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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!

Four turtles fall into the sewers and are befriended by Hamato Yoshi a Japanese man sent to New York who was forced to live in the sewers. One day he sees a strange green glow which transforms the four turtles into human-like creatures. Hamato (now Master Splinter) changes into a giant rat from the green glow and teaches the turtles the skills of the ninja as they team up with news reporter April O'Neil to battle against Yoshi's arch enemy Shredder and Krang, an alien warlord from Dimension X.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 3 is "Beneath these Streets", rated 7.5/10 from 183 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Michael Reaves. "Beneath these Streets" aired on 9/25/1989 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Turtles On Trial".

  • Beneath these Streets
    7.5/10 183 votes

    #1 - Beneath these Streets

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1989

    The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Reaves

  • Turtles On Trial
    7.2/10 179 votes

    #2 - Turtles On Trial

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1989

    The intentions of the Ninja Turtles are put to the test when a controversial TV-figure portrays our heroes as menaces to society.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Reaves

  • Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
    6.8/10 179 votes

    #3 - Attack of the 50-Foot Irma

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1989

    Irma accidentally becomes gigantic and her naturally clumsy nature makes her a danger to the city.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Rowby Goren

  • The Maltese Hamster
    7.3/10 171 votes

    #4 - The Maltese Hamster

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1989

    Gangsters are swiping all the antiques in town. And when they swipe most of our heroes, it's up to Donatello and April to find out why. Could Shredder be behind this?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Wise

  • Sky Turtles
    7.3/10 178 votes

    #5 - Sky Turtles

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1989

    The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

  • The Old Switcheroo
    7.7/10 175 votes

    #6 - The Old Switcheroo

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/1989

    The personalities of Shredder and Splinter are switched when a device is accidentally activated during a battle between the Turtles and their enemies. As Shredder plans the Turtles' demise and Splinter plans on how to get back to his body, everyone else is clueless.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens

  • Burne's Blues
    7.2/10 164 votes

    #7 - Burne's Blues

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/1989

    In the middle of a summer heat wave, someone is destroying all the air conditioners and taking all the city's freon. In the meantime, Vernon and Burne go looking for the Turtles, but find something else.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Reaves

  • The Fifth Turtle
    6.8/10 166 votes

    #8 - The Fifth Turtle

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/4/1989

    A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Gordon Bressack

  • Enter: The Rat King
    7.4/10 173 votes

    #9 - Enter: The Rat King

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/5/1989

    Thompson assigns April to research the growing rat infestation. She is pursued by an army of rats and escapes on a passing city bus.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Francis Moss

  • Turtles at the Earth's Core
    7.4/10 168 votes

    #10 - Turtles at the Earth's Core

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/6/1989

    Dinosaurs invade the Big Apple. Befriending a young diplodocus the Turtles trace the invading dinosaurs to their source finding a lost world.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll

  • April Fool
    7.1/10 160 votes

    #11 - April Fool

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/9/1989

    Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Reaves

  • Attack of the Big MACC
    7.1/10 167 votes

    #12 - Attack of the Big MACC

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/10/1989

    A robot warrior arrives from 400 years in the future in 20th-Century New York.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Francis Moss

  • The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
    7.5/10 165 votes

    #13 - The Ninja Sword of Nowhere

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/11/1989

    Krang's computers detect an alien metal on the surface of the Earth. Krang sends Shredder, along with an Alien Metal Detector, to the surface to find it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Francis Moss

  • 20.000 Leaks Under the City
    7.3/10 160 votes

    #14 - 20.000 Leaks Under the City

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 10/12/1989

    Still searching for a way to destroy the Turtles, Krang develops a super pump that he intends to use to flood the sewers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle

  • Take Me to Your Leader
    7.4/10 158 votes

    #15 - Take Me to Your Leader

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 10/13/1989

    Full of self doubt, Leonardo leaves the team. Michaelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello all take turns being leader as they try to figure out why the sun is getting smaller.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Francis Moss

  • Four Musketurtles
    7.0/10 152 votes

    #16 - Four Musketurtles

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 10/16/1989

    A bump on the head leaves Leonardo thinking that he is in 17th century France, and that he and his comrades are Musketeers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
    6.8/10 146 votes

    #17 - Turtles, Turtles Everywhere

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 10/17/1989

    Shredder programs the city's new garbage collecting super-computer to collect the Turtles. But when Shredder doesn't specify 'Ninja' Turtles, the super-computer collects them all! Turtles of the city of every shape and size are not safe.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Reaves

  • Cowabunga Shredhead
    7.9/10 179 votes

    #18 - Cowabunga Shredhead

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 10/18/1989

    The Shredder thinks he's Michaelangelo after a computer malfunction.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Reaves

  • Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
    6.9/10 147 votes

    #19 - Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 10/19/1989

    Aliens abduct Donatello and Rocksteady.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens

  • Camera Bugged
    7.1/10 146 votes

    #20 - Camera Bugged

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 10/20/1989

    A visit to Earth from a Polarisoid results in havoc when Shredder comes into possession of the alien's camera, because it does more than just take pictures.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Wise

  • Green with Jealousy
    7.1/10 147 votes

    #21 - Green with Jealousy

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 10/23/1989

    Krang sets his sights on a powerful Nuclear-Powered Submarine, believing it's fuel will be more than enough to power the technodrome.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Wise

  • Return of the Fly
    7.2/10 148 votes

    #22 - Return of the Fly

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 10/24/1989

    Baxter Stockman returns for revenge against the Turtles and Shredder, while our heroes attempt to stop Shredder's plan to siphon water from an underground reservoir.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero
    7.6/10 178 votes

    #23 - Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 10/25/1989

    An eager vigilante is causing a stir in the city, while Krang and Shredder take control of all the machines in the city. Maybe this new 'hero' can help the Turtles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

  • Mutagen Monster
    6.9/10 149 votes

    #24 - Mutagen Monster

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 10/26/1989

    In an attempt to hijack two separate trains carrying the ingredients needed to make mutagen, Rocksteady and Bebop cause their head-on collision, resulting in the spillage of both chemicals in the city's train yard.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll

  • Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
    7.5/10 155 votes

    #25 - Corporate Raiders from Dimension X

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 10/27/1989

    High ranking corporate executives are kidnapped by men in business suits. The Turtles don't get involved until they learn that one of these corporations is the world's largest suppliers of pizza.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens