- 7.5/10188 votes7.5/10(188)
#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
- 7.3/10183 votes7.3/10(183)
#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
- 6.8/10183 votes6.8/10(183)
#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
- 7.4/10174 votes7.4/10(174)
#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
- 7.3/10181 votes7.3/10(181)
#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
- 7.7/10180 votes7.7/10(180)
#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
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- 7.2/10169 votes7.2/10(169)
#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
- 6.8/10170 votes6.8/10(170)
#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
- 7.4/10180 votes7.4/10(180)
#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
- 7.4/10172 votes7.4/10(172)
#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
- 7.1/10164 votes7.1/10(164)
#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
- 7.1/10171 votes7.1/10(171)
#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
- 7.5/10171 votes7.5/10(171)
#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
- 7.3/10164 votes7.3/10(164)
#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
- 7.4/10166 votes7.4/10(166)
#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
- 7.0/10157 votes7.0/10(157)
#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
- 6.8/10150 votes6.8/10(150)
#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
- 7.9/10182 votes7.9/10(182)
#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
- 6.9/10149 votes6.9/10(149)
#19 - Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
Season 3 Episode 19
Aired 10/19/1989
- 7.0/10148 votes7.0/10(148)
#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
- 7.1/10151 votes7.1/10(151)
#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
- 7.2/10150 votes7.2/10(150)
#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
- 7.6/10181 votes7.6/10(181)
#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
- 6.9/10152 votes6.9/10(152)
#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
- 7.5/10157 votes7.5/10(157)
#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
The Best Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3
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Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedyKids
Episodes
47
Avg. Rating
7.2
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Beneath these Streets" is the best rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 3. It scored 7.5/10 based on 188 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Michael Reaves, it aired on 9/25/1989. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Turtles On Trial".