Attack of the Mega Shredder! (2024)

Attack of the Mega Shredder!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV Series) episode
Attack of the Mega Shredder! (1)
Season Code:321
Episode:73
OriginalairdateAugust 16, 2015
Written byGavin Hignight
Producers:Brandon Auman
Directed byAlan Wan
Voice DirectionAndrea Romano
Supervising DirectorCiro Nieli
Episode chronology
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3
October 3, 2014 - September 27,2015
List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes

Episodes:

  1. Within the Woods
  2. A Foot Too Big
  3. Buried Secrets
  4. The Croaking
  5. In Dreams
  6. Race with the Demon
  7. Eyes of the Chimera
  8. Vision Quest
  9. Return to New York
  10. Serpent Hunt
  11. The Pig and The Rhino
  12. Battle for New York, Part 1
  13. Battle for New York, Part 2
  14. Casey Jones VS. The Underworld
  15. The Noxious Avenger
  16. Clash of the Mutanimals
  17. Meet Mondo Gecko
  18. The Deadly Venom
  19. Turtles in Time
  20. Tale of the Yokai
  21. Attack of the Mega Shredder!
  22. The Creeping Doom
  23. The Fourfold Trap
  24. Dinosaur Seen in Sewers!
  25. Annihilation: Earth! Part 1
  26. Annihilation: Earth! Part 2

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"Attack of the Mega Shredder!" is the twenty-first episode of the third season of the 2012 TV series, and is the seventy-third episode overall in the series. It first aired on August 16th, 2015.

Contents

  • 1 Synopsis
  • 2 Characters
    • 2.1 Major Characters
    • 2.2 Minor characters
  • 3 Plot
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Gallery
  • 6 Transcript

Synopsis[]

Leonardo decides to sneak into Shredder's lair alone, and winds up facing the biggest mutant threat yet.

Characters[]

Major Characters[]

  • April O'Neil (Mae Whitman)
  • Bebop (J.B. Smoove)
  • Casey Jones (Josh Peck)
  • Donatello (Rob Paulsen)
  • Leonardo (Seth Green)
  • Mega Shredder (Kevin Michael Richardson) (debut) (death)
    • Shredder Mutants (mutates) (death)
      • Claw Shredder (mutates) (death)
      • Mini Shredder (mutates) (death)
      • Shiva Shredder (mutates) (death)
  • Michelangelo (Greg Cipes)
  • Raphael (Sean Astin)
  • Rocksteady (Fred Tatasciore)
  • Tiger Claw (Eric Bauza)

Minor characters[]

  • Brain Worms
  • Crognard the Barbarian
    • Crognard (Brian Bloom)
    • Spooch (Scott Menville)
    • Wizardess (Mae Whitman)
    • Graah
    • Rock Giant (debut)
  • Fishface
  • Foot-Bots
  • Pizza Guy
  • Homeless Guy (Eric Bauza)
  • Joan Grody (Kari Wahlgren)
  • Karai
  • Rahzar
  • Shredder (Kevin Michael Richardson)
  • Splinter (Hoon Lee)

Plot[]

In Stockman's lab at the Foot HQ, the Shredder watches over Karai as she endures multiple Mind-Worm injections, before "apologizing" for his actions, then assuring her that they will have their revenge before long. Bebop and Rocksteady then enter, having been summoned by Shredder, and Shredder orders them to double security measures, sensing that the Turtles will soon make another move against them. Bebop and Rocksteady agree happily, but as per usual, they are threatened by Shredder to be punished should they not thwart the Turtles.

At the lair Mikey is watching Crognard (yet another episode that has to do with the storyline) before looking into Donnie's lab where Leo and Raph argue over how to infiltrate Shredder's lair and Donnie introduces the Mark X1 Experimental Alternative Urban Stealth Vehicle, which looks exactly like a dumpster. Donnie says that it's supposed to blend in with all the trash in the city. The other mutant turtles have doubts about it, but Donnie reassures them. They take it out and decide to ride it to Shredder's lair. When they arrive, they use the weapons to take down the Foot Bots outside and managed to get inside. They managed to get as far into the catacombs but are stopped by Bebop and Rocksteady, Tiger Claw and the Shredder Mutants, and after a brief battle, the Turtles retreat.

