The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.
22min
September 25, 1989
2. 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.
22min
September 26, 1989
3. Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
Irma accidentally becomes gigantic and her naturally clumsy nature makes her a danger to the city.
22min
September 27, 1989
4. 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?
22min
September 28, 1989
5. Sky Turtles
The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.
22min
September 29, 1989
6. The Old Switcheroo
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.
22min
October 2, 1989
7. 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.
22min
October 3, 1989
8. The Fifth Turtle
A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results.
22min
October 4, 1989
9. Enter: The Rat King
Thompson assigns April to research the growing rat infestation. She is pursued by an army of rats and escapes on a passing city bus.
22min
October 5, 1989
10. Turtles at the Earth's Core
Dinosaurs invade the Big Apple. Befriending a young diplodocus the Turtles trace the invading dinosaurs to their source finding a lost world.
22min
October 6, 1989
11. April Fool
Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.
22min
October 9, 1989
12. Attack of the Big MACC
A robot warrior arrives from 400 years in the future in 20th-Century New York.
22min
October 10, 1989
13. The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
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.
22min
October 11, 1989
14. 20.000 Leaks Under the City
Still searching for a way to destroy the Turtles, Krang develops a super pump that he intends to use to flood the sewers.
22min
October 12, 1989
15. Take Me to Your Leader
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.
22min
October 13, 1989
16. 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.
22min
October 16, 1989
17. 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.
22min
October 17, 1989
18. Cowabunga Shredhead
The Shredder thinks he's Michaelangelo after a computer malfunction.
22min
October 18, 1989
19. Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
Aliens abduct Donatello and Rocksteady.
22min
October 19, 1989
20. Camera Bugged
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.
22min
October 20, 1989
21. Green with Jealousy
Krang sets his sights on a powerful Nuclear-Powered Submarine, believing it's fuel will be more than enough to power the technodrome.
22min
October 23, 1989
22. 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.
22min
October 24, 1989
23. 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.
22min
October 25, 1989
24. Mutagen Monster
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.
22min
October 26, 1989
25. Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
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.
22min
October 27, 1989
26. Pizza by the Shred
Michaelangelo gets a job as a pizza delivery boy. But who's his new boss?
22min
October 30, 1989
27. Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady
Shredder and Krang produce hi-tech versions of Rocksteady and Bebop to keep the Turtles busy.
22min
October 31, 1989
28. 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.
22min
November 1, 1989
29. Blast from the Past
Splinter suffers amnesia as the Turtles try to remind him that he is the true leader of the Foot Clan.
22min
November 2, 1989
30. Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp
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.
22min
November 3, 1989
31. Michaelangelo's Birthday
It's Michaelangelo's birthday, but none of his brothers seem to remember, and it frustrates him greatly.
22min
November 6, 1989
32. 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.
22min
November 7, 1989
33. 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.
22min
November 8, 1989
34. Usagi Come Home
Shredder tricks Usagi Yojimbo into battling the Turtles.
22min
November 9, 1989
35. The Making of Metalhead
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.
22min
November 10, 1989
36. Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
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.
22min
November 13, 1989
37. 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.
22min
November 14, 1989
38. 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.
22min
November 15, 1989
39. The Missing Map
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.
22min
November 16, 1989
40. The Gang's All Here
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.
22min
November 17, 1989
41. 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.
22min
November 20, 1989
42. Mister Ogg Goes to Town
While searching for a device to transform crude oil into liquid hydrogen, Krang accidentally brings Mr. Ogg from Dimension Z to earth.
22min
November 21, 1989
43. Shredderville
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.
22min
November 22, 1989
44. Bye Bye Fly
An interdimensional alien spacecraft leads Baxter Stockman to his latest vengeful plot to destroy the Turtles and Shredder.
22min
November 23, 1989
45. The Big Rip Off
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.
22min
November 24, 1989
46. 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.
22min
November 27, 1989
47. The Big Blow Out
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.