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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!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 1 - Beneath these Streets
    7.4/10(216 votes)

    #1 - Beneath these Streets

    S3:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 2 - Turtles On Trial
    7.2/10(209 votes)

    #2 - Turtles On Trial

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 3 - Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
    6.6/10(209 votes)

    #3 - Attack of the 50-Foot Irma

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rowby Goren

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  4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 4 - The Maltese Hamster
    7.3/10(198 votes)

    #4 - The Maltese Hamster

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise

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  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 5 - Sky Turtles
    7.2/10(205 votes)

    #5 - Sky Turtles

    S3:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

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  6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 6 - The Old Switcheroo
    7.6/10(205 votes)

    #6 - The Old Switcheroo

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens

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  7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 7 - Burne's Blues
    7.1/10(191 votes)

    #7 - Burne's Blues

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 8 - The Fifth Turtle
    6.7/10(200 votes)

    #8 - The Fifth Turtle

    S3:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Gordon Bressack

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  9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 9 - Enter: The Rat King
    7.3/10(207 votes)

    #9 - Enter: The Rat King

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Francis Moss

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  10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 10 - Turtles at the Earth's Core
    7.3/10(197 votes)

    #10 - Turtles at the Earth's Core

    S3:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J. Larry Carroll

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  11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 11 - April Fool
    7.0/10(186 votes)

    #11 - April Fool

    S3:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 12 - Attack of the Big MACC
    7.2/10(195 votes)

    #12 - Attack of the Big MACC

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Francis Moss

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  13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 13 - The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
    7.4/10(196 votes)

    #13 - The Ninja Sword of Nowhere

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Francis Moss

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  14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 14 - 20.000 Leaks Under the City
    7.2/10(187 votes)

    #14 - 20.000 Leaks Under the City

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle

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  15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 15 - Take Me to Your Leader
    7.4/10(186 votes)

    #15 - Take Me to Your Leader

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Francis Moss

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  16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 16 - Four Musketurtles
    6.9/10(177 votes)

    #16 - Four Musketurtles

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 17 - Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
    6.7/10(172 votes)

    #17 - Turtles, Turtles Everywhere

    S3:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 18 - Cowabunga Shredhead
    7.9/10(212 votes)

    #18 - Cowabunga Shredhead

    S3:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 19 - Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
    6.8/10(173 votes)

    #19 - Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers

    S3:E19

    Aliens abduct Donatello and Rocksteady.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens

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  20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 20 - Camera Bugged
    6.9/10(170 votes)

    #20 - Camera Bugged

    S3:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise

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  21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 21 - Green with Jealousy
    6.9/10(174 votes)

    #21 - Green with Jealousy

    S3:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Wise

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  22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 22 - Return of the Fly
    7.2/10(171 votes)

    #22 - Return of the Fly

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 23 - Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero
    7.6/10(206 votes)

    #23 - Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

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  24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 24 - Mutagen Monster
    6.8/10(170 votes)

    #24 - Mutagen Monster

    S3:E24

    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:Unknown
    Writer:J. Larry Carroll

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  25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episode 25 - Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
    7.4/10(177 votes)

    #25 - Corporate Raiders from Dimension X

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens

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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 7.4/10 based on 216 votes. Directed by Unknown 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".