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The Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1

Every episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1!

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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Things Change" is the best rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 428 votes. Directed by Chuck Patton and written by Michael Ryan, it aired on 2/8/2003. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "A Better Mousetrap".

  • Things Change
    8.0/10428 votes

    #1 - Things Change

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/2003

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

    Director: Chuck Patton

    Writer: Michael Ryan

  • A Better Mousetrap
    7.5/10350 votes

    #2 - A Better Mousetrap

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/15/2003

    The Turtles discover the source of the Mouser robots that trashed their old lair: Dr. Baxter Stockman -- a noted technological genius/inventor, who tries to pass off the Mousers as a means to eradicate the city's rat problem.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marty Isenberg

  • Attack of the Mousers
    7.5/10327 votes

    #3 - Attack of the Mousers

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/22/2003

    When April O'Neil wakes up in the Turtle's lair she has major trouble dealing with the reality of four giant talking Turtles and a Zen-master rat. She soon learns of the origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and they realize their common enemy is Baxter Stockman and his army of robotic Mousers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Eric Luke

  • Meet Casey Jones
    7.9/10337 votes

    #4 - Meet Casey Jones

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/1/2003

    Raphael is a little cooped up underground with only his brothers and Master Splinter. When Raphael almost clobbers Michelangelo in some brotherly sparring, it's apparent that Raphael needs to get out ... let off a little steam. But when he meets up with Casey Jones, a vigilante erring a little to the right of justice, Raphael must face the reality of his own hothead ways...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ryan

  • Nano
    7.3/10299 votes

    #5 - Nano

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2003

    When a scientist accidentally unleashes a super-powered Nanotech monster with a childlike mind, it adopts a small-time thief as its father figure, and the mayhem begins!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Darkness on the Edge of Town
    7.5/10280 votes

    #6 - Darkness on the Edge of Town

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2003

    The Turtles, investigating a strange blackout, discover the Foot Ninja stealing a Japanese ceremonial sword from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Way of Invisibility
    7.7/10277 votes

    #7 - The Way of Invisibility

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/2003

    After Casey Jones makes himself an unwanted guest in the Turtles' lair, Raphael takes him topside for a "breath of fresh air", where they encounter the Foot Tech Ninjas.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fallen Angel
    7.5/10265 votes

    #8 - Fallen Angel

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/2003

    On a nightly training run, the Turtles and Casey Jones break up a Purple Dragon robbery. One of the perps is Angel, a girl Casey knows from the neighborhood who's going through her initiation rites to become a Purple Dragon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Garbageman
    6.9/10279 votes

    #9 - Garbageman

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/5/2003

    The boys have made friends with a group of homeless, and are worried when they start mysteriously disappearing into the night!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shredder Strikes (1)
    8.4/10303 votes

    #10 - 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

  • The Shredder Strikes (2)
    8.4/10310 votes

    #11 - 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

  • The Unconvincing Turtle Titan
    6.8/10261 votes

    #12 - The Unconvincing Turtle Titan

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/2/2003

    Believing the Turtles can accomplish so much more for the city, and inspired by iconic superhero Silver Sentry, Michelangelo decides to take a crack at being a superhero.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Marty Isenberg

  • Notes from the Underground (1)
    7.8/10268 votes

    #13 - Notes from the Underground (1)

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/10/2003

    When Don's examination of some mysterious crystals attracts the attention of a subterranean monster, the Turtles underground exploration unearths a Foot Genetics Lab!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Eric Luke

  • Notes from the Underground (2)
    7.9/10268 votes

    #14 - Notes from the Underground (2)

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/17/2003

    After discovering an abandoned underground Foot Genetics Lab, and being attacked by once-human Digging Creatures, the Turtles assist those very creatures in trying to repair a Force Field.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Greg Johnson

  • Notes from the Underground (3)
    7.9/10265 votes

    #15 - Notes from the Underground (3)

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/24/2003

    After befriending the once-human creatures in an abandoned underground Foot Genetics Lab, the Turtles join them on a journey deeper into the earth, where they come upon the ruins of a once-great subterranean city.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Greg Johnson

  • The King
    7.6/10260 votes

    #16 - The King

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/31/2003

    With all the turtles living in April's apartment, things are getting a little crazy. But, when Donatello stumbles upon a fantastic monster in the basement, things get crazier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ryan

  • The Shredder Strikes Back (1)
    8.7/10316 votes

    #17 - 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

  • The Shredder Strikes Back (2)
    8.9/10322 votes

    #18 - 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

  • Tales of Leo
    7.7/10249 votes

    #19 - Tales of Leo

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/13/2003

    The Turtles, Splinter, Casey and April just barely manage to escape from the explosion that destroys the antique store. They hit the road and hide out at Casey's grandmother's old farmhouse, but Leonardo is badly wounded.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Monster Hunter
    6.7/10229 votes

    #20 - The Monster Hunter

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/20/2003

    Still recuperating up at Casey's grandmother's farm, the turtles are feeling the sting of boredom. Luckily, a scientist known as the "Monster Hunter" has come to the area searching for a legendary monster...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Return to New York (1)
    8.3/10261 votes

    #21 - 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

  • Return to New York (2)
    8.5/10273 votes

    #22 - 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

  • Return to New York (3)
    8.9/10335 votes

    #23 - 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

  • Lone Raph and Cub
    7.1/10228 votes

    #24 - Lone Raph and Cub

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/18/2003

    With Splinter mysteriously vanished, the Turtles are feeling frustrated, not knowing where to start looking. Impatient with strategizing, Raph heads off on his own - and straight into trouble, of the mobster kind!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Search for Splinter (1)
    7.8/10232 votes

    #25 - Search for Splinter (1)

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/25/2003

    After the frustrated Turtles exhaust their search for Splinter, their suspicions turn to the Guardians, and the trail soon leads them to a non-descript building, the initials of its company name spelling out "TCRI."

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A