The Foot Clan is a fictional Ninjutsu clan in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe, and the Turtles' main antagonists. It is usually led by The Shredder. Ninjutsu ) started out as a set of survival skills that were used by groups of people who lived in mountainous regions of Japan. ... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ... Shredder (sometimes The Shredder) is a fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. ...

The Foot Clan was originally inspired by the criminal ninja clan The Hand in the Daredevil comics. In addition to the obvious similarity in their names, both clans originate from Feudal Japan, practice Ninjutsu and black magic, and are now powerful global organized crime rings. The Hand is a group of fictional supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. ... This article is about the Marvel Comics superhero. ... The written history of Japan began with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century AD. However, archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the upper paleolithic period. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Organized crime or criminal organizations are groups or operations run by criminals, most commonly for the purpose of generating a monetary profit. ...

Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Oroku Saki.

In the universe of Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Foot Clan was founded in feudal Japan by two men named Sato and Oshi. In Volume 1 Issue 47, the Turtles and Time Mistress Renet travelled to a time prior to the Foot's creation. There, Raphael met Sato and Oshi, and, not realising who they are, he taught them about Ninjutsu. After the Turtles returned to the present, Sato and Oshi decided to follow the ways of the ninja. Oshi declared: "We must never again mention the strange shelled creatures. In time, others will join us and we will become a force to be reckoned with. So just as every journey begins with a single step... we shall call ourselves The Foot." Image File history File links TMNT Foot Clan This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links TMNT Foot Clan This work is copyrighted. ... Eastman and Lairds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a comic book that first appeared in 1984, written and illustrated by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. ... This is a list of characters from the various incarnations of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ...

The Foot Clan is the most feared warriors and assassins clan in Japan. Both Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Nagi were members, until one day, they fought over the love of Tang Shen and Yoshi killed Nagi. Dishonored, Yoshi was exiled to New York City, while Nagi's younger brother Oroku Saki was adopted by the Clan and was trained to become a fierce ninja. When he was ready, Saki was sent to New York to start the American branch of the Clan. Under his leadership, it took only a year for it to become a powerful and fearsome group. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... This article refers to Japanese spies and assassins known as Ninja. For other uses, see Ninja (disambiguation) This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

But Saki also sought vengeance for his brother, and using the personae of The Shredder, he assassinated Yoshi. Over a decade later, the Ninja Turtles challenged Shredder to a rooftop duel to avenge Yoshi. Shredder sent his Foot Ninjas to fight the Turtles, but they were no match for the Turtles and were eventually defeated. Shredder then fought the Turtles himself, and although he was a more skilled ninja than them, he was killed when he fell off a building carrying a bomb.

After the Shredder's death, the American Foot fell apart, and the Foot Soldiers begun fighting against Shredder's elite. Karai, a Clan leader from Japan, came here to stop the clan war. She enlisted the Turtles' help in this, in exchange for promising that no Foot shall ever try to avenge the Shredder again. This truce is still in effect in Volume 4 of the comic.

In Volume 4 the Foot were given a security contract by the Utroms for their base because the Utroms have a no weapons policy and the Foot are skilled at hand to hand combat. At some point mysterious Aztec warriors started to attack the Foot all over the world. Karai informed Leonardo that the New York Branch of the Foot was all that was left.

The Foot Clan's logo is a drawing of a left foot. Issues 3 and 4 of the new Tales of the TMNT feature a Foot mystic with magical abilities, including the power to resurrect the dead.

The 1987 series and the TMNT Adventures

The 1987 series and the spin-off TMNT Adventures comics share the same continuity, and thus the same version of the Foot Clan. The Foot is an ancient Ninjutsu clan, founded in Japan in 1583. The Shredder, followed by the Turtles and Splinter, went back in time to try to influence the creation of the Foot Clan. In 1583, Shredder's ancestor Oroku Sancho led a small group of ninja, and Shredder offered to help him find a magical artifact that would give him the power to form a real Clan. Meanwhile, Splinter's ancestor Hamato Koji had been sent to find the same artifact, and did find it with the help of his descendant and the Turtles. The artifact released a dragon, which headed for a nearby city; Splinter and Koji went to stop it while the Turtles went to fight Shredder. Sancho's men captured the Turtles, and were about to execute them when Koji arrived, riding the dragon, which he had tamed. Seeing this, Sancho fled in fear, and Koji offered to lead Sancho's men and founded the Foot Clan, so named for the footprint of the dragon in which he stood as he made his speech. On December 10, 1987, the first episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Film Productions Inc. ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #6. ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Splinter (a. ... Chinese dragon, color engraving on wood, Chinese school, nineteenth Century The dragon is a mythical creature typically depicted as a large and powerful serpent or other reptile with magical or spiritual qualities. ...

