What are the Foot properly called?
 

In the cartoons and comics, we've seen them called the Foot Clan, Foot Soldiers, and Foot Ninja.

The 2k3 series used both names, and the original series only used the first two. I'm sure the comics have used the 3 names interchangeably at parts, although I don't know for sure.

What are they called the most?

I also think the use of "Foot Soldier" is a play on words in a way...since any low level lackey is in essence a foot soldier.

Foot Clan refers to the group as a whole - the standard ninja, The Shredder, Elites, Karai, Bebop, Rocksteady, Chaplin, Khan...

Foot Ninja could theoretically refer to any of the ninjutsu practicing member of the clan, but generally refers to the generic ninja.

Foot Soldiers, if I'm not mistaken, were a play-on-words (as Jester said), utilized in the old toon. Playmates continued to use this term up until 2007.

But as said, the 2k3 series used this term too. It was in one of Season 1's episodes that Shredder told Hun to "take some Foot Soldiers," I'm pretty sure it was during the first part of the "Return to New York" story when the Turtles busted in the building with the Battle Shell.

And don't forget there's also the:

Foot Tech Ninja - the Foot soldiers who have stealth mode equipment

:)

I guess the word Foot Soldier was because of the word Ninja was a no no in UK and other countries

Yes, but Foot Tech is a specific Foot member. Generally are they the Foot Clan, Foot Soldiers, or Foot Ninjas? Ya see?
Good point...I don't know why no one else mentioned that.

I don't recall that at all, to be honest.

Then what better way to recall but to watch the DVD for the _th time?

To the TV Room!

:P

*insert 60's batman tune*

Te-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne Batman!

:lol:

to the batmobile du---dudududu~

Karai refers to Saki's former ninja as "Foot Soldiers" in quotes at one point during the City At War storyline in the comics.

So that adds another wrinkle. Is she simply making a pun, or is she differentiating Saki's minions with this name?

I always thought that foot soldiers was the term used for the robot in the OT. Because they used swords every once in a while, but used guns and blasters a lot more.

could be an insult from her point of view seeing them as solider rather than ninja's?

Movies
 

And the movies? If I'm right, it was the "Foot".

Yup. Just the Foot.

:D

"Misguided, unloved, they called them The Foot"

# In old toon: foot soldiers

# In new toon: foot ninjas :shredder:

1987 cartoon
 

So the 1987 cartoon was the first TMNT medium to introduce the term "Foot soldier"?