Mutanimals arrive in a rescue attempt, Shredder orders the three brainwashed mutants, Stockman, and Tiger Claw to eliminate the guests; Shredder watches over the battle from a throne surrounded by flames. After Rockwell, Slash, and Raphael are freed Shredder decides to take matters into his own hands, combating all eight mutants with relative ease. While battling Leonardo and Raphael, Slash and Leatherhead are able to push a statue down to blindside Shredder before escaping when Tiger Claw and Stockman return with reinforcements. Once freed by the Foot Bots, Shredder bellows in anger for another failure to eliminate his enemies.

In The Deadly Venom, Shredder only appears at the episode's beginning. After Karai is administered the brain worm by Baxter Stockman and easily defeats Rocksteady, he orders his mind controlled "daughter" with a mission: the elimination of the Turtles, Casey Jones, April O'Neil, and Splinter.

In Tale of the Yokai, a young Oroku Saki appears during the Turtles' battle with the Hamato Clan, referring to the deities as yokai, ancient Japanese monsters before Michelangelo throws a smoke bomb to escape. Saki goes to the dojo to explain to Hamato Yuuta of his encounter, only to be dismissed by an arrogant and younger Hamato Yoshi. The two "brothers" then combat one another in sparring; the duel turns intense over the mentioning of Tang Shen, with Saki claiming his friend doesn't love her. Knocking him down, Yoshi offers a hand to his friend only for Saki to bitterly reject the kind gesture. Later at night, Saki shockingly protects Shen and her daughter Miwa when the Turtles foolishly behave which causes Miwa to cry. Oroku reveals to Shen of overhearing an earlier conversation between her and Yoshi of the latter's refusal to move to New York and is willing to fill Yoshi's role, claiming to be a changed man before softly kissing her forehead. The tenderness of Saki is seen by Yoshi; when dueling with Saki again, Yoshi fights angrily, demanding to know of the discussion between his wife and "brother". Despite Yuuta's attempts of calming the two, jealousy and bitterness harms Yoshi and Saki's friendship. Out of a lust for vengeance, Saki offscreen drills several Hamato Clan ninjas of the clan's ignorance. Desiring revenge, he torches a shrine and declares the Foot Clan's rise once more; his first target is none other than his former "brother" Hamato Yoshi. Armed with two claw gauntlets, Saki attacks the couple out of rejection and insanity, refusing to stop his merciless attack on Yoshi from the conflicts he's fought overtime. As shown from Splinter's previous flashbacks earlier in the series, Saki's assault results in the dojo's incineration; when Shen renters the dojo to prevent further harm, Orkou Saki commits an accidental fatal slash, killing Shen. Though he attempts to save Shen's body, a piece of burning debris hits Saki, giving him the face burn as a reminder of the tragic day. He then takes Miwa away where he restarts the Foot Clan under a new moniker: The Shredder.

In Attack of the Mega Shredder!, Shredder is watching as Karai, in her mutated state, is being repeatedly injected with mind-control worms. He shows no remorse in what he's doing, instead apologizing for his actions and how they will have their revenge soon. He then requests that Bebop and Rocksteady double the security as he senses the Turtles will attempt another move against him, threatening them with punishment if they fail again. Though the Turtles make it into the catacombs and are beaten back by Bebop, Rocksteady, Tiger Claw, and the Shredder Elite, Shredder is still furious and threatens to punish all of them if it happens again. In an attempt to make it up to him, Bebop and Rocksteady try to help as they manage to capture Mikey and Leo when they infiltrate Stockman's lab alone, but thanks to the turtle brothers suggesting adding the Shredder Elite to what Bebop and Rocksteady intend to do to them, it results in the three Shredder mutants being fused into the Mega Shredder, an amalgamation of all three that proves to be a difficult enemy to the Turtles. After it has been destroyed by the Turtles, Shredder is furious with Bebop and Rocksteady over their stupid act, and leaves Tiger Claw to punish them for their actions.

In Annihilation Earth, Shredder is surprised to find April and Splinter having infiltrated his lair and wonders why. Splinter requests that they call a truce and unite to stop the Triceratons from destroying the Earth with the Heart of Darkness. When he hesitates as to why he would join forces with his sworn enemy, April tells Shredder that if the Earth is destroyed, he will never see Karai again. Taking this into account, Shredder agrees to the truce between the Hamato and Foot clans, and has his mutant lackeys assist in fighting the Triceratons. However, with the timer on the Heart of Darkness detonator reaching zero, Splinter calls Shredder to help stop it, but instead of saving the Earth, Shredder condemns it to annihilation as he seizes the moment, and murders Splinter in cold blood, finally attaining his vengeance: this resulted in April blasting him back with a psychic blast. When Tiger Claw calls him up on this as they are about to be sucked up by the black hole, Shredder shows no remorse in what he has done, only happy to know that his long-time enemy is finally dead and the clan war between him and Splinter has ended in victory for him. With that, Shredder and his lackeys are among the first victims to be sucked up by the black hole to their doom.

