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  • TV-14
  • Syndicated
  • Oct 12, 1989
  • 23 m
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  • Syndicated
  • Oct 12, 1989
  • 23 m
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)

Summary This version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the most distinctive from its MIRAGE comic origins. It thrived more on humor instead of a dark attitude, especially in earlier seasons. Its creativity and bizarre humor made it something in the late '80s and early '90s something that had never been done before, so it drew in fans and grew t...

Directed By: Bill Wolf

Written By: Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, David Wise, Fred Wolf

  • TV-14
  • Syndicated
  • Oct 12, 1989
  • 23 m
  • TV-14
  • Syndicated
  • Oct 12, 1989
  • 23 m
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
S3 • Episode 14
20,000 Leaks Under the City
Air Date: Oct 12, 1989
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Summary This version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the most distinctive from its MIRAGE comic origins. It thrived more on humor instead of a dark attitude, especially in earlier seasons. Its creativity and bizarre humor made it something in the late '80s and early '90s something that had never been done before, so it drew in fans and grew t...

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Episode 1 • Sep 25, 1989 • 23 m
Beneath These Streets
The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.
Episode 2 • Sep 26, 1989 • 23 m
Turtles on Trial
The intentions of the Ninja Turtles are put to the test when a controversial TV-figure portrays our heroes as menaces to society. The Turtles forego publicly clearing their name to defeat Krang and his new robotic weapon.
Episode 3 • Sep 27, 1989 • 23 m
Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
Irma accidentally becomes gigantic and her naturally clumsy nature makes her a danger to the city. The Turtles and April hide her and search for her cure.
Episode 4 • Sep 28, 1989 • 23 m
The Maltese Hamster
Gangsters are swiping all the antiques in town. And when they swipe most of our heroes, it's up to Donatello and April to find out why. Could Shredder be behind this?
Episode 5 • Sep 29, 1989 • 23 m
Sky Turtles
The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.
Episode 6 • Oct 2, 1989 • 23 m
The Old Switcheroo
Episode 7 • Oct 3, 1989 • 23 m
Burne's Blues
In the middle of a summer heat wave, someone is destroying all the air conditioners and taking all the city's freon. In the meantime, Vernon and Burne go looking for the Turtles, but find something else.
Episode 8 • Oct 4, 1989 • 23 m
The Fifth Turtle
A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results. In the end, he proves himself to be a great asset to the Turtle team.
Episode 9 • Oct 5, 1989 • 23 m
Enter the Rat King
A mysterious, sewer-dwelling man has an unnatural ability to put rats under his control. Can Splinter resist, or will he destroy the Turtles at the bidding of the Rat King?
Episode 10 • Oct 6, 1989 • 23 m
Turtles at the Earth's Core
After witnessing a living dinosaur wander in the city and disappear abruptly, the Turtles follow its tracks into a large hole, where they discover a shocking revelation: A land frozen in a stage where dinosaurs roam the land.
Episode 11 • Oct 9, 1989 • 23 m
April Fool
Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.
Episode 12 • Oct 10, 1989 • 23 m
Attack of Big MACC
Episode 13 • Oct 11, 1989 • 23 m
The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
Shredder gains possession of an ancient ninja sword that is crafted from an alien metal, allowing it to 'cut' through dimensions.
Episode 14 • Oct 12, 1989 • 23 m
20,000 Leaks Under the City
Krang and Shredder's plan to flush out the Turtles from the sewers leaves the city flooded with water (and creatures!) from the ocean.
Episode 15 • Oct 13, 1989 • 23 m
Take Me to Your Leader
Full of self doubt, Leonardo leaves the team. And his brothers all take turns being leader as they try to figure out why the sun is getting smaller.
Episode 16 • Oct 16, 1989 • 23 m
Four Musketurtles
A bump on the head leaves Leonardo thinking that he is in 17th century France, and that he and his comrades are Musketeers.
Episode 17 • Oct 17, 1989 • 23 m
Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
Shredder programs the city's new garbage collecting super-computer to collect the Turtles. But when Shredder doesn't specify 'Ninja' Turtles, the super-computer collects them all! Turtles of the city of every shape and size are not safe.
Episode 18 • Oct 18, 1989 • 23 m
Cowabunga Shredhead
Shredder has an accident and ends up acting like Michelangelo. The episode has the Turtles dealing with him switching between his evil personality and Michelangelo, to hilarious consequences.
Episode 19 • Oct 19, 1989 • 23 m
Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
Aliens abduct Donatello and Rocksteady.
Episode 20 • Oct 20, 1989 • 23 m
Camera Bugged
A visit to Earth from a Polarisoid results in havoc when Shredder (and later, April O'Neil) comes into possession of the alien's camera, because it does more than just take pictures.
Episode 21 • Oct 23, 1989 • 23 m
Green with Jealousy
Shredder and Krang engineer a love potion that makes Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael all fall in love with Irma. Donatello races for an antidote before Shredder drains a naval submarine of all its power.
Episode 22 • Oct 24, 1989 • 23 m
Return of the Fly
Baxter Stockman returns for revenge against the Turtles and Shredder, while our heroes attempt to stop Shredder's plan to siphon water from an underground reservoir.
Episode 23 • Oct 25, 1989 • 22 m
Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero
An eager vigilante is causing a stir in the city, while Krang and Shredder take control of all the machines in the city. Maybe this new 'hero' can help the Turtles.
Episode 24 • Oct 26, 1989 • 23 m
Mutagen Monster
A train accident produces gallons of mutagen that drench nearby cattle. The result is a super bull with a temper!
Episode 25 • Oct 27, 1989 • 23 m
Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
White-collar criminals give new meaning to the term 'hostile take-over.' Casey Jones helps the Turtles uncover who's behind a new wave of corporate crime.
Episode 26 • Oct 30, 1989 • 23 m
Pizza by the Shred
Episode 27 • Oct 31, 1989 • 23 m
Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady
Shredder and Krang produce hi-tech versions of Rocksteady and Bebop to keep the Turtles busy.
Episode 28 • Nov 1, 1989 • 23 m
Beware the Lotus
A skilled, and lovely, ninja warrior is hired by Krang to defeat the Turtles. Shredder's replaced, Leonardo's met his match.
Episode 29 • Nov 2, 1989 • 23 m
Blast from the Past
Splinter suffers amnesia as the Turtles try to remind him that he is the true leader of the Foot Clan.
Episode 30 • Nov 3, 1989
Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp
Our old friends, the Punk Frogs, are being terrorized by a mutant alligator in the Florida Everglades. Leatherhead teams up with Shredder to battle the Frogs and the Turtles.
Episode 31 • Nov 6, 1989
Michelangelo's Birthday
Episode 32 • Nov 7, 1989 • 23 m
Usagi Yojimbo
A rabbit ronin warrior from an alternate dimension is lost in our world. While the Turtles help him adjust, Shredder steals a dragon egg to unleash it on the city.
Episode 33 • Nov 8, 1989 • 23 m
Case of the Hot Kimono
Someone is stealing all the kimonos in the city. After Master Splinter's favorite kimono is stolen, April's famous detective aunt helps the Turtles retrieve it.
Episode 34 • Nov 9, 1989 • 23 m
Usagi Come Home
Shredder tricks Usagi Yojimbo into battling the Turtles.
Episode 35 • Nov 10, 1989 • 23 m
The Making of Metalhead
Even a case of Turtle Pox cannot stop our heroes from an attempt to take down Shredder and Krang after they unleash Metalhead, a robotic fighting machine programmed to seek and capture the Turtles.
Episode 36 • Nov 13, 1989 • 23 m
Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
Episode 37 • Nov 14, 1989 • 23 m
The Turtle Terminator
Irma is kidnapped by Bebop and Rocksteady and is replaced by a robot that looks just like her that is programmed to eliminate the turtles.
Episode 38 • Nov 15, 1989 • 23 m
The Great Boldini
The Turtles must clear their names when they are believed to be jewel thieves who stole a priceless emerald during a magic act run by a wizard named Boldini.
Episode 39 • Nov 16, 1989 • 23 m
The Missing Map
Zach's big brother, Walt, steals a rare pouch containing the only map to the Turtles' lair.
Episode 40 • Nov 17, 1989 • 23 m
The Gang's All Here
Bebop and Rocksteady put on an act to get the Turtles to eat cookies, but not any ordinary cookies, because these cookies could turn them into humans!
Episode 41 • Nov 20, 1989 • 23 m
The Grybyx
Kala's pet Grybyx, which has a really bad temper whenever it gets hungry, escapes from Dimension X through a portal to Earth, causing trouble for the Turtles
Episode 42 • Dec 15, 1989 • 23 m
Mister Ogg Goes to Town
An impish alien comedian from Dimension Z (who has mannerisms similar to Pee Wee Herman), escapes to Earth to cause big trouble for the TMNT.
Episode 43 • Nov 22, 1989 • 22 m
Shredderville
The Turtles have entered an alternate universe in which they thought had never existed and The Shredder rules the city as Emperor.
Episode 44 • Nov 23, 1989 • 23 m
Bye, Bye, Fly
An interdimensional alien spacecraft leads Baxter Stockman to his latest vengeful plot to destroy the Turtles and Shredder.
Episode 45 • Nov 24, 1989 • 23 m
The Big Rip Off
Episode 46 • Nov 27, 1989 • 23 m
The Big Break In
The Technodrome is up and running again, and it is up to the Turtles to hinder Shredder and Krang from getting to the surface.
Episode 47 • Nov 28, 1989 • 23 m
The Big Blow Out
The Technodrome is up and running again, and it is up to the Turtles to hinder Shredder and Krang from getting to the surface.
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Cam Clarke

