Franklin
Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.
Seasons
1. Franklin Plays the Game
Air Date: 1997-11-03
Franklin is not looking forward to playing soccer for his team always loses. During a practice, Franklin notices how his teammates play and suggest they practice every day to get to know their positions. Eventually, they all learn to play as a team and have fun, even though they haven't won a game.
2. Franklin Wants A Pet
Air Date: 1997-11-03
Franklin still loves his stuff dog Sam but have trouble deciding which pet to choose and tries to convince his parents he is ready for a real pet.
3. Hurry Up, Franklin
Air Date: 1997-11-06
Franklin heads over to his best Friend Bear's surprise birthday party. However, Franklin tends to take his take as he is sidetracked with nature's beauty. He enjoys the adventure and even picks up treasures along the way. In the end, he still makes it to the birthday party just in time.
4. Franklin's Bad Day
Air Date: 1997-11-06
Franklin is sad his best friend, Otter had moved away. Even though he refuses to admit it, he's also angry and mad at everyone. He then realizes, no matter what, it's no excuse for his behavior.
5. Franklin Goes to School
Air Date: 1997-11-10
Franklin is excited about the first day of school. However, he is also scared as to the expectations. He then learns what school is all about and even drew a picture of his family to take home.
6. Franklin Is Lost
Air Date: 1997-11-10
Franklin and his friends are playing hide and seek. However, things turn to worst when Franklin and Fox tries to hide in the forest and wound up getting lost.
7. Franklin Has a Sleepover
Air Date: 1997-11-13
Franklin has Bear over. However, towards the end of the night, Bear was feeling homesick. Franklin helped Bear overcome his fear and had a wonderful night.
8. Franklin's Halloween
Air Date: 1997-11-13
It's Halloween and everyone's buzzing about. They all can't wait for the Halloween party. When strange noises and ghosts appear, Franklin thought it was Bear until he heard he was home with the flu.
9. Franklin Rides a Bike
Air Date: 1997-11-20
Franklin noticed all his friends are riding their bikes without training wheels. At first, he was a little embarrased with his training wheels but with the help of his mother, he learned how to finally ride a bike without training wheels.
10. Franklin Is Messy
Air Date: 1997-11-20
Mr. & Mrs. Turtle are always on Franklin to clean up his room. Franklin never seemed to have time to get around to it until he accidently stepped on his favorite toy. He also realized he couldn't find anything. He starts to organize his room with his dad's help and eventually have everything in place.
11. Franklin Fibs
Air Date: 1997-11-27
All of Franklin's friends can do special things. Franklin can't seem to think of anything he could that his friends couldn't so he made up that he could eat seventy-six flies in the blink of an eye. But didn't realize fibbing could also get him into trouble.
12. Franklin's Blanket
Air Date: 1997-11-27
Franklin is spending a night at his aunt's place but couldn't find his favorite blue blanket. His friends and father tried to give Franklin something in it's place but in the end all Franklin really want is his special blanket.
13. Franklin is Bossy
Air Date: 1997-12-08
Franklin can tend to be too bossy when playing with his friends. It got to a point where he friends can't enjoy playing games with Franklin always bossing them around and they didn't want to play with him anymore. He soon realizes being bossy and alone is no fun and learns to play fair.
14. Franklin's Fort
Air Date: 1997-12-08
Franklin and his friends decide to build a fort but in a tree. What his friends don't know is that Franklin is afraid of heights.
15. Finders Keepers for Franklin
Air Date: 1997-12-15
Franklin finds a lost camera and his friends tell him it's his because he found it "Finders Keepers". He didn't realize the significant of a lost item until his own stuffed dog, Sam is also lost.
16. Franklin's New Friend
Air Date: 1997-12-15
A new family have moved into Woodland and Franklin is curious. Little did he know the new kid in town is also a six foot tall Moose!
17. Franklin's School Play
Air Date: 1997-12-25
Franklin was thrilled to be the lead of his school play, the Nutcracker. He would rehearse for his parents and spent extra time memorizing all his lines. However, on opening night, Franklin ended up with stage fright.
18. Franklin and the Secret Club
Air Date: 1997-12-25
Porcupine creates a Secret Club to be more popular than Franklin. When she finally allows Franklin to join, but he had to choose between a friend or the club, it's Porcupine who learns the real true meaning of friendship.
19. Franklin and the Red Scooter
Air Date: 1998-01-05
Franklin sees Rabbit's new red scooter and tried to convince his parents to buy him one. But he just got a new bike. Franklin tries to earn some money but without any success. He then had an idea which Rabbit agreed to.
