Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) (season 3)
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (season 3) | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | 4Kids TV |
| Original release |
October 9, 2004 – April 23, 2005 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' third season originally aired between October 9, 2004 and April 23, 2005, beginning with the "Space Invaders, Part 1" episode.[1] The entire season of the television series was released on DVD in seven volumes from March 15, 2005 through May 16, 2006.[2]
Story
The Triceraton Republic launches a massive invasion of Earth, believing Professor Honeycutt to be hiding on the planet. After wreaking havoc on the planet, they are convinced to leave by Donatello, who reveals Honeycutt's departure, only for Honeycutt to return to Earth, intending to surrender himself to the Triceratons. The Turtles and Honeycutt are abducted by the Earth Protection Force, led by Agent Bishop, who has allied with the Federation. While Traximus deposes Zanramon, Honeycutt sacrifices himself to upload a computer virus to the Triceraton and Federation fleet. Traximus jails Zanramon and Blanque and declares a new era of peace, but the damage has been done to Earth. Having observed from the sidelines, Shredder uses his Oroku Saki persona to help in the reconstruction of New York, secretly salvaging Triceraton technology for an unknown purpose, while Bishop schemes to create an army of super-soldiers.
The Turtles and Splinter are attacked by "Ultimate Drako", a fusion of Ve-Sama and Drako, who wield Lord Simultaneous' Time Scepter, and scatter the group across time and space. Michelangelo arrives in a world where the Turtles are superheroes fighting a villainous Splinter; Raphael enters the world of the Planet Racers franchise, Donatello suffers in an alternate timeline where the Shredder has conquered the Earth; and Leonardo arrives in Miyamoto Usagi's dimension. With help from Usagi, Leonardo travels to the Battle Nexus and is able to reunite his brothers and father, and defeat Ultimate Drako. Though the two are separated and Drako perishes, Ve-Sama is restored to a youthful form and reunited with his father.
After receiving a vision of the Shredder departing Earth to conquer the Utrom home world, Splinter rallies the Turtles, Casey, April, Leatherhead and Honeycutt (who were revealed to have survived their supposed deaths) to storm the Shredder's stronghold on the eve of his departure in a massive spacecraft. Bishop also enters the fray with Stockman on his side, but Shredder is able to lift off with Karai and Dr. Chaplin, with the Turtles and Splinter stowing away. As Bishop continues to assault the ship in space, the Shredder viciously wounds his foes, who decide to sacrifice their lives by detonating the ship's power core to kill the Shredder. Fortunately, the Utroms arrive just in time to save them all, and find Shredder guilty of numerous war crimes and atrocities, banishing him forever to a desolate ice asteroid.
Cast
Main Cast
- Michael Sinterniklaas as Leonardo, the leader of the Turtles. (26 episodes)
- Wayne Grayson as Michelangelo, the Turtles' youngest member and a source of comic relief. (26 episodes)
- Sam Riegel as Donatello, the Turtles' genius engineer who is identified as the member who holds the team together. (26 episodes)
- Frank Frankson as Raphael, Leonardo's second-in-command who often argues with him. (26 episodes)
- Darren Dunstan as Splinter, the Turtles' sensei and adopted father, who comes to realize his destiny as a guardian of the Utroms. (21 episodes (has no lines in episode 2))
- Scottie Ray as The Shredder, the main antagonist of the series and leader of the Foot Clan, in reality an Utrom warlord named Ch'Rell, who uses his Oroku Saki persona to help repair New York for an ulterior motive. (9 episodes)
- Veronica Taylor as April O'Neil, an ally of the Turtles who enters a relationship with Casey Jones. (14 episodes (has no lines in episodes 4 and 26))
- Marc Thompson as Casey Jones, an ally of the Turtles who enters a relationship with April O'Neil. (15 episodes (has no lines in episode 4))
- Scott Williams as Baxter Stockman, a brilliant scientist who often attempts to sabotage the Shredder for his own personal gain. (8 episodes)
Recurring Cast
- Karen Neill as Karai, the Shredder's adopted daughter and second-in-command, whose allegiance and devoted service come into question, as Leonardo tries to convince her to change sides; probably because of his romantic affections toward her.
- Greg Carey as Hun, a hulking gangster who struggles to stay in the Shredder's favor after several failures.