In 1960s Japan, both Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi were part of the Clan. Saki framed Yoshi for trying to kill a sensei of the Clan and had him exiled to New York, thus clearing the way to take over the Foot Clan. He then proceeded to turn the Foot Clan into an army of criminals. Over the years, Saki, who became known as The Shredder, moved to the USA, allied himself with the alien warlord Krang, and replaced the human Foot Ninjas with robotic Foot Soldiers. However, these robots are no match for the Ninja Turtles, who destroy them at every encounter. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Foot Clan's logo is a drawing of a left foot, and the Foot Soldiers wear purple and black uniforms featuring the logo on their foreheads. The Foot logo can also be seen on the Technodrome. The Technodrome preparing to leave a Dimension X asteroid during the episode My Brother, the Bad Guy The Technodrome is a fictional semi-spherical tank-like mobile fortress of Krang and The Shredder, the main villains on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series and the Archie Teenage Mutant...

In the cartoon, The Shredder once considered making more intelligent Foot Soldiers, capable of learning and taking decisions by themselves. However, the idea was quickly abandoned when the first intelligent prototype, named Alpha 1, rebelled against The Shredder. The Archie TMNT Adventure Comics features more advanced Foot Soldiers in addition to the basic model. In the comics, The Shredder also built a giant Foot Soldier, who fought against the Warrior Dragon in New York City. The robot was destroyed when it crashed into the Statue of Liberty. For other freedom monuments, see Monument of Liberty. ...

Movies

A group of Foot Ninjas.

The Shredder (left) and Tatsu (right).

In the first and second movies, the Foot Clan is a group of ninja thieves and assassins founded by The Shredder in New York. Shredder takes kids off the streets, and trains them in Ninjutsu himself. His second in command is another Ninjutsu master called Tatsu. Image File history File links TMNT Foot Ninjas This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links TMNT Foot Ninjas This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links TMNT Shredder and Tatsu This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links TMNT Shredder and Tatsu This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the 1990 live-action film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. ...

The Foot Ninjas were never a match for the Turtles, who defeated them at every encounter. After Shredder's apparent death and massive arrests by the NYPD, the Clan was reduced to a fraction of its former size. Tatsu tried to take command, but relinquished his claim when The Shredder returned. The Clan then kidnapped professor Jordon Perry and forced him to make a mutagen so the Foot Clan could create two mutant warriors, Tokka and Rahzar, to fight the Turtles. Although these two mutants were a match for the Turtles in physical strength, the Turtles defeated them by de-mutating them back into harmless animals. Shredder himself died shortly after, while fighting the Turtles. Tokka (upper-left), Rahzar (upper-right), Leonardo (lower-left) and Michalengelo (lower-right). ...

In the fourth film, the Foot has become more high tech and deadlier. The Foot is now under leadership of Karai, who has taken control after the Shredder's demise to seek vengeance against the turtles. TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in some countries), to be released March 22, 2007 in Israel and Russia and on March 23, 2007 in the United Kingdom and the United States, It will be the fourth film released in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. ... Karai in the TMNT comics Karai is a fictional female ninja character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. ...

Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

In the 1997-1998 Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation series, the Foot Clan is a street gang, similar to the movies. After the Turtles defeated The Shredder, the Turtles told the kids that the Foot is a lie, and the Clan was disbanded. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. ...

The 2003 series

A group of Foot Ninjas.

The Foot Elite, prepared for battle.