20. Franklin in the Dark
Air Date: 1998-01-05
Franklin tells his parents he's afraid of small drak places which includes his own shell. His mom tells him a story of a little turtle who was also afraid of the dark and how others are also afraid of other things.
21. Franklin and the Tooth Fairy
Air Date: 1998-01-12
When Bear shows Franklin what he received from the tooth fairy, Franklin was upset that since turtles don't have teeth, he'll never receive a visit and a gift from the tooth fairy.
22. Franklin Takes the Blame
Air Date: 1998-01-12
Mr. Mole asks Franklin to take care of his flower garden while he goes on vacation. However, Franklin gets sidetracked and kept forgetting to water Mr. Mole's garden. When he discovered his error, he tries to correct the problem, only it couldn't be fixed.
23. Franklin's Christmas Gift
Air Date: 1998-01-19
Franklin looks over his toy chest to donate a toy to a needy child. He didn't realize how hard it was to choose which toy.
24. Franklin's Granny
Air Date: 1998-01-19
Franklin had to visit his Granny but he rather play with his friends instead. He didn't realize how exciting and fun Grannies can be until they went through Granny's old trunks and photos.
25. Franklin and the Baby
Air Date: 1998-01-26
Franklin's best friend, Bear have a new baby sister. Franklin wishes he could have a baby brother or sister too. Until Franklin heard what Bear had to say about the new baby.
26. Franklin Goes to Day Camp
Air Date: 1998-01-26
Franklin and Bear befriends Possum at day camp until he notices Possum was getting all of Bear's attention. Franklin tries to clown around and get back Bear's attention but just ended up getting in trouble.
1. Franklin's Visitor
Air Date: 1998-09-07
Mr. Mole's grandson visits and Franklin have to keep him company. Mole doesn't seem to be interested in anything Franklin wants to do so Franklin has to find a way to compromise.
2. Franklin Not-So-Broken Bone
Air Date: 1998-09-07
Franklin noticed the attention Skunk was getting with a cast on her arm. He finds a way to put a cast on too but learns there are down sides too.
3. Franklin's Gift
Air Date: 1998-09-14
Franklin made a beautiful present for his mom for Mother's Day. He was so proud of it. But when he heard what his friends have gotten their mothers, he wasn't so sure about his home made gift after all.
4. Franklin Growing Up Fast
Air Date: 1998-09-14
Franklin watches an old home movie of his dad. Franklin couldn't believe his dad was once his size. He sets to do grownup things knowing he'll be a grownup some day but yet he still wants to be a kid too.
5. Franklin the Spy
Air Date: 1998-09-21
Franklin and Bear play secret agents and uses a hidden tape recorder on their friends. But the recorder stopped taping just when the secret was about to be revealed and Franklin & Bear takes it one step to far.
6. Franklin's Library Book
Air Date: 1998-09-21
Franklin receives his first library card and takes out his first library book. He was so excited with this new responbility. Unfortunately, he left his library book out in the rain and tries to hide the damaged book.
7. Franklin's Kite
Air Date: 1998-09-28
Franklin's kite broke and he threw it away. Fox asked if he could have it and fixes it. When Franklin saw what he did to it, he wished he never threw it away.
8. Franklin and the Babysitter
Air Date: 1998-09-28
Granny was not able to babysit Franklin when his parents have to go out for the night. So Mrs. Muskrat was called in. Franklin was not pleased for he was looking forward to spending time with his Granny.
9. Franklin and the Broken Globe
Air Date: 1998-10-05
Franklin accidently breaks the classroom globe but Goose thought she had broken it. Franklin starts to feeling guilty when Goose feels she's nothing but bad luck.
10. Franklin's Valentines
Air Date: 1998-10-05
Franklin made beautiful valentine cards for this schoolmates. During class time, Franklin could not find his cards anywhere. He found them on his way home, they were strewn all over and rain soaked. Since his schoolmates were so understanding, he found a new way to celebrate Valentine's Day.
11. Franklin's Family Treasure
Air Date: 1998-10-12
Mr. Turtle gives Franklin a whistle. Without realizing it's value, Franklin traded it away until his Granny told him where the whistle originates from. Franklin and his Granny desperately tracks down who has the whistle.
12. Franklin's Music Lessons
Air Date: 1998-10-12
Franklin and his class were entertained by Mrs. Panda and her piano. This inspired Franklin and Beaver to take up piano lessons from Franklin's Granny. He didn't realize how practice can really be perfect until he noticed how well Beaver was playing the piano while he was out goofing off.
13. Franklin Takes a Trip
Air Date: 1998-10-19
Franklin and his parents takes a trip to a pioneer village. Franklin was not too thrilled about it until he discovered how the early settlers were doing fun things long before amusement parks were built.
