History YMMV / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII

--> '''AVGN''': "He looks like a puppet that should be used on Sesame Street!"

* {{Sequelitis}}: Mercilessly panned by both critics and fans alike. The movie featured an outrageous plot even by the franchise's standards, an uninspired villain, fewer fight scenes (although the fights that ''are'' in the movie are longer and more elaborate), and [[SpecialEffectFailure costumes/animatronics that looked unbelievably cheap]] due to the absence of Jim Henson's Creature Shop. [[FranchiseKiller There wouldn't be another Ninja Turtles movie]] until the franchise was rebooted [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} in 2007]], and no live-action movies until [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 over twenty years later]].

* HeReallyCanAct: Elias Koteas does an excellent job as both Casey and his (possible) ancestor Whit. Some viewers even questioned if Whit was indeed played by a separate actor.

* HilariousInHindsight: At one point, Walker is referred to as "Zorro dude". Walker's actor Stuart Wilson would go on to play the BigBad in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''.

** Near the end of the film, the Turtles bluff Walker and his men into thinking they're bulletproof, and that their bullets would just bounce off and kill them instead. Come [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 the next live-action film]], and in that continuity, their shells really ''are'' bulletproof, and bullets ''do'' bounce off.

** Near the end of the film, the Turtles bluff Walker and his men into thinking they're bulletproof, and that their bullets wouldbjust bounce off and kill them instead. Come [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 the next live-action film]], and in that continuity, their shells really ''are'' bulletproof, and bullets ''do'' bounce off

** Near the end of the film, the Turtles bluff Walker and his men into thinking they're bulletproof. Come [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 the next live-action film]], and in that continuity, their shells really ''are'' bulletproof.

** Near the end of the film, the Turtles bluff Walker and his men into thinking they're bulletproof. Come [[Film/TeenageMutqntNinjaTurtles2014 the next live-action film]], and in that continuity, their shells really ''are'' bulletproof.

* PlotHoles: One of the reasons that this movie is considered the worst of the original ''TMNT'' trilogy of films. Most of the time, the movie {{Hand Wave}}s them, which just makes it [[VoodooShark more confusing]]. For instance, the film's explanation for how so many remote villagers in ancient Japan can speak perfect English is contact with English traders. However, that doesn't explain why Norinaga's honor guard can't speak English, nor how they can understand Norinaga when he gives them orders in English.

* TearJerker: The film comes close to one at the end when Mikey admits that he would rather stay in the feudal Japan of the distant past, which he actually finds preferable to the 20th century, where he has to live in a sewer. Raph and even Leo agree that they feel better off in the past than in their own present. It's a rare moment where Mikey steps outside his usual "party dude" persona and shows a different side of himself.
* TheyJustDidntCare: The only possible justification for the half-assed costumes and animatronics of the movie, although this could also be assumed in regards to the lack of original music in its soundtrack. Whereas the others had original songs, the suits in charge of the third movie's album grabbed a bunch of older songs and called it an "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack."

* PlotHoles: One of the things that makes this movie so pathetic. Probably the worst one is the question of how so many remote villagers in ancient Japan, including an ancient old man, can speak perfect English, while Norinaga's honour guard cannot?
** Perhaps contact with outside traders, like Walker's people?
* {{Sequelitis}}: Mercilessly panned by both critics and fans alike, the movie featured an outrageous plot even by the franchise's standards, an uninspired villain, fewer fight scenes (although the fights that ''are'' in the movie are longer and more elaborate), and [[SpecialEffectFailure costumes/animatronics that looked unbelievably cheap]] due to the absence of Jim Henson's Creature Shop. [[FranchiseKiller There wouldn't be another Ninja Turtles movie]] until the franchise was rebooted [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} in 2007]], and no live-action movies until [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 over twenty years later]].

** The turtles and Splinter look '''''a lot''''' more cheaply made this time around. The turtles for instance, have mouths that move too quickly, visible seams where the neck meets the headpiece and liver spots on the top of their heads. Splinter on the other hand is a ''very'' obvious puppet that was seemingly only built from the waist up, as the viewer ''never'' sees his legs.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The only possible justification for the half-assed costumes and animatronics of the movie, although this could also be assumed in regards to the lack of original music in its soundtrack. Whereas the others had original songs, the suits in charge of the third movie's album grabbed a bunch of older songs and called it an "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack."

* PlotHoles: One of the things that makes this movie so pathetic. Probably the worst one is the question of how so many remote villagers in ancient Japan, including an ancient old man, can speak perfect English?

* {{Sequelitis}}: [[InkStainAdaptation Mercilessly panned by both critics and fans alike,]] [[FranchiseKiller the movie featured]] [[{{Sequelitis}} an outrageous plot (even by the franchise's standards), an uninspired villain, fewer fight scenes]] (although to be fair the fights that ''are'' in the movie are longer and more elaborate), [[SpecialEffectFailure and costumes/animatronics that looked unbelievably cheap due to the absence of Jim Henson's Creature Shop.]]

* SpecialEffectFailure: [[spoiler:Walker]]'s death, where he falls to a watery grave without making a splash, apparently just disappearing while making a splash sound. After examining this failure, [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd AVGN]] noted that if the crew didn't want to spend extra money on animating a splash, they could've cut to a shot of the turtles watching the plunge as an off-screen splash is heard.

* {{Sequelitis}}: [[InkStainAdaptation Mercilessly panned by both critics and fans alike,]] [[FranchiseKiller the movie featured]] [[{{Sequelitis}} an outrageous plot, an uninspired villain, fewer fight scenes]] (although to be fair the fights that ''are'' in the movie are longer and more elaborate), [[SpecialEffectFailure and costumes/animatronics that looked unbelievably cheap due to the absence of Jim Henson's Creature Shop.]]

** The turtles and Splinter look '''''a lot''''' more cheaply than the previous two films. The turtles for instance, have mouths that move too quickly, visible seams where the neck meets the headpiece and liver spots on the top of their heads. Splinter on the other hand is a ''very'' obvious puppet that was seemingly only built from the waist up, as the viewer ''never'' sees his legs.

* EarWorm: The movie has Msuic/ZZTop's "Can't Stop Rockin'" and Baltimora's "Tarzan Boy," although both were former '80s chart toppers.