The WORST episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Every episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Distinctly different from the grim, violent, and dark MIRAGE comics from which the Turtles originated, this version of the franchise has remained the longest running, and most memorable, version of all. 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 Channel 6 news reporter April O'Neil to battle against Yoshi's arch enemy Shredder and Krang, an alien warlord from Dimension X.
#1 - Invasion of the Krangazoids
Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/4/1993
Krang makes copies of himself and sets them loose to attack the turtles.
#2 - Night of the Rogues
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/23/1993
In an attempt to finally defeat the Turtles once and for all, Shredder assembles Leatherhead, Tempestra, Scumbug, Chrome Dome, Antrax, The Rat King and Slash to form a team that proves too much for the Turtles to handle on their own.
#3 - Elementary, My Dear Turtle
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/29/1993
After experiencing a time-slip with an atomic clock, the Turtles find themselves in 1890, where they meet the famous detective Sherlock Holmes & his assistant, Dr. Watson, hot on the trail of Professor Moriarty, who has stolen the atomic clock with intentions to rule the future. The Turtles must retrieve the atomic clock before Moriarty uses it to change history & proclaim himself Emperor of the World.
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#4 - H.A.V.O.C. in the Streets!
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1994
Titanus & his H.A.V.O.C. organization are back, and this time they are planning to build a Sky Platform so that they can retrieve a lost Flux Transformer from a military base. The Turtles rescue a resident of Dimension X, named Gargon, held captive by Krang on Earth, who agrees to help track down Shredder & Krang.
#5 - Split-Second
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1995
A new foe appears in the form of the time-obsessed Chronos, who has thrown the city into chaos, due to all clocks malfunctioning. Can the Turtles, April O'Neil & Carter stop him before it is too late?
#6 - Snakes Alive!
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1992
The Turtles try to solve a missing snake mystery, but Leonardo is afraid of snakes. A scientist who had a snake venom lab accident and turned into a snake tries to turn the city into a swamp.
#9 - Zach and the Alien Invaders
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/9/1991
Zach, the Turtles' young friend, is put into military camp by his parents after making numerous false reports of aliens, only to find two real aliens--Wingnut and Screwloose--brainwashing the cadets to be their army and must call in the Turtles to defeat them.
#10 - April Gets in Dutch
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/27/1993
The Turtles and April are in Amsterdam. April is covering the showing of the world-famed Duchess Diamond. Krang wants the diamond, a flawless stone, to focus the rays on his Laser Dimension Blade, which will cut through the dimensions and bring the Technodrome to Earth. Krang sends Shredder and the mutants to retrieve it, but they're foiled by a low-rent diamond thief, Spats Sparkle. There's a smelly battle at a cheese warehouse and a climactic chase at an abandoned windmill.
#11 - Leonardo Cuts Loose
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/19/1991
A nerd-turned-muscleman captures three of the Turtles, and a reluctant Leonardo must ask Casey Jones for help in rescuing them.
#12 - Escape from the Planet of the Turtleloids
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/6/1993
Kerma the space turtle returns once again for the Turtles help in programming his city's new defence robots but Groundchuck and Dirtbag have also returned to the city to cause trouble.
#13 - The Irish Jig is Up
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/21/1993
The TMNT & Splinter journey to Dublin, capital of the Republic of Ireland, land of myth & legend. Meanwhile, Shredder, Rocksteady & Bebop use Krang's Rainbow TransCharmer to transform all of the cute, furry animals in Dublin into vicious beasts.
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#14 - Too Hot to Handle
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1992
A machine is causing the Earth to move closer to the sun. Vernon's incredibly smart nephew, Foster, helps the Turtles on their adventure.
#15 - State of Shock
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1994
A band of ninja, led by a mysterious villain named Megavolt, are stealing electronic equipment from power plants all over the city, and the Turtles are being blamed for the crimes. The Turtles must find a way to defeat Megavolt & clear their names before it is too late.
#16 - The Big Zipp Attack
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/6/1990
An alien called a 'Zipp' is sent to Earth, but this little alien soon becomes a big problem.
#17 - Were-Rats from Channel 6
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/29/1990
After many failed attempts from his rodent subjects to find food, the Rat King learns of an abandoned canister of mutagen lost in the sewers and claims it for himself. Then, he kidnaps Irma and Vernon and uses the mutagen to transform them into his mutant slaves, for the sole purpose of raiding food warehouses. It is later discovered that the mutations are unstable and can only be active if the Rat King plays his hypnotic flute.
#18 - Turtles to the Second Power
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1996
After re-energizing the present-day Turtles, the Turtles of the past have only 3 hours to get back to their time, or they will all cease to exist. Meanwhile, during the 15 hours it took to re-energize the Turtles, the remainder of Dregg's invasion fleet has been completed and has been unleashed on the city and now the Turtles and Carter have to stop Dregg, Krang, and Shredder.
#19 - Wrath of the Rat King
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1994
While Krang tries to re-acquire the Technodrome from Dimension X, Shredder tracks down the Rat King & makes an alliance with him in order to destroy the Turtles.
#20 - Ring of Fire
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/1993
The Turtles & Splinter arrive in Lisbon, Portugal, just in time for the annual Running of the Bulls. Meanwhile, Shredder & the mutants will use Krang's new heat ray magnifier to burn the city to ashes using the power of the Sun unless the Turtles can stop them.
#21 - My Brother, the Bad Guy
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1991
A family secret is revealed when Lieutenant Kazou Saki arrives from Japan to arrest his brother Oroku Saki, who turns out to be the Turtles' greatest enemy. Shredder and Krang send the Technodrome from Dimension X to Earth, but Donatello re-programs it to crash in the Arctic.
#22 - Rock Around the Block
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1992
As part of his latest plan, Krang brings General Traag to Earth from Dimension X as a distraction for the Turtles, while Krang tries to turn a laser at the ice and free the Technodrome from its prison at the North Pole. Meanwhile, Donatello learns a new fighting move, Wu Wei, where one ninja turns his opponent's attack against him without action.
#23 - Michaelangelo Meets Bugman
Season 4 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/20/1990
Michaelangelo meets his favourite comic book hero after he saves a weakened Brick Bradley in the sewers, and then he and Bugman take on the evil Electrozapper together.
#24 - Venice on the Half Shell
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/1993
The Turtles take a tour of Venice, Italy, just in time for the annual Mardi Gras festival, which April O'Neil is covering for Channel 6. Meanwhile, Shredder & Krang plan to hold the priceless treasures of Venice to ransom by using Krang's HydroFluxor to flood the city.
#25 - The Legend of Koji
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/2/1993
Shredder uses a time machine to travel back to Ancient Japan in the year 1583. He plans to defeat Hamato Koji, the man who founded the Foot Clan, and Splinter's great ancestor, for if Hamato Koji is defeated, then Master Splinter would never have been born and the Turtles would forever remain ordinary turtles.