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The Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3

Every episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 1 - Within the Woods
    8.2/10(336 votes)

    #1 - Within the Woods

    S3:E1

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Brandon Auman

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  2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 2 - A Foot Too Big
    5.7/10(329 votes)

    #2 - A Foot Too Big

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Doug Langdale

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  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 3 - Buried Secrets
    7.6/10(266 votes)

    #3 - Buried Secrets

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Mark Henry

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  4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 4 - The Croaking
    6.9/10(266 votes)

    #4 - The Croaking

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writers:Kevin Burke, Chris Wyatt

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  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 5 - In Dreams
    7.8/10(276 votes)

    #5 - In Dreams

    S3:E5

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Doug Langdale

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  6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 6 - Race with the Demon!
    7.1/10(274 votes)

    #6 - Race with the Demon!

    S3:E6

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Gavin Hignight

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  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 7 - Eyes of the Chimera
    7.3/10(244 votes)

    #7 - Eyes of the Chimera

    S3:E7

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

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Greg Weisman

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  8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 8 - Vision Quest
    8.7/10(298 votes)

    #8 - Vision Quest

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Todd Casey

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  9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 9 - Return to New York
    8.4/10(244 votes)

    #9 - Return to New York

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Brandon Auman

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  10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 10 - Serpent Hunt
    8.6/10(250 votes)

    #10 - Serpent Hunt

    S3:E10

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

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Randolph Heard

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  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 11 - The Pig and the Rhino
    8.3/10(244 votes)

    #11 - The Pig and the Rhino

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Brandon Auman

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  12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 12 - Battle for New York (1)
    8.4/10(238 votes)

    #12 - Battle for New York (1)

    S3:E12

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

    Directors:Michael Chang, Sebastian Montes
    Writers:Mark Henry, Brandon Auman

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  13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 13 - Battle for New York (2)
    8.5/10(237 votes)

    #13 - Battle for New York (2)

    S3:E13

    Part 2

    Directors:Michael Chang, Sebastian Montes
    Writers:Mark Henry, Brandon Auman

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  14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 14 - Casey Jones vs the Underworld
    7.6/10(232 votes)

    #14 - Casey Jones vs the Underworld

    S3:E14

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Andrew Robinson

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  15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 15 - The Noxious Avenger
    7.2/10(228 votes)

    #15 - The Noxious Avenger

    S3:E15

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Todd Casey

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  16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 16 - Clash of the Mutanimals
    8.3/10(228 votes)

    #16 - Clash of the Mutanimals

    S3:E16

    The Shredder kidnaps and experiments on the Mighty Mutanimals.

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Henry Gilroy

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  17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 17 - Meet Mondo Gecko
    7.6/10(232 votes)

    #17 - Meet Mondo Gecko

    S3:E17

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writers:Kevin Burke, Chris Wyatt

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  18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 18 - The Deadly Venom
    8.6/10(243 votes)

    #18 - The Deadly Venom

    S3:E18

    When Karai is brainwashed, she begins hunting the Turtles.

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Eugene Son

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  19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 19 - Turtles in Time
    7.7/10(225 votes)

    #19 - Turtles in Time

    S3:E19

    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.

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Randolph Heard

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  20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 20 - Tale of the Yokai
    9.3/10(336 votes)

    #20 - Tale of the Yokai

    S3:E20

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Brandon Auman

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  21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 21 - Attack of the Mega Shredder!
    7.5/10(230 votes)

    #21 - Attack of the Mega Shredder!

    S3:E21

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Gavin Hignight

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  22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 22 - The Creeping Doom
    7.6/10(216 votes)

    #22 - The Creeping Doom

    S3:E22

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

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Peter Di Cicco

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  23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 23 - The Fourfold Trap
    8.5/10(224 votes)

    #23 - The Fourfold Trap

    S3:E23

    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.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Mark Henry

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  24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 24 - Dinosaur Seen in Sewers!
    8.3/10(232 votes)

    #24 - Dinosaur Seen in Sewers!

    S3:E24

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

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Todd Casey

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  25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 25 - Annihilation: Earth! (1)
    9.3/10(316 votes)

    #25 - Annihilation: Earth! (1)

    S3:E25

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

    Directors:Alan Wan, Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Brandon Auman

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Within the Woods" is the best rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 336 votes. Directed by Sebastian Montes and written by Brandon Auman, it aired on 10/3/2014. This episode is rated 2.5 points higher than the second-best, "A Foot Too Big".