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Originally Posted by ABrown
It's another one of the many reasons that I don't think that it was the creators original intention to make the Shredder an utrom. I think that while the first season was in production, it somehow was decided that they would make the Shredder an utrom.
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Nah, I think all the clues for an Utrom Shredder are there in the first season: The fact that Saki's stomach is never exposed and always mysteriously wrapped in bandages, the centuries-old feud between Shredder & the Utroms referenced in "The Shredder Strikes pt.1," the little Utrom detail at the hilt of the Sword of Tengu, and the fact that the rooftop fight in "Return to New York Pt.3," and the fact that Peter Laird teases a surprise origin twist for the Shredder in the Special Features of the early DVDs. But I suppose you could always ask Peter Laird what the deal was on his TMNT blog.
probably couldn't have concluded any other way than having Shredder beheaded. The Utrom-Shredder reveal was an organic and necessary twist to tie together the Foot Clan and Utrom plots. It also served as a convenient and necessary way for Shredder to get his head chopped off so early in the series.
I do agree that Fathers & Sons is just a colossal blunder by the show's brain trust, though.