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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!

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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  1. Background image for Things Change
    8.0/10(455 votes)

    #1 - 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
  2. Background image for A Better Mousetrap
    7.6/10(377 votes)

    #2 - A Better Mousetrap

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  3. Background image for Attack of the Mousers
    7.6/10(353 votes)

    #3 - Attack of the Mousers

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Eric Luke
  4. Background image for Meet Casey Jones
    7.9/10(362 votes)

    #4 - Meet Casey Jones

    S1:E4

    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...

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for Nano
    7.2/10(324 votes)

    #5 - Nano

    S1:E5

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Darkness on the Edge of Town
    7.5/10(303 votes)

    #6 - Darkness on the Edge of Town

    S1:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Way of Invisibility
    7.7/10(301 votes)

    #7 - The Way of Invisibility

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Fallen Angel
    7.5/10(289 votes)

    #8 - Fallen Angel

    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Garbageman
    6.9/10(303 votes)

    #9 - Garbageman

    S1:E9

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Shredder Strikes (1)
    8.4/10(327 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 The Shredder Strikes (2)
    8.5/10(337 votes)

    #11 - 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
  13. Background image for The Unconvincing Turtle Titan
    6.8/10(283 votes)

    #12 - The Unconvincing Turtle Titan

    S1:E12

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for Notes from the Underground (1)
    7.8/10(297 votes)

    #13 - Notes from the Underground (1)

    S1:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Eric Luke
  15. Background image for Notes from the Underground (2)
    7.9/10(294 votes)

    #14 - Notes from the Underground (2)

    S1:E14

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for Notes from the Underground (3)
    7.9/10(290 votes)

    #15 - Notes from the Underground (3)

    S1:E15

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  17. Background image for The King
    7.6/10(284 votes)

    #16 - The King

    S1:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Shredder Strikes Back (1)
    8.7/10(342 votes)

    #17 - 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
  19. Background image for The Shredder Strikes Back (2)
    8.9/10(352 votes)

    #18 - 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
  20. Background image for Tales of Leo
    7.7/10(273 votes)

    #19 - Tales of Leo

    S1:E19

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Monster Hunter
    6.7/10(251 votes)

    #20 - The Monster Hunter

    S1:E20

    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...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Return to New York (1)
    8.3/10(285 votes)

    #21 - 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
  23. Background image for Return to New York (2)
    8.5/10(298 votes)

    #22 - 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
  24. Background image for Return to New York (3)
    8.9/10(364 votes)

    #23 - 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
  25. Background image for Lone Raph and Cub
    7.1/10(251 votes)

    #24 - Lone Raph and Cub

    S1:E24

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Search for Splinter (1)
    7.8/10(254 votes)

    #25 - Search for Splinter (1)

    S1:E25

    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."

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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 455 votes. Directed by Chuck Patton and written by Michael Ryan, it aired on 2/8/2003. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Better Mousetrap".