I KNEW IT!!

Turtle archvillain Shredder is one of those bizarre things that comic and cartoon fans are just asked to accept. Realistically, it makes no sense for someone trained in stealthy ninjitsu to run around wearing bright purple and sporting shiny metal all over his body.

However, his design was based on a real incident of someone running around with a cheese grater on his arm. That person was Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman. One night while cleaning the dishes, Eastman ended up putting his forearm through a rectangular cheese grater and gripping its handle. He was instantly struck by the cool mental image of someone wearing multiple grater-like utensils and fighting with them, which is how Master Shredder was born and why he tries to shred the Turtles (Link 1).

If that’s not strange enough, both Eastman and fellow co-creator Peter Laird revealed in a recent interview that Shredder’s name was almost “The Grater,” but Laird mercifully suggested “The Shredder” instead.

http://listverse.com/2014/08/16/10-strangest-facts-about-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/

I told this story to a group of people in the 90s and they thought I was crazy for even seeing the connection. Even with the cheese grater on my own arm, they would not believe. Finally, I am vindicated. Follow the link if you are a Turtle's fan.