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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
47 Episodes 1989 - 1989
Episode 1
Beneath These Streets
Mon, Sep 25, 198923 mins
The Turtles learn the cost of slacking off when Splinter is badly hurt during a confrontation with Shredder.
Episode 2
Turtles on Trial
Tue, Sep 26, 198923 mins
The intentions of the Ninja Turtles are put to the test when a controversial TV-figure portrays our heroes as menaces to society. The Turtles forego publicly clearing their name to defeat Krang and his new robotic weapon.
Episode 3
Attack of the 50-Foot Irma
Wed, Sep 27, 198923 mins
Irma accidentally becomes gigantic and her naturally clumsy nature makes her a danger to the city. The Turtles and April hide her and search for her cure.
Episode 4
The Maltese Hamster
Thu, Sep 28, 198923 mins
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?
Episode 5
Sky Turtles
Fri, Sep 29, 198923 mins
The Turtles go flying when the Shredder invents a gravity-altering device.
Episode 6
The Old Switcheroo
Mon, Oct 2, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 7
Burne's Blues
Tue, Oct 3, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 8
The Fifth Turtle
Wed, Oct 4, 198923 mins
A 14-year-old boy tries his best to help out the Turtles, but with some not so optimal results. In the end, he proves himself to be a great asset to the Turtle team.
Episode 9
Enter the Rat King
Thu, Oct 5, 198923 mins
A mysterious, sewer-dwelling man has an unnatural ability to put rats under his control. Can Splinter resist, or will he destroy the Turtles at the bidding of the Rat King?
Episode 10
Turtles at the Earth's Core
Fri, Oct 6, 198923 mins
After witnessing a living dinosaur wander in the city and disappear abruptly, the Turtles follow its tracks into a large hole, where they discover a shocking revelation: A land frozen in a stage where dinosaurs roam the land.
Episode 11
April Fool
Mon, Oct 9, 198923 mins
Emperor Aleister of Malicuria comes to New York City, bringing along a shard of Lydium 90 to the USA.
Episode 12
Attack of Big MACC
Tue, Oct 10, 198923 mins
A robot warrior, known as the Mobile Armored Computerized Combatant (M.A.C.C.), arrives from 400 years in the future in 20th-Century New York. He befriends the Turtles, but Shredder and Krang are looking to bring him to their side, at any means necessary.
Episode 13
The Ninja Sword of Nowhere
Wed, Oct 11, 198923 mins
Shredder gains possession of an ancient ninja sword that is crafted from an alien metal, allowing it to 'cut' through dimensions.
Episode 14
20,000 Leaks Under the City
Thu, Oct 12, 198923 mins
Krang and Shredder's plan to flush out the Turtles from the sewers leaves the city flooded with water (and creatures!) from the ocean.
Episode 15
Take Me to Your Leader
Fri, Oct 13, 198923 mins
Full of self doubt, Leonardo leaves the team. And his brothers all take turns being leader as they try to figure out why the sun is getting smaller.
Episode 16
Four Musketurtles
Mon, Oct 16, 198923 mins
A bump on the head leaves Leonardo thinking that he is in 17th century France, and that he and his comrades are Musketeers.
Episode 17
Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
Tue, Oct 17, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 18
Cowabunga Shredhead
Wed, Oct 18, 198923 mins
Krang has created a computer disk holding all available information about Michaelangelo who, at that moment, had eaten every pizza in the lair, forcing Splinter to hypnotize him into craving pizzas no more. Meanwhile, when Shredder attempts to extract information from the disk, there's a malfunction, and Shredder obtains Michaelangelo's personality, while the genuine article is captured by Rocksteady and Bebop.
Episode 19
Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers
Thu, Oct 19, 198923 mins
Aliens abduct Donatello and Rocksteady.
Episode 20
Camera Bugged
Fri, Oct 20, 198923 mins
A visit to Earth from a Polarisoid results in havoc when Shredder (and later, April O'Neil) comes into possession of the alien's camera, because it does more than just take pictures.
Episode 21
Green with Jealousy
Mon, Oct 23, 198923 mins
Shredder and Krang engineer a love potion that makes Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael all fall in love with Irma. Donatello races for an antidote before Shredder drains a naval submarine of all its power.
Episode 22
Return of the Fly
Tue, Oct 24, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 23
Casey Jones: Outlaw Hero
Wed, Oct 25, 198922 mins
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.
Episode 24
Mutagen Monster
Thu, Oct 26, 198923 mins
A train accident produces gallons of mutagen that drench nearby cattle. The result is a super bull with a temper!