In Beyond the Known Universe, Shredder was shown in the flashback when the earth was getting destroyed. However, after the turtles, Casey Jones and April were saved by Fugitoid, he sent them 6 months back in the past so they can find the three fragments of Heart of Darkness to save Earth. It shows that Karai has not been turned into a snake and Splinter has not been killed yet.

In Trans-Dimensional Turtles, Leonardo envisions Shredder stabbing Splinter while he talks to him in the dojo.

In Earth's Last Stand, Shredder had agreed to save Earth again, however, as the future Turtles made it to the present battle, he was almost going to stab Splinter again and doom the planet. Leo quickly warns Splinter and prevents his death, resulting in Splinter being furious at how Saki would rather have the planet destroyed than let his vendetta go. Splinter and Shredder briefly fight, going back and forth about how meaningless their feud is at this point. In the end, Splinter effortlessly defeats Shredder and leaves him for dead, with Tiger Claw carrying him off while swearing vengeance on the Hamato clan.  

In City at War, Karai and her old friend Shiniagami plan to rebuild the foot clan and take down Shredder's criminal operations. At the end of the episode, Tiger Claw talks to Shredder about their failed mission, in their new hideout, revealing that Shredder has actually been left sick and dying since his last encounter with Splinter, with Baxter Stockman pumping mutagen into his body to keep him alive.  

In The Insecta Trifecta, Shredder gives a very back handed thank you to Stockman for his efforts, being the only mutant he can truly rely on in his current situation. After Stockman's attempts at creating a mutant insect army for him fails, Shredder reveals that Stockman's plan of putting mutagen in his body worked, popping two Wolverine-esk claws out of his right hand.  

In The Super Shredder, though his recovery is doing well, Shredder grows impatient, and orders Stockman to inject the rest of the mutagen into him at once, despite Stockman's pleads that it needs to be stabilized first or the effects could warp Shredder's mind towards insanity. Stockman reluctantly does as ordered, but as Shredder starts to get up, the unstable mutagen kicks in, causing him to thrash around the room, grabbing the Kuro Kabuto and putting it on, before fully mutating into his Super Shredder form, just as Rocksteady enters to see what happened when he heard Shredder scream in pain. Tiger Claw arrives shortly thereafter, and immediately demands to know what happened from Stockman, before Shredder tells them it is time to bait the trap for Splinter, and orders them to fetch Rahzar. After cutting power to the Turtles's lair and his old headquarters where Karai was now stationed, Shredder arrives with Tiger Claw and Rahzar, and confronts Karai. Despite the best efforts of Karai, Shinigami, and their Foot Ninja, Shredder overpowers all of them, before forcing Karai to surrender to him under threat of hunting down Shinigami if she doesn't. Once outside, with Karai his prisoner, Shredder is confronted by the Turtles and April in the Shellraiser, but when they try to charge him, he easily lifts the front of the Shellraiser off the ground, before delivering an ultimatum to them to take to Splinter: If Splinter ever wants to see Miwa again, meet Shredder at the last place where they fought and Shredder beat him. With that, Shredder tosses the Shellraiser across the street, then ignites the leaking fluid from the Shellraiser, engulfing it in flames.

Taking Karai to where he sets up his trap for the Turtles and Splinter, Shredder begins his trap by luring Splinter away from the Turtles with various photographs of his and Splinter's past regarding Tang Shen, Karai, and other moments, setting them ablaze, before finally confronting him when he arrives where Karai is being held hostage. Shredder proves too powerful for Splinter, and Splinter is forced to use a smoke bomb to escape and lure Shredder to where Splinter fought The Rat King. Though Splinter has the advantage at first, Shredder soon has him right where he wants him, but before Shredder can finish the job, his arm begins to act crazily, a side-effect of the unstable mutagen that Stockman had warned of. Despite that, Shredder soon manages to crush one of Splinter's feet under his own and prepares to kill him, but a distraction from the Turtles, April, and Karai, gives Splinter the chance to toss a kunai at where he had set up several explosives, detonating them and causing the segment of broken bridge Shredder and he were on to crumble and collapse. Shredder tries to jump to safety to go after the Turtles, April, and Karai, but Splinter manages to grab him, and both of them plunge into the abyss, presumably to their deaths, leaving Bebop, Rocksteady, and an army of Chrome Dome Elite Foot-bots to deal with the Turtles, April, and Karai now that they lost their Sensei and father. Whether or not he survived is left for debate.

