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The Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Four turtles fall into the sewers and are befriended by Hamato Yoshi a Japanese man sent to New York who was forced to live in the sewers. One day he sees a strange green glow

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 6 - The Case of the Killer Pizzas
    8.5/10(306 votes)

    #1 - The Case of the Killer Pizzas

    S2:E6

    Krang finally relents and provides Shredder with help in defeating the Turtles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Booth

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  2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 1 - Turtle Tracks
    7.3/10(735 votes)

    #2 - Turtle Tracks

    S1:E1

    April O'Neil, ace reporter for Channel 6, investigates recent break-ins, allegedly by Ninjas, which have resulted in the thefts of numerous technologies. A chance encounter with a gang of thieves soon leads her to a bigger story when she is saved from the criminals by four Ninja trained, mutated Turtles.

    Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai
    Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 2 - Enter: The Shredder
    7.1/10(562 votes)

    #3 - Enter: The Shredder

    S1:E2

    The Shredder kidnaps Splinter in an attempt to lure the Turtles to his own cause. In order to rescue Splinter the Turtles must enter the Shredder's mobile fortress and brave it's dangerous weaponry.

    Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai
    Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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  4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 47 - The Big Blow Out
    7.0/10(175 votes)

    #4 - The Big Blow Out

    S3:E47

    After several setbacks, Shredder and Krang steal all of New York's electricity and charge it into a giant transdimensional gateway, designed to send Earth into Dimension X. The Turtles must defeat their enemies once and for all before Earth is destroyed by Krang's Rock Soldier army.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise

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  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 32 - The Big Cufflink Caper
    7.0/10(142 votes)

    #5 - The Big Cufflink Caper

    S4:E32

    The Turtles, bored at the lack of action, decide to investigate when they hear that cufflinks are being stolen around the city.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 5 - Shredder & Splintered
    6.8/10(463 votes)

    #6 - Shredder & Splintered

    S1:E5

    As Shredder lures Splinter into he Technodrome, this time with the promise that a weapon in his possession can restore the sensei to human form, the Turtles confront a giant-sized Krang, now in a new body, in the heart of New York City.

    Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai
    Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 9 - Splinter No More
    6.8/10(270 votes)

    #7 - Splinter No More

    S2:E9

    Sensing Master Splinter's despair at his new life as a rat, the Turtles agree to use the small amount of mutagen that they have left to concoct a formula that will revert Splinter back into Yoshi.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Michael Reaves, Brynne Stephens

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  8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 13 - Return of the Technodrome
    6.8/10(264 votes)

    #8 - Return of the Technodrome

    S2:E13

    Krang, sick of Shredder's constant failings, resolves to return the Technodrome to Earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 1 - Beneath these Streets
    6.8/10(237 votes)

    #9 - Beneath these Streets

    S3:E1

    The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 2 - Turtles On Trial
    6.8/10(229 votes)

    #10 - Turtles On Trial

    S3:E2

    The intentions of the Ninja Turtles are put to the test when a controversial TV-figure portrays our heroes as menaces to society.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 5 - Sky Turtles
    6.8/10(224 votes)

    #11 - Sky Turtles

    S3:E5

    The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

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  12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 6 - The Old Switcheroo
    6.8/10(222 votes)

    #12 - The Old Switcheroo

    S3:E6

    The personalities of Shredder and Splinter are switched when a device is accidentally activated during a battle between the Turtles and their enemies. As Shredder plans the Turtles' demise and Splinter plans on how to get back to his body, everyone else is clueless.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens

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  13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 8 - The Fifth Turtle
    6.8/10(219 votes)

    #13 - The Fifth Turtle

    S3:E8

    A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Gordon Bressack

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  14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 14 - 20.000 Leaks Under the City
    6.8/10(206 votes)

    #14 - 20.000 Leaks Under the City

    S3:E14

    Still searching for a way to destroy the Turtles, Krang develops a super pump that he intends to use to flood the sewers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle

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  15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 18 - Cowabunga Shredhead
    6.8/10(227 votes)

    #15 - Cowabunga Shredhead

    S3:E18

    The Shredder thinks he's Michaelangelo after a computer malfunction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 43 - Shredderville
    6.8/10(177 votes)

    #16 - Shredderville

    S3:E43

    The Turtles are frustrated that they let Shredder slip away from them again. They feel like giving up, and wish they had never been born.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 5 - Shredder's Mom
    6.8/10(125 votes)

    #17 - Shredder's Mom

    S4:E5

    New York is in the middle of an induced heat wave caused by Shredder, who must battle the Turtles and deal with his mother, Miyoko Saki, at the same time.

    Director:Rowby Goren
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 3 - A Thing about Rats
    6.7/10(477 votes)

    #18 - A Thing about Rats

    S1:E3

    Baxter Stockman, a mad scientist, is showing an exterminator his new invention: a rat catching robot called Mousers.

    Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai
    Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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  19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 10 - Turtles at the Earth's Core
    6.6/10(216 votes)

    #19 - Turtles at the Earth's Core

    S3:E10

    Dinosaurs invade the Big Apple. Befriending a young diplodocus the Turtles trace the invading dinosaurs to their source finding a lost world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J. Larry Carroll

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  20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 11 - April Fool
    6.6/10(202 votes)

    #20 - April Fool

    S3:E11

    Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 13 - The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
    6.6/10(214 votes)

    #21 - The Ninja Sword of Nowhere

    S3:E13

    Krang's computers detect an alien metal on the surface of the Earth. Krang sends Shredder, along with an Alien Metal Detector, to the surface to find it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Francis Moss

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  22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 7 - Enter: The Fly
    6.5/10(298 votes)

    #22 - Enter: The Fly

    S2:E7

    Frustrated at Baxter's latest failure, Shredder contacts Krang in Dimension X and demands that Rocksteady and Bebop be sent to aid him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Michael Reaves, Brynne Stephens

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  23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 15 - Take Me to Your Leader
    6.5/10(205 votes)

    #23 - Take Me to Your Leader

    S3:E15

    Full of self doubt, Leonardo leaves the team. Michaelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello all take turns being leader as they try to figure out why the sun is getting smaller.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Francis Moss

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  24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 16 - Four Musketurtles
    6.5/10(196 votes)

    #24 - Four Musketurtles

    S3:E16

    A bump on the head leaves Leonardo thinking that he is in 17th century France, and that he and his comrades are Musketeers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 17 - Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
    6.5/10(188 votes)

    #25 - Turtles, Turtles Everywhere

    S3:E17

    Shredder programs the city's new garbage collecting super-computer to collect the Turtles. But when Shredder doesn't specify 'Ninja' Turtles, the super-computer collects them all! Turtles of the city of every shape and size are not safe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Case of the Killer Pizzas" is the best rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". It scored 8.5/10 based on 306 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Doug Booth, it aired on 11/5/1988. This episode scored 1.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Turtle Tracks".