Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV Series) (Season 1)
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (season 1) | ||
| DVD cover for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Season 1. | ||
| Country of origin | United States | |
| No. of episodes | 26 | |
| Release | ||
| Original channel | Nickelodeon | |
| Original run | September 29, 2012 – August 8, 2013 | |
| Season chronology | ||
| Next → Season 2 | ||
| List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes | ||
The first season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aired on Nickelodeon from September 29, 2012 to August 8, 2013. The season introduces the four turtles Leonardo (voiced by Jason Biggs), Donatello (voiced by Rob Paulsen), Raphael (voiced by Sean Astin) and Michelangelo (voiced by Greg Cipes).
Production
On October 21, 2009, a press release was made indicating that Viacom had bought the complete rights of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise from Peter Laird for $60 million, and would be developing a CGI animated TV series for its Nickelodeon family of channels for broadcast in 2012. A feature film, released by Paramount Pictures (also a division of Viacom), debuted in 2014.
Jason Biggs voices Leonardo and Rob Paulsen voices Donatello. In June 2011, it was confirmed that Sean Astin is playing Raphael and Greg Cipes is Michelangelo. In August 2011, it was revealed that Mae Whitman would be the voice for April O'Neil. In April 2012, it was announced that Phil LaMarr would be playing the role of Baxter Stockman and Nolan North would be playing a race of aliens known as the Kraang, while Roseanne Barr was confirmed to voice their leader, Kraang Prime. Actress Kelly Hu confirmed her role as Karai in May 2012.
Production art was leaked on the Nickelodeon website before it was taken down. The images showed the designs of all four Turtles, Shredder, Splinter, a teenage April O'Neil and the Kraang, an alien race that combines elements of both Krang and the Utroms. A trailer for the series was released on June 21, 2012, on Nickelodeon USA.
Episodes
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code | U.S. viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Rise of the Turtles" (Part 1) | Michael Chang | Joshua Sternin & J.R. Ventimilia | September 29, 2012 | 101 | 3.92 |
| On their first trip to the surface, the Turtles witness April O'Neil and her father Kirby get abducted by the Kraang. Donnie convinces the others that it is their duty to rescue the O'Neils. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Rise of the Turtles" (Part 2) | Alan Wan | Joshua Sternin & J.R. Ventimilia | September 29, 2012 | 102 | 3.92 |
| The Turtles find out where the O'Neils are being held and infiltrate their hideout even if it means battling the giant plant mutant Snakeweed. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Turtle Temper" | Alan Wan | Jeremy Shipp | October 6, 2012 | 103 | 3.25 |
| During a fight with the Kraang, Raph loses his temper when he is insulted by a caustic New Yorker named Vic, who videotaped the Turtles and threatens to expose them to the world. When three of the Ninja Turtles try to rescue Vic from the Kraang, the Turtles' attempt to rescue him and get rid of the footage goes horribly wrong when Vic is mutated into the mutant spider named "Spider Bytez", who then beats up the Turtles easily. Raph then learns to control his temper and defeats Spider Bytez despite his harsh insults. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "New Friend, Old Enemy" | Juan Jose Meza-Leon | Joshua Hamilton | October 13, 2012 | 104 | 2.80 |
| To prove that Turtles can be friends with humans, Mikey uses a social networking site to befriend Chris Bradford, a famous martial artist who is secretly Shredder's most promising pupil. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman" | Michael Chang & Ciro Nieli | Joshua Sternin & J.R. Ventimilia | October 20, 2012 | 105 | 3.40 |
| Splinter grounds the Turtles for a week when Mikey was skateboarding in the lair. When the Turtles sneak out against Splinter's orders, they loose their new T-Pod (which has a military intelligence chip) and now must retrieve it from Baxter Stockman, a former TCRI inventor who uses it to upgrade his new armor in revenge on his old company for firing him for an incident with spilled copier toner. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Metalhead" | Juan Jose Meza-Leon | Tom Alvarado | October 27, 2012 | 106 | 3.61 |
| Weary of using his simple wooden bō to fight the technologically-advanced Kraang, Donnie creates Metalhead, a remote-controlled robot turtle reverse-engineered from Kraang technology, to fight in his place. When Metalhead malfunctions and falls under the control of the Kraang, Donnie must find a way to stop his invention. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Monkey Brains" | Alan Wan | Russ Carney & Ron Corcillo | November 3, 2012 | 107 | 3.69 |
| After teaming up to investigate the disappearance of local British neurochemist, Dr. Tyler Rockwell, April and Donnie encounter a bizarre psychic mutant monkey. They come to realize that that the monkey is actually Rockwell, whose was used in an experiment involving mutagen and monkey DNA by his colleague, Dr. Victor Falco. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Never Say Xever" | Michael Chang | Kenny Byerly | November 10, 2012 | 108 | 2.92 |
| Following a fight with the Purple Dragons at a noodle shop, Leo fears his act of mercy has come back to haunt him when Shredder sends his Foot Clan after the Turtles again, with Xever Montes, a Brazilian street thug who he freed from prison and trained as his street contact, in charge. Things get worse when Montes holds the noodle shop's blind owner, Mr. Murakami, hostage. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Gauntlet" "Enter Shredder" | Juan Jose Meza-Leon | Joshua Sternin & J.R. Ventimilia | November 17, 2012 | 109 | 2.80 |
| After April receives a warning from her imprisoned father which arrived on a pigeon mutant named Pete, she and the Turtles embark on a mission to save him and stop the Kraang from detonating a mutagen bomb in the city. But the Turtles aren't prepared for anything when the Shredder makes his move on them and an accident that involved the mutagen inside the bomb turning Bradford into the akita and snakehead mutants "Dogpound and Fishface". | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Panic in the Sewers" "Mojo Rising" | Alan Wan | Jeremy Shipp | November 24, 2012 | 110 | 2.92 |
| Following a nightmare involving Shredder defeating the Turtles, Splinter ends up putting the Ninja Turtles in training 24/7. The Ninja Turtles soon defend their home in the sewers when Shredder orders Dogpound and the Purple Dragons to destroy it with chlorosulfonic acid (an extremely dangerous chemical that reacts violently to water). | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Mousers Attack!" "Mouserthon" | Michael Chang | Kenny Byerly | December 8, 2012 | 111 | 3.37 |
| The Purple Dragons mug April in order to steal her phone. Simultaneous threats from the Purple Dragons and from Stockman's mechanical MOUSERS force the Turtles to split into 2 groups Leo and Raph and Donnie and Mikey. | |||||||
