“ | The Foot have existed for centuries, rodent - hidden in the deepest dark, striking out at our enemies when they least expect it, then vanishing into the night until called upon by our master to strike again. We are assassins. We are thieves. We are warriors. We are ninja. | „ |
~ Karai explaining the Foot Clan to Splinter. |
The Foot Clan are the main antagonists of Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
They are a clan of malevolent ninjas led by the nefarious Shredder, who often commands them to destroy the Ninja Turtles. Frequently appearing in all incarnations, the Foot Clan are notable for being the most common adversaries of the Ninja Turtles.
Biography[]
The Foot Clan consist of a multitude of faceless ninjas who exist to do battle with the heroic turtles and although they tend to fall rather easily they are anything if persistent and continually return to take more punishment. Some versions also reserve their more skilled soldiers just in case a bigger threat appears.
Aside from using ninjas as soldiers, the Foot has been known to associate with gangsters, robots, mutants and even aliens and demons throughout their different interpretations. They appear in the Mirage Comics, Archie Comics, and the IDW comics. The founders from the Mirage Comics are named Sato and Oshi, while in the IDW comics the Founder is Takeshi Tatsuo who was reincarnated as Oroku Saki, the man who would eventually become The Shredder.
The Foot Clan members in the modern times and leader is Shredder who is usually the primary antagonist of the TMNT series but other leaders aside from him are Karai who was originally someone used to replace Shredder in the Mirage Comics, but in later installments became his adopted daughter or, like in the IDW comics, biological descendant.
Baxter Stockman would also join the Foot in some versions, aiding them with his scientific knowledge and his deadly inventions, like the Mouser Robots.
Other members include the Foot Elite and the Foot Mystics, as well as some Foot Scientists, although these are mostly seen in the 2003 animated series.
Bebop and Rocksteady are often seen as members of the Foot during their debut in the 1987 show and would since appear in many incarnations like in the Archie and IDW comics, or the 2012 series.
The Purple Dragons also work for the Foot in some versions, with Hun, their leader, being one of Shredder's enforcers.
Other members include Ktisune, Koya ,Bludgeon, and Alpoex from the IDW comics, Tiger Claw and Fishface from the 2012 animated series, and Tatsu,Tokka and Rahzar from the movies.
The Foot sometimes ally with Krang, a warlord from Dimension X while in other incarnations they can be considered rivals for world conquest.
Members[]
- The Shredder: Leader
- Karai
- Tatsu
- Master Khan
- Shinigami
- Eric Sacks
- Yukio Mashimi
- Yin and Yang
- Dr. Chaplin
- Hun
- Bebop and Rocksteady
- Dr. Baxter Stockman
- Tokka and Rahzar
- Groundchuck & Dirtbag
- Tiger Claw
- Dogpound
- Fishface
- Kavaxas
- Bludgeon
- Koya
- Kitsune
- Tora
- Jennika
- Headhunter/The Mistress
- Dr. Miller
- Masato
- Cha Ocho
- Hiroshi
- Izumi
- Mamoru
- Mashima
- Oroku Nagi
- Oshi
- Tomai
- Yanada
- Foot Lieutenant
- Foot Brute
- Foot Mystics
- Foot Assassins
- Foot Elite
- "New" Foot Elite
- 1960's Foot Elite
- Foot Ninjas
- Feudal Foot Ninjas
- Foot Mech
- Foot Police
- Scuba Foot Ninja
- Foot Tech Ninja
- Large Foot Ninjas
- Foot Technician
- Foot Geneticist
- Public Foot Ninja
- Feudal Foot Captains
- 1960's Foot Ninjas
- "New" Foot Ninjas
- "New" Foot Tech Ninjas
- Foot Pilots
- Cyber Foot Ninjas
- Foot Officers
- Foot Sentries
- Exo-Suit Foot Ninjas
- BTTS Foot Tech
- Robotic Foot Soldiers
- Mutant Foot Soldiers
- Foot Cultists
- Elite Footbots
- Origami Ninjas
In other media[]
Movies[]
1990s Films[]
The Foot makes their first film appearance in the 1990's film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and also appear on it's sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. This incarnation consist in a group of criminals, most of them street kids, who work under Shredder, seeing him as the "father" of their family.
This version uses the kanji "Oni" instead of the more common footprint symbol.
Notable members of this incarnation include Shredder and his second in command, Tatsu.
2007 Movie[]
In the 2007 animated movie TMNT, the Foot clan are led by Karai, since the Shredder was defeated, and presumably killed, in a previous confrontation with the Turtles. Their goal in this movie is to help ancient warrior Yaotl capture the thirteen immortal so he can break his immortality curse.
Paramount Films[]
In the 2014 movie, The Foot Clan served as the film's supporting antagonists. The Foot's primary goal in the film was to obtain the mutagen in the blood of the TMNT.
They return in the 2016 movie Out of the Shadows, freeing the Shredder before he is transferred to a max security prison and aiding Krang with his goal of world domination.
Notable members of this incarnation include Shredder, Karai and Eric Sacks).
Television[]
1987 Series[]
The Foot clan appear in the 1987 series as the main antagonists. Their main forces are robot automatons led by the Shredder, aiding him and Krang in their schemes whenever necessary. Members of this incarnation include villains such as Bebop and Rocksteady, Baxter Stockman and others.
The Next Mutation[]
The Foot clan appear as minor villains in the live action series Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
2003 Series[]
The Foot clan are the main antagonists of the 2003 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoon. They are ancient ninja clan founded by the Utrom war criminal knowns as Ch'rell, under the guise of the Shredder, with the objective of finding and destroying his Utrom enemies and establishing a criminal empire. They're led by the Shredder during the shows first three seasons, and by his adopted daughter Karai for the rest of the series. Another faction of the Foot appeared in season 7, Back to the Sewer, led by Khan, who wanted to free his master, the Cyber Shredder from his prison in the virtual world. Notable members of this incarnation include: Hun, Baxter Stockman and Dr. Chaplin.
2012 Series[]
The Foot Clan are once again the main antagonists of this series, with most of their members starting off as humans, but ended up becoming mutants over time, while the human Foot soldiers eventually got replaced by robots. This incarnation is led by the Shredder in the beginning, but Karai takes power by force in later seasons. Notable members include: Tiger Claw, Fishface, Rahzar and Baxter Stockman.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[]
In this incarnation the Foot Clan are led by the Foot Lieutenant and the Foot Brute, who have the goal of collecting all the pieces of the Kuroi Yoroi armor to resurrect their master, The Shredder.
The Foot reaper in "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie. After Shredder's defeat at the hands of the Yamato Clan, the Foot decide to release the Krang from their prison dimension. They succeeded but were transformed into Krang zombies by the Krang leader. It's unknown what happened to them after the Krang's defeat.
Videogames[]
The Foot clan has appeared in almost every TMNT game, usually aiding Shredder in his schemes and facing off against the Turtles in battle.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- As the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise originally borrowed elements from the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil, the Foot Clan was based off the Marvel Comics' evil ninja group and one of Daredevil's recurring antagonists, The Hand. As with the rest of the original comics, they served as a homage to them. In the later comics, they had become different from them with Shredder taking some elements of Ra's Al Ghul.