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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!

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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  1. Background image for Same as It Never Was
    9.2/10(398 votes)

    #1 - Same as It Never Was

    S3:E21

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for City at War (3)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - City at War (3)

    S2:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Rogue in the House (2)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Rogue in the House (2)

    S2:E20

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Shredder Strikes Back (2)
    8.9/10(360 votes)

    #4 - The Shredder Strikes Back (2)

    S1:E18

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Eric Luke
  5. Background image for Return to New York (3)
    8.9/10(370 votes)

    #5 - Return to New York (3)

    S1:E23

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Shredder Strikes Back (1)
    8.7/10(350 votes)

    #6 - The Shredder Strikes Back (1)

    S1:E17

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Eric Luke
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  8. Background image for Exodus (2)
    8.7/10(223 votes)

    #7 - Exodus (2)

    S3:E26

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Shredder Strikes (2)
    8.5/10(345 votes)

    #8 - The Shredder Strikes (2)

    S1:E11

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Return to New York (2)
    8.5/10(304 votes)

    #9 - Return to New York (2)

    S1:E22

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Shredder Strikes (1)
    8.4/10(334 votes)

    #10 - The Shredder Strikes (1)

    S1:E10

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Prodigal Son
    8.4/10(182 votes)

    #11 - Prodigal Son

    S4:E16

    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...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Adventures In Turtlesitting
    8.4/10(183 votes)

    #12 - Adventures In Turtlesitting

    S4:E22

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Good Genes (1)
    8.4/10(169 votes)

    #13 - Good Genes (1)

    S4:E23

    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

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  15. Background image for Return to New York (1)
    8.3/10(290 votes)

    #14 - Return to New York (1)

    S1:E21

    The Turtles return to New York with one goal in mind: to destroy the Shredder once and for all.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Exodus (1)
    8.3/10(206 votes)

    #15 - Exodus (1)

    S3:E25

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Scion Of The Shredder
    8.2/10(175 votes)

    #16 - Scion Of The Shredder

    S4:E15

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Good Genes (2)
    8.2/10(172 votes)

    #17 - Good Genes (2)

    S4:E24

    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

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  19. Background image for The Ninja Tribunal
    8.2/10(173 votes)

    #18 - The Ninja Tribunal

    S4:E25

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for Search for Splinter (2)
    8.1/10(263 votes)

    #19 - Search for Splinter (2)

    S1:E26

    The Turtles successfully infiltrate the mysterious TCRI Building, where they manage to sneak into its inner sanctum, and locate the unconscious Splinter inside a stasis tank.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Head of State
    8.1/10(124 votes)

    #20 - Head of State

    S6:E22

    The Turtles must rescue the president before he loses his head to a sinister figure from their past.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Things Change
    8.0/10(462 votes)

    #21 - Things Change

    S1:E1

    In their underground lair deep beneath the city streets, the Turtles and Master Splinter are suddenly attacked by a horde of Mouser robots!

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    Director:Chuck Patton
  23. Background image for Turtles in Space (1): The Fugitoid
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Turtles in Space (1): The Fugitoid

    S2:E1

    The Turtles are taken across space to the Planet D'Hoonnib - and right into the middle of a Police arrest! They befriend Professor Honeycutt, alias The Fugitoid, who is being pursued by the military forces of General Blanque. The General wants Honeycutt's teleportation device, perhaps the only way The Turtles will reach Earth again...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Turtles in Space (2): The Trouble with Triceratons
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Turtles in Space (2): The Trouble with Triceratons

    S2:E2

    Still trapped on D'Hoonnib, the Turtles and The Fugitoid visit a seedy night club in an effort to find transportation off of the Planet. But General Blanque intercepts them, and, in the battle that follows, Fugitoid is captured by another party interested in the teleportation device...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Secret Origins (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Secret Origins (1)

    S2:E6

    The Turtles arrive inside TCRI, and are reunited with Splinter. They also find themselves facing old ghosts as well as their origins are revealed to them at last...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Secret Origins (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Secret Origins (2)

    S2:E7

    The Turtles and Splinter use Virtual Reality technology to learn of the Utrom's presence and purpose on Earth, but an old enemy believed dead returns to make the journey VERY real...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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 398 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/17/2005. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "City at War (3)".