- David Zen Mansley as Agent John Bishop, a black ops agent in charge of the Earth Protection Force, an organization devoted to defending Earth from alien invasion.
- Sam Riegel as Dr. Chaplin, a young scientist who threatens not only Stockman's place in the Foot hierarchy, but his life as well.
- Michael Alston Bailey as Zanramon, the despotic Prime Leader of the Triceraton Republic who invades Earth to find Professor Honeycutt.
- Dan Green as Commander Mozar, a seasoned veteran who serves as Zanramon's second-in-command.
- Jason Griffith as Miyamoto Usagi, an ally of the Turtles who Leonardo encounters during an impromptu visit to his dimension.
- F.B. Owens as Traximus, an honorable Triceraton gladiator the Turtles befriended in the previous season, now a leader of a rebel cell who seek to dethrone Zanramon; Leatherhead, a mutant alligator who is a loyal ally of the Turtles.
- Ted Lewis as Ve-Sama, a warrior prince who goes by the title "Ultimate Ninja", who merges with Drako and seeks vengeance on the Turtles.
- Marc Thompson as Drako, an enemy of Splinter who is merged with Ve-Sama and seeks revenge on him.
- Mike Pollock as General Blanque, the leader of the Federation.
- Oliver Wyman as Fugitoid/Professor Honeycutt, a Federation scientist whose mind was accidentally uploaded into an android's body, who possesses the plans for a teleportation device warred over by the Triceratons and Federation.
Crew
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was produced by Mirage Studios, 4 Kids Entertainment, 4Kids Productions, and Dong Woo Animation and distributed by 4 Kids Entertainment and was aired on Fox's Saturday morning kids' block in the US.[3] The producers were Gary Richardson, Frederick U. Fierst, and Joellyn Marlow for the American team; Tae Ho Han was the producer for the Korean team.[3]
Episodes
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Title | Directed by | Written By | Original air date | TV Broadcast |
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| 53 | 1 | "Space Invaders, Part 1" | Roy Burdine | Dean Stefan | October 9, 2004 | S03E01 |
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The Earth comes under attack when the Triceratons mount a surprise invasion. Following an energy trail from the transmat device, Prime Leader Zanramon is convinced Professor Honeycutt resides on the planet and send his forces to apprehend all people thought to have been in contact with the Fugitoid. The Turtles do their best to evade capture, but come to the rescue of April and Casey when the two are taken captive and held at Central Park. The turtles manage to free the prisoners and are successful in saving April and Casey, but Donatello gets captured by the Triceratons.
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| 54 | 2 | "Space Invaders, Part 2" | Roy Burdine | Eric Luke | October 16, 2004 | S03E02 |
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Donatello is captured and taken to the Triceraton mothership. Prime Leader Zanramon questions Donatello concerning the whereabouts of the Fugitoid, but Don insists the Fugitoid is no longer on Earth. The Triceraton leader continues to wreak havoc on Earth, levitating the city of Beijing into the stratosphere, and defeats the Justice Force after they were called to attack the Triceratons. Meanwhile, Donatello's brothers manage to steal a Triceraton ship and infiltrate the Triceraton mothership, but soon find themselves surrounded by a cadre of Triceratons in the mothership sewers.
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| 55 | 3 | "Space Invaders, Part 3" | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | October 23, 2004 | S03E03 |
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The Triceratons surrounding the turtles turn out to be a group of rebellious Triceratons led by Traximus, so Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo form an alliance with them. The rebel leader wishes to overthrow Prime Leader Zanramon and reinstitute the representative government of the Triceraton Republic. With the rebel group, the Turtles seek to secure their brother, Donatello, and sabotage the Prime Leader's attack on Earth. With the help of the rebels, the turtles rescue Donatello and escape to Earth. The Triceratons scan for positrons and find nothing so they realize that the fugitoid was not on Earth, but they find the teleportal trail of when the fugitoid left Earth, so the Triceratons plot a new course for that planet. However at the end of the episode the fugitoid returns to Earth.
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| 56 | 4 | "Worlds Collide, Part 1" | Roy Burdine | Ben Townsend | October 30, 2004 | S03E04 |
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Despite convincing the Triceratons that the Fugitoid has in fact left Earth, the Turtles are dismayed to find that the Fugitoid has returned. Having erased any information on the Teleportal from his hard drive, he attempts to offer himself up to the Triceratons to encourage them to end their war against the D'Hoonib Republic. But the Turtles refuse to let their friend be captured.
