This is a list of episodes of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series. The series debuted on February 8, 2003 on the Fox Network as part of Fox's 4Kids TV Saturday morning lineup and ended on February 28, 2009. The series was produced by Mirage Studios, which owned one third of the rights to the show.

Series overview

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Series

Season 1 (2003)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<nowiki>'</nowiki> first season originally aired between February 8, 2003 and November 1, 2003, beginning with the "Things Change" episode. The episodes were released in two separate volumes, the first on May 22, 2007 with twelve episodes, and the second on September 18, 2007 with fourteen episodes.

Season 2 (2003–04)

The Shredder returns in season 2 and is revealed to be an Utrom named Ch'rell. Karai, the daughter of the Shredder makes her first appearance in this season.

Season 3 (2004–05)

Many of the Ninja Turtles' enemies return in season 3. This is the final season that includes Utrom Shredder.

Season 4 (2005–06)

For the entire season Karai is the leader of the Foot Clan. Hun controls the Purple Dragons. New enemies are seen in this season.

Season 5: Ninja Tribunal (2006–08)

To try and increase interest in the series, Fox aired the "Fast Forward" season on commercial TV in 2006. 4Kids Entertainment later signed a deal with Comcast and the season began airing on Comcast-On-Demand on August 7, 2006; however, after airing five episodes, the airings were canceled. Fox later aired the "Membership Drive" episode on March 24, 2007, which was the first episode of the season to air on regular television. 4Kids TV started showing "The Ninja Tribunal" and the 12 completed episodes of this season weekly beginning on February 16, 2008. The season was promoted as the "Lost Episodes."

Season 6: Fast Forward (2006–07)

The sixth season, subtitled Fast Forward, originally aired between July 29, 2006 and October 27, 2007, beginning with the episode "Future Shellshock." It includes new designs for all returning characters.

Season 7: Back to the Sewer (2008–09)

For most of the final season of the series, subtitled Back to the Sewer, the Shredder of the virtual world of Cyberspace is the main villain, and Master Splinter is trapped deep within virtual limbo with a desperate Donatello resolved to restore his real world form.

Television film

A TV movie based on the series was produced by 4Kids Entertainment. It premiered November 21, 2009 on The CW4Kids.

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Home releases

See also

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)
  • List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters

References

General

  • Official episode guide at the Mirage Studios website. Retrieved on February 29, 2008
  • Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • Official TMNT & TMNT: Fast Forward episode guide at 4Kids TV website. Retrieved on February 29, 2008
  • Official TMNT: Back to the Sewer episode guide at 4Kids TV website. Retrieved on September 14, 2008

Citations

Notes

  • Episode list with detailed synopses at the Official Ninja Turtles website