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The Worst Episodes of Franklin

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Worst episode
S3E10 Franklin's Cellar
4.416 votes
Best episode
S6E13 Franklin Migrates
9.210 votes
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Season 6
7.5avg
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Franklin Season 3 Episode 10 - Franklin's Cellar
    4.4/10(16 votes)

    S3:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Ross

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  2. Franklin Season 2 Episode 10 - Franklin's Valentines
    5.8/10(14 votes)

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  3. Franklin Season 3 Episode 11 - Franklin Plants a Tree
    5.8/10(14 votes)

    S3:E11

    Franklin's preconceived notions about trees are turned upside down when he gets the responsibility of planting one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Lasenby

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  4. Franklin Season 5 Episode 12 - Franklin's Reading Club
    5.8/10(13 votes)

    S5:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Lasenby

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  5. Franklin Season 3 Episode 6 - Franklin and the Computer
    6.0/10(15 votes)

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lynn Mason

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  6. Franklin Season 3 Episode 12 - Franklin the Hero
    6.0/10(14 votes)

    S3:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shane MacDougall

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  7. Franklin Season 6 Episode 12 - Franklin's UFO
    6.2/10(12 votes)

    S6:E12

    Franklin and Rabbit chase after UFOs after reading a newspaper article. They consult with Mr. Mole for advice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Lasenby

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  8. Franklin Season 3 Episode 4 - Franklin's Starring Role
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Kim Thompson

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  9. Franklin Season 5 Episode 13 - Franklin in Two Places
    6.5/10(13 votes)

    S5:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Sauder

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  10. Franklin Season 4 Episode 3 - Mr. Fix-It Franklin
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    S4:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:James Backshall

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  11. Franklin Season 2 Episode 11 - Franklin's Family Treasure
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Patrick Granleese

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  12. Franklin Season 3 Episode 7 - Franklin the Trooper
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Laura Kosterski

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  13. Franklin Season 5 Episode 14 - Franklin's First Star
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    S5:E14

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Lasenby

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  14. Franklin Season 4 Episode 1 - Franklin's Good Deeds
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    S4:E1

    Franklin tries to do a good deed in order to get journalist Mr. Coyote to get him into the newspaper.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Lasenby

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  15. Franklin Season 2 Episode 6 - Franklin's Library Book
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Ross

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  16. Franklin Season 1 Episode 11 - Franklin Fibs
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  17. Franklin Season 2 Episode 7 - Franklin's Kite
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bonnie Chung

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  18. Franklin Season 1 Episode 12 - Franklin's Blanket
    7.0/10(28 votes)

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  19. Franklin Season 1 Episode 7 - Franklin Has a Sleepover
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  20. Franklin Season 5 Episode 2 - Franklin's Allergy
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    S5:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bridget Newson

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  21. Franklin Season 5 Episode 5 - Franklin's Pumpkin
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Lasenby

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  22. Franklin Season 1 Episode 6 - Franklin Is Lost
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Frank Diteljan

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  23. Franklin Season 1 Episode 13 - Franklin is Bossy
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  24. Franklin Season 3 Episode 2 - Franklin and the Two Henrys
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    S3:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John van Bruggen

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  25. Franklin Season 6 Episode 1 - Franklin Itching to Skateboard
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    S6:E1

    When Franklin and Bear decide they want to go skateboarding, they get more than they bargained for.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Lasenby

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Franklin's Cellar" is the worst rated episode of Franklin. It scored 4.4/10 from 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Ken Ross, it aired on November 8, 1999. This episode scored 1.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Franklin's Valentines".

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