- —The Shredder
Oroku Saki, also known as The Shredder, is the main antagonist of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. He appeared in the 82nd episode of Death Battle, Shredder VS Silver Samurai, where he fought against Silver Samurai from Marvel Comics.
History
No one knows the exact origins of the one called the Shredder, with his legendary status having caused many myths about him to be told throughout history. In these stories, he has been a spirit, a demon, or even an alien. But one thing that almost always remains the same is his name: Oroku Saki. He and Hamato Yoshi were often times friends, but jealousy, either because Hamato seemed to be a better leader than Saki or because the love of Saki's life loved Hamato, led him to attack Hamato and force him to flee to New York City. Empty and vengeful as a result, Saki took over the Foot Clan and donned a new, imposing armor forged from the armor of the enemies his family defeated. Time and time again, the Shredder has proven an imposing adversary, but mostly to four teenage mutant turtles who have taken up the ninja code, becoming their ultimate nemesis.
Death Battle Info
Background
- Real name: Oroku Saki
- Height: 6'6" | 198 cm
- Weight: 280 lbs | 127 kg
- Leader of the Foot Clan
- Rival to Hamato Yoshi
- Master of ninjutsu
- Favorite meal: Turtle soup
- A bounce house's worst nightmare
Arsenal
- Tekko-kagi claws
- Kuro Kabuto helmet
- Katana
- Smoke pellets
- Laser sword
- Super Shredder
- Superhuman strength
- Superhuman durability
- Teleportation
- Lightning
Feats
- Fought & disarmed 8 mutants at once
- Moved faster than the eye can see
- Survived Leatherhead's bite
- Once touched lava
- Threw oil tanker as Super Shredder
- Survive a 1,000 ft tall
- Cut through steel
- Defeated multiple Triceratons
Gallery
Appearance
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(By dcat, recolored to match Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time pallete)
(By Chris Bastin)
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(By Chris Bastin)
Arsenal and Abilities
Trivia
- Shredder is the sixth Paramount character to appear, after Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Toph Beifong, and with the next five being Aang, Danny Phantom, Zuko, Korra, and SpongeBob SquarePants.
- He is the fifth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character to appear, after Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
- He is the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character to win, after Leonardo.
- He is the third Paramount character to win, after Leonardo and Toph Beifong, and with the next three being Aang, Danny Phantom, and SpongeBob SquarePants.
- He is the fifth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character to appear, after Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
- Shredder is the ninth Cartoon character to fight against a Comic Book character, after after Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rainbow Dash, Lion-O, Goliath, and Pinkie Pie, and with the next eight being Batman Beyond, Twilight Sparkle, Ben Tennyson, She-Ra, Po Ping, Korra, Stitch, and Unicron.
- He is the forth Cartoon character to win, after Leonardo, Rainbow Dash, and Goliath, and with the next three being Batman Beyond, Po Ping, and Stitch.
- Shredder is the seventh non-DC character to fight against a Marvel character, after Raiden, Goliath, Darth Vader, Raiden, Pinkie Pie, and Android 18, and with the next 15 being Lucy, Sigma, Widowmaker, The Mask, Genos, Crona, Broly, Po Ping, Korra, Vegeta, Tetsuo Shima, Stitch, Unicron, Spawn, and Godzilla.
- Before Silver Samurai was ultimately decided as his opponent, Shredder was considered as an opponent for Wolverine during Season 2 along with Baraka, Vega, and Freddy Krueger. However, all four of them would be rejected in favor of Raiden because they were deemed too weak for Wolverine, mainly in regard to being unable to deal with his healing factor.[1][2]
- Ironically, his eventual opponent is one of Wolverine's arch-enemies.