In the 2003 series, the Foot Clan is more similar to its original comic version. The Foot Clan is a group of warriors and assassins that Shredder created 700 years ago in Japan. The Shredder, who, like all Utroms, has an extremely long lifespan, has led the Clan since its creation and has turned it into a fearsome and secret group present across the world. The Foot emblem is a red trident shape similar to the one decorating Shredder's helmet, and thanks to Shredder's knowledge of Utrom technology, the Clan has weapons and equipment centuries ahead of Human technology. They once created Foot Mechs in Rogue in the House, which were based on Master Splinter, the President, the Prime Minister, and some others. They also created a TurtleBot, a robot that appeared in the second season. It can use katana, bo, nunchaku, and sai. Instead of the second season, the TurtleBot was seen in the first season's video game. Image File history File links TMNT Foot Ninja This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links TMNT Foot Ninja This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links TMNT Foot Elite This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links TMNT Foot Elite This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, first aired on February 8, 2003, marked the revival of the franchise by Fox Network, with the help of 4Kids Entertainment, as a Saturday-morning cartoon in Foxs Fox Box programming block (which has since been renamed 4Kids TV). The 2003 TMNT... Mortu in his exosuit, surrounded by three Utroms on hover pads. ... Rogue in the House is a two-part episode (forty-fifth and forty-sixth) of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), which originally aired on April 17, 2004 and April 24, 2004. ...

From left to right, the water, fire and earth Foot Mystics.

The Foot Clan is divided into several branches. The most commonly-encountered, and seemingly most numerous, branch are the Foot Ninjas, the basic warriors of the Foot. Next, the Foot Clan's technicans have cybernetic enhancements but are rarely ever seen in fights. The Foot Tech Ninjas are warriors with specialized stealth armor that allows them to become seemingly invisible. The various videogames introduced the Foot Gunners and the sumo-wrestling Mega Foots, although only the Foot Gunners then went on to appear in the TV series. Image File history File links TMNT Foot Mystics This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links TMNT Foot Mystics This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ...

The powerful but seldom seen Foot Mystics are five magic-users, each one with powers corresponding to a different natural element: wind, earth, fire, water and metal. In the episode Bad Day, it is revealed that the Foot Mystics have Black Magic powers, when they launch an attack against the Turtles on an astral plane. It is also revealed that they obey and serve whoever holds a medallion called the Heart of Tengu. It is also said Shredder had more respect for their power than Karai, but she repeatedly tells them that as long as she had the medallion, they will obey her and no questions asked. This later leads them to trick Agent Bishop to destroy the Heart, in the episode Good Genes, Part Two, allowing them to become free. They then set out to restore the true Shredder. Bad Day is the eighty-sixth episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), which originally aired on November 5, 2005. ... The astral plane, also called the astral world or desire world, is a plane of existence according to esoteric philosophies, some religious teachings and New Age thought. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... John Bishop is a fictional character in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, played by actor David Zen Mansley. ... Good Genes is a two-part (hundred and second and hundred and third) episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), which originally aired on April 1, 2006 and April 8, 2006. ...

The seemingly most-skilled of the clan warriors are the four Elite Foot Ninjas. These Foot Clan members serve as the Shredder's elite guard, as well as field commanders on highly important missions. Each carries a different weapon: a trident, a spear, an axe and a twin bladed sword.

The Clan itself is under the ultimate command of Shredder, and his second in command is his adopted daughter Karai and Hun. Prior to Karai's appearance, Hun served as Shredder's second and chief enforcer. After The Shredder was exiled to the ice asteroid belt of Mor Tal in the episode Exodus Part Two, Karai assumed command of the Clan, and the mantle of the Shredder. Karai in the TMNT comics Karai is a fictional female ninja character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. ... This is a list of the planets visited in the fictional universe of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ... Exodus is a two-part episode (seventy-seventh and seventy-eighth) episode of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), which originally aired on April 16, 2005 and April 23, 2005. ...

Video games

A group of green, blue and pink Foot Soldiers in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time.

Unlike the 1987 cartoon series on which they were based, the TMNT videogames introduced Foot Soldiers with uniforms of several different colours. These colours represent the type of weapons they are carrying. For example, the colour/weapon match-up in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time was: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1991. ... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games have been produced since 1989, largely by Japanese video game manufacturer Konami. ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1991. ...

• Purple – Unarmed
• Blue – A blade weapon, such as a katana, sai or battle axe
• Pink – A pair of tonfa or shuriken
• Orange – Daggers or a kusarigama
• White – Nunchaku
• Yellow - Some form of boomerang, or bombs
• Green - Bow and arrows

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External links

• The Legend of Koji at the Official Ninja Turtles website, is the episode of the 1987 cartoon that features the founding of the Foot Clan.
• A Foot Soldier's profile on the Official Ninja Turtles website.