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 (40,813 votes)
Seasons: 10
Streaming (US): Paramount+ · Tubi TV
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	728
2	Enter: The Shredder	7.9	555
3	A Thing About Rats	7.6	471
4	Hot-Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X	7.3	455
5	Shredder & Splintered	8.1	457

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	353
2	The Incredible Shrinking Turtles	7.3	327
3	It Came from Beneath the Sewers	6.9	297
4	The Mean Machines	7.1	289
5	Curse of the Evil Eye	7.4	290
6	Case of the Killer Pizzas	7.2	304
7	Enter: The Fly	7.6	292
8	Invasion of the Punk Frogs	7.2	277
9	Splinter No More	7.4	265
10	New York's Shiniest	6.9	260
11	Teenagers from Dimension X	6.8	250
12	The Catwoman from Channel Six	6.9	256
13	Return of the Technodrome	7.7	259

Season 3 (1989)

7.08 avg 47 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Beneath These Streets	7.4	232
2	Turtles on Trial	7.2	224
3	Attack of the 50-Foot Irma	6.6	224
4	The Maltese Hamster	7.2	213
5	Sky Turtles	7.2	219
6	The Old Switcheroo	7.6	217
7	Burne's Blues	7.1	206
8	The Fifth Turtle	6.8	214
9	Enter the Rat King	7.2	225
10	Turtles at the Earth's Core	7.4	211
11	April Fool	7.0	197
12	Attack of Big MACC	7.1	210
13	The Ninja Sword of Nowhere	7.4	209
14	20,000 Leaks Under the City	7.2	202
15	Take Me to Your Leader	7.4	201
16	Four Musketurtles	6.9	192
17	Turtles, Turtles Everywhere	6.7	184
18	Cowabunga Shredhead	7.9	223
19	Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers	6.8	184
20	Camera Bugged	6.8	185
21	Green with Jealousy	6.9	184
22	Return of the Fly	7.1	184
23	Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero	7.6	220
24	Mutagen Monster	6.7	179
25	Corporate Raiders from Dimension X	7.4	189
26	Pizza by the Shred	7.4	188
27	Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady	7.4	188
28	Beware the Lotus	6.9	171
29	Blast from the Past	6.4	172
30	Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp	7.1	185
31	Michelangelo's Birthday	7.3	174
32	Usagi Yojimbo	7.2	184
33	Case of the Hot Kimono	6.7	167
34	Usagi Come Home	6.8	171
35	The Making of Metalhead	7.1	173
36	Leatherhead Meets the Rat King	7.5	180
37	The Turtle Terminator	6.5	168
38	The Great Boldini	6.6	164
39	The Missing Map	6.5	155
40	The Gang's All Here	6.6	154
41	The Grybyx	6.8	156
42	Mister Ogg Goes to Town	6.7	158
43	Shredderville	7.5	173
44	Bye, Bye, Fly	7.2	159
45	The Big Rip Off	7.1	157
46	The Big Break In	7.2	161
47	The Big Blow Out	7.6	171

Season 4 (1990)

7.06 avg 54 episodes 7.1 → 6.5 23 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Plan Six from Outer Space	7.1	153
2	Tower of Power	7.2	131
3	Rust Never Sleeps	7.2	127
4	A Real Snow Job	7.0	124
5	Venice on the Half Shell	7.3	121
6	Artless	7.0	121
7	Ring of Fire	7.1	121
8	The Irish Jig Is Up	7.4	122
9	Shredder's New Sword	7.5	126
10	The Lost Queen of Atlantis	7.2	118
11	Turtles on the Orient Express	6.9	124
12	April Gets in Dutch	7.0	118
13	Northern Lights Out	6.6	120
14	Elementary, My Dear Turtle	6.7	119
15	Turtles of the Jungle	6.9	134
16	Michelangelo Toys Around	6.2	143
17	Peking Turtle	6.9	139
18	Shredder's Mom	6.8	141
19	Four Turtles and a Baby	6.9	134
20	Turtlemaniac	7.1	132
21	Rondo in New York	7.2	129
22	Planet of the Turtles	7.1	171
23	Name That Toon	7.3	132
24	Menace Maestro, Please	7.1	126
25	Superhero for a Day	7.2	129
26	Back to the Egg	7.4	134
27	The Turtles and the Hare	7.2	133
28	Once Upon a Time Machine	7.8	127
29	Son of Return of the Fly II	7.4	131
30	Raphael Knocks 'em Dead	6.9	129
31	Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe	7.5	130
32	Raphael Meets His Match	7.1	139
33	Slash: The Evil Turtle from Dimension X	7.0	141
34	Leonardo Lightens Up	7.0	124
35	Were-Rats from Channel 6	7.4	128
36	Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo	6.9	123
37	The Big Zipp Attack	7.1	123
38	Donatello Makes Time	6.8	122
39	Farewell Lotus Blossom	7.4	128
40	Rebel Without a Fin	7.0	130
41	Rhino-Man	7.6	122
42	Michelangelo Meets Bugman	7.0	125
43	Poor Little Rich Turtle	6.4	131
44	What's Michelangelo Good For?	6.7	118
45	The Dimension X Story	6.9	125
46	Donatello's Degree	6.9	123
47	The Big Cufflink Caper!	6.8	160
48	Leonardo Versus Tempestra	7.5	132
49	Splinter Vanishes	7.6	138
50	Raphael Drives 'em Wild	6.7	122
51	Big Bug Blunder	6.9	116
52	Beyond the Donatello Nebula	6.7	118
53	The Foot Soldiers Are Revolting	7.4	117
54	Unidentified Flying Leonardo	6.5	113