Leonardo, Rocksteady, Mung

Barry Gordon

Donatello, Bebop, Alien

Rob Paulsen

Raphael, Hitech, Zach

Townsend Coleman

Michelangelo, Rat King, Shredder

Renae Jacobs

April O'Neil, Lotus Blossom, Blue Alien

Peter Renaday

Splinter, Vernon Fenwick, General Traag

Pat Fraley

Krang, Burne Thompson, Baxter Stockman

James Avery

Shredder, Bank Robber #1, Butcher's Goon

Jennifer Darling

Irma Langinstein, Irma, Tiffany

Jim Cummings

Shredder, Genghis Frog, Leatherhead

Tony Jay

Dregg, Lord Dregg, Alex Winter, Megavolt

Hal Rayle

Raphael, Dob, Prof. Otto van Shrink, Professor Moriarty, X-12

Bumper Robinson

Carter

Thom Pinto

Dask, Raphael, Additional Voices, Dask the Neutrino, Lieutenant Granitor, Professor Cycloid

Greg Berg

Bebop, Donatello, Sluggo

Michael Gough

Raphael, Hitech, Red Alien

Tress MacNeille

Kala, Old Lady, Cleaning Woman, Kala the Neutrino, Secretary

Bill Martin

Shredder

Dorian Harewood

Shredder

Jan Rabson

Kerma

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