Every season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

For fifteen years, four mutant Turtles and their rodent sensei have lived a secret life beneath the sewers of New York. Coming to the surface for the first time, the Turtles soon find their day out interrupted as a young girl and her father become the targets of mysterious, and dangerous, men...

Rise of the Turtles (1)

When April O'Neil is abducted, the Turtles search leads to the base of the robotic Kraang army, and Leonardo struggles to unify his rebellious brothers to victory.

Rise of the Turtles (2)

The Turtles are in danger of exposure when hot-headed Raphael is caught on video arguing with a human on the street. He must learn to control his temper in order to help the others retrieve the video before it falls into the wrong hands.

Turtle Temper

To prove that Turtles can be friends with humans, Michelangelo uses a social networking site to befriend a famous martial artist who is secretly Shredder's top lieutenant.

New Friend, Old Enemy

When Donatello's latest invention gives failed inventor and perpetual loser Baxter Stockman enhanced abilities, the turtles must learn to use their heads instead of brute force to defeat him.

I Think His Name Is Baxter Stockman

When Donatello loses confidence in his bo staff as an effective weapon, he constructs Metalhead, a fully armed robotic turtle based on Kraang technology.

Metalhead

Donatello and April investigate a scientist’s disappearance, but discover a conspiracy regarding a bizarre psychic monkey instead.

Monkey Brains

Leo fears his act of mercy has come back to haunt him when Xever holds a local noodle shop owner hostage.

Never Say Xever

After April receives a warning from her imprisoned father, she and the Turtles embark on a mission to save him and stop The Kraang from detonating a mutagen bomb in the city.

The Gauntlet

The Turtles must defend their home in the sewers when Chris Bradford tries to destroy it with a dangerous chemical.

Panic in the Sewers

When simultaneous threats from the Purple Dragons and Baxter Stockman’s mechanical Mousers force the Turtles to split into two groups, Donnie & Mikey must prove that their “B Team” is just as valuable as Leo & Raph’s “A Team.

Mousers Attack!

Michelangelo befriends Leatherhead, an unstable mutant alligator who possesses a strange piece of Kraang technology, but the other Turtles aren’t sure whether Leatherhead is a friend or a foe.

It Came From the Depths

The Turtles must face off against a new enemy, The Rat King, who threatens not only to take control of the city, but of Splinter's mind as well.

I, Monster

Snakeweed returns and begins abducting people. Tired of Raphael's constant criticism while trying to stop Snakeweed, Leonardo lets Raphael try his hand at leadership. While away from the group, Leonardo meets a female Foot Ninja named Karai, who tries to lure him to the dark side.

New Girl in Town

The Turtles get their first look at high school when April's school project draws attention from the Kraang.

The Alien Agenda

The Turtles meet their first fan when a teenager decides to dress up and fight crime as "The Pulverizer.

The Pulverizer

While breaking into the hostile environment of TCRI headquarters, the Turtles discover the true intent of the Kraang and resolve to stop the alien invasion once and for all.

TCRI

While trying to foil a Kraang invasion plot, the Turtles are hunted by a giant cockroach.

Cockroach Terminator

Baxter Stockman seeks revenge on Fishface and Dogpound as well as the Turtles, and lures them all into a deadly labyrinth.

Baxter's Gambit

After witnessing the Kraang in action, Karai realizes the seriousness of the alien threat and proposes an alliance with the Turtles....unless the Shredder finds out.

Enemy of My Enemy

While the Turtles are infiltrating an undersea Kraang base, the Foot Clan attempts to capture April.

Karai's Vendetta

When Shredder plans to create an army of mutants, the Turtles must rely on the help of the Pulverizer, who was recruited into the Foot (to be expendable) and volunteers to gather information on the inside on their behalf. When he agrees to be a test subject for a stolen supply of Kraang Mutagen, the Turtles rescue him, but not before he recklessly gets himself mutated.

The Pulverizer Returns!

Michaelangelo must fight his brothers when they fall under the control of a parasitic wasp.

Parasitica

Donatello breaks into a secret Kraang detention center in order to rescue Kirby O'Neil, but ends up trapped inside with a deadly prisoner called the Newtralizer.

Operation: Break Out

The turtles engage in a difficult battle, as they make a desperate assault on TCRI to shut down the Kraang portal.

Showdown (1)

With the world at stake, the only thing of importance is that the Turtles complete their mission. No matter what ...

Showdown (2)

The Turtles discover that the Kraang survived their previous showdown and have dropped mutagen canisters all over New York City.

