History Characters / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003FootClan

* ApocalypseHow: In Turtles Forever he accidentally starts an Omniversal Annihilation when he tries to erase the turtles from existence by destroying the "prime" team. He's actually breaking apart the whole multiverse due to destroying the genesis point of the franchise itself - the original 1984 Mirage comic book. Of course, by this point he's so obsessed with revenge that he just doesn't care.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In ''Turtles Forever'' thanks to the technology from the Technodrome, he turns into a giant.

* AxCrazy: He is crazy intergalactic terrorist who is responsible for millions of lives lost across the universe.

* BatmanGambit: In Turtles Forever he uses turtle attachment to his teacher in order to lures the turtles into the Technodrome, where he is able to capture them and obtain the location to Turtle Prime.
* BlackSheep: Of race of Utrom.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: He initially pretends to be a good guy to get Leonardo on his side, but after Master Splinter reveals his true identity to the turtles he drops the charade.

** He also doesn't like being called a coward. Shown in ''Turtles Forever'' when Mirage Raphael accuse him of being afraid to face them in person.

* CombatPragmatist: Even though he has his villainous ego, in virtually every fight in the series he also brings his underlings with him no matter who he's fighting, and also he don't hesitate to use the weakness of the enemy to win.

** In his true form he is a barely mobile brain-like creature inside a very capable robotic.

* EvilVsEvil: In Season 3 against Bishop. The first episode of season 7 has him fighting against the other Shredders.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Ch’Rell holds nothing back in his fight with the Turtles. This is more noticeable in the final battle 3 season. He electrocutes Splinter so badly that most of his fur burns, kicks Mikey’s leg out of place, delivers a serious chop to Donnie’s neck, and nearly breaks Raph’s back. He also kicks Leo into Karai’s sword, impaling him and causing permanent damage to his shell.

* GalacticConqueror: In the bad future Shredder has taken over the Earth and rules the planet with an iron fist. His next goal was to build a transmat device so he can spread his dominion to the stars, enslaving one world after another.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: He never been fully adequate person but he fully going insane after learning of the multiverse. Or more specifically, that each alternate universe is home to its own group of Ninja Turtles.

* AxCrazy: He is crazy intergalactic terrorist who is responsible for millions of lives across the universe.

* HateSink: Even before he took on the identity of Oroku Saki, Ch'rell is responsible for millions of lives across the universe in his quest for being an intergalactic conqueror. As the Shredder, he murdered Hamato Yoshi, mutated innocent people into monsters to dig for the Utroms' hideout then choose to abandon them when they find nothing, killed a member of the Purple Dragons for failure and eventually assaulting his adopted daughter for refusing to let him kill the Turtles. And when it came to his revenge in "Turtles Forever", he was willing to let all of creation die if it meant killing off every Ninja Turtle in the multiverses. There's a reason, even during his absence, he was the Turtles' most hated foe.

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* MotiveDecay: In most of his appearances in series after TheReveal, including all of season 3, his goals are to get back to space to rebuild his empire and get revenge on the Utroms who imprisoned him. He considered the turtles little more than an inconvenience and was willing to leave Earth in his space ship without even finishing them off. However in ''Turtles Forever'' he learns that there are ninja turtles in every universe. And the entire purpose of his entire existence, is to be foiled by those turtles. This leads him to thought that while will be exist turtles they will always disrupt his plans. So in the end he decided to kill all Ninja Turtles in all worlds, even if it will be at the cost of ''his own existence''.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Shredder is never a saint in any continuity, the Utrom Shredder is by far and away the most dangerous incarnation of the Shredder in the history of the entire franchise -- after all, no Shredder can ever top ''nearly destroying all of reality itself''.

[[folder: Oroku Saki/Ch'rell/The Shredder]]

-->Voiced by: Scottie Ray

* BerserkButton: Using "his name" in vain. He was unconscious when his 1987 doppelganger and Krang found him. What woke him up was his doppelganger referring to himself as "The Shredder". He then attacked them.

-->Voiced by: Karen Neill

-->Voiced by: Creator/SamRiegel

-->Voiced by: Creator/SeanSchemmel

* TheRemnant: Are seemingly reduced to this during the 7th season, as they display none of the massive resources they had in earlier seasons. During season 1-5, the Foot frequently used vehicles, mecha and scientifically created mutants. In '' Back to the Sewer'', all that remains are Khan, a bunch of Foot Ninja and a digital clone of the Shredder. To add insult to injury, even Karai and Chaplin turned their backs to the organization.

* TheDreaded: Even after defeating him several times, just hearing that Ch'rell is involved in something is enough to make the turtles nervous about their chances of survival.

* BadBoss: She treated the Foot Mystics more along the lines of weapons, and constantly ignored their opinions, saying that since she had the Heart of Tengu, they would do whatever she pleased. It didn't work that well in the long run.
** BenevolentBoss: Appears to treat the rest of the Foot Clan much better, especially Chaplain. This in contrast to her father whose leadership mostly consisted of harsh words and threats.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: This is the struggle that Karai faces in the second and third seasons whit her loyalty to her adoptive father, The Shredder, clashes with her more noble instincts. One of the forms this clash takes is in her reluctance to kill the turtles, who had agreed to help her restore the New York Foot in exchange for ending the syndicate's vendetta against the turtles. While the agreement was made under false pretenses—it was made under the assumption that the Shredder was dead and that Karai would be leading the Foot, which Karai knew was not the case—she still felt compelled to keep it, despite her father's wishes.

