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 (40,708 votes)
Seasons: 9
Streaming (US): Paramount+ · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

7.78 avg 5 episodes 8.0 → 8.1 23 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Turtle Tracks	8.0	715
2	Enter: The Shredder	7.9	544
3	A Thing About Rats	7.6	461
4	Hot-Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X	7.3	446
5	Shredder & Splintered	8.1	448

Season 2 (1988)

7.22 avg 13 episodes 7.4 → 7.8 23 min avg

Big finale
Rebound

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Return of the Shredder	7.4	345
2	The Incredible Shrinking Turtles	7.3	321
3	It Came from Beneath the Sewers	6.9	291
4	The Mean Machines	7.0	282
5	Curse of the Evil Eye	7.4	284
6	Case of the Killer Pizzas	7.2	299
7	Enter: The Fly	7.6	286
8	Invasion of the Punk Frogs	7.2	271
9	Splinter No More	7.4	260
10	New York's Shiniest	6.9	256
11	Teenagers from Dimension X	6.8	244
12	The Catwoman from Channel Six	6.9	251
13	Return of the Technodrome	7.8	254

Season 3 (1989)

7.09 avg 47 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Beneath These Streets	7.4	227
2	Turtles on Trial	7.2	219
3	Attack of the 50-Foot Irma	6.6	220
4	The Maltese Hamster	7.3	208
5	Sky Turtles	7.3	215
6	The Old Switcheroo	7.6	213
7	Burne's Blues	7.1	202
8	The Fifth Turtle	6.8	209
9	Enter the Rat King	7.3	221
10	Turtles at the Earth's Core	7.4	206
11	April Fool	7.0	192
12	Attack of Big MACC	7.1	203
13	The Ninja Sword of Nowhere	7.4	205
14	20,000 Leaks Under the City	7.2	197
15	Take Me to Your Leader	7.4	197
16	Four Musketurtles	6.9	187
17	Turtles, Turtles Everywhere	6.7	179
18	Cowabunga Shredhead	7.9	219
19	Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers	6.8	181
20	Camera Bugged	6.8	181
21	Green with Jealousy	6.9	183
22	Return of the Fly	7.1	181
23	Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero	7.6	217
24	Mutagen Monster	6.7	177
25	Corporate Raiders from Dimension X	7.4	187
26	Pizza by the Shred	7.4	186
27	Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady	7.4	185
28	Beware the Lotus	6.9	169
29	Blast from the Past	6.4	169
30	Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp	7.1	183
31	Michelangelo's Birthday	7.3	171
32	Usagi Yojimbo	7.2	181
33	Case of the Hot Kimono	6.7	163
34	Usagi Come Home	6.8	168
35	The Making of Metalhead	7.1	170
36	Leatherhead Meets the Rat King	7.5	177
37	The Turtle Terminator	6.5	166
38	The Great Boldini	6.6	161
39	The Missing Map	6.5	153
40	The Gang's All Here	6.6	152
41	The Grybyx	6.8	152
42	Mister Ogg Goes to Town	6.7	154
43	Shredderville	7.5	169
44	Bye, Bye, Fly	7.2	154
45	The Big Rip Off	7.1	154
46	The Big Break In	7.2	157
47	The Big Blow Out	7.6	169

Season 4 (1990)

