About this season
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.
Episodes (47)
1. Beneath these Streets
6.8Aired 25 September 1989 • 22 min
The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.
2. Turtles On Trial
6.8Aired 26 September 1989 • 22 min
The intentions of the Ninja Turtles are put to the test when a controversial TV-figure portrays our heroes as menaces to society.
3. Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
6.2Aired 27 September 1989 • 22 min
Irma accidentally becomes gigantic and her naturally clumsy nature makes her a danger to the city.
4. The Maltese Hamster
6.5Aired 28 September 1989 • 22 min
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?
5. Sky Turtles
6.8Aired 29 September 1989 • 22 min
The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.
6. The Old Switcheroo
6.5Aired 2 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
7. Burne's Blues
6.0Aired 3 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
8. The Fifth Turtle
6.8Aired 4 October 1989 • 22 min
A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results.
9. Enter: The Rat King
6.0Aired 5 October 1989 • 22 min
Thompson assigns April to research the growing rat infestation. She is pursued by an army of rats and escapes on a passing city bus.
10. Turtles at the Earth's Core
6.5Aired 6 October 1989 • 22 min
Dinosaurs invade the Big Apple. Befriending a young diplodocus the Turtles trace the invading dinosaurs to their source finding a lost world.
11. April Fool
6.5Aired 9 October 1989 • 22 min
Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.
12. Attack of the Big MACC
6.2Aired 10 October 1989 • 22 min
A robot warrior arrives from 400 years in the future in 20th-Century New York.
13. The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
6.5Aired 11 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
14. 20.000 Leaks Under the City
6.8Aired 12 October 1989 • 22 min
Still searching for a way to destroy the Turtles, Krang develops a super pump that he intends to use to flood the sewers.
15. Take Me to Your Leader
6.5Aired 13 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
16. Four Musketurtles
6.5Aired 16 October 1989 • 22 min
A bump on the head leaves Leonardo thinking that he is in 17th century France, and that he and his comrades are Musketeers.
17. Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
6.5Aired 17 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
18. Cowabunga Shredhead
6.8Aired 18 October 1989 • 22 min
The Shredder thinks he's Michaelangelo after a computer malfunction.
19. Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
6.0Aired 19 October 1989 • 22 min
Aliens abduct Donatello and Rocksteady.
20. Camera Bugged
6.0Aired 20 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
21. Green with Jealousy
6.2Aired 23 October 1989 • 22 min
Krang sets his sights on a powerful Nuclear-Powered Submarine, believing it's fuel will be more than enough to power the technodrome.
22. Return of the Fly
6.2Aired 24 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
23. Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero
6.2Aired 25 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
24. Mutagen Monster
6.0Aired 26 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
25. Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
6.2Aired 27 October 1989 • 22 min
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.
26. Pizza by the Shred
6.2Aired 30 October 1989 • 22 min
Michaelangelo gets a job as a pizza delivery boy. But who's his new boss?
27. Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady
6.5Aired 31 October 1989 • 22 min
Shredder and Krang produce hi-tech versions of Rocksteady and Bebop to keep the Turtles busy.
28. Beware the Lotus
6.2Aired 1 November 1989 • 22 min
A skilled, and lovely, ninja warrior is hired by Krang to defeat the Turtles. Shredder's replaced, Leonardo's met his match.
29. Blast from the Past
5.8Aired 2 November 1989 • 22 min
Splinter suffers amnesia as the Turtles try to remind him that he is the true leader of the Foot Clan.
30. Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp
6.2Aired 3 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
31. Michaelangelo's Birthday
6.5Aired 6 November 1989 • 22 min
It's Michaelangelo's birthday, but none of his brothers seem to remember, and it frustrates him greatly.
32. Usagi Yojimbo
6.0Aired 7 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
33. Case of the Hot Kimono
6.0Aired 8 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
34. Usagi Come Home
5.8Aired 9 November 1989 • 22 min
Shredder tricks Usagi Yojimbo into battling the Turtles.
35. The Making of Metalhead
6.0Aired 10 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
36. Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
6.2Aired 13 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
37. The Turtle Terminator
6.5Aired 14 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
38. The Great Boldini
6.5Aired 15 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
39. The Missing Map
6.0Aired 16 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
40. The Gang's All Here
6.5Aired 17 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
41. The Grybyx
6.0Aired 20 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
42. Mister Ogg Goes to Town
6.5Aired 21 November 1989 • 22 min
While searching for a device to transform crude oil into liquid hydrogen, Krang accidentally brings Mr. Ogg from Dimension Z to earth.
43. Shredderville
6.8Aired 22 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
44. Bye Bye Fly
6.5Aired 23 November 1989 • 22 min
An interdimensional alien spacecraft leads Baxter Stockman to his latest vengeful plot to destroy the Turtles and Shredder.
45. The Big Rip Off
6.2Aired 24 November 1989 • 22 min
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.
46. The Big Break In
6.0Aired 27 November 1989 • 22 min
The Technodrome is up and running again, and it is up to the Turtles to hinder Shredder and Krang from getting to the surface.
47. The Big Blow Out
7.0Aired 28 November 1989 • 22 min
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.