The Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.3/10(735 votes)

   #1 - Turtle Tracks

   S1:E112/14/1987

   April O'Neil, ace reporter for Channel 6, investigates recent break-ins, allegedly by Ninjas, which have resulted in the thefts of numerous technologies. A chance encounter with a gang of thieves soon leads her to a bigger story when she is saved from the criminals by four Ninja trained, mutated Turtles.

   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise
2. 

   7.1/10(562 votes)

   #2 - Enter: The Shredder

   S1:E212/15/1987

   The Shredder kidnaps Splinter in an attempt to lure the Turtles to his own cause. In order to rescue Splinter the Turtles must enter the Shredder's mobile fortress and brave it's dangerous weaponry.

   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise
3. 

   6.7/10(476 votes)

   #3 - A Thing about Rats

   S1:E312/16/1987

   Baxter Stockman, a mad scientist, is showing an exterminator his new invention: a rat catching robot called Mousers.

   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise
4. 

   6.0/10(460 votes)

   #4 - Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X

   S1:E412/17/1987

   Shredder experiments with the Inter-Dimensional Portal, hoping to contact Krangs' Rock Soldiers and prepare an invasion of Earth, but a group of fun-loving aliens called the Neutrionos, renegades in Krang's dimension, take advantage of the Portal's opening and use it to arrive on Earth.

   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise
5. 

   6.8/10(463 votes)

   #5 - Shredder & Splintered

   S1:E512/18/1987

   As Shredder lures Splinter into he Technodrome, this time with the promise that a weapon in his possession can restore the sensei to human form, the Turtles confront a giant-sized Krang, now in a new body, in the heart of New York City.

   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise

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   Director:Yoshikatsu Kasai

   Writers:Patti Howeth, David Wise