The WORST episodes of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Every episode of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Four turtle brothers with ninja powers encounter new allies and villains and discover a magical world they never knew existed beneath the streets of New York City.

Last Updated: 11/23/2024Network: NickToonsStatus: Ended
Finale (4): Rise
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#1 - Finale (4): Rise

Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 8/7/2020

When the Turtles find their ninpo, they must defeat the Shredder once and for all.

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Raph's Ride-Along
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#2 - Raph's Ride-Along

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/19/2020

Raph is mistaken for a heinous criminal in the Hidden City.

Directors: J.J. Conway
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Hidden City's Most Wanted
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#3 - Hidden City's Most Wanted

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/19/2020

Leo's efforts to get into an exclusive Hidden City spa threaten to unweave his day of relaxation.

Directors: Jake Castorena
Writer: Jesse Gordon
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Bad Hair Day
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#4 - Bad Hair Day

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 6/19/2020

Splinter's magical day with Mikey is interrupted by a mysterious and tiny guest.

Directors: Sebastian Montes
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Fists of Furry
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#5 - Fists of Furry

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/17/2020

April and the Turtles must help Splinter save his chain of dojos from being taken over by an evil rival.

Directors: J.J. Conway
Writer: Ian Busch
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The Clothes Don't Make the Turtle
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#6 - The Clothes Don't Make the Turtle

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 7/17/2020

Hypno-Potamus traps the Turtles in a magical 80s movie montage.

Directors: Jake Castorena
Writer: Jesse Gordon
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Battle Nexus: New York
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#7 - Battle Nexus: New York

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 7/17/2020

Big Mama turns New York City into her new Battle Nexus arena and the TMNT have to fight to save everyone they love.

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Finale (1): E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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#8 - Finale (1): E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 8/7/2020

When a powerful foe returns, the Turtles' only hope lies within the most dangerous place they've ever been: Splinter's mind.

Directors: Sebastian Montes
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Finale (2): Shreddy or Not
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#9 - Finale (2): Shreddy or Not

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 8/7/2020

The Turtles meet Splinter's distant relative and discover a powerful new ally.

Directors: J.J. Conway
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Finale (3): Anatawa Hitorijanai
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#10 - Finale (3): Anatawa Hitorijanai

Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 8/7/2020

In a bid to save New York and the Hidden City, the Turtles prepare for their greatest battle yet.

Directors: Jake Castorena
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Pizza Pit
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#11 - Pizza Pit

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/2/2019

It’s Pizza Week, the greatest week of the year, but the Turtles’ favorite pizza joints keep getting taken out. DIGG, a trio of unsuccessful girl musicians mutated into burrowing animals, begin sinking the Turtles' favorite pizza places into the ground, prompting the Turtles to go after them before they have no place left to get their favorite food.

Directors: Sebastian Montes
Writer: Brian Posehn
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Bug Busters
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6.58
19 votes

#12 - Bug Busters

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/17/2018

The Turtles look for a way to eliminate New York City's Oozesquito problem before more mutants are made. This plot brings them into conflict with Big Mama in her plot to make mutants to fight for her entertainment in the Battle Nexus, which is soon joined by Baron Draxum.

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The Purple Game
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6.67
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#13 - The Purple Game

Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 7/6/2019

When a competitive new video game sweeps New York, Donnie will do anything to reach rank No. 1. Donnie is unaware, however, that the video game was created by the Purple Dragons as a way of getting revenge on him.

Directors: Alan Wan
Writer: Jesse Gordon
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Stuck on You
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#14 - Stuck on You

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/10/2018

After an unfortunate glue accident, the Turtles have to fight a whole host of villains like the Mutant Silverfish, the Foot Clan, Hypno-Potamus, and Warren Stone while literally being stuck together.