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| 57 | 5 | "Worlds Collide, Part 2" | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | November 6, 2004 | S03E05 |
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The Turtles and Professor Honeycutt are captured by the enigmatic Agent Bishop. Turning the Fugitoid over to General Blanque of D'Hoonib, Bishop performs medical experiments on the Turtles, which threaten to result in their deaths.
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| 58 | 6 | "Worlds Collide, Part 3" | Roy Burdine | Eric Luke | November 13, 2004 | S03E06 |
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Splinter, April and Casey rescue the Turtles and Leatherhead from Agent Bishop's clutches, and they all set off to find the Fugitoid. Meanwhile, Traximus and his rebel group attack the Triceraton Prime Leader, and the Fugitoid struggles to end the war between the Triceratons and the D'Hoonib Federation.
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| 59 | 7 | "Touch and Go" | Roy Burdine | Michael Ryan | November 20, 2004 | S03E07 |
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Raphael seeks shelter and learns a lesson in empathy when an angry mob looking for aliens chases him through the New York City alleys. Meanwhile, Master Splinter and Michelangelo must fight two hired assassins possessing superhuman strength and superhuman speed abilities.
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| 60 | 8 | "Hunted" | Roy Burdine | Ben Townsend | November 27, 2004 | S03E08 |
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A big game hunter searches the sewers, seeking a giant crocodile rumored to live in them. He runs into an emotionally unstable Leatherhead, who has been living in the Turtles' lair.
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| 61 | 9 | "H.A.T.E." | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | December 4, 2004 | S03E09 |
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The gang is relaxing in the countryside when their peace is shattered by some violent, alien-hating survivalists. Raphael and Donatello try to put a stop to them--and deal with an atomic bomb--while April's and Casey's relationship is put at risk by the arrival of Casey's overprotective mother.
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| 62 | 10 | "Nobody's Fool" | Roy Burdine | Greg Johnson | December 11, 2004 | S03E10 |
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Leonardo and Michelangelo meet up with caped crusader Nobody and attempt to help him out...well Mikey does anyway.
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| 63 | 11 | "New Blood" | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | January 22, 2005 | S03E11 |
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The Turtles explore a crashed Triceraton ship that was left in the Hudson River after the alien invasion. Here they encounter three "Karai-Bots"--very dangerous robots designed by Baxter Stockman's overly enthusiastic young apprentice, Dr. Chaplin.
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| 64 | 12 | "The Lesson" | Roy Burdine | Michael Ryan | December 18, 2004 | S03E12 |
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April asks the Turtles to teach her martial arts, and they refuse, knowing they could do more harm than good by training her without sufficient expertise. They tell her about the last time they tried to train a preteenage boy, back when the Turtles themselves were much younger.
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| 65 | 13 | "The Christmas Aliens" | Roy Burdine | Michael Ryan | December 25, 2004 | S03E13 |
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In a solo adventure, Michelangelo attempts to thwart the Purple Dragons in their attempt to steal a truck full of toys meant to be delivered to an orphanage for Christmas. He also comes across a stray kitten, which he takes under his wing and names him Klunk. At the lair, Mikey's brothers and Master Splinter plan a huge feast and invite all their friends.
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| 66 | 14 | "The Darkness Within" | Roy Burdine | Ben Townsend | January 29, 2005 | S03E14 |
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Angel asks the Turtles to help her find her younger brother, who went missing after exploring some tunnels under an old mansion. The Turtles venture in and encounter a disturbing centuries-old monster, which captures them and forces each Turtle to confront his greatest fear.
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| 67 | 15 | "Mission of Gravity" | Roy Burdine | Marty Isenberg | February 5, 2005 | S03E15 |
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The Turtles are overjoyed to encounter an old friend who they thought was dead, and they all set out to lower the floating city of Beijing back to the Earth's surface. Going against her adopted father's wishes, Karai turns to the Turtles' for assistance-not wanting to have millions of innocent people perish-while Baxter Stockman, whose technological skills are at risk of being usurped, tries to get rid of Dr. Chaplin.
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| 68 | 16 | "The Entity Below" | Roy Burdine | Greg Johnson | February 12, 2005 | S03E16 |
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To Michelangelo's chagrin, the Turtles must venture back down to the underground city to investigate, after Donatello's crystals start glowing at the same time that massive earthquakes shake the world. But none of them are prepared for what they are about to learn about the Earth's history.
