Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) (season 3)
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (season 3) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | 4Kids TV |
| Original release | October 9, 2004 – April 23, 2005 |
| Season chronology | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' third season originally aired between October 9, 2004 and April 23, 2005, beginning with the "Space Invaders, Part 1" episode. The entire season of the television series was released on DVD in seven volumes from March 15, 2005 through May 16, 2006.
The Triceraton Republic launches a massive invasion of Earth, believing Professor Honeycutt to be hiding on the planet. After wreaking havoc on the planet, they are convinced to leave by Donatello, who reveals Honeycutt's departure, only for Honeycutt to return to Earth, intending to surrender himself to the Triceratons. The Turtles and Honeycutt are abducted by the Earth Protection Force, led by Agent Bishop, who has allied with the Federation. While Traximus deposes Zanramon, Honeycutt sacrifices himself to upload a computer virus to the Triceraton and Federation fleet. Traximus jails Zanramon and Blanque and declares a new era of peace, but the damage has been done to Earth. Having observed from the sidelines, Shredder uses his Oroku Saki persona to help in the reconstruction of New York, secretly salvaging Triceraton technology for an unknown purpose, while Bishop schemes to create an army of super-soldiers.
The Turtles and Splinter are visited by "Ultimate Drako", a fusion of Ve-Sama and Drako, who wield Lord Simultaneous' Time Scepter, and scatter the group across time and space. Michelangelo arrives in a world where the Turtles are superheroes fighting a villainous Splinter; Raphael enters the world of the Planet Racers franchise, Donatello suffers in an alternate timeline where the Shredder has conquered the Earth; and Leonardo arrives in Miyamoto Usagi's dimension. With help from Usagi, Leonardo travels to the Battle Nexus and is able to reunite his brothers and father, and defeat Ultimate Drako. Though the two are separated and Drako perishes, Ve-Sama is restored to a youthful form and reunited with his father.
After receiving a vision of the Shredder departing Earth to conquer the Utrom home world, Splinter rallies the Turtles, Casey, April, Leatherhead and Honeycutt (who were revealed to have survived their supposed deaths) to storm the Shredder's stronghold on the eve of his departure in a massive spacecraft. Bishop also enters the fray with Stockman on his side, but Shredder is able to lift off with Karai and Dr. Chaplin, with the Turtles and Splinter stowing away. As Bishop continues to assault the ship in space, the Shredder viciously wounds his foes, who decide to sacrifice their lives by detonating the ship's power core to kill the Shredder. Fortunately, the Utroms arrive just in time to save them all, and find Shredder guilty of numerous war crimes and atrocities, banishing him forever to a desolate ice asteroid.
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