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The Best Episodes of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1

Every episode of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1!

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Rise up! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get an all-new look, new weapons, and awesome new powers! Join the legendary heroes, Raph, Leo, Donnie and Mikey as these brothers discover a Hidden City beneath New

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 1 - Mystic Mayhem
    6.2/10(449 votes)

    #1 - Mystic Mayhem

    S1:E1

    The Turtles discover for the first time that they are not the weirdest things in New York when they encounter two villains from the Hidden City pursing a cat-like agent. They have their first encounter with Baron Draxum who is making mutants with the help of his Oozesquitos.

    Directors:Brendan Clogher, Sebastian Montes
    Writers:Ian Busch, Russ Carney, Jesse Gordon, Ron Corcillo

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  2. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 2 - Origami Tsunami
    7.0/10(312 votes)

    #2 - Origami Tsunami

    S1:E2

    Longing for the excitements of his life, Leo talks the team into tracking down the paper thief duo currently stalking the city. In doing so, the Turtles run into the Foot Clan, who use their mystic ability to create origami warriors from the stolen paper.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writers:Russ Carney, Ron Corcillo

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  3. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 3 - Donnie's Gifts
    7.1/10(230 votes)

    #3 - Donnie's Gifts

    S1:E3

    The Turtles have to fight their bad habits, but they must also fight the mutated chef Meat Sweats.

    Director:Brendan Clogher
    Writer:Ian Busch

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  4. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 4 - War and Pizza
    6.5/10(297 votes)

    #4 - War and Pizza

    S1:E4

    In order to save April's job as a party captain at Albearto's Pizzeria, Donnie upgrades the main animatronic of Albearto, only for it to go out of control.

    Director:Jamie Vickers
    Writer:Jesse Gordon

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  5. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 5 - Newsworthy
    6.8/10(184 votes)

    #5 - Newsworthy

    S1:E5

    To prove himself as the greatest enemy of the Turtles, former news anchor-turned-mutant earthworm Warren Stone gets in the way of the Turtles as they track down Hypno-Potamus, who is abducting the animal partners of other magicians.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Dale Malinowski

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  6. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 6 - Repo Mantis
    6.7/10(223 votes)

    #6 - Repo Mantis

    S1:E6

    Mikey and Donnie try to get a Jupiter Jim moon buggy vehicle from a repo yard, where they run afoul of its owner Repo Mantis. In exchange for the prop vehicle, Mikey and Donnie are hired as repo men and are sent to repossess an RV on Long Island. However, the deal deteriorates when they meet the RV's possessor, a kind mutant named Todd Capybara, and his puppies.

    Director:Jamie Vickers
    Writers:Russ Carney, Ron Corcillo

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  7. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 7 - Down with the Sickness
    6.5/10(227 votes)

    #7 - Down with the Sickness

    S1:E7

    Splinter has come down with the rat flu, and the Turtles must deal with its 7 different stages involving fever, "Wild Rat Man", "Captain Cuddle Cakes", "Ninja Supreme", karaoke love songs, and fan fiction. The Turtles hope that Splinter will make to the final stage called "Must Say Yes" so that they can ask him for whatever they want.

    Director:Brendan Clogher
    Writers:Russ Carney, Ron Corcillo

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  8. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 8 - The Fast and the Furriest
    7.4/10(198 votes)

    #8 - The Fast and the Furriest

    S1:E8

    When Donnie's newly-built Turtle Tank goes missing, he and the Turtles must find it. While going after some usual suspects, they are unaware that the Turtle Tank was taken by Splinter, who is additionally invited to "dinner" with Meat Sweats.

    Director:Jamie Vickers
    Writers:Russ Carney, Ron Corcillo

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  9. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 9 - Mascot Melee
    6.7/10(213 votes)

    #9 - Mascot Melee

    S1:E9

    While looking for gifts for Splinter, the Turtles traverse through Times Square where they fight the thuggish mascots lurking there.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Ian Busch

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  10. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 10 - Shell in a Cell
    6.5/10(208 votes)

    #10 - Shell in a Cell

    S1:E10

    Leo unseats Raph's wrestling idol Ghostbear from his title as the champion of the world after accidentally falling on him from the rafters. Raph soon becomes irked by Leo's cockiness and decides to wrestle him himself. When Ghostbear joins the fight, Raph learns that Ghostbear doesn't play by the rules.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Jesse Gordon

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  11. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 11 - Minotaur Maze
    7.4/10(204 votes)

    #11 - Minotaur Maze

    S1:E11

    After the Turtles stumble across a pizza restaurant in the mystical Undercity while following a Fire Yōkai, Leonardo drags his brothers into a pizza-shaped Maze of Death to obtain the ultimate prize....a free helping to the titular parlor's "world's greatest pizza". But in order to claim it, they will have to contend with the pizza's guardian in the form of the Minotaur who is the maze's assistant manager.