14. Franklin's Bicycle Helmet
Air Date: 1998-10-19
Franklin had to have the flashy new helmet. He was so proud of it until he overhead his friends laughing about the new helmet. He decided not to wear his new helmet for the bicycle safety test but couldn't pass because he didn't have a proper helmet on.
15. Franklin's Birthday Party
Air Date: 1998-10-26
Franklin's parents couldn't afford to take Franklin and all his friends to Tamarack Point so they built their own little amusement park for Franklin's birthday party.
16. Franklin's Nickname
Air Date: 1998-10-26
Everyone loves their nickname that was given to them. Everyone that is except for Bear. Franklin realizes that good-spirited kidding has its place and not all nicknames were meant for everyone.
17. Franklin and Otter's Visit
Air Date: 1998-11-02
Otter has returned for a visit to Woodland and Franklin was excited. But soon he realizes how things have changed since Otter have moved away, including their once great friendship.
18. Franklin's Collection
Air Date: 1998-11-02
Franklin did not know what to bring to school for show and tell. Everyone had a collection of some sort except for Franklin. Franklin sets out to find a collection but didn't think it was anything spectular until Mr. Owl pointed out what a great collection Franklin has.
19. Franklin Says Sorry
Air Date: 1998-11-09
Bear had a surprise for their tree fort and Franklin spoiled it by telling Fox. Bear was really upset with Franklin and wouldn't speak to him for day. Franklin was also upset about what happened and apologized. Fox and Beaver also confessed they were to blame as well for they had insisted Franklin tell them and that it wasn't all his fault.
20. Franklin and the Fire
Air Date: 1998-11-09
A fire engine awoke Franklin and there was a fire at Mr. Mole's store. Franklin began to worry about his home fire safety and had his parents start practicing fire drills.
21. Franklin's Garden
Air Date: 1998-11-16
Franklin was proud of his little garden until he noticed a caterpillar kept eating his petunias. He tried everything to keep the caterpillar out but Mr. Mole explained the significance of a caterpillar and gave Franklin a whole new outlook about his garden, including other living things.
22. Franklin Runs Away
Air Date: 1998-11-16
Franklin and Snail feels unwanted due to a series of disagreeable encounters with family and friends. They decide to run away but then realizes how much everyone cares about them.
23. Franklin's Gloomy Day
Air Date: 1998-11-23
Franklin is bored and there was nothing to do especially with the weather not cooperating. With his parents' encouragement, Franklin used his own creative imagination to chase away those boredom blues.
24. Franklin Tells Time
Air Date: 1998-11-23
Franklin pretends to know how to tell time until he realizes it doesn't help when he was always late. Franklin confesses to Mr. Owl and asks for his help to learn and Mr. Owl assures Franklin that everyone needs extra help some times.
25. Franklin's Test
Air Date: 1998-11-30
Franklin so desperately wants to win a pen during a spelling test that he cheated. When Bear didn't get a pen because he didn't pass the test, Franklin felt guilty for not earning the pen fairly.
26. Franklin and the Duckling
Air Date: 1998-11-30
Franklin finds a duckling at the pond and tries to hide it from his parents. He soon realizes there's more to it than meets the eye with how much care a duckling needs.
1. Franklin and His Night Friend
Air Date: 1999-10-11
Franklin makes friends with a bat named Bat, but problems emerge when they can't meet because Bat is nocturnal.
2. Franklin and the Two Henrys
Air Date: 1999-10-11
Bear loses Beaver's pet hamster, Henry, while watching him when she's on vacation. He buys another hamster to take its place, before admitting his lie. Henry ends up showing up and Bear gets to keep the new hamster, calling it Henry II.
3. Franklin's Nature Hike
Air Date: 1999-10-18
Franklin helps Snail a bit too much during a nature walk with Bear, Beaver, Fox, and Goose.
4. Franklin's Starring Role
Air Date: 1999-10-18
Franklin feels sad when he doesn't get a big part in the school's production of Sleeping Beauty, thinking he won't get the same attention as a stage manager, not until he realizes how important his role is.
5. Franklin's Masterpiece
Air Date: 1999-10-25
Franklin wins a contest with a painting that he, Bear, Beaver, and Fox painted.
6. Franklin and the Computer
Air Date: 1999-10-25
Franklin spends too much time on Beaver's computer game, Dam Builders. Beaver thinks that Franklin is more interested in the game than spending time with her, who comes to his senses and puts his friend before the game.