Episode 25
Corporate Raiders from Dimension X
Fri, Oct 27, 198923 mins
White-collar criminals give new meaning to the term 'hostile take-over.' Casey Jones helps the Turtles uncover who's behind a new wave of corporate crime.
Episode 26
Pizza by the Shred
Mon, Oct 30, 198923 mins
The Shredder opens a pizza parlor "Weird Pizza" in his latest scheme to catch the turtles. He intends to place a homing device disguised as an anchovy on a pizza, then as soon as the turtles call in with their order and the pizza is delivered, he will send an army of Foot Soldiers into their lair. All he needs is a delivery boy and he ends up hiring the most unlikely candidate: Michaelangelo. This hip turtle is looking for a job so he can buy a new belly board. Not knowing he's really working for Shredder, he jumps into action, and "borrows" the Nutrino Starcruiser. Things go further awry with the Rat King added to the mix.
Episode 27
Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady
Tue, Oct 31, 198923 mins
Shredder and Krang produce hi-tech versions of Rocksteady and Bebop to keep the Turtles busy.
Episode 28
Beware the Lotus
Wed, Nov 1, 198923 mins
A skilled, and lovely, ninja warrior is hired by Krang to defeat the Turtles. Shredder's replaced, Leonardo's met his match.
Episode 29
Blast from the Past
Thu, Nov 2, 198923 mins
Splinter suffers amnesia as the Turtles try to remind him that he is the true leader of the Foot Clan.
Episode 30
Leatherhead: Terror of the Swamp
Fri, Nov 3, 1989
Our old friends, the Punk Frogs, are being terrorized by a mutant alligator in the Florida Everglades. Leatherhead teams up with Shredder to battle the Frogs and the Turtles.
Episode 31
Michelangelo's Birthday
Mon, Nov 6, 1989
It's Michelangelo's birthday, but none of his brothers seem to remember, and it frustrates him greatly. Meanwhile, Shredder and Krang discover what is possibly an "anti-mutagen" that, after testing it on three rock soldiers, can undo mutations. Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady are sent to use it on the Turtles, and our heroes have a few close calls.
Episode 32
Usagi Yojimbo
Tue, Nov 7, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 33
Case of the Hot Kimono
Wed, Nov 8, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 34
Usagi Come Home
Thu, Nov 9, 198923 mins
Shredder tricks Usagi Yojimbo into battling the Turtles.
Episode 35
The Making of Metalhead
Fri, Nov 10, 198923 mins
Even a case of Turtle Pox cannot stop our heroes from an attempt to take down Shredder and Krang after they unleash Metalhead, a robotic fighting machine programmed to seek and capture the Turtles.
Episode 36
Leatherhead Meets the Rat King
Mon, Nov 13, 198923 mins
Leatherhead heads to New York to get revenge on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He runs into the Rat King instead, who has stolen a truckload of chemicals and plans to turn the citizens of New York into mindless zombies so his minions of rats can rule the city. With two of their most insidious foes in the same sewer, the Ninja Turles must work with April O'Neal to stop them both.
Episode 37
The Turtle Terminator
Tue, Nov 14, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 38
The Great Boldini
Wed, Nov 15, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 39
The Missing Map
Thu, Nov 16, 198923 mins
Zach's big brother, Walt, steals a rare pouch containing the only map to the Turtles' lair.
Episode 40
The Gang's All Here
Fri, Nov 17, 198923 mins
Bebop and Rocksteady put on an act to get the Turtles to eat cookies, but not any ordinary cookies, because these cookies could turn them into humans!
Episode 41
The Grybyx
Mon, Nov 20, 198923 mins
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
Episode 42
Mister Ogg Goes to Town
Fri, Dec 15, 198923 mins
An impish alien comedian from Dimension Z (who has mannerisms similar to Pee Wee Herman), escapes to Earth to cause big trouble for the TMNT.
Episode 43
Shredderville
Wed, Nov 22, 198922 mins
The Turtles have entered an alternate universe in which they thought had never existed and The Shredder rules the city as Emperor.
Episode 44
Bye, Bye, Fly
Thu, Nov 23, 198923 mins
An interdimensional alien spacecraft leads Baxter Stockman to his latest vengeful plot to destroy the Turtles and Shredder.
Episode 45
The Big Rip Off
Fri, Nov 24, 198923 mins
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.
Episode 46
The Big Break In
Mon, Nov 27, 198923 mins
The Technodrome is up and running again, and it is up to the Turtles to hinder Shredder and Krang from getting to the surface.
Episode 47
The Big Blow Out
Tue, Nov 28, 198923 mins
The Technodrome is up and running again, and it is up to the Turtles to hinder Shredder and Krang from getting to the surface.