    Director:Brendan Clogher
    Writer:Jesse Gordon

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  12. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 12 - Bug Busters
    8.2/10(225 votes)

    #12 - Bug Busters

    S1:E12

    The Turtles look for a way to eliminate New York City's Oozesquito problem before more mutants are made.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writers:Russ Carney, Ron Corcillo

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  13. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 13 - The Longest Fight
    7.3/10(204 votes)

    #13 - The Longest Fight

    S1:E13

    The Turtles have a hard time watching their skateboarding idol Sydney Allen on the "Extreme Skateboarding Finals" and stopping a burglary at Gilbert's Department Store conducted by the Foot Clan at the same time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 14 - Hypno! Part Deux
    6.6/10(201 votes)

    #14 - Hypno! Part Deux

    S1:E14

    Hypno-Potamus returns and causes havoc at April's homecoming dance by hypnotizing the attendees.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 15 - The Gumbus
    6.5/10(211 votes)

    #15 - The Gumbus

    S1:E15

    Leo, Mikey and April investigate a mysterious specter haunting a themed supermarket called Stock 'n Shop which leads to their encounter with Baxter Stockboy.

    Directors:Jamie Vickers, Abe Audish
    Writer:Ian Busch

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  16. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 16 - Mrs. Cuddles
    6.7/10(207 votes)

    #16 - Mrs. Cuddles

    S1:E16

    April and the brothers make Raph face his greatest fear: an adorable kids' TV show rabbit named Mrs. Cuddles. However, things aren't so funny anymore when Mrs. Cuddles suddenly comes to life and begins hunting the Turtle family to feed on their fears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 17 - Stuck on You
    6.9/10(199 votes)

    #17 - Stuck on You

    S1:E17

    After an unfortunate glue accident, the Turtles have to fight a whole host of villains like the Mutant Silverfish, the Foot Clan, Hypno-Potamus, and Warren Stone while literally being stuck together.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Ian Busch

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  18. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 18 - Al Be Back
    6.4/10(193 votes)

    #18 - Al Be Back

    S1:E18

    The Turtles plan their first public musical gig at Albearto Land. When it happens, it gets crashed by Albearto and his army of animatronic bears from failed Albearto's fastfood franchises.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 19 - The Purple Jacket
    7.5/10(188 votes)

    #19 - The Purple Jacket

    S1:E19

    During a visit in April's school, Donatello becomes enamored with an exclusive tech club, the Purple Dragons, and joins them on the spot. However, when the Dragons abuse his tech for criminal purposes, Donatello is forced to choose between stopping the crooks and losing his treasured purple membership jacket.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 20 - Pizza Pit
    6.8/10(178 votes)

    #20 - Pizza Pit

    S1:E20

    It’s Pizza Week, the greatest week of the year, but the Turtles’ favorite pizza joints keep getting taken out. DIGG, a trio of unsuccessful girl musicians mutated into burrowing animals, begin sinking the Turtles' favorite pizza places into the ground, prompting the Turtles to go after them before they have no place left to get their favorite food.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 21 - Smart Lair
    7.2/10(184 votes)

    #21 - Smart Lair

    S1:E21

    To ease their household chores, Donatello invents a new artificial intelligence, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., who begins to see exclusively to his creator's needs. Disgruntled, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo choose to rewire the robot, which leads to near-fatal consequences for their brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 22 - Hot Soup: The Game
    7.7/10(184 votes)

    #22 - Hot Soup: The Game

    S1:E22

    Mikey goes on a solo mission to retrieve a classic video game based on Lou Jitsu's film Hot Soup. Incidentally, however, he will have to contend with the Foot Clan's new recruit who is on a very similar mission at the very same auction house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 23 - The Evil League of Mutants
    8.4/10(214 votes)

    #23 - The Evil League of Mutants

    S1:E23

    The Turtles end up facing a new and dangerous threat in their beloved city as Baron Draxum, Huginn, and Muninn gather some of their toughest mutant enemies like Meat Sweats, Hypno-Potamus, Warren Stone, Repo Mantis, and the Sando Brothers in a plot to destroy them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 24 - Late Fee
    7.3/10(179 votes)

    #24 - Late Fee

    S1:E24

    The simple task of returning a single DVD just before its loan period runs out is complicated by endless craziness in New York, including an encounter with Ghostbear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 25 - Bullhop
    7.2/10(172 votes)

    #25 - Bullhop

    S1:E25

    Things go sour when the Turtles try to help a down-and-out mutant in the form of the bellhop-turned-mutant bull from "Bug Busters" while at the same time planning a raid to obtain more of Big Mama's web goo. Bullhop eagerly decides to help his benefactors out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Mystic Mayhem" is the best rated episode of "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 1. It scored 6.2/10 based on 449 votes. Directed by Brendan Clogher, Sebastian Montes and written by Ian Busch, Russ Carney, Jesse Gordon, Ron Corcillo, it aired on 7/20/2018. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Origami Tsunami".