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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...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedyKids
Episodes
47
Avg. Rating
7.2
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S3
S4
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E2
E3
7.5
7.3
6.8

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".

  • Beneath these Streets
    7.5/10(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

  • Turtles On Trial
    7.3/10(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

  • Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
    6.8/10(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

  • The Maltese Hamster
    7.4/10(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

  • Sky Turtles
    7.3/10(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

  • The Old Switcheroo
    7.7/10(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

  • Burne's Blues
    7.2/10(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

  • The Fifth Turtle
    6.8/10(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

  • Enter: The Rat King
    7.4/10(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

  • Turtles at the Earth's Core
    7.4/10(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

  • April Fool
    7.1/10(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

  • Attack of the Big MACC
    7.1/10(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

  • The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
    7.5/10(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

  • 20.000 Leaks Under the City
    7.3/10(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

  • Take Me to Your Leader
    7.4/10(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

  • Four Musketurtles
    7.0/10(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

  • Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
    6.8/10(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

  • Cowabunga Shredhead
    7.9/10(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

  • Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
    6.9/10(149)

    #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
    7.0/10(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

  • Green with Jealousy
    7.1/10(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

  • Return of the Fly
    7.2/10(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

  • Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero
    7.6/10(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

  • Mutagen Monster
    6.9/10(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

  • Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
    7.5/10(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