If Super Shredder's armor suddenly grows with his body, you must acquit

TOS s1e[debatable] "The Man Trap" and TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze

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Fun fact: in the original comic, Shredder didn't make it past the first fight. Splinter kicked him off a building, into a dumpster, and then dropped a grenade in it.
I've never been able to take his jank-ass seriously.
- The comic is dark as fuck. Not to mention The Last Ronin storyline.
  
  Truth. The only color was red: turtles masks & blood.
  Eastman & Laird were fucking mad as hell at their competition being a simplistic rabbit comic boppin' around Sengoku-era Japan, so they whipped up a "catchy" rebuttal in the form of TMNT and went hard. This, of course, made it a bareknuckle pivot into the Saturday morning cartoon version that launched the turtles into the spotlight as cultural icons we know today, but at least E&L weren't complete tools about Usagi Yojimbo when Sakai reached out to collab/crossover. (The latter is a genuine sweetheart of a man, btw, and legit was simply trying to make history fun for kids.)
  
  Rumor is someone trying to make a Last Ronin live action movie.
What's more bonkers, that Shredder's costume got turned up to 11 when he took mutagen, or that the turtles had a full choreographed routine when Vanilla Ice improved a new rap with his crew on stage
- We all go a little ninja, sometimes...
- The suddenly learned song and dance can be chalked up to movie...
The answer is clear: the costume is a living organism in its own right.
Body growth is one thing, but where did he get the new costume?
- I'd like to think he had a new set planted ahead of time by the dock. The sort of neurotic planning only the insane would consider.
The crossover we’ve all been waiting for.
I know his armor looks metallic, but it's actually just spandex.

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