Final Shredder Battle

The **Final Shredder Battle** was a huge final battle from *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. It deals with the Turtles facing of against their arch enemy the Shredder for the last time. The battle takes place in the two-part Season 3 finale, "Exodus."

## History

### Background

It all started with an alien species known as the Utroms, a benevolent species of brain-like squid who would use their intelligence to help the galaxy. However, not all Utoms are good some were also bad and the worst of them all was an evil Utrom criminal named Ch'rell. Ch'rell committed many horrible crimes across the Galaxy and because of that he also went by many other names like Torrinon, Kako Naso, and Duke Acureds. Eventually, he was captured by a crew of Utoms led by an Utrom named Mortu in service of their leaders the Council of Three. However, while on route back to their home planet Ch'rell escaped and sabotaged Mortu's ship causing it to crash land on the planet, Earth during the days of the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. Mortu and his crew survived but their ship was destroyed, causing them to become stranded on the Earth, and Ch'rell escaped but was also stranded on the Earth. As a result of their apparent stranding, the Utroms had to find a way to get back home but they couldn't go out in public on the Earth. So they used parts of their ship to build robot exoskeletons which they controlled through the stomach area so they could blend in to human society disguised as normal humans. They also found a group of human warriors called the Guardians who were dedicated to protecting and serving the Utroms as well as knowing their secret. However, during their time on Earth, Ch'rell stole one of their exoskeletons and also disguised himself as a human. He also found an evil group of ninja warriors known as the Foot Clan who were dedicated to destroying the Utroms and taking over the world. Ch'rell then transformed the exoskeleton into a powerful ninja armor which he used to become a fierce and deadly warrior called the Shredder which he stole from an ancient Japanese legend. He even created a powerful weapon out of the Utrom metal called the Sword of Tengu which he used to fight the Utroms and the Guardians but somehow lost it some time later. However unlike the Guardians, no one in the Foot Clan knew the Shredder's identity as a Utrom since he also used a civilian identity to disguise himself using the Utrom exoskeleton. Over the next hundred years, the Shredder would try to hunt down the Utroms and get his revenge upon them but they would always hide away from him in the shadows. Until years after the days of World War II, the Utroms recruited two new guardians named Hamato Yoshi and Yukio Mashimi who were students of an elderly ninja master called the Ancient One. But then one day, Mashimi betrayed the Utroms for the Foot Clan and sold out their whereabouts to the Shredder which resulted in Mashimi's death. This forced both Yoshi and the Utroms to escape from Japan and relocate to New York City but the Shredder and the Foot Clan followed them there. The Utroms and the Guardians soon established themselves in a science research building called the Techno Cosmic Research Institute or for short TCRI with Mortu acting as the business leader of the place. But the Shredder also established himself as well as a rich and successful business man named Oroku Saki and started the Foot Clan as a underground criminal organization. During his time, there Shredder formed a partnership with a street gang called the Purple Dragons with their leader Hun becoming the Shredder's strongest follower. Shredder as Oroku Saki also found an orphan girl named Karai who he took in and raised as his own daughter who became his most trusted and devoted follower. She was also the only member of the Foot Clan who knew his secret as an Utrom. Shredder and the Foot Clan spent years looking for the Utroms in New York but couldn't find them until they found out the location of Hamato Yoshi who had a pet rat named Splinter. Shredder and the Foot Clan then broke into his home and interrogated him for information about the Utroms but Yoshi refused to so the Shredder killed him while Splinter saw the whole thing and escaped into the sewers.

