Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)

Action · Adventure · Animation

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.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (41,048 votes)
Seasons: 10
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

7.78 avg 5 episodes 8.0 → 8.1 23 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Turtle Tracks	8.0	740
2	Enter: The Shredder	7.9	567
3	A Thing About Rats	7.6	482
4	Hot-Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X	7.3	465
5	Shredder & Splintered	8.1	466

Season 2 (1988)

7.22 avg 13 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 23 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Return of the Shredder	7.4	356
2	The Incredible Shrinking Turtles	7.3	330
3	It Came from Beneath the Sewers	6.9	299
4	The Mean Machines	7.1	292
5	Curse of the Evil Eye	7.4	293
6	Case of the Killer Pizzas	7.2	306
7	Enter: The Fly	7.6	296
8	Invasion of the Punk Frogs	7.2	280
9	Splinter No More	7.4	268
10	New York's Shiniest	6.9	264
11	Teenagers from Dimension X	6.8	254
12	The Catwoman from Channel Six	6.9	261
13	Return of the Technodrome	7.7	262

Season 3 (1989)

7.07 avg 47 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Beneath These Streets	7.4	234
2	Turtles on Trial	7.2	226
3	Attack of the 50-Foot Irma	6.6	227
4	The Maltese Hamster	7.2	216
5	Sky Turtles	7.2	222
6	The Old Switcheroo	7.5	220
7	Burne's Blues	7.1	209
8	The Fifth Turtle	6.8	215
9	Enter the Rat King	7.3	228
10	Turtles at the Earth's Core	7.4	212
11	April Fool	7.0	198
12	Attack of Big MACC	7.1	211
13	The Ninja Sword of Nowhere	7.4	212
14	20,000 Leaks Under the City	7.2	206
15	Take Me to Your Leader	7.4	204
16	Four Musketurtles	6.9	196
17	Turtles, Turtles Everywhere	6.7	186
18	Cowabunga Shredhead	7.8	225
19	Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers	6.8	187
20	Camera Bugged	6.8	187
21	Green with Jealousy	6.9	188
22	Return of the Fly	7.1	189
23	Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero	7.6	224
24	Mutagen Monster	6.7	184
25	Corporate Raiders from Dimension X	7.4	192
26	Pizza by the Shred	7.4	191
27	Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady	7.3	191
28	Beware the Lotus	6.9	174
29	Blast from the Past	6.4	174
30	Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp	7.1	188
31	Michelangelo's Birthday	7.3	176
32	Usagi Yojimbo	7.2	189
33	Case of the Hot Kimono	6.7	169
34	Usagi Come Home	6.8	173
35	The Making of Metalhead	7.0	176
36	Leatherhead Meets the Rat King	7.5	183
37	The Turtle Terminator	6.5	172
38	The Great Boldini	6.6	167
39	The Missing Map	6.5	160
40	The Gang's All Here	6.5	157
41	The Grybyx	6.7	158
42	Mister Ogg Goes to Town	6.6	161
43	Shredderville	7.5	175
44	Bye, Bye, Fly	7.2	161
45	The Big Rip Off	7.1	159
46	The Big Break In	7.2	163
47	The Big Blow Out	7.6	174

Season 4 (1990)

7.02 avg 54 episodes 7.1 → 6.5 23 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Plan Six from Outer Space	7.1	156
2	Tower of Power	7.2	133
3	Rust Never Sleeps	7.2	129
4	A Real Snow Job	7.0	125
5	Venice on the Half Shell	7.3	122
6	Artless	7.0	122
7	Ring of Fire	7.1	122
8	The Irish Jig Is Up	7.4	123
9	Shredder's New Sword	7.5	127
10	The Lost Queen of Atlantis	7.2	119
11	Turtles on the Orient Express	6.9	125
12	April Gets in Dutch	7.0	119
13	Northern Lights Out	6.6	121
14	Elementary, My Dear Turtle	6.7	120
15	Turtles of the Jungle	6.4	136
16	Michelangelo Toys Around	6.2	147
17	Peking Turtle	6.8	142
18	Shredder's Mom	6.8	144
19	Four Turtles and a Baby	6.4	137
20	Turtlemaniac	7.0	134
21	Rondo in New York	7.2	132
22	Planet of the Turtles	7.1	173
23	Name That Toon	6.9	135
24	Menace Maestro, Please	7.1	128
25	Superhero for a Day	7.2	130
26	Back to the Egg	7.4	137
27	The Turtles and the Hare	6.9	136
28	Once Upon a Time Machine	7.7	130
29	Son of Return of the Fly II	7.4	133
30	Raphael Knocks 'em Dead	6.9	131
31	Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe	7.5	132
32	Raphael Meets His Match	7.1	141
33	Slash: The Evil Turtle from Dimension X	6.9	143
34	Leonardo Lightens Up	7.0	127
35	Were-Rats from Channel 6	7.4	131
36	Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo	6.9	126
37	The Big Zipp Attack	7.1	126
38	Donatello Makes Time	6.8	125
39	Farewell Lotus Blossom	7.4	130
40	Rebel Without a Fin	7.0	133
41	Rhino-Man	7.6	125
42	Michelangelo Meets Bugman	7.0	128
43	Poor Little Rich Turtle	6.4	134
44	What's Michelangelo Good For?	6.7	119
45	The Dimension X Story	6.9	127
46	Donatello's Degree	6.8	124
47	The Big Cufflink Caper!	6.8	161
48	Leonardo Versus Tempestra	7.5	134
49	Splinter Vanishes	7.6	140
50	Raphael Drives 'em Wild	6.7	123
51	Big Bug Blunder	6.9	117
52	Beyond the Donatello Nebula	6.7	119
53	The Foot Soldiers Are Revolting	7.4	118
54	Unidentified Flying Leonardo	6.5	114