7. Franklin the Trooper
Air Date: 1999-11-01
Franklin helps Mrs. Muskrat repair her old boat. He figures it will only take a short time, but when it turns into a big job, he considers given up, until he discovers she renamed her boat after him in gratitude for his help.
8. Franklin's Fossil
Air Date: 1999-11-01
Franklin and Bear discover a trilobite fossil in the garden. They make a museum with the fossil as the focal point, but lose customers because they don't know anything about it.
9. Franklin and the Fortune Teller
Air Date: 1999-11-08
Beaver tells Franklin that he will have a bad day, so Franklin becomes cautious the following day and ends up missing out on a lot of great stuff.
10. Franklin's Cellar
Air Date: 1999-11-08
Franklin is afraid of going down into the cellar, for fear of the monsters that live there. The fear spreads across Beaver, Bear, and Goose, until they realize that it's their imagination getting the best of them which is also what they use to "fight the monsters" as superheroes.
11. Franklin Plants a Tree
Air Date: 1999-11-22
Franklin's preconceived notions about trees are turned upside down when he gets the responsibility of planting one.
12. Franklin the Hero
Air Date: 1999-11-22
Franklin and Snail want to get signed copies of the new Dynaroo comic from Dynaroo herself, but have to help Mrs. Muskrat get into her house after she lost her key in the snow. They get to Mr. Heron's shop a little too late, but Dynaroo stuck around after Mrs. Muskrat called ahead to tell of their good deed.
13. Franklin's Day Off
Air Date: 1999-11-26
Franklin would rather go on a bike ride with Bear, than put away his makeshift tent, but then he has a flat tire which leads him into all kinds of problems that could've been prevented if he had put away the tent days ago.
14. Franklin's Homemade Cookies
Air Date: 1999-11-26
Franklin thinks it's better to tell the truth, but isn't so sure when it comes to the ill-received cookies he made, which have too much ginger in them.
15. Franklin the Fabulous
Air Date: 1999-12-06
Franklin tries to learn magic like a famous magician, Martin the Magnificent.
16. Franklin Camps Out
Air Date: 1999-12-06
Franklin becomes too dependent on his friends when they were on a camp out. Eventually they get sick of it and stop. At night, the wind wakes Franklin up who sees the tent in danger, and with Bear asleep, he learns to be self sufficient in tying it down securely by himself.
17. Franklin and the Puppy
Air Date: 2000-01-17
A lost puppy follows Franklin around, and Franklin wants to keep him.
18. Franklin Takes The Bus
Air Date: 2000-01-17
Franklin takes the school's toy bus without asking.
19. Franklin and the Copycat
Air Date: 2000-01-31
Rabbit steals Franklin's technique for drawing storm clouds.
20. Big Brother Franklin
Air Date: 2000-01-31
A young boy named Squirrel hangs out with Franklin, Fox, and Raccoon.
21. Franklin and the Grump
Air Date: 2000-02-07
Mr. Groundhog gets grumpy during February 2nd, and Franklin tries to find out why.
22. Franklin's Promise
Air Date: 2000-02-07
Mr. Turtle promises to fix Franklin's bike, but only after he fixes a sprinkler, which may take more time than originally intended.
23. Franklin and the Thunderstorm
Air Date: 2000-02-14
Franklin doesn't want his friends to know that he is afraid of thunderstorms.
24. Franklin's Maple Syrup
Air Date: 2000-02-14
Franklin and Bear compete with Beaver and Fox for who will make the best maple syrup.
25. Franklin Helps Out
Air Date: 2000-02-21
Franklin can't find a job to help with in the community.
26. Franklin's Missing Snacks
Air Date: 2000-02-21
Bear is accused of eating all of the snacks his friends stored away for safe keeping.
1. Franklin's Good Deeds
Air Date: 2000-05-08
Franklin tries to do a good deed in order to get journalist Mr. Coyote to get him into the newspaper.
2. Franklin's Submarine
Air Date: 2000-05-08
Franklin receives a submarine by mail that isn't at all what he imagined it to be.
3. Mr. Fix-It Franklin
Air Date: 2000-05-15
Franklin gets to help out around the house on small fix-it jobs. He then tries to apply it to helping his friends, which seem to work at first, until he finds out that his fixes caused bigger messes. However, his friends forgive him and his parents tell him that learning from one's mistakes is experience, too. And with his father's help, he does it again the right way.
4. Franklin Has the Hiccups
Air Date: 2000-05-15
Franklin gets nervous about a forthcoming chess championship being held at his school.
5. Franklin Delivers
Air Date: 2000-05-22
Franklin and Bear are eager to deliver newspapers while the local paperboy is away for the weekend. They soon find out that windy Saturdays are much better for flying kites than delivering papers.