In Darkest Plight, Shredder survives the fall Splinter pulled him into by landing on an I-beam, while Splinter falls deeper into the chasm, but cannot pull himself back up to the top of the under-city due to the damage his left hand suffered from the unstable mutagen. Tiger Claw helps him back up, but is horrified when he sees Shredder's hand, and pleads with him to avoid taking any more mutagen as it could be deadly. However, Shredder ignores this, and orders that Zeck and Steranko remain behind to ensure Splinter's dead while he and Tiger Claw return to his hideout to recover before resuming the hunt for the Turtles, April, and Karai.

Once recovered, Shredder and Tiger Claw return to hunt them down, and upon finding Leo, Karai, and April, Shredder orders Tiger Claw to go after the girls while he deals with Leo. They attempt to draw Shredder and Tiger Claw to the surface, but Shredder soon finds Leo lying in a pile of garbage bags, grabs him, and flings him out into the street, in full view of several innocent civilians who run for their lives upon seeing Super Shredder. Grabbing Leo, Shredder starts to squeeze him to death between his hands, before being interrupted by April and Karai. At one point, April seems to have the advantage over Shredder thanks to her psychic powers, but when Shredder is slammed into a building by a fuel tanker semi-truck, he throws it towards Karai, only for April to catch it in her psychic grip, and after having her eyes glow blue and smile malevolently thanks to her Sol Star crystal aiding her, April flings it back at Shredder, before collapsing in fatigue. Shredder prepares to finish off Leonardo, but Karai intervenes, pleading for him to do something good in his life instead of waste it on his vengeance. Moved by that, Shredder attempts to apologize to Karai for his behavior, but Karai reveals she was simply luring Shredder in as she punches him right in his exposed mutated heart, weakening him so his hands begin to fall apart again from lack of stable mutagen. Before Karai can finish him, Tiger Claw arrives to evacuate him back to their hideout, and Karai does not pursue as she helps April get Leo home for medical attention.

Once back at his hideout, Shredder demands a larger dose of the mutagen from Stockman, but Tiger Claw intervenes, saying it is too dangerous, only to be overpowered as Shredder forces Stockman to administer the dosage. Tiger Claw can only watch in shock, disbelief, and fear, as Shredder lets out an enraged scream as the mutagen takes effect.

In Requiem, Super Shredder checks on Stockman, who has finally perfected the mutagen and injects a dose of the perfected super mutagen into Shredder, causing him to spawn more blades on his body, and feel his body feeling stronger and more stable now. Deciding to test it out on some Elite Foot-bots and a hologram of Karai, Shredder shows no remorse as he cuts the hologram Karai down, and prepares to face Karai and Splinter once and for all when word arrives that Karai and Shinigami are hiding out at the Mighty Mutanimals' hideout in the Bronx. Super Shredder lays siege to the place and sets it on fire, overpowering all the Mutanimals before confronting Karai, taunting her at how she'll be meeting the same fate as her mother with dying in an inferno. When Karai tries to run Shredder's mutated heart through with her tanto blade, the stabilized mutagen causes her blade to break, and Shredder throws her to the ground to be buried under rubble and left to perish in the fire.

Afterwards, he waits for Splinter at the Wolf Hotel, the very same place he first fought the Turtles before his mutation. He easily overpowers and knocks out Slash, badly wounds Raphael, wounds April on her arm, and throws Casey off the building, only for him to survive thanks to his grapple hook, before facing Splinter. At one point, it looks like Shredder loses as Splinter trips him up and flings him off the roof, but Shredder recovers and ambushes Splinter, running him through the chest with his blades and finally killing him, attaining his vengeance. However, Super Shredder only enjoys his victory for a short while before a furious April calmly blasts him off the roof with her psychic powers, sending him crashing into the back of a garbage truck, where Casey activates the crusher, hoping to end Shredder's life and avenge Splinter immediately. However, after the Turtles leave in the Shellraiser with Splinter's body, Super Shredder punches his way out of the garbage truck through the roof.

In Owari, after making it to the hideout, fighting much of the Foot Clan's forces including Foot-bots, Fishface, Stockman-Fly, Bebop and Rocksteady, and Tiger Claw, the Turtles, April, and Casey, are confronted by the Super Shredder, who throws Molotov cocktails at them from the from the roof of the mansion. Casey and April are cut off as the flames spread, leaving the Turtles to go after Super Shredder alone.

