"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1987) Part 3 Quiz

Answer: On television.

The episode was called "Turtles on Trial".

There was a show within the show called "On Trial" where the host put controversial people in New York "on trial" for their crimes against the people. In this episode the Turtles were the focus of the host's ire.

Answer: Irma

The episode was called "Attack of the 50-Foot Irma".

Mikey was planning Irma's birthday party at the beginning of the episode when he realized he had forgotten to invite her.

Answer: Star Wars

The episode was called "The Maltese Hamster".

Last season there was a "Star Trek" reference and in this season a "Star Wars" reference. The writers really loved science fiction.

The entire episode was a riff on film noir style movies with the Turtles trying to solve a crime involving the mob.

Answer: Mikey

The episode was called "Cowabunga Shredhead".

Shredder was trying to create fake Turtles in a computer program. Something backfired and he was zapped into thinking he actually was Mikey. The Turtles then had to deal with having Shredder amongst them while they figured out what his plan had been.

Answer: Zach

The episode was called "The Fifth Turtle".

Zach was a young boy who wanted nothing more than to be a friend to the Turtles. He tried to fight crime but only ended up getting himself in trouble.

Answer: A sword

The episode was called "The Ninja Sword of Nowhere".

The sword was made of an alien metal, though the Turtles didn't know that at the time. It had the ability to cut the fabric of space/time and let the user travel between dimensions.

Shredder stole the sword before the Turtles could give it to Splinter.

Answer: Turtle Tube

The episode was called "20,000 Leaks Under the City".

The Turtle Tube was a giant inner tube that was gas powered and had weapons and a steering wheel.

Donnie and Mikey were shown cruising the sewers in it while Donnie explained all the features.

Answer: heat wave

The episode was called "Burne's Blues".

There was a summer heat wave, putting the temperatures over 100 degrees in the city. The heat felt even worse as the episode featured a plot that centered around thieves stealing freon out of air conditioning units around the city.

Answer: They were robots.

The episode was called "Super Bebop & Mighty Rocksteady".

The super and mighty versions were robot clones created by Krang. They were 10 times stronger and smarter than the flesh and bone originals. Each only made one appearance in the series.

The robot versions were near indestructible, but the Turtles found a way.

Answer: Rat King

The episode was called "Enter the Rat King".

Rat King was a strange man who also lived in the sewers, like the Turtles. He had no mutant abilities, but because he had lived in the sewers for so long, he developed the ability to communicate with and control rats.