6. Franklin's Shell Trouble
Air Date: 2000-05-22
Franklin's shell is peeling due to having Carapace Eczema and is treated with an embarrassing ointment. He then tries various ways to hide this from his friends.
7. Franklin's Sailboat
Air Date: 2000-05-29
Franklin thinks that a newer, prettier sailboat in Mr. Mole's store is better than his older, run-down sailboat he currently owns. He waits for his father to fix his old run up, but runs out of patience and buys the new boat, only it looks better than it swims. In the meantime, Mr. Turtle fixes his old boat up, so Franklin gives the new boat as a trophy to his dad in gratitude.
8. Franklin Snoops
Air Date: 2000-05-29
Franklin accidentally snoops on Bear's birthday present and tells him it's an action figure. He then convinces his friends into buying all the accessories, but when he finds out the action figure was for his own birthday, Franklin gives it to Bear to avoid revealing the truth so nobody is let down.
9. Franklin's Father
Air Date: 2000-06-04
Mr. Mole tells Franklin stories of his father's childhood mistakes while he and Franklin wait at the train station for Franklin's mother.
10. Franklin Plays Hockey
Air Date: 2000-06-04
Franklin and Bear help Skunk get ready for hockey season.
11. Franklin and the Puppet Play
Air Date: 2000-06-11
Beaver becomes too bossy during a production of a Little Red Riding Hood puppet play.
12. Franklin's Stopwatch
Air Date: 2000-06-11
Franklin discovers how slow he actually is when he gets his hands on a stopwatch.
13. Franklin Meets Ermine
Air Date: 2000-06-18
Franklin's friends don't believe him when he explains that a different kid wreaks havoc on his fun.
14. Franklin's Funny Business
Air Date: 2000-06-18
Franklin and Rabbit get too much into playing practical jokes being played on their friends.
15. Franklin and Sam
Air Date: 2000-06-25
Franklin tries to hide Sam while on a camping trip with his friends.
16. Franklin's Berry Patch
Air Date: 2000-06-25
Franklin and Bear try to hide a secret berry patch all to themselves.
17. Franklin's Rival
Air Date: 2000-07-02
Franklin feels challenged by the affections of another kid Granny is babysitting.
18. Franklin and the Trading Cards
Air Date: 2000-07-02
Franklin gets an extra copy of a rare trading card and has to decide whether to give it to Beaver or Fox.
19. Franklin's Robot
Air Date: 2000-07-09
Franklin and Fox try to build a robot. When their friends Beaver and Badger mock their simple made one that doesn't actually do anything, they each take turns wearing the robot suit and a forced to do the chores Rabbit, Goose, Beaver and Badger think they are ordering it to do.
20. Franklin the Detective
Air Date: 2000-07-09
Franklin tries to find out where the ball went during a game of baseball played by Beaver, Fox and Raccoon. All the clues point to it falling in the river, but Bear points out that it knocked down a branch as it got stuck in a tree.
21. Franklin the Fearless
Air Date: 2000-07-16
Franklin's friends think that he is fearless going down Thrill Hill, the steepest hill in all of Woodland.
22. Franklin's Lucky Charm
Air Date: 2000-07-16
Bear feels unlucky, so Franklin gives him a fake four-leaf clover to try and boost his luck.
23. Franklin at the Seashore
Air Date: 2000-07-23
Franklin and Bear accuse two crabs of stealing their seashells.
24. Franklin & Snail's Dream
Air Date: 2000-07-23
Snail wants to learn how to fly, but everyone else thinks it's ridiculous and dangerous, except for Franklin.
25. My Franklin
Air Date: 2000-07-30
Franklin and Bear want to play in the park, but Bear's younger sister keeps calling out to them. Franklin keeps retiring until, which makes Bear jealous, but they realize the she was actually calling out to Franklin because Bear was too busy.
26. Franklin's Mom
Air Date: 2000-07-30
Bear, Franklin and his family prepare to go out for a camping trip. While packing up, Mr. Turtle accidentally drops a frying pan and it lands on his foot which gives him serious injuries, forcing him to stay out of the vacation. Mrs. Turtle takes care of the rest of the work, which has some differences than what Mr. Turtle does.
1. Franklin the Teacher
Air Date: 2002-04-29
When Franklin learns that Bear has taught his little sister, Beatrice, to count up to five, he decides it's time to start teaching Harriet things himself. He sets up a school session for her, complete with lessons on counting, painting and more. He soon begins to despair when it seems like Harriet isn't learning anything from his lessons.
