The Shredder's Minions

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I had so much fun making A Father to His Students(a picture depicting my take on the origins of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) that I decided to make a picture showing my take on the Foot Clan, depicting characters from several incarnations of the Turtles, old and new. Please note that the descriptions will only give my version of their origins.

The Shredder (all continuities)- Of course, we can't have the Foot without The Shredder. Like most versions, he's a ruthless ninja warrior named Oroku Saki, who has a burning hatred for Hamato Yoshi, now the mutant rat sensei Splinter, and is obsessed with terminating all five of the Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Venus de Milo. His Foot legions consists of both human and robot ninjas.

Krang (1987 animated series, Archie Comics, IDW Comics, 2003 animated series, Turtles Forever, 2014 film)- My interpretation of Krang is an Utrom criminal. When he used his suped-up exosuit and his battle fortress the Technodrome to commit genocide and destruction across the universe, the Utroms captured him and banished him to Dimension X. Somehow managing to escape to Earth with the Technodrome and his vast amount of technology, Krang meets and forms an alliance with Shredder, starting a neverending villain team-up.

Bebop and Rocksteady (1987 animated series, Archie Comics, Turtles Forever, IDW Comics, 2014 film)- Bebop and Rocksteady were punks working for Shredder made into mutants like their previous incarnations, but here they were Purple Dragons, too. Like before, Bebop is a mutant warthog and Rocksteady is a mutant rhinoceros.

Tokka and Rahzar (Secret of the Ooze film, 1987 animated series, Turtles Forever)- My interpretation of Tokka and Rahzar makes them Purple Dragons named Donald and Hogan. Donald is mutated into a snapping turtle, while Hogan becomes a mutant wolf. Krang then named Donald "Tokka" and Hogan "Rahzar" after two warriors in Utrom mythology.

Scratch and Jailbird (Scratch was a very rare action figure in the toyline of the 1987 cartoon loosely based on the one-shot Archie Comics character Hallocat, Jailbird was the little plastic sidekick the Scratch figure came with)- Scratch and Jailbird were also Purple Dragon members who were mutated. Scratch is now a cat while Jailbird is a bird. Ironically enough, they still get along pretty well.

Dogpound and Fishface (2012 animated series)- I am using them in my fan fics and fan art before the new show is even airing, but I intend to not interfere with there characterizations too much. Unlike most of Shredder's henchmen, Dogpound and Fishface were a normal dog and fish before their mutation. They do not get along well with the other mutants.

Alopex (IDW Comics)- An old friend of Bebop and Rocksteady, Alopex was recently mutated into an arctic fox, while Scratch's older brother Old Hob became a cat like his little brother. Both failed their attempt to get the Turtles. Shredder killed Old Hob for failing him, but he decided to let Alopex off the hook.....for now.

General Tragg/General Traag (1987 animated series, Archie Comics, IDW Comics, 2012 animated series)- Leader of Krang's army of Rock Soldiers.

Sergeant Granitor (1987 animated series, Archie Comics, IDW Comics)- Second-in-command of the Rock Soldiers. Tragg loses patience with his stupidity.

Hun, Killer, and Scrag (Hun appears in the 2003 animated series and in more recent issues of the Mirage Comics, as well as Turtles Forever. Killer and Scrag appeared in the 1987 animated series, the Archie Comics, and had cameos in Turtles Forever. Killer was the punk with the sunglasses and the yellow mohawk mutated into a lizard, while Scrag was the purple-haired punk in the black coat mutated into a bat. Neither were named, but Scrag was identified in a coloring book according to the TMNT Wiki and I made up the name "Killer")- Hun, Killer, and Scrag were the founding members of the Purple Dragons, but were arrested and sent to jail for some time. Long after the other members of the gang joined Shredder's forces and got mutated, Krang busted the trio out of prison and mutated them. Hun became a bull, Killer was transformed into a mutant lizard, and Scrag was mutated into a bat. The three were de-mutated in their last battle with the Turtles, but Killer and Scrag have lately had their mutant forms restored. Hun remains human because he is convinced that he doesn't need to be a mutant to defeat the Turtles. My interpretation also has Hun as Rocksteady's older brother(made sense to me because they were both Caucasian, blond, strong, and not too bright).

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