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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!

When four pet turtles were bathed in alien ooze, they began to mutate and became the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Raised in New York City...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Same As It Never Was" is the best rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". It scored 9.2/10 based on 362 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/17/2005. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Shredder Strikes Back (2)".

  • Same As It Never Was
    9.2/10362 votes
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    #1 - Same As It Never Was

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/2005

    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

  • The Shredder Strikes Back (2)
    8.9/10315 votes
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    #2 - The Shredder Strikes Back (2)

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/14/2003

    When the Foot Ninja attack April's apartment in force, the Turtles fight against overwhelming odds to get the wounded Leo to safety.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Eric Luke

  • Return to New York (3)
    8.9/10330 votes
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    #3 - Return to New York (3)

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/11/2003

    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

  • The Shredder Strikes Back (1)
    8.7/10309 votes
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    #4 - The Shredder Strikes Back (1)

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/7/2003

    On a training run Leo is ambushed by a major Foot attack force, including Foot Tech Ninjas, their old enemy Hun, and a new threat: the Foot Elite!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Eric Luke

  • Return to New York (2)
    8.6/10267 votes
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    #5 - Return to New York (2)

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/4/2003

    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

  • City at War (3)
    8.6/10210 votes
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    #6 - City at War (3)

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/27/2004

    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

  • Exodus (2)
    8.6/10203 votes
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    #7 - Exodus (2)

    Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 4/23/2005

    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

  • Big Brawl (3)
    8.5/10211 votes
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    #8 - Big Brawl (3)

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 9/25/2004

    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

  • Big Brawl (4)
    8.5/10219 votes
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    #9 - Big Brawl (4)

    Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 10/2/2004

    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

  • The Shredder Strikes (2)
    8.4/10305 votes
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    #10 - The Shredder Strikes (2)

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/19/2003

    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

  • Secret Origins (3)
    8.4/10208 votes
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    #11 - Secret Origins (3)

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/31/2004

    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

  • Big Brawl (2)
    8.4/10203 votes
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    #12 - Big Brawl (2)

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 9/18/2004

    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

  • Prodigal Son
    8.4/10167 votes
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    #13 - Prodigal Son

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/2006

    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

  • Adventures In Turtlesitting
    8.4/10169 votes
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    #14 - Adventures In Turtlesitting

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/25/2006

    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

  • The Shredder Strikes (1)
    8.3/10298 votes
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    #15 - The Shredder Strikes (1)

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/2003

    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

  • Return to New York (1)
    8.3/10255 votes
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    #16 - Return to New York (1)

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/27/2003

    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

  • City at War (2)
    8.3/10200 votes
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    #17 - City at War (2)

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/20/2004

    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

  • Rogue in the House (2)
    8.3/10200 votes
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    #18 - Rogue in the House (2)

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/2004

    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

  • Exodus (1)
    8.3/10186 votes
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    #19 - Exodus (1)

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 4/16/2005

    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

  • Good Genes (1)
    8.3/10156 votes
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    #20 - Good Genes (1)

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 4/1/2006

    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

  • Enter the Dragons (2)
    8.3/10158 votes
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    #21 - Enter the Dragons (2)

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/2008

    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

  • Big Brawl (1)
    8.2/10201 votes
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    #22 - Big Brawl (1)

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2004

    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

  • Scion Of The Shredder
    8.2/10159 votes
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    #23 - Scion Of The Shredder

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/2006

    While Leonardo is in Japan studying with the Ancient One, Karai as the new Shredder makes her attack. Will Leo return to New York? Will he find out what happened to his home and his family? And, have Splinter and Turtles really been destroyed?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Good Genes (2)
    8.2/10158 votes
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    #24 - Good Genes (2)

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 4/8/2006

    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

  • The Ninja Tribunal
    8.2/10158 votes
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    #25 - The Ninja Tribunal

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 4/15/2006

    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