Meanwhile, the Utroms were building a teleportation device to finally bring them back home called a Transmat. However, while making it they unintentionally created a green ooze that mutated anything it touched. Soon the Utroms used it on a little alligator that they found in the sewers which caused it to become bigger, stronger, and smarter. The alligator become known as Leatherhead who became one of the Utrom's top scientists while Leatherhead considered them his family. The Utroms would often try to dispose of the mutagen safely but while one of their cars was transporting the substance, an accident caused it to fly out which caused the mutagen to seep into the sewers along with four baby turtles that a young boy had accidently dropped. Splinter found the turtles and took them in as his sons but the turtles got covered with the mutagen which they spread to him which caused Splinter and the Turtles to mutate becoming bigger and smarter. Splinter taught the Turtles the art of ninjitsu which he learned from Yoshi and he named them after some famous Italian artists: Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo. Over the years, Splinter and the Turtles would hide in the sewers from the surface world not knowing of their true origins, the Shredder, or even the Utroms. But then Splinter and the Turtles eventually came in contact with the Shredder who also got back the Sword of Tengu along with some of his followers, they even met some of the Guardians as well. One of the Shredder's followers was a human scientist named Baxter Stockman but every time the Turtles interfered and foiled with his plans, the Shredder would remove Stockman's body parts making him into a cyborg. Then after the Turtles faced off against the Shredder at the Foot Clan headquarters and destroyed the Sword of Tengu during the Attack on the Shredder, Master Splinter had disappeared. The Turtles searched for him which led them to TCRI where they discovered the Utroms but during a skirmish they were transported into space by the Utrom's Transmat which got them caught up in the Triceraton-Federation War until the Utroms transported them back to Earth with Professor Honeycutt. But while they were revealing their origins to the Turtles the Shredder and the Foot Clan discovered the Utrom's base and infiltrated it which led to the Attack on TCRI. The Turtles fought off against the Shredder and allowed the Utroms to escape with the Guardians, the Council of Three, and Honeycutt back to their home world. Mortu even gave Splinter an Utrom orb that contained Hamato Yoshi's memories. But during the fight. the Shredder revealed his true self to Splinter and the Turtles and place a bomb to blow up the place. The Turtles and Splinter managed to escape through the Transmat but the Shredder got caught in the explosion. During the attack, Leatherhead was accidently left behind by the Utroms and retreated into the sewers where he was manipulated by Baxter Stockman to build a robot to destroy them until the Turtles helped him. But Leatherhead got buried in debris and was later found and captured by Agent Bishop and the Earth Protection Force where they did tortuous experiments on him. As for the Shredder, he was secretly being nursed back to health by Karai but due to his absence the city was thrown into a huge gang war until Karai and the Turtles worked together to stop it. When the Shredder returned, he started using the Utrom chips the Foot Clan stole from TCRI to make unstoppable robot Foot Soldiers but were thwarted by the Turtles with help from a disillusioned Triceraton named Zog. But after the events of the Triceraton Invasion of 2003, the Shredder as Oroku Saki began using his wealth to fix up the city and gather up some of the Triceraton spaceship tech that was left behind thus allowing him to be seen as a hero by the public. He also hired a younger scientist named Dr. Chaplin to help him out with the spaceship tech. He wanted to use the tech to make a ship for him and his army to travel to the Utrom home world and conquer it along with every other world in the Galaxy then later he would come back to Earth and conquer it too. However, Agent Bishop was on to him and wanted the tech he was gathering so he tried to kidnap Karai to get Shredder to trade the tech to him to get Karai back but Hun rescued her with help from the Turtles. But soon the Shredder had fully constructed the space ship and was ready to take it off so he had a huge farewell party at his mansion with the most important people of the city and left Karai in charge of his operations in his absence.

