Shredder

Class 2

Shredder

Theme:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Accessories:

Claws
Helmet
Cape
Shoulder armour

Years:

2013-2014

Appearances
79101 Shredder's Dragon Bike 79122 Shredder's Lair Rescue 79117 Turtle Lair Invasion

Shredder is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles minifigure first released in 2013. He is the franchise's main antagonist.

Appearance

Shredder's helmet is metallic silver and has three horns on the top that are connected to a ridge that runs above his eye slot. The bottom of his eye slot has a metal veil that hides his mouth. His head has an angry expression with one of his eyes totally white. Half of his head is heavily scarred and disfigured. Shredder wears silver, metal pauldrons that have three blades on each side the same pieces are used for weapons by Setam in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. He also has a dark blue cape that sits on his pauldrons.

Background

The Shredder, formerly known as Oroku Saki, is the eternal and main adversary of Splinter and the turtles. He is the undisputed leader of the Foot Clan consisting of Foot Soldiers, Dogpound, and Fishface. He is a master of ninjitsu, surpassing the turtles and being equaled only by Splinter. He has an adopted daughter named Karai, who disagrees with her father and rebels against him, even striking up a romantic interest in Leonardo.

Long ago, Shredder was known as Oroku Saki and was good friends with Hamato Yoshi. They were trained in the same ninja clan and became as close as brothers. However, when Saki learned that he had been born into the Foot Clan, but adopted and raised in the Hamato, he began to rebel. Tensions rose when he and Yoshi both fell in love with the same woman, Tang Shen, which sparked a bitter rivalry between them. Eventually, Tang Shen married Yoshi and gave birth to his daughter, Miwa. One night, Saki, mad with jealousy and hatred, attacked Yoshi in his home, intending to kill him. A blow that was intended for Yoshi missed its mark, consequently killing his wife. Yoshi struck back, and the battle turned for the worse. During the fight, they destroyed the house of Hamato, and burning pieces of rubble began to rain down on them, leaving them both badly wounded and permanently scarring Saki's face. While he was walking away, leaving Yoshi in his rage, he found Yoshi's infant daughter Miwa. He secretly took her and raised her as his own, renaming her Oroku Karai, and causing Yoshi to believe his daughter was dead. Due to the damage they did to both the property and people of the Hamato, Yoshi became known as Splinter, and Saki as Shredder. Both were exiled from the clan. Splinter moved to the Unites States, and Shredder stayed with the Foot in Japan, eventually rising to become their leader. Among his disciples are numerous Foot Soldiers, Chris Bradford and Xever.

Fifteen years later, Shredder realized that Splinter had survived their fight, and that he had been training ninja of his own. He deployed0 his army to travel to America with intent to kill Splinter once and for all.

Gallery of Variants


Dark Blue Cloak	Purple Cloak	Movie	Flashback

Notes

He uses Setam's claw braces.
His helmet is also used by the Dummy from 79103 Turtle Lair Attack, as the Dummy itself is supposed to resemble Shredder.
His scarred printing on the side of his face is similar to that of Two-Face's 2012 redesign, though in different color and on the other side of the face.
His movie variant reuses Lex Luthor's head, which has also been used on Tor-An and a Sith Trooper.
In the upcoming live-action adaption film of Ninja Turtles, he will be played by William Fichtner who also appeared in The Lone Ranger as Butch Cavendish.
The original 2012 variation of Shredder resembles the version of the Shredder seen in the original 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with the light maroon chainmail and the dark cape, but minus the cloudy eye and the chestplate.