7.10 avg 54 episodes 7.1 → 6.5 23 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Plan Six from Outer Space	7.1	149
2	Tower of Power	7.2	129
3	Rust Never Sleeps	7.2	125
4	A Real Snow Job	7.0	122
5	Venice on the Half Shell	7.3	119
6	Artless	7.0	119
7	Ring of Fire	7.2	119
8	The Irish Jig Is Up	7.4	120
9	Shredder's New Sword	7.5	124
10	The Lost Queen of Atlantis	7.2	115
11	Turtles on the Orient Express	6.9	121
12	April Gets in Dutch	7.0	115
13	Northern Lights Out	6.6	117
14	Elementary, My Dear Turtle	6.7	116
15	Turtles of the Jungle	6.9	131
16	Michelangelo Toys Around	6.2	140
17	Peking Turtle	6.9	136
18	Shredder's Mom	6.8	138
19	Four Turtles and a Baby	6.9	131
20	Turtlemaniac	7.1	128
21	Rondo in New York	7.2	125
22	Planet of the Turtles	7.1	167
23	Name That Toon	7.3	130
24	Menace Maestro, Please	7.1	123
25	Superhero for a Day	7.2	126
26	Back to the Egg	7.5	130
27	The Turtles and the Hare	7.3	129
28	Once Upon a Time Machine	7.8	124
29	Son of Return of the Fly II	7.5	129
30	Raphael Knocks 'em Dead	6.9	126
31	Bebop and Rocksteady Conquer the Universe	7.5	127
32	Raphael Meets His Match	7.5	136
33	Slash: The Evil Turtle from Dimension X	7.0	138
34	Leonardo Lightens Up	7.0	121
35	Were-Rats from Channel 6	7.4	125
36	Funny, They Shrunk Michelangelo	7.0	120
37	The Big Zipp Attack	7.2	120
38	Donatello Makes Time	6.8	119
39	Farewell Lotus Blossom	7.4	125
40	Rebel Without a Fin	7.1	126
41	Rhino-Man	7.7	118
42	Michelangelo Meets Bugman	7.0	121
43	Poor Little Rich Turtle	6.5	125
44	What's Michelangelo Good For?	6.7	115
45	The Dimension X Story	6.9	122
46	Donatello's Degree	6.9	120
47	The Big Cufflink Caper!	6.8	158
48	Leonardo Versus Tempestra	7.6	129
49	Splinter Vanishes	8.0	135
50	Raphael Drives 'em Wild	6.7	119
51	Big Bug Blunder	7.0	113
52	Beyond the Donatello Nebula	6.7	115
53	The Foot Soldiers Are Revolting	7.4	114
54	Unidentified Flying Leonardo	6.5	110

Season 5 (1991)

7.13 avg 20 episodes 7.7 → 7.9 24 min avg

Big finale
Rebound

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	My Brother, the Bad Guy	7.7	125
2	Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko	7.2	125
3	Enter Mutagen Man	7.3	123
4	Donatello's Badd Time	6.8	118
5	Muckman Messes Up	7.1	117
6	Michaelangelo Meets Bugman Again	6.7	114
7	Napoleon Bonafrog: Colossus of the Swamps	7.1	112
8	Raphael Versus the Volcano	6.8	118
9	Landlord of the Flies	7.0	114
10	Donatello's Duplicate	7.7	114
11	The Ice Creature Cometh	7.3	114
12	Leonardo Cuts Loose	7.5	116
13	Pirate Radio	6.8	120
14	Raphael, Turtle of a Thousand Faces	6.7	120
15	Zach and the Alien Invaders	6.8	114
16	Leonardo, the Renaissance Turtle	6.8	113
17	Welcome Back, Polarisoids	6.8	112
18	Michelangelo, the Sacred Turtle	7.0	112
19	Planet of the Turtleoids: Part 1	7.6	131
20	Planet of the Turtleoids: Part 2	7.9	134

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	116
2	Krangenstein Lives!	7.3	114
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)

7.36 avg 14 episodes 8.0 → 7.6 24 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Night of the Dark Turtle	8.0	123
2	The Starchild	7.2	111
3	The Legend of Koji	7.6	112
4	Convicts from Dimension X	6.6	103
5	White Belt, Black Heart	7.2	103
6	Night of the Rogues	8.1	127
7	Attack of the Neutrinos	7.0	102
8	Escape from the Planet of the Turtleoids	7.3	106
9	Revenge of the Fly	7.1	101
10	Atlantis Awakes	7.4	105
11	Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter	7.3	106
12	Invasion of the Krangazoids	7.7	107
13	Combat Land	6.9	103
14	Shredder Triumphant	7.6	111

Season 8 (1994)

7.43 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.5 24 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Get Shredder!	7.7	113
2	Wrath of the Rat King	7.7	107
3	State of Shock	7.0	111
4	Cry H.A.V.O.C.!	7.1	101
5	H.A.V.O.C. in the Streets	7.2	100
6	Enter: Krakus	7.6	101
7	Cyber Turtles	7.6	120
8	Turtle Trek	7.5	111

Season 10 (1996)

7.45 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 7.9 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	108
7	The Day Earth Disappeared	7.4	111
8	Divide and Conquer	7.9	130