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| 69 | 17 | "Time Travails" | Roy Burdine | Bob Forward | February 19, 2005 | S03E17 |
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The Turtles become involved in a time hoping adventure with the apprentice timestress Renet to foil the plans of the evil demon sorcerer Savanti Remaro as he tries to escape his exile to the dark ages.
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| 70 | 18 | "Hun on the Run" | Roy Burdine | Michael Ryan | February 26, 2005 | S03E18 |
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Sent by the Shredder to obtain a piece of alien technology held by the US government, Karai is captured by Agent Bishop who offers to return her in exchange for all the alien technology that Shredder has himself. Shredder instead sends the disgraced Hun to rescue the girl whom Hun despises. As if there was not enough dishonor among thieves, Stockman lures the Turtles into the battle as well...
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| 71 | 19 | "Reality Check" | Roy Burdine | Christopher Yost | March 5, 2005 | S03E19 |
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The Ultimate Daimyo's son and Drako, merged into one entity, arrive in the Turtles' lair with Lord Simultaneous's Time Scepter. Seeking vengeance, the monster teleports each Turtle, and Splinter, to a different dimension. Michelangelo finds himself in a dream come true--a world where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are superheroes with amazing powers. His joy is ended abruptly, however, when he finds out who the Superturtles' archenemy is.
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| 72 | 20 | "Across the Universe" | Roy Burdine | Greg Johnson | March 12, 2005 | S03E20 |
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Raphael arrives in a dimension where different alien species race huge motorcycles in high-stake competitions. Raph joins in, and tries to teach his companions how to race honorably. This crossover episode is based on Peter Laird's and Jim Lawson's real-life comic series, "Planet Racers".
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| 73 | 21 | "Same As It Never Was" | Roy Burdine | Michael Ryan | March 17, 2005 | S03E21 |
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Donatello is thrown into a grim, dystopia future, where the Shredder exercises totalitarian control. Don must find his emotionally hardened family and friends, who believe he has been dead for thirty years, to plan a final attack on the Shredder's headquarters.
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| 74 | 22 | "The Real World, Part 1" | Roy Burdine | Christopher Yost | March 26, 2005 | S03E22 |
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Leonardo finds himself in a feudal Japan-like dimension where he encounters anthropomorphic samurai animals, including his old friend, Usagi. This crossover episode is based on Stan Sakai's real-life comic series, "Usagi Yojimbo".
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| 75 | 23 | "The Real World, Part 2" | Roy Burdine | Michael Ryan | April 2, 2005 | S03E23 |
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Leonardo, hoping to find his family, travels with Usagi to the Battle Nexus to get help from the Daimyo.
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| 76 | 24 | "Bishop's Gambit" | Roy Burdine | Greg Johnson | April 9, 2005 | S03E24 |
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Agent Bishop captures Master Splinter to extract some of his mutant rat DNA. The Turtles, Professor Honeycutt, and Leatherhead invade Bishop's laboratory and discover just how frightening Bishop's plans for the world's "safety" are.
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| 77 | 25 | "Exodus, Part 1" | Roy Burdine | Christopher Yost | April 16, 2005 | S03E25 |
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The Shredder prepares to leave the Earth and spread his plans of conquest and mass murder to other planets. As the citizens of New York City celebrate Oroku Saki's monetary aid in repairing the city after the Triceraton invasion, the Turtles and their allies decide they must sneak into the Shredder's headquarters and stop him from leaving Earth at all costs.
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| 78 | 26 | "Exodus, Part 2" | Roy Burdine | Greg Johnson | April 23, 2005 | S03E26 |
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After a crushing defeat at the Shredder's hands, the Turtles and Splinter, on board the Shredder's starship, must make some difficult decisions in order to stop their hated enemy.
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References
- ↑ Season Three Episode list with detailed synopses at the Official Ninja Turtles website
- ↑ TMNT DVD releases on Official Site ninjaturtles.com. retrieved on February 15, 2008
- 1 2 "TMNT credits on Dongwoo Animation". Dongwoo Animation Co. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
External links
- Season One Episode list with detailed synopses at the Official Ninja Turtles website
- Episode list with synopses at TV.com
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