| rdfs:comment | - Years later in New York, Saki, alongside his second-in-command Tatsu, had formed the Foot Clan, a gang of street kids and gangsters trained in the art of Ninjutsu and started what was called 'the Silent Crime Wave' where no one so much as saw what was being stolen. Saki essentially becomes a Fagin-esque crime figure. A brutal and Machiavellian leader of a ring of child thieves, he manipulates and recruits troubled teens and teaches them ninjutsu to turn them into a group of skilled thieves and assassins. As their leader, Saki took on the persona of "the Shredder," and became a fearless "benevolent" cult leader. He rewards the teens with a hideout that includes a skateboard park, cigarettes, junk food, music, pizzas, soft drinks, guitars, comics, TV sets and arcade games. Although he has no
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| abstract | - Years later in New York, Saki, alongside his second-in-command Tatsu, had formed the Foot Clan, a gang of street kids and gangsters trained in the art of Ninjutsu and started what was called 'the Silent Crime Wave' where no one so much as saw what was being stolen. Saki essentially becomes a Fagin-esque crime figure. A brutal and Machiavellian leader of a ring of child thieves, he manipulates and recruits troubled teens and teaches them ninjutsu to turn them into a group of skilled thieves and assassins. As their leader, Saki took on the persona of "the Shredder," and became a fearless "benevolent" cult leader. He rewards the teens with a hideout that includes a skateboard park, cigarettes, junk food, music, pizzas, soft drinks, guitars, comics, TV sets and arcade games. Although he has no regard for the youth that do his bidding, he corrupts old Japanese concepts of Bushido in order to make himself appear as the "benevolent leader", such as promoting one student to a full-fledged member in front of all members by saying "Money cannot buy the honor you have earned" and helping the recruits gain a sense of belonging by saying they are here "because the outside world rejects you", which was the problem Danny Pennington had faced. When reporter April O'Neil started talking about the Foot on the news, the Shredder sent the Foot to force her into silence. She was rescued by Raphael, but one of the Foot followed them back to their lair. Later, while the Turtles were hanging with April in her apartment, the Foot attacked and kidnapped Splinter. Then they found and attacked Raphael to near death and sent him crashing through the roof of April's 2nd Time Around store. After a big fight with the Foot, the Turtles, April and Casey Jones escaped to April's farmhouse, but not without the Foot accidentally setting April's apartment and antique store on fire first before withdrawing as they heard the FDNY and NYPD approach. Shredder imprisoned Splinter in his warehouse hideout. Shredder tortures him regularly to get information about the Turtles and their techniques. Sometime later, the Shredder found April's artwork of the Turtles from one of his fellow members, Danny Pennington, signaling that the Turtles were back. The Shredder sent the Foot to the Turtles' lair and sent Tatsu to kill Splinter. The Turtles managed to defeat the Foot, and Casey Jones defeated Tatsu and rescued Splinter. Eventually, a furious Shredder finally appeared and had a dramatic rooftop battle against the Turtles. Upon hinting that the Shredder had already killed Splinter, Leonardo lost control and went at the Shredder head on. The evil ninja tripped him up and aimed his yari at him, telling the Turtles to toss their weapons or he will kill him. Even after the Turtles threw down their weapons, the Shredder intended to kill Leonardo anyway, but Splinter, freed by Danny Pennington and Casey Jones, finally arrived, revealing that he knew who exactly the Shredder was, and himself to be the same rat that clawed Saki's face so many years ago. The Shredder removed his mask to reveal the scarring, which confirms his real name was Oroku Saki, and charged at Splinter in a blind rage, intending to spear him. Splinter, however, whipped out Michelangelo's nunchaku, wrapped it around the Shredder's yari and sent him over the side of the roof. Still hanging on to the yari, the Shredder threw a tanto at Splinter. Splinter caught the knife, but he had to let go of the nunchaku that was holding his spear, and the Shredder fell into a garbage truck. Casey Jones pulled a lever, activating the crushing mechanism and the garbage truck's hydraulic press apparently ground the Shredder to death. The viewers are then shown a closeup of the Shredder's helmet being crushed. The NYPD arrive soon after to apprehend the Foot and confront the teens, who decide to repent for their actions under the Shredder's leadership and confess to the location of the Foot Headquarters, allowing New York's Finest to apprehend many of the Foot Ninja. The Shredder was voiced by David McCharen and portrayed by James Saito. In the Japanese versions, the Shredder is voiced by Norio Wakamoto (1st movie in VHS version), and Hidekatsu Shibata (1st movie in TV version),
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