Tiger Claw angrily berates the boneheaded mutants for their failure, telling them that they couldn't bother to follow one simple order before Shredder soon comes in demanding an explanation. Rocksteady and Tiger Claw tell him about what the Turtles did, and Shredder says that if they fail, he'll punish all of them. At the lair, Raph suffers a sprained ankle and wants to try again, but Splinter tells them that Raph must heal first before going out. Raph tries to convince Splinter not to sideline everyone else because he's down, but Splinter says that his decision is final. Leo then makes a statement he will go to Shredder's lair alone. He goes in his Stealth outfit from Vision Quest, Mikey notices him leaving and follows. While stalking Shredder's lair, Mikey sneaks up behind him and gags him until he lets go nearly making the blue masked turtle loose his balance. Mikey wants to join him, but Leo is hesitant until Mikey protests saying that he snuck up on Leo before he even noticed. Leo decides to let him join.

While narrowly avoiding a sleepy Fishface and Rahzar, they managed to make their way to Stockman-Fly's lab. Leo successfully captures a mind worm, but unfortunately, Bebop and Rocksteady finds them and captures them. The mutants decide to mutate the turtle bros. At the lair Casey arrives but April tells them that Leo and Mikey are gone, Raph wants to find them but Splinter objects demanding to know where they are. At Stockman's lab Leo and Mikey are dangling from a cage; the pig and rhino mutants intend to mutate them into a 2-headed mutant turtle which greatly upsets Mikey. But Leo decides to stall and tells them to add the Shredder Mutants to the mix and the mutants fall for it with a big consequence. Leo and Mikey managed to bust out just in time when the three mutants fused into a Mega Shredder.

The Mega Shredder begins destroying everything in sight which is watched from the Turtles' TV. Splinter tells them to go. Donnie gets an idea that they can stop Mega Shredder without Raph moving. Leo and Mikey managed to buy time, but Mikey was eaten much to Leo's fury, Leo tried to save his young brother but failed and almost got eaten himself. In a nick of time The Turtle Mech shows up. Inside the Mega Shredder Mikey luckily managed to land near the stomach acid but a worm mutant (probably the sardines Bebop threw into the mutagen) the battle makes Mikey lose his balance and is caught by the worm. Outside, Mega Shredder almost eats the turtle mech until it engulfs the mouth and tongue with fire. Inside Mikey managed to break the worms grip and hold on to his kusarigama chain. Donnie learns from watching the mutant blow his human tongue out that the tongue is the brain. Leo subdues the tongue, but it makes it worse the tongue grabs Leo and Turtle Mech grabs him by the ankle. As all hope is lost, Mikey managed to break out of the mutant and cuts the human part of the tongue making the Mega Shredder run on instinct until the mech launches a final explosive into the mouth destroying it.

At the Foot Clan's lair, the Shredder is furious with Bebop and Rocksteady for their foolish actions and instructs Tiger Claw to teach them a "lesson in pain." Bebop and Rocksteady start to run as Tiger Claw pounces towards them.

Trivia[]

  • The episode's title is a reference to the manga and anime series Attack on Titan.
    • When Leo and Mikey attack Mega Shredder, they improvise their grappling hooks in a manner resembling the ODM gear used by Scouts in Attack on Titan, specially when Leo is on his own using both his and Mikey's grappling hooks and his swords to attack Mega Shredder.
  • The dorsal plates on Mega Shredder's back carry an identical resemblance to Godzilla's. The music playing during Mega Shredder's appearance are also very similar to the original Godzilla's soundtrack.
  • Mega Shredder's brain is located on his tongue, which is in the form of a young Oroku Saki, proving Stockman used Saki's DNA to create the Shredder Mutants.
    • Mega Shredder's tongue strongly resembles the awaken form of Ophelia from the manga series Claymore.
  • The Mega Shredder fighting the Turtle Mech is a reference to the classic Giant Robot Vs. Giant Monster theme commonly used mostly in Japanese TV series, anime and western cartoons, and kaiju films.
  • Mega Shredder has a green face with yellow eyes resembling the moon from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
  • In the Mega Shredder street fight scenes, the surrounding buildings appear to have much lower polygon-counts than the building facades used in most episodes' street scenes. The entire fronts portions of the buildings appear as completely flat surfaces with the mortar, doors and windows as one continuous flat texture.
  • Mega Shredder is the first mutant to be made from other mutants.
  • There was a reference to Laurel and Hardy when Rocksteady said "Look at this mess you got us into" (paraphrasing after episode ended) to Bebop.

