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The Worst Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 2 - A Foot Too Big
    5.7/10(389 votes)

    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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  2. 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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  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 3 - The Weird World of Wyrm
    7.0/10(257 votes)

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Randolph Heard

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  4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 23 - A Chinatown Ghost Story
    7.1/10(323 votes)

    S2:E23

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Randolph Heard

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  5. 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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  6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 4 - The Outlaw Armaggon!
    7.1/10(247 votes)

    S4:E4

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Gavin Hignight

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  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 16 - The Pulverizer
    7.2/10(411 votes)

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writers:Russ Carney, Ron Corcillo

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  8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 5 - Mikey Gets Shellacne
    7.2/10(346 votes)

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Thomas Krajewski

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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 18 - Pizza Face
    7.3/10(328 votes)

    S2:E18

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writers:Kevin Burke, Chris Wyatt

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  12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 5 - Riddle of the Ancient Aeons
    7.3/10(249 votes)

    S4:E5

    The team must journey through an ancient alien temple to get a piece of the black hole generator.But they get an ancient star which marks the Aeons

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:Brandon Auman

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  13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 11 - Revenge of the Triceratons
    7.3/10(234 votes)

    S4:E11

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

    Directors:Michael Chang, Heather A. Maxwell
    Writer:Randolph Heard

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  14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 18 - Mutant Gangland
    7.3/10(237 votes)

    S4:E18

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Todd Casey

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  15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 5 Episode 15 - The Crypt of Dracula
    7.3/10(203 votes)

    S5:E15

    Renet transports the Turtles to 13th century Transylvania to stop Savanti Romero.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:John Shirley

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  16. 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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  17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 2 - The Moons of Thalos 3
    7.4/10(269 votes)

    S4:E2

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

    Director:Michael Chang
    Writer:John Shirley

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  18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 6 - Journey to the Center of Mikey's Mind
    7.4/10(259 votes)

    S4:E6

    When microscopic aliens invade Mikey's mind, the Turtles have to chase them through the strange world of Mikey's subconscious.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Todd Casey

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  19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 9 - The Cosmic Ocean
    7.4/10(243 votes)

    S4:E9

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

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writer:Mark Henry

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  20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 17 - The Insecta Trifecta
    7.4/10(238 votes)

    S4:E17

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

    Directors:Michael Chang, Heather A. Maxwell
    Writers:Kevin Burke, Chris Wyatt

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  21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 4 Episode 19 - Bat in the Belfry
    7.4/10(241 votes)

    S4:E19

    Michelangelo befriends some odd, new superheroes named Wingnut and Screwloose.

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Eugene Son

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  22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 5 Episode 16 - The Frankenstein Experiment
    7.4/10(205 votes)

    S5:E16

    Savanti is soon to recruit Frankenstein's Monster and unleash all of his monstrous recruits on the 21st Century.

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Brandon Auman

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  23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 5 - I Think His Name Is Baxter Stockman
    7.5/10(511 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Directors:Michael Chang, Ciro Nieli
    Writers:Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia

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  24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1 Episode 22 - The Pulverizer Returns!
    7.5/10(396 votes)

    S1:E22

    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.

    Director:Alan Wan
    Writer:Jeremy Shipp

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  25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 Episode 4 - Mutagen Man Unleashed
    7.5/10(334 votes)

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Sebastian Montes
    Writers:Kevin Burke, Chris Wyatt

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Foot Too Big" is the worst rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". It scored 5.7/10 based on 389 votes. Directed by Michael Chang and written by Doug Langdale, it aired on 10/10/2014. This episode scored 1.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Croaking".