Foot Clan
| Foot Clan | |
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The Foot Clan logo in the 2003 cartoon
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Mirage Studios |
| First appearance |
Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984) |
| Created by |
Kevin Eastman Peter Laird |
| In-story information | |
| Type of business | Organized crime |
| Base(s) | Japan, New York City, Technodrome |
| Owner(s) | Shredder, Karai |
| Employee(s) |
Notable Current Members Shredder Karai Bebop and Rocksteady Tokka and Rahzar |
| Roster | |
| See: Shredder Hamato Yoshi Karai Bebop and Rocksteady Tokka and Rahzar Bludgeon and Koya (IDW) Tiger Claw and Fishface (Nickelodeon) Alopex (IDW) Kitsune Foot Ninja |
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The Foot Clan is a fictional ninjutsu clan in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. It is usually led by the Shredder. The Foot Clan was originally a parody of 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 who are familiar with multiple illegal activities such as; drug smuggling, counterfeiting of money, gunrunning, murder, assassination, computer hacking, theft, and most certainly terrorism.
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 traveled 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."
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