The Foot Clan was the oldest of all ninja clans in Japan. For the longest time, it was led and controlled by Oroku Saki, also known as The Shredder. However, after his crushing defeat at the hands of Hamato Yoshi, he and his forces fled their New York territory and the clan was taken over by Karai, who recruited new soldiers and her old friend Shinigami to help her scout out and destroy the Shredder.
History
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The Foot Clan is an old ninja clan and longtime rivals of the Hamato Clan. It was founded by Koga Takuza who also crafted the Kuro Kabuto as the symbol of leadership. Eventually this helmet was lost.
Centuries later, the Hamato Clan invaded and sacked the Foot Clan's ancestral village and decimated the clan. But one of its members survived: a baby named Oroku Saki. Saki was adopted into the Hamato Clan by its leader Hamato Youta, who was Hamato Yoshi's father.
Decades later, Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi both fell in love with the same woman named Tang Shen. The rivalry that had long been a part of their friendship was severely strained by this development.
Oroku Saki discovered his heritage and that the responsible for his clan's extinction and the death of his biological father was Hamato Youta, the man he once called father and master. Then he attacked Hamato Yoshi's home with murderous intent. In the attack Tang Shen was killed and both men were badly injured with Yoshi trapped in the burning remains of his house. Saki, meanwhile, walked away with Yoshi's infant daughter Hamato Miwa, who he renamed Karai.
Shortly after this event, Saki re-discovered the Kuro Kabuto and began to habitually wear it to cover the burns on parts of his face which he sustained in the attack on Yoshi's home. Now calling himself the Shredder, he set out to rebuild the Foot Clan until it became a powerful criminal syndicate. This was done by recruiting its army of ninja through a chain of dojos across America owned its celebrity fighter Chris Bradford, and allying with many Chinese gangs through the Purple Dragons, many Brazilian gangs through its street contact Xever Montes, the Russian mob through its weapons dealer Ivan Steranko and the Italian mob through its drug dealer Don Vizioso.
Fifteen years later, Shredder learned that Hamato Yoshi had survived the fire and was living somewhere in New York City. Upon his arrival, he discovered that the "new ninja clan" he thought Hamato Yoshi was training were in fact four mutated turtles. For being important to Yoshi, and for consistently interfering in the Foot Clan's activities, they earned the utter hatred of the Foot Clan and Shredder. Their presence pushed the Foot Clan to form an alliance with The Kraang who provided them with advanced technology rev. The Kraang provided them with Footbots to strengthen the Foot Clan and even Chrome Dome.
In the aftermath of the Kraang's invasion, the Foot Clan was revealed to have become the most powerful syndicate in New York with the mutations of Montes and Steranko cementing the allegiance of their respective groups and with the Purple Dragon's new leader Hun eagerly serving the Foot Clan. In his meeting with Vizioso, Shredder mentions how he controls the Russian mob through Rocksteady, the Purple Dragons and other Asian gangs through Hun, and the South American gangs through Fishface. After some "persuasion" from Shredder, Don Vizioso swears his group's allegiance to Shredder. The Foot Clan have begun gathering special chemicals to brew a mind-control serum that resulted in the creation of Brain Worms.
Ever since the Triceraton Invasion was thwarted, Karai enlisted her old friend Shinigami to help her rebuild Foot Clan and kill Shredder. While the Karai-controlled Foot Clan utilized the Foot Ninjas, Shredder's forces utilized Elite Footbots. Later on, Shredder took a mutagen serum made by Stockman-Fly which turned him into the Super-Shredder.
By "Owari," the Turtles were able to slay Super Shredder while the rest of his minions got away.
Known Members
- Hamato Miwa / Karai - Current leader
- Shinigami - A witch and old friend of Karai, who recruited her as a new member of the Foot Clan.
- Foot Ninjas - New ninjas of the Foot Clan who transferred from Japan to join Karai in her mission to take down Shredder for good.
Former Members
- Koga Takuza - The Foot Clan's founder and former leader.
- Oroku Kaiji - Oroku Saki's father and former leader.
- Oroku Saki - Former leader who took up the moniker of The Shredder.
- Chris Bradford - Oroku Saki's best student who was mutated into a mutant akita named Dogpound and later a near-skeletal werewolf-like version of himself named Rahzar.
- Xever Montes - Oroku Saki's Brazilian street contact who was mutated into a mutant snakehead fish named Fishface.
- Baxter Stockman - Oroku Saki's scientist who was mutated into a mutant housefly that calls himself Stockman-Fly.
- Takeshi - Oroku Saki's second-in-command since "The Manhattan Project" who was mutated as a child into a mutant Bengel tiger that calls himself Tiger Claw.
- Ivan Steranko - Oroku Saki's Russian weapons trading partner who was mutated into a mutant rhinoceros named Rocksteady.
- Anton Zeck - Ivan Steranko's high-tech thief who was mutated into a mutant warthog named Bebop.
- Foot Soldiers - Former soldiers of the Foot Clan.
- Footbots - Robotic versions of the Foot Soldiers.
- Elite Footbots - Stronger versions of the Footbots.
- Shredder Mutants - Mutant clones of Oroku Saki with crustacean DNA in them.
- Shiva Shredder - Made from the DNA of Oroku Saki and a crab.
- Claw Shredder - Made from the DNA of Oroku Saki and a lobster.
- Mini Shredder - Made from the DNA of Oroku Saki and a shrimp.
- Timothy - Former cannon fodder and test subject.
- Chrome Dome - Foot-Bots coordinator. The first one was destroyed by Michelangelo and the second one was destroyed by Karai.
Allies
Former
- The Kraang - They supply the Foot Clan with alien technology and mutagen.
- Purple Dragons - A Chinese-American street gang who are the occasional allies of the Foot Clan.
- Italian Mob - They are on Shredder's side through the Vizioso Mob since"Casey Jones VS. The Underworld".
- Vizioso Mob - An Italian mafia family who allies his group with the Foot Clan in "Casey Jones VS. The Underworld".
- Don Vizioso - The head of the Vizioso Mob.
- Fulci Twins - Don Vizioso's henchmen.
- The Hammer -
- Vizioso Mob - An Italian mafia family who allies his group with the Foot Clan in "Casey Jones VS. The Underworld".
- Russian Mob - They are mentioned to be on Shredder's side through Rocksteady.
- Unnamed Asian Gangs - They are mentioned to be on Shredder's side through Hun and the Purple Dragons, and possibly Tiger Claw.
- Unnamed South American Gangs - They are mentioned to be on Shredder's side through Fishface.
Enemies
Former
- Hamato Clan - Have been enemies with the Foot Clan for centuries, but have been somewhat of allies since Karai has taken over.
- Ninja Turtles
- Triceratons - They fought against each other in Annihilation Earth and Earth's Last Stand.
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