Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series, season 1)

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Not to be confused with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series, season 1) or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series, season 1).
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 26
Release
Original network 4Kids TV
Original release February 8, 2003 (2003-02-08) – November 1, 2003 (2003-11-01)

The first season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles originally aired between February 8, 2003 and November 1, 2003, beginning with the pilot episode "Things Change".[1] The episodes were first released in eight volumes, TMNT Volume one through Volume eight. The volumes were released From September 2, 2003 through March 16, 2004. The episodes were later released in 2 part season sets, part 1 was released on May 22, 2007 which had the first 12 episodes, and part 2 was released on September 18, 2007, which had the final 14 episodes of the season.[2]

Story

The season primarily focuses on the Turtles slowly coming into conflict with the Foot Clan. After their lair is destroyed by Baxter Stockman's mousers, they find a new home elsewhere in the sewers and also gain new allies in the form of April O'Neil and Casey Jones. The Turtles foil the plans of the Shredder, Hun, and Stockman on numerous occasions before Shredder offers Leonardo a peace offering in exchange for their service, citing an unknown evil they must face together. Splinter reveals the Shredder and Hun's hand in murdering his master Hamato Yoshi, and the two sides come to blows in a battle that seemingly ends in the Shredder's defeat. However, unknown to the Turtles, the Shredder survives, and after his ninjas savagely ambush and wound Leonardo, destroys April's home and believes them dead, though the Turtles, Splinter, Casey, and April survive and depart for Casey's family's farmhouse in rural New York. After Leonardo's wounds heal and their resolve is restored, the group returns to New York to face the Foot Clan. However, after their triumph against the Shredder, Splinter vanishes, and after following a lead from a mysterious group known as the "Guardians", the Turtles discover the Utroms, an alien race hiding amongst humanity, and are unable to save Splinter from them before being teleported into space.

Cast

Main

  • Michael Sinterniklaas as Leonardo: the eldest and the leader of the Turtles who wields twin katana swords and a blue mask. (Appears in all 26 episodes.)
  • Frank Frankson as Raphael: Leonardo's stubborn and temperamental second-in-command. Wields twin sai and a red mask. (Appears in all 26 episodes.)
  • Wayne Grayson as Michelangelo: the Turtles' youngest and funniest member and a large source of comic relief who wields twin nunchucks and an orange mask. (Appears in all 26 episodes.)
  • Sam Riegel as Donatello: the Turtles' genius engineer who is the primary source of their devices and vehicles. Wields a bo staff and a purple mask. (Appears in all 26 episodes.)
  • Darren Dunstan as Splinter: the Turtles' sensei and adopted father, the former pet of Hamato Yoshi. (Appears in 22 episodes.)

Supporting

  • Veronica Taylor as April O'Neil: the first human the Turtles and Splinter meet who is quickly integrated into their family. (Appears in 16 episodes.)
  • Marc Thompson as Casey Jones: an ally of the Turtles who has a violent enmity with Hun. (Appears in 12 episodes.)

Villains

  • Scottie Ray as Oroku Saki/The Shredder: the main antagonist of the series and leader of the Foot Clan, who murdered Hamato Yoshi. (Appears in 13 episodes.)
  • Greg Carey as Hun: the Shredder's second-in-command, a hulking gangster who leads the Purple Dragons on behalf of his master.
  • Scott Williams as Baxter Stockman: a brilliant, maniacal scientist working for the Foot who is mutilated every time he fails the Shredder.

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] The entire season was directed by Chuck Patton. The writers for season one were Michael Ryan, Marty Isenberg, Eric Luke, and Greg Johnson.

Reception

The first season of the show received generally positive acclaim. As of December 2003, it had 2.89 million views on the 4kids website. It holds a current rank of 89%.

