The BEST Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Mar 9, 2020
Network: Nickelodeon
Four ninja turtles, mutated by a mysterious alien substance, must rise up out of the sewers and defend their city against evil forces from both the past and present.
#1 - Operation: Break Out
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired Jul 27, 2013
Donatello breaks into a secret Kraang detention center in order to rescue Kirby O'Neil, but ends up trapped inside with a deadly prisoner called the Newtralizer.
10.00 
#2 - Vengeance Is Mine
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired Jun 29, 2014
Leo stages a rescue for Karai against Splinter's wishes. While the mission is a success, Karai's knowledge of the truth makes her rush out to take her revenge on Shredder for killing her mother and lying to her for so long, leading to an unexpected turn of events.
8.75 
#3 - Showdown (1)
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired Aug 8, 2013
The turtles engage in a difficult battle, as they make a desperate assault on TCRI to shut down the Kraang portal.
8.73 
#4 - Manhattan Project (2)
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired Mar 14, 2014
Leonardo considers asking Splinter for help while facing Shredder's new assassin; Donnie must put aside his rivalry with Casey in order to uncover a Kraang plot.
8.72 
#5 - The Good, The Bad, and Casey Jones
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Feb 2, 2014
After encountering mutants and ninjas, Casey Jones decides to take on "pure evil" alone. When he meets Raphael, the two hot-headed fighters must put their dislike for each other aside and work together against a common foe.
8.60 
#6 - Mousers Attack!
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Dec 8, 2012
When simultaneous threats from the Purple Dragons and Baxter Stockman’s mechanical Mousers force the Turtles to split into two groups, Donnie & Mikey must prove that their “B Team” is just as valuable as Leo & Raph’s “A Team.”
8.53 
#7 - The Invasion (1)
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired Sep 26, 2014
Leo and Donnie disagree about their plan to stop the Kraang invasion; Donnie must step up as the leader of the bunch when Leo makes a mistake and is separated from the team.
8.50 
#8 - The Power Inside Her
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired Nov 20, 2016
Donatello becomes concerned and decides to test April, only to discover that her psychic abilities are rapidly growing in power.
8.48 
#9 - Mazes & Mutants
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired Apr 27, 2014
When the turtles play a Fantasy LARP game to get their minds off things, they separate the difference between fantasy and reality.
8.46 
#10 - Follow the Leader
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired Nov 2, 2013
The Turtles face an army of robot foot soldiers; Karai captures Leonardo and forces him to do battle with ninjas that can adapt to his every move.
8.43 
#11 - The Kraang Conspiracy
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired Feb 9, 2014
April feels left out and insists on joining the Turtles on a mission to TCRI; A secret about April's past is revealed...
8.42 
#12 - Showdown (2)
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired Aug 8, 2013
With the world at stake, the only thing of importance is that the Turtles complete their mission. No matter what ...
8.40 
#13 - Karai's Vendetta
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired Apr 27, 2013
While the Turtles are infiltrating an undersea Kraang base, the Foot Clan attempts to capture April.
8.39 
#14 - Panic in the Sewers
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired Nov 24, 2012
The Turtles must defend their home in the sewers when Chris Bradford tries to destroy it with a dangerous chemical.
8.36 
#15 - Enemy of My Enemy
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired Apr 12, 2013
After witnessing the Kraang in action, Karai realizes the seriousness of the alien threat and proposes an alliance with the Turtles....unless the Shredder finds out.
8.35 
#16 - The Lonely Mutation of Baxter Stockman
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired May 4, 2014
The Turtles create a retro-mutagen to help April's father; Baxter Stockman threatens to mutate April.
8.32 
#17 - Cockroach Terminator
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired Mar 15, 2013
While trying to foil a Kraang invasion plot, the Turtles are hunted by a giant cockroach.
8.30 
#18 - Invasion of the Squirrelanoids
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired Oct 19, 2013
While tracking mutagen, the Turtles bring a mutated squirrel back to the lair. When it starts multiplying, the Turtles must hunt the squirrel mutants and prevent them from escaping into the city.
8.30 
#19 - Requiem
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired Feb 19, 2017
Splinter must lead the turtles and the Mighty Mutanimals on the hunt to defeat his old enemy.
8.29 
#20 - Slash and Destroy
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired Nov 30, 2013
The Turtles find themselves being hunted by a new threat -- another mutant turtle called Slash, who has a personal vendetta against the brothers.
8.28 
#21 - Attack of the Mega Shredder!
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired Aug 16, 2015
Leonardo decides to sneak into Shredder's lair alone, and winds up facing the biggest mutant threat yet.
8.28 
#22 - Parasitica
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired Jun 22, 2013
Michaelangelo must fight his brothers when they fall under the control of a parasitic wasp.
8.25 
#23 - Owari
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired Feb 26, 2017
With the demise of their beloved father and Karai incapacitated, the Turtles, April, and Casey infiltrate Super Shredder's new lair to put an end to Oroku Saki once and for all, no matter what it takes.
8.25 
#24 - Annihilation: Earth! (1)
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired Sep 27, 2015
When the turtles get word of the Kraang's return, they realize there is an even bigger threat coming to Earth.
8.24 
#25 - The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired Jun 15, 2014
Leo tries to convince the team to rescue Karai; a master thief steals Shredder’s helmet. ("Kuro Kabuto" means "Black Helmet" in Japanese. )
8.18