2. Franklin's Allergy
Air Date: 2002-04-29
One day, when playing with Bear, Franklin begins sneezing. Noting that the sneezing fits don't seem to happen all the time, his friends diagnose him as having an allergy and after some tests, conclude that he's allergic to Bear! Franklin and Bear try to find new ways to play together that won't cause Franklin to sneeze, but it turns out that the cause of Franklin's allergic reaction isn't exactly what they thought.
3. Franklin Loses a Book
Air Date: 2002-05-06
Harriet has a favorite book called The Happy Green Frog and she wants Franklin to read it to her over and over. Franklin is okay with reading it at first, but when she keeps asking to hear it and ignoring all of her other books, he grows tired of it and hides it under a pile of newspapers. Later, the newspapers are taken out to the recycling... and the book exits with them! Franklin and Bear launch on a wild hunt throughout Woodland in the hope of finding another copy of the book to read to Harriet, but end up with a very creative solution to the problem.
4. Franklin and Betty
Air Date: 2002-05-06
Beaver's cousin Betty is in town and Franklin is the first of the Woodland kids other than Beaver to meet her. The two quickly become friends with each other, Betty identifying with Franklin's interest in sand-castle building and also wanting to get away from Beaver, who is obliviously centered on her own interests.
5. Franklin's Pumpkin
Air Date: 2002-05-13
Franklin and Bear have been growing a huge pumpkin in the hopes of entering it in the county fair and winning first prize. As they run an errand to help Mrs. Muskrat, they tell her of their pumpkin and learn about the amazing things she does with seemingly useless broken glass. When their pumpkin suffers an unfortunate accident, Mrs. Muskrat shows them how they too can make something great out of something seemingly useless.
6. Franklin's Jug Band
Air Date: 2002-05-13
Franklin's friends Beaver and Bear have started a band and Franklin wants to join too, but he finds that his sister Harriet has taken possession of the instrument he wants. It's up to his friends to show him that his own imagination and creativity is all he needs to have the perfect instruments to play.
7. Franklin and the Bus Patrol
Air Date: 2002-05-20
As part of "Bus Safety Month," Bear is named "bus patrol officer" by Mr. Owl. Bear is familiar with the rules and seems to be good at the job, but when he ends up ticketing his friends for violations, they become upset with him. Franklin ends up commenting about how he'd do things if he became bus patrol officer and then regrets it when that's exactly what happens. Both he and Bear learn a lesson.
8. Franklin and Wolvie
Air Date: 2002-05-20
Wolvie, the son of one of Mrs. Turtle's friends is coming to visit Franklin and pretty soon Franklin and all of his friends are on their guard when Wolvie's play turns out to be a little rough for them. Wolvie seems to be rough, rude and just not fun to be around. It turns out, though, that there's a reason for Wolvie's behavior and he can change if need be.
9. Franklin Stays Up
Air Date: 2002-05-27
Franklin is having a campout in his backyard and he and Rabbit hatch a plan to stay up all night. Originally, all members of the sleepover are on board, but then they fall asleep one-by-one until finally Franklin and Rabbit are the only ones who make it until morning to see the sunrise, but not without a few setbacks.
10. Franklin's Bargain
Air Date: 2002-05-27
When Bear buys a neat detective kit at Mr. Mole's shop, Franklin is disappointed to learn that they're all sold out, but Bear tells him that he can get a "Super Snooper Spy Kit," however, he'll have to get it before it's sold out. Franklin checks his savings and finds that he doesn't have enough money. Hoping to earn the money, he decides to strike a bargain with his Dad to get it by doing an extra chore. He first deals around doing the dishes and then fails keep up his end of the bargain after agreeing to a different chore.
11. Franklin's Big Game
Air Date: 2002-06-03
Franklin and his friends are out playing baseball when the Churchill Bears, a visiting team on their way to a big tournament, roll onto the baseball field. Mr. Mole knows them and invited them to stop by. He arranges for a big game between them and Franklin's team, but when Franklin and his friends see how well the Bears play, they try to back out of the game, worried that they'll get "murgalized."
12. Franklin's Reading Club
Air Date: 2002-06-03
Mrs. Goose at the Woodland library announces a summer reading contest to Franklin and his friends: anyone who reads thirty or more books will receive a nifty reading club t-shirt. Franklin and Bear like the look of the t-shirt and decide to try and read really fast so that they can get their t-shirts before anyone else. When they find that their friends are getting great enjoyment out of reading, while they can't even remember what they read, they question the wisdom of their idea.
