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TV series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1987TV-Y710 seasons7.8 / 10

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.

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Synopsis

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.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Turtle Tracks

22m7.4 / 10

April O'Neil, ace reporter for Channel 6, investigates recent break-ins, allegedly by Ninjas, which have resulted in the thefts of numerous technologies. A chance encounter with a gang of thieves soon leads her to a bigger story when she is saved from the criminals by four Ninja trained, mutated Turtles.

Episode credits

Directed by Yoshikatsu KasaiWritten by Patti Howeth, David WiseGuest stars Jennifer Darling

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Episode 2

Enter: The Shredder

22m7.1 / 10

The Shredder kidnaps Splinter in an attempt to lure the Turtles to his own cause. In order to rescue Splinter the Turtles must enter the Shredder's mobile fortress and brave it's dangerous weaponry.

Episode credits

Directed by Yoshikatsu KasaiWritten by Patti Howeth, David Wise

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Episode 3

A Thing about Rats

22m6.7 / 10

Baxter Stockman, a mad scientist, is showing an exterminator his new invention: a rat catching robot called Mousers.

Episode credits

Directed by Yoshikatsu KasaiWritten by Patti Howeth, David Wise

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Episode 4

Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X

22m6.1 / 10

Shredder experiments with the Inter-Dimensional Portal, hoping to contact Krangs' Rock Soldiers and prepare an invasion of Earth, but a group of fun-loving aliens called the Neutrionos, renegades in Krang's dimension, take advantage of the Portal's opening and use it to arrive on Earth.

Episode credits

Directed by Yoshikatsu KasaiWritten by Patti Howeth, David Wise

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Episode 5

Shredder & Splintered

22m7.0 / 10finale

As Shredder lures Splinter into he Technodrome, this time with the promise that a weapon in his possession can restore the sensei to human form, the Turtles confront a giant-sized Krang, now in a new body, in the heart of New York City.

Episode credits

Directed by Yoshikatsu KasaiWritten by Patti Howeth, David Wise

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Episode information updated Sep 14, 2026

More about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Cast

Cam ClarkeLeonardo (voice)
Barry GordonDonatello (voice)
Townsend ColemanMichaelangelo (voice)
Rob PaulsenRaphael (voice)
Michael GoughRaphael (voice)
James AveryShredder (voice)
Peter RenadaySplinter (voice)
Renae JacobsApril O'Neil (voice)

Credits

Written by
David Wise, Michael Reaves, Francis Moss, Jeffrey Scott, Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens, Patti Howeth, J. Larry Carroll, Misty Stewart-Taggart, Ted Pedersen, Jack Mendelsohn, Larry Parr, Gordon Bressack, Brynne Stephens, Richard Merwin, Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly, Doug Molitor, Christy Marx, Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley, John Fox, Bob Forward, Dennis O'Flaherty, Dan DiStefano, Lee Schneider, Martin Pasko, Doug Booth, Rowby Goren

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
193
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • CBSUnited States
  • USA NetworkUnited States
  • SyndicationUnited States
  • Murakami Wolf SwensonUnited States
  • Fred Wolf FilmsUnited States
  • Surge Licensing

Themes

based on comicboyscartoonmartial artsmutantmutant animalninjanostalgic