Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) season 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (season 3)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 26
Broadcast
Original channel Nickelodeon
Original airing October 3, 2014

The third season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began airing on Nickelodeon on October 3, 2014. On February 26, 2013, Nickelodeon ordered a third season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[1]

Production

Jason Biggs departed the role of Leonardo after the 19th episode of season 2 and was temporarily replaced by Dominic Catrambone.[2] Seth Green assumed the role beginning in season 3.[3] At San Diego Comic-Con International 2014, new characters such as the Dream Beavers and Napoleon Bonafrog will be making appearances. Actor Robbie Rist, who previously voiced Michelangelo in the first three films, will now be voicing Mondo Gecko in the season.[4] Renae Jacobs, who voiced April O'Neil in the 1987 television series, guest-starred as Mrs. O'Neil and an alien.[5]

Broadcast

The season debuted on Nickelodeon in Australia on February 7, 2015.[6]

Episodes

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date[7] Production
code[7] 		U.S. viewers
(in millions)
531"Within the Woods"Sebastian MontesBrandon AumanOctober 3, 20143011.42[8]
3 months after being driven out of New York and narrowly escaping from Shredder and the Kraang, the gang take shelter at April's family farmhouse upstate in Northampton to recover and figure out how to stop the Kraang. The Turtles also deal with not having Splinter around, the possibility of Leo not making a full recovery, and a mysterious creature that is stalking the group.
542"A Foot Too Big"Michael ChangDoug LangdaleOctober 10, 20143021.31[9]
After Donatello once again tries to impress April (this time with a music box), he discovers and befriends Bigfoot who is being hunted by a collector named The Finger. Donatello then convinces the others to help protect it. However, Bigfoot (who is a girl) grows to have a crush on Donatello and tries to win him over. Donatello realizes that Bigfoot liking him has the same effect as him liking April.
553"Buried Secrets"Alan WanMark HenryOctober 17, 20143031.67[10]
The Turtles discover a lost Kraang scout ship under the house and find April's lost mother. However, Mikey has suspicions that April's mother may not be who she appears to be, and even though no one believes him, they soon learn that Mrs. O'Neil is actually a Kraang creature posing as her.
564"The Croaking"Michael ChangKevin Burke & Chris "Doc" WyattNovember 7, 20143041.47[11]
After getting in trouble for trashing the house, Michelangelo gets upset and flees. After meeting a member of the Punk Frogs named Napoleon Bonafrog, he unknowingly joins them in a plan to capture the humans and take over the nearby city.
575"In Dreams"Sebastian MontesDoug LangdaleNovember 14, 20143051.35[12]
When the Turtles are trapped in their dreams by the Dream Beavers, April and Casey must figure out how to wake them up before their life force is drained out of them.
586"Race with the Demon!"Alan WanGavin HignightNovember 21, 20143061.74[13]
Casey and Donatello must put aside their differences and work together to build a hot rod when a mutant car called Speed Demon endangers them and their friends.
597"Eyes of the Chimera"Michael ChangGreg WeismanJanuary 11, 20153071.85[14]
When a Mutant Chimera (created by combining a falcon, a fish, and a worm) is created by Speed Demon's mutagen (from the previous episode), it kidnaps Casey, Raph, Mikey and Donnie, leaving April and Leo to stop it while overcoming their own disabilities. The situation becomes difficult when April gets blinded from one of Donnie's test experiments and becomes psychically linked with the Chimera.
608"Vision Quest"Sebastian MontesTodd CaseyJanuary 18, 20153082.31[15]
When the Turtles go to train in the woods to make them all more one with nature, they are visited by a spiritual manifestation of Splinter, who informs them that they must overcome their weaknesses by facing off against their enemies in a vision quest to prepare themselves for their return to New York.
619"Return to New York"Alan WanBrandon AumanJanuary 25, 20153091.85[16]
Upon returning home to New York City, the Turtles discover that the city has been overrun with Kraang Droids and Foot Bots. As they travel through the Kraang filled city, they find out that Splinter is suffering amnesia due to the injuries he got from his battle with Shredder. Splinter is then captured by the Foot Clan and held hostage by Stockman-Fly and three crustacean creatures cloned from the DNA of Shredder.
6210"Serpent Hunt"Michael ChangRandolph HeardFebruary 1, 20153101.57[17]
As the Turtles search for Karai, they are confronted by Anton Zeck and Ivan Steranko, two thugs who have had a previous encounter with the Turtles and are also looking for Karai to exchange to Shredder for protection from the Kraang populace.
6311"The Pig and the Rhino"Alan WanBrandon AumanMarch 8, 20153111.81[18]
Donnie finishes a new batch of retro-mutagen in hopes of returning Karai back to normal. However the Turtles are also being hunted by the now-mutated Zeck and Steranko (whom Mikey now dubs "Bebop and Rocksteady,") who are also after Karai per Shredder's orders.
6412"Battle for New York" (Part 1)Michael ChangBrandon AumanMarch 15, 20153121.78[19]
When the Turtles encounter a Kraang resistance team of Mutants called "the Mighty Mutanimals" (consisting of Slash, Leatherhead, Dr. Tyler Rockwell, and Pigeon Pete,) Leo and Slash butt heads over how to carry out a mission when the Kraang threaten to mutate the entire Earth with a giant Mutagen-filled Missile.
6513"Battle for New York" (Part 2)Sebastian MontesMark HenryMarch 15, 20153131.78[19]
Working together alongside the Mighty Mutanimals, the Turtles must brave the bizarre world of Dimension X to save the enslaved people of New York.
6614"Casey Jones vs the Underworld"Sebastian MontesAndrew RobinsonMarch 22, 20153141.85[20]
Livid for being left behind by the Turtles to save New York with the Mighty Mutanimals (from the previous episode), Casey Jones tries to prove that he can take on the criminal underworld on his own. However, he discovers that he is in over his head, when the Shredder forms an alliance with the Purple Dragons and their new leader: Hun.
6715"The Noxious Avenger"Alan WanTodd CaseyApril 26, 20153151.74[21]
A garbage man is accidentally turned into a garbage-composed Mutant when the Turtles face off against Bebop and Rocksteady on one of their missions. The Mutant, dubbed "Muckman" by the media, gains notoriety as New York City's "Monster Hero". Muckman blames the Turtles for his mutation.
6816"Clash of the Mutanimals"[7]May 3, 2015316
"The Shredder kidnaps and experiments on the Mighty Mutanimals."[22]
6917"Meet Mondo Gecko"[7]May 10, 2015[23]317
"Michelangelo and Casey become friends with Mondo Gecko, a radical, skateboarding, reptilian teenager."[23]
7018"The Deadly Venom"[7]May 17, 2015[24]318
"When Karai is brainwashed, she begins hunting the Turtles."[24]

References

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