Here are 5 great episodes of Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles season 3, with cake.

What more explanation do you need?

Ive already written two articles about watching the Nickelodeon TV seriesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesand eating cake.

it’s possible for you to find themhereandhere.

What links Ninja Turtles and cake?

Why does everything always have to make sense?

But then what are we gonna do with all this cake?

Notable Michelangelo quote:Maybe he got eaten by a rabid squirrel.

With Leonardo seriously hurt and the fate of Splinter unknown, the downtime is much needed.

Thats never how it works out though, is it?

Raphael goes missing and it seems that theres something evil lurking within the woods.

Its a familiar scene, having featured in both the original comic book series and the 1990 movie.

ATeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesepisode modelled onFriday The 13th, or just with a Jason parallel, would be fun.

True to form the team behind NickTurtlesgo for a specific, less recognisable reference point.

The whole concept ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis B movie.

The Nickelodeon cartoon has made embracing the B movie an art form of its own.

Of course, as is the case withFriday The 13th, the monster is never really slain.

In fact, he returns later in the season to, er, take Manhattan.

Whisky Business

The world seems to be obsessed with baking at the minute.

I think thats why theyre making fancy baking kits like thisTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesone.

I understand this is a childrens cake mix box.

Im no cook, though, so this was about my level.

I unpacked everything and put together the cake mix.

Its so easy a child could probably do it.

Then I got a responsible adult to preheat the oven for me.

It should make the cakes bigger, right?

I spilled a lot of cake mix on the tray.

Notable Michelangelo quote:I couldnt wake him up so I put some dirty underwear on his head.

Out on the farmhouse life can be quiet.

Its enough to make anyone sleepy.

This is one of my favourite episodes of the show to date.

First, the horror stuff.

The dream beaver plotline is pureNightmare On Elm Street.

There are also references toThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreandThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

Its called the Obtiraculum Somniorum and looks like the Necromonicon fromThe Evil Dead.

Its basically the Technonomicon.

This episode is notable for its demented dream sequences.

The Turtles are trapped in nightmarish dreamscapes.

Its also tremendously funny stuff.

Michelangelo amuses himself drawing on his brothers faces as they sleep.

Again, its basically all in the box, so there was very little for me to get wrong.

This is where I ran into trouble, though.

Only, something wasnt right.

These Turtles werent green.

These came out a cream, fleshy colour.

I found the whole thing to be unnerving.

My wife wrote in and complained to the cake company.

The cakes did taste great, though.

The incorrectly coloured icing turned out to be apple flavoured and was delicious.

Unfortunately, small cakes are made to be shared.

I was advised by very many people that Those are all my cakes!

Its for an article!

is not appropriate behaviour.

So I had to share and they just didnt last very long.

That left me with three episodes to cover cakelessly.

Notable Michelangelo quote:You need mutant names and it just so happens that Im awesome at naming stuff.

How about Pork Rind and Chilli Cheese Fry?

This is the episode where they introduce Bebop and Rocksteady.

I suspect Bebop likely lands more with younger viewers.

I find the new version of Rocksteady to be an absolute hoot, though.

Bebop and Rocksteady are dispatched by Shredder with the same objective.

Here, the action is clear, the fighting well choreographed and the character of the participants always present.

It also detours into the fairgrounds haunted house, which is creepy and brings more tension into the conflict.

Really though, this one is essential viewing for its successful reintroduction to two iconicTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlescharacters.

Look who it is.

Obviously I bought it immediately, solving my cake quandary.

However, this article I learned that I hate sharing cake.

I settled on unlearning the first lesson.

Notable Michelangelo quote:Oh, young Oroku Saki is kind of a good guy, huh?

We know, roughly, what happened between Splinter and Shredder.

Its likely to do little more than remove mystery.

In this instance, it works spectacularly because it hits unexpected emotional notes.

It proves to be worth doing because the details arent made more important than the feel of what happens.

And it feels kind of devastating.

It is an utterly wonderful episode.

My cake tolerance has not improved.

Notable Michelangelo quote:I used to think dinosaurs were cool.

Its technically cheating to includeAnnhiliation: Earthas its two episodes.

Im not worried about that, though.

I can cheat all I want because its my article and these are my rules.

Why am I setting rules that I wont even adhere to?

Because I have a rebellious spirit and I really likeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

This episode is steeped inTMNThistory.

The fight needs everyone, so everyone youve invested in throughout the previous 76 episodes is at risk.

InAnnhilation: Earth, that character is in danger.

As always, its easy to point to series highlight Michelangelo when discussing episodes.

Except, of course, it doesnt work on Michelangelos unique brain.

After enjoying a rainbow trip-out he begs for another go, leaving his captors baffled.

The best character work is saved for Leonardo and Shredder.

I think Leonardo is the most difficult Ninja Turtle to get right.

The authority figure among the rebellious Turtles, hes essentially charged with having the least amount of fun.

InAnnihilation: Earth, Leo gets a moment.

The Turtles are captured on a Triceraton ship, facing certain doom and about to watch Earth be destroyed.

Its a character moment that evokes all of the growth that its equivalent moment in theStar Warsfilms does.

Leonardo is no longer a trainee, hes a master.

Then theres Shredder, who approaches redemption.

Its the defining moment; his actions in this moment are entirely who he is as a character.

Oroku Saki is revealed as being too far gone.

Before I move onto cake, Im going to sneak this request in here.

Can we yo have the show on Blu-ray?

That was an error.

Its nice to have a hobby.

Look, I get that the cake thing has run its course.