### The Battle

However, the Turtles and their allies were aware of his plan through a vision Master Splinter had and split up into three teams to try and stop him. With team two consisting of Donatello, Leatherhead, and Honeycutt in Donatello's PDA who were sneaking into Shredder's mansion through the underground tunnels. Team three consisting of Raphael, Michelangelo, Casey, and April who were sneaking into the mansion through the party in disguise. Who were to serve as backup for team one consisting of Leonardo and Master Splinter who are going to take the fight straight to Shredder. After April had Honeycutt disable the security for the mansion they all began their plan. However, they are unaware that Bishop and the Earth Protection Force were also going to invade the mansion to get the alien tech with help from Baxter Stockman. Soon team two discovers the tunnels for the Shredder's ship which leads from the mansion to the river but then are ambushed by two Foot Tech Ninjas but Leatherhead defeat them, then they discover the ship which they report to the other teams. Team three then sneaks through the mansion and meets up with team one who both ambush Shredder while team two locks the mansion down preventing any of the Foot Ninja from helping him. Meanwhile, Bishop and his men hear about the ship through Stockman so they destroy the ship tunnels to prevent Shredder from moving it to the river so they can get it. When Dr. Chaplin reports the tunnels destruction to Shredder, he escapes to the ship while Hun and some Foot Ninja arrive to deal with the Turtles and Splinter. Shredder then orders Dr. Chaplin to immediately launch the ship straight from the mansion underneath the party which puts the people in danger but Casey and April help them out. Soon the Turtles and Splinter chase after Shredder with Hun, Karai, and some Foot Elite following them while Bishop sends in a strike team to stop the ship from launching by attacking the mansion. When the Shredder arrives at the ship he is confronted by Donatello and Leatherhead who defeat the Foot Technicians for the ship's control area. Then by the others soon arrive to back them up but soon Bishop arrives to and has his men attack everyone. During the fight, Hun discovers the Shredder's identity and is shocked about it then he gets knocked down into the ship's silo by Leatherhead. The Turtles and Splinter then stop Shredder from reaching the ship by destroying his exoskeleton but Karai saves him and takes him aboard the ship with Dr. Chaplin with the Turtles and Splinter clinging onto it as it takes off.

After the Turtles and Splinter get into the ship before it enters space, they search for Shredder while Honeycutt sends out many urgent messages to the Utrom for help but has gotten no response. Shredder and Karai then find out about the Turtles and Splinter being on the ship from Dr. Chaplin so the Shredder dons a new and more powerful exo-suit for the Shredder to defeat the Turtles with personally. He also plans to build up a new army of alien allies and mercenaries from other worlds to rule the Galaxy. Meanwhile back on Earth, Bishop orders his men to shoot down the ship using a missile launch so Dr. Chaplin tries to protect it using the ship's defense system but Stockman sabotaged it which causes the ship to take multiple hits. Shredder and Karai then go after the Turtles and Splinter while Dr. Chaplin tries to override Stockman's sabotage. The Turtles head for the ship's power core and try to have Honeycutt take control of the ship through the core but soon Shredder and Karai arrive and attack them. The Turtles and Splinter fight them off but Shredder proves to be to strong and powerful with his exo-suit. As the ship continues to take on heavy fire from Bishop's missile launch, Donatello and Michelangelo try to shock Shredder with some electric cables but Shredder beats them and tries to shock Michelangelo with the cables. But Splinter moves Michelangelo out of the way and gets shocked instead which burns off most of his hair. Leonardo then fights off against Karai who stabs him with one of his own swords then the Shredder injures Raphael's back, Michelangelo's legs, and Donatello's arm. Shredder then disconnects Honeycutt from the ship's power core and prepares to finish of the Turtles and Splinter but is stopped by Karai because she doesn't want him to dishonorably kill them. Which makes Shredder angry and Karai and berates her outside of the power core chamber. But then one of Bishop's missiles causes the door to the power core room to close and lock out both Shredder and Karai so Shredder order Dr. Chaplin to get it open. With the Turtles and Splinter severely injured from Shredder's attacks they are in no shape to stop him now. Until the Turtles get an idea to set the ship's power core to explode which will kill all of them and the Shredder in the process. Donatello tells Honeycutt to overload the power core which he does after he is reconnected back into it. The core then explodes just when the Shredder arrives but at the last minute, the Utroms led by Mortu arrive and place a stasis bubble around the ship. They then recuse the Turtles, Splinter, and Honeycutt and have them taken to the infirmary using the Transmat. They also use it to send Shredder, Karai, and Dr. Chaplin to the holding cells. After everyone is teleported safely off the ship, the stasis bubble is removed and the explosion continues which destroys the whole ship. Which leads to Stockman and Bishop believing that both the Turtles and the Shredder are all dead with Stockman now working for Bishop.