13. Franklin in Two Places
Air Date: 2002-06-10
Franklin finds himself caught in a difficult situation when he promises to support Bear during his big-kid baseball game and attend Beaver's art-show, both of which are happening at the same time. Bear is best friend and he did promise him first, but he wants to honor his commitment to Beaver because he's always dodged attending her events in the past. Not wanting to hurt either's feelings, he tries to make himself visible at both events without Bear or Beavers' knowing, but quickly finds the juggling act harder to maintain than he thought it would be.
14. Franklin's First Star
Air Date: 2002-06-10
Franklin and Bear are big hockey fans and have a favorite professional player - Coyote. They take part in outdoor hockey games against Beaver and Fox and Mrs. Muskrat stops by often to provide encouragement and hot chocolate. One day, Mr. Turtle takes them to see a hockey game and they get to meet Coyote. They tell him about how great they think he is, but his response br
15. Franklin's Float
Air Date: 2002-06-17
Franklin and his friends have always enjoyed watching the annual Woodland parade, but this year, some of them are actually going to be in it, riding their bikes. At least, that was the plan, until Franklin thinks big and suggests that they create their own float. They create the Mothership One and load it up with gimmicks, only to find that it won't even move.
16. Franklin's Party Plans
Air Date: 2002-06-17
When Franklin finds Skunk crying and learns that she's moving, he tells some of his friends about it and they decide to put together a surprise party to cheer her up. They create a number of items for her to remember them by, but when it comes time for the surprise party, it turns out to be Skunk who surprises them.
17. Gee Whiz Franklin
Air Date: 2002-06-24
When Rabbit tells Franklin and his friends about the "Gee Whiz Challenge," a contest to do something fun for 24 hours and get in a magazine, everyone jumps at the chance to become famous. They soon find that not only is it harder than they think, but there are other things that are more important.
18. Franklin Can't Wait
Air Date: 2002-06-24
Franklin and his friends are going to the circus and he told all his friends to come early - but didn't tell his parents. They all soon become very bored by the long wait. When one friend arrives later than all the rest of them, they show that they can still have a good time, even with the long wait.
19. Franklin's Spring First
Air Date: 2002-07-01
Everyone in Woodland has been looking forward to spring, but a late snowfall make it seem like it's taking forever. Franklin decides to celebrate the first day of spring by creating a holiday based around it, with special traditions such as having waffles for breakfast. On the day of the big celebration, melting snow and heavy rains cause an unfortunate flood, but Franklin and his family still find reason to celebrate after receiving help from a certain animal familiy who's well-equipped to deal with the problem.
20. Franklin Plays Golf
Air Date: 2002-07-01
When Franklin sees his Dad warming up for golf season, he becomes interested in the game as well and soon agrees to an outing at the golf course with Mr. Turtle. Bear is worried that the outing will conflict with a soccer game, but Franklin feels that he'll have plenty of time for both events. When Franklin finds that golf not only takes a long game, but he isn't as good as it that he thought, he enlists Bear's
21. Franklin's Canoe Trip
Air Date: 2002-07-08
Mr. Turtle misses the call of the loons from camping in the wilderness, so he takes Franklin and Bear on a camping trip, encouraging them to be "voyageurs." Although enthusiastic about the trip, they begin to think for a while that it's less fun than they thought it would be.
22. Franklin's Interview
Air Date: 2002-07-08
Franklin's class has been assigned to do an interview with someone they consider special. Beaver takes Franklin's parents, but Franklin can't seem to find anyone that he wants to interview. After looking all over for a subject, he finally finds the perfect one someplace that he even looked.
23. Franklin's Crystal
Air Date: 2002-07-15
Franklin and Beaver discover an impressive piece of quartz, but problems with its shared ownership creates problems with their friendship. When Franklin and Beaver realize how unpleasant their quarrelling is to others, they decide to give their rock specimen away.
24. Franklin's Advice
Air Date: 2002-07-15
During a soccer match, Snail deflects the ball and scores the winning goal, but the victory comes at the cost of a cracked shell. Despite Franklin's advice, Snail refuses to tell his parents about the injury for fear of being pulled from the team. Putting his friendship on the line, Franklin gives Snail one more chance to tell his parents or he will have to do it for him.
25. Franklin's Cookie Question
Air Date: 2002-07-22
Franklin and Bear have been making homemade cookies for a while now and this time, they've made their biggest batch ever. They want them to last a long time, but are tempted to eat them all up at once. After Bear literally gets his paw caught in the cookie jar, they find the cookies to be the least of their worries.
26. Franklin's Picnic
Air Date: 2002-07-22
Franklin is sure that he won't like anything spinach, or lots of unfamiliar foods in general. Bear seems to agree with him, but the two find themselves facing this issue head-on when Beaver organizes a picnic and those in change of bringing the food announce plans to bring some pretty strange-sounding things.
