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Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSeason 3

Episodes

  • E01 Beneath these Streets

    6.8

    Sep 25, 1989 · 22m

    The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.

  • E02 Turtles On Trial

    6.8

    Sep 26, 1989 · 22m

    The intentions of the Ninja Turtles are put to the test when a controversial TV-figure portrays our heroes as menaces to society.

  • E03 Attack of the 50-Foot Irma

    6.1

    Sep 27, 1989 · 22m

    Irma accidentally becomes gigantic and her naturally clumsy nature makes her a danger to the city.

  • E04 The Maltese Hamster

    6.5

    Sep 28, 1989 · 22m

    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?

  • E05 Sky Turtles

    6.8

    Sep 29, 1989 · 22m

    The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.

  • E06 The Old Switcheroo

    6.8

    Oct 2, 1989 · 22m

    The personalities of Shredder and Splinter are switched when a device is accidentally activated during a battle between the Turtles and their enemies. As Shredder plans the Turtles' demise and Splinter plans on how to get back to his body, everyone else is clueless.

  • E07 Burne's Blues

    6.3

    Oct 3, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E08 The Fifth Turtle

    6.7

    Oct 4, 1989 · 22m

    A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results.

  • E09 Enter: The Rat King

    6.2

    Oct 5, 1989 · 22m

    Thompson assigns April to research the growing rat infestation. She is pursued by an army of rats and escapes on a passing city bus.

  • E10 Turtles at the Earth's Core

    6.7

    Oct 6, 1989 · 22m

    Dinosaurs invade the Big Apple. Befriending a young diplodocus the Turtles trace the invading dinosaurs to their source finding a lost world.

  • E11 April Fool

    6.5

    Oct 9, 1989 · 22m

    Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.

  • E12 Attack of the Big MACC

    6.2

    Oct 10, 1989 · 22m

    A robot warrior arrives from 400 years in the future in 20th-Century New York.

  • E13 The Ninja Sword of Nowhere

    6.7

    Oct 11, 1989 · 22m

    Krang's computers detect an alien metal on the surface of the Earth. Krang sends Shredder, along with an Alien Metal Detector, to the surface to find it.

  • E14 20,000 Leaks Under the City

    6.8

    Oct 12, 1989 · 22m

    Still searching for a way to destroy the Turtles, Krang develops a super pump that he intends to use to flood the sewers.

  • E15 Take Me to Your Leader

    6.7

    Oct 13, 1989 · 22m

    Full of self doubt, Leonardo leaves the team. Michaelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello all take turns being leader as they try to figure out why the sun is getting smaller.

  • E16 Four Musketurtles

    6.3

    Oct 16, 1989 · 22m

    A bump on the head leaves Leonardo thinking that he is in 17th century France, and that he and his comrades are Musketeers.

  • E17 Turtles, Turtles Everywhere

    6.5

    Oct 17, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E18 Cowabunga Shredhead

    6.7

    Oct 18, 1989 · 22m

    The Shredder thinks he's Michaelangelo after a computer malfunction.

  • E19 Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers

    6.0

    Oct 19, 1989 · 22m

    Aliens abduct Donatello and Rocksteady.

  • E20 Camera Bugged

    6.2

    Oct 20, 1989 · 22m

    A visit to Earth from a Polarisoid results in havoc when Shredder comes into possession of the alien's camera, because it does more than just take pictures.

  • E21 Green with Jealousy

    6.2

    Oct 23, 1989 · 22m

    Krang sets his sights on a powerful Nuclear-Powered Submarine, believing it's fuel will be more than enough to power the technodrome.

  • E22 Return of the Fly

    6.2

    Oct 24, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E23 Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero

    6.3

    Oct 25, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E24 Mutagen Monster

    6.2

    Oct 26, 1989 · 22m

    In an attempt to hijack two separate trains carrying the ingredients needed to make mutagen, Rocksteady and Bebop cause their head-on collision, resulting in the spillage of both chemicals in the city's train yard.

  • E25 Corporate Raiders from Dimension X

    6.3

    Oct 27, 1989 · 22m

    High ranking corporate executives are kidnapped by men in business suits. The Turtles don't get involved until they learn that one of these corporations is the world's largest suppliers of pizza.

