List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV Series) Episodes - Season 2 (1988)

Season 2 (1988)

# Title Directed by Written by Original airdate TV Broadcast
6 "Return of the Shredder" Bill Wolf David Wise, Patti Howeth (story)
Christy Marx (teleplay)
October 1, 1988 (1988-10-01) S02E01

Shredder returns from Dimension X and sets out to frame the turtles with a group of thugs dressed as them while Dr. Baxter Stockman uses the Ultimate Rat Catcher on Master Splinter.

Note: First Appearances of Irma and Tiffany.

Note: Vernon is now voiced by Peter Renaday.
7 "The Incredible Shrinking Turtles" Bill Wolf Larry Parr October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08) S02E02

The turtles seek out the fragments of the eye of Sarnoth, a crystal with unimaginable power. After finding the first fragment, Shredder steals it and uses it to shrink the turtles. Now Splinter and April must intervene. April is able to enlarge the Turtles, but our heroes lose in the end as Shredder escapes with the first fragment.

Title Reference: The Incredible Shrinking Man
8 "It Came from Beneath the Sewers" Bill Wolf Larry Parr October 15, 1988 (1988-10-15) S02E03

After discovering that a mutant plant has had its growth accelerated by the first fragment of the Eye of Sarnoth, Shredder unleashes it on the city to attack the Turtles. Meanwhile, April is lured into a trap by Shredder, and is immediately captured. However, the Turtles disguise themselves as pizza delivery boys and free her, though Shredder escapes, again, with the fragment, while the Turtles must destroy the mutant plant that is wreaking havoc on the city.

Title Reference: It Came from Beneath the Sea
9 "The Mean Machines" Bill Wolf Michael Reaves October 22, 1988 (1988-10-22) S02E04
Upon finding the second fragment of the Eye of Sarnoth, Shredder uses it as a power source for a supercomputer named Omnis, in the hopes of opening a portal to Dimension X. Meanwhile, the Turtles must deal with machines that suddenly go haywire all over the city.
10 "Curse of the Evil Eye" Bill Wolf Martin Pasko October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29) S02E05
Shredder completes the eye of Sarnoth, attaches it to his helmet, and plans to unleash its power on the world. However, when the Turtles intervene, the helmet falls into other hands.
11 "The Case of the Killer Pizzas" Bill Wolf Douglas Booth November 5, 1988 (1988-11-05) S02E06

Shredder & Baxter Stockman switch meatballs on some pizzas, used as prizes in a contest, with some weird alien eggs from Dimension X.

The Turtles must battle the Xenomorph-like creatures that hatch from the eggs in order to save the city.
12 "Enter: The Fly" Bill Wolf Michael Reaves, Brynne Stephens November 12, 1988 (1988-11-12) S02E07
Shredder gets Bebop and Rocksteady back as his henchmen in exchange for Baxter. When Krang tries to exterminate him, a freak accident occurs turning him into a mutant fly.
13 "Invasion of the Punk Frogs" Bill Wolf Michael Reaves November 19, 1988 (1988-11-19) S02E08

The turtles deal with four mutant frogs who are now under Shredder's command and also deal with a group of anti-mutant enforcers.

Note: First Appearances of the Punk Frogs.
14 "Splinter No More" Bill Wolf Michael Reaves, Brynne Stephens November 26, 1988 (1988-11-26) S02E09
Donatello devises a cure to make Master Splinter human again. Meanwhile, Shredder plans to open a gate to Dimension X.
15 "New York's Shiniest" Bill Wolf Richard Merwin December 3, 1988 (1988-12-03) S02E10

A robot cop, Rex-1, helps April and the Turtles defeat an evil army of robot cops under the control of Shredder.

Note: First Appearance of Rex-1.
16 "Teenagers from Dimension X" Bill Wolf Michael Reaves December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10) S02E11
The Neutrinos return to Earth after hearing in on the plan of Krang and Shredder to get rid of the turtles via brain-drain. Shredder finds interest in their Starmobile's ability to open dimension portals and tries to get his hands on it, and meanwhile the turtles try to get the Starmobile's main energy source running again.
17 "The Catwoman from Channel Six" Bill Wolf Richard Merwin December 17, 1988 (1988-12-17) S02E12
A freak accident from a transporter turns April into a cat-woman. Irma meets TMNT in order to rescue her.
18 "Return of the Technodrome" Bill Wolf Michael Reaves December 24, 1988 (1988-12-24) S02E13
While Splinter goes out on a retreat, the turtles must try to stop the Technodrome from returning to Earth.

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