The following is an
episode list for the
animated television series Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 28, 1987 in syndication as a five part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, 1988...
which premiered in 1987. In total 193 episodes aired between 1987 and 1996. The first three seasons were aired in syndication.
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aired the rest of the series on Saturday mornings.
As of August 16, 2011, the first nine seasons are available on DVD in North America from
Lions Gate EntertainmentLions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...
.
Series overview
| Season |
Episodes |
Originally aired |
DVD releases |
| Region 1 |
Discs |
Region 4 |
Discs |
Region 2 (Germany) |
Discs |
|
1 |
5 |
1987 |
April 20, 2004 |
1 |
March 11, 2009 |
1 |
March 12, 2009 |
5 |
|
2 |
13 |
1988 |
April 26, 2005 |
1 |
March 11, 2009 |
1 |
|
3 |
47 |
1989 |
December 6, 2005 |
1
| align="center"|March 11, 2009 |
1 |
| April 4, 2006 |
1 |
June 3, 2009 |
1 |
May 3, 2010 |
5 |
| August 29, 2006 |
1 |
June 3, 2009 |
1 |
| December 5, 2006 |
1 |
June 3, 2009 |
1 |
July 12, 2010 |
6 |
|
4 |
39 |
1990 |
March 13, 2007 |
5 |
September 9, 2009 |
1 |
see note |
| September 9, 2009 |
1 |
October 17, 2011 |
6 |
| see note |
December 5, 2011 |
6 |
|
5 |
22 |
1991 |
August 7, 2007 |
3 |
see note |
|
6 |
16 |
1992 |
April 8, 2008 |
2 |
n/a |
Early 2012 |
6 |
|
Sideseason |
13 |
1993 |
May 12, 2009 |
4 |
September 9, 2009 |
1 |
July 12, 2009 |
6 |
|
7 |
14 |
n/a |
Early 2012 |
6 |
|
8 |
8 |
1994 |
September 1, 2009 |
1 |
July 26, 2007 |
5 |
|
9 |
8 |
1995 |
August 16, 2011 |
1 |
|
10 |
8 |
1996 |
see note |
Season 1 (1987)
The first season aired in syndication in December 1987. At this point in the series, the
TechnodromeThe Technodrome is the semi-spherical tank-like metallic mobile subterranean fortress of Krang and Shredder, the main villains in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, the Archie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comics and most TMNT video game adaptations. The Technodrome was also...
is located underneath
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. (Chronologically, this is the 5-part episode, "Heroes in a Half Shell".)
| # | |Title | |Writer(s) | |Director(s) | ShredderThe Shredder is a fictional character and primary antagonist from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. At one point or another in every incarnation of the TMNT stories, he has been the archenemy of Splinter and the Turtles...
is without KrangKrang is a fictional supervillain who appears in the Sonic The Hedgehog TV shows and most frequently in the 1987 STH cartoon and its associated media, such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comic book and most of the classic TMNT video games....
's help for much of this season. And starting in this season the series
begins its official run.
| # | |Title | |Writer(s) | |Director(s) | Earth's core The inner core of the Earth, its innermost hottest part as detected by seismological studies, is a primarily solid ball about in radius, or about 70% that of the Moon...
. Transport modules with drills are used to travel between the Technodrome and the Earth's surface
| # | |Title | |Writer(s) | |Director(s) | |
During this season, the Technodrome is back in Dimension X. Dimensional portals are used to travel between Earth and Dimension X.
Note that the Vacation in Europe episodes take place between the first two episodes of this season.
| # | |Title | |Writer(s) | |Director(s) | North PoleThe North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface...
. The transport modules from season 3 are reused, this time to drill underneath CanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and into New York City.
Episodes #125 and #126 originally ran as a 1-hour prime-time special titled "Planet Of The Turtleoids". When reran, it was split into two parts.
| # | |Title | |Writer(s) | |Director(s) | Arctic OceanThe Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...
. Transport Modules are used to travel between the Technodrome and New York City.
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's Cartoon Express.
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| # | |Title | |Writer(s) | |Director(s) | Lions Gate Entertainment Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...
. As of August 16, 2011, seasons 1-9 are available in North America, and seasons 1-2 in the UK, while Australia have received the majority of seasons 1-4 including the "Vacation in Europe" sideseason chronologically restored to its correct place in the series. In Germany, seasons 1-3 plus the "Vacation" sideseason have been released on DVD by KSM Film, featuring both German and English audio tracks, with seasons 4 and 5 to follow before the end of 2011. KSM had also previously released seasons 8-10 on DVD, though these episodes did not include the English audio.
Region 1 (USA)
- Single disc containing all 5 episodes from season 1, plus 4 bonus episodes from season 10.
- Single disc containing all 13 episodes from season 2.
- Single disc containing episodes 1-12 from season 3.
- Single disc containing episodes 13-24 from season 3.
- Single disc containing episodes 25-36 from season 3.
- Single disc containing episodes 37-47 from season 3, plus episode 1 from season 4.
- 5-disc set containing all 39 episodes from season 4, plus episode 1 from season 5.
- 3-disc set containing episodes 3-20 from season 5.
- Note: This release skips over episode 2, "Once Upon a Time Machine", and the two-part season finale, "Planet of the Turtleoids".
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Season 6 (April 8, 2008) http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Season-6-Box-Art/8900
- 2-disc set containing all 16 episodes from season 6.
- Single disc containing episodes 1-6 from the "Vacation in Europe" sideseason. Packaged with a free Leonardo action figure.
- Single disc containing episodes 7-13 from the "Vacation in Europe" sideseason.Packaged with a free Michelangelo action figure.
- Single disc containing episodes 1-7 from season 7. Packaged with a free Donatello action figure.
- Single disc containing episodes 8-14 from season 7. Packaged with a free Raphael action figure.
- Single disc containing all 8 episodes from season 8.
- 4-disc set containing all 13 episodes from the "Vacation" sideseason, plus all 14 episodes from season 7.
- Single disc containing all 8 episodes from season 9.
United Kingdom
- Single disc containing episodes 1-3 from season 1.
- 3-disc set containing all 18 episodes from seasons 1 and 2, plus 4 bonus episodes from season 10.
Germany
- 5-disc set containing all 24 episodes from seasons 8, 9 and 10.
- Note: This is the only German release of the series to date that does not contain the English audio track.
- 5-disc set containing all 5 episodes from season 1, all 13 episodes from season 2, plus episodes 1-7 from season 3.
- 5-disc set containing episodes 8-32 from season 3.
- 6-disc set containing episodes 33-47 from season 3, episodes 1-2 from season 4, plus all 13 episodes from the "Vacation" sideseason.
- 6-disc set containing episodes 3-32 from season 4.
- 6-disc set containing episodes 33-39 from season 4, plus all 22 episodes from season 5 and the first episode from season 6.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Box 6 (Early 2012)
- 6-disc set containing episodes 2-16 from season 6 and all of the regular season 7.
Region 4 (Australia)
- Single disc containing all 5 episodes from season 1, plus 4 bonus episodes from season 10.
- Single disc containing all 13 episodes from season 2.
- Single disc containing episodes 1-12 from season 3.
- Single disc containing episodes 13-24 from season 3.
- Single disc containing episodes 25-36 from season 3.
- Single disc containing episodes 37-47 from season 3, plus episode 1 from season 4.
- Single disc containing episodes 5-13 from the "Vacation" sideseason, plus episodes 1-2 from season 5 and episode 2 from season 4.
- Single disc containing episodes 3-14 from season 4.
- Single disc containing episodes 15-26 from season 4.
See also
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