The Mutation Situation

While tracking mutagen, the Turtles bring a mutated squirrel back to the lair. When it starts multiplying, the Turtles must hunt the squirrel mutants and prevent them from escaping into the city.

Invasion of the Squirrelanoids

The Turtles face an army of robot foot soldiers; Karai captures Leonardo and forces him to do battle with ninjas that can adapt to his every move.

Follow the Leader

Donatello experiments with mutagen in an attempt to find a cure for April's mutated father. But one of his expirements goes wrong and he is unleashed in the city.

Mutagen Man Unleashed

Michelangelo plays with some mutagen, contracting a dangerous infection that mutates out of control.

Mikey Gets Shellacne

April tries to resume her normal life; April realizes that she may have put her friend in jeopardy when Karai starts hunting her again.

Target: April O'Neil

The Turtles find themselves being hunted by a new threat -- another mutant turtle called Slash, who has a personal vendetta against the brothers.

Slash and Destroy

After encountering mutants and ninjas, Casey Jones decides to take on "pure evil" alone. When he meets Raphael, the two hot-headed fighters must put their dislike for each other aside and work together against a common foe.

The Good, The Bad, and Casey Jones

April feels left out and insists on joining the Turtles on a mission to TCRI; A secret about April's past is revealed...

The Kraang Conspiracy

A fungus mutant spreads through the sewers causing the Turtles to experience their worst fears. Leonardo must face his greatest fear.

Fungus Humungous

After Donnie upgrades Metalhead's artificial intelligence, he must decide if he can trust a sentient Metalhead.

Metalhead Rewired

When the Rat King returns, Splinter must overcome his fears in order to defeat his enemy.

Of Rats and Men

Leonardo considers asking Splinter for help while facing Shredder's new assassin; Donnie must put aside his rivalry with Casey in order to uncover a Kraang plot.

The Manhattan Project (1)

The Manhattan Project (2)

When the turtles play a Fantasy LARP game to get their minds off things, they separate the difference between fantasy and reality.

Mazes & Mutants

The Turtles create a retro-mutagen to help April's father; Baxter Stockman threatens to mutate April.

The Lonely Mutation of Baxter Stockman

Raphael is worried about Casey's ability to handle big mutant threats especially when they meet Slash again and discover he has a partner of his own, the Newtralizer.

Newtralized!

Mikey struggles to convince the others that a new mutant is trying to attack and capture people using living pizzas.

Pizza Face

When Tiger Claw returns, he vows to hunt and destroy the turtles, as well as April and Casey. Meanwhile, Karai finds out the truth about her mother and real father, forcing her to make a life changing decision.

The Wrath of Tiger Claw

Leo tries to convince the team to rescue Karai; a master thief steals Shredder’s helmet.

The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto

Raphael accidentally damages a machine that forces him to swap minds with a Kraang.  Now he must find a way to convince his brothers and Splinter that it's really him, before the Kraang controlling his body destroys his brothers or worse, reveals their location to the rest of the Kraang.

Plan 10

Leo stages a rescue for Karai against Splinter's wishes. While the mission is a success, Karai's knowledge of the truth makes her rush out to take her revenge on Shredder for killing her mother and lying to her for so long, leading to an unexpected turn of events.

Vengeance is Mine

Donnie becomes increasingly jealous of April and Casey's relationship; April is kidnapped by an evil spirit who intends to drain her powers.

A Chinatown Ghost Story

When the Turtles go to the bizarre realm of Dimension X, Mikey is the only one who can figure the place out.

Into Dimension X!

Leo and Donnie disagree about their plan to stop the Kraang invasion; Donnie must step up as the leader of the bunch when Leo makes a mistake and is separated from the team.

The Invasion (1)

The Invasion (2)

The team tries to deal with the possibility that Leo will not get better; a new mutant captures Raphael.

Within the Woods

When the Turtles discover Bigfoot in the woods, Donnie befriends it and insists they protect it from a hunter.

A Foot Too Big

When the guys discover a Kraang ship buried under April's house, they also uncover April's lost mother.

Buried Secrets

When he gets upset, Mikey flees and befriends a mutant frog in the woods, only to learn the frog and his family have nefarious plans.

The Croaking

When the Turtles are trapped in their dreams by creatures, April and Casey must figure out how to wake them up.

In Dreams

When Casey and Donatello bond while building Casey's new hot rod, the bond is challenged by a hot-rodding mutant.

Race with the Demon!