Season 5 (1991)

7.10 avg 20 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 24 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	My Brother, the Bad Guy	7.6	128
2	Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko	7.2	128
3	Enter Mutagen Man	7.3	126
4	Donatello's Badd Time	6.8	121
5	Muckman Messes Up	7.1	120
6	Michaelangelo Meets Bugman Again	6.7	117
7	Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps	7.1	115
8	Raphael Versus the Volcano	6.7	121
9	Landlord of the Flies	7.0	117
10	Donatello's Duplicate	7.6	117
11	The Ice Creature Cometh	7.3	117
12	Leonardo Cuts Loose	7.4	119
13	Pirate Radio	6.8	123
14	Raphael, Turtle of a Thousand Faces	6.6	124
15	Zach and the Alien Invaders	6.8	117
16	Leonardo, the Renaissance Turtle	6.8	116
17	Welcome Back, Polarisoids	6.8	115
18	Michelangelo, the Sacred Turtle	7.0	115
19	Planet of the Turtleoids: Part 1	7.6	132
20	Planet of the Turtleoids: Part 2	7.8	136

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	118
2	Krangenstein Lives!	7.3	115
3	Super Irma	7.0	120
4	Adventures in Turtle-Sitting	6.9	116
5	Sword of Yurikawa	7.7	116
6	Return of the Turtleoid	7.2	109
7	Shreeka's Revenge	7.2	112
8	Too Hot to Handle	6.9	106
9	Nightmare in the Lair	7.3	120
10	Phantom of the Sewers	7.2	113
11	Donatello Trashes Slash	7.5	115
12	Leonardo Is Missing	7.1	113
13	Snakes Alive!	7.1	110
14	Polly Wanna Pizza	7.1	111
15	Mr. Nice Guy	7.2	106
16	Sleuth on the Loose	6.9	108

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	123
2	The Starchild	7.2	111
3	The Legend of Koji	7.6	113
4	Convicts from Dimension X	6.7	104
5	White Belt, Black Heart	7.2	104
6	Night of the Rogues	8.1	128
7	Attack of the Neutrinos	7.1	103
8	Escape from the Planet of the Turtleoids	7.4	107
9	Revenge of the Fly	7.1	103
10	Atlantis Awakes	7.4	107
11	Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter	7.3	108
12	Invasion of the Krangazoids	7.7	109
13	Combat Land	6.9	105
14	Shredder Triumphant	7.6	112

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	113
2	Wrath of the Rat King	7.7	108
3	State of Shock	7.0	112
4	Cry H.A.V.O.C.!	7.1	102
5	H.A.V.O.C. in the Streets	7.2	101
6	Enter: Krakus	7.6	102
7	Cyber Turtles	7.6	120
8	Turtle Trek	7.4	110

Season 9 (1995)

7.34 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 25 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Unknown Ninja	7.2	107
2	Dregg of the Earth	7.2	100
3	The Wrath of Medusa	7.3	99
4	The New Mutation	7.4	104
5	The Showdown	7.3	99
6	Split-Second	7.4	99
7	Carter, the Enforcer	7.5	100
8	Doomquest	7.4	101

Season 10 (1996)

7.46 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 8.0 24 min avg

Big finale

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Return of Dregg	7.2	113
2	The Beginning of the End	7.3	117
3	The Power of Three	7.7	108
4	A Turtle in Time	7.4	103
5	Turtles to the Second Power	7.5	109
6	Mobster from Dimension X	7.2	109
7	The Day Earth Disappeared	7.4	111
8	Divide and Conquer	8.0	131

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)

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