Season 5 (1991)

7.08 avg 20 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 24 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	My Brother, the Bad Guy	7.6	131
2	Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko	7.2	131
3	Enter Mutagen Man	7.3	128
4	Donatello's Badd Time	6.8	122
5	Muckman Messes Up	7.1	122
6	Michaelangelo Meets Bugman Again	6.7	119
7	Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps	7.1	118
8	Raphael Versus the Volcano	6.7	123
9	Landlord of the Flies	6.9	119
10	Donatello's Duplicate	7.6	119
11	The Ice Creature Cometh	7.3	120
12	Leonardo Cuts Loose	7.4	121
13	Pirate Radio	6.8	125
14	Raphael, Turtle of a Thousand Faces	6.6	126
15	Zach and the Alien Invaders	6.8	119
16	Leonardo, the Renaissance Turtle	6.8	118
17	Welcome Back, Polarisoids	6.8	117
18	Michelangelo, the Sacred Turtle	7.0	117
19	Planet of the Turtleoids: Part 1	7.6	134
20	Planet of the Turtleoids: Part 2	7.5	138

Season 6 (1992)

7.19 avg 16 episodes 7.5 → 6.9 24 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rock Around the Block	7.5	120
2	Krangenstein Lives!	7.2	118
3	Super Irma	7.0	124
4	Adventures in Turtle-Sitting	6.9	119
5	Sword of Yurikawa	7.7	118
6	Return of the Turtleoid	7.2	111
7	Shreeka's Revenge	7.2	114
8	Too Hot to Handle	6.9	108
9	Nightmare in the Lair	7.3	122
10	Phantom of the Sewers	7.2	115
11	Donatello Trashes Slash	7.5	117
12	Leonardo Is Missing	7.1	115
13	Snakes Alive!	7.1	112
14	Polly Wanna Pizza	7.1	113
15	Mr. Nice Guy	7.2	108
16	Sleuth on the Loose	6.9	110

Season 7 (1993)

7.37 avg 14 episodes 7.9 → 7.6 24 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Night of the Dark Turtle	7.9	126
2	The Starchild	7.2	113
3	The Legend of Koji	7.6	115
4	Convicts from Dimension X	6.7	106
5	White Belt, Black Heart	7.2	106
6	Night of the Rogues	8.1	131
7	Attack of the Neutrinos	7.1	106
8	Escape from the Planet of the Turtleoids	7.4	109
9	Revenge of the Fly	7.1	105
10	Atlantis Awakes	7.4	109
11	Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter	7.3	110
12	Invasion of the Krangazoids	7.7	111
13	Combat Land	6.9	107
14	Shredder Triumphant	7.6	114

Season 8 (1994)

7.40 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 24 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Get Shredder!	7.6	115
2	Wrath of the Rat King	7.7	110
3	State of Shock	7.0	114
4	Cry H.A.V.O.C.!	7.1	104
5	H.A.V.O.C. in the Streets	7.2	103
6	Enter: Krakus	7.6	104
7	Cyber Turtles	7.6	123
8	Turtle Trek	7.4	113

Season 9 (1995)

7.35 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 25 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Unknown Ninja	7.2	110
2	Dregg of the Earth	7.2	103
3	The Wrath of Medusa	7.4	102
4	The New Mutation	7.4	107
5	The Showdown	7.3	102
6	Split-Second	7.4	102
7	Carter, the Enforcer	7.5	103
8	Doomquest	7.4	103

Season 10 (1996)

7.44 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 7.9 24 min avg

Big finale

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Return of Dregg	7.2	115
2	The Beginning of the End	7.3	119
3	The Power of Three	7.6	110
4	A Turtle in Time	7.4	105
5	Turtles to the Second Power	7.5	111
6	Mobster from Dimension X	7.2	111
7	The Day Earth Disappeared	7.4	113
8	Divide and Conquer	7.9	133

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)

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