Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 3
1989 · 47 episodes · ★ 6.4
What Season 3 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Season 3 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Has 47 episodes and premiered on September 25, 1989. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.
Season 3 Episodes
3x01 Beneath these Streets
The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.
Written by: Michael Reaves
3x02 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.
Written by: Michael Reaves
3x03 Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
Irma accidentally becomes gigantic and her naturally clumsy nature makes her a danger to the city.
Story: Rowby Goren
3x04 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?
Written by: David Wise
3x05 Sky Turtles
The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.
Story: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly
3x06 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.
Written by: Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens
3x07 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.
Written by: Michael Reaves
3x08 The Fifth Turtle
A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results.
Written by Gordon Bressack
3x09 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.
Written by: Francis Moss
3x10 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.
Story: J. Larry Carroll
3x11 April Fool
Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.
Written by: Michael Reaves
3x12 Attack of the Big MACC
A robot warrior arrives from 400 years in the future in 20th-Century New York.
Writing: Francis Moss · Starring: Jennifer Darling
3x13 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.
Written by: Francis Moss
3x14 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.
Written by: Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley
3x15 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.
Written by: Francis Moss
3x16 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.
3x17 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.
Written by: Michael Reaves
3x18 Cowabunga Shredhead
The Shredder thinks he's Michaelangelo after a computer malfunction.
Written by: Michael Reaves
3x19 Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
Aliens abduct Donatello and Rocksteady.
Written by: Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens
3x20 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.
Written by: David Wise
3x21 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.
Written by: David Wise
3x22 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.
Written by: Michael Reaves
3x23 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.
Story: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly
3x24 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.
Story: J. Larry Carroll
3x25 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.
Written by: Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens
3x26 Pizza by the Shred
Michaelangelo gets a job as a pizza delivery boy. But who's his new boss?
Written by: Michael Reaves · Starring: Tress MacNeille
3x27 Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady
Shredder and Krang produce hi-tech versions of Rocksteady and Bebop to keep the Turtles busy.
Written by: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren
3x28 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.
3x29 Blast from the Past
Splinter suffers amnesia as the Turtles try to remind him that he is the true leader of the Foot Clan.
Written by: Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens · Starring: Tony Pope
3x30 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.
Written by: David Wise · Starring: Jim Cummings
3x31 Michaelangelo's Birthday
It's Michaelangelo's birthday, but none of his brothers seem to remember, and it frustrates him greatly.
Written by: David Wise
3x32 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.
Written by: David Wise
3x33 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.
Written by: Michael Reaves · Starring: Greg Berg
3x34 Usagi Come Home
Shredder tricks Usagi Yojimbo into battling the Turtles.
Story: J. Larry Carroll
3x35 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.
Story: J. Larry Carroll
3x36 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.
Written by: David Wise · Starring: Jim Cummings
3x37 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.
Written by: David Wise
3x38 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.
Written by: David Wise · Starring: Maggie Roswell
3x39 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.
Written by: David Wise
3x40 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.
Written by: David Wise
3x41 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.
Written by: Michael Reaves
3x42 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.
Written by: Francis Moss
3x43 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.
3x44 Bye Bye Fly
An interdimensional alien spacecraft leads Baxter Stockman to his latest vengeful plot to destroy the Turtles and Shredder.
Written by: David Wise
3x45 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.
Written by: David Wise
3x46 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.
Written by: Francis Moss
3x47 The Big Blow Out Season Finale
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.
Written by: David Wise
Season 3 Cast
Barry GordonDonatello (voice)47 episodes
Townsend ColemanMichaelangelo (voice)47 episodes
James AveryShredder (voice)47 episodes
Peter RenadaySplinter (voice)47 episodes
Renae JacobsApril O'Neil (voice)47 episodes
Pat FraleyKrang (voice)47 episodes
Jennifer DarlingIrma (voice)Episode 1
Tony PopeEpisode 1
Greg BergEpisode 1
Maggie RoswellCaitlin (voice)Episode 1All Seasons
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Season 3 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have?
Season 3 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has 47 episodes.
When did season 3 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiere?
Premiered on September 25, 1989.
Where to watch Season 3 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
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