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'' originally aired between February 8, 2003 and November 1, 2003, beginning with the pilot episode "Things Change". 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.TMNT DVD releases on Official Site
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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 Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas (; born August 13, 1972) is a French voice actor, ADR director and script writer who has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series, as well as cartoons ...

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 Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

: Leonardo's stubborn and temperamental second-in-command. Wields twin sai and a red mask. (Appears in all 26 episodes.) *

Wayne Grayson Vincent "Vinnie" Penna Jr, who has primarily performed using the stage name Wayne Grayson, is an American voice actor and director primarily known for his work at 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media Blasters, NYAV Post and DuArt Fi ...

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 Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel, sometimes credited as Jack Lingo, is an American voice actor, director, and writer. He is a regular cast member of the web series ''Critical Role'', in which he and other fellow voice actors play ''Dungeons & Dragons' ...

Donatello Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi ( – 13 December 1466), better known as Donatello ( ), was a Florentine sculptor of the Renaissance period. Born in Florence, he studied classical sculpture and used this to develop a complete Renaissance s ...

: 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 Darren Dunstan is a Canadian-American voice actor and director based in New York City. He has provided voice-over and voice direction on several properties of 4Kids TV, as well as DuArt Film and Video. Dunstan's most notable roles include Maxim ...

Splinter A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that penetrates or is purposely injected into a body. The foreign body must be lodged inside tissue to be considered a splinter. Splinters may cause initia ...

: the Turtles' sensei and adopted father, the former pet of Hamato Yoshi. (Appears in 22 episodes.)

Supporting

Veronica Taylor Kathleen Charlotte McInerney, also known by her stage name Veronica Taylor is an American voice actress known for her dubbing work in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, in particular for voicing Ash Ketchum and his mother Delia in ...

April O'Neil April O'Neil is a fictional character from the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comics. She is the first human ally of the Ninja Turtles. Her main love interest in the series is Casey Jones. April made her first appearance in the Mirage comi ...

: the first human the Turtles and Splinter meet who is quickly integrated into their family. (Appears in 16 episodes.) * Marc Thompson as

Casey Jones John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois C ...

: an ally of the Turtles who has a violent enmity with Hun. (Appears in 12 episodes.)

Villains

Scottie Ray Scott Rayow, often credited as Scottie Ray, is an American voice actor who has worked for NYAV Post, DuArt Film and Video, 4Kids Entertainment and Central Park Media. He is best known for voicing The Shredder ''The'' () is a grammatical a ...

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

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: 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

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, 4Kids Productions, and Dong Woo Animation and distributed by

and was aired on

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's Saturday morning kids' block in the US. 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. The entire season was directed by Chuck Patton. The writers for season one were Michael Ryan,

Marty Isenberg Martin Elliot Isenberg (born 1963) is an American animation writer. He is best known for his role as co-story editor on '' Beast Machines'' and '' Transformers: Animated'', and for his work on the 2003 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series. He a ...

, Eric Luke, and Greg Johnson.

Episodes

References

External links

Season One Episode list with detailed synopses at the Official Ninja Turtles website
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