"Our father gone! They will pay! I, Tatsu, now lead! Let any who challenge step forward!" — Tatsu in the second film

Tatsu Biographical information Home Earth, New York City Ethnicity Japanese Weapon(s) of choice Knives Occupation Foot second-in-command Affiliation Foot Clan Physical description Species Human Gender Male Hair color None Eye color Brown Out of universe information Era(s) First movie, Second Movie, Video games Voiced by Michael McConnohie, Mugihito (Japanese) Teachers and Students
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Tatsu (also known as Master Tatsu) is second in command of the Foot Clan in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, and almost assumes leadership in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. Tatsu does not like to talk due to his grumpiness and poor English. Several fans believe that he was the inspiration for Hun and Master Khan. He was portrayed by Toshishiro Obata (a real-life Japanese swordsman and martial artist) and voiced by Michael McConnohie.

Contents 1 First Movie 2 Second Movie 3 Video games 4 Mirage 5 References

First MovieEdit

Tatsu is seen as The Shredder's second-in-command and personally oversees the entire youth center for the recruitment of Foot soldiers, while his master is away attending to other matters. He is shown to have a short temper, often physically abusing and punishing the Foot clan for failure. He brutally injures and almost kills a young teenage Foot soldier named Shen So (originally it was intended for Shen So to die, in order to show the sheer brutality that existed within the Foot's ranks, but was cut and replaced with other dialogue: 'You'll be alright,' due to younger audience issues) for trying to calm Tatsu down and defend another Foot member. Tatsu is shown to be unwaveringly brutal in both teaching and combat, as Casey Jones discovers near the climax of the first film. However, Jones comes out the better man, as he wounds and knocks an unsuspecting Tatsu unconscious with a golf club. Following this, Tatsu's fate remains ambiguous until the sequel.

Second MovieEdit

It is revealed that Tatsu escaped the Foot's original hideout at the end of the first film and meets up with the now vastly smaller Foot clan and proclaims himself their new leader, just as the recently-thought-deceased Shredder returns. Still second-in-command, Tatsu carries out the Shredder's first orders with ease; securing the TGRI canister and dispatching his best Foot ninja to follow April O'Neil. His role is fairly minor compared to the first movie, although he remains unwaveringly loyal to his master and rarely leaves his side. He expresses a certain amount of joy in the idea of 'properly disposing of' the two new mutants created by Professor Jordan Perry's ooze; Tokka and Rahzar. In the film's penultimate battle in a night club where Vanilla Ice is performing, Tatsu is 'shell attacked' by the 4 turtles and stumbles away, unconscious. What happened to him and the rest of the Foot clan following their defeat, is unknown.

Video gamesEdit

Tatsu is a boss in The Hyperstone Heist and The Manhattan Missions.

MirageEdit

On May 28, 2011, writer Tristan Huw Jones revealed that he intended for Tatsu to appear near the end of his "Gang Wars" story arc in Tales of the TMNT.^[1]

In both comic adaptations of the first and second movie, Tatsu looks completely different between the two comics.

ReferencesEdit

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