* UndyingLoyalty: This is what prevents her to make a HeelFaceTurn for most of the series; She genuinely respects the Turtles, almost has a friendship with Leonardo and knows to some extent that the Shredder's motives aren't exactly pure, but due to the role he played in her life, she feels like she owes him, and stays by his side no matter what. Even when he actually is defeated, she ends up blaming the turtles for it and going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against them. Eventually, it takes [[spoiler:the Shredder trying to destroy TheMultiverse (him and her included)]] to make her leave him once and for all.

* EvilVsEvil: In Season 3 against Bishop.

* AnimalMotif: The dragon—fitting, since he's also TheDragon

* BadBoss: His first on-screen action is murdering a Purple Dragon for failing him, and frequently maimed Baxter Stockman for his repeated failures until nothing is left of him but his brain and eye.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He seems to hold genuine concern for his adoptive daughter Karai. Until she refused to let him kill the Turtles.

* BadBoss: She treated the Foot Mystics more along the lines of weapons, and constantly ignored their opinions, saying that since she had the Heart of Tengu, they would do whatever they pleased. It didn't work that well in the long run.

* PetTheDog: Downplayed. While he can throw it away at a moments notice, he seems to have ''some'' level of affection toward his higher level lieutenants; he personally raised Karai, trained Hun, rarely ever significantly punished them, and they're the only ones he listens to. He also respected the power of the Foot Mystics, which they reciprocated to some extent, even when they thought he was an "abomination".

An ancient order of ''shinobi'', assassains and spies dating back to medieval Japan. In present day, they have semi-independent chapters all over the world, overseen by the japanese head council.

* DeadPersonImpersonation: Ch'rell has replaced the real Oroku Saki. [[spoiler: Oroku Saki later turns out to be more alive than expected.]]

* JokerImmunity: Is seemingly killed multiple times; first from Splinter dropping a water tower on him, then when Leonardo cut off his head, then from being left behind in the TCRI building with a bomb that destroyed without leaving a trace behind. Unlike his other appearances, this one didn't reveal his was still alive, but the turtles still had doubts he was dead. Sure enough, he did survive and was just in hiding. Being stuck on a freighter that was blasted to pieces might have killed him if Karai hadn't fished him out of the sea. Even after "Exodus" when advertisements promised he would be PutOnABus for good after he was banished to an ice asteroid, he still returned in "Turtles Forever." While KilledOffForReal then thanks to it being the show's finale, there's still doubt among the turtles that he's truly gone.

* KnightOfCerebus: A clear sign that an episode will get darker? Seeing the Shredder get involved personally.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In "Exodus", after his spaceship is done being built, he plans on just leaving Earth to get his revenge on the Utroms, without even attempting to tie up his loose ends with the Turtles. He does, however, [[ImpliedDeathThreat hint that he'll come back]] after his business with the Utroms are finished.

--> Voiced by: Scottie Ray

--> Voiced by Scottie Ray

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Is this to Stockman. Stockman spends multiple episodes designing ways to kill the turtles, Chaplins nearly succeeds in his debut with his NighInvulnerable MechaMooks, which were only stopped thanks to sabotage by Stockman.

* LegacyCharacter: Ch'rell based both of his identities on ancient Japanese legends of a Tengu demon called the Shredder and the warrior Oroku Saki who defeated him (but in reality, he fell into evil and they merged, and the Turtles later face this Shredder). Ch'rell was one to the Tengu Shredder (albeit unknown to the latter), and later after he's exiled off Earth he becomes one himself to the remaining Foot.

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* TheWorfEffect: His Season One self is easily defeated in the Season Six episode "Timing is Everything", where he travels to 2105 and gets his ass kicked by Leonardo. It's implied that these events are part of a StableTimeLoop which caused the Shredder to become more ruthless in his hunt for the turtles Post-Season One -- which would eventually lead to his final defeat. This is even subtly referenced in ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'': when he goes up against the Turtles himself, he's defeated in a few short seconds, causing the '87 Turtles to wonder why their 2k3 counterparts even hyped him up as being so dangerous. For the most part, Shredder either points his army and elite henchmen at them or [[spoiler:enlarges his suit AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever-style, giving himself an unfair advantage]].

* TheWorfEffect: His Season One self is easily defeated in the Season Six episode "Timing is Everything", where he travels to 2105 and gets his ass kicked by Leonardo. It's implied that these events are part of a StableTimeLoop which caused the Shredder to become more ruthless in his hunt for the turtles Post-Season One -- which would eventually lead to his final defeat. This is even indirectly referenced in ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'': not once in the movie does the Utrom Shredder directly fight with any of the turtles. He either points his army and elite henchmen at them or [[spoiler:enlarges his suit AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever-style, giving himself an unfair advantage]].

** She reassumes her role as co-dragon in ''Turtles Forever''.

* BigBad: Specifically of Season 1, due to most of the criminal organizations in it being connected to him, but he still provides a lot of the action in Season 2 and 3.