Shredder seems a bit TOO obsessed with destroying Splinter.

[Atren]

Originally Posted by The Big Bad

Why the heck not? Isn't this the guy who's constantly threatening to kill his underlings? As far as the Shredder knew, the mutation made Xever dead weight--he couldn't fight, and wasn't in any position to be able to remain informed about the streets, which was his selling point in the first place; all he was good for was dissection and help in figuring out how he got mutated, except that as we've seen, the Shredder couldn't care less about that. And yet, the Shredder kept him in a fish tank, as if he knew that if he waited long enough, the writers would eventually drop into his lap a way to put him back in play.

One more detail that might be overlooked by some is if you kill who replaces then? Until Shredder finds competent replacement he is relatively safe..until replacement found. That threat is what should make Xever tremble and try harder in future -- as he might have until then to show his worth.

[AnarkyLantern]

It's a matter of training too. Plus, there's an implication Shredder used resources to get xever out of prison too.

Shredder's obsession with just killing splinter and the turtles gives him character rather than being a major faulty. It's a childrens show after all, everything doesn't need to be logical. Anyways, dogpound wouldn't dare talk to shredder like how you depict him as doing in that dialogue there.

[Lightjump]

I think shredder went insane, and wants to return to a time without all the saddness of being alone and thinks that the only way to do it is to kill the one who took his happiness ,Yoshi. And told himself so many times
that Tang Shen loved him and not Yoshi that even he belived it and took Miwa thinking Tang Shen would have wanted it that way........ok this is a thread about his revenge but just wanted to state that

[Leofan26]

I like your ideas, I kind of hope for an entire arc on this
HAHA Seriously though, yah he seems a bit too obssesed with it than he did in the 4Kids version in my opinion. Course, again we haven't seen much of the guy and this is all we've got to go by, every once in a while hey'll think outside the box though

[Donatello19]

Well at least now he could focus on capturing April too, and him holding that Kraang hostage gives him some character, not to mention Karai as well, oh, and that russian guy too. I think this Shredder has a lot of potential and is very interesting, it's just that we don't see enough of him, and we do, he's usually (unfortunately) just sitting in his throne barking orders at D&F, Karai, Baxter and the Foot Clan.

[Coola Yagami]

As a child, Splinter touched him in ways he will never forget. His psychological scars run deep and he will not rest until he gets his revenge.

[gzilla46]

Originally Posted by shreddinghead

Anyways, dogpound wouldn't dare talk to shredder like how you depict him as doing in that dialogue there.

I know. But, if I were Dogpound and we killed Splinter and Shredder said that he was done with the Foot Clan after that, I would've lost all respect for him, too.

[The Sewer Lord]

Originally Posted by gzilla46

I know I said this in another thread, but now I want to go into bigger detail now. Shredder wants to destroy Splinter, but he seems to be too obsessed with it. I mean, it's to the point he neglects everything else. Like this:

Bradford: Help, I'm a mutant. Not only that, brains in robot suits are running around the city

Shredder: *throwing darts at poster with Splinter on it* Yeah that's nice.

I mean, while the other Shredders DID want to destroy Splinter and the Turtles, he had other motives, like world domination. I mean, imagine if a T-Rex showed up and ate Karai and all his henchmen. He'd probably ignore it for his goal of killing Splinter.

If he DID accomplish his goal, what would they do after that?

Scene:

Shredder: AT LAST! I FINALLY KILLED SPLINTER! HAHAHAHA!!!

Dogpound: So, what do we do now, master?

Shredder: I don't know. Wanna see a movie and then go to Pizza Hut for lunch or something?

DogPound: You serious?

Shredder: Yeah. The new Die Hard Movie just came out. It looks good.

Dogpound: YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME? THAT WAS THE ONLY PART OF YOUR PLAN?!?!

Shredder: Yeah.

Dogpound: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO CONQUER EARTH OR HOLD THE MAYOR RANSOM? THAT WAS IT?!

Shredder: Come on man. I mean, where would we get the technology to rule the world? Too much work. Now how about that movie?

DogPound: Look, moron, I won't even be able to set foot in that theater. I'm a dog-mutant for crying out loud. The military would show up to capture me as soon as I enter the movie theater.

Shredder: Oh.

Do you think Shredder needs to tone down his obsession a little and think about taking over Earth?

Yeah. He kinda seems a bit too obsessed. Like Karai said, he needs a hobbie. Like, doing something else. I mean, he got worried about the Kraang after he heard they were going to conquer Earth. I mean, that's stupid.

Also, you didn't need the jokes. They were funny, but--

Originally Posted by Donatello19

MUCH darker than 2003.

Ch'rell is FAR darker than this Shredder.

[The Sewer Lord]

Originally Posted by gzilla46

I know. But, if I were Dogpound and we killed Splinter and Shredder said that he was done with the Foot Clan after that, I would've lost all respect for him, too.

Who wouldn't?