Gallery[]

  • Attack of the Mega Shredder!/Gallery
  • Attack of the Mega Shredder!/Animations

Transcript[]

  • Attack of the Mega Shredder!/Transcript
Attack of the Mega Shredder! (2024)

FAQs

Can shredder beat the turtles? ›

In Issue #50, Shredder faced Splinter and the turtles in a final battle which he lost and briefly admitted his faults and also making Karai the new head of the Foot Clan in the event of his death.

How old is Shredder from Ninja Turtles 2012? ›

The Shredder
HomeTokyo, Japan (Formerly) New York City (Formerly) Netherworld (Currently)
HeightUnknown
Age48
Hair ColorBrown (Human) N/A (Mutant/ Undead)
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How is shredder defeated at the end of the movie? ›

Later, Leo throws his own sword to Shredder's body and later, April kicks Shredder's head and makes him fall to the street below to his defeat.

Which turtle killed Shredder? ›

I know obviously in 2012 series, Leo kills shredder and cuts his head off in the end of season 4, but I always wondered if they have ever actually killed any foot soldiers or henchmen or anyone like that, and did it give them PTSD or anything like that?

Who is the killer in Shredder? ›

Cole then makes his way into town. After entering an alley, he becomes trapped as the skier drives a large shredding truck to block his path. The killer is revealed to be Shelly, who wants revenge for the death of her younger sister. As she is about to murder Cole, Pike shows herself to be alive and shoots Shelly.

How to beat Shredder turtles in time? ›

The best way to avoid his murderous fire is to stay outside his range. Keep moving from corner to corner - side to side. Once he lands you can strike him three to five times before he takes to the air. Keep repeating this process until he is destroyed.

Can Shredder beat Krang? ›

Shredder is mostly the final boss because he has a personal history with Splinter and the Turtles and is probably stronger than Krang.

What was Shredder's real name? ›

Shredder - The leader of the Foot Clan and the arch-villain of the Ninja Turtles in most versions his real name is Oroku Saki a villainous ninjitsu master and often have a personal connection to Hamato Yoshi and Splinter in the Turtles origins and their most recurring foe in the franchise.

Who is the rat in Ninja Turtles? ›

Splinter, often referred to as Master Splinter or Sensei by his students/sons, is a fictional character from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. A mutant rat, he is the grave and stoic sage of the Turtles, their ninjutsu and martial arts instructor, and their adoptive father.

Who is the bad guy in the Ninja Turtles? ›

1 Shredder

That's how popular the character is. He's been the main antagonist of TMNT for decades. From the comics to live action portrayals, Shredder has always been a thorn in the turtles' side. His ongoing rivalry with Master Splinter and the ninjas in a half shell will go down in history as one of the greatest.

How powerful is Shredder TMNT? ›

He has shown that he has immense strength, and is much stronger then the average person as he can lift Splinter's weight with only one arm. He was even strong enough to battle large mutants like Leatherhead in a short, but brutal fight; as he was strong enough to injure him.

Is shredders revenge better than Turtles in Time? ›

But shredders revenge has more replay-ability. It's tough to vote based on aesthetics, music and atmosphere because both excel in that aspect. However for gameplay Shredder's Revenge wins no matter which version of Turtles in Time you're talking about.

Who could beat Shredder in a fight? ›

On paper, Gambit has the edge in a fight against Shredder. Everyone knows Gambit can turn the potential energy in inanimate objects into kinetic energy and does so regularly with his charged throwing cards. But his powers also give him enhanced speed and strength, and he has extensive martial arts training.

Who is the strongest among the Ninja Turtles? ›

Raphael, nicknamed Raph, is a superhero and one of the four main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. In most iterations, he is depicted as the most aggressive of the turtle brothers, physically the strongest, and often at odds with his brother, Leonardo.

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