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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!

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...

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  1. 7.9/10(188 votes)

    #1 - Cowabunga Shredhead

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    S3:E18

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

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  2. 7.6/10(184 votes)

    #2 - The Old Switcheroo

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    S3:E6

    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.

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  3. 7.6/10(187 votes)

    #3 - Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero

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    S3:E23

    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.

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  4. 7.6/10(155 votes)

    #4 - Leatherhead Meets the Rat King

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    S3:E36

    Leatherhead has come to the city searching for the Turtles. While crawling through the sewers he encounters the Rat King who charges him with trespassing.

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    Writer:David Wise
  5. 7.6/10(145 votes)

    #5 - The Big Blow Out

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    S3:E47

    After several setbacks, Shredder and Krang steal all of New York's electricity and charge it into a giant transdimensional gateway, designed to send Earth into Dimension X. The Turtles must defeat their enemies once and for all before Earth is destroyed by Krang's Rock Soldier army.

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  6. 7.5/10(194 votes)

    #6 - Beneath these Streets

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    S3:E1

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

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  8. 7.5/10(173 votes)

    #7 - The Ninja Sword of Nowhere

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    S3:E13

    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.

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  9. 7.5/10(159 votes)

    #8 - Corporate Raiders from Dimension X

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    S3:E25

    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.

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  10. 7.5/10(160 votes)

    #9 - Pizza by the Shred

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    S3:E26

    Michaelangelo gets a job as a pizza delivery boy. But who's his new boss?

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  11. 7.5/10(148 votes)

    #10 - Shredderville

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    S3:E43

    The Turtles are frustrated that they let Shredder slip away from them again. They feel like giving up, and wish they had never been born.

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  12. 7.4/10(177 votes)

    #11 - The Maltese Hamster

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    S3:E4

    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?

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    Writer:David Wise
  13. 7.4/10(186 votes)

    #12 - Enter: The Rat King

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    S3:E9

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

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  14. 7.4/10(177 votes)

    #13 - Turtles at the Earth's Core

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    S3:E10

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

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  15. 7.4/10(168 votes)

    #14 - Take Me to Your Leader

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    S3:E15

    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.

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  16. 7.4/10(161 votes)

    #15 - Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady

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    S3:E27

    Shredder and Krang produce hi-tech versions of Rocksteady and Bebop to keep the Turtles busy.

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  17. 7.4/10(149 votes)

    #16 - Michaelangelo's Birthday

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    S3:E31

    It's Michaelangelo's birthday, but none of his brothers seem to remember, and it frustrates him greatly.

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    Writer:David Wise
  18. 7.3/10(188 votes)

    #17 - Turtles On Trial

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    S3:E2

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

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  19. 7.3/10(186 votes)

    #18 - Sky Turtles

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    S3:E5

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

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  20. 7.3/10(167 votes)

    #19 - 20.000 Leaks Under the City

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    S3:E14

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

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  21. 7.3/10(159 votes)

    #20 - Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp

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    S3:E30

    While Raphael is reliving the past, via the Turtles' photo album, their frog friends in the Florida Swamps are being terrorized by a mutant alligator known as Leatherhead.

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    Writer:David Wise
  22. 7.3/10(157 votes)

    #21 - Usagi Yojimbo

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    S3:E32

    A rabbit ronin warrior from an alternate dimension is lost in our world. While the Turtles help him adjust, Shredder steals a dragon egg to unleash it on the city.

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    Writer:David Wise
  23. 7.3/10(134 votes)

    #22 - Bye Bye Fly

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    S3:E44

    An interdimensional alien spacecraft leads Baxter Stockman to his latest vengeful plot to destroy the Turtles and Shredder.

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    Writer:David Wise
  24. 7.3/10(134 votes)

    #23 - The Big Break In

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    S3:E46

    The Technodrome is up and running again, and it is up to the Turtles to hinder Shredder and Krang from getting to the surface.

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  25. 7.2/10(172 votes)

    #24 - Burne's Blues

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    S3:E7

    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.

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  26. 7.2/10(154 votes)

    #25 - Return of the Fly

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    S3:E22

    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.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Cowabunga Shredhead" is the best rated episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 188 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Michael Reaves, it aired on 10/18/1989. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Old Switcheroo".