I got hit yesterday with a very time critical and large client project that will be taking up most all of my time over the next few weeks, so I may have to get in a lot of quick posts like this to keep up. :-\
A number of years ago I watched the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (2003) cartoon, and was shocked at how good it was. IMO there has been no other non-comedic American cartoon that has come out of its quality besides Avatar The Last Airbender (which is in its own league of quality for American cartoons). It was also saddening to me when watching the final (5th) season that a lot of those episodes hadn’t aired due to them being “too dark for kids” :-(. Also, for reference, I consider the show ended at 5 seasons. The “6th season” entitled “Fast Forward” is NOT the same show. I’d equate its quality to the Ninja Turtles cartoons of the 1980s, or perhaps worse.
Anywho, when I was giving the series’ DVDs to a friend, I felt the need to compile a list of the episodes, as they were made to be watched in a specific order, but were not aired or released (even remotely) in that proper order. There are some episodes repeated in the list as they were included on multiple DVDs. This information is probably much easier to find nowadays... but when I compiled it, it definitely wasn’t easy information to come by.
This list is ordered by DVD. The proper order to watch it in is found in the “Episode #” column.
DVD # | # On DVD | Season | Episode in Season | Episode # | Episode Name |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Things Change |
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | A Better Mousetrap |
1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Attack of the Mousers |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Meet Casey Jones |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Nano |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Darkness on the Edge of Town |
3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | The Way of Invisibility |
3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Fallen Angel |
3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | Garbageman |
4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | The Shredder Strikes, Part 1 |
4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | The Shredder Strikes, Part 2 |
4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | The Unconvincing Turtle Titan |
5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | Notes from the Underground, Part 1 |
5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | Notes from the Underground, Part 2 |
5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Notes from the Underground, Part 3 |
6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | The King |
6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17 | The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 1 |
6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18 | The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 2 |
6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Tales of Leo |
7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20 | The Monster Hunter |
7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 21 | Return to New York, Part 1 |
7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 22 | Return to New York, Part 2 |
7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 23 | Return to New York, Part 3 |
8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24 | Lone Raph and Cub |
8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 25 | The Search for Splinter, Part 1 |
8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26 | The Search for Splinter, Part 2 |
9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 | Turtles in Space, Part 1: The Fugitoid |
9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | Turtles in Space, Part 2: The Trouble with Triceratons |
9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 29 | Turtles in Space, Part 3: The Big House |
9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 30 | Turtles in Space, Part 4: The Arena |
10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 | Turtles in Space Part 5: Triceraton Wars |
10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 32 | Secret Origins, Part 1 |
10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 33 | Secret Origins, Part 2 |
10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 34 | Secret Origins, Part 3 |
11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 35 | Reflections |
11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 36 | The Ultimate Ninja |
11 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 37 | Modern Love: The Return of Nano |
11 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 44 | The Golden Puck |
12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 38 | What a Croc! |
12 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 39 | Return to the Underground |
12 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 43 | Junklantis |
12 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 47 | April’s Artifact |
12 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 48 | Return of the Justice Force |
13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 53 | The Christmas Aliens |
13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Things Change |
13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Nano |
13 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | The Shredder Strikes, Part 1 |
14 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 49 | The Big Brawl, Part 1 |
14 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 50 | The Big Brawl, Part 2 |
14 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 51 | The Big Brawl, Part 3 |
14 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 52 | The Big Brawl, Part 4 |
15 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 40 | City at War, Part 1 |
15 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 41 | City at War, Part 2 |
15 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 42 | City at War, Part 3 |
15 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 45 | Rogue in the House, Part 1 |
15 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 46 | Rogue in the House, Part 2 |
16 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 65 | The Lesson |
16 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 61 | Hunted |
16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 54 | Space Invaders, Part 1 |
16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 55 | Space Invaders, Part 2 |
16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 56 | Space Invaders, Part 3 |
17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 57 | Worlds Collide, Part 1 |
17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 58 | Worlds Collide, Part 2 |
17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 59 | Worlds Collide, Part 3 |
17 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 60 | Touch and Go |
17 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 64 | New Blood |
18 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 71 | Reality Check |
18 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 72 | Across The Universe |
18 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 73 | Same As It Never Was |
18 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 74 | The Real World, Part 1 |
18 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 75 | The Real World, Part 2 |
19 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 77 | Exodus, Part 1 |
19 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 78 | Exodus, Part 2 |
19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 79 | Cousin Sid |
19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 82 | Dragon’s Brew |
19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 86 | Bad Day |
20 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 66 | The Darkness Within |
20 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 68 | The Entity Below |
20 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 76 | Bishop’s Gambit |
20 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 83 | I, Monster |
20 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 90 | All Hallows Thieves |
21 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 62 | H.A.T.E. |
21 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 67 | Mission of Gravity |
21 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 69 | Time Travails |
21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 80 | The People’s Choice |
21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 81 | Sons of the Silent Age |
22 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 63 | Nobody’s Fool |
22 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 70 | Hun on the Run |
22 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 84 | Grudge Match |
22 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 85 | A Wing and a Prayer |
22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 87 | Aliens Among Us |
22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 88 | Dragon’s Rising |
23 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 89 | Still Nobody |
23 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 91 | Samurai Tourist |
23 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 92 | The Ancient One |
23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 93 | Scion of the Shredder |
23 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 94 | Prodigal Son |
23 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 95 | Outbreak |
23 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 96 | Trouble with Augie |
23 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 97 | Insane in the Membrane |
24 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 98 | Return of Savanti, Part 1 |
24 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 99 | Return of Savanti, Part 2 |
24 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 100 | Tale of Master Yoshi |
24 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 101 | Adventures in Turtle Sitting |
24 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 102 | Good Genes, Part 1 |
24 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 103 | Good Genes, Part 2 |
25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 105 | Lap of the Gods |
25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 106 | Demons and Dragons |
25 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 107 | Legend of the 5 Dragons |
25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 108 | More Worlds Than One |
26 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 109 | Beginning of the End |
26 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 111 | Membership Drive |
26 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 112 | New World Order, Part 1 |
26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 113 | New World Order, Part 2 |
27 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 114 | Fathers and Sons |
27 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 115 | Past and Present |
27 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 116 | Enter the Dragons, Part 1 |
27 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 117 | Enter the Dragons, Part 2 |