Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Four mutant ninja turtles team up with reporter April O'Neil to defend New York from the ruthless Shredder and the alien warlord Krang, battling crime and interdimensional threats while mastering their newfound powers.
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, they battle against Yoshi's archenemy, Shredder, and Krang, an alien warlord from Dimension X.
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- 1.01Turtle TracksDec 14, 1987Rate
April O'Neil, a reporter for Channel 6, looks into a series of high-tech thefts attributed to ninjas. After being attacked by the thieves, she is rescued by four ninja-trained, mutated turtles, leading her to uncover a larger mystery.
- 1.02Enter: The ShredderDec 15, 1987Rate
The Shredder captures Splinter in hopes of recruiting the Turtles to his side. To save him, the Turtles infiltrate the Shredder's moving fortress, facing its deadly defenses.
- 1.03A Thing about RatsDec 16, 1987Rate
Baxter Stockman, a eccentric scientist, demonstrates his latest invention, a robotic rat trap called Mousers, to an exterminator.
- 1.04Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension XDec 17, 1987Rate
Shredder activates an Inter-Dimensional Portal to communicate with the Krang and their Rock Soldiers in preparation for an Earth invasion, but instead a mischievous group of alien renegades known as the Neutrionos enter through the portal and arrive on Earth.
- 1.05Shredder & SplinteredDec 18, 1987Rate
Splinter is drawn to the Technodrome by Shredder, who claims to have a weapon that can turn him human again. Meanwhile, the Turtles face an enormous new version of Krang as he wreaks havoc through New York City.
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