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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!

Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello must save New York City from the evil crime lord Shredder and his assistant, Baxter Stockman. The Turtles must fight foot soldiers, mice, and gangs and get help from their sensei Splinter, her friend April O'Neil, and her partner Casey Jones in an action-packed new series.

Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationKids
Networks:FOXThe CW

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 1 is "Things Change", rated 8/10 from 391 user votes. It was directed by Chuck Patton and written by Michael Ryan. "Things Change" aired on 2/8/2003 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "A Better Mousetrap".

  • Things Change
    8.0/10 391 votes

    #1 - Things Change

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2003-02-08

    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
    7.5/10 319 votes

    #2 - A Better Mousetrap

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2003-02-15

    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
    7.5/10 297 votes

    #3 - Attack of the Mousers

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2003-02-22

    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
    7.9/10 305 votes

    #4 - Meet Casey Jones

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2003-03-01

    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
    7.2/10 271 votes

    #5 - Nano

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2003-03-08

    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
    7.5/10 253 votes

    #6 - Darkness on the Edge of Town

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2003-03-15

    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
    7.7/10 252 votes

    #7 - The Way of Invisibility

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2003-03-22

    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
    7.5/10 243 votes

    #8 - Fallen Angel

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2003-03-29

    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
    6.9/10 254 votes

    #9 - Garbageman

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2003-04-05

    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)
    8.3/10 273 votes

    #10 - The Shredder Strikes (1)

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2003-04-12

    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)
    8.4/10 279 votes

    #11 - The Shredder Strikes (2)

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2003-04-19

    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
    6.9/10 239 votes

    #12 - The Unconvincing Turtle Titan

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2003-05-02

    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)
    7.8/10 243 votes

    #13 - Notes from the Underground (1)

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2003-05-10

    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)
    7.9/10 241 votes

    #14 - Notes from the Underground (2)

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2003-05-17

    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)
    7.9/10 241 votes

    #15 - Notes from the Underground (3)

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2003-05-24

    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
    7.5/10 239 votes

    #16 - The King

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2003-05-31

    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)
    8.7/10 282 votes

    #17 - The Shredder Strikes Back (1)

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2003-06-07

    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)
    8.8/10 287 votes

    #18 - The Shredder Strikes Back (2)

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2003-06-14

    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
    7.7/10 225 votes

    #19 - Tales of Leo

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2003-09-13

    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
    6.7/10 209 votes

    #20 - The Monster Hunter

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2003-09-20

    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)
    8.3/10 233 votes

    #21 - Return to New York (1)

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2003-09-27

    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)
    8.5/10 244 votes

    #22 - Return to New York (2)

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2003-10-04

    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)
    8.9/10 303 votes

    #23 - Return to New York (3)

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2003-10-11

    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
    7.1/10 209 votes

    #24 - Lone Raph and Cub

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2003-10-18

    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)
    7.8/10 213 votes

    #25 - Search for Splinter (1)

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2003-10-25

    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