Directors: Brendan Clogher
Writer: Jesse Gordon
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Minotaur Maze
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#15 - Minotaur Maze

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/6/2018

After the Turtles stumble across a pizza restaurant in the mystical Undercity while following a Fire Yōkai, Leonardo drags his brothers into a pizza-shaped Maze of Death to obtain the ultimate prize....a free helping to the titular parlor's "world's greatest pizza". But in order to claim it, they will have to contend with the pizza's guardian in the form of the Minotaur who is the maze's assistant manager.

Directors: Brendan Clogher
Writer: Jesse Gordon
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Al Be Back
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6.80
15 votes

#16 - Al Be Back

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/1/2018

The Turtles plan their first public musical gig at Albearto Land. When it happens, it gets crashed by Albearto and his army of animatronic bears from failed Albearto's fastfood franchises.

Directors: Brendan Clogher
Writer: FM De Marco
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Newsworthy
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6.82
22 votes

#17 - Newsworthy

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/27/2018

To prove himself as the greatest enemy of the Turtles, former news anchor-turned-mutant earthworm Warren Stone gets in the way of the Turtles as they track down Hypno-Potamus, who is abducting the animal partners of other magicians.

Directors: Sebastian Montes
Writer: Jesse Gordon
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The Longest Fight
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#18 - The Longest Fight

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/6/2018

The Turtles have a hard time watching their skateboarding idol Sydney Allen on the "Extreme Skateboarding Finals" and stopping a burglary at Gilbert's Department Store conducted by the Foot Clan at the same time.

Directors: Sebastian Montes
Writer: Ian Busch
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The Gumbus
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#19 - The Gumbus

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/13/2018

Leo, Mikey and April investigate a mysterious specter haunting a themed supermarket called Stock 'n Shop which leads to their encounter with Baxter Stockboy.

Directors: Sebastian Montes
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Down with the Sickness
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#20 - Down with the Sickness

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2018

Splinter has come down with the rat flu, and the Turtles must deal with its 7 different stages involving fever, "Wild Rat Man", "Captain Cuddle Cakes", "Ninja Supreme", karaoke love songs, and fan fiction. The Turtles hope that Splinter will make to the final stage called "Must Say Yes" so that they can ask him for whatever they want.

Directors: Jamie Vickers
Writer: Jesse Gordon
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Sparring Partner
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#21 - Sparring Partner

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/13/2019

Raph becomes friends with a new sparring partner in the form of Frankenfoot and must keep it secret from his brothers, who don't like the guy. When Frankenfoot is driven from the lair, this gives the Foot Lieutenant and the Foot Recruit the opportunity to take it into the Foot Clan.

Directors: Abe Audish
Writer: Ian Busch
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The Purple Jacket
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6.93
15 votes

#22 - The Purple Jacket

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/26/2019

During a visit in April's school, Donatello becomes enamored with an exclusive tech club, the Purple Dragons, and joins them on the spot. However, when the Dragons abuse his tech for criminal purposes, Donatello is forced to choose between stopping the crooks and losing his treasured purple membership jacket.

Directors: Abe Audish
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Smart Lair
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6.94
17 votes

#23 - Smart Lair

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/9/2019

To ease their household chores, Donatello invents a new artificial intelligence, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., who begins to see exclusively to his creator's needs. Disgruntled, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo choose to rewire the robot, which leads to near-fatal consequences for their brother.

Directors: Brendan Clogher
Writer: Ian Busch
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#24 - Hot Soup: The Game

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/16/2019

Mikey goes on a solo mission to retrieve a classic video game based on Lou Jitsu's film Hot Soup. Incidentally, however, he will have to contend with the Foot Clan's new recruit who is on a very similar mission at the very same auction house.

Directors: Abe Audish
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Hypno! Part Deux
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#25 - Hypno! Part Deux

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/3/2018

Hypno-Potamus returns and causes havoc at April's homecoming dance by hypnotizing the attendees.

Directors: Jamie Vickers
Writer: Jesse Gordon
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