  • E26 Pizza by the Shred

    6.5

    Oct 30, 1989 · 22m

    Michaelangelo gets a job as a pizza delivery boy. But who's his new boss?

  • E27 Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady

    6.6

    Oct 31, 1989 · 22m

    Shredder and Krang produce hi-tech versions of Rocksteady and Bebop to keep the Turtles busy.

  • E28 Beware the Lotus

    6.2

    Nov 1, 1989 · 22m

    A skilled, and lovely, ninja warrior is hired by Krang to defeat the Turtles. Shredder's replaced, Leonardo's met his match.

  • E29 Blast from the Past

    5.8

    Nov 2, 1989 · 22m

    Splinter suffers amnesia as the Turtles try to remind him that he is the true leader of the Foot Clan.

  • E30 Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp

    6.4

    Nov 3, 1989 · 22m

    While Raphael is reliving the past, via the Turtles' photo album, their frog friends in the Florida Swamps are being terrorized by a mutant alligator known as Leatherhead.

  • E31 Michaelangelo's Birthday

    6.6

    Nov 6, 1989 · 22m

    It's Michaelangelo's birthday, but none of his brothers seem to remember, and it frustrates him greatly.

  • E32 Usagi Yojimbo

    6.2

    Nov 7, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E33 Case of the Hot Kimono

    6.0

    Nov 8, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E34 Usagi Come Home

    5.8

    Nov 9, 1989 · 22m

    Shredder tricks Usagi Yojimbo into battling the Turtles.

  • E35 The Making of Metalhead

    6.0

    Nov 10, 1989 · 22m

    While the Turtles are suffering from turtle pox, a disease that affects only mutant Turtles, Krang has developed a robotic turtle that he calls Metalhead.

  • E36 Leatherhead Meets the Rat King

    6.4

    Nov 13, 1989 · 22m

    Leatherhead has come to the city searching for the Turtles. While crawling through the sewers he encounters the Rat King who charges him with trespassing.

  • E37 The Turtle Terminator

    6.4

    Nov 14, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E38 The Great Boldini

    6.4

    Nov 15, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E39 The Missing Map

    6.0

    Nov 16, 1989 · 22m

    Zach and his brother Walt visit the Turtles. As they leave, Walt takes a map that could guide Shredder to the lair if it happens to fall into the wrong hands.

  • E40 The Gang's All Here

    6.4

    Nov 17, 1989 · 22m

    Shredder tries to trick the Turtles into eating cookies made with anti-mutagen. Michaelangelo, wanting to be a human, tries one of the cookies and it mutates him into a teenager.

  • E41 The Grybyx

    6.0

    Nov 20, 1989 · 22m

    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.

  • E42 Mister Ogg Goes to Town

    6.4

    Nov 21, 1989 · 22m

    While searching for a device to transform crude oil into liquid hydrogen, Krang accidentally brings Mr. Ogg from Dimension Z to earth.

  • E43 Shredderville

    6.8

    Nov 22, 1989 · 22m

    The Turtles are frustrated that they let Shredder slip away from them again. They feel like giving up, and wish they had never been born.

  • E44 Bye Bye Fly

    6.6

    Nov 23, 1989 · 22m

    An interdimensional alien spacecraft leads Baxter Stockman to his latest vengeful plot to destroy the Turtles and Shredder.

  • E45 The Big Rip Off

    6.2

    Nov 24, 1989 · 22m

    After several failed attempts to get the Technodrome re-energized, Shredder and Krang run one last-ditch distraction for the Turtles at Fort Charles while Bebop and Rocksteady steal energy fuel cells from the neighboring space research center.

  • E46 The Big Break In

    6.2

    Nov 27, 1989 · 22m

    The Technodrome is up and running again, and it is up to the Turtles to hinder Shredder and Krang from getting to the surface.

  • E47 The Big Blow Out

    7.0

    Nov 28, 1989 · 22m

    After several setbacks, Shredder and Krang steal all of New York's electricity and charge it into a giant transdimensional gateway, designed to send Earth into Dimension X. The Turtles must defeat their enemies once and for all before Earth is destroyed by Krang's Rock Soldier army.

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