### Aftermath

Everyone is taken to the Utrom home world where the Turtles and Splinter are patched up, Honeycutt now back in his body, Karai and Dr. Chaplin detained, and the Shredder now being put on trial for his crimes. Ch'rell is found guilty of his charges by the Utrom Tribunal and is sentenced to live out the rest of his life in exile on an ice asteroid. As for Karai and Dr. Chaplin, they were returned to Earth and handed over to the proper authorities by the Utroms. With the threat of the Shredder ended for good, the Turtles are praised as heroes by the Utroms. The Turtles and Splinter are later returned home to rest and heal up from the battle while Honeycutt stays with the Utroms. However, while most of them manage to heal up physically, Leonardo had not healed up mentally. Leonardo had become traumatized by the events of the battle and started to believe that he failed his family and that he wasn't good enough. This caused Leonardo to become angry, aggressive, and obsessed with trying to be perfect. But when he injured Splinter, he was sent away on a quest to train with Yoshi's master, the Ancient One to fully heal and learn new ways of ninjitsu. But after Karai and Chaplin were returned to Earth, Karai became the new leader of the Foot Clan and took up the mantle of the Shredder. She vowed revenge against the Turtles and even hunted them down and destroyed their lair but Leonardo was able to help them after he got back from his quest and helped them find a new lair. But now the Turtles had to be in hiding as Karai's forces were intent on hunting them down. As for Hun, after he learned of the Shredder's identity he cut ties between the Purple Dragons and the Foot Clan. Then he used the knowledge he gained from the Shredder to change the Purple Dragons from a petty street gang to an organized crime syndicate.

As for Bishop, he was now on the President's bad side because of his attack on the Shredder's mansion and is warned that if he ever messed up again the President would cut his funding and shut down the Earth Protection Force. So with help from Stockman, Bishop created artificial made aliens to stage a fake alien invasion on the city in order to get back on the President's good side, which worked. However, the genetic residue he and Stockman made for the aliens made it's way into the sewers and came in contact with the sewer animals which caused them to mutate in monstrous creatures which was spreading across the city, this became known as the Outbreak. When Bishop got word of this he ordered Stockman and his men to try to contain and stop it. The Turtles were also trying to stop it as well but during one of their missions, Donatello got hurt by one of the mutants which made him sick. Soon he fully mutated into a monstrous turtle creature and was contained by the Turtles and Leatherhead. But then Leatherhead found out that because of the Outbreak mutagen had caused a secondary mutation in Donatello's blood stream which was already mutated by the Utrom mutagen. This was causing Donatello's cells to break down at an expansional rate and that in a matter of time he would cease. The Turtles, Splinter, and Leatherhead then went to Bishop and Stockman for help which they agreed on in exchange for helping them get a special item from Karai that a mysterious contact told them about which he claimed had knowledge on aliens. With help from Leatherhead and Stockman a cure for the outbreak was made which was used to cure Donatello and completely neutralize the Outbreak. However, when Bishop and Stockman try to scan the item for the alien knowledge it got destroyed. Because the mysterious contact was one of the Foot Mystics who tricked Bishop and Stockman into destroying the item which was the Heart of Tengu that Karai was using to control them. This lead to them being freed from her enslavement and then they started making plans to bring back the one true Shredder, which would lead to the Battle of the Five Dragons.

## Belligerents

### Turtles

* Leonardo
* Raphael
* Donatello
* Michelangelo
* Master Splinter
* April
* Casey
* Leatherhead
* Professor Honeycutt/The Fugitoid
* Mortu
* Council of Three
* Utroms

### Foot Clan

* Utrom Shredder/Ch'rell
* Karai
* Dr. Chaplin
* Hun
* Foot Elite
* Foot Technicians
* Foot Tech Ninjas
* Foot Ninjas

### Other

* Earth Protection Force
	+ Agent Bishop
	+ Baxter Stockman
	+ Bishop's Men

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