Who do like more?

[The Sewer Lord]

I assure you, this is going to be the hardest choice of your life.
We all love Krang and Shredder from the original cartoon. Everybody does.
However, which one do you like more?
Told you it's going to be the toughest choice of your life!

Personally, I like Krang better than Shredder.
While they were both very funny, I found Krang's past to be very mysterious, and with it, very entertaining.
Krang's past and species was never revealed in the series. Every episode that show bits of his past were very entertaining.
While Shredder -- well, nothing stood up from him like Krang's past did for him.

What do you think?

[Shark_Blade]

I don't even need a second to decide.

Shredder of course.

[Luzmagica]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

I don't even need a second to decide.

Shredder of course.

Same here!!!

[DVD]

Yup. Shredder. He's da man.

Although, I really like the Android body. That is cool.

[The Sewer Lord]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

I don't even need a second to decide.

Shredder of course.

Originally Posted by Luzmagica

Same here!!!

Originally Posted by DVD

Yup. Shredder. He's da man.

Although, I really like the Android body. That is cool.

Would y'all like to explain why Shredder's better?

[Powder]

Voted for Krang, assuming the poll is based strictly out of the OT. Krang has always been a top favorite of mine. His design is crazy, he's bursting at the seams with personality, and always has a crafty trick up his sleeve. Love his sense of humor, too. Shredder is great of course, and is just as important, as the dynamic between them is arguably the best part of the entire '87 series.

In the new IDW comics, however, I think I prefer Shredder to Krang. Though he's now getting a fleshed out backstory that's no doubt interesting, he has virtually no personality. He's just a war monger from Dimension X with a bloodlust.

[Mzx10484]

I voted for Shredder, as a child I was so impressed of his appearance and still today he is my favourite villain of all the toons I ever watched !!

[CyberCubed]

In the OT they're both rather funny. I think people like Shredder more because he was billed as the main villain and actually went out and carried out the plans and fought the Turtles.

Krang spends the majority of the episodes just staying at the Technodrome giving orders. That's one reason why whenever Krang did leave the Technodrome and come to Earth it was exciting.

[zkarlette]

I vote for Krang, I really like his sense of humor in the OT, but shredder is not that far behind and so do Bebop and Rocksteady.

[The Sewer Lord]

Originally Posted by Powder

Voted for Krang, assuming the poll is based strictly out of the OT.

Yes, of course. Otherwise, I would have posted this in the TMNT Comics Discussion Forums.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Shredder, since you can't really run a TMNT universe without him.

[gobo]

Uncle Ph-- Shredder.

[turtletoons81]

obviously shredder,i mean he's the main villian of the turtles but krang is awesome aswell

[pannoni1]

I'm quite surprised how different the Shredder is portrayed in each incarnation. That along with being in more universes than Krang (even when including the Utroms) assures that he's always going to be the Turtles' greatest threat. Krang is still closer to #1 (Shredder) than to #3 (Karai, Baxter, Bebop/Rocksteady) since all of the brainpower and capability to be more entertaining than most Shredders makes him nearly as likeable as the Shredder is. But in terms of the OT and who I preferred, I prefer Shredder in Seasons 1, 2, 7, and 8; Krang in Seasons 4-6 (plus European Vacation) when Shredder was basically a goofy shadow of is former self, and both equally in Seasons 3 when the chemistry seemed to be perfect; lots of great interaction via the Comlink.

[Icebot]

For me it's Shredder.

[raphfan84]

Shredder hands down! I think he is hilarious in the OT!

[Xav]

Originally Posted by The Sewer Lord

Krang's past and species was never revealed in the series.

Actually we did see his species, in the episode "Invasion of the Krangazoids", were he was revealed to be a large reptilian creature.

[MikeandRaph87]

No villain is as overlooked in the wicked category and the cool department than Shredder as seen in the '87 cartoon. Favorite version of my favorite villain!

[DonatelloNinja82]

I voted for Shredder myself. While I love Krang as well, Shredder did most of the work. Krang was the "brains of the outfit". While in the earlier seasons, Shredder was hinted at being a scientist/engineer of sorts, most of the plots were Krang's ideas, but Shredder carried them out. The banter between these two was priceless, but Shredder wins for me. His costume, his insults, and his tenacity are what bring him to the top.

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by The Sewer Lord

While they were both very funny, I found Krang's past to be very mysterious, and with it, very entertaining.
Krang's past and species was never revealed in the series. Every episode that show bits of his past were very entertaining.
While Shredder -- well, nothing stood up from him like Krang's past did for him.

If this is strictly the OT universe, then I would say Krang barely beats out Shredder for me. Not because of how "cool", "bad", or evil one character was over the other, but as you mentioned, the backstory of the villains.

There was never much development of OT Shredder beyond that short introductory story conflict with Splinter in the beginning of the series ("Turtle Tracks"), his brother ("My Brother The Bad Guy"), and his mother ("Shredder's Mom"). Which is shame because there could have been a treasure supply of story plots in understanding Shredder's history in the series if it looked into his past a little more.

As for Krang, even though the story writers never really formulated a complete backstory from the beginning, they added bits and pieces of it to keep the audience guessing.

Here's a previous post of me explaining this:

Originally Posted by JYX

As for Krang's slave pits of Dimension X, I wished the OT had shown of just how extensive Krang's power and dominion over Dimension X was (i.e. what planets & alien races he took over, size of his armies) since he was warload that had conquered many. Remember the line in "Shredded and Splintered" in Season 1 when Krang had said that he had never been defeated? (I know it was just a dramatic line, but still...)

You did do a remarkable job CyberCubed of piecing together Krang's backstory, but there's still so much that's unknown. What crime led or caused his head/brain to be removed from his body? Who exactly "banished" Krang to Earth (according to the 1st season)? How was the Technodrome imagined or conceived besides Beserko being the head engineer for it? And of course the biggest question of all, how exactly did Shredder and Krang meet up? (I know some fanfiction has it, but in terms of OT canon it's a mystery.)

In the end, I guess it depends on how well-written the character is and the depth of their backstory to make them an intriguing character.