When Casey, Raph, Mikey and Donnie are captured by a new mutant, April and Leo must overcome disabilities in order to save them.

Eyes of the Chimera

Leo takes the Turtles to train in the woods in an advanced ninja ritual; the Turtles must overcome their weaknesses and face their enemies to become a true ninja.

Vision Quest

When the Turtles return to the city to search for Splinter, they discover that the city has been overrun with Kraang.

Return to New York

As the Turtles search for Karai, they are forced to deal with a city filled with Kraangdroids as well as Zeck and Steranko.

Serpent Hunt

Donnie finishes a new batch of retro-mutagen in hopes of saving Karai; the Turtles are hunted by Shredder's new henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady.

The Pig and the Rhino

The Turtles must brave the bizarre world of Dimension X to save the enslaved people of New York. Part 1

Battle for New York (1)

Battle for New York (2)

Casey Jones thinks he can take on the criminal underworld on his own, but soon discovers that he is in over his head.

Casey Jones vs the Underworld

A new and unfamiliar mutant known as Muckman begins to gain notoriety as New York City's "Monster Hero."

The Noxious Avenger

The Shredder kidnaps and experiments on the Mighty Mutanimals.

Clash of the Mutanimals

Michelangelo and Casey become friends with Mondo Gecko, a radical, skateboarding, reptilian teenager.

Meet Mondo Gecko

When Karai is brainwashed, she begins hunting the Turtles.

The Deadly Venom

When the Turtles are whisked through time by apprentice Time Master Renet, they all must work together to defeat the evil Time Master Savanti Romero.

Turtles in Time

When the Turtles are accidentally transported to the past, they happen to cross paths with a familiar ninja clan.

Tale of the Yokai

Leonardo decides to sneak into Shredder's lair alone, and winds up facing the biggest mutant threat yet.

Attack of the Mega Shredder!

After an accident, Donnie finds himself slowly losing his intelligence.

The Creeping Doom

After being kidnapped by the hypnotized Karai, the Turtles are placed in deadly traps that they must work together in in order to escape. Splinter, in his efforts to save the turtles, is forced to face Karai in order to free her from Shredder's control.

The Fourfold Trap

Raphael meets a confused alien dinosaur named Zog, the Triceraton. 

Dinosaur Seen in Sewers!

When the turtles get word of the Kraang's return, they realize there is an even bigger threat coming to Earth.

Annihilation: Earth! (1)

Annihilation: Earth! (2)

Beyond the Known Universe

The Turtles and their enemy crash-land on an ice moon and they must put aside their differences in order to survive.

The Moons of Thalos 3

Casey releases a wish-granting alien named Wyrm, who wants his freedom to do whatever he wants to the universe

The Weird World of Wyrm

A shark-like bounty hunter is hired by Lord Dregg to destroy the turtles, who choose to hide out in an abandoned space station.

The Outlaw Armaggon!

Riddle of the Ancient Aeons

Journey to the Center of Mikey's Mind

The Arena of Carnage

The Turtles must gain the trust of the Utrom Council in order to find the next piece of the black hole generator.

The War for Dimension X

The Turtles journey through an ocean-like area of space.

The Cosmic Ocean

The Turtles are transported to another dimension where they meet their 1980s counterparts and work together to battle Krang.

Trans-Dimensional Turtles

Donatello is feeling inferior to Fugitoid, but his intellect is put to the test when the Triceratons attack.

Revenge of the Triceratons

When Raphael loses his fighting mojo, he must overcome his feelings to save his brothers from certain doom.

The Evil of Dregg

The team must overcome impossible odds in order to obtain the final Black Hole Generator piece that is located on the planet Magdomar.

The Ever-Burning Fire

Earth's Last Stand

City at War

When Leonardo secretly allies himself with Karai, he gets himself into deeper danger than he could have realized.

Broken Foot

Raphael must overcome his fear of insects to lead the team when they are forced to battle Stockman-Fly's new insect minions.

The Insecta Trifecta

Don Vizioso's gang tracks the Turtles with a slew of Anti-Mutant weapons.

Mutant Gangland

Bat in the Belfry

For the first time, the Turtles encounter something they cannot defeat – the Super Shredder!

The Super Shredder

The Turtle team hunts for their Sensei, but soon realizes they are being hunted as well.

Darkest Plight

Donatello becomes concerned and decides to test April, only to discover that her psychic abilities are rapidly growing in power.

The Power Inside Her

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.

The Best Seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Best Seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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