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The Worst Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Every episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

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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Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is "Convicts from Dimension X", rated 1/10 from 2 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Convicts from Dimension X" aired on 11/13/1993 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "White Belt, Black Heart".

  • Convicts from Dimension X
    1.0/10 2 votes

    #1 - Convicts from Dimension X

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 11/13/1993

    Thanks to a malfunction in Donatello's Inter-Dimensional Early Warning Detection Machine, a tear has occurred in the fabric of space and time, allowing two heinous criminals from Dimension X, Skaarg and Dementor, to arrive in the city.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • White Belt, Black Heart
    1.0/10 2 votes

    #2 - White Belt, Black Heart

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 11/13/1993

    Splinter is contacted telepathically by his sensei, Master Mogo-san who requests that Splinter meet him at Pier 17.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Planet of the Turtleloids, Part 1
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #3 - Planet of the Turtleloids, Part 1

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 8/31/1990

    The turtles, Groundchuck and Dirtbag are taken to Shellri-La by an alien "Turtleoid" named Kerma. Kerma seeks help from the turtles to defend his planet from a two-headed dragon named Herman the Horrible.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Planet of the Turtleloids, Part 2
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #4 - Planet of the Turtleloids, Part 2

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 8/31/1990

    The turtles unmask the dragon as they prove that the menacing creature is actually operated by two renegade Turtleoid delegates. Kerma return the turtles back to Earth, where they destroy Shredder's new Technodrome Mark II and afterwards defeat Chrome Dome.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Wise

  • The Starchild
    5.5/10 1 votes

    #5 - The Starchild

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 11/6/1993

    While rummaging through the local junkyard the Turtles witness the crash landing of an alien spacecraft.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Legend of Koji
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #6 - The Legend of Koji

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 11/6/1993

    At the Museum of Fine Art Shredder uses his time portal to journey back to ancient Japan so that he can destroy Splinter and the turtles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night of the Rogues
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #7 - Night of the Rogues

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 11/20/1993

    Krang, Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady break in to the City Hall Records Department and steal maps of the sewer system dated 1895.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Attack of the Neutrinos
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #8 - Attack of the Neutrinos

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 11/20/1993

    While investigating the most recent robbery perpetrated by the Mole Squad, April and the Turtles stumble upon a secret meeting between the Mole Squad and Dr. Floyd O'Toole, a scientist who has been missing for weeks.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape from the Planet of the Turtleloids
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #9 - Escape from the Planet of the Turtleloids

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 11/27/1993

    The Turtles visit April at Channel Six News and ask her if they could use the stations' equipment to contact their old Turtleoid buddy, Kerma, on Shell-Ri-La.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Revenge of the Fly
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #10 - Revenge of the Fly

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 11/27/1993

    Thanks to Vernon's irresponsible journalism, the Turtles find it necessary to stand guard at the Genetic Research Lab.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Atlantis Awakes
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #11 - Atlantis Awakes

    Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 12/4/1993

    While surfing in the white water rapids of the sewer, Michaelangelo is rescued by Merdude. Tthe Turtles, using Donatello's Porta-Tracker, volunteer to help Merdude find his way back home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #12 - Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter

    Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 12/4/1993

    After an unsuccessful attempt at capturing Razar and Toka, the Turtles return to the lair to see the eccentric billionaire, A. J. Howard, spouting his ideology and his hatred for mutants across the airwaves.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Invasion of the Krangezoids
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #13 - Invasion of the Krangezoids

    Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 12/11/1993

    Krang makes copies of himself and sets them loose to attack the turtles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Combat Land
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #14 - Combat Land

    Season 7 Episode 26 - Aired 12/11/1993

    There is a new amusement park in town and called Combat Land. The park's owner, Horatio Stressbar, has been unable to find anyone with the combat skills to give his robotic warriors a thorough work out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shredder Triumphant
    5.5/10 2 votes

    #15 - Shredder Triumphant

    Season 7 Episode 27 - Aired 12/18/1993

    Shredder, Rocksteady, and Bebop arrive at the Asian arts exhibit and proceed to loot. The turtles head out to stop them despite a grave warning from Splinter that there will be dire consequences.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Wise

  • Blast from the Past
    6.6/10 140 votes

    #16 - Blast from the Past

    Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 11/2/1989

    Splinter suffers amnesia as the Turtles try to remind him that he is the true leader of the Foot Clan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens

  • The Turtle Terminator
    6.6/10 138 votes

    #17 - The Turtle Terminator

    Season 3 Episode 37 - Aired 11/14/1989

    Irma is kidnapped by Bebop and Rocksteady and is replaced by a robot that looks just like her that is programmed to eliminate the turtles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Wise

  • Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe
    6.6/10 115 votes

    #18 - Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 9/22/1990

    On their latest trip to Earth, Bebop and Rocksteady steal a machine that makes everyone scared of everything.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Leonardo Cuts Loose
    6.6/10 102 votes

    #19 - Leonardo Cuts Loose

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 10/26/1991

    A series of baffling crimes are being committed by "brawny burglars" with thick Austrian accents and the Turtles are on the case, but so is Casey Jones and that could mean nothing but trouble for the Turtles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Missing Map
    6.7/10 127 votes

    #20 - The Missing Map

    Season 3 Episode 39 - Aired 11/16/1989

    Zach and his brother Walt visit the Turtles. As they leave, Walt takes a map that could guide Shredder to the lair if it happens to fall into the wrong hands.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Wise

  • The Gang's All Here
    6.7/10 129 votes

    #21 - The Gang's All Here

    Season 3 Episode 40 - Aired 11/17/1989

    Shredder tries to trick the Turtles into eating cookies made with anti-mutagen. Michaelangelo, wanting to be a human, tries one of the cookies and it mutates him into a teenager.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Wise

  • Donatello's Badd Time
    6.7/10 99 votes

    #22 - Donatello's Badd Time

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1991

    While road testing the Turtle Van with his latest inventions, Donatello encounters a family of criminal hillbillies known as the Badd Family.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pirate Radio
    6.7/10 101 votes

    #23 - Pirate Radio

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 11/2/1991

    Krang's attempt to split the Inter-Dimensional portal goes awry. By utilizing the pirate radio station WOOF Krang believes that he can use the station to lure the City's populace into Krang's Chasm.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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

    #24 - 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 Fifth Turtle
    6.8/10 166 votes

    #25 - 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