Super Shredder expresses how he believes that the Turtles would leave the city after Splinter was defeated as they in the The Invasion, Part 2, but the Turtles state that the would not run that everything would end tonight. The Super Shredder tosses off his cape and they five engage in battle.

The Turtles each attack with the best of their abilities, but the Super Shredder proves to be stronger and overwhelms them while mocking their tactics. The fight becomes more intense as the Turtles pin Super Shredder down and even dose him with Donatello's vial of retro-mutagen, but Super Shredder proves to be invulnerable.

Back on his feet, Super Shredder attacks, throwing Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael one by one off the roof until he and Leonardo are the only ones left. In the midst of the duel Leo furiously reminds Super Shredder that he killed Splinter, his brother and best friend, also questioning how could he do it. As Super Shredder beats Leo, he replies that Splinter was cursed from the beginning to become a lonesome rat, that he refused to fight his destiny. However, Leonard snaps at Super Shredder, referring to him as a monster, a demon, and asks if it was his destiny to be one. For brief moment of humanity, Super Shredder considers Leonardo's word and hesitates to kill him. Leonardo takes advantage and attempts to strikes, but Super Shredder overpowers and disarms him and tosses him aside. Super Shredder walks over to the battered Leonardo with blades at the ready and prepares to finish him off. However, Leonardo sees Splinter's spirit once more and is told to fear nothing. Leonard rises and fend off Super Shredder with a powerful assault of blows before retrieving his katana. Now armed, both and Leonardo and Super Shredder charge in the air at each other and Leo strikes Super Shredder with a fatal blow before the two vanish within the flames, killing Shredder once and for all.

In the episode "Scroll of the Demodragon", Tiger Claw releases the Demodragon Kavaxas, intending to have him revive Shredder.

In "The Forgotten Swordsman", Tiger Claw and the rest of his followers collect Shredder's remains so Kavaxas can revive him, however, in order for the process to be complete, Kavaxas states that he needs the Kuro Kabuto, which contains Shredder's mental energy, and his heart, which contains his soul. Later, upon learning of Tiger Claw and Kavaxas' plans, the Turtles, April and Casey Jones decide that it is best to help Karai and Shinigami retake the Foot Clan and Kuro Kabuto from Hattori Tatsu. After the Turtles, while fighting Tatsu, discover that he is blind, he explains that he was born blind, yet had an acute sense of hearing, and, while others mocked him, Shredder saw his skills as an asset and let him join the Foot Clan.

In "Heart of Evil", the Turtles, April and Karai fight with Tiger Claw and his forces over Shredder's heart, which is in the possession of Don Vizioso and his gang. Ultimately, the Turtles fail to retrieve the heart, allowing Kavaxas to finally revive Shredder, albeit in a more zombie-esque state.

In "End Times", Shredder is confused and disoriented after his revival, stating that he had been dead for millennia when he had really only been so for a few months. However, after Tiger Claw informs him of what had happened, Shredder decides that it is time to take revenge on the Turtles. After the Turtles enter Tiger Claw's lair, they end up fighting Zombie Shredder, who proves to be too much for them (due to now having telekinetic and regenerative powers), until Michelangelo steals the Seal of the Ancients and forces Kavaxas to battle Shredder for them. After the Turtles escape, Shredder immediately tells Tiger Claw that Kavaxas will be his new second-in-command.

Later, Tiger Claw begins to suspect that Shredder is under Kavaxas' influence, a thought that is only amplified when Shredder demands that he hand over the Seal of the Ancients to him. When Tiger Claw refuses, Shredder and Kavaxas unleash a feral Rahzar on him, and, during their struggle, Shredder stomps on the Seal, splitting it into three pieces. Kavaxas then laughs and states that his actions; killing an evil warrior (Tatsu), reviving an evil warrior (Shredder) and destroying the Seal had actually been part of a ritual that would allow him to unleash the spirits of the underworld on the Earth and wipe out humanity. When Yiger Claw demands his master to help him fight Kavaxas, Shredder states that Kavaxas is in fact his master now.

As Leonardo, Karai, Michelangelo and Leatherhead arrive to fight Kavaxas, Shredder fights with Leonardo and Karai and is seemingly defeated when the latter knocks him off the edge. After Michelangelo fixes the Seal and forces Kavaxas to undo everything and banish himself, Kavaxas tries to resist entering his portal, and Shredder, angry at being used and dissatisfied with his current body and new life, jumps on top of him and forces him through, stating that they do not belong in the mortal realm.