1. Franklin Itching to Skateboard
Air Date: 2004-05-23
When Franklin and Bear decide they want to go skateboarding, they get more than they bargained for.
2. Franklin Forgives
Air Date: 2004-05-23
Franklin and his family pay a visit to the pond for a picnic supper. Franklin decides to bring his fish Goldie along too. When Harriet accidentally knocks Goldie into the pond, Franklin finds it difficult to accept her apology, even though he knows it was an accident.
3. Hockey Fan Franklin
Air Date: 2004-05-30
Franklin gets the nervous jitters after winning a contest to meet his favorite hockey star. Things only get worse when the actual meeting happens and he feels like he made a fool of himself.
4. Mother Hen Franklin
Air Date: 2004-05-30
Franklin becomes overly protective after Harriet scrapes her knee. Mrs. Turtle helps him by talking with him about happened when he hurt himself after experiences such as his first bike ride.
5. Franklin's Badge
Air Date: 2004-06-06
Franklin joins the Woodland Trailblazer troop, a sort of combination Boy / Girl Scouts, and tries to earn some merit badges. He finds that there is much more to it than simply earning badges.
6. Franklin Stargazes
Air Date: 2004-06-06
Franklin trades away his new telescope before realizing its potential. He tries to get it back and ends up striking a bargain.
7. Franklin's Swimming Party
Air Date: 2004-06-12
Franklin and his friends are having a swimming party. Unfortunately, Skunk doesn't know how to swim - and things only get worse for Franklin accidentally reveals her secret.
8. Franklin's Soccer Field Folly
Air Date: 2004-06-12
Franklin is embarrassed after he scores a soccer goal - for the opposing team!
9. Franklin the Weather Turtle
Air Date: 2004-06-14
Franklin is an aspiring meteorologist after spending time with Mr. Groundhog.
10. Franklin's Dance Lessons
Air Date: 2004-06-14
Franklin initially tries to get out of dance lessons before learning it can be fun.
11. Franklin in Charge
Air Date: 2004-06-19
Franklin takes on Mr. Turtle's household chores. He finds that he can't do it all, and doesn't have to.
12. Franklin's UFO
Air Date: 2004-06-19
Franklin and Rabbit chase after UFOs after reading a newspaper article. They consult with Mr. Mole for advice.
13. Franklin Migrates
Air Date: 2004-06-20
Franklin learns about Migration Celebration from Goose. Goose's relatives fly south for the winter, while she and her family stay in Woodland. Franklin joins in the celebraetion.
14. Franklin the Photographer
Air Date: 2004-06-20
Beaver starts a camera club at school. Franklin tries to get a picture of a butterfly, but finds it to be a difficult task.
15. Franklin's Word
Air Date: 2004-06-26
Harriet hears a hurtful word and starts using it at inappropriate times.
16. Franklin's Pond Phantom
Air Date: 2004-06-26
Franklin and Bear scare their friends with a tall tale about sea-serpent that supposedly dwells in Woodland Pond.
17. Franklin the Coach
Air Date: 2004-06-28
Franklin is made the substitute coach of his soccer team while Coach Porcupine heads out-of-town. He worries that he is not doing a good job at it.
18. Franklin Plays it Safe
Air Date: 2004-06-28
Franklin and his friends' tree fort is the subject of a safety inspection.
19. Franklin's Favorite Card
Air Date: 2004-07-24
Franklin loses a soccer card of his favorite player.
20. Franklin's Expedition
Air Date: 2004-07-24
Franklin and Bear go on an expedition for the Woodland Trail Blazers.
21. Franklin's Bike-A-Thon
Air Date: 2004-07-25
Franklin participates in a charity ride for a new library computer.
22. Franklin's Candy Caper
Air Date: 2004-07-25
When Franklin puts a strange penny in Mr. Mole's candy machine, all of the candy comes out.
23. Franklin's Go-Cart Race
Air Date: 2004-08-01
Mr. Owl assigns Franklin and his class the task of building go-carts.
24. Sir Franklin's Squire
Air Date: 2004-08-01
Franklin and Snail play "knights" on a royal quest. Along the way, their friends join in on the fun.
25. Franklin Sees the Big Picture
Air Date: 2004-08-08
Franklin is teased for reading a "baby" book.
26. Franklin Figure Skates
Air Date: 2004-08-08
Franklin learns to play 2 on 1 hockey.
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Rating
6.8/10
Release Date
1997-11-03
Episodes
156 (6 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
LuxAnimation
Alphanim
Nelvana