Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Beneath these Streets
Sep 25, 1989
The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.
Turtles On Trial
Sep 26, 1989
The intentions of the Ninja Turtles are put to the test when a controversial TV-figure portrays our heroes as menaces to society.
Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
Sep 27, 1989
Irma accidentally becomes gigantic and her naturally clumsy nature makes her a danger to the city.
The Maltese Hamster
Sep 28, 1989
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?
Sky Turtles
Sep 29, 1989
The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.
The Old Switcheroo
Oct 2, 1989
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
Burne's Blues
Oct 3, 1989
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, b
The Fifth Turtle
Oct 4, 1989
A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results.
Enter: The Rat King
Oct 5, 1989
Thompson assigns April to research the growing rat infestation. She is pursued by an army of rats and escapes on a passing city bus.
Turtles at the Earth's Core
Oct 6, 1989
Dinosaurs invade the Big Apple. Befriending a young diplodocus the Turtles trace the invading dinosaurs to their source finding a lost world.
April Fool
Oct 9, 1989
Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.
Attack of the Big MACC
Oct 10, 1989
A robot warrior arrives from 400 years in the future in 20th-Century New York.
The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
Oct 11, 1989
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.
20.000 Leaks Under the City
Oct 12, 1989
Still searching for a way to destroy the Turtles, Krang develops a super pump that he intends to use to flood the sewers.
Take Me to Your Leader
Oct 13, 1989
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.
Four Musketurtles
Oct 16, 1989
A bump on the head leaves Leonardo thinking that he is in 17th century France, and that he and his comrades are Musketeers.
Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
Oct 17, 1989
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!
Cowabunga Shredhead
Oct 18, 1989
The Shredder thinks he's Michaelangelo after a computer malfunction.
Camera Bugged
Oct 20, 1989
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.
Green with Jealousy
Oct 23, 1989
Krang sets his sights on a powerful Nuclear-Powered Submarine, believing it's fuel will be more than enough to power the technodrome.
Return of the Fly
Oct 24, 1989
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.
Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero
Oct 25, 1989
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.
Mutagen Monster
Oct 26, 1989
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 c
Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
Oct 27, 1989
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 supp
Pizza by the Shred
Oct 30, 1989
Michaelangelo gets a job as a pizza delivery boy. But who's his new boss?
Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady
Oct 31, 1989
Shredder and Krang produce hi-tech versions of Rocksteady and Bebop to keep the Turtles busy.
Beware the Lotus
Nov 1, 1989
A skilled, and lovely, ninja warrior is hired by Krang to defeat the Turtles. Shredder's replaced, Leonardo's met his match.
Blast from the Past
Nov 2, 1989
Splinter suffers amnesia as the Turtles try to remind him that he is the true leader of the Foot Clan.
Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp
Nov 3, 1989
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.
Michaelangelo's Birthday
Nov 6, 1989
It's Michaelangelo's birthday, but none of his brothers seem to remember, and it frustrates him greatly.
Usagi Yojimbo
Nov 7, 1989
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.
Case of the Hot Kimono
Nov 8, 1989
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.
The Making of Metalhead
Nov 10, 1989
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.
Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
Nov 13, 1989
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.
The Turtle Terminator
Nov 14, 1989
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.
The Great Boldini
Nov 15, 1989
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.
The Missing Map
Nov 16, 1989
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.
The Gang's All Here
Nov 17, 1989
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.
The Grybyx
Nov 20, 1989
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.
Mister Ogg Goes to Town
Nov 21, 1989
While searching for a device to transform crude oil into liquid hydrogen, Krang accidentally brings Mr. Ogg from Dimension Z to earth.
Shredderville
Nov 22, 1989
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.
Bye Bye Fly
Nov 23, 1989
An interdimensional alien spacecraft leads Baxter Stockman to his latest vengeful plot to destroy the Turtles and Shredder.
The Big Rip Off
Nov 24, 1989
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 stea
The Big Break In
Nov 27, 1989
The Technodrome is up and running again, and it is up to the Turtles to hinder Shredder and Krang from getting to the surface.
The Big Blow Out
Nov 28, 1989
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 Tur