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!
Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello must save New York City from the evil crime lord Shredder and his assistant, Baxter Stockman. The Turtles must fight foot soldiers, mice, and gangs and get help from their sensei Splinter, her friend April O'Neil, and her partner Casey Jones in an action-packed new series.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is "Same As It Never Was", rated 9.2/10 from 335 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Same As It Never Was" aired on 3/17/2005 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Return to New York (3)".
9.2/10 335 votes#1 - Same As It Never Was
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2005-03-17
Ultimate Drako's time manipulations have sent Donatello to an alternate reality... and it's not pretty. It's one possible future, a horrible nightmare. The Shredder is all powerful.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/10 303 votes#2 - Return to New York (3)
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2003-10-11
With Stockman showing up in the middle of the final battle between our heroes and the Shredder, everything is thrown into chaos ... so much so that our heroes must join forces with the Shredder and Hun to defeat Stockman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10 191 votes#5 - City at War (3)
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2004-03-27
With the Foot, the Purple Dragons, and the Mob becoming more than the Turtles can handle, the TMNT reluctantly call on the help of Shredder's old General: Karai.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10 188 votes
#6 - Exodus (2)
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 2005-04-23
The Shredder is leaving Earth in a spaceship of his own construction intent upon wreaking havoc on the Utroms and the galaxy. But he's taken on some unwanted passengers and they're not about to let the Shredder get away.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 244 votes#7 - Return to New York (2)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2003-10-04
The Turtles and Splinter continue to fight their way up through the Foot Headquarters skyscraper, facing down three misshapen Mutant Shredder Clones, a hallway of traps, and the Mystic Ninja.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 192 votes#8 - Big Brawl (3)
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 2004-09-25
The Battle Nexus tournament begins to take it's toll on the TMNT : Leonardo is poisoned, Splinter is framed, and Lord Draco moves closer to victory.
Director: N/A
Writer: Marty Isenberg
8.5/10 199 votes#9 - Big Brawl (4)
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 2004-10-02
The Battle Nexus Tournament nears it's conclusion : Dontello finds himself fighting for his life with Usagi Yujumbo as Mikey is poised to become Battle Nexus Champion. Leonardo's condition worsens, and Splinter is still in prison. Worse still, Lord Draco now has control of the Daimyo Warstaff...
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Ryan
8.4/10 279 votes#10 - The Shredder Strikes (2)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2003-04-19
Our four turtles stand facing their most formidable foe to date ... the Shredder. Beaten and battle weary, the turtles get separated from one another during the martial arts mayhem and a building collapse!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 190 votes#11 - Secret Origins (3)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2004-01-31
The Turtles and Splinter escape the Utrom's virtual reality device, but now they must escape TCRI before it is destroyed. Buttheir only way out is hampered by one small obstacle: SHREDDER AND THE FOOT!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 184 votes#12 - City at War (2)
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2004-03-20
The Turtles are caught in a power struggle for the city : The Foot, the Purple Dragons, and the Mob, all want a piece of the pie. Are the boys able to save the city from anarchy? And is it their problem in the first place?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 187 votes#13 - Big Brawl (2)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2004-09-18
The Turtles discover more about their master Splinter as the Battle Nexus tournament continues. They also have a run-in with a warrior who Splinter defeated in the tournament three years ago: Lord Draco.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 154 votes
#14 - Prodigal Son
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2006-02-11
Leonardo returns from Japan to find the lair in ruins and his family nowhere to be seen. As he investigates he finds that the Foot is back to full strength - with Karai as their leader. Since the Foot believe Leo to be dead, he puts all that he has learnt from the Anicent One into practice...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 155 votes
#15 - Adventures In Turtlesitting
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2006-03-25
With the outbreak-mutant situation the Turtles feel they have to deal with and Donatello sick his brothers leave him with Casey and April for care. But Donatello is not sick but in the last stages of a second mutation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 145 votes
#16 - Good Genes (1)
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2006-04-01
With Donatello sick the Turtles are desperate. So desperate that they decide to try and sneak into Bishops facility, where they realize they have to make a deal with the devil if they want to cure Donatello
Director: N/A
Writer: Christopher L. Yost
8.3/10 273 votes#17 - The Shredder Strikes (1)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2003-04-12
Oroku Saki (aka the Shredder) attempts to convince Leonardo that Saki is fighting the good fight ... that he's out there carrying on the great tradition of Bushido and Ninjitsu, and the turtles should stand with him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 233 votes#18 - Return to New York (1)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2003-09-27
The Turtles return to New York with one goal in mind: to destroy the Shredder once and for all.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 182 votes#19 - Rogue in the House (2)
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2004-04-24
Shredder's army of Foot Mechs confront the Turtles, but even if they defeat this army, can they stop Shredder? And how does a Triceraton warrior called Zog fit into it all?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 173 votes
#20 - Exodus (1)
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 2005-04-16
Splinter receives a vision of his Master Yoshi...and a mission. He must stop the Shredder. Time is running out. He doesn't know how to explain it to his sons, but they need no explanation. They're with their father to the bitter end.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 143 votes
#21 - Enter the Dragons (2)
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 2008-05-04
With the help of their closest allies and most dangerous enemies alike, the Turtles have fought their way through a demonic version of New York to confront the Shredder once and for all! Now the Turtles must have everything they've got and have no choice but to focus their energy and become their very own mystic avatars...Dragons. This night, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will meet their destinies: Whether to live or die!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 181 votes#22 - City at War (1)
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2004-03-13
The collapse of Shredder's crime empire means the city is open for the most vicious gangs to seize control for themselves. New York is plunged into chaos and anarchy, and only the Turtles can maintain order..or can they?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 185 votes#23 - Big Brawl (1)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2004-05-15
Every three years, Splinter leaves his students to go to parts unknown. Curious, the four Turtles decide to follow him this time. The pursuit of their master leads the Turtles into something they never expected, right into the middle of the "Big Brawl" : The Battle for the Nexus, a brutal tournament where fates will be decided...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 147 votes
#24 - Good Genes (2)
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2006-04-08
To cure Donatello the Turtles made a deal with the devil aka Bishop. Now they have to retrive a pendant that is supposed to help Bishop in his research. The thing is that the pendant is in the heart of the Foot-building, and Karai won't just hand it over
Director: N/A
Writer: Christopher L. Yost
- 8.2/10 147 votes
#25 - The Ninja Tribunal
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 2006-04-15
After the Turtles were able to cure Donatello's mutation, a group of ninjas confronts the Turtles to tell them about a battle between good and evil that will decide the fate of the world.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Ryan
