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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(392 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 The Shredder Strikes Back (2)
    8.9/10(351 votes)

    #2 - 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
  3. Background image for Return to New York (3)
    8.9/10(363 votes)

    #3 - 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
  4. Background image for The Shredder Strikes Back (1)
    8.7/10(341 votes)

    #4 - 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
  5. Background image for City at War (3)
    8.6/10(228 votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. Background image for Exodus (2)
    8.6/10(219 votes)

    #6 - 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
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  8. Background image for The Shredder Strikes (2)
    8.5/10(335 votes)

    #7 - 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
  9. Background image for Return to New York (2)
    8.5/10(297 votes)

    #8 - 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
  10. Background image for Secret Origins (3)
    8.5/10(230 votes)

    #9 - Secret Origins (3)

    S2:E8

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.5/10(232 votes)

    #10 - Big Brawl (3)

    S2:E25

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.5/10(240 votes)

    #11 - Big Brawl (4)

    S2:E26

    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...

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  13. Background image for The Shredder Strikes (1)
    8.4/10(325 votes)

    #12 - 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
  14. Background image for Rogue in the House (2)
    8.4/10(218 votes)

    #13 - 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
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  15. Background image for Big Brawl (2)
    8.4/10(224 votes)

    #14 - Big Brawl (2)

    S2:E24

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Prodigal Son
    8.4/10(180 votes)

    #15 - 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
  17. Background image for Adventures In Turtlesitting
    8.4/10(181 votes)

    #16 - 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
  18. Background image for Good Genes (1)
    8.4/10(168 votes)

    #17 - 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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    8.4/10(170 votes)

    #18 - Enter the Dragons (2)

    S5:E12

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Return to New York (1)
    8.3/10(284 votes)

    #19 - 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
  21. Background image for City at War (2)
    8.3/10(219 votes)

    #20 - City at War (2)

    S2:E15

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Exodus (1)
    8.3/10(203 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for Enter the Dragons (1)
    8.3/10(155 votes)

    #22 - Enter the Dragons (1)

    S5:E11

    The demonic Shredder has transformed New York City into a nightmare version of Feudal Japan and the rest of the modern world is next! But the Turtles have a plan, and if it takes allying themselves with some of their former enemies to bring the fight to the Shredder, so be it... because if they fail, all life as they known it will cease to exist.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Big Brawl (1)
    8.2/10(222 votes)

    #23 - Big Brawl (1)

    S2:E23

    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...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Scion Of The Shredder
    8.2/10(173 votes)

    #24 - 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
  26. Background image for Good Genes (2)
    8.2/10(171 votes)

    #25 - 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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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 392 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/17/2005. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Shredder Strikes Back (2)".