Shredder (Batman vs. TMNT)

### Goals

Destroy the TMNT and Batman.Help Ra's al Ghul with his plot so he can have access to the Lazarus Pits and achieve pseudo-immortality.

Betray Ra's and spread the Joker venom-laced mutagen and have humanity slaughter each other to rule the world for himself(all failed).

### Crimes

TheftMass murder

Conspiracy

Bioterrorism

Breaking and entering

“ I promised you would die if you stood in my way. You are no match for me. Now I will take control of the League of Assassins, harness the power of the Lazarus Pits, and the Foot Clan will rule for a thousand years! „ ~ Shredder to the Batman.

**Oroku Saki**, better known as the **Shredder**, is one of the main antagonists alongside Ra's al Ghul of the 2019 direct-to-video animated film *Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*.

He is the nemesis of the Ninja Turtles and the leader of the Foot Clan, who works together with Ra's al Ghul to mutate humanity into feral beasts so they will slaughter each other and rule with Ra's among the survivors. The Shredder's reasoning behind his collaboration with the League of Assassins is his hopes of obtaining immortality from the Lazarus Pits.

He was voiced by Andrew Kishino, who also played Genra in *Dead or Alive 3*, Shang Tsung and Sektor in *Mortal Kombat 9*, VECTOR in *Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City*, Saw Gerrera in *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*, Fong in the 2012 *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* series, Mitsuru Shinehara in *Regular Show*, Janja and Ora in Disney's *The Lion Guard* series, Joe in *Batman: The Killing Joke* and Daniel Kon in *Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous*.

## History

Shredder allies his forces with Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins to build a machine designed to transform Gotham's citizens into unhinged mutants, so they can cause chaos throughout the world.

In exchange for his assistance, Ra's promises Shredder access to one of his Lazarus Pits, which would grant him eternal life. Shredder agrees despite his personal distaste towards Ra's. When he and the Foot Clan try to steal a cloud seeder from Wayne Enterprises, he ends up fighting Batman and barely comes out victorious after using an ancient technique once Bruce underestimates his skill. Before their battle, he killed one of his men for revealing information about their scheme.

Later, he fights Batman once more when the Turtles and the Bat Family arrive at Ace Chemicals to stop him and Ra's from activating the machine. Though he gains the upper hand on the Dark Knight once again, he is thrown off when Batman says "Cowabunga" and gains assistance from Raphael who breaks his nose after rolling into him with his shell. Batman, then defeats him while Leo defeats Ra's after getting past his fear of losing his brothers.

After Michelangelo and Donatello destroy the machine, the debris sends him into a vat of chemicals as the plant explodes. In the post-credits scene, he is revealed to have survived the explosion and now strongly resembles the Joker.

## Trivia

* This version of Shredder serves as one of the evilest to date, as he commits several heinous crimes for the sake of chaos.
* The claw marks on Shredder's face are presumably a homage to the 1990 movie, in which Splinter's attack had left scars on his enemy's cheek. However, the origins of these scars are not explored in the crossover.
* His appearance overall is a blending of his 1990 series (clothing and scars) and 1987 series (helmet design and cape).
* In several joint projects, both DC Comics and IDW Publishing created several Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book crossover events, to which the first crossover event released by DC was used as the source material for the film.
* Despite the writers saying they were interested to do a story with the Joker-ized Shredder (which would put him on par with Laughs in lethality and craziness), there was been no announcement of a sequel.