New York City is the epicenter of a crime wave led by the mysterious Shredder, a ruthless master of new Ninjutsu. To carry out his string of petty thievery, The Shredder has enlisted only the fiercest and highly trained operatives to deplete NYC of its purses, wallets and consumer electronics… angsty teenage boys. Now, to combat the rising crime, four adolescent anthropomorphic shelled reptile siblings trained in the classic art of ninjutsu must emerge from the sewers and fight back the Foot Clan and its kingpin.