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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 26 - Annihilation: Earth! (2)
    9.5/10(492 votes)

    S3:E26

    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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  2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 20 - Tale of the Yokai
    9.3/10(413 votes)

    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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  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 25 - Annihilation: Earth! (1)
    9.3/10(389 votes)

    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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  4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 8 - Vision Quest
    8.8/10(362 votes)

    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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  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 10 - Serpent Hunt
    8.6/10(303 votes)

    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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  6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 18 - The Deadly Venom
    8.6/10(291 votes)

    S3:E18

    When Karai is brainwashed, she begins hunting the Turtles.

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Eugene Son

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  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 13 - Battle for New York (2)
    8.5/10(287 votes)

    S3:E13

    Part 2

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

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  8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 23 - The Fourfold Trap
    8.5/10(275 votes)

    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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  9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 9 - Return to New York
    8.4/10(294 votes)

    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 12 - Battle for New York (1)
    8.4/10(287 votes)

    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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  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 11 - The Pig and the Rhino
    8.3/10(293 votes)

    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 24 - Dinosaur Seen in Sewers!
    8.3/10(282 votes)

    S3:E24

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

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Todd Casey

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  13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 1 - Within the Woods
    8.2/10(385 votes)

    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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  14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 16 - Clash of the Mutanimals
    8.2/10(276 votes)

    S3:E16

    The Shredder kidnaps and experiments on the Mighty Mutanimals.

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Henry Gilroy

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  15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 5 - In Dreams
    7.7/10(323 votes)

    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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  16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 19 - Turtles in Time
    7.7/10(274 votes)

    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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  17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 3 - Buried Secrets
    7.6/10(312 votes)

    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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  18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 14 - Casey Jones vs the Underworld
    7.6/10(283 votes)

    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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  19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 17 - Meet Mondo Gecko
    7.6/10(280 votes)

    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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  20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 22 - The Creeping Doom
    7.5/10(264 votes)

    S3:E22

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

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Peter Di Cicco

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  21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 21 - Attack of the Mega Shredder!
    7.4/10(274 votes)

    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 7 - Eyes of the Chimera
    7.2/10(290 votes)

    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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  23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 15 - The Noxious Avenger
    7.2/10(275 votes)

    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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  24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 6 - Race with the Demon!
    7.1/10(321 votes)

    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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  25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 4 - The Croaking
    6.9/10(318 votes)

    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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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Annihilation: Earth! (2)" is the best rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 3. It scored 9.5/10 based on 492 votes. Directed by Alan Wan, Sebastian Montes and written by Brandon Auman, it aired on 9/27/2015. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Tale of the Yokai".