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date TV
broadcast
1 "Things Change" Chuck Patton[4] Michael Ryan[4] February 8, 2003 (2003-02-08)[4] S01E01
2 "A Better Mousetrap" Chuck Patton[5] Marty Isenberg[5] February 15, 2003 (2003-02-15)[5] S01E02
3 "Attack of the Mousers" Chuck Patton[6] Eric Luke[6] February 22, 2003 (2003-02-22)[6] S01E03
4 "Meet Casey Jones" Chuck Patton[7] Michael Ryan[7] March 1, 2003 (2003-03-01)[7] S01E04
5 "Nano" Chuck Patton[8] Eric Luke[8] March 8, 2003 (2003-03-08)[8] S01E05
6 "Darkness on the Edge of Town" Chuck Patton[9] Marty Isenberg[9] March 15, 2003 (2003-03-15)[9] S01E06
7 "The Way of Invisibility" Chuck Patton[10] Marty Isenberg[10] March 22, 2003 (2003-03-22)[10] S01E07
8 "Fallen Angel" Chuck Patton[11] Marty Isenberg[11] March 29, 2003 (2003-03-29)[11] S01E08
9 "Garbageman" Chuck Patton[12] Eric Luke[12] April 5, 2003 (2003-04-05)[12] S01E09
10
11		 "The Shredder Strikes" Chuck Patton[13][14] Michael Ryan[13][14] April 12, 2003 (2003-04-12)[13]
April 19, 2003 (2003-04-19)[14]		 S01E10&11
12 "The Unconvincing Turtle Titan" Chuck Patton[15] Marty Isenberg[15] May 3, 2003 (2003-05-03)[15] S01E12
13
14
15		 "Notes from the Underground" Chuck Patton[16][17][18] Eric Luke[16][17][18] May 10, 2003 (2003-05-10)[16]
May 17, 2003 (2003-05-17)[17]
May 24, 2003 (2003-05-24)[18]		 S01E13&14&15
16 "The King" Chuck Patton[19] Michael Ryan[19] May 31, 2003 (2003-05-31)[19] S01E16
17
18		 "The Shredder Strikes Back" Chuck Patton[20][21] Eric Luke[20][21] June 7, 2003 (2003-06-07)[20]
June 14, 2003 (2003-06-14)[21]		 S01E17&18
19 "Tales of Leo" Chuck Patton[22] Marty Isenberg[22] September 13, 2003 (2003-09-13)[22] S01E19
20 "The Monster Hunter" Chuck Patton[23] Michael Ryan[23] September 20, 2003 (2003-09-20)[23] S01E20
21
22
23		 "Return to New York" Chuck Patton[24][25][26] Marty Isenberg[24][25][26] September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27)[24]
October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)[25]
October 11, 2003 (2003-10-11)[26]		 S01E21&22&23
24 "Lone Raph and Cub" Chuck Patton[27] Eric Luke[27] October 18, 2003 (2003-10-18)[27] S01E24
25
26		 "The Search for Splinter" Chuck Patton[28][29] Greg Johnson[28][29] October 25, 2003 (2003-10-25)[28]
November 1, 2003 (2003-11-01)[29]		 S01E25&26

References

  1. ↑ Season One Episode list with detailed synopses at the Official Ninja Turtles website Archived 2009-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ TMNT DVD releases on Official Site Archived 2007-03-20 at the Wayback Machine ninjaturtles.com. retrieved on February 15, 2008
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Things Change Archived 2009-04-28 at the Wayback Machine Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Better Mousetrap Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Attack of the Mousers Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Meet Casey Jones Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Nano Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Darkness on the Edge of Town Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Way of Invisibility Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Fallen Angel Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Garbageman episode Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 The Shredder Strikes, Part 1 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 The Shredder Strikes, Part 2 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 The Shredder Strikes, Part 3 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Notes from the Underground, Part 1 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Notes from the Underground, Part 2 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Notes from the Underground, Part 3 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 The King Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 1 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 1 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Tales of Leo Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 The Monster Hunter Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Return to New York, Part 1 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Return to New York, Part 2 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Return to New York, Part 3 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Lone Raph and Cub Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 The Search for Splinter, Part 1 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 The Search for Splinter, Part 2 Ninja Turtles Official Website. February 15, 2008

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