8.1/10386 votesLoading...#1 - Shredder & Splintered
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/18/1987
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
Writer: David Wise, Patti Howeth
8.1/10108 votesLoading...#2 - Ring of Fire
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/1993
Krang sends Shredder to set up a special lens that will focus the sun's rays to create a devastating heat ray.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10614 votesLoading...#3 - Turtle Tracks
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/14/1987
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
Writer: David Wise, Patti Howeth
8.0/10462 votesLoading...#4 - Enter: The Shredder
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/1987
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
Writer: David Wise, Patti Howeth
7.9/10210 votesLoading...#5 - Return of the Technodrome
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1988
Krang, sick of Shredder's constant failings, resolves to return the Technodrome to Earth.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.9/10181 votesLoading...#6 - Cowabunga Shredhead
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 10/18/1989
The Shredder thinks he's Michaelangelo after a computer malfunction.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.9/10113 votesLoading...#7 - Michaelangelo, the Sacred Turtle
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 11/16/1991
While the other Turtles go off to the local Planetarium to see O'Malley's comet, Michaelangelo visits the Natural History Museum with April O'Neil for the unveiling of the mummy of Ahmed Turt-el.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10102 votesLoading...#8 - Tower of Power
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1993
The Turtles and Splinter win a trip to Europe, but wind up riding in a crate with the Turtle Van. Meanwhile, Krang devises a giant electromagnet to pull the Technodrome free from an asteroid.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10114 votesLoading...#9 - Divide and Conquer
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1996
Lord Dregg launches a final attack on the Ninja Turtles.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Scott
7.7/10178 votesLoading...#10 - The Old Switcheroo
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/1989
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: N/A
Writer: Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens
7.7/10105 votesLoading...#11 - Poor Little Rich Turtle
Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 11/10/1990
Krang has come up with yet another brilliant plan to free the Technodrome. The evil alien sends Bebop and Rocksteady to kidnap Buffy Shellhammer, 15 year-old CEO of Shellhammer Chemicals.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10105 votesLoading...#12 - The Turtles and the Hare
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1991
In Krang's latest scheme, Rocksteady and Bebop, dressed as Easter bunnies, are blasting people with a Docilizer Ray and turning them into timid, rabbit-like people.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10110 votesLoading...#13 - Welcome Back, Polarisoids
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 11/16/1991
Krang wants to get a hold of the Polarisoids' camera. Krang sends a fake invitation to the Polarisoids to visit Earth, only the Polarisoids think that the invitation is from the Turtles.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1097 votesLoading...#14 - A Real Snow Job
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1993
The Turtles are vacationing in the Alps, as Splinter goes off to a nearby mountain to meditate. April is in an Alpine village with Irma when she notices the ice and snow melting, unusual for this time of year.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1099 votesLoading...#15 - Get Shredder!
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1994
Shredder & Krang are still loose on Earth, but without the resources of the Technodrome, they plan to steal equipment from the abandoned Hall of Science at the World Fair. Krang's former weapons engineer, Drakus, using the guise of Beserko, also shows up to cause trouble.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Wise
7.7/1094 votesLoading...#16 - Wrath of the Rat King
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1994
Burne has created a hot line for callers to use should they spot those responsible for the destruction of the Channel Six News Building. Inside the Hall of Science, Shredder is fearful that the Turtles will eventually find a way into the building and decides to seek out an old friend in the sewers: the Rat King!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10107 votesLoading...#17 - Cyber-Turtles
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1994
While investigating the theft of a rare telescope, the Astro-Viewer, the Turtles discover odd tracks leading away from the National Space Exploration Center.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10395 votesLoading...#18 - A Thing about Rats
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/16/1987
Baxter Stockman, a mad scientist, is showing an exterminator his new invention: a rat catching robot called Mousers.
Director: Yoshikatsu Kasai
Writer: David Wise, Patti Howeth
7.6/10180 votesLoading...#19 - Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 10/25/1989
An eager vigilante is causing a stir in the city, while Krang and Shredder take control of all the machines in the city. Maybe this new 'hero' can help the Turtles.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly
7.6/10150 votesLoading...#20 - Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
Season 3 Episode 36 - Aired 11/13/1989
Leatherhead has come to the city searching for the Turtles. While crawling through the sewers he encounters the Rat King who charges him with trespassing.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Wise
7.6/10144 votesLoading...#21 - The Big Blow Out
Season 3 Episode 47 - Aired 11/28/1989
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: N/A
Writer: David Wise
7.6/1098 votesLoading...#22 - Raphael VS The Volcano
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 10/5/1991
Thanks to a malfunction in Donatello's Healthometer, an invention designed to diagnose one's health, Raphael is convinced that he is not long for this world. Raphael decides to make the world a better place with what little time he has left.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10100 votesLoading...#23 - Sword of Yurikawa
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1992
Krang plans to blow up the Tri-State Bridge just as a convoy of trucks carrying a rare form of toxic waste passes overhead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1094 votesLoading...#24 - Northern Lights Out
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 10/23/1993
Eric Red, seizes both April and Professor Swenson's map to the underground volcanoes in Scandinavia to tap into the molten energy and melt the polar ice caps.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1088 votesLoading...#25 - Enter: Krakus
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1994
Krakus, a cop from the future, arrives and thinking that the Turtles are in league with Titanus, shakes them down for information.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Every episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Shredder & Splintered" is the best rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". It scored 8.1/10 based on 386 votes. Directed by Yoshikatsu Kasai and written by David Wise, Patti Howeth, it aired on 12/18/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ring of Fire".