What if Tang Shen is somehow alive?

[ninja-zero]

It would be nice if Tang Shen survived. Maybe rescued by the Utroms.

[DarkLightDragon]

That would just cheapen the whole Splinter-Shredder feud.

[plastroncafe]

Utterly unlikely, but man, she'd make a great villain for the both of them. That they cared more for possessing her, and the feud over who did, that they just totally missed...her.

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by ninja-zero

It would be nice if Tang Shen survived.

It really wouldn't.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by ninja-zero

It would be nice if Tang Shen survived. Maybe rescued by the Utroms.

The fact that we saw Shredder accidently deliver the final blow in addition that we didn't even see the Turtles carry out her body from Yoshi's burning home says otherwise. She is super dead.

[ToTheNines]

She could form a superhero team with Uncle Ben, Abin Sur, Jack Murdock, Jor El & Martha Wayne.

[plastroncafe]

Don't forget Alexandra DeWitt, she of Green Lantern Refrigerator fame.

[2K3]

I doubt they'll ever bring back Tang Shen...

HOWEVER...

I would love to see an animated adaptation of Tang Amaya/ The Mistress!

For those of you who don't know; the Mistress was an unfinished concept from "Tales of TMNT". She was a kunoichi who had ambiguous connections to The Shredder and claimed that Hamato Yoshi wronged her family.
The intention was for The Mistress to be Oroku Saki's consort, and more importantly, Tang Amaya, the sister of Tang Shen. Misguided by her lover Saki, she believed that Hamato Yoshi was the malicious one in the love triangle, and that he was responsible for her sister's death.

While I doubt this will ever happen (as Karai's story was similar to this); I'd love one day for this story to be adapted!

[IndigoErth]

Really doubt that would happen, Shredder did outright kill her. Though it would be interesting if she'd come through it somehow and gone on with life thinking her husband and child both died. Maybe moved to NYC on her own to start over and been in the area all that time.

Wish there was a version where she and Yoshi just moved there together, and he (or both) end up mutated. Imagine he gets mutated and feels like he can't go home and she thinks he just vanished. Maybe he eventually sends letters. Could have been an interesting side story.

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Utterly unlikely, but man, she'd make a great villain for the both of them. That they cared more for possessing her, and the feud over who did, that they just totally missed...her.

Alright, I want to see that version someday.

Could see her playing nice at first to purposely break up the Turtles by luring two away to her side with the fact that their would-be adoptive mom is alive (while the others don't trust it) before turning evil. (Guessing probably Mikey is most eager to accept Mom with open arms and have her in their lives and... more interestingly, maybe Raph, pulled in by possibly having a closer parental connection than what he may feel he's always lacked with Splinter. A mom might reach that softer, more vulnerable side of him that needs a hug better than dad/Splinter might. Could be a nice dark Raph angle once things go wrong.)

[Jephael]

Maybe they could do an "It was just a dream/illusion" episode where Splinter thinks she's come back from the dead.

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Really doubt that would happen, Shredder did outright kill her. Though it would be interesting if she'd come through it somehow and gone on with life thinking her husband and child both died. Maybe moved to NYC on her own to start over and been in the area all that time.

Wish there was a version where she and Yoshi just moved there together, and he (or both) end up mutated. Imagine he gets mutated and feels like he can't go home and she thinks he just vanished. Maybe he eventually sends letters. Could have been an interesting side story.


Alright, I want to see that version someday.

Could see her playing nice at first to purposely break up the Turtles by luring two away to her side with the fact that their would-be adoptive mom is alive (while the others don't trust it) before turning evil. (Guessing probably Mikey is most eager to accept Mom with open arms and have her in their lives and... more interestingly, maybe Raph, pulled in by possibly having a closer parental connection than what he may feel he's always lacked with Splinter. A mom might reach that softer, more vulnerable side of him that needs a hug better than dad/Splinter might. Could be a nice dark Raph angle once things go wrong.)

They move to New York together in both the mirage and 90's movie.

In the Mirage, Hamato Yoshi finds Oroku Nagi brutally beating Tang Shen and kills him. Knowing he has disgraced himself by killing a fellow Foot Clan member he and Tang Shen leave for New York. Oroku Saki (who is 7 years old when all this is going one) trains as a ninja and makes his way through the ranks of the Foot Clan so he can find his brothers murderer and get vengeance.


In the 90's movie the two go to New York together because Oroku Saki was obsessed with Tang Shen.

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Alright, I want to see that version someday.

Could see her playing nice at first to purposely break up the Turtles by luring two away to her side with the fact that their would-be adoptive mom is alive (while the others don't trust it) before turning evil. (Guessing probably Mikey is most eager to accept Mom with open arms and have her in their lives and... more interestingly, maybe Raph, pulled in by possibly having a closer parental connection than what he may feel he's always lacked with Splinter. A mom might reach that softer, more vulnerable side of him that needs a hug better than dad/Splinter might. Could be a nice dark Raph angle once things go wrong.)

I don't know about Mikey since he would likely sense something would be off with Tang Shen. Raph would certainly benefit from having a mother figure in his life as would Leo and Donatello. Leo I can see maybe being more dismissive of Mikey because he knows how much it means to have Tang Shen back.

All the same though it feels out of character for Tang Shen to go evil. It's more likely to be shape shifting demon or something that takes the form of Tang Shen to get the Hamato Family to think she is alive.